The turn-the-page Web catalog—tested widely in the 2000s as an alternative to e-commerce sites—once looked like an emerging shopping platform led by now-defunct tech providers such as RichFX. But the concept died on the proverbial vine. With the massive proliferation of tablets, however, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
On behalf of the other 99.9% of books published this year that didn't make the consensus top ten, tell us what were your favorite sleeper best books of 2013? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Plus TV arbitrage, Canada investigates Google over antitrust, ARM server maker shuts, and moreA burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology teamFacebook self-censorship: what happens to the posts you don't publish? >> SlateWe spend a lot of time thinking about what... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Education technology startup Knewton, which makes tools that adapt to each student's learning style, has raised $51 million led by Atomico, along with GSV Capital and existing investors Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, FirstMark Capital and Founders Fund. This... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mark Coker of Smashwords, which recently inked a major content deal with Scribd, weighs in on how the all-you-can-read model changes the way we read, how authors make creative choices, and how everyone gets paid.Is a "Netflix for ebooks" nearing viability? Yesterday, Smashwords, the largest... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Salaries for editorial directors and editors-in-chief were mixed for those in b-to-b, consumer and association publishing. Business and consumer editors each saw their salaries dip for the third time in four years, while association ED/EICs got their fifth pay raise in a row. Associations remain... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Rainbow Loom—a loom for weaving jewelry and other objects out of colorful rubber bands that has become one of the hottest toys this holiday season—has been a boon to children’s publishers that got ahead of the trend. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Newsroom managers are fighting a tough battle between the tidal wave of consumer demands for instant news and financial restrictions cutting production budgets to the bone. Digital or print, magazines are struggling to fill the gap. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Patrick Janson-Smith, one of the most popular figures in modern British publishing, has announced he will retire next autumn. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The digital publishing industry has been faced with numerous challenges in the recent years—as well as many opportunities to change and grow—and 2014 should be no different for the industry and TheStreet, Inc. alike. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The “brands are publishers now” line has become so ubiquitous in digital media that it risks becoming a cliché. While it is often true that companies are increasingly creating their own content, not all that’s published is created equal. Here’s to the brands that took the time and money to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers choose their books of the year, and the ones that got awayRobin Robertson Deputy publishing director, Jonathan CapeThe book that made my year: Many years ago, I was sitting in Blake's bar in Enniskillen with John McGahern and he recommended an American novel from the 60s, written by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s not every day that a book from a scholarly press inspires a song and gets its own music video, but that’s what the first book released by the University of Regina Press in Saskatchewan, Canada, has done this fall. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
With a third of the 2013-14 TV season on the books and the networks having settled down for a long winter’s nap, NBC retains a comfortable lead over the rest of the broadcast pack. According to Nielsen C3 ratings for the period spanning Sept. 23-Dec. 1 (the most up-to-date figures available,... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 40,000 people have signed a petition calling for Amazon’s chief executive Jeff... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mark Obama Ndesandjo's book will reportedly detail abuse, beatings from the father he and the president shared. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK has said it will keep its “federal structure” when it moves all seven of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller's Digital Census, the annual tracker of how the book business is managing the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House Audio has signed an agreement with BBC Worldwide to sell and distribute the company... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Social news agency distributes video and user-generated content to news organisations such as the BBC and ITNNews Corp has bought Dublin-based social news agency Storyful for €18m (£15m).Rupert Murdoch's global publishing business said Storyful would remain a stand-alone operation that would... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]