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 ]
What do readers in Africa and Asia really want? A new Worldreader report tracks millions of ebook downloads and reading trends across the regions. The post Worldreader Report Tracks Ebook Downloads in Asia and Africa appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is lowering the price it costs advertisers to join Anthology, which matches brands and top publishers like Vice and Vox, which help create content for promotion in the news feed. Anthology had set the minimum advertising commitment at several million dollars, according to sources, but... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook Messenger has 700 million monthly users, breaking out its humble beginnings as a messenger app. More brands will be experimenting with Messenger. For instance, Hyatt is using it for customer service. Disney has automated bots as forms of entertainment. Bild, the German publisher, is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-Book lending is on the rise in libraries, but is the current market sustainable? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Securing access to ebooks was an important step for libraries. But establishing a sustainable ebook service that works for everyone is the next step. And it’s a big one. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an alternate universe, Snapchat would have become a part of Facebook when the social network reportedly tried to buy the mobile app for $3 billion in 2013. Instead Snapchat has set its sights on recreating Facebook's success, and its employees have been discussing with people outside the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2016-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The announcement comes after a federal judge found, in 2014, that Open Road had infringed HarperCollins’ copyright by releasing an unauthorized ebook edition of the Newbery Medal-winning novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
A Mother’s Story, the “gripping and heart-wrenching novel” from Amanda Prowse about a young mother struggling to cope with postnatal depression, has won Sainsbury’s Entertainment on Demand’s ebook of the year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Investigatory Powers Bill may only be in draft form at the moment, but the UK government has already come in for criticism for its plans. Today, scores of pieces of written evidence, both for and against the proposals, have been published, including input from the Reform Government... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook's publisher-facing ad-tech arm LiveRail is shutting down the ad server business that you might not have known it operated.Known best for being one of the top video ad exchanges when Facebook agreed to buy it in July 2014, LiveRail also offered a way to help publishers pick out which... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2016-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is pulling back the curtain just enough to tout how much money it's making for publishers. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based company today said its mobile-focused Facebook Audience Network (FAN) had a $1 billion annual run rate during the fourth quarter for advertising spend, with "the... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
To push its January book 'The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend,' Sourcebooks has launched a reader voting campaign that will see three bookstores win grants up to $3,000. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
In September, PopSugar adopted a Facebook video strategy that placed a greater emphasis on videos that drew viewers in with striking visuals and text within the first three seconds. The publisher boasts it has helped not only grow Facebook views -- more than 51 million in November -- but also... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2016-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
New Year’s weekend will be generally quiet as far as openings go — though the museums will all be doing their thing, with some terrific shows ongoing. But the art world gets cooking again early next week with the opening of a film festival at the Hammer Museum and a show at LACE that examines the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
With sales of ebooks slipping and print books enjoying a mild rebound, ebooks’ share of consumer spending on books has declined over the past two years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
In an opposition brief filed on December 23, the U.S. Department of Justice urged the Supreme Court not to hear Apple’s appeal in the long-running ebook price-fixing case. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Tamblyn, chief executive of Kobo, offers the business advice he wishes he had been given when he started out, as part of the BBC News series, CEO Secrets. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2015-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]