Book fairs, Amazon updates, and time to rejoice for comic lovers and Scribd adds graphic novels and comics to its catalog for monthly subscribers.
Comic and Graphic Novel Readers to Get Unlimited Access on Scribd
The new Comics category on Scribd will offer unlimited access to Archie, Daredevil, and X-Men and other graphic novels after the deal with publishers like Marvel, Dynamite, Boom! Studios and some more. However, DC comics has not joined this party yet.
New Delhi World Book Fair Begins This Week
The largest market for English language books after the U.S. and U.K., the Indian publishing sector has grown nearly 41 percent since 2011. Readers can hope to see some new announcement and translation deals between publishers to make international bestsellers in local languages too.
Amazon Updates Foreign Language Books Section
Last week, Amazon added several new foreign languages books to its collection including books in Hungarian, Latin and Hindi, and Russian taking the total languages to 31.
Canada gets Kindle Unlimited
In another service upgrade, Amazon announced that it is now offering Canadian subscribers unlimited access to 750,000 books for a monthly subscription of $9.99.