For a small monthly fee, consumers are used to getting unlimited access to all types of content: movies, TV shows, music, news, video games. Could that same model soon become popular in the world of publishing? Given the success of Netflix in video and Spotify in music, it's inevitable that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
O'Reilly said his book on World War II will have 'brand-new information about some very, very fascinating things' and should be released in September 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber is to release a new edition of Seamus Heaney's poetry collection Opened Ground: Poems... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
SAN FRANCISCO -- There is Netflix for online videos and Pandora and Spotify for streaming music by subscription. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The search to fill the top leadership spot at ABM has ended with SIIA naming Mike Marchesano as the business media division's new managing director. Marchesano's first official day will be October 14th. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
If the FAA follows the recommendations, fliers could read ebooks, listen to music or watch movies during takeoffs and landings if the content is saved on their devices. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
A feature that allows Facebook users to edit their updates after publishing could be utilised to "stitch up" friends, an expert warns. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fourth Estate's Clare Reihill has bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Nicola Barker’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Apple, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Mozilla, Reddit, Tumblr, Twitter, Yahoo and other tech companies today sent a letter to the heads of the U.S. Senate and House Judiciary Committees in support of proposed legislation that would allow them to publish statistics about secret national security... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Irish writer William Trevor has been named winner of the inaugural Charleston & Chichester... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The New York Public Library recently discovered a treasure trove of video games in its archives created by psychedelic evangelist Timothy Leary. Over 375 floppies (talk about flashbacks) containing a "dozen or so" games developed by the LSD-advocate in the '80s -- some are playable via emulation... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Charlie Redmayne and David Young have both joined The London Book Fair Advisory Board, one of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The good news: According to a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts, more than half of American adults read books for pleasure in 2012.The good news: According to a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts, more than half of American adults read books for pleasure in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary festival Cambridge WordFest is to be relaunched on a larger scale in spring 2014, with... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones has raised over £75,000 for Booktrust's Children's Reading Fund at a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wiley CEO Stephen Smith says that over 50% of the company's revenue comes from digital content and services. Prior to his appearance in Frankfurt, Smith discusses the company's reinvention. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tribune Co., which owns the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and seven other daily newspapers, is reviewing possible cost cuts in its print publishing division. "We're trying to determine how to put our publishing businesses on the best po ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Roberta Pereira and Brisa Trinchero love working as Broadway producers and relaxing with a good book. But one night over drinks at Sardi's, the duo wondered why there weren't any good Broadway reads. A few cocktails later, they decided to start a Broadway-themed publishing firm, and Dress Circle... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you're not already in a state of advanced excitement over the Breaking Bad finale, Francesco Francavilla's episodic images will put you over the edge. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2013-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
There are few things more heartbreaking for an editor than turning the lights off on a publication. Unfortunately, today marks the second time I've had to perform that unrewarding task. And while I plan to make good on my promise to take what we've learned here at Distro and transfer it to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]