Although picture has improved since 2017, research shows that last year only 4% of books for the youngest readers featured a minority ethnic heroIn most children’s books, according to one London primary school pupil, “people are peach”. Another feels there are “no black people” in the stories... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-09-19 11:15:59 UTC ]
Only 37% of books published in Scotland over the course of 2017 were written by women, showing gender inequality is still “structural and persistent”, according to new research shared by pressure group ROAR. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-26 05:14:33 UTC ]
We’d like to hear from people who have downloaded books illegally and those affected by book piracyAccording to the Intellectual Property Office’s latest study of online copyright infringement, 17% of ebooks read online are now pirated – around 4m books. While stereotypes persist that young... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 16-24 generation is still firmly in favour of print books, new research shows, with 73%... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
New research shows how hard it is to drive app downloads and why news publishers should be focusing more on their mobile websites and social distribution. The post Publishers: Ditch your apps; focus on mobile Web appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2014-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]