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Singapore, population 5.9 million, saw 8 million downloads from OverDrive in2021, equalling Los Angeles, and beaten only by Toronto as 121 libraries exceeded 1 million digital downloads

by Mark Williams | Jan 15, 2022 | Digital Audio, Digital Libraries, Ebooks, Singapore | 0 |

All told OverDrive saw 506 million downloads in 2021, mostly in North America, and of course none...

Big Bad Wolf continues its online pivot with second Singapore event

by Mark Williams | Feb 20, 2021 | Big Bad Wolf sale, Global Publishing, S.E. Asia, Singapore, The global book market | 0 |

Not much to add to this saga that hasn’t been said before, so this will be a brief item, but...

Another nail in Screen Fatigue’s coffin as OverDrive clocks 430 million digital downloads in 2020

by Mark Williams | Jan 12, 2021 | Audiobooks, Australia, Canada, Digital Audio, Digital Libraries, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Singapore | 2 |

Print of course remains king, although bricks & mortar booksellers face existential challenges...

Singapore Book Awards 2020 held online. Dedicated awards for Best Ebook, Best Audiobook and Best Digital Marketing. Cookery book takes the main prize

by Mark Williams | Aug 14, 2020 | Awards, Global Publishing, S.E. Asia, Singapore, The global book market | 0 |

A cookery book takes the big prize at this year’s Singapore Book Awards, held online this year...

OverDrive demolishes the nonsense that readers have abandoned ebooks for audiobooks as 2019 breaks records for both, adding to uncertainty about Kobo's future

by Mark Williams | Jan 9, 2020 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, Digital Libraries, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Kobo, Singapore, The global book market, USA | 0 |

We’ve heard it so many times its hard not to start believing it. Screen fatigue is driving...

PublishDrive adds Hoopla and STARY's Dreame to its distribution portfolio

by Mark Williams | Dec 13, 2019 | Aggregators, Digital Libraries, Global Publishing, Singapore, The global book market | 0 |

At this time of year most western publishing operations are winding down for the Christmas and New...

Mediacorp and Wattpad partner to develop a Wattpad series for Singapore TV

by Mark Williams | Dec 4, 2019 | Film & TV, Global Publishing, S.E. Asia, Singapore, The global book market | 0 |

Wattpad has long since been active in the Philippines TV arena, but today comes news Wattpad has...

Celebrating its first anniversary, Singapore’s mobile reading app Dreame is another example of the millions of invisible global digital readers outside mainstream publishing

by Mark Williams | Aug 24, 2019 | Global Publishing, Mobile publishing, Singapore, Smartphones & Tablets, The Future of Publishing, The global book market | 0 |

“Show Your Girl Power” is the topic of to a writing competition to mark the successful...

StreetLib partners with Singapore-based STARY's Dreame and FicFun mobile reading apps

by Mark Williams | Apr 29, 2019 | Australia, Canada, Global Publishing, Micro-Fiction, Mobile publishing, Pakistan, Philippines, Publishing News, Singapore, The global book market | 2 |

Italy-based digital books distributor and publishing facilitator StreetLib has partnered...

As Penguin Random House SE Asia goes live, PRH plans just shy of 100 mostly English-language releases this year across the region

by Mark Williams | Feb 26, 2019 | Global Publishing, Publishing News, S.E. Asia, Singapore, The global book market | 0 |

A common theme here at TNPS is the much-overlooked demand for English-language content in parts of...

StreetLib completes January tranche of global expansion. 21 countries on 6 continents

by Mark Williams | Feb 5, 2019 | Africa, Aggregators, Apple, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, Caribbean, Ebooks, Egypt, Europe, Ghana, Global Publishing, Guatemala, Ibero-America, Indigenous Languages, Jamaica, Kenya, Latin America, Mexico, Middle East, New Zealand, Nigeria, North America, Oceania, Philippines, Print, Publishing News, S.E. Asia, Scandinavia, Singapore, South Africa, South America, Spain, Sweden, The global book market, The New Publishing Standard | 0 |

When StreetLib launched The New Publishing Standard in September 2017 we made clear the function...

Storytel to launch in Singapore in 2019

by Mark Williams | Oct 23, 2018 | Audiobooks, Digital Audio, ebook subscription services, Global Publishing, Publishing News, S.E. Asia, Singapore, Storytel, The global book market | 0 |

In marked contrast to Storytel’s usual approach of keeping quiet about new launches until...

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Singapore, population 5.9 million, saw 8 million downloads from OverDrive in2021, equalling Los Angeles, and beaten only by Toronto as 121 libraries exceeded 1 million digital downloads

Big Bad Wolf continues its online pivot with second Singapore event

Another nail in Screen Fatigue’s coffin as OverDrive clocks 430 million digital downloads in 2020

Singapore Book Awards 2020 held online. Dedicated awards for Best Ebook, Best Audiobook and Best Digital Marketing. Cookery book takes the main prize

OverDrive demolishes the nonsense that readers have abandoned ebooks for audiobooks as 2019 breaks records for both, adding to uncertainty about Kobo's future

PublishDrive adds Hoopla and STARY's Dreame to its distribution portfolio

Mediacorp and Wattpad partner to develop a Wattpad series for Singapore TV

Celebrating its first anniversary, Singapore’s mobile reading app Dreame is another example of the millions of invisible global digital readers outside mainstream publishing

StreetLib partners with Singapore-based STARY's Dreame and FicFun mobile reading apps

As Penguin Random House SE Asia goes live, PRH plans just shy of 100 mostly English-language releases this year across the region

StreetLib completes January tranche of global expansion. 21 countries on 6 continents

Storytel to launch in Singapore in 2019

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