The new program, called Global Certified Accessible, allows publishers to verify whether their ebooks meet accessibility standards required by blind or low vision students as well as those with dyslexia or other disabilities. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the owner of a Kindle, I normally get all my ebooks from Amazon. It is a great experience, as not only can I read the book on my e-reader, but thanks to the Kindle app, my smartphone and tablet too. Quite frankly, I never considered getting an electronic book anywhere else. If you are a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2017-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The publisher claims its proprietary tech helps it react fast to algorithm changes in Facebook's News Feed. The post Sports publisher GiveMeSport built a tech platform to Facebook-proof its audience appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
With platforms and subscription services clamoring for high-quality video content, publishers are poised to reap profits from licensing video content. The post Limited in their ability to monetize video on Facebook, publishers eye video-licensing opportunities appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a major announcement ahead of this week’s 2017 ALA Annual Conference, HarperCollins has agreed to make a selection of its ebook backlist available to public library users on a multi-user model, via Midwest Tape’s hoopla digital platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
'Global vision, local service' is how Bookwire has pushed deep into its Latin American expansion after success in Germany and Spain. The post Bookwire’s Spanish Markets Footprint: Selling More Ebooks ‘In the Jet Stream’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
News Corp., publisher of the Wall Street Journal and the Times of London, is holding "very advanced" discussions with Facebook about subscriptions to its content online, CEO Officer Robert Thomson said."I've been talking with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, exchanging thoughts, on how important it... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Calibre is a popular tool for managing any DRM-free ebooks you’ve got kicking around your hard drive. It makes it easy to access them and even downloads the necessary metadata to make your collection look nice. Calibre version 3.0 recently rolled out, and to mark the occasion we’re going to look... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2017-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
There has been a delay to progress on the planned measure to allow VAT on ebooks to be reduced, after the members of the EU's Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) failed to reach an agreement on the proposals. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook wants users to "lean back." No, that's not the sequel to Sheryl Sandberg's book "Lean In"; it's how people watch TV, unlike the way they scroll through the News Feed.For months, Facebook has been talking to its biggest media and publishing partners to introduce TV-worthy programming to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk exposes the shortcomings of current "risk management" practices, and offers a series of improvement techniques that help you fill in the holes and ramp up security. This book, from Wiley, sheds light on these blatant risks, and provides alternate... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2017-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The duopoly is forcing some unlikely partners into bed with each other.Large publishers are hatching new alliances to counter Google and Facebook, the so-called duopoly that's expected to capture 85% of new digital advertising this year in the U.S. and 60% of digital spending, according to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week's top stories covered Facebook’s moves to benefit content creators, publishers’ distributed media endeavors and more. The post Best of the week: Publishers press Facebook to drive paid subscriptions appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The social network has resisted subscriptions on its app, but has evolved its stance as publishers grow more vocal about needing more financial support. The post Facebook’s working with publishers on paid subscriptions appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The ALA Digital Content Working Group is ending, but the conversation about ebooks in libraries is not. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Under most circumstances, background information about a conference-room shoot of media company executives would merit, maybe, a couple of tweets. But these are no ordinary circumstances. And so... Doug Zander, U.S. editor for U.K. magazine The Drum, clocks in with a breathless behind-the-scenes... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Video publishers on Facebook and Instagram now have a new measurement option, as the social network announced that video view metrics for those two platforms will be added to CrowdTangle starting Thursday. Facebook said in a release that publishers will now have another way to track emerging... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is giving advertisers more control over where their ads run, allowing them to opt out of appearing near content from specific publishers, according to new policies announced on Wednesday."We will show you all the publishers or pages on which your ad could theoretically run," said Michel... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
On this episode of the Visionaries Podcast, we sat down with Gretchen Tibbits, COO, and president of uplifting content publisher LittleThings to talk Facebook Live, Snapchat, distributed publishing, and duopoly. Sponsored content by GumGum The post Podcast: LittleThings’ Gretchen Tibbits on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Brands advertising on Facebook will soon have more control over where their ads appear. The social network is rolling out several tools aimed at providing more transparency before campaigns go live. The latest additions, announced today, will provide advertisers with a list of publishers up... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]