Author: Mark Williams

As Bologna Children’s Book Fair becomes the latest publishing casualty of the Coronavirus panic, other book fairs globally will be reassessing their plans. London Book Fair still on schedule, for now

Posted by Mark Williams | Feb 24, 2020 | Global Publishing |

The world’s most important children’s book fair at Bologna, Italy, has been postponed until May as...

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Storytel raises $96.5 million in new funding. A vote of confidence in the unlimited subscription model, not just the company

Posted by Mark Williams | Feb 21, 2020 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Global Publishing, Sweden, The global book market |

In a heavily oversubscribed surprise share issue late Thursday, Storytel raised SEK 948 million...

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While PRH sits on its subscription plans, another Nordic publisher launches its own subscription service

Posted by Mark Williams | Feb 21, 2020 | Digital Audio, Digital Libraries, ebook subscription services, Finland, Global Publishing, The global book market |

Last month we reported here on a Boktugg news item suggesting the world’s biggest trade...

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Subscription accounted for 48% of Sweden’s book sales in 2019 as print book sales fell. The tipping point nears

Posted by Mark Williams | Feb 19, 2020 | Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Europe, Global Publishing, Sweden, The global book market |

It also seemed so unlikely, even in 2015, ten years after Storytel was founded. Back then Storytel...

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Storytel Brazil partners with Bookwire to expand Storytel’s ebook catalogue as 2020 shapes up to be the year of digital subscription

Posted by Mark Williams | Feb 18, 2020 | Audiobooks, Brazil, Brazil ebooks, Ibero-America, Latin America, The global book market |

Sweden-based Storytel launched in Brazil at end 2019 with an impressive catalogue of audiobooks,...

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