Author: Mark Williams

Amazon bookstores embrace spine-out shelf-stacking. Indigo sales fall again. And two sides to the Macmillan digital library boycott saga

Posted by Mark Williams | Nov 9, 2019 | Amazon, Canada, Digital Libraries, Ebooks, Global Publishing, USA |

Some Amazon critics may have been excited by the opening of Nate Hoffelder’s recent post in The...

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Storytel Sweden hits 400,000 subscribers amid 1 million globally, but confusion surrounds the number of Storytel markets. Is it 18 or 19?

Posted by Mark Williams | Nov 8, 2019 | Audiobooks, Brazil, Colombia, Digital Audio, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Scandinavia, Storytel, Sweden, The global book market |

Storytel this week announced it has crossed the 400,000 subscriber mark on its home territory,...

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Sharjah International Book Fair sets new Guinness world record – for book-signings

Posted by Mark Williams | Nov 8, 2019 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Middle East, Sharjah, The global book market, United Arab Emirates |

Back in 2010 a world record was set in Turkey when 1,423 authors signed copies of their own books...

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Three months jail for not returning a library book. EC horror comics. Canada’s only poetry book store. China’s biggest book store

Posted by Mark Williams | Nov 8, 2019 | bookstores, Canada, China, Global Publishing, The global book market, USA |

Thanks to Instagram, poetry has been given a new lease of life, with the beauty of poetry suddenly...

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IPA President Hugo Setzer calls out censorship as Turkey's Istanbul International Book Fair opens with hopes to top 1 million visitors

Posted by Mark Williams | Nov 4, 2019 | Book Fairs, Censorship, Eurasia, Global Publishing, IPA, Turkey |

Organized by TÜYAP Fairs in partnership with the Turkish Publishers Association, the 38th Istanbul...

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