Deborah Emin of Sullivan Street Press discusses the challenges of selling ebooks from her own web site and why she moved to using an ebook distributor. The post Losing Your Illusions About Selling Ebooks On Your Own Site appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Matthias Matting introduces Authorbuddies.com, a new web site that connects authors from across the world to assist each other with marketing efforts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookRenter is partnering with the office giant to make 5.5 million titles available on its Web site. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The last time The New York Times embarked on a wholesale redesign of its Web site, in 2006, the iPhone wasn't on the market. Tablets like the iPad were still years away. So the new design that The Times is unveiling Wednesday is generating mu ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Today is the last regularly-scheduled issue of PW Daily for 2013. We will, of course, send special issues if events warrant. Readers can check the publishersweekly.com Web site for news items and industry updates. We will be back on our regular daily schedule January 2. Happy holidays to all. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Due to a technical issue, we were unable to send out the October 16 issue of PW Daily yesterday. Some the stories are included today. Our piece on the NBA finalists is available here and all stories, as always, are available on PW's Web site. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a report posted on its Web site, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt said that it received a notice from stockholders of at least 25% of its stock that the company begin the process of starting an initial public offering. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last year was a big one for publishing on Kickstarter. The Web site is the most popular crowdfunding online destination, with 1,666 projects successfully funded in the publishing category, and a total of $11,057,252 pledged. In addition, $8,482,598 was raised for comics, which are listed as a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some people will feel sad about it and nostalgic about it. But we have a better tool now. The Web site is continuously updated, it’s much more expansive and it has multimedia. –Jorge Cauz, the president of Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., which has stopped printing physical books after 244 years,... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
No one is coming back to check a publisher’s Web site,” said Rachel Fershleiser, who works in literary strategic outreach at Tumblr, calling to mind a dull Web site that offers a catalogue and not much else. Incentive to come back, Fershleiser said, is the key to building a presence online,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More fallout from PhoneGate: News Corp. executive James Murdoch has "relinquished his position" as executive chairman head of News International, the conglomerate's British newspaper unit. News Corp., which also owns this Web site, says News International chief executive Tom Mockridge will stay... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2012-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Best known for its hunting boots, which according to a recent report in the Associated Press have ousted Uggs and Crocs as the must-have footwear on college campuses, 100-year-old L.L.Bean has begun hitting the books, hard. The family-owned retailer, which reported net sales of $1.44 billion in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-books and audio books on the Web site of the New York Public Library. Publishers are waiting for an industrywide approach to e-lending to gel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Our December 23 newsletter was the final issue of PW Daily for 2011. We hope all of our subscribers enjoy the holiday break and come back ready for what promises to be another exciting and unpredictable 2012. Until our January 3 issue, we will be posting new stories to our Web site and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booktour.com, a Web site used by authors and publishers to publicize book signings, readings and other live events since 2007, is closing on September 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Huffington Post Media Group, AOL's fast-moving content unit, is launching a celebrity site called HuffPost Celebrity today, as well as another called HuffPost Culture. HuffPost Celebrity, which ate AOL's former celeb-focused site Popeater, is in a very crowded arena online, with competitors... Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
If the old adage that 10 percent of your staff does 90 percent of the work rings true, the same could be said for your Web site traffic. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]