Digital Science discovery platform 'will transform scholarly search'

Holtzbrinck technology company Digital Science has collaborated with high-profile universities and research funders to develop a platform, Dimensions, which it says will "democratise and transform scholarly search". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #research funders

Other Publishing stories related to: 'Digital Science discovery platform 'will transform scholarly search''


Macmillan relaunches online teen platform

Macmillan celebrated the relaunch of MyKindaBook.com, an online platform for teen and YA books,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #online platform #ya books


Amazon brings digital currency to UK

Amazon has launched its own digital currency for apps and games in the UK, six months after the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #digital currency


Livefyre Buys Social Analytics Platform Realtidbits

Livefyre, a real-time social conversation and curation platform, announced it has acquired Realtidbits, a 6-year-old provider of real-time commenting and analytics services to online publishers including The CW Network, Thomson Reuters and Dow Jones Local Media Group. Livefyre’s primary... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #live chats #coming weeks #san diego #including aol


An Old Media Veteran Goes Digital at Glam Media

Glam Media, one of the largest digital media companies, has hired magazine publishing veteran Dan Lagani as its first president and chief revenue officer, the company is expected to announce Tuesday. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #glam media #announce tuesday


The Downside of Digital Media’s Scale Fetish

In the world of online publishing, traffic means little in and of itself. That fact is often overlooked by some in the digital media world. The post The Downside of Digital Media’s Scale Fetish appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #online publishing


Digital publishing startup Booktrope wins $205,000 in angel investment

After Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post with his spare pocket change earlier this year, I took a look at the growth of the digital publishing industry here in the Seattle area. Booktrope, a digital publishing startup based here in Seattle, was one of the companies I chatted with... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #big push #independent publishers


Bauer unveils digital brand The Debrief aimed at 20-something wealthy women

Publisher of Heat says The Debrief will have aggregated news and sex advice for connected, influential readersBauer Media is the latest mainstream UK publisher to jump on the social mobile bandwagon, unveiling plans for The Debrief, a multiplatform digital brand aimed at "constantly connected,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #tablet users #mail online #allowing users


NFL Stars Cam Newton And J.J. Watt Star In Gatorade "Freaks" Digital Comics

Calling J.J. Watt a "freak" to his face is probably not a good idea, but Gatorade decided to chance it.Football and comic books go together like chocolate and, er, pumpkin bread--they're not a bad combination, but we don't see them put together very often. The on-field heroics of stars like... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #digital comics #good idea #comic books


Argentina’s Bookstores Thrive Despite Digital Challenges

Despite the growth of online bookselling and a 7X increase in the number of ebooks, Argentina's 2,256 bookstores are still responsible for 80% of annual book sales. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #online bookselling


Google Books case: digitizing 'snippets' of text is ruled 'fair use'

US Circuit Judge Denny Chin says Google Books falls under fair use, while the Authors Guild calls it copyright infringement. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #copyright infringement


Ross Levinsohn Among Leading Execs to Speak at Digital Entertainment World

Ross Levinsohn, CEO of Guggenheim Digital Media, publisher of Adweek, The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard, is on the growing list of industry executives set to speak at the inaugural 2014 Digital Entertainment World conference in Los Angeles. The global marketplace and conference, which is... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #hollywood reporter #growing list #global marketplace #content creation #respective industries #joint venture


In Germany Digital Publishing is No Longer Satan, But Savior

At Berlin's E:PUBLISH conference last week, one felt German publishing had finally fully embraced digital as a means of helping the industry and literature thrive. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #publish conference


Usborne wins children’s science book prize

Usborne has won the Royal Society Young People’s Book Award with an interactive flap book... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #book award


Espresso bought by Discovery

Espresso Education, the UK provider of digital education resources for primary schools, has been... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #primary schools


10-inch hybrid head-to-head: Asus Transformer T100 vs. Lenovo Miix 10

Tablets are well on their way to outselling notebooks. But while the Windows 8 user interface makes it possible to navigate the operating system with just a fingertip, that doesn’t mean all of your old programs become magically finger-friendly. For some things, you just need a keyboard. A new... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #operating system #robert cardinlenovo


Transformer Book T100 review: This hybrid fills both its tablet and notebook roles well

Asus has been in the tablet and keyboard dock game for a while now. After several generations of Android based tablet and keyboard dock combinations, the T100 brings the sometimes schizophrenic interface of Windows 8 to its logical home on a hybrid tablet/notebook. The tablet looks and feels... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #headphone jack


HarperCollins Unbound Links Print, Digital

HarperCollins is releasing HarperCollins Unbound, a new, free app for Apple and Android smartphones that allows consumers to scan HarperCollins print books for additional digital content. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #free app


Digital Printing Moves Beyond the Long Tail

There have been great advances in short-run digital printing (SRDP) and print-on-demand (POD) technologies over the last decade. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #long tail


The Great Digital Content Pricing Experiment

By Ellen Harvey With the prevalence of free online content, many readers have become reluctant customers, leaving publishers puzzling over how to monetize their greatest asset. Yet the same technologies (the web,... Continue reading at Publishing Executive

[ Publishing Executive | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #ellen harvey #mobile apps


Tales From the Digital Media Crypt

Classic horror films have been remade for the digital media world: Prepare for a trio of digital marketing horrors stories to make brands and publishers scream.The post Tales From the Digital Media Crypt appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |