Profiling an Internet phenomenon and its quirky creator, a few months into its existence.Facebook turned 12 today. It's been part of everyday life for long enough that an infinite number of articles have been published about its phenomenal success and the vision of its inventor and CEO, Mark... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dominique Raccah's popular Put Me In the Story line of personalized kids' books from Sourcebooks is picked up by Barnes & Noble. The post Sourcebooks’ ‘Put Me In the Story’: B&N Puts It In the Stores appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google has launched a new digital-only bookstore "for books that cannot be printed". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even as the European Commission anticipates proposals for overhauling the EU's common VAT system, Italy joins several other member-nations in sharply lowering VAT on ebooks. The post Italy Lowers Ebook VAT to Buoy Digital Publishing Industry appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books are just digital recreations of what you can get on paper. Wouldn't it be better if they took advantage of internet-connected mobile devices to tell new stories? Google, at least, wants to give this a shot. It just launched Editions At Play,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers that are scouring for more readers are digging into the audiences of rival sites. Through what some people call "social syndication," The Daily Dot, Bustle, Mental Floss and others are partnering up to cross-post articles in each other's Facebook pages. Often, this means teaming up... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Research by the Bookseller shows that sales for the ‘big five’ UK publishers dropped in 2015Ebook sales for the UK’s five biggest publishers fell in 2015, according to a new report in the Bookseller, collectively declining 2.4%, to 47.9m units. It is the first drop in numbers of books sold in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook knows everything about you, from who your friends and family are to what you like and where you’ve been. It even knows the posts you draft but never publish. Combine all that information with the power of the like button, which signals to Facebook that a post should be shared more... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is taking more of a "survey says" approach to what users will see in their news feeds. In a blog post published today, Facebook software engineers Cheng Zhang and Si Chen explained that the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company's traditional ways of determining what shows up in feeds—likes,... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
What do you want from a website dedicated to the future of the book industry? I'll tell you what I don't. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books are making a big difference to the reading habits of young children, particularly boys Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2016-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Late last week, The Guardian published an interview with a survivor of Obama's first drone strike, which occurred in tribal Pakistan on his third day as president. It detailed the impact the attack had and raised concerns over the civilian damage the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2016-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Boston Globe may not be a Instant Articles publisher, but its turning to Facebook's Note's feature to create something close to it. The publisher on Tuesday started using Notes to publish directly to the Facebook platform. It hopes that the speed the articles load, along with their overall... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Social logins remain an easy way for brands and publishers to get people to register to use their sites and apps in order to collect more information about those people -- who opt-in to share that information -- and do things like customize the articles or products they're shown.Not... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gawker Media CEO Nick Denton told Recode that the publisher, which used to view Facebook warily, is now "going all in" on Facebook Instant Articles. He's now come around to the idea that Facebook can simply provide a better user experience and even monetize better than the options publishers... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Reactions will enhance Facebook's classic Like button with emoji responses that convey emotions ranging from anger to awe.As revealed in October, Facebook has been hard at work reinventing the famed Like button—and Bloomberg got the inside scoop. In a profile published Wednesday, Bloomberg digs... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is expanding its ad network from just third-party apps to the mobile Web. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company will begin making its Facebook Audience Network available for publishers and advertisers outside of publishers' native apps. The Audience Network for the mobile Web will... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tech and culture journalist Molly Flatt will join The Bookseller as associate editor of FutureBook. She succeeds Porter Anderson, who has moved to Publishing Perspectives as editor in chief. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
750 artists redesigned the covers of classic books. Now 50 of them are going on tour. The post Classic Book Covers Get Charming Redesigns for the E-Book Age appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Give your paperbacks new life on a screen. The post How to Turn Both Paper and Digital Text Into an E-Book appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2016-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]