Storytel India starts its fourth year by adding 9th language, Malayalam, to its India content portfolio
For now at least Storytel would appear to have the upper hand in the India audiobook market, while...
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Category: The global book market
Australia’s online bookstore Booktopia debuts on AU stock exchange. Doubles revenue since arrival of Amazon, with 15% of the market
When Amazon arrived in Australia there were fears the domestic book market might be irreparably...
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OverDrive hits 366 million digital downloads in first 11 months of 2020, already exceeding the 2019 total by 40 million. So much for screen fatigue and Netflix killing off digital books
As we all know ebooks are yesterday’s format thanks to screen fatigue and Netflix, and audiobook...
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Storytel Thailand launches on schedule. 22nd market. 4th in APAC. 18 further markets to come by 2023
As we say goodbye to 2020 it seems like the digital audiobook format, so much the darling of the...
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Chile’s Virtual Santiago International Book Fair is underway
This week it’s the turn of Chile’s FIL Santiago (Filsa) to reach new audiences...
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Big Bad Wolf Indonesia prepares next online sale. Over half a million books sold online on Tokopedia already this year
We don’t know how many online sales Big Bad Wolf has made in total this year, but in Malaysia we...
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Iraq’s Baghdad International Book Fair set for December 9, but little chance of matching the 1 million visitors seen in 2019
In 2019 the Baghdad International Book Fair presented 2 million books and attracted a record one...
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Sweden’s BookBeat passes 400,000 subscribers ahead of schedule. On target for $58 million revenue by year’s end
BookBeat aimed to pass 400,000 paying users before the turn of the year, a level that has now been...
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Big Bad Wolf continues its digital evolution, this time in Taiwan
Too soon to say what long-term impact the online experience will have on Big Bad Wolf’s...
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The 17th Thessaloniki International Book Fair is underway – online, of course
Greece does not have an Audible as a market driver. But Greece has streaming services with growing...
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Quote unquote: “The book market, to stay relevant, needs to embrace the unlimited subscription model” – Jonas Tellander, CEO Storytel
Tellander speaks with the confidence of someone who knows he holds the trump cards for the global...
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Nextory’s new $20 million cash injection shows subscription reading is as attractive to investors as to consumers. US and UK publishers look the other way
Just how much longer can US and UK publishers continue to look the other way as investors respond...
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