“The Silence” feels like Apocalypse Lite for people who don’t want to get their hands dirty. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
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Google, Facebook, et al are in reality media companies and must accept the responsibilities that go with it Attention, like snow, comes in two varieties; the fun, beautiful kind, and the “wrong” kind, the kind that stops trains and freezes democracy. Recently the seemingly unstoppable digital... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newport Beach is using mobile technology to connect deaf and hard-of-hearing people with municipal services, officials said. Officials recently placed special computer tablets at City Hall, libraries and other facilities so people who need sign-language interpretation can have an on-demand,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Loganberry Books in Ohio has reorganised its fiction section so all titles by male writers now have their spines facing the wallA bookshop in Ohio has made a graphic illustration of the position of female writers by leaving only books by women visible to its customers. The change, made to mark... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The acquisition of Enthrill technologies and its brands, brings an end to Enthrill's retail operations, but its technologies will continue to be used by Firebrand Technologies to distribute ebooks in the institutional and bulk sale market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As we wind down for the holidays, we're looking back at the stories that were most popular among Adweek.com readers over the course of the year. Today, we look at stories from our Technology channel. 50. Facebook Vertical Video Ads Just Went Live and Are Evidently Producing Great Results 49.... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AppNexus, a major advertising technology provider, has barred Breitbart News from using its ad-serving tools because the conservative online publisher violated its hate speech rules.AppNexus scrutinized Breitbart's website after president-elect Donald Trump tapped Steve Bannon, former executive... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bob Dylan has broken his silence over winning the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, saying he will attend the ceremony “if possible”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Darlene Delillo, global program manager at Simon & Schusters' Atria Books imprint, died October 25. She was 65. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The show added RFID technology to cut back on counterfeit badges and reduce traffic on the floor, but the show also reflected a growing and optimistic comics marketplace with an influx of new readers including women and girls. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press has decided to outsource some of its technology services to Cognizant Technology Solutions as it moves towards becoming “a more digital business”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The German publisher continues to focus on building its digital subscription business with $250m purchase of research companyAxel Springer has snapped up market research firm eMarketer in a $250m (£173m) deal as the German publisher continues to focus on building its digital subscription... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday in Ankara. The Turkish president has tried to silence his critics at home and abroad. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The International Publishers Association and the Italian Publishers Association have condemned the Vatican for attempting to jail two authors who alleged corruption and financial wrongdoing in the Holy See. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here are the 10 most-read technology stories published by Adweek in 2015: 10. These Are the Digital Trends Everyone in Tech and Advertising Needs to Know Mary Meeker runs digital investments for top Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, and every year she... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why must library patrons wait for weeks to read the latest bestsellers when there are so man more great books to discover? The post Can Curation Help Libraries Break Out of Frontlist Dependency? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Cairns has stepped down with immediate effect as c.e.o of Publishing Technology after news the company will make a loss in 2015. In a trading update, the company said Cairns has stepped down "after careful consideration", and has been replaced on an interim basis by chief technology... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing Technology has announced that CEO Michael Cairns has stepped down, effective immediately after the Board projected a net loss for the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Think of video piracy, and talk of BitTorrent probably isn’t far away. While torrented movies and TV shows account for a large proportion of pirated material, it is far from being the end of the story. Even sites as seemingly innocuous as Facebook can be part of the problem. The social network... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2015-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US writer Catherine Nichols has revealed that she received eight times as many responses by sending out her manuscript to agents under a man’s name than when sending it out under her own name. In an essay for Jezebel, Nichols said she sent query letters to 50 agents under her own name,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ferol Vernon of Written Word Media argues that online, email book marketing is at its most effective when addressing readers in precise verticals. The post Can Technology Replicate Word-of-Mouth Book Marketing? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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