Storytel Makes South East Asian Debut in Singapore with Over 85,000 Titles

Monthly subscription to the Swedish app will grant access to a catalogue of thousands of audio and ebooks in the palms of hands at just S$9.90 per month.

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SINGAPORE
- Media
OutReach - 23 April 2019 –
Storytel, one of the world’s leading audiobook platforms, has announced that
it is now available in Singapore with a catalogue of over 85,000 titles to
start. Hailing from Sweden, Storytel’s entry to Singapore marks the first in
its expansion to South East Asia and the 16^th country globally where
the service is offered.

The
streaming service provides customers unlimited access to books of all genres
through an app installed on mobile devices at a monthly subscription of S$9.90,
with multiple plans available to provide choice and convenience to families.

Each
subscription plan comes with the ability to activate the ‘Kids Mode’ feature, a
filter that allows children to safely find the books that speak to them, ensuring
an enjoyable time where Storytel powers the reading.

“We
are delighted to introduce Storytel to Singapore. Singaporeans love a good book
but are increasingly finding it difficult to read due to a lack of time and
other commitments. Storytel aims to bridge that gap by offering instant access,
anytime and anywhere,” said Shalu Wasu, Country Manager, Storytel Singapore. “Motivated
by a desire to learn constantly and maximize efficiency through multitasking,
Singaporeans can now make full use of each moment, be it travel time or time
spent waiting, with Storytel.”

To
add local flavour, Storytel will feature a shelf of titles by local authors
through partnerships with homegrown publishers like Marshall Cavendish, Epigram
and Armour Publishing. Storytel will also work with authors to produce local
narrations as exclusive content.

Working closely with the local publishing
ecosystem in Singapore, Storytel will support local authors and publishers in
their quest to find new audiences and revenue streams.

“I am
genuinely thrilled to be working with Storytel. It is the first time that an audiobook
platform will be working so closely with authors in Singapore. Storytel is a welcome and timely boost for the local
literary scene, from authors to publishers,” said
Neil Humphreys, one of Singapore’s best-selling authors. 

The goal for Storytel is to become
the go-to destination for audiobook consumers in Singapore and
for it to be a launchpad for future expansion into the region. Storytel aims to
grow its 800,000 global subscribers significantly and to continually add to the
colourful collection of stories every week.

Storytel
subscribers can look forward to the most popular books across genres from
crime, fiction and personal development, including:

• Becoming
  by Michelle Obama (Biography)
• The Life-Changing
  Magic of Tidying by Marie Kondo (Personal Development)
• Sapiens
  by Yuval Noah Harari (Non-fiction)
• The Good,
  the Bad and the PSLE by Monica Lim (Singlit)
• Timmy
  & Tammy: What is Singapore? By Ruth
  Wan-Lau (Children)
• Origin
  by Dan Brown (Crime)
• Five Feet
  Apart by Rachael Lippincott (Young Adults)
• Don’t Call
  Me Mrs Rogers by Paige Pa­­rker (Singlit)

Storytel
is now offering a complimentary 14-day free trial by signing up on the Storytel
app available on Apple App Store and Google Play Store or through https://www.storytel.com/sg/en/.

Storytel will offer three subscription plans in
Singapore:

Subscription plans	Price	Key features
Unlimited	S$9.90/month	One Unlimited Account	Each Unlimited Account comes with one Kids Mode. This mode limits the selection to child-safe titles.
Unlimited Family	S$14.90/month	Two Unlimited Accounts
Unlimited Family Plus	S$19.90/month	Three Unlimited Accounts

Notes to
editors:

About Storytel

Storytel
is one of the world’s leading audiobook and e-book streaming services and
offers unlimited listening and reading of more than 200,000 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 and Norstedts
Kartor. Ztory – a subscribed digital read-all-you-can streaming service for newspapers
and magazines, is part of Storytel since January 2019. Storytel operates in 16
markets around the globe and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.