At war with the woke: A fresh perspective makes the same tired arguments

In ‘Woke Racism,’ Black linguist John McWhorter takes issue with those set on fighting oppression Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'

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The War Between Publishers and Libraries Over Ebooks: An Overview

At the heart of the debate between publishers and libraries over ebook pricing and lending is a simple question: do libraries increase book sales or cannibalize them? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier to Make Magazine Content Available Via Smart TV Apps

Partnership with Flingo ports video content to more than 15 million devices. With the rise of internet-connected televisions, the big screen is becoming another place for publishers to get their content in front of viewers. One recent example of this is a partnership between Bonnier and smart TV... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Celeb-mems make comeback after poor 2011

The celebrity memoir is rebounding in 2012 after sales within the much-pilloried genre fell 45%... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wiley and O’Reilly Make DRM-Free E-Book Distribution Deal

O'Reilly Media has become an online distributor for technology ebooks offered by John Wiley & Sons, which includes brands such as For Dummies and Sybex. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-readers make easy reading on the move

E-readers are devices for reading electronic books, or ebooks. Here's a rundown of their basic features: Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can Bricks-and-Mortar Bookstores Win a Price War with Amazon?

Australia's Bookworld has guaranteed that it will beat Amazon and other online competitors' prices by 10%. But are they risking losing too much profit? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Making the Penguin Random House Merger Work

The trick to making the Random House/Penguin Group merger work will be to create a publisher that can take advantage of the resources and economies of scale a company with revenue of $4 billion brings and combine that with an editorial approach that emphasizes close cooperation with authors,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jivox Looks to Make Mobile Campaigns Smoother

Jivox, an ad tech firm which specializes in helping companies build interactive video ads, says it has a new platform that will make executing multi-device mobile campaigns a lot easier. Specifically, the San Mateo, Calif.-based startup has rolled out a new product it claims will help... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2012-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline makes staff promotions

Headline has promoted two editorial staff members, with Vicki Mellor moving up to become deputy... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber's Thaxton makes first signings

Faber Children's publisher Leah Thaxton has signed her first titles for the imprint.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shepherd makes return to DK

Dan Shepherd has been announced as the new global sales and marketing director at Dorling... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DRM-Free E-Books Makes Writers A Bundle of Cash

A group of writers are quids in following an experiment to sell a bundle of DRM-free ebooks. Sales of The Humble Bundle, which included works from authors Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman and the much-loved xkcd comic strip, have been anything but humble, with over 84,000 bundles sold, earning the... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2012-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeff Bezos Reveals Amazon Makes No Dough On Its Hardware

Jeff Bezos, in the U.K. to launch the Kindle Paperwhite and Amazon's Lending Library service, has told the BBC that his firm makes no money on its Kindles. "We make money from when people use our devices, not when people buy our devices," he told technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones. "That... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt 2012: Making the Digital Leap

At the beginning of a standing-room-only Frankfurt Book Fair discussion, Richard Mollet, CEO of the U.K. Publishers Association, said he imagined there was a day 100 or more years ago at a book fair when, after yet another panel on how electricity was going to revolutionize the business, an... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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