Publishing News Round-Up 1 May 2018
It would be impossible to try cover even a fraction of the publishing news that lands on my e-desk each day, but there’s so much happening in our industry that passes unnoticed. So here’s a selection...
View ArticleTen global publishing stories not to be missed – 12 August collation
The global publishing market has never been more exciting, and every day myriad publishing stories cross my screen that I’d love to develop here at TNPS, but there simply isn’t time. They do make the...
View ArticleBook reading down slightly in New Zealand. More than half read NZ authors
442,600 adult New Zealanders didn’t read a book in the past year, according to new research published by the New Zealand Book Council. Only 86% of New Zealand adults had read or started to read at...
View ArticleStrengthening Aotearoa’s literary landscape – Mātātuhi Foundation to offer...
New Zealand’s Auckland Writers Festival (AWF), intent on “strengthening Aotearoa’s literary landscape,” has launched a charitable foundation, to be run separate from the AWF Trust, that will, allow New...
View ArticleThe Week In Review
Here’s a second chance to see the TNPS post from the past seven days. Start the Day Global – 30 September 2018 Sweden’s Storytel Arabia partners with Jordan’s Jamalon to expand MENA audiobook reach...
View ArticleStart The Day Global: Five not-to-be-missed publishing stories from around...
Palestine, Mongolia, Russia, Indonesia and New Zealand are on the menu for today’s Start The Day Global selection, and if you’re thinking none of these markets are worth a second thought, then you...
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StreetLib completes January tranche of global expansion. 21 countries on 6...
When StreetLib launched The New Publishing Standard in September 2017 we made clear the function of the journal was to stimulate debate about the much-neglected global book markets. It was not a...
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African Publishing – The $5 Billion Digital Opportunity as Nigeria becomes...
At the IPA Africa Seminar in Lagos in 2018 it was reported that the African book market was worth $1 billion. Not a staggering amount, but enough to raise eyebrows among many in the global publishing...
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New award announced for authors writing in te reo Māori
Appropriately in this UNESCO Year of Indigenous Languages, the Storyines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust has announced a new award for writers in New Zealand’s te reo Māori language. The award...
View ArticleKobo Plus unlimited subscription launches in New Zealand
“Our sales data from Belgium, the Netherlands and Canada suggests that having your books in Kobo Plus has a positive impact on à la carte sales. Publishers sell more à la carte, and generate increased...
View ArticleUnlimited subscription platform Kobo Plus adds audiobooks in Australia and...
“Nothing excites a booklover as much as saying ‘read as much as you want’ ” -Bart Robers, Director, Audiobooks and Global Subscriptions, Rakuten Kobo. With 3 million ebooks and 100,000 audiobooks...
View ArticleNew Zealand / Aotearoa – Māori titles sweep book design awards
“Books grounded in te ao Māori made up the bulk of titles singled out for recognition in this year’s Publishers Association of New Zealand Book Design Awards.” Waatea News has the details....
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