Bonnier News - Håkan Rudels

Håkan Rudels on Books

Bonnierförlagens new publishing director talks about the future of the book industry.

Today, Bonnierförlagen announced that Håkan Rudels has been named publishing director for the Swedish publisher, which includes Albert Bonniers Förlag, Wahlström & Widstrand and a number of other publishing houses. We talked with Rudels about his position and the future.

What is your background and what have you been doing up until now?

I'm an economist from the beginning and before I started at Bonnierförlagen I was sales manager for a bookstore chain.

Adlibris launches Letto, a Swedish e-reader

The Nordic countries’ biggest online book retailer Adlibris today launches a Swedish e-reader, Letto. A special online book store for e-books adapted for Letto and other e-readers opened as well, with books in the open format epub. 

"Letto is a new way to read books," says Pär Svärdson, CEO of Adlibris. "We have looked at e-books for a decade, but it seems they are beginning to be taken seriously now."

The latest Swedish books as well as a broad selection of classics are easy to find and download at www.adlibris.com/letto.