Carla Buzasi, the Huffington Post UK’s founding editor-in-chief and now global chief content officer on trends business WGSN, is the third keynote speaker at FutureBook 2014, joining digital entrepreneur George Berkowski, and Penguin Random House UK chief executive Tom Weldon, at Europe’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook and Twitter are losing their communities to the big social networks. Here's how they're trying to get them back. The post Publishers cool on outsourcing community to Facebook appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Blloon, a new ebook subscription service aimed at kids, has launched in the U.K. Its Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google and Facebook continued to pour millions of dollars into federal political lobbying in the third quarter in attempts to influence U.S. lawmakers and have legislation written in their favor.Google spent US$3.94 million between July and September while Facebook spent $2.45 million, according... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Online retailer Amazon reaches a deal with publisher Simon & Schuster over the pricing of ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More brands are publishing video directly to Facebook instead of to YouTube and then using Facebook for distribution. The post Facebook video isn’t killing off YouTube — yet appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Krzysztof Kowalczyk has released SumatraPDF 3.0, a major new release of his lightweight and portable PDF and eBook reader for Windows. Version 3.0 adds support for tabs, allowing users to view multiple documents side-by-side, plus extends support for eBooks and adds a new document measurement... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books are continuing to provide the strongest growth in digital, according to early results of the FutureBook Digital Census, with a majority of respondents expecting the subscriptions model to become the most viable new model to emerge in the marketplace. So far more than 1,000 respondents... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last month Facebook analyzed a user meme looking at '10 books that have stayed with you.' Now the company's data scientists have done another analysis looking at responses from foreign-language users and have found some different results. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
A month after its acquisition of digital publisher Byliner, Vook is publishing 'Five Fires,' by Laura Lippman, its first Byliner original ebook. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Adobe has been under heavy criticism since a report revealed that Adobe Digital Editions is collecting and transmitting unencrypted user data back to Adobe. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster's fledgling science fiction and fantasy imprint, Saga Press, will publish its ebooks without DRM, the company said Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you’re like me, you might stroll past a local coffee shop or book store numerous times before you notice it’s there or go inside. Facebook thinks an ad might give that extra nudge.On Tuesday, the company began rolling out a new feature for local advertising that lets businesses target users... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook's mobile ad network is officially open for business.Five months after the social network formally launched its Audience Network with a small set of app publishers and advertisers, Facebook is opening up the mobile ad network to any media buyer and seller. The company is also adding a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
A “like” on Facebook is worth a lot to advertisers there. Now it’s also worth something to advertisers in other mobile apps.Facebook’s having a coming-out party for its “audience network,” an ad network that lets existing advertisers on Facebook also have their ads placed in a large number of... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is taking the wraps off its mobile ad network after saying the early results helped lead to big gains for apps like Shazam and game makers like Glu Mobile, the developer behind Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. The company said today that the Facebook Audience Network is now open to all... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 32nd International Spanish Book Fair (LIBER 2014) was held in Barcelona last week with ebook growth and the problem of getting Spanish-language books translated into English among the topics of discussion. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book sales continue to grow in both the U.S. and U.K., but to varying degrees. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the ebook market develops on a licensed-access model, librarians caution that we are tumbling toward a digital memory hole in which large portions of our literary heritage could one day be lost altogether. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is no stranger to controversy, nor is the social network unfamiliar with upsetting its users. It seems as though Zuckerberg's baby has been hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons lately, and it's not all that long since users vented their fury after it was revealed that their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]