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The Swedish platform for audiobooks, Storytel, has launched in the UAE. The company has more than 500,000 subscribers across 10 countries and the UAE will be the 11th country that will be using its streaming services to unlimited audiobooks of all kinds through an App installed on their mobile phone. Storytel is the first audiobook subscription service launching with a focus on both Arabic and English languages in the UAE, and will be available to users in all Arabic speaking regions. Since its establishment in 2005 by Jonas Tellander and Jon Hauksson, Storytel has established itself as one the...

French publisher, Stock, a subsidiary of Hachette Livre, has recently released The Lessons of Power by former French President François Hollande. The book is a narrative about his political experience as a president, the challenges and problems he had to overcome on personal and political levels during his tenure, and offers insights into some crucial mistakes he made during his presidential mandate. In his book, Hollande deals with many domestic and international issues, notably labour law reforms, partnerships with European countries, and his relations with presidents and leaders of the world, especially Russian President, Vladimir Putin, former US President, Barack Obama, and German...