Image credit: X.com Turkey blocked access to Wattpad, a popular Canadian-origin story-writing and reading platform, according to the Freedom of Expression Association’s (İFÖD) EngelliWeb initiative. The initiative reported that access from Turkey to the Canadian story writing and reading website was banned by a decision by the Ankara 10th Penal Court of Peace on July 12. While … [Read more...] about Turkey Bans Wattpad!
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Turkey’s largest audiobook platform planning to go bigger with fresh investment
Having secured 515,000 euros in fresh funding, the Turkish audiobook platform, Dinlebi is now planning to expand its operations both within the country and outside. As it is, Dinlebi already happens to be the largest audiobook service provider in Turkey and the latest investment will help it grow further. As Daily Sabah reported, the fresh round of investment was led by Adem … [Read more...] about Turkey’s largest audiobook platform planning to go bigger with fresh investment
Audioteka is bringing audiobooks to Turkey
Audioteka launched last year in Turkey and the company is trying to bring audiobooks into the mainstream. They have agreements with 20 local publishing houses and have a library of two thousand titles and they have partnerships with n11.com, Cafe Nero and Samsung. Audioteka Founder and CEO Marcin Beme said that Turkey is a perfect market that adapts to new technologies … [Read more...] about Audioteka is bringing audiobooks to Turkey
Seslenen Kitap is the First Audio Book Shop in Turkey
Seslenen Kitap which in local dialect means ‘The Book That Speaks’ has become the first audio bookshop in Turkey. The audio books which the authorities claim have been priced quite reasonably can be bought outright or can be presented to others as a gift. On offer will be audio books from some of the most contemporary writers of the country which includes the likes of Canan … [Read more...] about Seslenen Kitap is the First Audio Book Shop in Turkey
eBook Market in Turkey Expected to Expand
The entire publishing sector in Turkey is estimated to be over 2 billion dollars. According to data compiled from the Turkish Publishers Association's website, eBook sales have increased by over 100% from 2011 to 2012 and the dramatic increase is reminiscent to the US market in in 2007. The Turkish eBook market is fairly paltry with total revenue equating to only 0.7% of … [Read more...] about eBook Market in Turkey Expected to Expand
Turkey Enacts Law to Lower VAT on eBooks
One of the initial debates about the recent growth of digital publishing was in the way that ebooks were viewed by consumers and by the publishing industry. Some governments, like Germany's, initially went so far as to treat ebooks as though they were two separate entities, both a book and a piece of software. This issue caused major concern in Germany where the tax … [Read more...] about Turkey Enacts Law to Lower VAT on eBooks