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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Facebook announced Thursday that it is pumping another $4.5 million into Facebook Journalism Project initiatives for news publishers. Global head of news Campbell Brown said in a blog post that Facebook will put $3.5 million toward the Facebook Membership Accelerator pilot program and contribute... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2018-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Art openings around L.A., including a video installation at Winslow Garage, an exhibition of an anonymous fashion designer and summer movie screenings. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
AMC may think it’s cornered the horror market with an upcoming documentary series produced by Eli Roth, but in terms of providing timely, real-life scares, PBS’ “Frontline” looks tough to beat with its latest two-part investigation, “The Facebook Dilemma.” With a well-earned reputation for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook once again has been the target of a political influence campaign, months ahead of the November midterm elections. The social network said Tuesday it removed 32 pages and accounts from Facebook and Instagram for “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” which echoed Russian efforts leading up... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
InfoWars owner found to have violated social network’s community standardsAlex Jones, the American conspiracy theorist who runs the InfoWars website, has been suspended from Facebook for bullying and hate speech.The suspension will last for 30 days, and affects only Jones’s personal account on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
As gatekeepers to the news, Google and Facebook pose dangers to even the most successful outlets. Legislators need to speed the process of bringing them to heelAfter Europe’s top monopoly buster Margrethe Vestager fined Google more than $5bn for abusing its dominance over mobile phone... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The social media ads that helped Vote Leave win the EU referendum are published in full for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook reported misses on revenue, daily active user count, and monthly active user count. Now the stock is in a free fall. Facebook shares are sliding after the company published its most recent quarterly earnings report. A lot has been riding on the company’s financials as it continues to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital publisher PinkNews has high hopes for the commercial prospects of being a Snapchat Discover publisher. The post Post-Facebook, PinkNews launches on Snapchat Discover appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]