Google has made life a little easier for those who like to check out ebooks from their local library. Now, when you search for a book through Google, results for libraries near you that carry that ebook will show up along with outlets where you can... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2017-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Can augmented reality provide the enhancements that ebooks have failed to deliver? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook took another step toward protecting the integrity of news articles shared via links on the social network. In July, Facebook announced that non-publisher pages could no longer overwrite link metadata--such as headlines, descriptions and images--in Graph API or page composer, and it... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amanda Prowse is to return to Head of Zeus (HoZ) in a three-book deal, following a brief stint with Amazon Publishing imprint Lake Union Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook introduced two updates to its Facebook Live API (application-programming interface) aimed at enabling publishers and developers to create professional-quality live video. The two updates being introduced Wednesday are automated encoder configuration and frame-accurate start times.... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan is making its ebooks available to UK schools through digital education provider RM Books. The partnership means ebooks by authors such as Chris Riddell, Eva Ibbotson and Andy Griffiths, and the poet Brian Moses will be accessible to be read on the platform, aling with a selection... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook still has big plans for its Instant Articles media-rich, quick-loading mobile stories from publishers, but those big plans no longer include Messenger. The social network rolled out Instant Articles on Messenger in July 2016, with vice president of messaging products David Marcus saying... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook's self-hosted Instant Articles have been dropped from Facebook Messenger. The faster-loading, mobile-optimized versions of articles will still be available in the main Facebook app, just not in the company's messaging tool. While Facebook launched Instant Articles promising much,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
A look into the original shows populating Facebook's newest video platform. The post Major Magazine Publishers Flock to Facebook Watch appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson is publishing the notebook diaries of former Manchester United footballer Eric Cantona. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Open Road Integrated Media has acquired the US rights to the digital editions of the Adrian Mole series by late British author Sue Townsend, including the "iconic" The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A half-day seminar organized by the Book Industry Study Group focused on the increasing importance of publishing rights—and examined the industry’s longtime problem of poor rights management. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
It was only a few minutes after my imaginary Trump supporter “Todd White” began exploring Facebook that he learned filmmaker Michael Moore was staging a coup d’etat against president-elect Donald Trump. Todd also learned that Trump won the popular vote. And that there were people paid to protest... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2017-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon’s publishing chief David Naggar has said publishers should slash their ebook prices to 99p to sell more books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is offering major record labels and music publishers hundreds of millions of dollars so the users of its social network can legally include songs in videos they upload, according to people familiar with the matter.The posting and viewing of video on Facebook has exploded in recent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is said to be offering hundreds of millions of dollars to music publishers and record labels to avoid having to take down user-generated videos that feature copyrighted music. Bloomberg cites "people familiar with the matter" as saying Facebook's payments will allow for the legal use of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indie booksellers around the world suffered lost income over the weekend when the Amazon-owned website AbeBooks.com went down for nearly two days. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barack Obama published a Facebook post calling the White house out on its decision to rescind the Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Act. “To target these young people is wrong–because they have done nothing wrong,” Obama writes. “It is self-defeating–because they want to start new... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2017-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mills & Boon is launching its first weekly serial: a new 12-part digital-only series, called Secrets of the A List, to be written by 11 of its existing authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, our top stories examined the debut of Facebook-funded shows on Watch, publishers’ pivots to video and more. The post Best of the week: Facebook eyes YouTube with launch of Watch shows appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]