Windows 10 has native support for PDF, but if ePub is your preferred reading format then you’ll still need to find a third-party viewer. Bibliovore is a good-looking eBook reader and manager app for Windows 8.1 and later. The app imports individual ePub and PDF files, and can also scan and open... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bookseller Waterstones is to stop selling digital books and will instead divert customers to Japanese ebook company Kobo. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones is well and truly getting back to basics today, as it has dropped ebooks and audiobooks from its online store. The digital libraries of Waterstones customers will remain accessible until June 13th, with Kobo taking over the following day... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2016-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cinemax's upcoming show Outcast will debut on Facebook Live in Europe and Africa tonight. Outcast is an adaptation of The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman's comic book series of the same name. Dealing with the supernatural and demonic possession,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2016-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children's ebook subscription service Epic, based in Redwood City, Calif., is one company that is bucking the naysaying trends. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Goodreads is introducing Goodreads Deals to the US market, a digital marketing tool that will alert site members when an ebook on their 'want to read' list is available at a discount. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Facebook has taken on the mantle of content distributor, news publisher and story curator, the world's biggest social media company has ventured into the territory of traditional media companies. Such moves have helped Facebook attract users and advertising dollars -- but they have also... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Facebook has taken on the mantle of content distributor, news publisher and story curator, the world's biggest social media company has ventured into the territory of traditional media companies. Such moves have helped Facebook attract users and advertising dollars -- but they have also... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Observations from the IMAG 2016 conference in San Francisco. The post Distrust Abounds in the Facebook-Publisher Relationship appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Goodreads Deals will offer "significant" discounts on selected ebooks keyed to the books listed in members' bookshelves Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
'The reason we want to start selling ebooks direct into ASEAN,' says Monsoon's Philip Tatham, is because it's a major and rare territory still without heavy competition from major ebook retailers. The post Asia’s Potential Monsoon of Ebook Sales: Philip Tatham on ASEAN appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
BuzzFeed landed the biggest "get" for a Facebook Live interview in the young channel's history by nabbing a sit-down with President Barack Obama. Yet less than two minutes into the broadcast, the online publisher's video feed stalled and some 35,000 Facebook viewers were left with nothing to... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Video has become the content and advertising format of the year, with publishers, advertisers and social platforms all publicly pronouncing its importance.Facebook, of course, has become one of video's most vocal cheerleaders. It's rolled out a number of video products, for both advertisers and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2016-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a major expansion of the Facebook Audience Network, Facebook is now extending its capabilities by adding pre-roll, mid-roll and post-roll video ads for brands advertising on third-party publishers websites and apps. Third-party publishers such as USA Today Sports Media Group and Daily Mail... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Zed Books’ Facebook page was removed after it became the victim of hacking, the publisher now believes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook's main news section, called Trending, has never been so buzzy thanks to a political web it allegedly weaved itself, with many critics crawling to the surface in the last five days. The digital giant has been bashed by right-wing pundits and other media watchers since Gizmodo... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Feel-good publisher Little Things has built an audience of 50 million users a month thanks to Facebook -- and it's profitable. CEO Joe Speiser joined the Digiday Podcast to discuss how the publisher grew out of its roots as a pet-food retailer, why he's not too worried about being overly reliant... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Activision Blizzard Inc. wants to make eSports mainstream by bringing the video game competitions not to TV, but rather to the world’s largest social media company. The Santa Monica video game-maker’s Media Networks unit announced Thursday a trio of plans intended to increase awareness of eSports... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are starting to see the results of Facebook Instant Articles, which launched widely last month, giving them a way to post fast-loading content directly to the social network. One publisher, on background, shared a week’s worth of data that showed the reach of Instant Articles versus... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
With publishers under pressure to distribute their content directly onto social media platforms, the nagging question for many is whether their brands are diluted by being disconnected from their source. New research from Digital Content Next found that 57 percent of the time, people are aware... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]