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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Tag: digital books streaming services
Expect a price war in Norway’s streaming market as BookBeat finally launches, with more countries promised
BookBeat CEO Niclas Sandin, for all his bold ambitions and aspirations, has his hands tied by...
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BookBeat clocks 42% revenue growth in H2. Launches in Austria and Switzerland. Norway next
Given the presence now of both Nextory and BookBeat in Austria and Switzerland it seems more...
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There’s a new kid on the digital books retail and subscription streaming block, but can Legible live up to its own hype?
True global accessibility demands that the books are available where the consumers are and...
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Macbeth… Voldemort… Subscription… Publishing’s “unspeakable” needs to be talked about. Consumers deserve the subscription option
Allowing that many may be multiple subscriptions by one subscriber, even so it’s hard not to...
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Quote unquote: “The book market, to stay relevant, needs to embrace the unlimited subscription model” – Jonas Tellander, CEO Storytel
Tellander speaks with the confidence of someone who knows he holds the trump cards for the global...
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Is Sweden’s Nextory being deliberately excluded from the Norway book market?
Is something rotten in the state of Norway? Just as it emerges the third largest Norwegian digital...
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“The time is right for subscription.” Kobo launches unlimited digital books streaming service in Canada
Rakuten Kobo has been successfully streaming digital books through its Kobo Plus subscription...
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Sweden’s Nextory grows revenue 95% in Q2. 58% new user growth in June
While many publishers remain wary of the unlimited subscription model for digital books, consumers...
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Storytel raises $96.5 million in new funding. A vote of confidence in the unlimited subscription model, not just the company
In a heavily oversubscribed surprise share issue late Thursday, Storytel raised SEK 948 million...
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Penguin Random House pulls English-language titles from Storytel, Bookbeat and Nextory
A few days ago it emerged PRH titles were disappearing from the Storytel, Nextory and Bookbeat...
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Storytel adds 127k subscribers in Q3. Revenue up 43% in the 4th streaming success story this month. US and UK publishers look the other way
The silence is deafening. While Bookbeat, Nextory, YouScribe and now Storytel and Ubook deliver...
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