Category: Europe
Digital books and unlimited subscription up, print down in Sweden – publishers elsewhere will want to look away
The growth of subscription services is slowing down – at least in percentage terms, as the...
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Frankfurt puts a brave face on the Pandemic Edition, but the low turnout does not augur well for LBF and Bologna as Covid-19 resurges
Against such a background we should look at Frankfurt this week, with its 15 publishers in a...
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Lithuania’s Vilnius Int. Book Fair returns in Feb ‘22
“People who never cared about books have started to read.” It’s still early days, and things...
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With the acquisition of Youboox, Nextory blazes a trail beyond Storytel’s shadow
The big story here is not catalogue size but rather the seismic shift in Nextory’s expansion...
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Spain’s Madrid Book Fair takes an 80% visitor hit but only drops 10% in book sales amid the Pandemic
Maybe the event organisers need to look at what they were doing right this year to see such...
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PRH, Bloomsbury and HarperCollins among those not attending the Buchmesse this year. As Pandemic Y2 fears grow, more will – and should – follow suit
Publishers need to be asking themselves, if they seriously aren’t ready to open their offices...
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SAGA Egmont is now Germany’s largest audiobook publisher
“Untapped potential for authors and publishers.” That’s the sweet spot where digital and global...
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Romania’s digital publishing steps up a gear with two new audiobook subscription services and new investment in online book retail
As Pandemic Y2 prepares to silently extend to Pandemic Y3 it becomes more and more likely...
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Storytel Nordics alone hits 1 million subscribers
Comprising Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland the Nordics is a region of five national...
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The SAGA Egmont – Roca Editorial audiobook partnership demonstrates the digital advantage for publishers everywhere
The bigger picture here is how a publisher in Denmark, a “minor-language” country with a...
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Gyldendal sees 50% of revenue from digital as Norway’s publishing industry rises 12.6% in H2 2020
Including education, Gyldendal has over 3 million digital users – this, remember, in a country of...
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Digital books subscription fever continues. Nextory subscribers up 60%. Storytel hits 1.6 million
It would be interesting to know how many of the top-level decision-makers in Big Pub who have...
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