Category: Iceland

Iceland’s Storytel Dispute: A Clash of Values

by Mark Williams | May 11, 2025 | AI, Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Iceland | 0 |

“Literature and art are created exclusively by artists and not machines,” says the IWA, seemingly completely ignorant of the history of global literature, where technology has augmented – not replaced – human creativity.

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Iceland’s Literary Heritage: Recycled Calfskin Parchments Reveal Their Secrets

by Mark Williams | Jan 11, 2025 | Iceland | 0 |

Now, research focussed on identifying and reconstructing forgotten Latin fragments from medieval Icelandic manuscripts, is revealing the theological and liturgical texts that connected medieval Icelanders to broader European intellectual culture.

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It’s pronounced “Jol-a-bok-a-flot”. Iceland’s Jólabókaflóð revisited

by Mark Williams | Dec 25, 2023 | Iceland | 0 |

Here at TNPS I adhere firmly to the three-Christmases principle: The pagan winter festival that...

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Iceland’s Publishers Association Book Fair sold 1 book for every 4 residents

by Mark Williams | Mar 18, 2023 | Book Fairs, Iceland | 0 |

Fully one third of all books consumed in Iceland are audiobooks. 97,829 books sold at any book...

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Iceland’s Bókmenntahátíð í Reykjavík kicks off next week with the inaugural Halldór Laxness Award among many attractions

by Mark Williams | Apr 17, 2019 | Awards, Book Fairs, Europe, Global Publishing, Iceland, Publishing Brief, Scandinavia, The global book market | 0 |

If it’s 2019, it must be time for the bi-annual Bókmenntahátíð í Reykjavík which this year has a...

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Nordic Council Children’s and YA Literature nominations announced at Bolgna

by Mark Williams | Mar 28, 2018 | Children's Books, Denmark, Europe, Finland, Global Publishing, Iceland, Norway, Publishing Brief, Sweden | 0 |

At the International Children’s Book Fair in Bologna this week the 12 nominations for the Nordic...

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Storytel Q4 revenue up 27% in Q4. Streaming revenue up 42%. Subscribers up 48% to 533,000. 15 countries by end 2018

by Mark Williams | Feb 26, 2018 | Audible, Audiobooks, Bulgaria, Digital Audio, ebook subscription services, Europe, Finland, Global Publishing, Greece, Iceland, Poland, Publishing Brief, Publishing News, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia, Storytel, Sweden, The global book market | 0 |

While not yet in profit, Storytel has made impressive gains over Q4 2017, with overall revenue up...

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Storytel launches in Iceland. Italy, Bulgaria and Turkey next?

by Mark Williams | Feb 20, 2018 | Aggregators, Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Europe, Global Publishing, Iceland, Publishing Brief, Scandinavia, Storytel | 0 |

Swedish audiobook subscription service Storytel launched in its tenth country today, adding...

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Storytel has 300,000 Swedish subscribers, a further 250,000 beyond and is aiming for thirty countries

by Mark Williams | Jan 21, 2018 | Audible, Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Europe, Global Publishing, Iceland, India, Publishing Brief, Scandinavia, Storytel, The global book market | 1 |

The audiobook subscription service Storytel announced this past week that it has surpassed 300,000...

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Print sales down 43%. Ebooks sale up 60%. Will the 2017 Christmas Book Flood be good news for Iceland's publishers?

by Mark Williams | Dec 17, 2017 | Book Fairs, Ebooks, Europe, Global Publishing, Iceland, Print, Publishing Brief | 0 |

Come Christmas, and thoughts turn to northern climes. And in Iceland, thoughts turn to books, and...

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Iceland exports its authors as a prelude to exporting its books

by Mark Williams | Nov 25, 2017 | Ebooks, Europe, Global Publishing, Iceland, Publishing Brief | 0 |

Who’d be an Icelandic author? With a population of less than half a million and a language...

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