Can HTML5 Future-Proof Your Mobile Strategy?

Now that the early enthusiasm behind generating magazine apps for tablet and smart phone devices has settled into a more or less pragmatic approach for publishers, a nagging question is bubbling ever closer to the top of digital content development efforts for the mobile platform: HTML5 or native apps? Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2011-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PA: digital crucial to campus retail future

As the start of the student year approaches, academic booksellers have been warned that shunning... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German Publisher Axel Springer Launches its First Mobile and Table Editions for its Weekly Sport Bild

There is no doubt that it is easier to publish a tablet edition if your publication is a monthly, as opposed to either a daily or weekly. That is why most daily newspapers have chosen to either go the replica edition route, or else build apps that ta ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dwell’s Multi-Pronged Media Strategy

As print continues to decline and digital often struggles to live up to the hype, events are offering higher profits than print and, for many publishers, far higher revenues than digital. Luxury consumer magazine and media company Dwell, however, is leveraging all of these different groups and... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Parragon Hones Its Global Publishing Strategy

A global publishing approach can take many forms. For Parragon Publishing, which started in the late 1980s as a conduit to get books into U.K. supermarket chains, the key is tailoring content that can roll out across borders in one fell swoop. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cross-industry partnerships 'the future' after Love Charing Cross Road success

Foyles and Blackwell bookshops have reported sales and footfall increases following their... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Making a Case for HTML5 Investment

HTML5 promises to get publishers closer to digital media’s Promised Land: create once, deliver everywhere. As deployments increase and the standard evolves, media companies are finding it easier to make a business case for HTML5 investment. .. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OUP launches mobile roaming for journals

Oxford University Press has launched a roaming service for students and academics who read... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Behind Technology Review’s Digital-First Strategy

Technology Review editor-in-chief Jason Pontin recently provided a one-two punch of blog posts detailing a pair of significant digital pivots for the brand. Both have caused a stir among the media crowd for their frank assessment of TR's progress in the digital space. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Layar Creator sees an interactive future for print media via augmented reality (video)

Heavy hitters across several industries have tried to find the perfect balance between the old and the new to breathe some life into what's been described as a dying medium. Layar "wants to make the world clickable" with its augmented reality software and doesn't plan on letting paper-based... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Future plc iPad App Sales Hit $5 Million Since Newsstand Debut

In its interim statement for its fiscal half-year ending March 2012, enthusiast publisher Future plc is reporting a quickly growing digital operation. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Future Launches Weekly Digital Cycling Magazine

Future plc has launched a new weekly digital magazine, called Cycling News HD, to be sold through Apple’s Newsstand. The first issue is available for free, while subscriptions are priced at $.99 per week, or $42.99 per year. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Avengers, Comic Books and the Future of Storytelling

The Avengers may have racked up more than $200 million in box office receipts during its weekend opening, but the comic books on which the movie is based may tell us more about the future of storytelling. Continue reading at Knowledge@Wharton

[ Knowledge@Wharton | 2012-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing's leaders set to explore multi-platform future at PPA Conference

Leaders from the world of magazine publishing are set to tackle the industry's multiplatform future on Wednesday (9 May) at Publishing+, the PPA's conference at the Hilton Metropole. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ex-WSJ Editor Defends Apple's Ebook Strategy

The former publisher of the Wall Street Journal has defended Apple's Ebook Strategy saying it is not only good for Apple, but good for consumers and publishers as well. Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2012-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harvill Secker acquires The Mouse-Proof Kitchen

Harvill Secker has acquired a debut novel from Anglo-Afghan documentary-maker and writer, Saira... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford study to explore future of retail

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[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Regional Distribution Strategies

For city and regional publishers, perhaps more so than their national counterparts, magazine distribution requires an active rather than a passive approach, one that includes constant tending, refinement and, often, innovation. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zell Company Seeks Part of Any Future Lawsuit Winnings Over Tribune Buyout

Billionaire Sam Zell is demanding a share of any money retirees and other creditors may win in lawsuits or legal settlements over the 2007 leveraged buyout he engineered of newspaper publisher Tribune Co. (TRB) The demand, made through the Zell-co ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion looks to the future with restructure

The Orion Publishing Group is to undergo a restructure, with the existing trade division and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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