Online Literature

Standout subcategories include domestic thrillers, organized crime, paranormal mysteries (featuring shifters), and legal thrillers.

Wattpad–Webtoon’s new serialization app, Yonder, has announced another round of publishing partners

In our last issue, you might recall our write-up of Yonder, a new serialized literature app from the Wattpad–Webtoon family.

Tapas Media, which was recently acquired by a South Korean firm, has laid off staff in its original-content department.

With the backing of Podium, Bookstat looks to expand into additional territories.

The digital publishing company Podium Audio has acquired Bookstat, an industry data service tracking online sales.

Given the recent launch of the Wattpad Creators program, Wattpad has alerted Wattpad Stars that their program is phasing out by the end of this year.

Medium was never a money-making platform for most writers, and with the recent departure of its founder, its potential has hit rock bottom.

The Wattpad Creators Program is meant to serve the most engaged writers on the platform by offering them cash stipends and marketing and editorial support.

Spotify’s CEO told investors that the company plans to compete for a piece of the global audiobook market.

Bonnier Books UK is launching Twelve Point Audio, an imprint focused on audio originals and podcasts.

The biggest audiobook subscription service outside the US, Storytel has seen its sales grow by 35 percent over last year.

Alexander will launch with nonfiction works from authors such as Colum McCann, Xiaolu Guo, Chigozie Obioma, Carlo Rovelli, and Valeria Luiselli.

UrbanFaithStudy.com is a subscription-based digital platform featuring videos and study curricula from well-known African American Christians.

Authors contributing to Vella hope Amazon will use its marketing power to boost its new serial reading platform.

Years ago, RBmedia’s corporate parent acquired a major German audio publisher known as ABOD.

Bertelsmann, the parent company of Penguin Random House, launched a multimedia subscription service called RTL+, meant to compete with Netflix in Germany.

Mobile storytelling platform Radish, owned by the Korean Kakao Entertainment Corp., has acquired the English-language Asian fantasy-fiction platform Wuxiaworld.

One of the most successful audiobook publishers today is likely a company you haven’t heard of: Podium Audio.

YA top sellers tend to remain so for a long time, and series do best (no surprise)

Launching in 2022, Zestworld will offer creators greater control over their rights within a subscription model for comics.

According to the UK’s Publishers Association, audiobooks represent about 6 percent of sales volume and 6.4 percent of value.

The app known for publishing romance through the Kiss mobile app is now venturing into comics. Kiss Comics has launched with an exclusive adaptation of Anti-Stepbrother by bestselling author Tijan

The acquisitions of Findaway and Audiobooks.com signal a possible shakeup in the US audiobook market and more competition with Audible.

Webtoon Wattpad Studios is launching Webtoon Unscrolled, a new graphic novel imprint that will bring previously digital-only Webtoon comics to bookstores.