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Storytel increases prices for unlimited listening

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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