Category: Audiobooks
One tenth of Sweden’s population now has an audiobook subscription
In the mature English-language markets, where unlimited subscription is still a dirty word,...
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Google Play Books Expands AI Audiobook Narration – maybe
No, AI narration will not put competent real-life narrators out of jobs any time soon, if ever....
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Japan’s biggest audiobook service now offers a tandem unlimited and credit model to appeal to more consumers
At the consumer level the unlimited consumption model for a fixed monthly fee has enormous appeal,...
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Storytel streaming revenue hits $74 million in Q1, tops 2 million subscribers, but few signs for optimism globally
Unless a major opportunity to enter a mature market comes along akin to the Audiobooks.com...
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Confusion at Bologna over Arabic language and digital books compatibility amid a wider piracy problem
It was one year ago this month that Amazon launched in Poland, amusingly selling Kindle devices...
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Storytel launches in Indonesia with 150,000 titles – but is Storytel expansion now on hold?
Indriani Widyasari faces a challenge she could never have anticipated in January 2021 when she...
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Acquisition drives Nextory’s explosive percentage growth, but real numbers remain as elusive as ever
The Q1, Q2 and Q3 Nextory reports told of increases of 61%, 58% and 68% respectively, or an...
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BookBeat launches in Belgium and Netherlands
Since the Q3 results announcement BookBeat has been uncharacteristically silent about its Q4 and...
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“Nextory ex Youboox” – Nextory rebrands its French acquisition, but what does this mean for the global audiobook industry?
One significant difference between Nextory France and the other Nextory and Storytel markets is...
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Storytel’s Q4 royalties revealed, and yes, they were lower than a regular sale royalty. Here’s why that’s not such a big deal
The idea that there is, or could ever be, one set royalty for all formats is a fantasy perpetuated...
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Hedge-fund owned audiobook producer RBMedia’s “record-breaking 2021 performance”
Lately we’ve seen KKR and rival Elliott (the proud owner of both Waterstones and Barnes &...
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Audiobook sales soared 93% on Taiwan’s Reedmoo in 2021
While audiobook demand increased 93%, per headline, this was actually beaten by both novels and...
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