Amazon pays out almost $50 million to self-pub authors using Kindle Unlimited ebook subscription service as August US print market slows
It will be interesting to see what, if any, changes the new PRH CEO Nihar Malaviya will make to...
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Category: Digital subscription
Nextory’s continuing shift from growth to profitability
The combined internet user base of the four Nordic countries amounts to 16.2 million. The combined...
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August print sales down 7% as US market slows. Expect the KU ebook pay-out to be up 10% by comparison
But what mainstream publishers will have preferred not to hear was that romance sales were way...
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US Music market share by volume, by genre. Lessons for book publishers
So what happened between 2015-2016 that recalibrated the US music industry and convinced American...
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H1 ebook revenue down says AAP as it omits well over a quarter billion dollars in uncounted ebook spend
The Kindle Unlimited pot pay-out for self-published authors’ ebooks is on target to exceed...
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TV streaming reminds us of the power of the backlist. Yet publishers still look the other way
Because alongside reach and discoverability, data is the big benefit of digital subscription, and...
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Unlimited subscription platform Kobo Plus adds audiobooks in Australia and New Zealand
“Nothing excites a booklover as much as saying ‘read as much as you want’...
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Bookmate subscription service launches at Ghana International Book Fair
Despite only being at 46% internet penetration, Ghana has long been a leader in Africa’s...
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“Not too little, but also not too much.” Paramount Global finetunes its subscription service. Lessons for publishers
Many echoes here of recent discussions and workshops from Nathan Hull of Beat...
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1 billion paid subscriptions at Apple
Subscription books remains a no-go area for most book platforms due to publisher resistance as...
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Turkey’s Competition Authority is investigating Storytel
“But each country makes its own laws, and if Turkish law expressly forbids such behaviour,...
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YouScribe launches in Algeria
YouScribe, already with over 1 million subscribers in Africa, launches in Algeria. France-based...
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