European publishers and booksellers have welcomed the decision of the European Commission to allow VAT to be reduced on ebooks, with sales now bound to go up, according to booksellers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the "fake news" controversy unfolds, regional publishers need to rise above the noise. The post The Latest in the Facebook “Friend or Foe” Debate appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group will now offer all frontlist ebooks for library lending on the same day they go on sale in the retail market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers like Joe Media and Bleacher Report have been testing TV-like programming for Facebook Live. But polished live videos don’t necessarily receive higher viewership or more shares than rawer, conversational ones, and building content worthy of appointment viewing is a big challenge on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Molly Flatt, associate editor for FutureBook and digital editor for Phoenix magazine, is publishing a debut novel, set between the cafés of Shoreditch and the wilds of Orkney, with Pan Macmillan. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a consistent German book market, the Boersenverein reports rising ebook sales by volume, but lower prices are driving down revenue from digital products. The post In Germany: Report Finds Ebook Sales Rising, Revenue Down, in 2016 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Most publishers would agree that Facebook metrics have never been perfect. But the latest blunders have rocked confidence among some big media owners, forcing them to reassess where and how they should be allocating budget and resources to specific social platforms. Others believe the public mea... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s getting easier to get to a billion views on Facebook. But publishers that are only chasing scale, and not thinking about video as a long-term business, are in trouble. Take, for instance, TV, which can monetize the same piece of content through advertising, licensing, syndication,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Delegates at this year’s FutureBook Conference will be able to get hands-on experience of the latest virtual reality headsets, discuss trends in the US audiobooks market and learn how to “reach the millennial audience” with Spotify. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The more Facebook has evolved into a digital hub with its own ecosystem of media outlets and publishers, the more it has risked associating itself with misleading, sensationalized and downright factually inaccurate stories. For our latest Digiday Confessions, we talked with two members of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook Inc. said it has found several errors in calculating how many people view content on Pages, the profiles with features tailored for businesses and well-known personalities. The Menlo Park social media giant said Wednesday that the seven-day and 28-day summary number over-counted how many... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amid mounting pressure, Facebook Inc. said it would block websites that publish fake news from accessing its advertising services. The announcement Monday came hours after Alphabet Inc.’s Google said it would also bar fake news sites from using its advertising networks. The companies faced a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook reveals a further four flaws with the data it shares with publishers and advertisers. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Responding to growing concerns over the spread of misinformation online in the weeks and months before Election Day, Facebook and Google have announced plans to restrict sites that publish fake news from using online advertising. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just days after facing harsh criticism for allowing fake news stories to be read unchecked across the internet, Google and Facebook are now rushing to put in place policies that cut off advertising dollars for websites publishing fictional information. The move—which aims to potentially stem the... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite steadily gaining traction among tech and publishing companies over the past few years, Slack has been slow to catch on with most brands and agencies. And with two new entrants -- Facebook’s Workplace and Microsoft’s Teams -- heating up competition in the space, the $4 billion unicorn... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook on Wednesday said that it has discovered more measurement problems that could have given marketers the wrong picture of their performance with consumers on the platform.The social network, which revealed last month that it had been overstating the average time people spent with videos,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google and Facebook took steps to punish fake news websites amid growing scrutiny of technology platforms for permitting false information to spread online.On Monday, Alphabet Inc.'s Google said it's implementing a new policy that pulls its popular advertising tool from websites that run... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google plans to update its AdSense program policies to prevent placement of its ads on sites distributing fake news.Facebook also said Monday it had updated the policy for its Audience Network, which places ads on websites and mobile apps, to explicitly clarify that it applies to fake news.“In... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors has welcomed the European Court's ruling on e-lending, which it argues removes “the final barrier” to applying Public Lending Right (PLR) to the remote lending of ebooks and audiobooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]