Digital audio accounted for 99 percent of 2024’s US audiobook revenues, per newly released survey results.
Audiobooks in Q1: Storytel Has 2.5+ Million Subscribers, New Management
Storytel’s new CEO Bodil Ericsson Torp says both streaming and publishing are showing ‘strong momentum.’
Circana’s Q1 US Print Report: Romance, Romantasy Lead Adult Fiction
The first quarter of 2025 has some softer numbers than the same period last year, partly because of a ‘late Easter’ on this year’s calendar.
James Daunt and David Shelley Head for London Book Fair
Today: Two transatlantic CEOS, James Daunt and David Shelley, keynote at London Book Fair.
Academic and Trade: Princeton and WW Norton in China
Princeton University Press China in Beijing will handle sales and marketing for independent trade house WW Norton on the mainland.
Mixed Sales on the Czech Book Market, Despite Zero-VAT Rates
Even as the publishing business in the Czech Republic has welcomed a zero-percent VAT, book sales continue dropping.
Mauri School: Italy’s Book Trade Down 23.2 Million Units in 2024
The change to Italy’s ’18App’ ‘culture voucher’ reportedly cost Italy’s book business some €62.7 million, per AIE.
‘Between Eternity and Change:’ The Mauri School at Venice
The seminar of the Scuola per Librai Umberto e Elisabetta Mauri at Venice explores ‘Constants and Variables of the Publishing Profession.’
New Research on Audiobook Circulation in US Libraries
The newly released ‘Audiobooks and Public Libraries’ report shows US libraries’ community sizes playing a role in audio circulation.
The German Book Market in 2024: ‘Slightly Higher’ Revenue
The German book market ‘remains extremely tense,’ according to officials in their initial 2024 Börsenverein report.