The event, dubbed ALA Virtual—Community Through Connection, will offer "educational programming, special author events, and social networking" and is set to run from June 24-26, 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
In the crowded author services field, veteran self-published author Scott La Counte launches BuzzTrace to help authors track social media conversations. The post Publishing Startups: BuzzTrace Looks To Track Authors’ Social Networking appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Once content has been published online it's almost impossible to retain control and know who sees it or where it's distributed. A new solution from StoryCloud seeks to offer online content publishers control over how their material is consumed. Called Share By it provides user-controlled file... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2015-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
With Instant Articles, Facebook has created a rich, multimedia platform to host publishers' stories, and ensure that you never leave.As social networking has taken over the web, and users no longer visit publishers' homepages to find news, Facebook has become a primary funnel for readers,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
What we learned from The Bookseller Childrens Conference about how kids are reading and how publishers are respondingIn 2014, childrens books are facing more competition than ever from other forms of entertainment, particularly digital: games, apps, YouTube and social networking.Does this mean... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-09-26 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 ]
More than half of owners read news on their devices, a survey shows, though there's not much willingness to pay for content. But there may be a way.With roughly 25 million adults in America now owning an iPad or other tablet computer, a new survey shows that the early adopters are using the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2011-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 21/10/2011 - 11:35 Vampirates author and long-time children's book publicist Justin Somper has set up Author Profile, a training company aimed at helping authors navigate the media and social networking. Writers including Damian Kelleher,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 07/10/2011 - 14:48 Publishers must explore transmedia approaches to engage children whose lives revolve increasingly around gaming, online communities and social networking, The Bookseller's annual children's conference, sponsored by Huzutech... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Mon, 22/08/2011 - 11:42 The launch of the Pottermore website in October has been greeted as a game changer by the childrens publishing industry, with virtual worlds and social networking seen as a natural part of future brand development. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Until recently, reading a book had resisted technological advances, but like everything else, this has started to evolve and now we are embracing technology. Books are now more easily available in electronic format and sharing your opinion about a title print or ebook is more popular. So... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Laura Richards Publication Date: Tue, 01/03/2011 - 14:59 Man Booker winner Howard Jacobson has dismissed social networking sites Facebook and Twitter, claiming both sites "will be the death of us". In an interview on Sky Arts' "The Book Show", The Finkler Question author confessed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
By Tim Conneally, Betanews Responding to widespread civil unrest, the government of Egypt on Thursday evening ordered all private network operators to shut down their services, both wired and wireless.At around 12:30am local time, Egypt's outbound connections to the Internet hit a brick wall,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2011-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A year-old social networking and digital distribution platform that aims to bring writers and agents together has created a contest to find "the next big crime fiction blockbuster." Circalit, launched in February 2010 as a place for screenwriters to showcase their work to studios, began inviting... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]