Emmis Sells Texas Monthly for $25 Million

Paul Hobby, whose family once owned the Houston Post, purchases magazine. The post Emmis Sells Texas Monthly for $25 Million appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

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The Atavist Lands $1.5 Million in Funding

Long form digital journalism publisher and app developer The Atavist secured a round of funding worth $1.5 million. The first million was confirmed last week, while founder Evan Ratliff says the rest is committed and “will happen over the coming weeks.” Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daunt: 'tens of millions' going into Waterstones refit

The Waterstones decision to sell Amazon Kindles and ebooks has provoked widespread discussion in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK bookseller Waterstones to start selling Kindles

The UK's biggest bookstore chain has announced that it will start selling Kindles alongside other digital services from Amazon. Waterstones stores will let Kindle owners digitally browse books in-store and link up with special offers, tying into the chain's plans for substantial renovations that... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones to sell Amazon Kindle

UK bookseller Waterstones plans to sell Amazon's Kindle ebook reader and other Kindle digital services. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comma sells Blasim tales to Penguin US

Manchester-based independent Comma Press has sold short story collection The Corpse Exhibition by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo to sell Potter ebooks

Kobo is to join the ranks of physical and online booksellers licensed by Pottermore to sell Harry... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft Invests $300 Million in Upcoming Barnes & Noble Subsidiary

After announcing plans to possibly spin off its NOOK business in January, Barnes & Noble enters into a partnership with Microsoft. The tech company invested $300 million in the new subsidiary (currently under the working title NewCo), a post-money valuation of $1.7 billion, equating to a... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Livre sells its ebook distribution platform

Hachette Livre has sold its ebook distribution platform Numilog to its founder and c.e.o. Denis... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Fifty Shades of Grey' by E.L. James is selling books (and more)

'Fifty Shades of Grey' by E.L. James and sequels are an ebook and paperback phenomenon that is also causing a sales spike in sex shops. How did it all happen?The staff of the Pleasure Chest, a high-end West Hollywood sex shop, were first tipped to the "Fifty Shades of Grey" phenomenon by their... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vatican, Bodleian Libraries will publish millions of ancient texts online

Works that will be available for perusal will include Gutenberg's Bible, believed to be the first text ever printed. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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RR Donnelley Invests $2.5 Million in Catalog App

Continuing to diversify beyond its role as a printer, RR Donnelley made a reported $2.5 million investment in the catalog shopping app CoffeeTable, which allows tablet users to browse and purchase from multiple retailers’ catalogs directly w Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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RR Donnelley Invests $2.5 Million in CoffeeTable

Continuing to diversify beyond its role as a printer, RR Donnelley made a reported $2.5 million investment in the catalog shopping app CoffeeTable, which allows tablet users to browse and purchase from multiple retailers’ catalogs directly w Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LG unveils flexible plastic e-paper display, aims for European launch next month

LG has made no secret of its fondness for flexible e-paper, but those dreams became a reality today, with the announcement of a six-inch display that promises to "revolutionize the ebook market." The malleable plastic display sports a resolution of 1024 x 768 and can bend at an angle of up to 40... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling's Website Starts Selling Harry Potter E-Books

It didn't take a Hogwarts magician to know this day would eventually come. The bookstore feature of J.K. Rowling's Pottermore website went live Tuesday, enabling English-language readers to buy the digital editions of all seven Harry Potter novels—and the audiobook editions—from anywhere in the... Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Monthly Newspaper for UK Nigerian Community

Publishing house Green World Media Ltd today announces the launch of its first title, Nigerian Watch, a free monthly newspaper aimed at Britain’s substantial Nigerian community. Nigerian Watch will meet the demand for an engaging publicati ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wiley to sell Frommer's as it 're-deploys resources'

Wiley is planning to sell a number of professional and trade business assets across its culinary... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing to sell series of ebooks outside the Kindle Store

It remains to be seen if it's a full-on change of policy, but it looks like Amazon is at least shifting it stance when it comes to where some of the ebooks put out by its Amazon Publishing division are sold. As you may recall, Barnes & Noble and other booksellers recently pulled print... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Slate to Begin a Monthly Review of Books

The Web magazine will publish an expanded look at books on the first Saturday of each month, as stand-alone book review sections in newspapers have dwindled. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2012-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chorion sells Christie stake to Acorn

Media content group Chorion has sold its 64% stake in the Agatha Christie estate to US media... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Selling Social Media

As an element of a marketer’s branding strategy, social media is huge. Some publishers are finding ways to leverage their social graph as a part of their overall marketing package offers to advertising clients. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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