While we felt that the Kindle Colorsoft was by and large a solid first stab at a color ereader by Amazon, there has been a problem with the device. After several buyers pointed out that a yellow band was discoloring the bottom of the display, the same issue occurred on our review unit. Now, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-11-05 19:01:45 UTC ]
Faced with slowing industry sales and rising costs, HarperCollins has eliminated what it called a "small number" of positions, and instituted a number of other measures in a bid to "operate as efficiently as possible," CEO Brian Murray announced to employees on October 13. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
Friendship is such a universal and central theme to all of our lives, that picking just a small number of the best short stories about such a broad theme is always going to be a challenge. However, the following stories are by some of the finest masters of the short […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Interesting Literature | 2022-09-21 14:00:43 UTC ]
Tablets are useful for more than playing games and watching movies, and one of the simplest, most effective tools a Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet offers is its ability to quickly connect itself as a second screen for your PC—via, well, Second Screen. Why should you care? Because a lightweight... Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2022-08-22 10:45:00 UTC ]
Once upon a time, round about the start of the year, there was a settled order in the audiobook recording world. A relatively small number of voice artists had at-home recording setups – often a booth, built in a spare room or the garden shed, which gave the experienced narrator greater... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-10 19:59:08 UTC ]
A rare book of handwritten lyrics and watercolor paintings by folk music legend Joni Mitchell is to be published this fall, 48 years after the singer-songwriter produced a small number of copies as gifts to her friends. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is set to release "Morning Glory on the Vine: Early... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook's plans to topple TV advertising have come to a halt as it shut down key programs that delivered commercials to TV networks and publishers online.Ads are no longer being served to connected TV devices like smart TVs, Apple TV and Roku, the company confirmed. The reason, according to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2018-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook has updated its app-install ads to allow developers to select targeted audiences based on which users will most likely use an app and not just install and forget about it. The product, App Event Optimization, will allow advertisers to select from among 14 user actions that might... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2016-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
If you turn to Facebook for your daily news update, you may have come across Instant Articles. A small number of publishers are able to serve up news articles quickly for mobile devices right now, but from April 12th, the technology will be open to a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones will roll out contactless payment across its estate “shortly” following a successful trial. The company has trialled the payment method – whereby customers don’t need to enter their debit or credit card pins – recently in a small number of stores, which proved successful. It will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nosy Crow has said it has broken the one million sales mark for the first time with its The Rescue Princess series, written by author Paula Harrison and illustrated by Sharon Tancredi. The publisher has sold almost 10,000 copies of the books in the UK through Nielsen BookScan Total Consumer... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
There is a “huge inequality” in earnings between writers, with a small number – 10% - earning most of the money made by professional authors, research released today (20th April) has found. The Business of Being an Author: A Survey of Authors Earnings and Contracts was commissioned by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The History Press has restructured following a company-wide review, creating four distinct business units, and putting "a small number" of people into consultation over their jobs. The independent publisher, specialising in local history as well as military history titles, underwent a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A lot of Google services have transitioned to gain the title of "apps", and the same is true of a large number of extensions for the Chrome browser. These online tools are essentially cross-platforms apps that work identically Now Google is taking another step to break out of the confines of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Teachers, parents and poets alike know how children thirst for poetry. Now it's up to booksellers and publishers to save it from extinctionChildren dive into poetry with the same natural ease as swimmers into water, climbers into trees and sleepers into dreams. I've seen this alchemy at work on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is testing mobile ads that appear on apps other than its own, the company said. In a post today, Facebook says the test is for a mobile ad network it is creating. It marks an important step for the social network, showing its sponsored content outside its own properties is key to... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
A small number of job losses will occur as Bonnier moves UK publishing businesses to Surrey.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Instagram just made it official: ads are about to hit the social photo-sharing platform. "In the next couple months, you may begin seeing an occasional ad in your Instagram feed if you’re in the United States," the company said in a blog post today. "Seeing photos and videos from brands you... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Parsing through the top 10 bestsellers of 2012 in a number of major publishing categories reads like a usual suspects list, as a small number of authors filled a large number of spots. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Associated Press will launch a new Spanish-language Stylebook for universal use by publishers, broadcasters and readers from all Spanish-speaking countries, with an emphasis on Latin America and the United States. A small number of AP clients a ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]