2021 revenue up 20%, subscribers up 22%. Storytel set to launch in Indonesia in Q1. 50,000 free subscriptions on offer in UAE
For now the Nordics region continues to provide the bulk of revenue and subscriber numbers, with...
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Category: ebook subscription services
Expect a price war in Norway’s streaming market as BookBeat finally launches, with more countries promised
BookBeat CEO Niclas Sandin, for all his bold ambitions and aspirations, has his hands tied by...
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Nextory-owned Youboox launches Switch, a “new” format that combines ebook and audiobook. Let’s call it an audio ebook
Given Youboox was acquired by Sweden-based Nextory in October it seems a safe bet we will see this...
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Kobo Plus unlimited subscription launches in 8th market France, days after Australia, New Zealand and Italy
The France launch comes a week after the launch in KoboPlus in Italy, and with it Kobo’s...
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Kobo Plus unlimited subscription launches in 7th market, Italy, days after Australia and New Zealand launches
Kobo Plus claims to be “the first service in Italy to provide a combined reading and listening...
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Kobo Plus unlimited subscription launches in New Zealand
“Our sales data from Belgium, the Netherlands and Canada suggests that having your books in...
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Nextory subscribers up 68% in Q3, with strong growth in new markets Norway and Spain
Further European expansion in 2020 is a given, but the litmus test for Nextory’s role as pretender...
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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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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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The AAP’s latest US publishing revenue figures leave tens of millions of dollars in ebook revenue uncounted
We simply don’t know the true scale of the impact ebooks have on the US and global book markets,...
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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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Since Jan 2018 the Kindle Unlimited ebook subscription service has paid out over $1 billion in royalties to indie authors
The invisible ebook market redux: the ebook market is bigger than we realise, and subscription...
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