Category: ebook subscription services
Amazon’s ebook subscription service Kindle Unlimited paid out over a quarter billion dollars in royalties to KDP authors for second year running
It’s been a good year for print and a great year for audiobooks. Ebooks, not so much. Or so we...
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The latest edition of the StreetLib-TNPS B2B newsletter Publish MENA is live
A major breakdown with the submarine cable connecting West Africa and Europe caused serious...
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40 markets by 2023. 1.5 million subscribers, $200 million revenue by end 2020. Sweden’s Storytel gets into second gear
The West African internet gods are in fickle mood today, so just a summary here of what is...
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The TNPS Week In Review: January 5-11
For those who don’t get the chance to open all the regular email notifications from TNPS, a...
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Sweden’s Bookbeat reports an “incredible” 2019, with 114% growth, $33 million revenue, over 250,0000 subscribers
After 110% growth in 2018 Bookbeat has upped its game in 2019 with 114% growth reported across its...
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Storytel hits 1.1 million subscriber target, sees Q4 revenue rise 45%. Annual subscriber growth up 40% overall. Non-Nordic subscribers up 114%
As Storytel notches up yet another bag of exceeded targets, revenue increases and year on year...
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Norwegian Writers Association urges authors to examine their contracts to ensure they are not locked out of subscription services
Are publishers guilty of limiting their authors’ reach? With the rise of publisher-owned...
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Storytel – the TNPS Story of the Year 2019
There were three candidates for TNPS Story of the Year this year, and little to choose between...
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Globally Amazon’s KDP has now published more than 2 million books. Has 100,000 authors in India
At a time when there is much speculation e-readers are yesterday’s devices, and that anyway...
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USA’s global digital books subscription service Scribd sees revenue rise 25% in 2019, bringing in over $100 million revenue
Despite many publishers deliberately avoiding the all-you-can-eat digital books subscription...
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Ebooks and audiobook subscription service Nextory launches in Austria and Switzerland. Nextory now in 6 countries
Back in October the Sweden-based ebook and audiobook subscription service launched in Denmark, and...
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Bookmate partners with telcos in Bulgaria and Serbia. Introduces Bookmate Plus in Azerbaijan
Despite headquarters in London, Bookmate is probably best known as a Russian ebook subscription...
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