Vampires and ghosts have long haunted popular fiction, but now a string of new releases is focusing on marginalised women with hidden powersSomeone, or something, shadowy has put a strong spell on popular literature aimed at women, once cheekily labelled “chick lit”. This perky genre, packaged... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-01-08 12:00:47 UTC ]
Welcome to the inaugural U.S. Book Show, a different kind of trade show. 'Publishers Weekly' editorial director Jim Milliot introduces the next big thing in publishing conferences. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers are finding that the format is drawing big audiences—albeit with varying degrees of sales success. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
The content analytics company Parse.ly has long captivated publishers with its intuitive dashboard to track how articles perform. In October, the 10-year-old company added functionality that tracks conversions. Parse.ly clients can now analyze the type of content people read before they... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-11-11 21:36:26 UTC ]
A bit of advice before getting into online publishing’s next big thing. Last year, after nearly a decade of freelance tech journalism, I took a leap of faith and launched a paid subscription newsletter.Read Full Story Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-06-01 06:00:38 UTC ]
Although serial entrepreneur Rufus Griscom has a background in books, he had no intention of getting into the book business when he launched a new venture, Heleo, in 2015. With the Next Big Idea Club, that's changed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Artificial intelligence can now write fiction and journalism. But does it measure up to George Orwell – and can it report on Brexit?Will androids write novels about electric sheep? The dream, or nightmare, of totally machine-generated prose seemed to have come one step closer with the recent... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jody Gerson is having a good year.The CEO and chairman of Universal Music Publishing Group recently closed a deal for Bruce Springsteen's catalog andyears after discovering a 14-year-old Alicia Keysbelieves she has found the next big thing.You likely saw her handiwork at the Grammy's this year... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Professional video gaming is the next big thing. How big that is, though, is hard to say. Some estimates pegged it as a $493 million industry in 2016, others said it was nearly twice as big. As for the audience, some say it's 85% male, others say it's 56% male. No one really knows.Nielsen says... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anyone involved in writing books or TV and film scripts knows that whilst the entertainment and publishing sectors are constantly on the look out for the next blockbuster, nobody is quite sure what one actually looks like. A new AI platform called AUTHORS is looking to use machine learning... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2017-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
BARCELONA, Spain—Media executives from television, online and magazine news organizations are optimistic that a mostly mobile audience will present new opportunities for reporting and engagement, even while revenue challenges remain. Speaking on a Mobile World Congress panel Thursday,... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sam Edenborough, president of the Association of Authors’ Agents, talks about the next big thing in fiction and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are kicking off 2016 with débuts they hope to launch as the next big thing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
As the publishing world gathers at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair, the book business sits on the brink of some major changes, with a wave of new services and devices poised to take digital publishing—and digital reading—to another level. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new competition to find the “next big thing” in children’s literature is being launched by the UK’s National Literary Trust and Bloomsbury Children’s Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Earlier this week, Random House shelled out more than $3.5 million for Lena Dunham’s first book, Not That Kind of Girl. She has an amazing résumé for anyone, let alone a 26-year-old, having directed two feature films and scored four Emmy nominations for her TV show, HBO’s Girls. But what makes... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Drive up and down the 101 Freeway in Silicon Valley, or cast your gaze north toward Seattle, and media companies, which expect to book over $20 billion in advertising in 2011, appear to be everywhere. But visit the biggest of these companies and ask them to define themselves, and youll be... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]