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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
Facebook released a case study touting the success video-game publisher Activision experienced with a recent advertising campaign for Destiny 2, its upcoming first-person-shooter release. To start, Activision raised awareness of Destiny 2 across both Facebook and Instagram by releasing teaser... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pottermore will make J K Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ebook available to UK library users over a two-week period to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its publication. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook wants shows, and publishers are happy to comply -- but question whether this is just another short-term "product test" for the company. The post ‘Facebook is only half in’: Creators doubt Facebook’s commitment to original programming appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the Digiday Video Anywhere Summit, video publishers assess the challenges and opportunities in video. The post Digiday Research: YouTube and Facebook are where the action is in video appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
A two-week international reading-and-discussion exercise, the Big Library Read is underway with more than 20,000 libraries in various parts of the world. The post A Sourcebooks Title Is OverDrive’s New International Big Library Read appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Now that Facebook has tamped down on clickbait, publishers are putting an emotional spin on content shared on the platform whenever they can. The post How publishers use emotion to promote content on Facebook appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) takes place in Los Angeles June 13 through 15, and as the excitement builds, Facebook revealed the top trending video games and publishers on its platform leading into the show. The top trending publishers and video games were those that experienced the... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]