Category: Audiobooks
TNPS on LinkedIn – Round-Up #2
With so much publishing industry news and debate, there’s never time for TNPS to cover it...
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TNPS on LinkedIn – a round-up
With so much publishing industry news and debate, there’s never time for TNPS to cover it...
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Exclusive – Storytel prepares an all-you-can-eat global roll-out
My August 2022 TNPS headline ran: “International expansion back on the agenda at Storytel....
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Is Storytel forecasting a $30 billion audio market by 2030?
Enter, stage right, Liza Vasileva, Storytel manager for Bulgaria, who...
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Storytel returns to New Normal (post-Tellander, not post-Covid) predictability
I’m emboldened to optimism by Larcher and Team’s SVOD background, which by definition...
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Beware The Future – It’s Closer Than You Think
“AI can never replace human creativity!” So why are you running about like a headless chicken...
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As Spotify audiobooks launches in more à la carte markets, Kobo joins Audible in bucking the industry-imagined all-you-can-eat-is-history trend
Self-fulfilling prophecies are the new black in publishing. You may have heard the one about...
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Do UK 18-24 year-olds have secret access to Spotify’s not-yet-launched audiobooks platform?
“18 to 24-year-olds were found to be more likely to use non-Amazon retailers compared to...
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Amazon adds 98 million music titles to Prime. Publishers should be worried
It’s not rocket science to see where this might be heading. We can safely assume the 98...
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BookBeat launches in Spain and Italy. Storytel and Nextory report notional growth amid acquisition speculation
Any acquisition of Storytel is for now just speculation, but there are only two likely contenders...
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FYI – Frankfurt Buchmesse Professional Programme 2022: Masterclasses on TikTok, Audiobooks and Distribution
From the Buchmesse newsletter Using AI to create audiobooks, communicating with the fan community...
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Storytel launches in France with tiered access and a headline that mentions neither
No unlimited subscription on offer here, but that’s a reflection of French publishing rather...
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