News: digital

Vintage Books Podcast teams up with Black Ballad and Evans

The Vintage Books Podcast is marking its 10th anniversary by partnering with digital media platform Black Ballad for a special Christmas episode with Diana Evans.... Read more

Jacaranda reveals #TwentyIn2020 festival line-up

Jacaranda Books has announced the final line-up of speakers for the #TwentyIn2020 Literary Festival, celebrating Black British writing. Read more

Red Ventures secures Lonely Planet

Red Ventures, a platform of digital businesses, has acquired global travel media company and guidebook brand Lonely Planet from NC2 Media for an undisclosed amount. ... Read more

Broccoli Book Club podcast to launch with Shadijanova

Podcast production house Broccoli Content has unveiled its book club podcast series, Broccoli Book Club, which premieres next year. Read more

Shukla launches first podcast ahead of Bluebird memoir

Nikesh Shukla is launching his first podcast series “Brown Baby” in January 2021 in partnership with Acast, ahead of his forthcoming memoir of the same... Read more

Subscription models 'still better suited to academic than trade'

Subscription models are still better suited to academic books than trade titles, but there is still much more publishers can do with their IP, Perlego's... Read more

Publishers have room to innovate, says StoryGraph founder

There is plenty of space for companies to innovate, especially around community building and discoverability, The StoryGraph founder Nadia Odunayo has told FutureBook. Read more

Hodder Studio signs audio guide to baking from Ruby Tandoh

Hodder Studio has signed the first audio recipe book by Ruby Tandoh, Breaking Eggs: An Audio Guide to Baking. Read more

Untitled launches second issue of journal for under-represented writers

Under-represented writers’ platform Untitled has launched the second full issue of its global online journal Untitled: Voices, featuring work from 53 emerging writers from around the... Read more

Embrace streaming to stay relevant, Tellander tells publishers

Hesitant UK and US publishers need to move into audiobook streaming to stay relevant, and maintain premium pricing in the face of interest from music... Read more

Booming audiobook market can accommodate new entrants, Bar-Kar tells FutureBook

The audiobook sector's boom means it will be able to accommodate Spotify's move into the market but publishers are still only just realising the sector's potential,... Read more

Storytel pursues ambitious growth as streaming sales leap 23% in third quarter

Audiobook streaming service Storytel has released its financial results for the third quarter, revealing its streaming sales have risen 23% and its subscriber base is up 34%.... Read more

Crime writers star in Ware's interactive mystery event

Vintage will be hosting an interactive locked room mystery event with a script written by Ruth Ware during lockdown, featuring fellow crime writers including Steve Cavanagh,... Read more