Facebook has been testing a tool with five publishers including BuzzFeed to help them improve their reach on the platform. The post Continuing charm offensive, Facebook creates tool to boost news publishers’ reach on the platform appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook Watch is still no jackpot. But Facebook is letting more publishers sell their own ad inventory and has warmed up to non-exclusive content. The post Facebook is playing nicer with publishers by easing up on ad and content restrictions appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
For our inaugural column sourced from our new bookselling Facebook group, PW asked what booksellers are handselling for families shopping during back-to-school time. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new Chartbeat study found only one-third of publishers see clear evidence of a traffic increase from the fast-loading articles format. The post Google AMP beat Facebook Instant Articles, but publishers start to question AMP’s benefits appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is losing its top executive in charge of its platform, partnerships with publishers, and dealmaking, as he steps down after twelve years with the social network. Continue reading >> [ Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2018-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook said Tuesday it removed 652 pages and accounts associated with separate influence campaigns originating from Iran and Russia. The social network did not say what the campaigns’ goals were, but described one as being organized by Iranian state media and the other linked to Russian... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walmart has officially launched the Amazon ebook and audiobook rival it's been working on with Kobo this past year. The big box retailer announced its partnership with Kobo's parent company Rakuten back in January, promising to give its customers (i... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Touting 6 million ebooks and a $9.99 audiobook subscription, the new Walmart partnership with Rakuten Kobo gives the Canadian retailer what it hasn't had in the US market: brand recognition. The post Canada’s Rakuten Kobo Arrives in America at Walmart: Ebooks and Audiobooks appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walmart and ebook retailer Rakuten Kobo have launched a partnership through which the bricks-and-mortar giant will sell a range of Kobo digital content and devices. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Why Tor’s decision to embargo new ebook releases in libraries is a wake-up call for librarians. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
This is going to heal: after 30 weeks in the Weekly E-Book Ranking, Adam Kay’s junior doctor memoir This is Going to Hurt has finally hit the number one spot. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Librarians have been looking at the data and they say Macmillan’s recent claim that library ebook lending is having a “direct and adverse” impact on science fiction publisher Tor’s retail ebook sales appears to be more fiction than science. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Campbell Brown, head of news partnerships, tells publishers that without Facebook’s help their businesses will dieA senior Facebook executive told Australian media companies that if they didn’t cooperate with the social network, their businesses would die.According to a report by The Australian,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Milly Johnson has struck a three-book deal with her long time publisher Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dream-like paintings and illuminated holy books. Plus, the art of paper jewelry and L.A.’s Salvadoran artistic circles. Here are eight exhibition and events to check out in the coming week: Judithe Hernández, “A Dream Is the Shadow of Something Real,” at the Museum of Latin American Art.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Usborne has acquired The Garden of Found and Lost, a debut middle-grade novel based on the discovery of a 100-year-old gardener’s notebook at the National Trust’s Ickworth house in Suffolk. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Meet the author who had 60 rejections before hitting it lucky with an ebook publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2018-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook era un ‘ganso dorado’. Luego, la semana pasada, el gigante de las redes sociales dio ha conocer algo inesperado: que probablemente no pueda sostener su tasa de crecimiento. Esta noticia provocó que las acciones de Facebook cayeran en más del 20% el jueves. David Wehner, director... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are preparing to hit the Christmas market hard in 2018 with a range of giftable quizzing titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mark Thompson says site’s attempts to rank news outlets sounds like ‘controlled society’Facebook should consider completely removing news from users’ feeds unless it can find a way to avoid low-quality stories clogging up the site, the chief executive of the New York Times has said.Mark Thompson... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]