UAE’s Sharjah Public Libraries to give 3 months free global access to 6 million digital titles as world locks down
Details are sparse as this post goes live but Sharjah Public Libraries in the United Arab Emirates...
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Author: Mark Williams
Industry News Round-Up 26 March 2020
A round-up of key industry news in these challenging times. Apologies if the linked reports for...
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Thailand’s Bangkok International Book Fair is live online despite real-life cancellation
International book fairs fall broadly into two groups: industry-facing and public-facing, although...
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Sweden’s Nextory collects $6 million in new funding for European expansion amid “fantastic growth” in audiobook and ebook subscription
Already in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Nextory CEO Shadi Bitar has...
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3 of the Big 5 vote with their feet as New York fights for survival. BEA shrugs its shoulders
Not here to regurgitate the horrific scenes unfolding in New York, on course to surpass Italy as...
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