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TNPS SPECIAL REPORT – Seismic Shifts 1: Storytel enters the English-language markets (Analysis)

Nov 15, 2021 | Audible, Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Global Publishing, Storytel, USA

Tellander is under no illusion that he must, for the immediate future, work with the credit system...

As German-owned PRH is trying to spend $2 billion on S&S, PRH CEO calls out Swedish “Big Bucks flowing into the US publishing industry”

Nov 21, 2021 | Digital Audio, Global Publishing, USA
Spotify’s paid podcast subscription service expands to 34 markets. Will authors and publishers rise to the opportunity?

Nov 18, 2021 | Academic and specialist publishing, Digital Audio, podcasting
A reprinted 1934 book going viral on BookTok sends an unequivocal message to publishers sitting on backlists and to publishers who still think the internet is the enemy of reading

Nov 23, 2021 | Global Publishing, Innovative Publishing, Publishing Brief
UK audiobook revenue up 71% on 2019. Ebooks up 10%. Consumer print up 6%. Children’s digital up 26%. Digital consumer non-fiction up 30%

Nov 28, 2021 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Europe, Global Publishing, UK

UK audiobook revenue up 71% on 2019. Ebooks up 10%. Consumer print up 6%. Children’s digital up 26%. Digital consumer non-fiction up 30%

by Mark Williams | Nov 28, 2021 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Europe, Global Publishing, UK | 0 |

Given both Findaway and Audiobooks.com impact on the UK market; and given Spotify is already a...

Add another $577,000 in new funding to the sums flooding into global digital audio publishing this year. This time it’s Turkey’s Dinlebi

by Mark Williams | Nov 28, 2021 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Eurasia, Global Publishing, Turkey | 0 |

With competition from deep-pocketed foreign players like Poland’s Audioteka and Sweden’s Storytel...

2030 audio market projection hits $50 billion as Podimo brings in $78 million in fresh funding

by Mark Williams | Nov 25, 2021 | Academic and specialist publishing, Denmark, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Global Publishing, podcasting | 0 |

The latest forecast, from Denmark-based podcasting platform Podimo, projects a 2030 audio market...

A reprinted 1934 book going viral on BookTok sends an unequivocal message to publishers sitting on backlists and to publishers who still think the internet is the enemy of reading

by Mark Williams | Nov 23, 2021 | Global Publishing, Innovative Publishing, Publishing Brief | 0 |

A BookTok clip about Cain’s Jawbone has had 4.2 million views, gained over 1 million likes, has...

As German-owned PRH is trying to spend $2 billion on S&S, PRH CEO calls out Swedish “Big Bucks flowing into the US publishing industry”

by Mark Williams | Nov 21, 2021 | Digital Audio, Global Publishing, USA | 0 |

And Dohle further asserts PRH is “channel agnostic” even as it has pulled all PRH...

Chile’s Santiago International Book Fair will be online and free again this year

by Mark Williams | Nov 20, 2021 | Book Fairs, Chile, Ibero-America, Latin America | 0 |

Virtual means reaching new audiences hitherto disenfranchised by the old...

Spotify’s paid podcast subscription service expands to 34 markets. Will authors and publishers rise to the opportunity?

by Mark Williams | Nov 18, 2021 | Academic and specialist publishing, Digital Audio, podcasting | 0 |

But for podcasts, where traditionally there has been no royalties, just promotional payback, it’s...

TNPS SPECIAL REPORT – Seismic Shifts 1: Storytel enters the English-language markets (Analysis)

by Mark Williams | Nov 15, 2021 | Audible, Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Global Publishing, Storytel, USA | 0 |

Tellander is under no illusion that he must, for the immediate future, work with the credit system...

From Pandemic Panic to Pandemic Accommodation – global book fairs adjust to the New New Normal as Sharjah becomes world’s largest book fair

by Mark Williams | Nov 14, 2021 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Middle East, Publishing Brief, Sharjah, Uncategorized | 0 |

Sharjah this month eclipsed the mighty Buchmesse as the world’s largest book fair, taking the...

Storytel acquires Audiobooks.com. Enters English-language markets in style

by Mark Williams | Nov 12, 2021 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Global Publishing, Storytel | 4 |

A full TNPS analysis of the Storytel acquisition of Audiobooks.com and what it means for the...

Spotify acquires Findaway: a seismic shift in the global audiobook landscape

by Mark Williams | Nov 12, 2021 | Audiobooks, Digital subscription, Global Publishing | 2 |

A full TNPS analysis of the Spotify acquisition of Findaway and what it means for the audiobook...

Kobo Plus unlimited subscription launches in 8th market France, days after Australia, New Zealand and Italy

by Mark Williams | Nov 10, 2021 | Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Global Publishing, Kobo | 0 |

The France launch comes a week after the launch in KoboPlus in Italy, and with it Kobo’s...

Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair postponed. Will now run with Bologna. But is either event realistic right now?

by Mark Williams | Nov 9, 2021 | Book Fairs, Children's Books, China, Global Publishing | 0 |

With London, Bologna and now Shanghai all lining up for the spring it could be a very exciting...

Tellander talks the Metaverse as Storytel hits headwinds. Investors spooked, but publishers needn’t worry

by Mark Williams | Nov 7, 2021 | Digital subscription, Global Publishing, Storytel | 0 |

For all the headwinds this quarter, Storytel remains in a league of its own, navigating uncharted...

Denmark’s SAGA Egmont launches global digital imprint for kids

by Mark Williams | Nov 4, 2021 | Children's Books, Denmark, Global Publishing | 0 |

SAGA Egmont publishes in over thirty languages and famously claims its trademark to be that...

ViaComCBS hits 47 million subscribers, $1 billion quarterly revenue. Publishers look the other way

by Mark Williams | Nov 4, 2021 | Digital subscription, Film & TV | 0 |

Publishers should appreciate something Amazon has long since shown to be true: that the consumer...

Kobo Plus unlimited subscription launches in 7th market, Italy, days after Australia and New Zealand launches

by Mark Williams | Nov 4, 2021 | Audiobooks, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Europe, Global Publishing, Italy, Kobo | 0 |

Kobo Plus claims to be “the first service in Italy to provide a combined reading and listening...

Big Bad Wolf Sri Lanka is online again, this time teamed with Shopify

by Mark Williams | Nov 3, 2021 | Big Bad Wolf sale, South Asia, Sri Lanka | 0 |

At its height Big Bad Wolf was taking books – literally by the million – to multiple...

Kobo Plus unlimited subscription launches in New Zealand

by Mark Williams | Nov 3, 2021 | Australia, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Global Publishing, New Zealand, New Zealand book market | 0 |

“Our sales data from Belgium, the Netherlands and Canada suggests that having your books in...

Bookstore UK, the antidote to Amazon, delivered $2.3 million to UK indie bookstores in its first year

by Mark Williams | Nov 2, 2021 | bookstores, Print, UK | 0 |

The imminent pandemic winter may or may not be as bad as last year, but it will be bad, and...

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TNPS SPECIAL REPORT – Seismic Shifts 1: Storytel enters the English-language markets (Analysis)

As German-owned PRH is trying to spend $2 billion on S&S, PRH CEO calls out Swedish “Big Bucks flowing into the US publishing industry”

Spotify’s paid podcast subscription service expands to 34 markets. Will authors and publishers rise to the opportunity?

A reprinted 1934 book going viral on BookTok sends an unequivocal message to publishers sitting on backlists and to publishers who still think the internet is the enemy of reading

UK audiobook revenue up 71% on 2019. Ebooks up 10%. Consumer print up 6%. Children’s digital up 26%. Digital consumer non-fiction up 30%

UK audiobook revenue up 71% on 2019. Ebooks up 10%. Consumer print up 6%. Children’s digital up 26%. Digital consumer non-fiction up 30%

Add another $577,000 in new funding to the sums flooding into global digital audio publishing this year. This time it’s Turkey’s Dinlebi

2030 audio market projection hits $50 billion as Podimo brings in $78 million in fresh funding

A reprinted 1934 book going viral on BookTok sends an unequivocal message to publishers sitting on backlists and to publishers who still think the internet is the enemy of reading

As German-owned PRH is trying to spend $2 billion on S&S, PRH CEO calls out Swedish “Big Bucks flowing into the US publishing industry”

Chile’s Santiago International Book Fair will be online and free again this year

Spotify’s paid podcast subscription service expands to 34 markets. Will authors and publishers rise to the opportunity?

TNPS SPECIAL REPORT – Seismic Shifts 1: Storytel enters the English-language markets (Analysis)

From Pandemic Panic to Pandemic Accommodation – global book fairs adjust to the New New Normal as Sharjah becomes world’s largest book fair

Storytel acquires Audiobooks.com. Enters English-language markets in style

Spotify acquires Findaway: a seismic shift in the global audiobook landscape

Kobo Plus unlimited subscription launches in 8th market France, days after Australia, New Zealand and Italy

Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair postponed. Will now run with Bologna. But is either event realistic right now?

Tellander talks the Metaverse as Storytel hits headwinds. Investors spooked, but publishers needn’t worry

Denmark’s SAGA Egmont launches global digital imprint for kids

ViaComCBS hits 47 million subscribers, $1 billion quarterly revenue. Publishers look the other way

Kobo Plus unlimited subscription launches in 7th market, Italy, days after Australia and New Zealand launches

Big Bad Wolf Sri Lanka is online again, this time teamed with Shopify

Kobo Plus unlimited subscription launches in New Zealand

Bookstore UK, the antidote to Amazon, delivered $2.3 million to UK indie bookstores in its first year

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