Publishers including Maxim, Radar Online, Guitar World and USA Today Sports Media are experimenting with a pay wall that instead of charging readers requires them to watch an advertiser's video. The tactic, which uses a system ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin US author community Book Country has appointed Lucy Silag as community & engagement... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Uncertainty has been hovering over Barnes & Noble ever since the retailer first reported that 2012 holiday sales— especially those of its Nook reading devices—were well below expectations. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nailing a Facebook news feed, working with Amazon’s algorithm, and building anticipation... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
A graphic novel adaptation of the life of Gabriel García Márquez published by Rey+Naranjo in Bogota has brought new attention to Colombia's graphic novel industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jihad, a Ukrainian graphic novel with a wild and unlikely publishing history, is, says Daniel Kalder, "the perfect secret post-Soviet graphic novel." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Dave Shelton and editor David Fickling win this year's Branford Boase Award, with Shelton's illustrated tale A Boy and a Bear in a Boat. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new anthology explores the poems and illuminates the personal struggles of the late writer.As busy as Roberto Bolaño's afterlife has been — he's published 19 books in English since his death in 2003 — his time on Earth was even busier. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The imprint, titled Jet City Comics, released its first title, a work named 'Symposium #1," on July 9. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Britain’s economic “recovery,” which the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition that has run the country since May 2010 once promised would be well in hand by now, has receded beyond the horizon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The HarperCollins offices are to move from Hammersmith to London Bridge. The publisher will be... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some of the brightest children from disadvantaged backgrounds can have reading levels two and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The three best things Fast Company's assistant editor found on the Internet this week. Name: J.J. McCorveyRole at Fast Company: Assistant Editor, printTwitter: @jmccorveyTitillating fact: J.J. has a massive comic book collection–-thousands--of mostly Marvel Comics. “Pshh, plenty of folks love... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The media company that brought you comic books starring Martha Stewart and Hillary Clinton have announced they will release a comic book about embattled chef Paula Deen, after being urged by Deen fans. Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK lags behind the US on library advocacy, according to a researcher contributing to newly... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
US District Judge Denise Cote found that Apple was part of a conspiracy to increase ebook retail prices. An Apple spokesperson maintained that 'we've done nothing wrong.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The beleaguered social network has poached editors from Vice magazine, Billboard and RollingStone in the hopes of reinventing itself as an editorial outlet. FastCo.Labs spoke to its VP of creative and content to see if the plan can actually work. With companies from Apple to Spotify jostling... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sony's already said that it's making game publishing on PlayStation 4 even easier than it is on the PlayStation 3, but Senior Account Manager of Development at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Agostino Simonetta today explained exactly what that means. Sony's apparently applying a "four... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
BuzzFeed is famous for it, Facebook and Twitter embraced it, and The Atlantic got blasted for it. Native advertising may be all the rage, but if brands and publishers aren’t careful, it could trigger some regulatory repercussions, analysts ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's been a rough week for Barnes & Noble. And month. And year. And it may get worse before (if) it gets better. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]