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Amid the global coronavirus crisis Storytel sees subscribers grow 38%, streaming revenue 45%, even as publishers that sidelined digital struggle for survival

by Mark Williams | May 12, 2020 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Global Publishing, Scandinavia, Storytel | 0 |

The only surprise with the latest results from Sweden-based Storytel would have been if subscriber...

Quote Unquote: Reasons to be wide and digital

by Mark Williams | May 8, 2020 | bookstores, Digital Audio, Ebooks, UK | 0 |

Publishers who have broad publishing programmes and sell across a range of retailers, including...

“Ebooks are the heroes of the crisis. Libraries have halted the purchase of physical books and are switching all purchasing to digital” – BISG report on Covid-19’s impact on publishing

by Mark Williams | Apr 11, 2020 | bookstores, Coronavirus, Digital Audio, Digital Libraries, Ebooks, North America, USA | 0 |

Publishers Weekly’s report on the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) video chat (April 9) about the...

Sweden’s Nextory sees 94% revenue and 110% subscriber growth in Q1

by Mark Williams | Apr 8, 2020 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Ebooks, Europe, Global Publishing, Sweden, The global book market | 0 |

As ever with Nextory press releases, real numbers are hard to come by, and without a base line the...

Storytel revenue up 45% in Q1. 1.15 million subscribers. But will the 2020 corona bounce give way to headwinds for Tellander’s 40-country $200 million revenue plans?

by Mark Williams | Apr 7, 2020 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Ebooks, Europe, Global Publishing, Storytel, Sweden, The global book market | 0 |

Even without the digital bounce the global pandemic has induced, Storytel was expected to perform...

Sweden’s Nextory collects $6 million in new funding for European expansion amid “fantastic growth” in audiobook and ebook subscription

by Mark Williams | Mar 25, 2020 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Sweden, The global book market | 0 |

Already in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Nextory CEO Shadi Bitar has...

Germany’s Bookwire grew sales by 35% in 2019. 140% growth in audio; ebooks up 24%

by Mark Williams | Mar 23, 2020 | Aggregators, Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Ebooks, The global book market | 0 |

As a digital publishing company Frankfurt-based Bookwire, with offices in Madrid, Mexico City and...

OverDrive prepares “digital content options” as the coronavirus crisis deepens in USA

by Mark Williams | Mar 14, 2020 | Coronavirus, Digital Audio, Ebooks, Global Publishing, The global book market | 0 |

With Mondadori leading the way in Italy, ODILO showing how it’s done in Spain, and the Association...

UK to cut VAT on ebooks from December. A missed opportunity to help contain the coronavirus

by Mark Williams | Mar 11, 2020 | Digital Audio, Ebooks, UK | 0 |

In different circumstances it would be a huge cause for celebration. The same Tory government that...

Denmark’s Saga Egmont becomes Spain’s largest audiobook publisher on Audiomol-catalogue acquisition

by Mark Williams | Mar 10, 2020 | Audiobooks, Denmark, Digital Audio, Europe, Global Publishing, Spain, The global book market | 0 |

Copenhagen-based Saga Egmont famously insists that all publisher’s books must be present in...

Sweden’s Norstedts Förlagsgrupp sees digital revenues up 41% in 2019, with 50% from digital and 25% of that from audio

by Mark Williams | Feb 29, 2020 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Ebooks, Europe, Global Publishing, Sweden, The global book market | 0 |

Norstedts, one of Sweden’s largest publishing houses, had its best turnover since 2013 thanks to...

Storytel raises $96.5 million in new funding. A vote of confidence in the unlimited subscription model, not just the company

by Mark Williams | Feb 21, 2020 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Global Publishing, Sweden, The global book market | 0 |

In a heavily oversubscribed surprise share issue late Thursday, Storytel raised SEK 948 million...

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Amid the global coronavirus crisis Storytel sees subscribers grow 38%, streaming revenue 45%, even as publishers that sidelined digital struggle for survival

Quote Unquote: Reasons to be wide and digital

“Ebooks are the heroes of the crisis. Libraries have halted the purchase of physical books and are switching all purchasing to digital” – BISG report on Covid-19’s impact on publishing

Sweden’s Nextory sees 94% revenue and 110% subscriber growth in Q1

Storytel revenue up 45% in Q1. 1.15 million subscribers. But will the 2020 corona bounce give way to headwinds for Tellander’s 40-country $200 million revenue plans?

Sweden’s Nextory collects $6 million in new funding for European expansion amid “fantastic growth” in audiobook and ebook subscription

Germany’s Bookwire grew sales by 35% in 2019. 140% growth in audio; ebooks up 24%

OverDrive prepares “digital content options” as the coronavirus crisis deepens in USA

UK to cut VAT on ebooks from December. A missed opportunity to help contain the coronavirus

Denmark’s Saga Egmont becomes Spain’s largest audiobook publisher on Audiomol-catalogue acquisition

Sweden’s Norstedts Förlagsgrupp sees digital revenues up 41% in 2019, with 50% from digital and 25% of that from audio

Storytel raises $96.5 million in new funding. A vote of confidence in the unlimited subscription model, not just the company

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