Category: The global book market
It’s been 6 years since Amazon last launched a Kindle store. Today Amazon launches in Sweden – without a Kindle store
Amazon: “Our goal is to have every book, ever published, in any language available for Kindle...
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In France in 2019 digital accounted for just 8.7% of the book market
There’s no disputing that, with internet penetration at 92%, amounting to 60 million people...
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New publishing house in Pakistan aims to deliver “world-class” but locally-affordable and Pak-orientated textbooks and fiction
World class books, local content is the them behind the launch of a new publishing house in...
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Storytel Belgium set to launch October 28, with Dutch-language stand-up comedy and audiobooks. French-speakers will have to wait
Storytel’s 21st market is a country of 11.5 million people where only 60% of the population speak...
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Shortlist announced for 12th Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature
With 221 submissions from 22 countries, the judging panel for 12th edition of the Etisalat Award...
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Sweden’s Nextory to launch in Netherlands in December. Seeks expansion capital
But the big surprise would be were Nextory CEO Shadi Bitar to step outside Storytel’s shadow and...
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The IPA’s State of Publishing Reports offer new global perspectives
“There is such a wealth of information in these reports that publishers and publishers’...
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Philippines Senator calls for digitisation of textbooks to ensure students do not have to share books
Will a proposed amendment to the Filipino book laws be enough to kick-start digitisation of the...
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Amazon Sweden to launch in November?
All the indications are Amazon Sweden will launch next month, and print books will be part of it....
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Sweden’s Nextory reports Q3 revenues up 76%, subscribers up 81%. But with no real numbers, what does this mean?
Clearly the numbers Nextory is showing investors are hitting the mark. Earlier this year Nextory...
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Is Sweden’s Nextory being deliberately excluded from the Norway book market?
Is something rotten in the state of Norway? Just as it emerges the third largest Norwegian digital...
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NABU digital reading app launches in Kenya with free content in English and Kiswahili
“Building a bridge to equality, one mother tongue at a time.” Based in New York and with offices...
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