Category: France
With bookstores closed much of 2020, more publishers inconsiderately report record sales and a “best ever year”
by Mark Williams | Feb 28, 2021 | bookstores, Ebooks, France, UK, USA | 0 |
Bricks & mortar bookstores face an uphill struggle this year to demonstrate to publishers that...
Read MoreKubini – Swahili for “imaginary creations” – will be a 9-month-long African comics exhibition in d’Angoulême, France, in 2021
by Mark Williams | Dec 25, 2020 | Africa, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Comics, Congo, France, Global Publishing | 0 |
The French connection here should surprise no-one familiar with the book market in France, where...
Read MoreSimon & Schuster add 42,000 English-language titles to France-based subscription service Youboox
by Mark Williams | Dec 3, 2020 | Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, Europe, France, Global Publishing | 0 |
Penguin Random House, awaiting regulatory approval to acquire Simon & Schuster, earlier this...
Read MoreIn France a “Pyrrhic victory” as supermarkets barred from selling books – to be fair to bookstores
by Mark Williams | Oct 31, 2020 | bookstores, Europe, France, The global book market | 0 |
“We wanted equal treatment, not a race to the bottom. It sounds like a Pyrrhic victory for the...
Read MoreAs a new lockdown gets under way in France, bookstores once again ask to be treated as essential services
by Mark Williams | Oct 29, 2020 | bookstores, Europe, France, Global Publishing | 2 |
Lire, c’est vivre – reading is living – should not become reading carries a strong risk of dying...
Read MoreIn France in 2019 digital accounted for just 8.7% of the book market
by Mark Williams | Oct 26, 2020 | Ebooks, Europe, France, Global Publishing, The global book market | 0 |
There’s no disputing that, with internet penetration at 92%, amounting to 60 million people...
Read MoreGermany’s Bookwire and Brazil’s Fênix Editorial join EDRLab (France)
by Mark Williams | Aug 16, 2020 | Brazil, France, Germany, Global Publishing, Publishing News | 0 |
Fênix Editorial (“both a publishing house and a technology company”) joins Bookwire...
Read MoreStreetLib expands its distribution with 4 new partners and adds audiobook distribution to Scribd
by Mark Williams | Jul 24, 2020 | Africa, Aggregators, Audiobooks, Brazil, Digital Audio, Digital Libraries, France, Global Publishing, The global book market, USA | 0 |
StreetLib is the publisher behind The New Publishing Standard. While TNPS is not a StreetLib...
Read MoreMapping the new normal: As bookstores in France re-open, early euphoria gives way to plummeting book sales in week two
by Mark Williams | May 29, 2020 | bookstores, Coronavirus, Europe, France, Global Publishing, The global book market | 0 |
After a long and painful lockdown it was hardly surprising that many booklovers made a beeline for...
Read MoreAmazon’s Audible France used by almost 20% of population in 2019. Mostly women and mostly at home
by Mark Williams | May 21, 2020 | Amazon, Audible, Audiobooks, Europe, France, Global Publishing | 0 |
While many countries report commuters as the mainstay of their audiobook consumption, in France it...
Read More“Severe and lasting damage” as 2/3 of publishers miss out on the 30% digital surge during lockdown in France
by Mark Williams | May 21, 2020 | Coronavirus, Europe, France, Global Publishing, The global book market | 0 |
French publishing has for the past decade or more proudly stood firm against the trend to embrace...
Read MoreKobo Plus subscription service prepares launches in France and Canada
by Mark Williams | May 17, 2020 | Belgium, Canada, Digital subscription, ebook subscription services, France, Global Publishing, The global book market | 0 |
Hat tip to The Digital Reader for kicking off this story. Yesterday Nate Hoffelder ran an item...
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