BookBeat and RBMedia see English-language audiobooks as a leading edge in international audio markets and brand expansion. Listeners among users of an outdoor co-working site in Tbilisi, June 1. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Dima Berlin By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson An ‘Ambition for Expansion’ Stockholm’s BookBeat streaming service for ebooks and audiobooks has announced […]
‘Pooling our energies even more to focus on audio,’ Bookwire announces a restructured unit for audiobooks and podcasting. In Kyiv, consumers test headphones, October 9, 2016. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Panama7 By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Ruhrmann: ‘Growth and Ambitions’ Based in Frankfurt, the digital content distributor Bookwire GmbH, founded in 2010 by Jens
‘Every mobile can become a pocket library,’ according to digital book distributor Juan Pirlot de Corbion at YouScribe. A billboard in Senegal advertises YouScribe. Image: YouScribe By Olivia Snaije | @OliviaSnaije ‘You Have To Have a Wide Offer’ The story of the French-language library and book-streaming platform YouScribe is one of a start-up that nearly failed—until
The new arrangement for Usborne’s children’s books sees Harper taking over distribution functions in the US by February 1. Four of Usborne’s international catalogues. From left, French, German, Italian, and Korean. Find them all here. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Handling Trade Sales, Distribution, by Fall 2023 A new distribution agreement has been announced
Calling audio ‘a once-in-a-generation opportunity’ in publishing, Videl Bar-Kar assumes leadership of Bookwire’s expanded audio offer. Bookwire’s Videl Bar-Kar, right, joined Storytel’s Moti Lippman and Curtis Brown’s Sophia MacAskill when Publishing Perspectives moderated a panel on audio developments in publishing at the Jerusalem International Book Forum on May 16, 2022. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson
The California-based digital publisher Podium, a multiple Audie Award winner, is in a distribution partnership with Frankfurt-based Bookwire. Listening to audio in Zurich. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Lucia Gajdosikova By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Creativity and Ambition in the Audio Space’ Based in Frankfurt, and a very familiar company to Publishing Perspectives readers, Bookwire
The ebook and audiobook distributor Bookwire opens its presence in a seventh country, looking to the United States for new business. In Manhattan, a photo from April 2022. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Jerome Labouyrie By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Klingelhöfer: ‘Technology and Expertise’ As Publishing Perspectives readers know, the digital distributor Bookwire is based
Ingram in the United Kingdom opens its new Ingram Wholesale Services UK, adding a channel for clients’ potential sales. Ingram’s stand at the 2023 London Book Fair, near the French and German collective stands. Image: Publishing Perspectives, Porter Anderson By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson David Taylor: ‘Connecting Great Content With More Retailers’ One of
The London-based company called Arabookverse says its Bookwire deal will enable digital distribution for Arabic literature. A view of the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center, where the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair opens its 32nd edition on May 22. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Typhoonski By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Promising Digital Distribution for Arabic
Through a distribution deal with IPG, Oxford University Press now has a direct sales channel for its children’s titles in the States. Image: Oxford Children’s Fiction By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Sales, Distribution Start October 1 England’s Oxford University Press has announced a US sales and distribution agreement with the Independent Publishers Group (IPG)
