Outside of photos and status updates, Facebook's original shareable content was game activity. So-and-so just planted a new crop, etc. Next Facebook rolled out the Like button, and news articles became popular. Then Facebook debuted its Open Graph in fall 2011 so that someone could listen to a... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion Children's Books has acquired a new title from one of 2012's "Great British... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following strife in Bamako, Mali, France's Etonnants Voyageurs has launched a new book and film festival in Brazzaville, Congo—one for all of Africa. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writer and filmmaker Jonah Ansell shares how he took his story "Cadaver" from a poem written for his sister to a short film to a graphic novel and, hopefully, a feature film. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Broadcaster Joan Bakewell has described library closures in areas including Liverpool and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House c.e.o. Gail Rebuck and author J K Rowling are both among the top 20 most powerful... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite what you have read, probably online, print isn't dead insists the magazine exec, speaking at D: Dive Into Media. Hearst's digital subscriptions are also up to 900,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Carey, president of Hearst Magazines, sat down with AllThingsD's Peter Kafka to kick off Day 2 of D:Dive Into Media here in Dana Point, California, with the interview centering on Carey's take on how digital magazines are working out in a world that seems less and less intrigued by... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers, publishers and educators came together yesterday (11th February) in the first Future... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alma Books, Constable & Robinson and John Blake Publishing have been shortlisted for the IPG... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hammer Books is to publish another Woman in Black ghost story, based on an idea by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mimi Spencer and Michael Mosley's intermittent fasting guide, The Fast Diet (Short Books),... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
England footballer Frank Lampard is to write a series of children's books, says publisher Little, Brown. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has patented a technology that allows customers to sell their previously read ebooks, audiobooks, music and movies in the same way that they can now sell print books, DVDs, and CDs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mills & Boon has launched a "Love on the Underground" book giveaway campaign today... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Horrible Histories author Terry Deary has broken ranks with the many authors who have spoken out... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo has announced a promotion for Michael Tamblyn, who will take on the role of chief content... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan US has settled the consumer class action case over alleged ebook price-fixing, having... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children's publisher Chicken House and the Times are on the way to choosing the title that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philip K Dick's Hugo Award-winning novel The Man in the High Castle is to be adapted for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]