Author: Mark Williams

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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