The MPA announced today that its president and CEO, Nina Link, will be stepping down at the end of the year. Link has held the position for 13 years, longer than any MPA president in the organization's 93-year history. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a speech at BookExpo America, the author and bookstore owner said Amazon 'wants to kill us.' Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan is searching for a panel of readers to help create reading group content for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The May sunshine led to a 3.4% total sales increase last month, according to the British Retail... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
US pop star Katy Perry will become the latest celebrity to be depicted in the biography comic book Fame series, publisher Bluewater Productions says. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rider has acquired a book about a forgotten figure involved in Edmund Hillary's 1953 ascent... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors have reacted angrily to news of a proposed qualification for Creative Practitioners... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Oxford University Press has launched a roaming service for students and academics who read... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
As advertising dollars continue to tighten, publishers are looking for ways to prove their inventory’s worth to clients. Forbes relies on digital ad and inventory management provider Maxifier to optimize the metrics important to its advertising partners. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The bookseller also said that Justice officials did not take the company's objections seriously before the settlement, that they were only "checking the box." Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two years after Forbes Media made a radical break with traditional journalism by letting outside contributors and advertisers publish content on its site, it’s taking the model a step further by having contributors publish ebooks under its name. The first, however, is by Lewis DVorkin, chief... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Technology Review editor-in-chief Jason Pontin recently provided a one-two punch of blog posts detailing a pair of significant digital pivots for the brand. Both have caused a stir among the media crowd for their frank assessment of TR's progress in the digital space. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bonnier has launched a new company, Bonnier Books New Markets, to focus on strategic acquisitions... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Reed Exhibitions, organiser of the London Book Fair, is not anticipating changing the traditional... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
J.K. Rowling's 'Book of Spells' will allow players to wave wands and cast spells using Wonderbook technology. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
A couple years ago, Forbes broke ground on what it calls its “most significant re-architecture” in its 90-plus years of existence. The goal, according to chief product officer Lewis D’Vorkin, was to “increase the interaction between content creators, audiences and marketers.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Heavy hitters across several industries have tried to find the perfect balance between the old and the new to breathe some life into what's been described as a dying medium. Layar "wants to make the world clickable" with its augmented reality software and doesn't plan on letting paper-based... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Foyles and Blackwell in Charing Cross Road are joining together with other local businesses to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Wattpad, a booming ebook community site, hosts five million stories, with 500,000 added per month. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
A look into two of New Zealand's darker tales have made the shortlist for this year's New Zealand Post Book Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]