Category: Global Publishing
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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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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Industry News Round-Up 26 March 2020
A round-up of key industry news in these challenging times. Apologies if the linked reports for...
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Thailand’s Bangkok International Book Fair is live online despite real-life cancellation
International book fairs fall broadly into two groups: industry-facing and public-facing, although...
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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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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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Morocco’s National Library goes digital as country locked down
Morocco is among the many countries closing libraries to help contain the Coronavirus threat, and...
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Book Expo America postponed – but only until July. What planet are they on?
As news came in this evening (GMT) that Book Expo America had postponed the May event it seemed...
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Sheikh Zayed Book Award winners to be announced next month despite cancellation of the Abu Dhabi Book Fair
If we needed proof that the coronavirus crisis will not fade simply because of summer’s warmer...
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UK’s Hay Festival cancelled as coronavirus tears up the publishing industry calendar. Book Expo America looks the other way
The only surprise with the announcement that the Hay Festival in the UK has been cancelled is that...
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