OverDrive’s half billion digital books downloads blows a hole in the narrative of stagnating consumer interest in ebooks
“Equity of access being a key point here, and one that ultimately is at the centre of the...
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Author: Mark Williams
400,000 expected at Pakistan’s Karachi International Book Fair amid a shift to an international focus, but digital embrace not in evidence
In Pakistan, where internet penetration is still at just 44.7%, it’s easy to lose sight of the...
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Paris Book Fair gets new name. Gets new look. Gets rid of Reed Expo and the “tyranny of the square metre”
“We are no longer working on the model of Reed Expo: here, we offer the Champ de Mars and...
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India’s Chennai Book Fair expects upwards of 1 million visitors in January
Publishers outside India will largely be looking the other way, mostly oblivious to this huge...
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Wattpad Webtoon Partners With ViacomCBS Paramount+ As Online Reading Threatens Western Publishing’s Complacency
One of America’s biggest studios is planning to milk content from Wattpad Webtoon authors – many...
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