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Storytel increases prices for unlimited listening

January 18, 2023January 4, 2023 by Jane Friedman

The leading digital book subscription service in Europe, Storytel, has launched a new subscription level with a listening cap.

Categories Audio Tags audiobooks, Europe, Hot Shots, Subscription services

Notes from 2022 Frankfurt Book Fair

October 26, 2022October 26, 2022 by Jane Friedman

Frankfurt Book Fair took place in person in Frankfurt, Germany, last week with some programming available online as well.

Categories Publishing Trends Tags Europe, Frankfurt Book Fair, Hot Shots

Storytel grows in 2022 but also changes strategic direction

September 16, 2022May 11, 2022 by Jane Friedman

The biggest audiobook subscription service outside the US, Storytel has seen its sales grow by 35 percent over last year.

Categories Digital Publishing Tags audiobooks, Europe, Hot Shots, Subscription services

RBmedia launches in German-language audiobook market

November 8, 2022January 19, 2022 by Jane Friedman

Years ago, RBmedia’s corporate parent acquired a major German audio publisher known as ABOD.

Categories Digital Publishing Tags audiobooks, Europe, Trailblazes

A new audiobook retailer launches in Sweden

April 14, 2021 by Jane Friedman

Sesamy claims to liberate you from the tyranny of subscriptions through an à la carte sales model.

Categories Bookselling, Digital Publishing Tags audiobooks, Europe, Trailblazes

Welbeck launches a global English language imprint

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 by Jane Friedman

Welbeck Publishing Group and Mosquito Books of Barcelona are launching Orange Mosquito, which will publish 20 children’s and YA titles per year.

Categories Children's Publishing Tags Europe, Trailblazes

Storytel exceeds 2020 goals, plans to grow revenue by 30 percent in 2021

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 by Jane Friedman

The Sweden-based subscription service exceeded its 2020 revenue goals, although the company is not yet profitable as a whole.

Categories Bookselling Tags Europe, Hot Shots, subscriptions

A French publisher asks writers to stop submitting their work

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 by Jane Friedman

In the very earliest months of the pandemic, writers worried if they should still send out queries and proposals.

Categories Traditional Publishing Tags Europe, Hot Shots

Frankfurt Book Fair announces hybrid event

March 30, 2021March 17, 2021 by Jane Friedman

In November 2020, the Frankfurt Book Fair went through restructuring and layoffs, with a back-to-basics plan announced for 2021.

Categories Rights and Licensing, Traditional Publishing Tags Europe, Frankfurt Book Fair, Hot Shots, trade shows

Hot Sheet Index: August 19, 2020

November 14, 2022August 19, 2020 by Jane Friedman

The Hot Sheet Index reviewed the audiobook markets. The United States had the largest market with a market of $1.5 billion.

Categories Bookselling Tags audiobooks, Europe
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