Apple published its first paper on AI last month and now the company is set to join five others in a newly-formed research group. The Partnership on AI announced today that Apple would become its sixth founding member, adding to a lineup that already... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2017-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Technology business Moondog Books has launched a subscription service for children's ebooks with titles from HarperCollins, Bloomsbury and Disney. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 50 businesses, including Facebook, Amazon and Experian have signed this year’s Vision for Literacy Business Pledge, orchestrated by the National Literacy Trust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book trade has generally welcomed Amazon’s new ebook offer, but questioned the five year cap for the new deal and raised concerns over whether it will hold in the UK in a post-Brexit world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Frontline Club panel discuss the problem of ‘alternative facts’ and concede that social media is not the only organisation publishing falsehoodsPrivate Eye’s latest cover shows a picture of Donald Trump, hand on bible, at his inauguration with a speech bubble saying: “I swear to tell the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Newspapers and other media outlets are struggling to make money from their partnerships with tech giants like Facebook and Snapchat, raising concerns over their business models in a news landscape increasingly dominated by social media platforms.Some publishers are scaling back on Facebook... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon has offered to drop the Most Favoured Nation clauses from its ebook contracts, following a European Commission investigation into the online retailer’s deals, it has been reported today. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The European Commission (EC) has confirmed that Amazon has offered to remove controversial Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clauses in ebook contracts and is asking publishers for feedback on the pledges. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
When posting on Facebook, several content mills use multiple domains for the same article. The websites who use this tactic claim they are A/B testing URL names. But most sources suggested that URL names have no effect on user engagement and that using multiple domains can come off like an... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House has signed three more titles from Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink & Stars. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
For Google, Chromebooks have not been quite the success the company was hoping for, firmly remaining a niche product. As part of a drive to boost popularity, the company announced last year that it planned to bring Android apps to Chromebook. But there is, of course, the question of which... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2017-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
It was another year of digital contraction for the UK’s biggest publishers, who experienced a second consecutive year of declining ebook volumes in 2016. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's official: With Windows 10’s Insider Preview Build 15014 for PCs and phones, Microsoft’s officially opened its ebook store, adding some nifty disk- and power-management features, too. Strategically, the ebook wing of Microsoft's Store app is probably the most important for the company. But... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
A proposal to allow European Union countries to offer reduced tax on ebooks will be voted on in 2017 and has broad support of publishers and booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers offer cautious welcome after leak shows software giant has included a bookselling section in a new build of its operating systemTwo years after Microsoft walked away from digital bookselling, a leak of its latest software has hinted that it may ready to try again.In what may be a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Exclusive Books has struck a deal to direct its customers to the Kobo website to buy ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson plans to launch its own print rental program for courseware and reduce ebook rental prices by up to 50% as it bids to accelerate its shift to digital. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is making it easier for people in Germany to report fake news, but it might not be enough to convince publishers that it's willing to help turn the platform into a distribution channel for serious journalism. Publishers have been keen for more discussion with the platform about how to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
For years, Microsoft has sold movies, TV shows, and music, in addition to apps—but not ebooks. A leaked Windows 10 build, however, shows Microsoft plans to shore up that gap in an upcoming release. The leaked build obtained by MSPowerUser reveals a dedicated section of the Windows Store where... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google has one, Apple has one, Amazon has one, so Microsoft seems to feel that it should have one too. We're talking ebook stores, and a leaked version of Windows Mobile reveals that this is something that is due to be added to the Windows Store. While Microsoft has been slowly but surely... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]