Programm des Mainzer Kolloquiums 30. Jan 2026

 

Time Talk / Panel
09.00-09.15 Welcome and introduction
09.15-09.55

Audiobook markets in comparison - Swedish-German dialogue

(Ann Steiner and Anke Vogel)

09.55-10.15 Panel discussion on differences and similarities
10.15-10.30 Break
10.30-11.30

German and Swedish Publishers’ Association

Petra Ward (CEO Gyldendal Astra; board member, Swedish Publishers’ Association)

“20 Years of Streaming Audiobooks – Conclusions From the Swedish Market of Early Adopters”

Kathrin Rüstig (BookBeat), IG Hörbuch / Börsenverein des deutschen Buchhandels

panel discussion with moderator

11.30–11.45 Coffee break
11.45-12.45

Shifting Sounds? How do audiobooks change literary/book aesthetics?

Sara Tanderup Linkis, “Sound Strategies. Producing Texts for Audio in Sweden”(University of Lund)

Hörbuch Hamburg (Bonnier Group), Colin Hauer (Anke)

Moderator: Jana Rüegg

12.45-01.45 Lunch break
01.45-02.45

Perspectives from the (audio) book industry (lightning talks and panel discussion)

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Bookwire - Christian Kessler

NN

with digital Q&A-Session

Moderator: Gerhard Lauer (tbc)

02.45-03.00 Break

 

 

03.00-04.00

The Platformization of Book Selling and Reading

Karl Berglund (Uppsala University)

“From Sold Books to Streamed Minutes: On Platformization, Data, and the New Business Models of Publishing” (15 min)

Sven Stollfuss (Leipzig)

“Audible, BookBeat, Spotify & Co.: The German Audiobook Market in the Context of Platformization and Digital Book Cultures” (15 min)

Discussion (30 min)

Moderator: Anke Vogel

04.00 End of event