US audiobook market value up 16% to $1.2bn in 2019. Unit sales also up 16%. But how much does the delivery model hold back the format?
Touting the fact that the US audiobook market had seen double-digit growth for the eighth...
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Author: Mark Williams
Bulgaria will cut its VAT rate on books and ebooks from 20% to 9% on July 1. But only for 6 months
While many EU countries have taken the 2018 VAT harmonization ruling to reduce the tax on ebooks...
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Netflix globally releasing 44 Arabic films from MENA. MENA publishers dither over digital and limit reach
Netflix is releasing a catalogue of 44 Arabic films combining cinematic masterpieces with...
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26th São Paulo Biennial postponed until 2022 as Brazil’s Covid-19 crisis worsens
Alternating with Rio de Janeiro, the São Paulo Book Fair is Brazil’s biggest literary event, and...
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Amid pandemic, Egypt govt. agrees to allocate additional funds for libraries to purchase books from Egyptian publishers
Egypt’s Minister of Culture, Inas Abdel Dayem and Ahmed Awwad, Head of the General Authority for...
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