Consolidation and double-digit growth continue in UK and US audiobook markets. Yet ‘a wider vision for audio is stymied,’ as Philip Jones writes ahead of FutureBook.
London’s 2021 FutureBook Conference: Live and Streaming on November 19
This year’s FutureBook conference event in London will seat 350 delegates in live session at 155 Bishopsgate, while others view a live stream.
Beat Technology Is Developing Romania’s First Audiobook Platform
Publishing houses in Romania are working together to produce the Echo audiobook subscription platform, a first in its market.
Norway’s Beat Technology Partners With Germany’s Skoobe on Audiobooks
Beat Technology worked with German ebook subscription platform Skoobe to enable the addition of ‘tens of thousands’ of audiobooks its service.
Norway’s Beat Technology Signs a Denmark Trio for an Audiobook Platform
Today’s news marks the next step in Beat Technologies’ drive to create bespoke D2C audiobook and ebook platforms for marquee-level publishers.
PRH Exits International Unlimited Subscriptions, Fueling Speculation
Surprise and rumors have followed recent withdrawals of Penguin Random House audiobooks from unlimited subscription services.
A Publisher’s Own Platform: Norway’s Beat Technologies Heads for Frankfurt Audio
Nathan Hull at Beat Technologies introduces his new Fabel platform for publishers to sell ebook and audiobooks directly to consumers.
Nathan Hull at Frankfurt’s ‘The Markets’: All in the Curation
Can the robust tradition of recommendation seen in book clubs be scaled up through digital? Nathan Hull and a Dutch company intend to find out by offering a ‘Choice.’
Ebook Subscriptions: Nathan Hull Departs Mofibo, Following Storytel Buyout
Nathan Hull announces that he’s leaving Mofibo, the Danish ebook and audiobook subscription service that was recently purchased by Sweden’s Storytel.
The Sound of Subscriptions Succeeding: Storytel Original Is Coming in Sweden
With the combined reach of his and Mofibo’s subscription services, Storytel’s Jonas Tellander says he’ll open a new audio streaming service, Storytel Original, this month.