Category: Digital subscription
Byju’s acquires children’s reading platform Epic for $500 million in another seismic shift in the publishing landscape
Overseas capital continues to flood the North America publishing market, entering key digital...
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Storytel Nordics alone hits 1 million subscribers
Comprising Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland the Nordics is a region of five national...
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Scribd’s likely $1 billion IPO valuation shows how far US digital books subscription lags behind global rivals
The issue is not if, but when publishers embrace subscription wholesale, and which players they...
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As Netflix adds games and podcasts to its platform appeal, publishers need to rethink resistance to subscription
For publishers there’s no direct threat here – and likely benefits, as books are often...
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Storytel Ereader launches in Netherlands and Belgium, confirming Tellander’s quiet commitment to ebooks
The latest roll-out of the Storytel e-in e-reader is testament to the fact that Jonas Tellander...
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Digital books subscription fever continues. Nextory subscribers up 60%. Storytel hits 1.6 million
It would be interesting to know how many of the top-level decision-makers in Big Pub who have...
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BookBeat clocks 42% revenue growth in H2. Launches in Austria and Switzerland. Norway next
Given the presence now of both Nextory and BookBeat in Austria and Switzerland it seems more...
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Sweden-based subscription streaming service BookBeat topped a half million subscribers in Q2. Keeps quiet about BookBeat UK
By keeping BookBeat UK out there despite never warranting a mention in the stream of positive...
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There’s a new kid on the digital books retail and subscription streaming block, but can Legible live up to its own hype?
True global accessibility demands that the books are available where the consumers are and...
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Nextory could leap Storytel and Audible to be Spain’s #1 subscription service this year after Nubico acquisition
With the Nubico acquisition the rivalry between Sweden’s Storytel and Nextory just moved to a...
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Storytel’s partnership with Spotify unlocks a back door to the Holy Grail that is the US audiobook market
Unlimited digital books subscription in the US and other mature English-language markets is not a...
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Turkey the fastest-growing of Storytel’s 25 markets, up 112% in 2020. But can Storytel global revenue keep up with expectations?
Sweden charges $20 a month. Compare Turkey where charging $4.20 brings only 21% of the Sweden...
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