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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Tag: Storytel
Storytel streaming revenue hits $74 million in Q1, tops 2 million subscribers, but few signs for optimism globally
Unless a major opportunity to enter a mature market comes along akin to the Audiobooks.com...
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Storytel’s Q4 royalties revealed, and yes, they were lower than a regular sale royalty. Here’s why that’s not such a big deal
The idea that there is, or could ever be, one set royalty for all formats is a fantasy perpetuated...
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Storytel aims to own 20% of the global audiobook market by 2030
Audible Unlimited in all markets? If it happened tomorrow publishers would squeal like pigs on...
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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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Spotify’s move into audiobooks is a seismic shift in the publishing landscape, but the ripples will take time to be felt
Can Spotify dominate the audiobook scene in the same way it has music? No is the simple answer....
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The future of 24Symbols in question as parent company BestSharer goes into administration
This is a breaking news story that we’ll try update as details come in, but TNPS has learned...
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Storytel hits 1.1 million subscriber target, sees Q4 revenue rise 45%. Annual subscriber growth up 40% overall. Non-Nordic subscribers up 114%
As Storytel notches up yet another bag of exceeded targets, revenue increases and year on year...
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Storytel – the TNPS Story of the Year 2019
There were three candidates for TNPS Story of the Year this year, and little to choose between...
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Peace in our time. Storytel and Bonnier sign three-year armistice. Consumers and authors are the winners, says Tellander
The problem with the subscription model is, for publishers, remuneration rates. In an...
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Storytel’s subscription royalties rose 6.4% in Q2. But is $0.20 per hour enough to keep publishers happy? Does the subscription model have a future?
At the start of this year Storytel changed its remuneration model for publishers, from a fixed...
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StreetLib enters the global audiobook market. Partners with Il Narratore for production, and with Audible, Google Play, Storytel and others for distribution
StreetLib is the publisher behind The New Publishing Standard, and while TNPS is not a StreetLib...
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