BookBeat has paid out $327 million (SEK 3.5 billion) to publishers and authors since it launched in 2015
How much did PRH authors lose out on when Dohle pulled all PRH titles from streaming platforms?
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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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New York Times to sell audio subscriptions on Apple and Spotify
Paid podcasting is nowadays so much a part of the industry, that it’s hard to imagine that, as recently as 2019, many were sniggering as Morten Strunge launched Podimo with the crazy idea that consumers might hand over actual money to listen to a mere podcast.
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Authors demand Spotify tell them the deal details their publishers are keeping quiet about
What Spotify and others did was to expand the (music) market beyond the wildest dreams of music artists and publishers.
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Netflix rivals take a $5 billion hit, but video streaming remains strong amid the chaos
Consumers want more content choice, not more platform choice. Among the big digital streaming...
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Turkey’s Competition Authority concludes investigation into Storytel Turkey activities
Storytel TR was given the option to propose and implement revised practices while the...
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BookBeat Finland hits 300,000 subscribers as new opportunities open up for BookBeat UK
Good luck with that, Niclas, given that the UK Society of Authors has already launched an attack...
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Amazon pays out almost $50 million to self-pub authors using Kindle Unlimited ebook subscription service as August US print market slows
It will be interesting to see what, if any, changes the new PRH CEO Nihar Malaviya will make to...
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Nextory’s continuing shift from growth to profitability
The combined internet user base of the four Nordic countries amounts to 16.2 million. The combined...
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US Music market share by volume, by genre. Lessons for book publishers
So what happened between 2015-2016 that recalibrated the US music industry and convinced American...
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TV streaming reminds us of the power of the backlist. Yet publishers still look the other way
Because alongside reach and discoverability, data is the big benefit of digital subscription, and...
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Unlimited subscription platform Kobo Plus adds audiobooks in Australia and New Zealand
“Nothing excites a booklover as much as saying ‘read as much as you want’...
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