Category: Audiobooks
Google Play Books Expands AI Audiobook Narration &...
Posted by Mark Williams | Apr 27, 2022 | AI, Audiobooks | 0 |
One tenth of Sweden’s population now has an audiobook subscription
by Mark Williams | May 10, 2022 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Global Publishing, Sweden | 0 |
In the mature English-language markets, where unlimited subscription is still a dirty word,...
Read MoreGoogle Play Books Expands AI Audiobook Narration – maybe
by Mark Williams | Apr 27, 2022 | AI, Audiobooks | 0 |
No, AI narration will not put competent real-life narrators out of jobs any time soon, if ever....
Read MoreJapan’s biggest audiobook service now offers a tandem unlimited and credit model to appeal to more consumers
by Mark Williams | Apr 24, 2022 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Global Publishing, Japan | 0 |
At the consumer level the unlimited consumption model for a fixed monthly fee has enormous appeal,...
Read MoreStorytel streaming revenue hits $74 million in Q1, tops 2 million subscribers, but few signs for optimism globally
by Mark Williams | Apr 8, 2022 | Audiobooks, Digital subscription, Global Publishing, Storytel | 0 |
Unless a major opportunity to enter a mature market comes along akin to the Audiobooks.com...
Read MoreConfusion at Bologna over Arabic language and digital books compatibility amid a wider piracy problem
by Mark Williams | Mar 24, 2022 | Audiobooks, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Middle East | 0 |
It was one year ago this month that Amazon launched in Poland, amusingly selling Kindle devices...
Read MoreStorytel launches in Indonesia with 150,000 titles – but is Storytel expansion now on hold?
by Mark Williams | Mar 13, 2022 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Indonesia, Storytel | 1 |
Indriani Widyasari faces a challenge she could never have anticipated in January 2021 when she...
Read MoreAcquisition drives Nextory’s explosive percentage growth, but real numbers remain as elusive as ever
by Mark Williams | Mar 3, 2022 | Audiobooks, Digital subscription, Global Publishing, Sweden, Uncategorized | 0 |
The Q1, Q2 and Q3 Nextory reports told of increases of 61%, 58% and 68% respectively, or an...
Read MoreBookBeat launches in Belgium and Netherlands
by Mark Williams | Feb 13, 2022 | Audiobooks, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Europe, Global Publishing | 0 |
Since the Q3 results announcement BookBeat has been uncharacteristically silent about its Q4 and...
Read More“Nextory ex Youboox” – Nextory rebrands its French acquisition, but what does this mean for the global audiobook industry?
by Mark Williams | Jan 30, 2022 | Audiobooks, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Europe, France, Global Publishing | 0 |
One significant difference between Nextory France and the other Nextory and Storytel markets is...
Read MoreStorytel’s Q4 royalties revealed, and yes, they were lower than a regular sale royalty. Here’s why that’s not such a big deal
by Mark Williams | Jan 25, 2022 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Storytel, Sweden | 0 |
The idea that there is, or could ever be, one set royalty for all formats is a fantasy perpetuated...
Read MoreHedge-fund owned audiobook producer RBMedia’s “record-breaking 2021 performance”
by Mark Williams | Jan 13, 2022 | Audiobooks, Global Publishing | 0 |
Lately we’ve seen KKR and rival Elliott (the proud owner of both Waterstones and Barnes &...
Read MoreAudiobook sales soared 93% on Taiwan’s Reedmoo in 2021
by Mark Williams | Jan 12, 2022 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Taiwan | 0 |
While audiobook demand increased 93%, per headline, this was actually beaten by both novels and...
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