Storytel is launching their audiobook subscription in France today, and has partnered with the country’s largest publishers — including Hachette Livre, Madrigall, Editis, and Actes Sud. Readers will be able to access more than 7,000 titles in French and more than 290,000 in Arabic and English through Storytel. Storytel says the agreements also “open the door for expansion into French-speaking markets.” The company’s new editorial lead for the European region Constance Parpoil “will head the development of the French catalogue and other publishing partnerships in the region.” “We are happy that Storytel is opening a service in France on a […]
Archives for September 2022
Distribution: IPG
Independent Publishers Group has added eight new publishers to its Trafalgar Square Publishing division for distribution: Thad for Arts, Astar Publishing, Salt Desert Media Group, Step by Step, Resilient Hedgehog, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Holmgard Press, and Quickthorn Press.
Bertelsmann Touts Growth Investments
Penguin Random House senior management is in Gutersloh, Germany now, joining over 500 Bertelsmann colleagues from around the world, for a management meeting. Bertelsmann’s leaders are touting their “Boost” growth plans, expecting to invest between €5 and €7 billion euros across the company’s divisions by 2025. The objective, chief executive Thomas Rabe said, is to raise their results to sales of €24 billion and group profits of €2 billion.
October Book Club Picks
The October Sarah Selects Pick at Amazon is River Woman, River Demon by Jennifer Givhan.
Publishing Today: The Comprehensive Account of THE TRIAL
While publishers large and small are planning to issue versions of the still-unwritten January 6th report, only Publishers Lunch is bold enough (or crazy enough) to bring to market a nearly complete record of THE TRIAL: The DOJ’s Suit to Block Penguin Random House’s Acquisition of Simon & Schuster. It may not be the “big book” of the fall season, but it’s certainly a strong candidate for the biggest book. (Or ebook, since we’re still figuring out the mechanics of doing something so long through print-on-demand.) This digital doorstop, at nearly 700,000 words, brings together the significant day-by-day antitrust trial […]