Audiobook streaming service, BookBeat's revenue and the number of paying users grew by 28% in 2023. In total, revenues in 2023 amounted to SEK 1.122 billion (877 million SEK in 2022). Over 70% of revenues came from international markets outside of its domestic market, Sweden. The number of paying users increased by 200,000 users to 915,000 paying users at the end of 2023 (715,000 in 2022).
BookBeat, uno dei servizi di streaming leader in Europa nel settore degli audiolibri, sta rafforzando il suo catalogo italiano grazie a un accordo con Pottermore Publishing, l’editore dell’amatissima serie di Harry Potter.
Fin dal suo lancio in Italia nell’ottobre 2022, BookBeat ha registrato una crescita positiva in questo Paese, e i dati di mercato confermano che l’Italia abbia un grande
BookBeat, one of Europe’s leading streaming services for audiobooks, is strengthening its Italian catalogue by entering an agreement with Pottermore Publishing, the publisher of the internationally beloved Harry Potter series.
Since its launch in October 2022, BookBeat has witnessed positive growth in Italy and the data demonstrates that it’s a market with great potential for the years to c
BookBeat, l'un des services leaders de streaming de livres audio en Europe, renforce son catalogue français en signant un accord avec Editis et sa marque de livres audio Lizzie, et Pottermore, éditeur numérique de la série à succès Harry Potter, qui a vendu plusieurs millions d'exemplaires
BookBeat, one of Europe’s leading streaming services for audiobooks, is strengthening its French catalogue by entering an agreement with France’s second-largest publishing group, Editis and Lizzie – its audiobook brand- as well as with Pottermore, digital publisher of the multi-million bestselling Harry Potter series.
BookBeat and Simon & Schuster, a global leader in general interest publishing, have signed an agreement to add over 7,000 English-language audiobooks to the BookBeat service. Simon & Schuster’s distinguished roster of authors includes many of the world’s most popular and widely recognized writers and winners of the most prestigious literary honours and awards
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Italy’s largest publisher, Mondadori, reaches an agreement with BookBeat – one of the leading streaming services for audiobooks in Europe – making over 1.000 additional audiobooks available for streaming.
Only a few months after entering the Italian market, BookBeat has reached agreements with all five major publishers in Italy, which accounts for the majority of the total book market. The
BookBeat vient de lancer son application de streaming pour livres audio en France. C’est le 13ème marché sur lequel BookBeat lance une offre locale. BookBeat a travaillé sur une offre spécifique au marché français et a déjà signé un partenariat stratégique avec le leader de l’édition en France, le groupe Hachette Livre.
BookBeat has now launched in France, making it the 13th core market for the platform. BookBeat has already signed a strategic partnership with Hachette Livre, the number one publishing group in France. At the same time, BookBeat will launch a new offer in UK, offering three packages from 20 to 100 hours of listening every month, starting at 5,99£.
BookBeat, one of the leading services for audiobooks and e-books in Europe, has now launched its service in Italy and Spain. Spanish and Italian users can choose between three packages ranging from 20 to 100 hours, starting from 6,99 €.
BookBeat, a leading streaming service for audiobooks and RBmedia, the world’s largest audiobook publisher, have entered a distribution agreement. After the summer, BookBeat will increase its audiobook catalogue with nearly 40,000 titles from RBmedia’s audio brands.
BookBeat, one of the largest streaming services for audiobooks in Europe, has launched in the Netherlands and Belgium. The launch will give users on the two markets access to the service in Dutch and will include more than 500 000 audiobooks and e-books.
BookBeat, one of the largest streaming services for audiobooks, has now entered into a distribution agreement with the market-leading publisher within commercial books in the Dutch markets VBK Uitgevers, allowing Dutch listeners to enjoy the whole catalogue of more than 1800 audiobooks from the renowned publisher.
Today, BookBeat launches in Norway. During the fall, negotiations have been ongoing with the major local publishers and the service has been translated into Norwegian. In a short time, the users will be offered a catalogue with more than 500 000 audio- and e-books.
BookBeat’s revenue has during the first three quarters of the year increased by 39% in relation to the same period of 2020. The number of paying users was by the end of the third quarter 47% higher compared to the same time in 2020.
- The growth this summer is similar to what we saw before the pandemic where the summer season has been the annual peak for audiobooks since we launched
The strong growth continues for BookBeat. In June, the milestone of 500 000 paying users was reached, just five years after the first broad launch in the spring of 2016. The majority is located in Sweden, Finland and Germany, which each are markets with more than 100 000 paying users. Denmark and Poland are also contributing to the milestone as a result of their good performance since their l
BookBeat is one of Europe's leading streaming services for audiobooks and e-books. The company was founded in 2015 and is owned by Bonnier Books, one of Europe’s leading publishing companies. In May 2016 the first broad launch was initiated on the Swedish market. Today, BookBeat has more than 150 employees located in Stockholm, Karlstad, Berlin, Oslo, Helsinki and Warsaw. As of today, BookBeat is available in 28 European markets and has over 700 000 paying users.
