The massive success of Among Us changed the lives of the developers at Innersloth. Now, the team is paying that forward by helping to fund a bunch of other indie games under its new label Outersloth (perfect name, zero notes). Among the projects that Outersloth has backed so far are Mars First... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2024-06-07 22:40:10 UTC ]
Norfolk-based crime writer JM Dalgliesh topped the Amazon and Kindle bestsellers before being signed by a traditional publisher In 2018, JM Dalgliesh was a stay-at-home father when he sent his first crime novel to six literary agents, only to receive polite rejection letters – or no response at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-12-17 09:00:23 UTC ]
Affiliate marketing is no longer a side-hustle for publishers, netting only a few pennies on the dollar when readers click a buy button. As online shopping behaviors have matured, retailers have been increasing their spend in areas beyond search and display advertising. This systemic change is... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-09-23 15:03:40 UTC ]
How do you brand the digital book of the future? 50% old school, 50% new school.From a design standpoint, Kindle books aren't radically different than their print counterparts. Letters are rendered in pixels rather than ink, and are somewhat adjustable. But otherwise, a digital a book is the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2015-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The shift to social reading is “liable to consign the traditional publisher and many a writer to decline and defeat in the Civil War for Books”, Philip Gwyn Jones is to say today (16th April), with the reader becoming the prize. In a speech at the London Book Fair this afternoon, Gwyn Jones... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robots haven't completely replaced media salespeople, but they've forced the role to evolve. In the latest in our Confessions series, an anonymous publishing exec says that while it's hard to get print reps with digital skills, too many digital salespeople don't even bother to read the company's... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
As it continues its transition from a traditional publisher to a provider of knowledge and knowledge-enabled services, John Wiley said it recorded a $15 million restructuring charge in the second quarter of fiscal 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]