STOCKHOLM, Sept. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Storytel,
one of the world's leading audiobook and e-book streaming services,
will be launching its service in Belgium during the fourth quarter of 2020. The
Belgian service will be operated from the office of Storytel
Netherlands.
Belgium is a digitally mature
market with an urban population, a strong literary storytelling
tradition, and with high confidence in digital products, payment
solutions, and streaming services. Belgium is also geographically adjacent to
the Netherlands, one of Storytel's
strongest non-Nordic markets. Belgium is a densely populated
country with 11.5 million inhabitants, split into Dutch-speaking
Flanders, French-speaking Wallonia, and Brussels.
"Bringing Storytel's offering of great stories and user-friendly
technology to Belgium is really
something we are looking forward to, especially with the positive
experience we have from the
Netherlands, where Storytel has been available since 2013.
Our proven concept formula and go-to-market strategy in
the Netherlands make us confident
that our service will attract Belgian customers", says Ingrid
Bojner, Chief Communication Officer at Storytel. "We already
see traction in Belgium with
thousands of users signed up through the Dutch app, so it is both a
logical and inspiring step for us to bring the magic of stories to
more Belgian customers."
The app will be curated in Dutch. A wide range of Dutch and
French titles available in the app will be augmented with a
substantial range of Belgian literature - fiction, thrillers,
feelgood, children's books, self-development, business literature,
and much more. English and German titles will also be available
within the service.
"We are going to work closely with publishers in Belgium to ensure our new subscribers have
access to a great local offer. Belgium is known for its high quality
literature and storytelling. We cannot wait to bring this to our
platform in audiobook and e-book form," says Ruth de Jager, Country Manager at Storytel
Netherlands, who will assume the role as Country Manager for
Storytel Belgium as well.
Storytel will be launching in Belgium in the fourth quarter of 2020.
FNCA Sweden AB is the company's certified adviser. FNCA can be
reached at info@fnca.se or +46 8 528 00 399.
For more information, please contact:
Dan Panas, Head of
Communications, Storytel ABCell: + 46 70 186 52 90 E-mail:
dan.panas@storytel.com
About Storytel
Storytel is one of the world's leading audiobook and e-book
streaming service and offers unlimited listening and reading of
more than 500 000 titles on a global scale. Our vision is to make
the world a more empathetic place with great stories to be shared
and enjoyed by anyone, anywhere and anytime. Storytel is a digital
platform provider as well as a comprehensive publishing group. The
streaming business area offers subscriptions for audiobooks and
e-books under the Storytel and Mofibo brands. Storytel's publishing
business area is carried out through the publishing houses
Norstedts, Massolit, StorySide, Printz Publishing, People's Press,
Rabén & Sjögren, B.Wahlströms, Gummerus Kustannus and Norstedts
Kartor. Ztory - a subscribed digital read-all-you-can streaming
service for newspapers and magazines - has been part of Storytel
since January 2019. Storytel operates
in 20 markets around the globe and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
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