It's clear that the business of magazines is under pressure, but they continue to exert an outsized influence on culture, food, politics and more. Despite the business challenges, they're still sexy. Articles become movies and editors become celebrities. A short blurb turns a product into a sensation. Making a magazine's best-of list fills restaurants' reservations. And if a magazines gets a big story wrong, the ripples can quickly become a tidal wave.Meanwhile, many of the world's biggest brands want to see their ads in print, where advertising actually enhances the overall experience. That's unlike TV or digital media, where in many cases consumers are doing everything they can -- even paying extra money -- to avoid advertisements.In 2002, Ad Age introduced its Magazine A-List to honor this singular form of media. Since then the magazine world has changed dramatically as advertisers, still their primary source of revenue, began shifting budgets to digital media. Magazines are now moving quickly to adapt. And they're poised to emerge from the economic shadow as more than just ink on paper products -- sometimes much more. Magazines are brands, and the successful ones will figure out what that means in a post-print world. Continue reading at AdAge.com Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
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Last month marked the one-year anniversary of the formation of the Readium Foundation (Readium.org), an independent nonprofit launched in March 2013 with the objective of developing commercial-grade open source publishing technology software. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While many public libraries in the U.S. have been serving Spanish-speaking patrons for years, in some parts of the country libraries are just beginning to engage this part of the community. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In recent months, the double-digit sales growth of ebooks in English has begun to plateau, but since the Spanish-language book market tends to be around three to five years behind the English-language market, ebook sales of Spanish books in the U.S. are just beginning to gain traction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On April 1, Michael Cairns officially replaced the retiring George Lossius as CEO of Publishing Technology. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Archie Comics, home of the redhead teenager from Riverdale as well as comics based on videogame favorites Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man, has released its graphic novel lineup for Fall 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At Hachette India, Poulomi Chatterjee has been appointed editorial director to replace Nandita Aggarwal, who is leaving to pursue personal projects. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“We used to get our news from a couple of anchormen," noted Forbes CEO Mike Perlis in his OnCopyright 2014 keynote. "That’s not the world we live in any more." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Patterson and Marshall Karp's "NYPD Red 2," and "Shadow Spell," by Nora Roberts, were new to the top ten on Apple's iBooks bestseller list for the week ended March 31. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Grace Kendall is joining Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers on April 7 as an editor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elizabeth Bewley has joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers as executive editor based in the NYC office, starting April 14. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jennifer Buhl, author of "Shooting Stars: My Unexpected Life Photographing Hollywood’s Most Famous" (Sourcebooks, 9781402297007), will appear on "Entertainment Tonight" on Monday, March 31. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The event is set for Wednesday, April 2, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 pm, at the New York Academy of Sciences, located at 7 World Trade Center. Registration is still open. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic + Cartoon Art Week; MoCCA Arts Fest 2014; Middle East Film & Comic Con; Freak Scene East; University of Florida Comics Conference Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, Chad Cannon has been promoted to v-p of marketing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year Comic and Cartoon Art Week, a series of comics-related events starting April 1 in New York City, will serve as an introduction to the MoCCA Arts Fest, an annual festival of small press comics, held April 5 and 6 at the Lexington Avenue Amory. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The struggles of print media are far from over, but the first quarter of 2014 has been a particularly upbeat period for the magazine business, and not just because 35 titles launched, compared with... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2014-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Phaidon Press has appointed Jacky Klein as commissioning editor for art, effective June 2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week, a delightfully unlikable narrator, Emma Donoghue's latest, and the most dangerous man in America. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Green Apple named ‘PW’ Bookstore of The Year; Kravtin takes Rep of the Year Award and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The gay lifestyle magazine Attitude was launched in 1994 and to celebrate its 20th anniversary, the editor Matthew Todd, who says it feels serendipitous that Attitude turns 20 just as people of the same sex can begin marrying in England and Wales, has picked some of his favourite covers from... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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