Mapping the New Normal: Mexico’s Hay Festival Querétaro will be online this September
Event organisers around the world are fast realising that while online must be different, it need...
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Denmark’s largest book fair, the Bogforum, is cancelled until 2021
Denmark’s Bogforum is the latest book fair casualty of the coronavirus, with postponement until...
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Quote Unquote: “The strongest digital sales performance in years” – HarperCollins. “Robust growth in digital formats” – Hachette
HarperCollins and Hachette digital safety nets kick in. HarperCollins sees 39% of H2 revenue from...
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Afropolitan Comics: the Online Exhibition. “From South Africa to the Continent”
Comics are at the crossroads of literature and visual arts – with strong connections to animation...
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Showmax Pro rolled out video streaming across more than 40 African countries last month as digital publishing remained a novelty
A big part of the problem lies in content rights. How is it, for example, that Amazon can provide...
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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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Mapping the New Normal: As Big Bad Wolf announces its debut Thailand online sale, global publishing faces a watershed moment
Such demand for English-language books in one-city events where prospective visitors are limited...
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Mapping the New Normal: South Korea’s Seoul Int. Book Fair rescheduled as a hybrid in-person and online event for October
For Koreans outside Seoul the online event will make for easy participation, but the real benefits...
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Big Bad Wolf goes digital again in Indonesia in August. Online debut for Sri Lanka in October
Big Bad Wolf expands its reach from city-wide to country-wide with audience reach of 7 million in...
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Quote Unquote: “There were significant benefits to meeting virtually” – American Booksellers Association
When any event excludes more than it can accommodate then much more is lost than just chance...
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Thailand’s ABC Book Fest 2020 “brings together arts in a new format”
A book exhibition that is bringing together fun with art, film, music and chic activities Running...
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Mapping the New Normal: Mexico’s Hay Festival Querétaro will be online this September
Event organisers around the world are fast realising that while online must be different, it need...
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Iran’s Tehran International Book Fair cancelled for 2020
Originally scheduled for April, it was announced in February that the 2020 Tehran International...
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Storytel KR grows 2.5 times against fierce competition during pandemic as South Korea audiobook market expands
With an estimated value between 200 bn – 300 bn won ($167 m – $250 m) the Korean...
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Quote Unquote: UK – “Publishers who didn’t care about digital are putting a lot of money into that now”
Arts Council England is, for those unfamiliar with the UK’s troubled political divisions,...
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Pearson and Scholastic results – trade up and digital up but overall Covid-19 impact is hurting
At TNPS the focus is on international publishing, but we occasionally offer perspectives on the US...
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StreetLib expands its distribution with 4 new partners and adds audiobook distribution to Scribd
StreetLib is the publisher behind The New Publishing Standard. While TNPS is not a StreetLib...
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US ebook market unit sales rose 31% in April – Nielsen. Meanwhile the PA’s Lotinga plays down 2019 digital gains in UK’s “best year ever”
Digital formats (ebooks, e-journals, online subscriptions, learning management systems, etc)...
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No Kuwait International Book Fair this November, but an online version may replace it
With the Covid-19 pandemic showing no sign of abating, the Kuwaiti Information Minister, Mohammad...
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Mapping the new normal: India ebook and audiobook consumption up 50%. 6/10 booklovers expect to buy from bricks & mortar stores. 7/10 will buy online – Nielsen
20% of respondents are reading more print, while 50% are consuming more digital books, with women...
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Spain’s eLiburutegia, the digital books arm of the Basque Public Reading Network, triples ebook loans during 2020
It may not be the biggest digital library system in Spain, but it has a dedicated audience of...
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