RBmedia has bought self-publishing audiobook specialist Author’s Republic a month after RB owner KKR sold off Audiobooks.com to Storytel for $135 million.
An investment group has bought Open Road Media to build on the company's highly successful Ignition reader marketing service for publishers.
Audiobook streamer Storytel has added to the growing heat in the audiobook market by buying Audiobooks.com from RBmedia owner KKR for $135 million to make a move into the US market.
The Kindle Vella bonus for October 2021 has risen to $550,000 from $500,000 in September 2021.
The Kindle Unlimited KDP Select Global Fund for October 2021 saw a monthly increase of $100,000 to $39.8 million from $39.7 million in September 2021 while the KENP rate for October 2021 stayed at the same level of $0.0045 that was seen in September 2021.
Streaming giant Spotify is buying audiobook distributor Findaway in a bid to speed up Spotify’s entry into the booming audiobook sector.
Amazon has extended its new multi-format Amazon Series Page to the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan and Canada.
A crime mystery has taken the £20,000 top award in the 2021 Kindle Storyteller Award with Rachel McLean winning for her novel The Corfe Castle Murders.
Amazon has increased the Kindle Vella launch bonus for September 2021 to $500,000 from $450,000 in August and $200,000 in the launch month of July.
Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing is starting to insert a transparency code on the barcode it adds to book covers if you don't provide your own.
The Kindle Unlimited KDP Select Global Fund for September 2021 slowed down from recent strong increases to rise by $100,000 to $39.7 million from $39.6 million in August 2021 while the KENP rate for September 2021 rose to $0.0045 from $0.0042