The educational publisher has operated from its Cheltenham, southwest England headquarters as a standalone subsidiary of Oxford University Press since it was acquired in January for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Since so many consumers hop from smartphone to desktop to tablet and back again multiple times a day, Web publishers have rushed to embrace responsive design: a technology that automatically resizes content to fit any screen. The responsive movement has been a win for users, who increasingly... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books has more than doubled its prize fund this year.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Australia's biggest publishing house is to publish the much-anticipated memoirs of Julia Gillard. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A preview of the upcoming sequel is available via the recently released ebook edition of 'The Time Traveler's Wife.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Puffin editorial director Ben Horslen has pre-empted world rights to an "exceptionally... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Patrick Walsh of Conville & Walsh said he has had "very serious interest worldwide... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookworms in the UK tired of smuggling flashlights to bed might want to take another look at the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight. After all, you can get one for £49 now that Barnes & Noble has slashed £20 off its retail price -- that's far, far lower than the amount people had to pay at... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Here is some good news for marketers: More consumers trust advertising compared with six years ago, according to a new report from Nielsen that polled people in 58 countries.While word-of-mouth recommendations remain a brand's best friend by far, confidence in various forms of paid advertising... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A discussion with nine experts from Frankfurt Academy's CONTEC 2013 interactive learning lab on self-publishing's implications for the industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than half of marketer and agency professionals surveyed by Advertiser Perceptions predicted they would increase ad spending in digital media during the next 12 months, far more than the share predicting the same for traditional channels such as cable TV (31%), broadcast TV (20%), magazines... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Since launching in 2008, crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has become known as the provenance of creative types, scrappy startups and charitable campaigns. But now, big brands are seizing on it as a way to align themselves with popular causes. DC Entertainment’s We Can Be Heroes campaign raised... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Slate has rolled out its most expansive redesign in the pure-play publication's 17-year history. The new Slate.com leverages responsive design and several new content features for its 17-plus million unique monthly visitors. Some of the new content features Slate is introducing include: Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Our look at the week's web buzz including hotbutton issues around reader reviews, at questions of print vs. ebooks, and at Amy Tan's new book cover. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
All 190 staff at Nelson Thornes are set to go into consultation over their jobs as the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber has redesigned its word marque as part of a branding strategy designed to "future-... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
With recent data suggesting that the book industry is now a hybrid market where ebooks and print books will live side-by-side, PW has begun a series of articles on how that reality will affect the entire publishing supply chain. To read the first article click here. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Signature Series Strategy Guide to Grand Theft Auto V, the fastest-selling video game of all... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fascism, class war, ethnic cleansing: for a series of kids’ books about an orphan with magical powers, Harry Potter takes in some surprisingly dark themes. One of which is the power of the media. The later books feature Rita Skeeter, a wi ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Twitter is quite the medium. An endless source of looping GIFs, "viral" videos, and, sadly, bad advertising. Most of the latter category is quickly dismissed by the block and report spam features of Twitter, but the occasional spambot elevates its "craft" to a level of surreal bliss which begs... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]