Category: Sweden
Spotify Plans Expanded Audiobook Operations in Europe and Sweden
I would not be surprised later this year to see Spotify partnering with the India-based AI narration and translation platforms to open up the India market for Spotify Premium audiobooks.
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Sweden – Julia Quinn to Grace Gothenburg Book Fair
Quinn has sold over 1.2 million books in Sweden alone – not bad for a country of only 10.5 million people
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BookBeat reported 21% growth in 2024, reaching $125 million revenue, and topped one million paying users
So pity the PRH authors who missed out on a share of BookBeat’s accumulative royalty payout of SEK 3.5 billion ($320 million) to participating publishers and authors.
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Print down, digital up at Bonnier. “We have never paid out as much in royalties to our authors as now”
Bonnier “sold 20 million copies in various formats, which was a decrease of 7%, with...
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BookBeat hits SEK 1 billion milestone (accumulated) and best quarter ever. But did abandoning unlimited subscription help or hinder?
But what we don’t know is how much BookBeat has left on the table by removing completely the...
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Sweden – Nextory adds news and mags to its platform. “A completely natural step”
The venture, Nytell says, “is a completely natural step for us.” Which is of course...
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Amazon Sweden now offers POD via KDP, but 2022 will mark eight years since Amazon last launched a Kindle store
Swedes hoping for an easy ride into the Kindle store will be disappointed. There is no Kindle...
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One tenth of Sweden’s population now has an audiobook subscription
In the mature English-language markets, where unlimited subscription is still a dirty word,...
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Acquisition drives Nextory’s explosive percentage growth, but real numbers remain as elusive as ever
The Q1, Q2 and Q3 Nextory reports told of increases of 61%, 58% and 68% respectively, or an...
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Shakedown at Storytel: Tellander out as TNPS-predicted headwinds hit. A critical moment for global audiobook streaming as a subscription icon takes a back seat
In the publishing industry there are a handful of people who stand head and shoulders above the...
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Storytel’s Q4 royalties revealed, and yes, they were lower than a regular sale royalty. Here’s why that’s not such a big deal
The idea that there is, or could ever be, one set royalty for all formats is a fantasy perpetuated...
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Digital books and unlimited subscription up, print down in Sweden – publishers elsewhere will want to look away
The growth of subscription services is slowing down – at least in percentage terms, as the...
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