Ebook editions of the seven Harry Potter novels, plus the new 'Cursed Child' playscript, debut in China Monday (August 1) at five leading retailers, one of them with 600 million mobile users. The post Harry Potter Ebooks Arrive in China, in Both Chinese and English appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Organizations can now add company logos or dedicated messages to a select number of business, motivational and leadership titles from Sourcebook's Simple Truths imprint. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
FutureBook, The Bookseller’s digital publishing conference, is to expand in 2016 with dedicated strands on EdTech and the audiobook market. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook says its anti-spam filters were to blame for its website briefly blocking access to internal emails from US Democratic Party committee members published by Wikileaks. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
As native advertising gains prominence, publishers may find themselves competing not just with one another, but with the ad agencies that already exist. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
The most interesting début on the Weekly E-Book Ranking is perhaps human rights activist and 1986 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Elie Wiesel’s Night (Penguin Modern Classics). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booktrack technology can supply a publisher's digital titles with a customizable movie-like soundtrack as well as sound effects. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder & Stoughton is promoting Miranda Hart's new book, Peggy & Me, by collating stories about her fans' pets into a free companion ebook. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Have you wondered how Facebook might offer high-speed internet access using lasers? The company's Connectivity Lab is happy to show you. It just published a research paper explaining laser beam technology can deliver up to 2Gbps to remote places.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2016-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook has updated its app-install ads to allow developers to select targeted audiences based on which users will most likely use an app and not just install and forget about it. The product, App Event Optimization, will allow advertisers to select from among 14 user actions that might... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
After holding the Weekly E-Book Ranking number one for five consecutive weeks, Jojo Moyes’ Me Before You drops to second...to be replaced by her follow-up, After You (both Michael Joseph). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
As dozens of media companies explore deeper ties with Facebook, one publisher has remained especially wary of the social network: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.Unlike other news outlets, News Corp.'s Wall Street Journal hasn't struck a deal to create live videos for Facebook. And while some... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2016-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train (Transworld) has racked up its sixth Bookseller Monthly E-Book Sales Ranking number one, shifting 26,544 digital units in May. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Titles from Natasha Pulley and Lauren Groff are to feature in Sainsbury's Entertainment on Demand's "first ever" Summer Book Club, which will showcase two new ebooks every Thursday until the end of August. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Time Out is building out its social content distribution strategy, pinpointing Tumblr video, Facebook Live and Snapchat as priorities for growth. The publisher's internal mantra of "Discover, Look, Share," which it applies to all its online content, translates well to tools like Facebook's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Two leading trade bodies in the book industry are turning towards lobbying the UK competition authorities over Amazon as opposed to the European Commission following Brexit. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jojo Moyes makes it five weeks on the trot at at the summit of the Weekly E-Book Ranking, with the film-boosted sales of Me Before You (Michael Joseph) showing little sign of slowing down. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A man died Wednesday night after being shot by police in Falcon Heights, the aftermath of which was recorded in a video widely shared on Facebook in which the man’s girlfriend says the “police shot him for no apparent reason, no reason at all.” Friends at the scene identified the man as Philando... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
NPR is producing several live Facebook videos per day. It has a team of 12 overseeing the effort, with some working full-time on Facebook Live. Since going “all out” in May, the publisher has confirmed a few key things: have a real reason to go live; there is an appetite for news and explainer... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Lad Bible has been experimenting with Facebook Live for the past two months across its portfolio and is ramping up output to four a week, plus putting in place a dedicated Facebook Live team. The videos are getting views in the millions, outreaching many publishers that weren’t born on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]