Barnes & Noble Regroups and Looks Ahead

After the shutdown, layoffs, and a major redesign, the bookseller is reopening its stores in an uncertain book market. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Matt Barnes suspended for physical altercation with Derek Fisher

Memphis Grizzlies forward Matt Barnes was suspended for two games without pay by the NBA on Monday for his physical altercation with New York Knicks Coach Derek Fisher in October.  Barnes confronted former Lakers teammate Fisher on Oct. 3 in Redondo Beach, the league announced in a release. The... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anticipation builds ahead of EC's communication on copyright reform

The first legislative communication on copyright reform, as part of the European Commisison's Digital Single Market strategy, is due later today. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google’s Answer to Facebook Instant Articles — The AMP Project — is Coming Early Next Year

Google introduced its Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) program to allow publishers and advertisers to create good-looking mobile content that loads very quickly.   The company launched the program in early October with a select set of pa ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Look Ahead: Website ARChitecture

The Washington Post’s software-as-a-service arm now reaches across the U.S. from one coast to another with its custom publishing platform Arc. The Willamette Week, a politics and culture newspaper in Portland, Ore., is the first licensing c ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Look Ahead: Print and Digital Periodicals

[Sponsored Content] Just a few years ago, it looked as if digital publishing would push print aside and that publishers would be able to avoid paying the high costs of paper, printing and postage. But print refused to die. Why? The post A Look Ahead: Print and Digital Periodicals appeared... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing's grails and our unholy searches: Emma Barnes

'Tis but a scratch, of course. Still, writes Bibliolcloud and Snowbooks' Emma Barnes, certain problems in publishing begin to appear Grail-shaped to us. She's talking about such issues as accurate sales forecasting, reconciling statutory and management accounts, and knowing how profitable... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google AMP is good for mobile web users – but what about publishers?

The search giant’s attempt to compete with Facebook Instant Articles and Apple News is drastic – but should be welcomedIn the world of sci-fi, some genius inventor type comes up with a device which immediately disables all guns, missiles, torpedoes, everything. At the flick of a switch, the rate... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘They’re telling us how the Web should work': The publisher view of Google’s AMP

While AMP, Google is making a big push to speed up how fast publishers' content loads on mobile screens. That's good for Google, publishers and most of all readers. But others have reservations about the scheme, which they say ignores Google's role in slowing down sites through its own ad tech.... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google's AMP Is Facebook's Instant Articles for the Mobile Web

To hear publishers tell it, Google's plan to help sites' pages instantly load on mobile isn't a shot across the bow at Facebook, which is doing the same thing. It's a shot at keeping the mobile web and the publishers on it relevant at a time when audiences' attentions are shifting to mobile apps... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google AMP battles ad-blocking, Apple and Facebook by cutting load times

Search company unveils Accelerated Mobile Pages in bid to work with publishers, ad companies and rival platforms Google is attempting to counter the threat from ad-blocking and rivals Facebook and Apple by radically improving the loading speed of web pages on smartphones and tablets.Accelerated... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Suit Against Pearson Education Over Royalties Moves Ahead

A New York court has ruled that two textbook authors can proceed with a class action case against Pearson Education for failing to pay proper royalties. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dodgers place Enrique Hernandez on DL, call up Austin Barnes

It's official now: Enrique Hernandez will out more than a few days with his strained hamstring. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rihanna blasts NBA's Matt Barnes for fueling dating rumors

Rihanna called out NBA star Matt Barnes on Sunday for instigating rumors that they were dating. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Clipper Matt Barnes gets shut down by Rihanna on Instagram

In an interview with TMZ on Sunday, Matt Barnes was questioned about his relationship with Rihanna. "Rihanna is my friend right now, so we'll see where it goes," Barnes said. Barnes went on to say that there "possibly" could be a future with her, adding that they're "just past the crush stage."... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Grizzlies' Matt Barnes tells his kids the Clippers are now his enemies on the court

Over the past several years, the Clippers and the Memphis Grizzlies have become rivals, their games filled with tough, physical, chippy play. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you want to get ahead, get a scanner

New online publishing house Canelo’s decision to recognise the importance of properly scanned books can only be good for the reputation of ebooks as a wholeA few years ago, I had a go on a book-scanning machine at the Internet Archive in San Francisco, used for making clear digital copies of... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emma Barnes: Menial publishing jobs are destroying our future

"Why are we still getting humans to do the work of computers?" Regular FutureBook contributor Emma Barnes of Bibliocloud and Snowbooks sees paperclip-and-pencil jobs in publishing as where industry newcomers get off on the wrong foot. And she follows the meager money upstairs to find little... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Go Set a Watchman launch excitement builds ahead of publication

Harper Lee’s unexpected companion novel to To Kill a Mockingbird has bookshops readying for huge salesRead the first chapterListen to an extract read by Reese WitherspoonFirst chapter review: A beguiling journey into the pastSix months ago, it was a book the literary world would have laughed off... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indian to direct film on Barnes book

India's Ritesh Batra is to direct the film adaptation of The Sense of an Ending, Julian Barnes' Booker-winning novel, with British actor Jim Broadbent in the lead. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2015: Adult Galleys to Grab: Go Ahead, Take One

Our not-to-be-missed annual round-up of the show's big adult galley giveaways, listed by publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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