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Amazon finally enters the online reading field, but Kindle Vella looks to be a half-hearted effort rushed out to be a spoiler for China Lit’s North America push

by Mark Williams | Apr 15, 2021 | Amazon, Mobile publishing, North America | 0 |

Safe to say a lucky few authors will do very well from Kindle Vella, and Amazon will make a big...

Tencent’s China Literature targets 49 million online readers outside China, with North America to supply 100,000 authors

by Mark Williams | Apr 1, 2021 | China, Global Publishing, North America | 0 |

As western consumer patterns slowly adjust to the subscription-orientated New Normal so the...

US embraces a new digital reality that goes beyond the “ebooks and social media” era that defined the 2010s

by Mark Williams | Feb 14, 2021 | Global Publishing, North America, USA | 0 |

Assuming the vaccine programmes deliver as promised then by this time next year we could be seeing...

American Library Association confirms its future will be hybrid as 3rd online ALA event announced for June

by Mark Williams | Feb 1, 2021 | Global Publishing, Libraries, North America, USA | 0 |

This is just one more example of how the industry has turned adversity to advantage, embracing...

PRH Canada devolves RH and Knopf in move that weakens the argument against the Penguin Random House acquisition of Simon & Schuster

by Mark Williams | Dec 10, 2020 | Canada, Global Publishing, North America, Publishing News | 0 |

The move is not related to the Simon & Schuster buyout, and was initially planned for the...

Quote Unquote: “Combined ebook and print book sales are expected to be one of the highest-volume years in NPD BookScan history” – Kristen McLean

by Mark Williams | Dec 8, 2020 | Global Publishing, North America, USA | 0 |

A key point of interest here being the reference to ebooks, a format that, in recent years...

Book Expo America is shuttered, leaving the world’s biggest book market with no trade show. Few tears will be shed

by Mark Williams | Dec 2, 2020 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, North America, USA | 0 |

The pandemic took away the last of the emperor’s clothes, at no time more clearly than when...

Canada’s De Marque raises $5 million as a 35% lockdown ebook boom becomes a 25%-30% sustained increase

by Mark Williams | Oct 8, 2020 | Aggregators, Canada, Ebooks, Global Publishing, North America, The global book market | 0 |

It’s not clear if Blouin’s “notably the United States” is a reference simply to the size of the US...

Mark Williams At Large: Perspectives on the Publishing Week

by Mark Williams | Sep 26, 2020 | Audible, Audiobooks, Belgium, Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, bookstores, Coronavirus, Digital subscription, Global Publishing, Malaysia, North America, Scandinavia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Storytel, The global book market, UK | 0 |

As the pandemic enters its second wave, Big 5 publisher Macmillan starts hiring again, raises its...

“I absolutely love Nook, and I think my predecessors had fallen out of love with it. I’m a champion of digital books and digital book retailing” – Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt

by Mark Williams | Aug 22, 2020 | Barnes & Noble, bookstores, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Nook, North America, The global book market, UK, USA | 0 |

Daunt continued selling epub ebooks in the Waterstone’s ebook store while simultaneously inviting...

“The time is right for subscription.” Kobo launches unlimited digital books streaming service in Canada

by Mark Williams | Jul 15, 2020 | Canada, Digital subscription, Global Publishing, Kobo, North America, The global book market | 0 |

Rakuten Kobo has been successfully streaming digital books through its Kobo Plus subscription...

The StreetLib-TNPS global-perspectives newsletter for serious self-publishers, Publish Global # 5, is now out

by Mark Williams | Jun 27, 2020 | Africa, Aggregators, Audiobooks, Barnes & Noble, Book Fairs, Bulgaria, Digital Audio, Digital subscription, Dominican Republic, Ebooks, Europe, Film & TV, Global Publishing, IPA, Middle East, Mozambique, Nigeria, Nook, North America, Saudi Arabia, Self-Publishing, Sweden | 0 |

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Amazon finally enters the online reading field, but Kindle Vella looks to be a half-hearted effort rushed out to be a spoiler for China Lit’s North America push

Tencent’s China Literature targets 49 million online readers outside China, with North America to supply 100,000 authors

US embraces a new digital reality that goes beyond the “ebooks and social media” era that defined the 2010s

American Library Association confirms its future will be hybrid as 3rd online ALA event announced for June

PRH Canada devolves RH and Knopf in move that weakens the argument against the Penguin Random House acquisition of Simon & Schuster

Quote Unquote: “Combined ebook and print book sales are expected to be one of the highest-volume years in NPD BookScan history” – Kristen McLean

Book Expo America is shuttered, leaving the world’s biggest book market with no trade show. Few tears will be shed

Canada’s De Marque raises $5 million as a 35% lockdown ebook boom becomes a 25%-30% sustained increase

Mark Williams At Large: Perspectives on the Publishing Week

“I absolutely love Nook, and I think my predecessors had fallen out of love with it. I’m a champion of digital books and digital book retailing” – Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt

“The time is right for subscription.” Kobo launches unlimited digital books streaming service in Canada

The StreetLib-TNPS global-perspectives newsletter for serious self-publishers, Publish Global # 5, is now out

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