Category: Ebooks
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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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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Data Guy says 70% of the UK’s top ten ebook bestsellers are published by Amazon. Nothing new there. But can Bookstat’s numbers be relied upon?
When it comes to selling books we all acknowledge that in the key western markets Amazon rules the...
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OverDrive demolishes the nonsense that readers have abandoned ebooks for audiobooks as 2019 breaks records for both, adding to uncertainty about Kobo’s future
We’ve heard it so many times its hard not to start believing it. Screen fatigue is driving...
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“Extremely strong” global digital performance lands Pottermore $41 million sales
Harry Potter franchise pulls in $41 million in revenue thanks to “extremely strong” global digital performance.
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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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Rakuten ditches OverDrive. Acquired by equity firm KKR. Should Kobo be nervous?
When it comes to hiding bad news, Christmas Day must come high on the list of best times to...
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While western publishing parties, 1 million expected at India’s Hyderabad Book Fair. The global book market has no time for holidays
At TNPS the auto-respond emails are flooding in as our many industry subscribers in the west put...
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VAT on ebooks drops from 19% to 7% in Germany. UK continues to look the other way
Börsenblatt reports that from yesterday, December 18, the VAT rate for digital books fell from 19%...
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Audiobooks will outsell ebooks in the UK in 2020, says a new report. Or will they?
“Readers are swapping their Kindles for headphones,” begins a post in the UK’s The Times,...
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