Amazon will launch a music-streaming service under its Prime membership plan, BuzzFeed reported Thursday. According to the news site, the e-commerce giant has inked deals with two out of the three major music labels, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. The service, slated for June or July, would join a growing list of premium services already available via Amazon, including on-demand video and ebooks. The music service will reportedly limit the number of songs consumers can stream. Per BuzzFeed, it will feature only tracks and albums that are at least six months old. Other services, including Spotify, Beats and Rdio, promote a broader library of content. Streaming music is hot, with Spotify recently hitting 10 million subscribers and Apple yesterday announcing the purchase of Beats Electronics for $3 billion, its biggest acquisition to date. Analysts chalked up the hefty price tag in part to opportunities for Apple to ramp up its music-streaming services. Not all are bullish on Apple's purchase of Beats. "It’s true that Apple has a lot of cash to spend on acquisitions, but this is not a good way to spend it," Karsten Weide, program vp of digital media and entertainment at IDC. "This is a lot of money for a streaming service that has barely 250,000 subscribers. This is a lot of money for a mediocre hardware company. This is a lot of money for buying some ‘cool’ when Apple should be able to create its own." Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
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Celebrity reality TV producer Andy Cohen is teaming up with Henry Holt to launch Andy Cohen Books, a new book imprint that will release nonfiction books by Mariah Carey, Jackie Walter, and Bevy Smith in 2020. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a poll to find the nation’s favourite historical novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-08 03:53:44 UTC ]
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Myriad Editions has bagged a pair of "graphic medicine" books from Ian Williams and Zara Slattery, as the publisher launches its 2020 Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-07 01:44:47 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK has extended its lease on its Grantham Book Services distribution site until 2029. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-06 13:00:30 UTC ]
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Now in its fourth year, the audio strand of FutureBook reflects the depth of the sector and its sheer variety, with all corners of the book trade catered for. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-06 02:47:22 UTC ]
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Lee Child's Blue Moon (Transworld) has scored a double, topping both the Amazon Charts' Fiction rankings. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-06 01:59:42 UTC ]
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Two Lines Press will launch Calico, a new book line focused on works of translated literature, in March 2020. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The legacy news publisher is closing in on 10 billion video views this year. And thanks to a focus on its owned and operated properties, plus a stable of OTT partnerships, less than half of those views will come from Facebook. The post USA Today is repackaging video to create streaming series... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-11-04 05:01:40 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s has reported a third consecutive year of growth, with sales of £58.3m for the financial period ending 29th June 2019, up from £57m the previous year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-04 03:38:15 UTC ]
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Unbound is launching an anthology of working class writers from across Ireland, featuring original pieces by Roddy Doyle and Lisa McInerney alongside lesser known authors and edited by Paul McVeigh. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-04 02:04:57 UTC ]
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Get involved in the Great School Libraries campaign to promote an essential service in UK schools. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-11-01 10:34:56 UTC ]
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The Publishers’ Publicity Circle is has announced the fourth year of its mentoring scheme, which is open to publicists of all levels and will start after the enrolment process in January 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-01 03:39:14 UTC ]
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Day two of the Folio: Show opened with another panel of industry veterans sharing insights on leveraging content for revenue, moderated by Christa Carone, president of Group Nine Media. Eric Schurenberg, CEO of Mansueto Ventures, the parent company of Inc. and Fast Company, shared intel on how... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-10-31 21:34:33 UTC ]
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Ann Patchett reveals the route to her bestseller and how she'll battle Amazon. (Shop dogs help.) Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-10-31 20:02:20 UTC ]
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The Summer Scares program, connecting libraries with great horror reads, is back for another spooky season! Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2019-10-31 14:15:05 UTC ]
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The Reading for Pleasure Prize Competition has launched to find "compelling, disruptive and innovative" ideas that encourage people in the UK and beyond to read for pleasure throughout the year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-31 03:13:56 UTC ]
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Rosie Walsh's The Man Who Didn't Call (Mantle) has leapfrogged Margaret Atwood's The Testaments (Vintage) to claim the Amazon Charts Most-Sold: Fiction number one, in its 14th week in the chart. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-30 10:31:46 UTC ]
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The soon-to-launch platform aims to give booksellers an edge against the e-tail giant. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Nearly 13 years ago, Netflix launched the first subscription-based streaming service for “Hollywood content,” laying the foundation for a massive paradigm shift in the way we access and watch movies and TV. Hulu followed suit soon after, but Netflix again changed the game in 2013, releasing the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-24 19:52:28 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press has snapped up the stand-alone debut children’s novel from BBC Sports reporter Joe Wilson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-24 19:41:15 UTC ]
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