The USA has just 6% of the world’s 5.2 billion internet users as Pandemic Y2 drives publishing online
3 BILLION more internet users exist today than did in 2011. And only 6% of the global total are in...
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Category: The global book market
Spotify hits 158 million subscribers in Q1. MAU’s reach 356 million. Publishers continue to struggle with the idea consumers want subscription
Just how many music, film and other subscription services are authors and publishers using daily...
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In June 2020 half the NY Times paperback bestseller list came from Ingram’s print on demand service – Mike Shatzkin
POD is an exciting prospect for the global book markets and will come into its own in this coming...
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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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Big Bad Wolf continues its online pivot with second Singapore event
Not much to add to this saga that hasn’t been said before, so this will be a brief item, but...
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100 Publishers Account for ¾ of Iran’s book publishing by volume
At a time when many publisher representatives in the Middle East and South Asia are clinging to...
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Storytel India starts its fourth year by adding 9th language, Malayalam, to its India content portfolio
For now at least Storytel would appear to have the upper hand in the India audiobook market, while...
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Australia’s online bookstore Booktopia debuts on AU stock exchange. Doubles revenue since arrival of Amazon, with 15% of the market
When Amazon arrived in Australia there were fears the domestic book market might be irreparably...
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OverDrive hits 366 million digital downloads in first 11 months of 2020, already exceeding the 2019 total by 40 million. So much for screen fatigue and Netflix killing off digital books
As we all know ebooks are yesterday’s format thanks to screen fatigue and Netflix, and audiobook...
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Storytel Thailand launches on schedule. 22nd market. 4th in APAC. 18 further markets to come by 2023
As we say goodbye to 2020 it seems like the digital audiobook format, so much the darling of the...
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Chile’s Virtual Santiago International Book Fair is underway
This week it’s the turn of Chile’s FIL Santiago (Filsa) to reach new audiences...
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Big Bad Wolf Indonesia prepares next online sale. Over half a million books sold online on Tokopedia already this year
We don’t know how many online sales Big Bad Wolf has made in total this year, but in Malaysia we...
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