More and more mainstream publishers seem to be exploring custom content. We all know that there is significant change taking place, and I hear evidence of this change in the questions I am asked from time to time. Here are a few of the common questions and my perspective on these issues. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 20/04/2011 - 12:11 The Publishers Association has said it is "delighted" by the High Court ruling in favour of the government in a legal challenge against the Digital Economy Act. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 20/04/2011 - 07:54 Former Borders UK owner Luke Johnson has warned Tim Waterstone off trying to buy back Waterstone's. Waterstone is believed to be the sole frontrunner for the bookseller and has teamed up with Russian billionaire Alexander Mamut... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 20/04/2011 - 12:08 Amazon.com has announced a new service allowing Kindle books to be borrowed from US libraries. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Denver, Colorado-based regional magazine 5280 has acquired the intellectual property of its main competitor, Denver Magazine, including Federal trademark of the brand name, Internet domains including http://denvermagazine.cim and Denver's Twitter account and Facebook pages. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ogden Publications will be combining their in-house fulfillment database with their e-mail service provider to better market content and consumer products to readers.The blending of Advantage Computing Systems fulfillment platform with the iPost iMM digital e-mail marketing technology is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 99-cents a week-service looks like the kind of thing that could drive the New York Times and the Associated Press batty. Instead, they've signed on for a piece of the action. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Wed, 20/04/2011 - 09:22 Editis has sold its Brussels-based educational, scientific and academic publishing subsidiary Groupe De Boeck to Ergon Capital Partners III SA for an undisclosed sum. The sale will enable Frances second largest publisher... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Wed, 20/04/2011 - 15:13 Palazzo Editions will publish a "major" retrospective of the work of Steven Spielberg in August 2012, written in co-operation with the director. Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective will be written by film critic and documentary... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 20/04/2011 - 09:45 The BBC is broadcasting an item on The Culture Show about science fiction next month, in the wake of a row about the broadcasters approach to genre fiction. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Tue, 19/04/2011 - 15:35 Physical book sales in the seven days to 16th April soared 6.4% (£1.6m) week-on-week and were up 4.3% (£1.1m) on the same week last year, according to Nielsen BookScan data. Helped by schools breaking for the Easter holidays,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Tue, 19/04/2011 - 08:41 Nikesh Shukla's Costa-nominated Coconut Unlimited has been longlisted for the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize 2011, the award for a first novel published in the UK. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Here's a clever idea from Chris Dixon: The investor and entrepreneur has turned his well-read blog into an ebook. Dixon, who runs Hunch and helps steer Founder Collective's bets when he's not blogging, has taken a couple years' worth of posts and compiled them into "Startups; Dixon's proceeds... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Tue, 19/04/2011 - 08:33 Mainstream Publishing has acquired a second title by Hooked author Clare Gee. Joint m.d. Bill Campbell acquired world rights to the as yet untitled book from Isabel Atherton at Creative Authors Ltd. Hooked, Gee's debut, told the story of her life as a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Tue, 19/04/2011 - 08:35 Andrew Motion is to chair the judging panel for the Forward Prizes for Poetry 2011, as the awards celebrate their 20th year. The former poet laureate will be joined on the judging panel by historian Antonia Fraser, assistant books editor at the Daily... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a statement released yesterday, Demand Media reaffirms the financial outlook for fiscal year 2011 given on February 22, despite the Google algorithm change which took place in late February. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
United Business Media (UBM) shared its first quarter report today, with a 13.7 percent increase in total revenue, rising from 2010 first quarters $338.74 million to first quarter 2011s $385.07 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a study based on data from comScore MobiLens service, results showed that there are 37.9 million Apple iOS users; a number 59 percent greater than Android users, who totaled 23.8 million. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 19/04/2011 - 11:04 Former Colman Getty PR Mark Hutchinson has launched his own consultancy, Mark Hutchinson Management (MHM), taking high-profile names including J K Rowling with him. The consultancy will specialise in profile management and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The author addressed the "60 Minutes" allegations in an interview with Outside magazine. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]