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Apple deprioritises, cuts jobs in Apple Books

by Mark Williams | Aug 31, 2024 | Apple, Ebooks | 0 |

while there is no suggestion AI is being used to replace jobs at Books, it is safe to say Apple is pivoting its attention towards AI, and Books, always a sideshow, has just become even more a sideshow than before.

As OverDrive’s Libby partners with Apple’s CarPlay, how long before publishers start reigning in digital library audiobooks?

by Mark Williams | Jul 17, 2019 | Apple, Audible, Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Global Publishing, North America, USA | 0 |

Thanks to a deal between Apple and Rakuten-OverDrive, the digital library app Libby is now...

StreetLib completes January tranche of global expansion. 21 countries on 6 continents

by Mark Williams | Feb 5, 2019 | Africa, Aggregators, Apple, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, Caribbean, Ebooks, Egypt, Europe, Ghana, Global Publishing, Guatemala, Ibero-America, Indigenous Languages, Jamaica, Kenya, Latin America, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, Nigeria, North America, Oceania, Philippines, Print, Publishing News, S.E. Asia, Scandinavia, Singapore, South Africa, South America, Spain, Sweden, The global book market, The New Publishing Standard | 0 |

When StreetLib launched The New Publishing Standard in September 2017 we made clear the function...

Two thirds of Kenyans pay to download online video. Almost none read ebooks. Proof Africans don’t read? No. Proof ebook retailers are looking the other way

by Mark Williams | May 23, 2018 | Africa, Amazon, Apple, Global Publishing, Kenya, Nigeria, Publishing Brief, The global book market | 1 |

It’s the twenty-first century. Even in Africa. And contrary to popular opinion, the internet is...

Norway’s literature sets new record for translations and global reach

by Mark Williams | Mar 12, 2018 | Amazon, Apple, Ebooks, Europe, Film & TV, Global Publishing, Publishing Brief, The global book market | 0 |

Given the current trend for Scandinavian noir in the US and UK it’s no surprise that Swedish books...

Shopping at Barnes & Noble was never like this. Bring comfy clothes, a suitcase, a friend and lots of stamina for the world’s biggest book sale

by Mark Williams | Feb 16, 2018 | Amazon, Apple, Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, bookstores, Global Publishing, Malaysia, Philippines, Publishing Brief, Retailer News, S.E. Asia | 0 |

The world’s biggest book sale? Two million books at discounts of up to 80%? Where would we be...

The Hot Sheet Reviewed – first February 2018 edition

by Mark Williams | Feb 11, 2018 | Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Digital Audio, Digital Libraries, Ebooks, Publishing Brief, Publishing Controversies, Self-Publishing, The Hot Sheet | 0 |

The Hot Sheet is a publishing industry news-sheet for authors, produced every two weeks by Porter...

“Connecting countries through literacy” – Malta’s President at the Sofia City Library, Bulgaria

by Mark Williams | Feb 7, 2018 | Amazon, Apple, Bulgaria, Digital Libraries, Europe, Global Publishing, Malta, The global book market | 1 |

Malta’s President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, on a state visit to Bulgaria, visited the Sofia City...

Apple's ebook subscription service: the missing ingredient in Apple's ebook-comeback

by Mark Williams | Jan 26, 2018 | Amazon, Apple, ebook subscription services, Global Publishing, Publishing Brief, Retailer News, Self-Publishing | 0 |

For a few minutes yesterday it looked like Apple might have been planning an ebook comeback, after...

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Apple deprioritises, cuts jobs in Apple Books

As OverDrive’s Libby partners with Apple’s CarPlay, how long before publishers start reigning in digital library audiobooks?

StreetLib completes January tranche of global expansion. 21 countries on 6 continents

Two thirds of Kenyans pay to download online video. Almost none read ebooks. Proof Africans don’t read? No. Proof ebook retailers are looking the other way

Norway’s literature sets new record for translations and global reach

Shopping at Barnes & Noble was never like this. Bring comfy clothes, a suitcase, a friend and lots of stamina for the world’s biggest book sale

The Hot Sheet Reviewed – first February 2018 edition

“Connecting countries through literacy” – Malta’s President at the Sofia City Library, Bulgaria

Apple's ebook subscription service: the missing ingredient in Apple's ebook-comeback

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