‘Every mobile can became a pocket library,’ according to digital book distributor Juan Pirlot de Corbion at YouScribe.
Frankfurt: An Executive Talk with Planeta CEO Jesús Badenes
Jesús Badenes: Many Spanish consumers now say they were sustained during tough pandemic conditions by friends, family – and books.
Sweden’s Bonnier BookBeat Adds Nearly 40,000 Audiobooks With RBMedia
BookBeat and RBMedia see English-language audiobooks as a leading edge in international audio markets and brand expansion.
Copenhagen’s Saga Egmont Acquires Freiburg’s Audiobuch Verlag
With the acquisition of the German house Audiobuch, Lindhardt og Ringhof will have bought and/or partnered with five publishers this year.
Saga Egmont Partners with the UK’s Muswell and Violet Gaze Presses
The digital arm of Copenhagen’s Lindhardt & Ringhof, Saga Egmont has agreements with two independent houses in the United Kingdom.
Audiobooks: Denmark’s Saga Egmont Partners With Spain’s Roca Editorial
The digital arm of Lindhardt & Ringhof, Saga Egmont further expands its efforts to penetrate the Spanish-language audiobook market.
Publishing Scotland’s BookSource To Handle MMS Distribution
Specialized in handling children’s literature from Walker Books, Hogs Back Books, and others, MMS signs on with BookSource for distribution.
Germany’s Bookwire in Distribution Deal with Spain’s Editorial Planeta
The new agreement with Bookwire will see the distribution of some 30,000 ebooks and 1,200 audiobooks from Planeta’s Spanish-language catalogue.
Publishing In The Digital Devices Boom: The Importance of APIs
The number of digital reading devices are multiplying. Publishers can best handle this distribution opportunity by developing an API. By Oren Michels, CEO, Mashery.com Let me begin by saying something curiously unpopular: Publishing has never been in a better position. That may be difficult to believe, with bookstores closing, prices under continual pressure, and pundits bemoaning the death –- thank …
The 1% Windfall: Why Publishers Need to Implement “Dynamic Pricing”
• A 1% increase in book prices could lead to significant change in the operating profits of many companies, argues pricing expert Rafi Mohammed. But, contrary to this fact, the publishing industry is under pressure to lower prices rather than raise them. • The answer is to implement “dynamic pricing,” which will enable publishers to respond to the demands of …