UAE – Manassah Gateway to the Arabic Book offers distribution and services for publishers
The Arab Literary Renaissance is real and palpable…but needs to be inclusive of all the Arab...
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Markus Dohle tells us consumers prefer print to ebooks. So why is he so sh*t-scared of subscription?
Dohle told the Court that if subscription got its wicked way there would be no bricks & mortar...
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KKR’s barely noticed RBMedia-BookBeat deal has broader meaning for the global audiobook markets
“A level playing field for Nextory CEO Shadi Bitar and BookBeat CEO Niclas Sandin to club one...
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Kindle Unlimited’s pot pay-out hits new high of $43.3 million
What we can say is that the ebook revenues the AAP isn’t reporting put the numbers it is reporting...
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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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Mark Williams At Large – Recommended Reading w/e 4 December 2021
So many stories of interest to the publishing industry cross my desk every day that make a tweet...
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From Pandemic Panic to Pandemic Accommodation – global book fairs adjust to the New New Normal as Sharjah becomes world’s largest book fair
Sharjah this month eclipsed the mighty Buchmesse as the world’s largest book fair, taking the...
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Nextory could leap Storytel and Audible to be Spain’s #1 subscription service this year after Nubico acquisition
With the Nubico acquisition the rivalry between Sweden’s Storytel and Nextory just moved to a...
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Start the Day Global: Argentina, Qatar, Greece, Israel, Sri Lanka
Publishing news in brief from around the world. Greece / Qatar Greece will participate in the Doha...
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1.1 billion. Macbeth… Voldermort… Subscription… Publishing’s “unspeakable” needs to be talked about. Redux
The reality is consumers want content when they want it, how they want it, and at a price they are...
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Bangladesh’s Amar Ekushey Boi Mela off to a slow start
Publishers are blaming the weather for poor sales this boi mela. But no one is willing to break...
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Paris Book Fair cancelled second year in row. Reed Exhibitions dumped as partner
The LBF would do well to take leaf from the SNE which has at least had the guts to give a...
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