Paula Hawkins’s thriller was, once again, the top selling book in Apple’s iBooks store. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are scrambling to figure out their platform-publishing strategies, eyeing opportunities on Facebook, Snapchat and beyond. But many are already treating email newsletters, often used a way to lure people back to publishing sites, as ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Folio:'s annual Top Women in Media Awards were created to celebrate, inspire and bring together the women who make magazine media such a dynamic industry. The post Top Women in Media: Director-Level Doers appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Email newsletters are increasingly popular as a way for readers to cut through the online clutter. That trend has given rise to newsletters that are designed to be read entirely in email. These products, say publishers including Quartz and Ozy, are based on the counterintuitive idea that the end... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
When SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk recently said that with artificial intelligence we’re "summoning the demon", he wasn’t joking. He was genuinely concerned about artificial intelligence turning against humanity, and according to a new book by Ashlee Vance, he still is. In his new book,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Social network and magazine app have been in talks since the beginning of the year, according to reportsTwitter is discussing the possibility of acquiring the social media aggregation app Flipboard at a valuation of more than $1bn, according to reports.Twitter’s chief financial officer Anthony... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
US-based publisher adds 29 titles to its portfolio by buying the Romanes groupNewsquest, the US-owned regional newspaper group with more than 200 titles in the UK, has acquired 29 more by buying the Romanes Media group. Romanes publishes one daily newspaper, the Greenock Telegraph in Scotland,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Total revenue rose 3% at Indigo Books & Music in the year ended March 28, 2015 over fiscal 2014, and its net loss fell from $31 million last year to $3.5 million in fiscal 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Frankfurt Book Fair has invested in IPR License, a global rights platform for the book publishing industry, and will promote the online rights business to a global audience. The post Frankfurt Book Fair Invests in IPR License appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
As one of the largest and most prominent book and author events in the North American publishing industry, BookExpo America remains a great place to discover new titles, generate rights and licensing business, network and learn about the latest trends. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Churchill’s Secret is based on Jonathan Smith’s book set in 1953, when the former prime minister had a strokeSir Michael Gambon is to play Winston Churchill in a new ITV drama about his final years in office opposite Lindsay Duncan as his wife, Clementine.Churchill’s Secret is based on Jonathan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House and Amazon.co.uk are involved in negotiations for new sales terms, but representatives from the publisher denied speculation that Penguin UK was thinking of withholding it titles from the retailer if a deal isn't reached. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Earlier this month Google announced that video ads running on YouTube have a chance to be seen 91% of the time. That's great, and a lot better than the 46% of video ads that Google runs outside of YouTube that never have a chance to be seen. But advertisers would like to be able to check... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kara Richardson Whitely, author of 'Gorge: My Journey Up Kilimanjaro at 300 Pounds' (Seal Press, 9781580055598), will appear on 'Good Morning America' on Wednesday, May 27. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mark Kuyper, current president and CEO of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, will replace Len Vlahos, who will step down June 12. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Folio:'s annual Top Women in Media Awards were created to celebrate, inspire and bring together the women who make magazine media such a dynamic industry. The post Folio: Top Women in Media – Industry Leadership appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
America's Test Kitchen hopes to give home chefs a better option than the "excess" of online recipes with its big Christmas book, '100 Recipes: The Absolute Best Ways to Make the True Essentials.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Caroline Raphael takes up role as head of audio operations at world’s biggest book publisherFormer BBC radio executive Caroline Raphael, who was responsible for Little Britain, The League of Gentlemen and Cabin Pressure, is to join the world’s biggest book publisher as head of audio operations... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Folio:'s annual Top Women in Media Awards were created to celebrate, inspire and bring together the women who make magazine media such a dynamic industry. The post Folio: Top Women in Media – Rising Stars appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
A panel at the IDPF Digital Book Conference this Wednesday asks, is Amazon good for readers? Tell us what you think. The post Is Amazon Good for Readers? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]