The digital media company’s founders, Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz, will continue to run the company. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2022-08-08 14:16:30 UTC ]
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After 13 months of using partners to sell Kindles in Brazil, Amazon is now offering direct sales. If they can do that, books are not likely far behind. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing announced that Helen Bryan has become its second author, after Oliver Pötzsch ("The Hangman's Daughter"), to sell 1 million copies. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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O'Reilly Media and Safari Books Online are donating over $100 million in "educational content and tools" to K-12 schools across the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If the plaintiff number is granted, it would put the total damages in this ebook conspiracy at over $1 billion. Five publishers have already paid $166 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The president of The Media Kitchen sees private marketplaces gaining traction with top publishers, and that's a good thing.The post Why Publishers Need to Embrace Automated Ad Selling appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first online digital marketplace gets the nod for its invention of a system for "copyless" digital transactions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing Perspectives's latest column for the Italy's Giornale della Libreria looks at whether social media really influences readers to buy books. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital division housed in separate company from loss-making print business which owners have been looking to sellThe Lebedevs, owners of the Independent titles, are keeping the papers' website in a separate company in a move that could allow a lucrative future sale of digital assets potentially... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The court overseeing the Chapter 7 liquidation of Good Enterprises has approved a motion allowing Simon & Schuster to continue distributing the Good Books titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guardian, Observer and theguardian.com publisher to invest sale proceeds, thought to be £600m to £700m, in core businessGuardian Media Group is selling its 50.1% stake in Auto Trader owner Trader Media Group to private equity firm Apax Partners in a deal thought to be worth £600m to £700m to the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A lengthy filing posted on January 10 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Eastern Pennsylvania provides a glimpse of some of the inner workings of Good Enterprises (the parent company of Good Books), which filed for Chapter 7 liquidation on December 11. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As part of its transition to a lifestyle company, the Cambridge, Mass.-based publisher terminated its contracts with sales reps. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster, the recently launched ebook subscription service, has raised $14 million in its latest funding round. The new funding was led by Highland Capital Partners and includes participation from the existing Founders Fund which was led by Peter Thiel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Company plans enhanced discovery and search tools to explore the 5m magazines already createdPersonalised digital magazine app Flipboard is aiming to pass 150 million users in 2014, thanks to enhanced discovery and search tools that will allow users to better explore the 5m individual online... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Are Americans working too hard, too fast, and too chaotically for our own good? Slate books editor Dan Kois was eager to find out when a review copy of Stephanie Brown’s Speed: Facing Our Addiction to Fast and Faster—and Overcoming Our Fear of Slowing Down landed on his desk. So he proposed a... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2014-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wattpad, the online writing and reading community, continued its long arch of membership growth and increased social connectivity, finishing 2013 with more than 18 million registered users according to data released by the company today. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Haber of Brazos Bookstore in Houston argues that selling Spanish language books in the US is a challenging responsibility with unexpected rewards. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rob NormanNewspapers and news magazines' print editions are fading. Their readers are literally dying. Other industries have new demography and geography to conquer, but no new generation is acquiring a breakfast-table habit that has persisted for 200 years -- even in Myanmar, where 12 daily... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bankruptcy judge overseeing the Chapter 7 proceedings of Good Enterprises has granted the company an extension until January 13 to file various statements and schedules. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Late Thursday afternoon, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression issued a statement defending the right of booksellers to sell The Anarchist Cookbook and Happy Happy Happy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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