Is there a future for tablet-only publications? The last few weeks have cast an ominous shadow over this niche industry following substantial staff cuts at News Corp.'s The Daily and a decision by the Huffington Post to give up on charging for its iPad magazine after just five issues. While some media observers are quick to write off the format, many in the industry see recent woes as part of the natural growing pains of an emerging market. A good part of the backlash stems from how inevitable tablet magazines seemed at their inception two years ago. With magazines and legacy print publications struggling, the iPad offered a flashy and interactive new way for publishers to bring new content to the tech-savvy masses without the burden of printing and distribution costs. Two years later, however, the tablet publishing market isn't the runaway success many envisioned. Yet despite glaring questions from media pundits, many media buyers and industry veterans are surprisingly calm. "This is a very new market," said David Rittenhouse, media director at Razorfish. "It's not like there is a tablet marketplace with billions and billions of dollars that HuffPo or The Daily is trying to capture. I don't know [that] it is something that happens all that quickly." Rittenhouse said advertisers and buyers need time to see sustained audience numbers from native-tablet publications. "I think it will happen, but it is unreasonable to say it will happen in a two- or three-year space,"... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
[ AdWeek | 2012-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is there a future for tablet-only publications? The last few weeks have cast an ominous shadow over this niche industry following substantial staff cuts at News Corp.'s The Daily and a decision by the Huffington Post to give up on charging for its iPad magazine after just five issues. While... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2012-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More Americans are discovering what I did, after buying the original iPad more than two years ago: Reading ebooks, magazines and newspapers on a tablet is an immersive experience and often much more satisfying than print. Today, comScore says that in August, two out of every five US tablet... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kirk Cameron is encouraging a national story time event in US public libraries August 5. Here's what library workers need to know. Continue reading at Book Riot
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The Niles-Maine Public Library in suburban Chicago is being destroyed from the inside by politically-conservative Board officials. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Dover will add royalty-paying titles to its large and historically successful catalog of public-domain based works. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Bob Pritchett, CEO of Faithlife, creator of Logos Bible Software, uses the history of the tablet reader to discuss changes in digital publishing today. The post Tablet to Tablet: What Hasn’t Changed in Publishing — and Should appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Oahu Publications, Inc. (OPI), publisher of the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, is launching a new publication called Metro on Oct. 1. The edgy and visually stimulating free community newspaper will be distributed weekly to downtown Honolulu, Nu?uanu, Kaka ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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London, England – The World e-Reading Congress drew a number of influential speakers in London today, including Duncan Edwards, CEO of Hearst Magazines International, who highlighted the striking rise of tablet publishing. Hearst is ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Announcing Publication of the RESISTIR Latin America Online Poetry Anthology, by The Editors of WLT News and Events [email protected] Tue, 06/18/2024 - 14:20 On November 18, 2023, World Literature Today and Latin American Literature Today... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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Which of these easy ways to support our libraries are you knocking off the list first? Continue reading at Book Riot
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Donnelly Public Library will be for adults only beginning July 1, as a result of a bill in the state that would allow parents to sue libraries with "inappropriate material." Continue reading at Book Riot
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A local electrical engineer with a passion for literature is on a mission to share the stories of local authors who have struggled to break into the mainstream publishing industry. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Cysts in both wrists made reading a literal pain. But Lamicall’s Tablet Holder takes that pain away by holding up my Kindle for me. Continue reading at Wired
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We’re thrilled to reveal the cover for Sam Sax‘s forthcoming debut novel Yr Dead, slated for August 6. Here’s a bit about the book, courtesy of McSweeney: In between the space of time when Ezra lights themself on fire and when Ezra dies the world of this book flashes before their eyes. Everyone... Continue reading at The Millions
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