Facebook offers up its autoplay video ads to other apps

If you're already annoyed with the autoplay video ads in your Facebook timeline, you might want to brace yourself. The social network is opening up that advertising tech to outside apps, or more specifically, to publishers who leverage Menlo Park's... Continue reading at 'Engadget'

[ Engadget | 2015-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Caffeine Nights launches free sampling app

Independent publisher Caffeine Nights is making two chapters of every one of its books free to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books added to ONS 'basket of goods'

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has added ebooks to the basket of goods and services... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conde Nast to launch Glamour and GQ video networks

Publisher Conde Nast is creating video networks based on its Glamour and GQ magazines. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books added to inflation basket

E-books have been added to the basket of goods used to calculate the UK's rate of inflation, but Freeview set-top boxes are out. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New UK Ebook Platform to Allow Readers to Share Titles via Facebook

In the UK a new ebook platform Boosh will allow readers to share an ebook with a fellow Facebook user to read for free after its read and deleted from their own account. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Play Books comes to India with an updated Android app in tow

Google Play Books has been on a slow world tour that hasn't given Asia much love. Google is addressing that regional deficit in grand fashion today by launching its digital bookshop in India. The collection includes the expected blend of local and international titles, although the Books... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PSA: Kindle iOS app users should not update to version 3.6.1

This one's coming straight from the horse's mouth. Amazon is acknowledging a "known issue" with version 3.6.1 of its Kindle app for iOS -- the company is recommending that current users avoid the latest update, which hit the App Store today. According to TUAW, the new version may completely... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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European Publisher Axel Springer Acquires Second Screen App TunedIn

TunedIn Media, the German company behind the second screen “social TV’ app TunedIn, has been acquired by European publishing giant Axel Springer. The amount isn’t being disclosed, so it’s unlikely to be a home ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With New Plan, APP Works to Win Back Customers

After announcing in early February that it had discontinued sourcing paper from threatened Indonesian rainforests, a representative of Singapore-based Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) was at the International Toy Fair Show in New York last week to explain the policy to toy companies and children’s... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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RHUK releases author video

Random House UK has released a video on YouTube showing some of its biggest authors, including E... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Eying Movies, Books, TV as Next Dominant Social Content

Outside of photos and status updates, Facebook's original shareable content was game activity. So-and-so just planted a new crop, etc. Next Facebook rolled out the Like button, and news articles became popular. Then Facebook debuted its Open Graph in fall 2011 so that someone could listen to a... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Video chat with Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry

The very funny Dave Barry joined us for a video chat from his home in Florida. During our conversation, he turned his laptop so that we could see his pool and his writing desk, where he once found a snake sitting on his can of Diet Coke. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New scorecard lets libraries give feedback on ebook offerings from publishers

The American Library Association has created a scorecard that asks library workers to grade publishers on the way that they are offering ebooks for lending. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin produces app of Anne Frank's Diary

Penguin has released a digital version of Anne Frank's famous diary, with Penguin imprint... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sony’s 20p offer drives ‘e’

E-book sales figures from trade publishers show the huge impact price continues to have on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quadrille offers Pink Lady prize

Quadrille has partnered with the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year competition to offer an... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Interview - HuffPo CEO Jimmy Maymann: 'We Don't See Traditional Online Ads as the Future'

In the face of stagnant growth in traditional advertising, digital publishers are looking to sponsored content as an alternative route, something Buzzfeed has been doing well, and The Atlantic has been doing less well recently. It's an approach ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Love Haruki Murakami? There’s An App For That

In the UK, Vintage Books and Aimer Media have launched a Haruki Murakami inspired diary app for Apple devices. The "Murakami Diary" offers 6 new exclusive short stories for £1.99. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advance Buys Digital Ad Agency Pop

Newspaper and magazine publishing company Advance Publications Inc. has acquired Seattle-based digital advertising agency Pop, the companies announced this week. Pop will operate as an independent division of Advance Publications. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Predecessor To Google Books, Facebook Graph Search, And Rewind.me--In The Early 1900s

You want an idea to survive hundreds or thousands of years? Step one: Don’t write it on paper. Alexander Konta believed this deeply. Paper yellows and withers and crumbles; it is the printed form of Alzheimer’s. “Why not make [text] imperishable by photographing the written word after it has... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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