'Quantum' conference replaces LBF's 'Digital Minds'

The London Book Fair is replacing its digital conference, traditionally held on the Monday before the fair opens, with “Quantum”, a data-driven overview of the industry. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time to look at digital media through 'hot' and 'cold' channels

YouTube, Spotify, podcasts or TikTok may be digital, but they are decidedly warmer than, say, search-engine optimisation. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2020-10-12 09:21:30 UTC ]
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Mountains & Plains Booksellers Conference Kicks Off with Children's Authors

The Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association's virtual trade show, FallCon, kicked off Thursday morning with a group of children's and YA book authors demonstrating the magic that storytelling holds. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Why advertisers are leaning into digital publishing strategies

Ashley Deibert, CMO, Piano The world of digital advertising is undergoing a paradigm shift. Even before Google pulls the final plug on third-party cookies in 2022, brands will be challenged to rethink their targeting and ad strategies. The demise of third-party cookies promises to accelerate the... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2020-10-08 01:00:00 UTC ]
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How to rethink your digital diet and pull yourself out of a productivity slump

Placing boundaries on your screen time will help you get back to business after touching your technology too much. For some of us, social media and digital content have been our saving graces during the pandemic—a critical way to stay in the know, keep connected, and maintain relationships. But... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2020-10-07 08:00:20 UTC ]
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Ramona Quimby and the Art of Writing From a Kid’s Mind

When I made the extremely practical decision to abandon my career in publishing to become a writer, I didn’t know I wanted to write children’s books. I thought I wanted to write for adults. Accordingly, my first published work was an illustrated book about fortune-telling; my second was about... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-10-06 08:49:59 UTC ]
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Measuring the authoritarian mind-set of Trump’s followers

Psychological surveys help John W. Dean and Bob Altemeyer explain his supporters. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-02 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Units Post Double-Digit Gains at the End of September

With the juvenile and YA nonfiction categories both posting better than 32% gains, unit sales of print books rose 10.3% in the week ended Sept. 26, 2020, over the comparable week in 2019, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Biddulph outlines #DrawWithRob success at Bookseller Children’s Conference

Rob Biddulph has said he was “overwhelmed” by the response to the online #DrawWithRob drawing lessons he ran during lockdown. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 21:07:16 UTC ]
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Erskine advises on marketing to children at Bookseller Children's Conference

Companies need to ensure their brands come across as useful, direct and friendly if they want to appeal to children, according to James Erskine, m.d. of specialist marketing agency Rocket. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 19:09:45 UTC ]
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Humanise the recruitment process to diversify, says conference keynote

Delegates at The Bookseller Children’s Conference were told to avoid ‘copy and paste’ strategies when trying to diversify their companies. Cynthia Davies, founder of BAME Recruitment, giving the keynote today (1st October), said many companies want to run an inclusive recruitment process but... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 12:19:39 UTC ]
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Germany’s Springer Nature Opens a ‘Digital Hub’ for Frankfurt

The Springer Nature @ Frankfurt Book Fair site brings together online activities the company is organizing around the Frankfurter Buchmesse. The post Germany’s Springer Nature Opens a ‘Digital Hub’ for Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-09-29 17:06:17 UTC ]
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Transworld acquires mind coach's debut

Transworld Publishers has acquired How to Master Your Monkey Mind: Overcome Anxiety, Increase Confidence and Regain Control of Your Life by mind coach Don Macpherson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 13:23:49 UTC ]
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PW Inks Distribution Deal for Digital Archive

East View Information Services will now distribute the 'Publishers Weekly' Digital Archive. The archive is composed of 7,500 past issues of 'PW' with more than 650,000 fully searchable pages. It includes 435,000 book reviews beginning in the 1940s. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Transforming the digital offer for public libraries

As the national library of the United Kingdom, the British Library’s mission is to make our intellectual heritage accessible to everyone, for research, inspiration and enjoyment. This means making our own buildings and online offers engaging for everyone, as well as working in partnership... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-24 13:05:14 UTC ]
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Booksellers Talk Lost Books, Sex, and Good Business at NAIBA/SIBA Conference

In packed workshop sessions and thematic buzz panels, booksellers and editors were able to rekindle much of the educational reason for attending—and some of the interpersonal reasons as well. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Kids' Books at the Forefront of Combined Regional Bookselling Conference

Billed as "New Voices New Rooms," the combined regional fall conference of the New Atlantic Booksellers Association and Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance kicked off on September 21 with an emphasis on children’s books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Dias, Rundell and Griffiths to close children’s conference

Three children’s authors from around the world will close this year’s Bookseller Children’s Conference (28th September-1st October) by giving their vision of the future of reading. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 21:29:01 UTC ]
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Frankfurter Buchmesse Announces Details of Its Digital Professional Program

The planning team in Frankfurt begins to release details of its programming for publishing professionals, with several strands of participation. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse Announces Details of Its Digital Professional Program appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-09-16 11:30:01 UTC ]
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The key to a more tranquil mind? One author argues it’s all about revisiting books from the past.

In “Breaking Bread With the Dead,” Alan Jacobs argues we should “sift the past for its wisdom and its wickedness, its perception and its foolishness.” Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-15 15:49:40 UTC ]
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