On Thursday, April 11, Camilla Läckbergs A cage of gold will be released at Nextory, Adlibris and Bokus - but not at Storytel. The reason is that Bonnier is not satisfied with the compensation levels from the streaming service, reports the Swedish bookstore.
- Right now, we at Bonnier publishing house do not agree with Storytel about either compensation levels going forward or how we should work together with our titles. The fact that the dealer works actively with our books is a prerequisite for cooperation and at present, Storytel does not do this. Therefore, we will not release new titles to them so far, writes Sara Börsvik, chief operating officer at Bonnierförlagen, in an email to the Swedish bookstore.
"They want a sour cream"But Dan Panas, communications and public relations manager at Storytel, disagrees. He thinks Bonnier's demands are unreasonable.
- What Bonnier is demanding right now is that Storytel will lose money on every listening to Bonnier's new titles. Simply put, you can say that they want a sour cream and that Storytel and our customers and other publishers should take note, he says to the Swedish bookstore.
At the same time, both parties emphasize that they want to find a solution to the conflict shortly.