Amazon Archives - Publishing Perspectives https://publishingperspectives.com/tag/amazon/ International publishing news and opinion Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:49:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://publishingperspectives.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-P19-favicon-32x32.png Amazon Archives - Publishing Perspectives https://publishingperspectives.com/tag/amazon/ 32 32 Amazon Creates a New Souk for Arabic Audiobooks and Ebooks https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/01/amazon-creates-a-new-souk-for-arabic-audiobooks-and-ebooks/ https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/01/amazon-creates-a-new-souk-for-arabic-audiobooks-and-ebooks/#respond Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:07:50 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=214551 Amazon’s Digital Arabic Library launches with 33,000 eBooks and 5,000 audiobooks, alongside 1,000 free titles, representing a major digital milestone for Arabic publishing.

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]]> https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/01/amazon-creates-a-new-souk-for-arabic-audiobooks-and-ebooks/feed/ 0 Spotify Expands ‘Follow Along’ for Audiobooks https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/08/spotify-expands-follow-along-for-audiobooks/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 07:34:43 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=211216 The Spotify 'Follow Along' feature for audiobooks may remind former 'Kindle in Motion' fans of enhanced ebooks.

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]]> Audible Opens AI-Narration to Selected Publishers https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/05/audible-opens-ai-and-translation-narrative-availability/ Tue, 13 May 2025 20:32:00 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=209074 Selected publishers are working with an early release of Audible's AI-voiced audiobook production, with translation and accents to follow.

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]]> London Book Fair: An Audiobook Update From Audible https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/03/an-update-at-london-book-fair-from-audible/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 19:07:05 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=207573 Audible's Lee Jarit spoke at London Book Fair, describing the company's market gains and ACX's operations.

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]]> Brazil’s Book Market: Consumer Research Reflects Price Perceptions https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/02/brazils-book-market-consumer-research-reflects-price-perceptions/ https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/02/brazils-book-market-consumer-research-reflects-price-perceptions/#comments Thu, 27 Feb 2025 00:20:34 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=206894 Survey respondents in Brazil tell Nielsen BookScan they find physical-store pricing a barrier to book-buying.

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]]> https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/02/brazils-book-market-consumer-research-reflects-price-perceptions/feed/ 1 Barnes & Noble’s Len Riggio, Dead at Age 83 https://publishingperspectives.com/2024/08/len-riggio-barnes-noble-founder-dead-at-83/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 22:00:47 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=200571 Len Riggio, former chair of Barnes & Noble, dies at 83. The visionary entrepreneur revolutionized bookselling in the US.

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]]> Amazon Literary Grants in 2024 Expand to Ireland https://publishingperspectives.com/2024/07/amazon-literary-grants-in-2024-expand-to-ireland/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 21:22:16 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=199200 The US- and UK-based Amazon Literary Partnerships have announced beneficiaries for their grants in the States, UK, and Ireland.

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]]> Richard Charkin: ‘Where the Lion Feeds’ https://publishingperspectives.com/2024/07/richard-charkin-where-the-lion-feeds/ Wed, 03 Jul 2024 17:40:59 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=198870 While at the sales conference of Jonathan Ball Publishers, Richard Charkin sizes up features of the South African book market.

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]]> Richard Charkin From Readmagine: ‘Will You Still Read Me?’ https://publishingperspectives.com/2024/05/richard-charkin-from-readmagine-will-you-still-read-me/ Wed, 29 May 2024 20:00:49 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=197658 Richard Charkin asks from Madrid's Readmagine: 'Will you still read me, will you still need me, when I'm 75?'

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]]> Richard Charkin: Unintended Consequences in Publishing https://publishingperspectives.com/2024/02/richard-charkin-unintended-consequences-in-publishing/ Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:33:08 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=194125 Charkin's Law, according to the eponymous Richard Charkin in London: 'Everything that can go wrong will go wrong.'

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