AudioGO suspends business operations

Audiobook publisher AudioGO has put its business operations on hold due to "recently... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Watch Creates Wrist-y Business for Publishers, Advertisers

The Apple Watch is officially out today, but the so-called wearable has already sparked an arms race among media companies vying for attention on your wrist.(Does that make it a wrist race?)Newspapers, TV news networks, magazine publishers and radio stations have introduced apps for the Watch.... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Connect Books: sales drop but business 'stabilising'

Connect Books has delivered a “much improved” operational performance in the last six months, although sales were down 3% to £103.4m. The Norwich-based company, which comprises Bertrams, Dawson Books and Wordery, also saw its underlying operational profit decrease by 18.6% to £1.9m compared to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Funding for SaaS businesses grows by 70 percent

Software as a Service (SaaS) is one of the biggest technology growth areas at the moment. That's reflected in the amounts of capital being pumped into the sector by investors. A new SaaS Trends Report by Tibco Analytics and venture capital tracker CB Insights shows that funding for SaaS... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp confirms Rebekah Brooks is in talks on new digital business

Rupert Murdoch publisher’s former UK chief, who was cleared of phone-hacking charges last year, is unlikely to be involved with the Sun, according to sourcesRupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has confirmed that it is in talks with Rebekah Brooks, the former Sun and News of the World editor... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AWP 2015: The Art and Business of Writing Children's Books

Although AWP 2015 focused on literature written for and by adults, children's authors held their own at the conference and presented their ideas about how to best publish for Middle Grade and YA readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Report Looks at New Publishing Business Models

Spain-based Dosdoce.com this week released an English language version of its 2014 report “New Business Models in the Digital Age.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dulwich Books seeks a business partner

The owner of the Independent Bookseller of the Year 2014 is seeking a business partner to help grow her thriving business. Sheila O’Reilly from Dulwich Books in London is looking for a passionate book lover who already knows the publishing and bookselling industry to join her business in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bologna 2015: Early Impressions from a Busy, Sunny Fair

Amid its warmest weather in years, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair got off to a strong start on Monday, with most of the agents, editors, and rights managers PW spoke with finding it to be a positive, active fair, though no single title had yet risen to be a "book of the fair." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Medium Poaches Vox Sales Exec to Build Nascent Ad Business

Medium -- the publishing platform founded by the guys who started Twitter -- is getting more aggressive in its bid to attract brand advertising dollars. The site just raided digital publisher Vox Media, hiring Joe Purzycki, the company's head of ad sales, to lead brand partnerships at... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To Automate or Not to Automate the Rights Business?

At a Publishers Weekly event in NYC, rights directors and agents discussed how automation and standards would improve the book rights business. The post To Automate or Not to Automate the Rights Business? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BA welcomes 'radical' business rates review

The Booksellers Association has welcomed the launch of a “radical” review of the business rates system in the UK. The government revealed today (16th March) that the review had begun and would report back in time for the 2016 budget.  "The time has come for a radical review of this important... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newsonomics: Tribune Publishing is Busy Playing Catch-Up

Throughout this morning’s earnings call, the thought reoccurred: Jack Griffin’s new Tribune Publishing Company is playing catch-up. Then, toward the end of the call, one a little more informative than average, the CEO said it plai ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Customer-Management Survey: Existing Business Is Top Priority for Publishers

[Sponsored Content] Boosting retention and revenue are on the front burner. The post Customer-Management Survey: Existing Business Is Top Priority for Publishers appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&N to separate its businesses

Barnes & Noble has announced it will separate its Nook and retail arm from its education business by August this year. The US bookseller said the planned separation will create two independent publicly traded companies, one comprising of its B&N College stores and the other comprising... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How to choose an operating system for a virtual private server

Internet technologies have penetrated into all areas of our life and changed it dramatically. With their help, people are able to implement most of their activities from reading favorite books and newspapers, communicating with each other, playing online games to booking tickets and buying... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2015-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Borrell on Local News: Inform, but Help Businesses Thrive

We know what at least some community news publishers think about Gordon Borrell’s recent statement that the “good content that needs to be developed is basically advertising or consumer related.”   But did the CEO o ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Writers Need to Know the Publishing Business

Publisher Deborah Emin argues that as publishing professionals, we should want writers to understand each stage of the process: how they are acquired, marketed and sold. The post Why Writers Need to Know the Publishing Business appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brian Williams has gone, but false news is bigger business than ever | Emily Bell

The web has simultaneously enabled an accelerated cycle of untrue stories and rumour, and the ability to debunk themEvery journalist is familiar with the type of story that is “too good to check”. It is a warning label on tales that beg to be true but probably aren’t. In the pre-social-media... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Investors buy stake in Business Insider for $25M

A group of investors led by Axel Springer SE, Europe's biggest newspaper publisher, has paid $25 million for a stake in Business Insider Inc. as the German media company seeks to expand its digital... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Science and Education to merge with Springer Science+Business Media

Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and BC Partners have reached an agreement to merge Springer Science+Business Media (owned by funds advised by BCP) with the majority of Holtzbrinck-owned Macmillan Science and Education, namely Nature Publishing Group, Palgrave Macmillan and the global businesses of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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