Daunt: bookshops 'don't need digital distractions'

Booksellers should not get distracted by consumer data, but focus on getting to know their customers in person, Waterstones managing director has told a meeting of international book magazines, hosted by The Bookseller last week. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will the Digital Era Produce as Influential a Book Critic?

Marcel Reich-Ranicki was a living embodiment of so much of 20th century German intellectual life. Will the internet era ever produce as influential a critic? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Dutch Bookshop Goes Goth, In A 15th–Century Cathedral

"Not much is really sacred," Bob Dylan raspily mourned, citing "flesh–colored Christs that glow in the dark" and other choice bits of consumerism as evidence. And now, the Waanders In de Broeren bookshop is open for business inside a 15th–century cathedral. In the small municipality of Zwolle... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YouTube Executive Heads to Digital Distributor OverDrive

Lee Milstein, who had been heading up YouTube's efforts to link up with news organizations, has left to become chief strategy officer at OverDrive, a company that distributes digital books to libraries. Cleveland-based OverDrive, which handles the Kindle Lending Library program for Amazon, plans... Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audiosocket’s Easy Listening Solution for Digital Music Rights

Music licensing on YouTube was thrust into the spotlight last month after the National Music Publishers Association filed a lawsuit against YouTube content network FullScreen over copyright infringement. As Brandon Martinez, co-founder/CEO of the digital music-focused INDMUSIC put it so... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell's to open digital development office

Blackwell’s is setting up a new digital development office with nine new members of staff.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Children's Books hunts for 'Busy Bookshop'

Macmillan Children's Books pre-school imprint Campbell Books wants to feature the UK's... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Dominates Event Attendance Marketing

Arguably, the most important change in the event management business over the past decade has been the shift to digital attendance marketing. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two new campus bookshops for John Smith

John Smith & Son is to open two new campus bookshops in time for the new academic season next... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JCDecaux launches Twitter book club on digital screens

JCDecaux has launched a Twitter-driven book club to connect with commuters and use its digital screens in stations to enhance commuters' journeys. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2013-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Art Books Hit a (Gallery) Wall

“I’ll corroborate what you’ve probably been hearing,” says Abrams CEO Michael Jacobs, when asked to discuss the state of digital publishing in the art and photo book market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Accent and Arcadia make the most of digital

Independent publishers are exploring digital opportunities to boost trade in a tough climate for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. takes new tack on digital advertising

News Corp.—which now includes The Wall Street Journal but not 20th Century Fox—is adopting a new strategy for making money from digital advertising: It will no longer sell inventory through outside ad networks but will handle those automated sales itself.The news and information company, which... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Japanese 20-yr-olds Favor Print, Septuagenarians Like Digital: Why?

A new survey of Japanese readers shows seniors are more open to young people to using electronic books. We explore the reasons why this may be. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harlequin moves further into the digital marketplace

Harlequin announces an ebook-only imprint, in addition to planning for many ebook originals through other imprints. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine ABCs: Style at Home continues double-digit circulation rise

IPC Media's Style at Home and Ideal Home, and Hearst Magazines UK's Elle Decoration, posted circulation increases in the first half of 2013, as the wider home interests sector posted modest declines. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2013-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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App offers Edinburgh bookshop tour

A free app providing a tour of Edinburgh's 53 bookshops has been released onto iTunes. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LSU Libraries Granted Additional Funding for Digitizing Louisiana Newspapers

The LSU Libraries' Special Collections division was recently awarded $210,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities, or NEH, to digitize an additional 100,000 pages of Louisiana newspapers published from 1836 through 1922. This marks ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gauging the Digital Divide

There’s still no more relevant topic of debate in the publishing industry than the future of the physical book versus the exponentially growing influence of digital publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newsweek sold to digital news firm

The former US current affairs magazine Newsweek, which published its last print edition in December, is sold to digital news company IBT Media. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hacking Hollywood: A Fast Company Digital Edition

Get it now as an ebook, or from our iPad app. Hacking Hollywood: The Creative Geniuses Behind Homeland, Girls, Mad Men, The Sopranos, Lost, and More is a special edition of Fast Company that is available starting this month. Besides chronicling the tales of disruptive entertainment startups,... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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