The Harry Potter publisher ascribes its record profits to a hunger for affordable diversion. That’s the magic of booksIn the gloom of a UK economy teetering on the edge of recession, a glittering puff of smoke wafted up last week from the publisher that will for ever be associated with Harry... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-06-04 17:25:05 UTC ]
CNN has a new CMS, which it built to cut back on costs, improve reader engagement and draw in advertisers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2023-04-20 04:01:00 UTC ]
Online retail giant Amazon has cut back its pioneering drone delivery team, but says it will still have a Prime Air presence in the UK. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-08-09 16:20:14 UTC ]
The distributor has had growth of 58% over the past three years, due in part to its ability to regain shelf space at major chains that had cut back on their book sections. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
The layoffs that have plagued the magazine industry for a decade continued in the first quarter of this year, along with hundreds of cuts at digital media companies. The pink slips reflect the industry’s precarious position as it adjusts to a new world of data-driven advertising, digital-native... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The show added RFID technology to cut back on counterfeit badges and reduce traffic on the floor, but the show also reflected a growing and optimistic comics marketplace with an influx of new readers including women and girls. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
In 2014, sales of Christian fiction were down 15% over the previous year, and several houses have either cut back or eliminated their fiction acquisitions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Even while publishers at the International Christian Retail Show celebrated top books in Christian fiction, publishing programs are being cut back in this crowded category. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Today, the University of Missouri is promoting a study claiming that regular Twitter use is “linked to infidelity and divorce.” The study, led by University of Missouri School of Journalism doctoral student Russell Clayton and published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, found... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
At a time when some university presses have cut back their publishing program or changed course, the MIT Press, which celebrated its first 50 years this spring, continues to look to the future—“relentlessly,” according to editorial director Gita Manaktala. “The retrospective glance doesn’t come... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The recession, combined with the boom in readers turning away from print and to the Web, was a one-two-punch that forced most major American newspapers to cut back their book review coverage—or drop their review sections altogether Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
In December 2010, National Book Network CEO Jed Lyons made the decision to cut back on the number of distribution clients NBN represented while also realigning its sales and marketing teams. The changes led to the departure of some NBN executives including NBN president Rich Freese, who moved to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Essex county council has vowed not to close any of its libraries, or to cut back its mobile library destinations. But consultation is to begin next month on proposals to reduce opening hours to 54 of its 73 libraries. Jeremy Lucas, cabinet member for heritage, culture... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]