Storytel Nordics alone hits 1 million subscribers
Comprising Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland the Nordics is a region of five national...
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Category: Sweden
Digital books subscription fever continues. Nextory subscribers up 60%. Storytel hits 1.6 million
It would be interesting to know how many of the top-level decision-makers in Big Pub who have...
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Sweden-based subscription streaming service BookBeat topped a half million subscribers in Q2. Keeps quiet about BookBeat UK
By keeping BookBeat UK out there despite never warranting a mention in the stream of positive...
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Sesamy, Sweden’s antidote to subscription, pulls in $5 million for European expansion to fix a problem that doesn’t exist elsewhere
…Outside the Nordics digital books subscription is at best a sideshow right now, and mostly...
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BookBeat Q1 revenue up 45% YOY. Subscribers up 66%. The runaway digital subscription train shows no sign of slowing
“We have never experienced such a high influx of new users at the beginning of a year as in 2021”...
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Sweden’s Nextory subscribers grew 61% YoY in Q1. Finland users double
Currently in seven markets (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Germany and...
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Storytel targets 2.5 million subscribers, $286 million streaming revenue by end 2021
“Today, access to unlimited subscriptions is considered a natural and modern form of “ownership”...
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Storytel funding exceeds a quarter billion dollars in 18 months as new $138 million influx announced. US and UK publishers look the other way
“The proceeds will…finance potential future acquisition opportunities in accordance...
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2020 was BookBeat’s “most successful year”. Revenue up 63%. Subscribers up 65%
The non-mention of BookBeat UK tells its own story. The UK and US are of course the mainstay of...
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Colombia’s hybrid Bogotá International Book Fair will have Sweden as Guest of Honour
Sweden will be the Filbo Guest of Honour and is preparing a “robust digital program”. Filbo, as...
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Sweden’s BookBeat launches ebook app as it sees 75% increase in ebook reading in 2020. Storytel Turkey adds ebooks in Turkish
Both listening and reading are increasing rapidly in all markets where Bookbeat is active, and in...
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Sweden’s most popular audiobooks on BookBeat, Nextory and Storytel
What’s most interesting here for those of us outside Sweden is to compare the lists of the...
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