The Week In Review
Here’s a summary of TNPS posts from the past seven days. UK’s Bradford Lit Fest and USA’s Washington National Book Fest see record attendance Sharjah Publishing City sponsors Nigerian literature award...
View ArticleStorytel launches podcasts in Poland
Podcasts are a great way of reaching consumers with shortform audio, without the full expense that comes with producing an audiobook, and in the US, reports Poland’s Weekend Gazeta, podcasts have been...
View ArticleStorytel Poland: An entertainment platform, not a bookstore with a...
This is a translation of an original article by Daniel Kotliński, which can be found here. An entertainment platform, not a bookstore with a subscription option. Prospects and plans for the...
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While Audible looks the other way, locked into Amazon’s roadmap, Poland’s...
Audible, like CreateSpace, began life independently of Amazon, and by the time Amazon acquired them both, these two savvy publishing ventures had carved niches that, for the longest while, Amazon was...
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Russia’s LitRes expands its Poland operation as North American ebook players...
When it comes to Russian ebooks and audio, one company leads the field. LitRes holds 66% of the Russian digital books market, is a significant player across Eurasia, and is expanding into east Europe....
View ArticleNetflix Belgium’s first Original is from a Polish book. Far from video...
It was never going to stand up to scrutiny, but whenever publisher sales dip an excuse is rolled out to explain it’s not the industry’s fault. Elections, screen fatigue, social media, bingeing on...
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Poland: a digital book market snapshot to mark the Kraków International Book...
The 23rd Kraków International Book Fair is underway. It’s one of the biggest publishing industry events in Poland, with 572 exhibitors from 20 countries this year. 70,000 are expected to turn out for...
View ArticleAmazon prepares Poland launch without books or ebooks. KDP Print now supports...
Back in November 2019 Amazon announced its plans for a launch in Poland, and while there are no dates set, it looks like launch day may be nearing, with Amazon testing the Polish site with a spin-off...
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Sweden’s BookBeat sees 82% revenue rise in Q2. Launches in Poland. Targets...
US and UK publishers will be watching nervously as the Q2 streaming service results emerge, and with two announcements already the picture lucid: given a fair choice, booklovers are voting with their...
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Amazon launches in Poland. Sells Kindles but Polish is not a supported language
Amazon gleefully tells Polish consumers they can shop in the US store where ebooks are available in over forty languages. But no, Polish isn’t one of those languages. KDP does not support Polish....
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