By James Sturdivant I f, as many believe, the future of magazine publishing is niche, then it makes sense to look to niche publishers for clues to revenue models, products and strategies that will carry the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Executive | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
After a burst of initial announcements of private exchanges, followed by a lull in activity, private marketplaces are getting another look by premium publishers as the technology has improved and programmatic buying gains traction. The aim of the private exchanges is to leverage publishers’... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
South Africa is making itself known as a home for digital startups. Among the hottest is Snapplify, a digital publishing solutions provider with a growing global profile. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Argentine illustrator known as “Isol” has won the world’s largest award for children’s literature, the SEK 5m (roughly $766,000) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Imagine having more than 20 competitors spring up into your market over the course of the last two years. Now picture these competitors being backed by one of the largest digital media institutions on the continent. Welcome to the new city and regional magazine market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sure, the age of browsing for books and checking them out may be coming slowly to a close, but the idea of a library can adapt rather than fade away. These five locations are doing just that. When I took a high school class in "library science," the primary innovation I learned about was the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publishing industry shows signs of maturity with a spate of new books addressing bullying. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book sales had a major impact on all of the major trade publishers' 2012 performance, with Random House coming out the biggest winner thanks to the success of the 50 Shades trilogy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amber Books, an independent publisher specializing in nonfiction titles for the African-American market, marked its 15th anniversary in February by winning an NAACP Image Award in the Youth/Teen category for publishing Gregory Reed’s book, Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons—A Dialogue with... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
It is one of the eccentricities of American publishing that James Salter has not been widely embraced as a great writer. His books are as good as those of post-war novelists like John Updike, Philip Roth, Richard Ford, and critics have often said so, and yet he is nowhere near as beloved or... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Julieta Lionetti questions why Planeta was ever seduced by the tens of millions of Spanish-speaking Americans and if the Guadalajara Book Fair is following in its footsteps. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hispanics are the nation’s largest minority group, making up more than 54.5 million people, or about 17% of the U.S. population, according to estimates for 2013 from the U.S. Census Bureau—a quarter of the children being born today are to a Hispanic mother. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
These days, Christian self-publishing has moved from the Rodney Dangerfield era to the Aretha Franklin age. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
In his last column, Brian Kenney did a good and fair job of outlining the Douglas County Libraries ebook model, in which we host and manage our own digital content. Yet, his conclusion was a little puzzling. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Foreign Affairs will cover topics like crises in the Middle East, arms treaties and international law--and now they're writing about Game of Thrones. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oscar season is over, which means one thing: it’s on to the summer blockbusters. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over the past five years, rent hikes and competition from big-box retailers and online discounters have contributed to bricks-and-mortar bookstores closing their shops and moving their operations online. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite budget cuts and insufficient bilingual staffing, United States libraries continue to invest money expanding Spanish-language children’s and YA collections. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
You may have missed the news in early February that Google has established a $60 million Euro (about $80 million) fund to support a group of French publishers in their digital enterprises. Not only that, Google chairman Eric Schmidt jetted to Paris ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Zinio's magazine app for tablets and smartphones has already found its way onto quite a few platforms (even some now-defunct ones), and it looks like it'll soon be heading to yet another -- at least partially. The company announced today that its Windows Phone 8 app will be available in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]