The Stockholm-based audiobook corporation Storytel, in association with some of French publishing’s biggest players, goes live in France.
Audiobooks: Ghana’s AkooBooks Is Relaunching With Beat
Exclusive: The new AkooBooks/Beat platform will reach 19 African nations with audiobooks, podcasts, and ebooks.
BookNet Canada’s Report: English-Language Publishing in 2021
In English-language Canadian publishing, newly released survey data shows publishers planning to make remote work permanent.
Spotify Opens Its US Audiobooks Offer: 300,000 Titles
As Spotify’s new audiobooks service goes live, industry observers are watching for impact on existing distribution and sales.
Annual StatShot Report 2021: US Revenues Up 12.3 Percent
The Association of American Publishers, in its annual-report estimates, sees a US$3.23-billion jump in 2021 over 2020.
Frankfurt Fellow: Helena Gonda ‘Getting Under the Skin of Stories’ at Scotland’s Canongate
Canongate’s Helena Gonda specializes in acquiring narrative nonfiction that might ‘help us understand ourselves or the world.’
Finnish Frankfurt Fellow Kalle Siltala: ‘A Versatile View’
Helsinki’s Kalle Siltala’s family founded one of the two publishing houses at which he works. He’s one of this year’s Frankfurt Fellows.
AAP StatShot June 2022: The US Market Down 1.2 Percent, Year Over Year
Year to date: AAP’s StatShot shows the first six months of of 2022 almost flat for the trade in the USA, down a modest 1.6 percent.
Germany’s Bookwire Reorganizes Its Audiobook Approach
‘Pooling our energies even more to focus on audio,’ Bookwire announces a restructured unit for audiobooks and podcasting.
American Publishers’ StatShot: US Industry Down 3.7 Percent in May
Year-to-date hardback revenues were down 7.5 percent in May at US$1.2 billion, paperbacks up 8.7 percent for $1.3 billion.