The Spotify ‘Follow Along’ feature for audiobooks may remind former ‘Kindle in Motion’ fans of enhanced ebooks.
Spotify’s ‘Audiobooks Plus,’ Tested in World Markets, Arrives in the States
Spotify takes its premium subscribers the option to buy 15 hours of extra audiobook listening time as a monthly add-on.
Brazil’s Publishers Release New Book Market Research
Brazil’s book market is reported to have grown in 2024, with digital content at nine percent of revenue.
Spotify Adds the UK’s Crooked Lane, Plus Podium Audiobooks
Reaching what the company says is its first full year of profitability, Spotify celebrates a fourth quarter list of 350,000+ audiobooks.
Bloomsbury Opens an Audiobook Distribution Agreement With Spotify
Bloomsbury titles are to go to the Spotify ‘Audiobooks in Premium’ offering, and to a-la-carte availability for those without subscriptions.
Poland: ‘Best Year in a Decade’ in Reading Rates
When Biblioteka Narodowa, Poland’s National Library, made its 2023 survey, it found a 9-percent jump in respondents’ book consumption.
Scribd Introduces ‘Ask AI’ to World Subscribers in a Beta Release
The subscription service Scribd and its sister service Everand are rolling out a consumer-facing ‘Ask AI’ feature for search and discoverability.
Scribd Names Tony Grimmick to Succeed Trip Adler
Taking over from Scribd’s founding CEO Trip Adler, Grimmick talks of a ‘newly invigorated mission’ for the international company.
Richard Charkin: Unintended Consequences in Publishing
Charkin’s Law, according to the eponymous Richard Charkin in London: ‘Everything that can go wrong will go wrong.’
Sweden’s BookBeat Reports 28 Percent More Paying Users in 2023
BookBeat CEO Niclas Sandin says he has ‘high expectations’ in 2024 for growth in Norway, the Netherlands, and Poland.