While PRH sits on its subscription plans, another Nordic publisher launches its own subscription service
Last month we reported here on a Boktugg news item suggesting the world’s biggest trade...
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Category: Finland
The 650th anniversary of the Azerbaijani poet skinned alive; Helsinki’s public library boom; Vietnam’s book stall in South Korea; and from Serbia, BUM! GRRR!! ŠKRIP!!! STRIP!!!!
We start the day global today in Ukraine, where a poetry collection from one of Azerbaijan’s...
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Nextory reports 130% growth. Bookbeat 127% growth. Kobo launches in Sweden. “Digital books are hotter than ever”
Any thoughts that maybe the Scandinavian love affair with digital books might be drawing to a...
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Sweden’s Storytel becomes Finland’s third largest publisher with acquisition of Gummerus Kustannus
Storytel is best known globally for its digital books streaming service, now covering eighteen...
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India’s youngest librarian. Bookboats in Sweden, Norway and, sadly no longer, in Finland
We Start The Day Global today with a look at floating libraries in Scandinavia and a free public...
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With the “attention economy” the latest buzzword excuse for perceived falling book sales, how is it Scandinavia is seeing both video and book streaming rise simultaneously?
The rise and rise of audiobook and ebook subscription streaming across the Scandinavian countries...
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Norwegian online bookstore wins Finland’s Dragon’s Den variation Polar Bear Pitching with an icy proposition
Most people reading this will know of the TV series Dragon’s Den, or Shark Tank, or any of thirty...
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Boktugg’s essential list of 2019 Scandinavian book fairs
Regulars here at TNPS will know the value we attach to the global book fair scene, and that...
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Audiobook revenue doubled in Finland in 2018
While the end of year results are not yet known, audiobook revenues doubled in Finland up until...
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Sweden's Bookbeat grew 163% to 150,000 in 2018. Targets 250,000 subscribers by end 2019
Swedish streaming service Bookbeat may have put the UK on hold, but it’s still battling for market...
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Finnish President sits on steps at Turku Book Fair as auditorium was full
Only in Finland could the country’s President turn up to a book fair discussion on equality,...
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Bonnier’s BookBeat reports 97% growth against fierce competition from Storytel. German investment next. UK still on the backburner
While US and UK publishers watch the Scandinavian experiment from a safe distance, a mixture of...
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