Amazon is closing Westland, the Indian publishing company it acquired in 2016. What will happen to its catalogue and authors?
Amazon’s latest triumph of hope over experience comes to an end with the slow realisation that the...
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Author: Mark Williams
“Nextory ex Youboox” – Nextory rebrands its French acquisition, but what does this mean for the global audiobook industry?
One significant difference between Nextory France and the other Nextory and Storytel markets is...
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Amazon’s unlimited ebook subscription service paid out $450 million to self-published authors in 2021 as AAP reports US ebook market worth $1.1 billion. Just how big is the real ebook market no-one wants to talk about? (redux)
We need to seriously entertain the possibility that the so-called fall in ebook sales that...
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Storytel’s Q4 royalties revealed, and yes, they were lower than a regular sale royalty. Here’s why that’s not such a big deal
The idea that there is, or could ever be, one set royalty for all formats is a fantasy perpetuated...
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Norway’s Bergen International Literary Festival will be live-streamed again after success of 2021 event
The Bergen International Literary Festival will host a six-hour live broadcast kicking off in...
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