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Mark Williams At Large: Perspectives on the Publishing Week

by Mark Williams | Sep 26, 2020 | Audible, Audiobooks, Belgium, Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, bookstores, Coronavirus, Digital subscription, Global Publishing, Malaysia, North America, Scandinavia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Storytel, The global book market, UK | 0 |

As the pandemic enters its second wave, Big 5 publisher Macmillan starts hiring again, raises its...

The dam has been breached! Amazon’s Audible launches an unlimited audiobook subscription service in Spain. How long now before Audible rolls out the model in the US?

by Mark Williams | Sep 22, 2020 | Amazon, Audible, Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Global Publishing, Publishing Controversies, Spain, The global book market | 4 |

As and when Amazon decides that Audible shall become an unlimited audiobook subscription service...

Spotify’s move into audiobooks is a seismic shift in the publishing landscape, but the ripples will take time to be felt

by Mark Williams | Aug 18, 2020 | Audible, Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Global Publishing, The Future of Publishing, The global book market, USA | 1 |

Can Spotify dominate the audiobook scene in the same way it has music? No is the simple answer....

Amazon finally sounding out publishers as Amazon Sweden venture readies

by Mark Williams | Jun 25, 2020 | Amazon, Audible, Audiobooks, Ebooks, Europe, Global Publishing, Scandinavia, Sweden, The global book market | 0 |

We’ve known for some while now that Amazon has been considering a Nordic launch, with...

US audiobook market value up 16% to $1.2bn in 2019. Unit sales also up 16%. But how much does the delivery model hold back the format?

by Mark Williams | Jun 24, 2020 | Audible, Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Global Publishing, USA | 0 |

Touting the fact that the US audiobook market had seen double-digit growth for the eighth...

Amazon’s Audible France used by almost 20% of population in 2019. Mostly women and mostly at home

by Mark Williams | May 21, 2020 | Amazon, Audible, Audiobooks, Europe, France, Global Publishing | 0 |

While many countries report commuters as the mainstay of their audiobook consumption, in France it...

Judge rejects Audible’s and publishers’ request to keep Captions settlement secret

by user | Feb 17, 2020 | Amazon, Audible, Audiobooks, USA | 0 |

Per previous commentary on this topic, the US lawsuit between Amazon-owned Audible and a group of...

Amazon’s Audible “prohibited from creating, generating, reproducing, modifying, distributing, publishing, or displaying” captions without publisher agreement

by Mark Williams | Feb 6, 2020 | Amazon, Audible, Audiobooks, USA | 0 |

While this is a US story and not one that would normally be within the remit of TNPS to cover, the...

The TNPS Week In Review: January 12-18

by Mark Williams | Jan 19, 2020 | Audible, Audiobooks, Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, bookstores, Cambodia, China, Digital Audio, Digital Libraries, Global Publishing, Indigenous Languages, North America, Scandinavia, Storytel, The global book market | 0 |

For those who don’t get the chance to open all the regular email notifications from TNPS, a...

Penguin Random House pulls English-language titles from Storytel, Bookbeat and Nextory. Unhappy with terms? Or is a PRH streaming service launch imminent?

by Mark Williams | Jan 18, 2020 | Audible, Digital Audio, Global Publishing, Scandinavia, Sweden, USA | 0 |

A few days ago it emerged PRH titles were disappearing from the Storytel, Nextory and Bookbeat...

Amazon’s Audible and US audiobook publishers reach settlement in captions dispute

by Mark Williams | Jan 15, 2020 | Amazon, Audible, Audiobooks, Digital Audio, North America, USA | 0 |

Not much detail on this story as yet, but it seems Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobook service,...

The TNPS Festive Season Weeks in Review

by Mark Williams | Jan 5, 2020 | Africa, Aggregators, Amazon, Audible, Awards, Bangladesh, Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, Cambodia, Denmark, Digital Libraries, Education Publishing, Eurasia, Europe, Film & TV, Global Publishing, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Print, Saudi Arabia, Scandinavia, Storytel, The global book market, Turkey, UK, USA | 0 |

For those who didn’t get the chance to open any or all the regular email notifications from TNPS,...

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Mark Williams At Large: Perspectives on the Publishing Week

The dam has been breached! Amazon’s Audible launches an unlimited audiobook subscription service in Spain. How long now before Audible rolls out the model in the US?

Spotify’s move into audiobooks is a seismic shift in the publishing landscape, but the ripples will take time to be felt

Amazon finally sounding out publishers as Amazon Sweden venture readies

US audiobook market value up 16% to $1.2bn in 2019. Unit sales also up 16%. But how much does the delivery model hold back the format?

Amazon’s Audible France used by almost 20% of population in 2019. Mostly women and mostly at home

Judge rejects Audible’s and publishers’ request to keep Captions settlement secret

Amazon’s Audible “prohibited from creating, generating, reproducing, modifying, distributing, publishing, or displaying” captions without publisher agreement

The TNPS Week In Review: January 12-18

Penguin Random House pulls English-language titles from Storytel, Bookbeat and Nextory. Unhappy with terms? Or is a PRH streaming service launch imminent?

Amazon’s Audible and US audiobook publishers reach settlement in captions dispute

The TNPS Festive Season Weeks in Review

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