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SVB (se)
- Ny rapport: Sådan lytter børn til lydbøger
Børn får øget indflydelse på deres eget bogforbrug, når de bruger streamingtjenester – det er en af flere konklusioner, som er draget i en ny rapport om lydbøger til børn, som Forlæggerforeningen har bestilt.
https://www.svb.se/nyheter/ny-rapport-sa-lyssnar-barn-pa-ljudbocker - “Branschen växer likt en tonåring”
2021 I BACKSPEGELN. Bookbeats vd Niclas Sandin gläds åt en bokbransch som växer och han tror på fortsatt styrkebesked för boken 2022.
https://www.svb.se/nyheter/branschen-vaxer-likt-en-tonaring
Boktugg (se)
- Storytel fik 342.600 nye abonnenter i 2021 – stigende eksklusivt indhold
Storytel landede på i alt 1,81 millioner betalende abonnenter ved udgangen af 2021, hvilket gav en samlet omsætning på 2,25 milliarder SEK i streaming.
https://www.boktugg.se/2022/01/10/storytel-fick-342-600-nya-abonnenter-under-2021-okar-exklusivt-innehall/
Dagbladet (no)
- Hardt ut mot bokbransjen: – Et ekkokammer
En ny tjeneste skal gjøre det lettere for forfattere å gi ut bøker uten forlag. Initiativtaker
ener det trengs et maktskifte i norsk bokbransje.
https://www.dagbladet.no/bok/hardt-ut-mot-bokbransjen—et-ekkokammer/75055392
Bok365 (no)
- 2021: Et godt år for bokomsetningen
Forleggerforeningen har kommet med tallene for bokomsetningen i julehandelen. Tallene er meget gode. Fjoråret ble et meget bra år for bokbransjen.
https://bok365.no/artikkel/2021-et-godt-ar-for-bokomsetningen/
VG (no)
- Maja Lunde om betent konflikt: − Svært skuffende at forlagene ikke rydder opp
Tre forfatterforeninger varsler mulig søksmål i betent royalty-konflikt. Maja Lunde (46) er en av flere forfattere som oppdaget at hun hadde fått for lite betalt for bøker på salg.
https://www.vg.no/rampelys/bok/i/XqpXBW/maja-lunde-om-betent-konflikt-svaert-skuffende-at-forlagene-ikke-rydder-opp
Publishing Perspectives (us)
- French Publishers on the Hachette-Editis Merger: ‘Such a Concentration’
The SNE warns of ‘a concentration such as the French book market has never known’ in the merger of Vivendi and Lagardère.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2022/01/french-publishers-issue-hachette-editis-commentary-such-a-concentration/
Literary Hub (us)
- Americans are buying more books—but reading fewer of them than ever. What gives?
The publishing industry is booming. According to Publishers Weekly, sales of print books rose 8.9% in 2021, selling 825.7 million units, up from 757.9 million in 2020. This is the second year in a row to see a similar sales jump; in 2020, sales were up 8.2% from 2019, in which 693.7 million units were sold.
https://lithub.com/americans-are-buying-more-books-but-reading-fewer-of-them-than-ever-what-gives/ - These are the bestselling books of 2021.
After having to settle for bronze in 2020 (Barack Obama and Stephanie Meyer pipping him to the #1 and #2 spots, respectively), children’s book dynamo Dav “The Dog Man” Pilkey has reclaimed his title as America’s Bestselling Author, continuing his astounding yearlong sales run with a further 2.5 million copies shifted in 2021
https://lithub.com/these-are-the-bestselling-books-of-2021/
The New Publishing Standard (Int)
- Hedge-fund owned RBMedia launches in German-language audiobook markets
One should not be too surprised if KKR sells RBMedia Verlag and its imprints to Storytel in a few years time. Nor should we rule out KKR striking a deal with Storytel for the whole RBMedia operation, with its substantial catalogue and UK and Australia operations as part of the package.
https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2022/01/09/hedge-fund-owned-rbmedia-launches-in-german-language-audiobook-markets/
