Mapping the new normal: As bookstores in France re-open, early euphoria gives way to plummeting book sales in week two
After a long and painful lockdown it was hardly surprising that many booklovers made a beeline for...
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Category: France
Amazon’s Audible France used by almost 20% of population in 2019. Mostly women and mostly at home
While many countries report commuters as the mainstay of their audiobook consumption, in France it...
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“Severe and lasting damage” as 2/3 of publishers miss out on the 30% digital surge during lockdown in France
French publishing has for the past decade or more proudly stood firm against the trend to embrace...
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Kobo Plus subscription service prepares launches in France and Canada
Hat tip to The Digital Reader for kicking off this story. Yesterday Nate Hoffelder ran an item...
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Paris Book Fair now officially cancelled. LBF as good as cancelled. And dozens more global book fairs on the danger list over the next 6 weeks
Per TNPS coverage over the weekend, a government decree barring public meetings of more than 5,000...
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Paris Book Fair cancelled by govt. decree as UK’s PM dithers and LBF clings to hope
The French government has responded to the growing threat of a global Coronavirus pandemic by...
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January 2020 Book Fair Snapshot. 8-10 million people spending millions of dollars on books in countries widely regarded as publishing backwaters
2020 is off to a great start on the global book fair front, but what follows should be seen as...
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Amazon Ads now available to KDP authors in 6 countries
When Amazon first launched on-site advertising for authors it was limited to those in the US....
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StreetLib and Nakiri expand their Global Rights & Distribution Partnership
StreetLib is the publisher behind The New Publishing Standard. While TNPS is not a...
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NetGalley Advanced arrives in UK, France and Germany nine months after US launch
When it comes to getting new books noticed in the digital age, advance copies sent out to trusted...
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VIMN launches Nickelodeon ebook subscription service BooKids in France
Launching with 200 titles, and aiming to add ten new titles each month, BooKids by Nickleodeon is...
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De Marque acquires Feedbook assets including the Feedbook digital books catalogue for $0.25 million, taking De Marque to 1.4 million titles
Paying just 230,000 euros (US$ 254,000) for the assets of the collapsed ebook store Feedbooks, the...
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