The 2015 edition of Publishers' Forum opened Tuesday (27th April) in Berlin with a determined tagline and programming to match: "How to Reconstruct Publishing: Competing Visions, Channels, and Audiences." Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The city of Incheon and the Frankfurt Book Fair will organize the Incheon EduContent Fair on November 12-15, 2015, to focus on education in Asia The post Frankfurt Book Fair Announces Incheon EduContent Fair 2015 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kiser succeeds Chris Navratil, who left that post in October as a part of a Perseus reorganization. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The American Library Association and the Association of Research Libraries are among the organizations to join a new coalition dedicated to promoting "balanced" copyright laws. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The BBC’s highly successful adaptation of Winston Graham’s Poldark series has given a major boost to print sales of the series. The TV drama, starring Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson in the title roles of Ross and Demelza Poldark, finished its first run last night (Sunday 26th April). Pan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two-thirds of the content that people post to Pinterest are originally from businesses, like product images from a retailer's site. But it hasn't been that easy for brands themselves to post that content, let alone pay to promote those organic posts as ads on Pinterest. Pinterest is now trying... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers need to focusing on developing fans for books, not merely marketing them, argues Lance Fensterman, founder of ReedPop and producer of BookCon. The post Book Marketing Today: It’s Not B2B or B2C, But E2E appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
BuzzFeed has built its business on publishing articles that get widely shared across various social channels, including Facebook and Twitter. Now it has a new way to better measure the relationship of those shares.On Monday at its NewFronts presentation, BuzzFeed announced an analytics tool that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Convoluted RFPs (request for proposals), complex NDA (non-disclosure agreements), abstract briefings and impossible deadlines are nothing new to India-based vendors. In fact, they thrive on the difficult and challenging, as shown by the following projects (or abbreviated case studies) that fully... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The European Association of Middle East Librarians are meeting in Algeria this week to discuss high risk projects in Afghanistan, Mali, Iraq and more. The post European, Middle East Experts Talk Libraries in War Zones appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
We've rounded up recently published and soon-to-be-released books on all things barbecue. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers withdraw from literary and human rights organisation’s American Center gala, citing objection to award for the French satirical magazinePeter Carey, Michael Ondaatje, Francine Prose, and at least three other writers have withdrawn from next month’s PEN American Center gala, citing... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
High court backs Hachette against Hesperus Press, British publisher of Jonas Jonasson’s The 100-Year-Old Man, after claims of missing royalty paymentsThe high court has ordered the British publisher of Jonas Jonasson’s smash-hit novel The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Heritage only goes so far these days for traditional publishers. That's why Time Inc. is betting big on technology -- and its new CTO Colin Bodell -- to reverse its print woes. Bodell, an Amazon vet, is looking to a mix of paywalls, e-commerce and shared databases to jump-start growth. “If I... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
This June, Canadian ebook retailer Kobo will publish its first original ebook when it releases Kevin Donovan's 'Jian Ghomeshi: Secret Life.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
In advance of the fourth annual Digital Content NewFronts, Adweek, in partnership with the Interactive Advertising Bureau, convened a panel of five industry thought leaders to discuss the challenges and opportunities Web- and mobile-based video pose for traditional media companies, digital... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Zoe Sugg’s sequel to her record-breaking debut Girl Online will be written without the help of an editorial consultant, but with her editor insteadYouTube star turned author Zoe Sugg (AKA Zoella) says she is writing the sequel to her record busting debut novel Girl Online without the help of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
PopSugar produces dozens of videos each week for its audience of millennial women, and then it tailors them for each distribution platform. The publisher posts longer videos on YouTube and on its own site, while Facebook gets more clips and flashy text graphics, because the platform autoplays... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last year’s remuneration for the Scotsman and Yorkshire Post publisher’s chief executive was more than three times that of the previous yearAshley Highfield, chief executive of Johnston Press, a regional newspaper publisher, received a £1.65m pay last year, including a £645,000 bonus.Highfield’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over the next two weeks, some of the biggest Internet companies and publishers will showcase their original programming in an annual attempt to attract advertising dollars. The events, taking place in New York under the banner of the Digital Content ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2015-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]