Spain's Pentian crowdfunding platform for books offers a new business model: paying 50% of profits from book sales to backers of the book and 40% to the author. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
A change Facebook made to its branded-content guidelines has scrambled several publishers' distribution strategies. The post Facebook’s new branded-content guidelines will force some publishers to abandon a business model appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Founded in 2009, OR was designed to be a new kind of publisher with a new kind of business model. Almost a decade later, that's still mostly true. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to ensure Facebook is good for people’s wellbeing – but its business model remains unalteredWhen Facebook announced it was tuning out publishers and brands to focus on friends, family and “meaningful interactions”, my immediate response was relief. I desperately... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DK is continuing its charitable partnership with BookTrust in 2018, after raising a total of £12,500 for the charity this year via bake sales and book sales, marathons, a Christmas raffle and the DK BookTrust Walk in London in the summer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Shaw, the Edinburgh International Book Festival's long-serving head of book sales and retail, is stepping down in October 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the second quarter of fiscal 2018, sales at Barnes & Noble dropped 7.9% compared to a year ago and its loss widened to $30.1 million from $20.4 million in last year's second quarter. Book sales, however, were a bright spot. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital media company BuzzFeed said it is laying off 8% of its U.S. employees, or 100 workers, as it changes its business model in a bid to boost revenue. It's also cutting an unspecified number of jobs in Britain. The company has 1,700 employees worldwide. A spokeswoman for New York-based... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There’s a lot of talk in media these days about “pivoting to video,” the corporate-jargon catchphrase for what happens when a digital media organization lays off a bunch of journalists because it decides video is the future of web content and/or cheaper than paying writers. Glamour and parent... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kevin Systrom said Instagram and Facebook realize media companies are important to their ecosystems and want to make sure publishers thrive there. The post Instagram’s Kevin Systrom on publishing on platforms: ‘The big question is, what’s the business model?’ appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s Mark Zuckerberg’s business model that allows Facebook to be manipulated by political activists – no wonder he’s in denial about itOne of my favourite books is The Education of Henry Adams (published in 1918). It’s an extended meditation, written in old age by a scion of one of Boston’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch has stepped up his attack on tech companies such as Google and Facebook over their increasingly dominant market position, which is eating into the revenues of traditional publishers such as News Corp. and undermining their business model. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London has triumphed over other regions for book sales so far in 2017, outstripping the overall market both in volume and value terms. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of books and journals in Germany across 2016 were up marginally for the first time since 2013, according to data released by trade association Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The much-ballyhooed fall in sales of traditionally published ebooks in 2016 was balanced by an expanded share of book sales for e-tailers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book sales in the UK are on the rise, but not because of ebooks. Figures for 2016 released by the Publishers Association show a 7 percent rise over 2015, the largest year-over-year growth in a decade. Physical book sales were up 8 percent, however eb... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With Easter approaching, sales of juvenile fiction and nonfiction are shooting up. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Located in Beijing’s central business district, the two-story Juvenile & Children Reading Experience Wonderland is a full-fledged subsidiary of China Children’s Press & Publication Group. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The British high street saw a 4% rise in book volume purchases through physical stores last year, while online sales flatlined. However, online retailers continued to grow their market share of the print market with a 1% rise to 32% of volume purchases in 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After tweaking its business model last summer, which resulted in a 5% increase in sales, Chicago's Seminary Co-op is overhauling its membership model, creating a two-tiered membership/shareholder structure. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book sales have plummeted in Taiwan in recent years, as have the number of bookstores in the island nation home to 23.5 million people. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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