Category: Ebooks
Egypt’s Alexandria International Book Fair adds 200,000 free ebooks to its website
Despite Egypt leading Africa in coronavirus fatalities (40 dead as this post goes live) and the...
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Sweden’s audiobook subscription service Bokus Play to carry ebooks, launch own e-reader
While audiobooks tend to dominate the headlines about digital books streaming, most subscription...
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Data Guy’s Bookstat over-guesses UK ebook sales by 14,000 units for 5 of the top 10, say two publishers with the real numbers
Once again the UK’s The Bookseller has reproduced the Bookstat ebook bestsellers top ten...
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UAE’s Sharjah Public Libraries to give 3 months free global access to 6 million digital titles as world locks down
Details are sparse as this post goes live but Sharjah Public Libraries in the United Arab Emirates...
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Sweden’s Nextory collects $6 million in new funding for European expansion amid “fantastic growth” in audiobook and ebook subscription
Already in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Nextory CEO Shadi Bitar has...
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PublishDrive the first US-based aggregator to offer ebooks, audiobook and POD distribution
This past week the indie-friendly aggregator PublishDrive became the first in the US to offer...
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Germany’s Bookwire grew sales by 35% in 2019. 140% growth in audio; ebooks up 24%
As a digital publishing company Frankfurt-based Bookwire, with offices in Madrid, Mexico City and...
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According to Hachette UK Data Guy’s Bookstat over-guessed a best-selling title’s sales by 2,000 and under-guessed another title by 2,500 sales
Reading The Bookseller’s weekly list of bestselling ebooks as provided by Bookstat and by...
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OverDrive prepares “digital content options” as the coronavirus crisis deepens in USA
With Mondadori leading the way in Italy, ODILO showing how it’s done in Spain, and the Association...
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Georgia’s publishers make 6,000 digital titles available free to help contain the coronavirus
Even in countries where measures have not yet been as drastic as closing shops and stores,...
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UK to cut VAT on ebooks from December. A missed opportunity to help contain the coronavirus
In different circumstances it would be a huge cause for celebration. The same Tory government that...
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Sweden’s Norstedts Förlagsgrupp sees digital revenues up 41% in 2019, with 50% from digital and 25% of that from audio
Norstedts, one of Sweden’s largest publishing houses, had its best turnover since 2013 thanks to...
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