Category: Storytel
Colombia’s pandemic-driven online book sales boom
Does that mean print is stil king? Of course, but what really matters is how consumers will...
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Storytel Q1 streaming revenue and subscriber growth “in line with” forecast, but are the headwinds beginning to be felt?
But it is (just one) example of the sort of headwinds Storytel will increasingly face in the...
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Why Scribd could match Storytel’s international growth were it to get serious
The issue is not if, but when publishers embrace subscription wholesale, and which players they...
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Storytel targets 2.5 million subscribers, $286 million streaming revenue by end 2021
“Today, access to unlimited subscriptions is considered a natural and modern form of “ownership”...
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Storytel launches on schedule in Israel. Third new market of 2021 so far. 25 and counting…
Next in line for Storytel is the Indonesia launch, first projected last year. No timeline for that...
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Scribd’s quiet Australia launch will have Storytel’s full attention
Fast forward Pandemic Y2 and publishers are more amenable to looking seriously at digital’s untold...
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Storytel funding exceeds a quarter billion dollars in 18 months as new $138 million influx announced. US and UK publishers look the other way
“The proceeds will…finance potential future acquisition opportunities in accordance...
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Storytel launches in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Storytel MENA a “catalyst for growth and a greenhouse for opportunities and cooperation in the Arab market”
Storytel recently quietly rolled out its Saudi Arabia and Egypt platforms. Egypt started 2021 with...
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Storytel aims to own 20% of the global audiobook market by 2030
Audible Unlimited in all markets? If it happened tomorrow publishers would squeal like pigs on...
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Sun rises in the east. Night follows day. Storytel beats forecasts
Storytel’s bigger challenges are that entry into most English-language markets remains unlikely so...
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Sweden’s Storytel to introduce global flexible holidays for employees. Western publishers currently in Christmas limbo might want to take notes
This is the 2020s, the industry is global, and our sacred western holiday is just another working...
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Sweden’s BookBeat launches ebook app as it sees 75% increase in ebook reading in 2020. Storytel Turkey adds ebooks in Turkish
Both listening and reading are increasing rapidly in all markets where Bookbeat is active, and in...
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