Category: Sweden
Amazon Sweden launch now imminent, but what part will books play?
Amazon has been talking with publishers in Sweden, but the absence of any serious rumours, let...
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Sweden: Storytel’s spending spree continues with 3rd acquisition this month – Nordic audiobook production company Earselect
Barely had the cyber-ink dried on the news that Sweden-based Storytel had acquired Arabic-language...
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Sweden’s BookBeat sees 82% revenue rise in Q2. Launches in Poland. Targets 400,000 subscribers and $50 million revenue in 2020
US and UK publishers will be watching nervously as the Q2 streaming service results emerge, and...
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Sweden’s Nextory grows revenue 95% in Q2. 58% new user growth in June
While many publishers remain wary of the unlimited subscription model for digital books, consumers...
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The StreetLib-TNPS global-perspectives newsletter for serious self-publishers, Publish Global # 5, is now out
The free StreetLib-TNPS B2B global-perspectives newsletter for the serious self-publisher with...
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Amazon finally sounding out publishers as Amazon Sweden venture readies
We’ve known for some while now that Amazon has been considering a Nordic launch, with...
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Sweden: Bookbeat’s new data-sharing tool could be a watershed moment for subscription publishing
We’ve long known the attraction of digital subscription books to consumers. But the benefits for...
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Sweden’s digital audio subscription market will shrink 25%, says a Mediavision survey
It’s been so long since we heard anything negative about Sweden’s experiment as the world’s...
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Sweden’s Gothenburg Book Fair plays safe with a 100% digital event as Frankfurt adopts a hybrid model many see as too high a risk
The month’s difference between the September Gothenburg Book Fair and the October Frankfurt Book...
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Publishers call the shots on Sweden’s Gothenburg Book Fair cancellation, adding to pressure on Frankfurt Buchmesse to deliver a game plan sooner than June
With the news today via Boktugg that Norstedts is out of the Gothenburg Book Fair, with other...
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After the LBF and BEA fiascos, publishers demand better from book fair organisers. Gothenburg is first to feel the heat. Will Frankfurt be next?
With the Nordics’ biggest literary event, the Gothenburg Book Festival, scheduled for late...
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Sweden’s Nextory sees 94% revenue and 110% subscriber growth in Q1
As ever with Nextory press releases, real numbers are hard to come by, and without a base line the...
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