Comixology, a digital comics distributor and marketplace, marks its fifth anniversary this year as it emerges as the clear leader in the digital comics space. The company’s Guided View technology, a much imitated function on its Comics by Comixology app, which allows readers to read digital comics easily on mobile devices, is widely available across all platforms, including iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, and the Web. The company has also made strategic deals with most of the comics industry’s heavyweight publishers, including Marvel, DC, and Image, to help it attain a market share that significantly dwarfs the efforts of its competitors, such as iVerse and Panelfly. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The newspaper business’s reliance on the industrial machine of printing and distributing is often understated. It’s a delicate ecosystem that can have a real effect on publisher margins – as the fluctuation in newsprint ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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You've bought rope for that special someone, picked up a few sex toys and read those Fifty Shades of Grey books a time or three. You know who you are. Well, no need to skulk about at naughty shops or the hardware store as Fifty Shades of Consumption makes it further into the mainstream. Stuart... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo's parent Rakuten claims to have sold 100,000 devices following a launch of the Kobo e-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrated publishers say the digital market is yet to take off for their businesses, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon appears to have been the big winner in picking up former Borders customers. According to new figures from Bowker Market Research, Amazon’s share of book spending in the first quarter of 2012 was 29%, up from 23% in the comparable period in 2011. Barnes & Noble’s share of spending, in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After packaging for a number of American publishers, among them Focal Press, St. Martin’s, Abrams, and Chronicle, U.K.-based Ilex Press is entering the U.S. with its own line of books that is being distributed by Ingram Publisher Services. Founded in 2000 by U.K. publishing veteran Alastair... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic book contains material deemed insensitive in light of Colorado shootings'The latest issue of a Batman comic series due to hit stores this week will be postponed in light of the shooting rampage at a Batman movie in Aurora, Colo., DC Entertainment said on Tuesday. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2012-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book sales have helped Amazon to gain a 21.1% share of the entertainment market in the UK,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Even with attendance capped at 130,000 by the fire marshal, the San Diego Comic-Con International remains the granddaddy of all comics conventions. It’s the biggest pop culture event in North America—comics are the core of an event that also showcases movies, toys, video games, science fiction,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic-Con, which attracts more than 125,000 people over four days, is a pop culture showcase where fans of comic books and science fiction movies gather. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo is to launch into the Italian market, bolstered by a partnership with the Mondadori Group,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomberg Businessweek has signalled its intention to make greater inroads into the UK market and become a “real global brand” by increasing its circulation in Europe and Asia by 80,000 copies a week. The US-based magazine giant ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It used to be that offering customers coffee, tea, or occasionally wine or beer with their books was enough. But in some communities, books go better with heirloom tomatoes, sweet corn, and local organic meat. Outdoor marketplaces may not work for everyone—Powell’s Books in Portland, Ore.,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E L James' Fifty Shades trilogy has once again shattered records, as The Bookseller reported... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vintage has won the best marketing campaign of the year award at the Book Marketing Society's... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The top 10 publishers in the world had their lowest combined market share last year in the Livres... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline is aiming to draw in younger male readers with a new look and website for historical... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon on Thursday released updates to the Kindle app for iOS, along with the Kindle Cloud Reader Web app. The updates add in support for children's books. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Next Thursday will see the largest gathering of book marketing professionals this year as 170... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US pop star Katy Perry will become the latest celebrity to be depicted in the biography comic book Fame series, publisher Bluewater Productions says. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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