Storytel buys Arabic audiobook subscription service Kitab Sawti. CEO Sebastian Bond to lead a new regional operation, Storytel MENA
Originating in Sweden in 2016, Kitab Sawti has been a leading force in Arabic-language audiobooks,...
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The StreetLib-TNPS global-perspectives newsletter for serious self-publishers, Publish Global # 5, is now out
The free StreetLib-TNPS B2B global-perspectives newsletter for the serious self-publisher with...
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Arabic audio subscription service Kitab Sawti sees subscribers double during regional lockdown. Partners with Careem in Saudi Arabia
With 31 million people online the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the second largest Arabic digital...
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Video streaming service StarzPlay partners with Asiacell to target the lucrative Iraq market. Can Storytel Arabia, Booklava, Dhad and Kitab Sawti be far behind?
When it comes to the Arab digital books market the field is surprisingly competitive, with Dhad,...
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Arabic audiobook operator Kitab Sawti grows 20% month on month. Picks up $6 million in new funding as Amazon remains ambivalent towards the Arab book markets
Headquartered in Stockholm, Kitab Sawti has since 2016 been working the Arab audiobook market,...
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Dubai’s Booklava wins The Bookseller’s AudioBook Publisher of the Year Award
Unsurprisingly, audiobooks have been a hot topic at the London Book Fair, which finishes today,...
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The Week In Review
Here’s a summary of TNPS posts from the past seven days. UK’s Bradford Lit Fest and USA’s...
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Sweden-based Arabic-language audiobook firm Kitab Sawti attracts new investment
We’re just a few weeks shy of the first anniversary of The New Publishing Standard, and if I had...
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Storytel launches in UAE. Joins Dahd, Booklava and Kitab Sawti in the Arab audiobook market
Storytel continues to put clear blue water between itself and its biggest rival, Audible, as it...
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