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Ebooks and audiobook subscription service Nextory launches in Austria and Switzerland. Nextory now in 6 countries

Dec 5, 2019 | Audiobooks, Austria, ebook subscription services, Global Publishing, Sweden, Switzerland, The global book market

Back in October the Sweden-based ebook and audiobook subscription service launched in Denmark, and...

400,000 expected at Karachi Int. Book Fair but global publishers still treat Pakistan as a publishing backwater. Can digital revive Pakistan’s publishing fortunes?

Dec 5, 2019 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Pakistan, South Asia, The global book market
PRH India acquires children’s and YA publisher Duckbill Books

Dec 1, 2019 | Children's Books, Global Publishing, India, The global book market
Dr. Shashi Thardoor and Sudha Murty to debate the influence of Indian literature in driving social change at the 2019 Penguin Annual Lecture

Dec 3, 2019 | Global Publishing, India, South Asia, The global book market
Brazil’s São Paulo Uni Book Party sells books worth $4.5 million despite lower turnout of “only” 80,000

Dec 4, 2019 | Book Fairs, Brazil, Global Publishing, Ibero-America, Latin America, The global book market

PRK UK’s new centralised rights; B&N Education’s poor quarter; Hachette UK’s Changing the Story Day; PRH UK’s Xmas Gift site

by Mark Williams | Dec 5, 2019 | Academic and specialist publishing, Barnes & Noble, bookstores, Global Publishing, North America, Publishing News, UK, USA | 0 |

A quick glance at some top publishing stories from the industry trade journals. PRH UK unveils...

400,000 expected at Karachi Int. Book Fair but global publishers still treat Pakistan as a publishing backwater. Can digital revive Pakistan’s publishing fortunes?

by Mark Williams | Dec 5, 2019 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Pakistan, South Asia, The global book market | 0 |

One might think a country of 204 million people, with English as an official language, would be a...

Ebooks and audiobook subscription service Nextory launches in Austria and Switzerland. Nextory now in 6 countries

by Mark Williams | Dec 5, 2019 | Audiobooks, Austria, ebook subscription services, Global Publishing, Sweden, Switzerland, The global book market | 0 |

Back in October the Sweden-based ebook and audiobook subscription service launched in Denmark, and...

As Macmillan pulls out of Australia’s education sector, former staff launch a new publishing house to fill the gap

by Mark Williams | Dec 5, 2019 | Australia, Books & Publishing Australia, Education Publishing, Global Publishing, Oceania, The global book market | 0 |

It was back in August that Macmillan announced it was winding down its presence in the Australian...

Mediacorp and Wattpad partner to develop a Wattpad series for Singapore TV

by Mark Williams | Dec 4, 2019 | Film & TV, Global Publishing, S.E. Asia, Singapore, The global book market | 0 |

Wattpad has long since been active in the Philippines TV arena, but today comes news Wattpad has...

Audiobooks will outsell ebooks in the UK in 2020, says a new report. Or will they?

by Mark Williams | Dec 4, 2019 | Audiobooks, Ebooks, Europe, Global Publishing, UK | 0 |

“Readers are swapping their Kindles for headphones,” begins a post in the UK’s The Times,...

Smashwords launches “presales” – not to be confused with pre-orders – and for first time patents its tech innovation

by Mark Williams | Dec 4, 2019 | Aggregators, Ebooks, Global Publishing, USA | 0 |

In the battle to stand out in the ever more competitive US indie author aggregator arena the key...

Brazil’s São Paulo Uni Book Party sells books worth $4.5 million despite lower turnout of “only” 80,000

by Mark Williams | Dec 4, 2019 | Book Fairs, Brazil, Global Publishing, Ibero-America, Latin America, The global book market | 0 |

With the Brazilian publishing headlines dominated by the on-going woes of the country’s big...

Dr. Shashi Thardoor and Sudha Murty to debate the influence of Indian literature in driving social change at the 2019 Penguin Annual Lecture

by Mark Williams | Dec 3, 2019 | Global Publishing, India, South Asia, The global book market | 0 |

Here in West Africa we’re still struggling with the failure of the Senegal-Gambia spur of the ACE...

PRH India acquires children’s and YA publisher Duckbill Books

by Mark Williams | Dec 1, 2019 | Children's Books, Global Publishing, India, The global book market | 0 |

Founded in 2012, Duckbill Books was crowned Publisher of the Year 2019 at the Publisher Next...

One third of longlist for the 14th Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Arabic literature are from Morocco

by Mark Williams | Dec 1, 2019 | Abu Dhabi, Awards, Global Publishing, Middle East, Morocco, The global book market, United Arab Emirates | 0 |

No fewer than 411 titles were submitted for the annual Sheikh Zayed Book Award, one of the most...

The 650th anniversary of the Azerbaijani poet skinned alive; Helsinki’s public library boom; Vietnam’s book stall in South Korea; and from Serbia, BUM! GRRR!! ŠKRIP!!! STRIP!!!!

by Mark Williams | Nov 30, 2019 | Azerbaijan, Finland, Global Publishing, Serbia, South Korea, The global book market, Ukraine, Vietnam | 0 |

We start the day global today in Ukraine, where a poetry collection from one of Azerbaijan’s...

IPA signs deal with Latin American and Caribbean publishing organisation CERLALC as it expands its global focus on the emerging markets

by Mark Williams | Nov 26, 2019 | Global Publishing, Ibero-America, IPA, Latin America, The global book market | 0 |

The International Publishers Association (IPA) has this month signed an MoU with the...

Istanbul’s Int. Book Fair sees visitor numbers fall in rare set back for Turkey’s book fair scene, but the Turkish publishing industry is ripe for digital disruption

by Mark Williams | Nov 26, 2019 | Book Fairs, Eurasia, Global Publishing, The global book market, Turkey | 0 |

Per a report here at TNPS as this month began, the 38th Istanbul International Book Fair, which...

The latest $58 million investment in Scribd is a vote of confidence in the global subscription model, not just the company

by Mark Williams | Nov 26, 2019 | Audiobooks, ebook subscription services, Global Publishing, The global book market | 0 |

Back in 2015, when first Entitle then Oyster closed in quick succession, it looked to many like...

As Kuala Lumpur prepares to become World Book Capital, Malaysia’s biggest book fair faces challenges

by Mark Williams | Nov 25, 2019 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Malaysia, The global book market | 0 |

With a new venue set for 2020, the Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair organisers DEWAN Bahasa...

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Ebooks and audiobook subscription service Nextory launches in Austria and Switzerland. Nextory now in 6 countries

400,000 expected at Karachi Int. Book Fair but global publishers still treat Pakistan as a publishing backwater. Can digital revive Pakistan’s publishing fortunes?

PRH India acquires children’s and YA publisher Duckbill Books

Dr. Shashi Thardoor and Sudha Murty to debate the influence of Indian literature in driving social change at the 2019 Penguin Annual Lecture

Brazil’s São Paulo Uni Book Party sells books worth $4.5 million despite lower turnout of “only” 80,000

PRK UK’s new centralised rights; B&N Education’s poor quarter; Hachette UK’s Changing the Story Day; PRH UK’s Xmas Gift site

400,000 expected at Karachi Int. Book Fair but global publishers still treat Pakistan as a publishing backwater. Can digital revive Pakistan’s publishing fortunes?

Ebooks and audiobook subscription service Nextory launches in Austria and Switzerland. Nextory now in 6 countries

As Macmillan pulls out of Australia’s education sector, former staff launch a new publishing house to fill the gap

Mediacorp and Wattpad partner to develop a Wattpad series for Singapore TV

Audiobooks will outsell ebooks in the UK in 2020, says a new report. Or will they?

Smashwords launches “presales” – not to be confused with pre-orders – and for first time patents its tech innovation

Brazil’s São Paulo Uni Book Party sells books worth $4.5 million despite lower turnout of “only” 80,000

Dr. Shashi Thardoor and Sudha Murty to debate the influence of Indian literature in driving social change at the 2019 Penguin Annual Lecture

PRH India acquires children’s and YA publisher Duckbill Books

One third of longlist for the 14th Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Arabic literature are from Morocco

The 650th anniversary of the Azerbaijani poet skinned alive; Helsinki’s public library boom; Vietnam’s book stall in South Korea; and from Serbia, BUM! GRRR!! ŠKRIP!!! STRIP!!!!

Italy’s Mondadori adopts epub3 for all new ebook titles

Bookmate partners with telcos in Bulgaria and Serbia. Introduces Bookmate Plus in Azerbaijan

The 33rd Beijing Book Fair set for January

Rakuten OverDrive’s Sora reading app wins 2019 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Award

IPA signs deal with Latin American and Caribbean publishing organisation CERLALC as it expands its global focus on the emerging markets

Istanbul’s Int. Book Fair sees visitor numbers fall in rare set back for Turkey’s book fair scene, but the Turkish publishing industry is ripe for digital disruption

The latest $58 million investment in Scribd is a vote of confidence in the global subscription model, not just the company

As Kuala Lumpur prepares to become World Book Capital, Malaysia’s biggest book fair faces challenges

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