Author: Mark Williams

Bangladesh Publishers & Booksellers Ass. seeks $190 million govt. aid to cover the consequences of its myopic pre-Pandemic indifference to digital

Posted by Mark Williams | Jul 23, 2021 | Bangladesh, Book Fairs, Global Publishing, South Asia |

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

Posted by Mark Williams | Jul 22, 2021 | Children's Books, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Digital-Reading Initiatives, Ebooks, Global Publishing, India, USA |

Overseas capital continues to flood the North America publishing market, entering key digital...

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Storytel Nordics alone hits 1 million subscribers

Posted by Mark Williams | Jul 21, 2021 | Digital subscription, Europe, Global Publishing, Scandinavia, Storytel, Sweden |

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

Posted by Mark Williams | Jul 21, 2021 | Digital Audio, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Global Publishing, USA |

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

Posted by Mark Williams | Jul 21, 2021 | Digital subscription, Film & TV |

For publishers there’s no direct threat here – and likely benefits, as books are often...

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