Arcadia Taking YourTown Program to Regionals

Beginning with SIBA, Arcadia will show off its new YourTown store match program at five fall regional trade shows. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]

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HP takes print away from town for seven days, laughs at 'print is dead' claim

With ebooks and digital subscription of magazines and newspapers becoming the new hot, many are sending off the message that print is gradually losing or has even already lost to its digital counterpart, while others argue that print is far from dead. Needless to say, being one of the leading... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Decoder Blog: Amazon Program Offers "Harry Potter" Series to Kindle Owners

Members of the Amazon Prime subscription program will be able to read "Harry Potter'' ebooks for free through the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, a move intended to encourage consumers to buy Kindle devices. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PPA Conference: Digital takes up 80% of our time, says Hearst's Dolphin

Although print accounts for 80% of Hearst's revenues, the publisher is spending 80% of its time on the "huge potential" of digital, according to Ella Dolphin, publishing director of Hearst Magazines UK's young women's group. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Solomon takes author concerns to Vaizey direct

The general secretary of the Society of Authors has called for a one-on-one meeting with culture... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PBC 2012: Excellence and Innovation Take Center Stage

By James Sturdivant The 2012 Publishing Business Conference & Expo brought together more than 1,300 industry experts and solutions providers for three days of education, idea sharing and opportunity at the... Continue reading at Publishing Executive

[ Publishing Executive | 2012-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Media Equation: Byliner Takes Bissinger’s E-Book Off Amazon

Byliner.com, a digital publishing company, withdrew the ebook “After Friday Night Lights” by Buzz Bissinger from Amazon because of a pricing dispute involving a promotional giveaway. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Spring Clean for Trinity Mirror's Regional Websites

Regional publisher Trinity Mirror has been carrying out an overhaul of its network of newspaper websites designed to give them a ‘cleaner’ look. Digital publishing director David Higgerson has overseen the changes which have now b ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S takes two on Melissa Nathan shortlist

Two titles from Simon & Schuster have made the shortlist for the Melissa Nathan Award for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital media takes home a Pulitzer

The Huffington Post—and digital media—has won its first Pulitzer Prize. The award went to David Wood, in the category of national reporting, it was announced Monday by Columbia University, which administers the prizes.A longtime print journalist who did stints at Time magazine and the Los... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mackenzie takes the plunge for charity

Little, Brown c.e.o. Ursula Mackenzie is to swim the length of Catteshall Lake in Surrey in her... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Decoder Blog: In a Blow to Independent Bookstores, Google to Discontinue Reseller Program

Google said the program, which allowed independent bookstores to sell ebooks through their Web sites, was not a success. Bookstores said it was a valuable platform that allowed them to give customers something they wanted. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zite, CNN Launch Publisher Program To Ease Cease-And-Desist Concerns

Last April Fools' Day, publishers from Time Inc. to the Washington Post Company sent fast-growing startup Zite an aggressive cease-and-desist letter. The publishers weren't joking, accusing Zite's app, a personalized news reader for the iPad and iPhone, of copyright infringement and calling it... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trust Buster Takes Hard Line As E-Book Probe Continues

The Justice Department's top antitrust official says she won't stand by quietly if companies make agreements with rivals on price, signaling a stern stance as the department conducts a high-profile probe into electronic-book publishing. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York Magazine Takes Home Digital Ellie for General Excellence

NEW YORK – Today’s MPA Digital: Swipe Conference closed with the National Magazine Awards for Digital Media 2012, presented by the American Society of Magazine Editors [ASME]. People managing editor and ASME president Larry Hackett and Lucy Danziger, editor-in-chief of SELF and ASME secretary,... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Regional Distribution Strategies

For city and regional publishers, perhaps more so than their national counterparts, magazine distribution requires an active rather than a passive approach, one that includes constant tending, refinement and, often, innovation. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Edith Pearlman takes the NBCC fiction prize

Other National Book Critics Circle honorees include writer John Lewis Gaddis for 'George F. Kennan: An American Life' and Maya Jasanoff for 'Liberty's Exiles.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Franzen – this time taking on Twitter – heaps more scorn on social media

 'Freedom' author Jonathan Franzen, who has previously disparaged Facebook and ebooks, says Twitter 'stands for everything I oppose' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Taking E-books To the Next Level

Despite technological petting zoos, QR codes on shelf-talkers linked to bookstores’ Web sites, and in-store displays of physical books with signage reminding readers that they can also buy e-editions, only a handful of independents are making more than about $100 or so on ebook sales a month. To... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Proactive’ indies become regional winners

A two-year-old start-up, a 30-year-old business recently given a full refurbishment and three... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WBD hopes to double token take-up

The director of World Book Day has said she hopes to double the number of tokens redeemed this... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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