Barnes & Noble acknowledged Monday that it has cut jobs throughout the company, but insisted that a report that said it had laid off its entire Nook hardware staff was “incorrect.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Microsoft's getting ready to follow Amazon, Apple, and Google into the reading game with an app for Windows to peruse ebooks, magazines, and comics. The new app appears be part of Microsoft's cross-platform Xbox entertainment services, which currently include Xbox Music and Video. Microsoft... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Justin Smith, CEO of Bloomberg Media Group, is slated to wrap up a 100-day review of the company in the coming weeks, when he is expected to offer recommendations on the future of the global media conglomerate's TV division and digital and print operations, including Bloomberg Businessweek.His... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google announced a new partnership with comScore today that it said will improve its ability to tell brand marketers about their digital campaigns. Google touted a new measurement tool—available to DoubleClick advertisers and publishers—that will deliver real-time data about who is seeing ads... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Open Road, the largest independent ebook publisher, has purchased E-Reads, which is the oldest. The deal, announced Monday, adds 1,200 titles to Open Road's catalog of more than 4,000 ebooks at a... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Forbes Media is drawing interest from acquirers including China's Fosun International Ltd. and Singapore's Spice Global Investments Pvt, with final offers for the magazine publisher due Monday,... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
2 years ago it was "nice to have" a mobile strategy for large and medium-sized companies. But today the reality is that a mobile strategy is a must-have for all businesses of all sizes. And the publishing industry is no exception. Toda ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
In today’s industry, the paywall is just one avenue newspaper publishers are taking toward finding new revenue. Since launching its metered paywall, Globe Unlimited, in October 2012, Toronto’s Globe and Mail has seen its numbers o ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A report from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection on the state of the library ebook market has recommended no legislative initiatives, instead advocating a “wait and see” approach. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple will continue to be watched by an antitrust monitor during its appeal of a court order creating the position, a court ruled.While a setback for Apple, which had asked for a stay of the appointment of an external compliance monitor in an ebooks price-fixing conspiracy case, the ruling by... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster UK Ltd is giving its women’s fiction and lifestyle website Books and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Multimillion-selling author also publishing new memoir of encounter with spirit guides after his 2012 plane crashJonathan Livingston Seagull, the adventurous bird who launched a million spiritual journeys in the 1970s, has flown back into view.His creator, Richard Bach, sold millions of copies... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
DreamWorks Animation is bringing its publishing in-house by launching Dreamworks Press, to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publisher Annette Crossland, who has worked in the industry for over 30 years, is starting up a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
New deals for Samantha Berger, Tom Angeleberger, Kathi Appelt, Jenny McLachlan, and others. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Business psychologist Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic reveals the reasons why the online publisher is so successfulWhen it comes to online content and storytelling, there are few sites as savvy as BuzzFeed, a platform that combines artificial and human intelligence to detect, produce and increase viral... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite missing out on the overall prize in the Costa Book Awards, Kate Atkinson's Life After... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
'The Snow Queen' inspired not only Disney's hit musical 'Frozen' but also author Karen Foxlee, who based her critically acclaimed novel 'Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy' on the wintry tale. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ali Presley has been promoted to associate director, online marketing at Chronicle Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
'The Snow Queen' inspired not only Disney's hit musical 'Frozen' but also author Karen Foxlee, who based her critically acclaimed novel 'Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy' on the wintry tale. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]