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Warner Bros. says it will send ALL its 2021 releases to a streaming service at same time as to cinemas. Book publishers – wake up and smell the coffee

by Mark Williams | Dec 3, 2020 | Digital subscription, Film & TV, USA | 0 |

This is just one more digital genie that, once out of the bottle, is not going to go back in. HBO...

The Kuwait Virtual Book Fair is underway, with its own online bookstore

by Mark Williams | Dec 3, 2020 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Kuwait, Middle East | 0 |

Kuwait’s International Book Fair was put on hold during the summer as the pandemic wrought...

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

by Mark Williams | Dec 3, 2020 | Academic and specialist publishing, Digital Audio, Digital Libraries, Ebooks, Global Publishing, The global book market | 1 |

As we all know ebooks are yesterday’s format thanks to screen fatigue and Netflix, and audiobook...

Simon & Schuster add 42,000 English-language titles to France-based subscription service Youboox

by Mark Williams | Dec 3, 2020 | Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Europe, France, Global Publishing | 0 |

Penguin Random House, awaiting regulatory approval to acquire Simon & Schuster, earlier this...

Sweden’s Nextory launches in 7th market – the Netherlands – with 200,000 titles

by Mark Williams | Dec 2, 2020 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Global Publishing | 0 |

The big question is what Shadi Bitar will do next, and if he will be willing to step outside the...

Following its acquisition of RBdigital, OverDrive adds 3,000 magazine and 2,000 comic titles from Zinio to its Marketplace

by Mark Williams | Dec 2, 2020 | Digital Libraries, Global Publishing, Magazines | 0 |

Territorial restrictions will apply on a title by title basis, so the titles will not necessarily...

Storytel Thailand launches on schedule. 22nd market. 4th in APAC. 18 further markets to come by 2023

by Mark Williams | Dec 2, 2020 | Digital Audio, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Global Publishing, Storytel, Thailand, The global book market | 0 |

As we say goodbye to 2020 it seems like the digital audiobook format, so much the darling of the...

Book Expo America is shuttered, leaving the world’s biggest book market with no trade show. Few tears will be shed

by Mark Williams | Dec 2, 2020 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, North America, USA | 0 |

The pandemic took away the last of the emperor’s clothes, at no time more clearly than when...

Chile’s Virtual Santiago International Book Fair is underway

by Mark Williams | Dec 1, 2020 | Book Fairs, Chile, Global Publishing, Ibero-America, Latin America, The global book market | 0 |

This week it’s the turn of Chile’s FIL Santiago (Filsa) to reach new audiences...

Sweden’s most popular audiobooks on BookBeat, Nextory and Storytel

by Mark Williams | Nov 30, 2020 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Europe, Global Publishing, Scandinavia, Storytel, Sweden | 0 |

What’s most interesting here for those of us outside Sweden is to compare the lists of the...

Big Bad Wolf Indonesia prepares next online sale. Over half a million books sold online on Tokopedia already this year

by Mark Williams | Nov 29, 2020 | Big Bad Wolf sale, Global Publishing, Indonesia, S.E. Asia, The global book market | 0 |

We don’t know how many online sales Big Bad Wolf has made in total this year, but in Malaysia we...

UAE’s Sharjah Art Foundation’s 3rd Focal Point art book fair to go ahead this December

by Mark Williams | Nov 29, 2020 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Middle East, United Arab Emirates | 0 |

A platform for printed matter by artists, writers, scholars, and independent and established...

Ayobami Adebayo’s “Reste Avec Moi” is Prix Les Afriques 2020 winner

by Mark Williams | Nov 29, 2020 | Africa, Awards, Nigeria | 0 |

The winning novel, Reste Avec Moi, was first published in English under the title Stay with me...

Start The Day Global: Bangladesh, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Malaysia and Thailand

by Mark Williams | Nov 29, 2020 | Bangladesh, Brazil, British Virgin islands, Canada, Global publishing news, Malaysia, Thailand | 0 |

Whimsical publishing stories from around the world. Today five post excerpts from Thailand,...

Storytel Norway denies rumour it plans to pay publishers by the minute rather than a fixed rate per download

by Mark Williams | Nov 27, 2020 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Europe, Global Publishing, Norway, Scandinavia | 0 |

The reality is that while the unlimited subscriber will of course consume more, the service...

As children’s audio booms in China, the OUP says “China is now one of our fastest-growing and most strategically important markets”

by Mark Williams | Nov 27, 2020 | Audiobooks, Book Fairs, China, Digital Audio, Global Publishing | 0 |

The Oxford University Press picked up 400,000 paying subscribers for an audio series offered on...

The 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Translation announces shortlist

by Mark Williams | Nov 26, 2020 | Awards, Middle East | 0 |

The five-book shortlist “covers the full span of the Arab world, from Morocco to Iraq” and a “a...

Iraq’s Baghdad International Book Fair set for December 9, but little chance of matching the 1 million visitors seen in 2019

by Mark Williams | Nov 25, 2020 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Iraq, Middle East, The global book market | 0 |

In 2019 the Baghdad International Book Fair presented 2 million books and attracted a record one...

Sweden’s BookBeat passes 400,000 subscribers ahead of schedule. On target for $58 million revenue by year’s end

by Mark Williams | Nov 25, 2020 | Digital subscription, Europe, Global Publishing, Sweden, The global book market | 0 |

BookBeat aimed to pass 400,000 paying users before the turn of the year, a level that has now been...

Egypt’s Opera Book Fair brings books back to the original venue of the Cairo Int. Book Fair, after 30 years

by Mark Williams | Nov 25, 2020 | Africa, Book Fairs, Egypt, Global Publishing, Middle East | 0 |

Today the Cairo event holds the record as the world’s largest book fair, typically attracting...

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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

Warner Bros. says it will send ALL its 2021 releases to a streaming service at same time as to cinemas. Book publishers – wake up and smell the coffee

Book Expo America is shuttered, leaving the world’s biggest book market with no trade show. Few tears will be shed

Storytel Thailand launches on schedule. 22nd market. 4th in APAC. 18 further markets to come by 2023

Sweden’s Nextory launches in 7th market – the Netherlands – with 200,000 titles

Warner Bros. says it will send ALL its 2021 releases to a streaming service at same time as to cinemas. Book publishers – wake up and smell the coffee

The Kuwait Virtual Book Fair is underway, with its own online bookstore

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

Simon & Schuster add 42,000 English-language titles to France-based subscription service Youboox

Sweden’s Nextory launches in 7th market – the Netherlands – with 200,000 titles

Following its acquisition of RBdigital, OverDrive adds 3,000 magazine and 2,000 comic titles from Zinio to its Marketplace

Storytel Thailand launches on schedule. 22nd market. 4th in APAC. 18 further markets to come by 2023

Book Expo America is shuttered, leaving the world’s biggest book market with no trade show. Few tears will be shed

Chile’s Virtual Santiago International Book Fair is underway

Sweden’s most popular audiobooks on BookBeat, Nextory and Storytel

Big Bad Wolf Indonesia prepares next online sale. Over half a million books sold online on Tokopedia already this year

UAE’s Sharjah Art Foundation’s 3rd Focal Point art book fair to go ahead this December

Ayobami Adebayo’s “Reste Avec Moi” is Prix Les Afriques 2020 winner

Start The Day Global: Bangladesh, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Malaysia and Thailand

Storytel Norway denies rumour it plans to pay publishers by the minute rather than a fixed rate per download

As children’s audio booms in China, the OUP says “China is now one of our fastest-growing and most strategically important markets”

The 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Translation announces shortlist

Iraq’s Baghdad International Book Fair set for December 9, but little chance of matching the 1 million visitors seen in 2019

Sweden’s BookBeat passes 400,000 subscribers ahead of schedule. On target for $58 million revenue by year’s end

Egypt’s Opera Book Fair brings books back to the original venue of the Cairo Int. Book Fair, after 30 years

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