As Netflix adds games and podcasts to its platform appeal, publishers need to rethink resistance to subscription
For publishers there’s no direct threat here – and likely benefits, as books are often...
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Bangladesh Publishers & Booksellers Ass. seeks $190 million govt. aid to cover the consequences of its myopic pre-Pandemic indifference to digital
The Bangladeshi government needs to “sit down with the publishing industry and provide incentives...
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Byju’s acquires children’s reading platform Epic for $500 million in another seismic shift in the publishing landscape
Overseas capital continues to flood the North America publishing market, entering key digital...
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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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Scribd’s likely $1 billion IPO valuation shows how far US digital books subscription lags behind global rivals
The issue is not if, but when publishers embrace subscription wholesale, and which players they...
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As Netflix adds games and podcasts to its platform appeal, publishers need to rethink resistance to subscription
For publishers there’s no direct threat here – and likely benefits, as books are often...
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A hybrid Nigeria Int. Book Fair puts women centre stage, but how close is Nigeria to becoming a digital-publishing nation?
There is a huge gap in the market for a major retail and/or subscription platform to offer an...
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Egypt’s hybrid Cairo Int. Book Fair clocks 1.7 million real visitors, 1.6 million online visitors, 225 million online hits, 270,000 virtual tours and 1.5 million online book views
With internet penetration at only 52% it’s easy for publishers to dismiss Egypt as an online...
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“Complementary content and technologies.” OverDrive completes Kanopy acquisition
Digital video, digital audio, digital text, digital conferencing, digital book fairs, digital,...
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Conexão Livraria aims to help Brazil’s bookstores sell online
“Small and medium-sized bookstores are developing their virtual presence” – Vitor Tavares,...
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“May Bookstore Sales Jumped 130%.” “May Bookstore Sales Down 9.2%.” US Publishing’s Parallel Narratives
“As an industry we need to come to terms with the new reality – the “new normal” as we liked...
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The SAGA Egmont – Roca Editorial audiobook partnership demonstrates the digital advantage for publishers everywhere
The bigger picture here is how a publisher in Denmark, a “minor-language” country with a...
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Storytel Ereader launches in Netherlands and Belgium, confirming Tellander’s quiet commitment to ebooks
The latest roll-out of the Storytel e-in e-reader is testament to the fact that Jonas Tellander...
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Gyldendal sees 50% of revenue from digital as Norway’s publishing industry rises 12.6% in H2 2020
Including education, Gyldendal has over 3 million digital users – this, remember, in a country of...
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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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BookBeat clocks 42% revenue growth in H2. Launches in Austria and Switzerland. Norway next
Given the presence now of both Nextory and BookBeat in Austria and Switzerland it seems more...
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Publishers take note – Big Bad Wolf virtual sale under way in Philippines, a country with more people online than Germany or UK
The bigger picture still yet to be fully understood, let alone embraced, by most of the industry...
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How bold will Editorial Planeta be in the non-Amazon markets with the new Bookwire distribution deal?
For lucrative non-Amazon Ibero-American digital markets like Argentine, Colombia and beyond there...
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Brazil’s digital books market grew 36% in 2020 in a country of 149 million internet users, but the outlook is mostly sobering
In a country of 149 million internet users the prospects for digital publishing, with all its...
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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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“The export potential of Ukrainian book publishing is between US$80 million and $100 million”
In mapping the Global New Renaissance we need to chart both the export and import potential of any...
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