To say native content has grown since last year would be an understatement. In 2014, Pressboard combed through 1,500 pieces of content for our "best of" list -- this year it was closer to 7,000. To give you an idea of how far the space has come, we had to buy VR headsets just to review a couple... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2015-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
After being turned down by ‘every major publisher in London’ for his Portico winning novel Beastings, the author says landing the £10,000 prize ‘felt like a vindication’ Benjamin Myers, who has beaten Alan Garner to win the £10,000 Portico prize for literature for his novel Beastings, has spoken... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook, Apple and other platforms are wooing publishers to distribute their articles directly in their ecosystems, and after some reluctance, publishers are clamoring to get on board. But one major publisher is sounding the warning cry: Bloomberg Media's Justin Smith said on an Advertising... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s self-published bestseller to get traditional edition with Penguin Random HouseThe Swedish author of this summer’s surprise self-published hit, a bedtime story that promises to “make anyone fall asleep” using positive reinforcement techniques and plenty of yawns, has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Shueisha is a major publisher in Japan and the largest manga publisher in the world with a market share in Japan of 30%. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Knock another major publisher off the list of holdouts for ebook subscription services. Oyster announced Tuesday morning that it had reached an agreement with Macmillan to bring 1,000 titles from the publisher and its imprints to Oyster's Netflix-like offering.UPDATE: After this article was... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the WSJ, Amazon's Russ Grandinetti 'defended the company against criticism that it is using its growing clout in electronic books to bully a major publisher.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
What American Booksellers Association CEO Oren Teicher called Amazon's "bullying assault of a major publisher" was a key concern among indie booksellers at both Thursday afternoon's ABA Town Hall and Annual Meeting. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
ABA's Oren Teicher speaks out against Amazon’s “bullying assault of a major publisher” at the ABA annual meeting. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The collection will debut with 40,000 titles, powered by Findaway World, including offerings from every major publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Many of us associate Scribd with embedded documents on websites, but the company has been quietly building an ebook platform -- first by selling content and later by soft-launching a subscription service. The company is now making its strategy clear by formally launching the ebook service and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Condé Nast's is closing its Easy Living print edition, despite being the only paid-for glossy magazine from a major publisher to increase its circulation in the last six months of 2012. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2013-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]