Spotify to enter the audiobook market more aggressively this year
Spotify’s CEO told investors that the company plans to compete for a piece of the global audiobook market.
Digital Publishing
Storytel grows in 2022 but also changes strategic direction
The biggest audiobook subscription service outside the US, Storytel has seen its sales grow by 35 percent over last year.
A new audio originals imprint in the UK
Bonnier Books UK is launching Twelve Point Audio, an imprint focused on audio originals and podcasts.
A new digital storytelling app focuses on shorts works by well-known authors
Alexander will launch with nonfiction works from authors such as Colum McCann, Xiaolu Guo, Chigozie Obioma, Carlo Rovelli, and Valeria Luiselli.
A new subscription service for Black Christians
UrbanFaithStudy.com is a subscription-based digital platform featuring videos and study curricula from well-known African American Christians.
Kindle Vella Sees Loyalty among Some Authors—for Now
Authors contributing to Vella hope Amazon will use its marketing power to boost its new serial reading platform.
RBmedia launches in German-language audiobook market
Years ago, RBmedia’s corporate parent acquired a major German audio publisher known as ABOD.
Bertelsmann launches a multimedia streaming service in Germany
Bertelsmann, the parent company of Penguin Random House, launched a multimedia subscription service called RTL+, meant to compete with Netflix in Germany.
Radish acquires Wuxiaworld
Mobile storytelling platform Radish, owned by the Korean Kakao Entertainment Corp., has acquired the English-language Asian fantasy-fiction platform Wuxiaworld.
2021 Year In Review
The brightest sparks of the year.