Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Thu, 13/10/2011 - 15:25 Authors will benefit from increased pricing on digital content, rather than by raising royalty rates, the global c.e.o. of HarperCollins has claimed. Brian Murray said authors were getting a better digital royalty than on print. He said: When we looked at our print royalties, we saw they averaged about 16%-18% so we knew we could afford to pay a higher royalty rate. That was almost a 40% increase in the royalty rate. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Scribd executive acknowledged the problem of pirated content on Scribd and also outlined the company's efforts to prevent unauthorized uploads. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The “brands are publishers now” line has become so ubiquitous in digital media that it risks becoming a cliché. While it is often true that companies are increasingly creating their own content, not all that’s published is created equal. Here’s to the brands that took the time and money to... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In this debut of the Exprima Interview series, Corey Pressman talks with Peter Meyers of Citia about the future of ebooks and how digital storytelling might evolve. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been named as one of 10 contenders for TIME magazine’s Person... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A few years ago, the topic of the digital royalty rate came up at nearly every publishing conference. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marketers continue to be in love with their own content. Spending on branded content is set to reach $1.8 million this year, or 37 percent of marketers’ ad budgets, up from $1.7 million in 2012, per a Custom Content Council survey. The lion’s share of that is going into print. Spending on... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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George Walkley, head of digital at Hachette UK, has defined the three essential, bedrock skills... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Local World's chairman, David Montgomery, has revealed his vision of the future role for journalists employed by his regional newspaper group.According to a Press Gazette report based on a sight of Monty's mission statement, a single journalist will fill a weekly paper by "skimming online... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Instead of mining data or listening to a chorus of friends, Describli founder Laura Fredericks says we should look at how people found books in bookstores. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Thursday, Contently, a hot little company, held a buzzy conference at the Bowery Hotel on a very of-the-moment topic. The conference, the Brand Publishing Summit, included clients, agencies and publishers, with a lot of chatter about brands goi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Tamblyn, the Chief Content Officer at Kobo, offers an update on the ebookseller's magazine store, kids shop and international expansion. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The latest Sharjah International Book Fair underscored its role in bringing together partners from countries and regions often on the fringes of other fairs. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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 ]
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A coffee meeting is like a work date: It's you, them, and the potential for some sort of connection, or, as the MBA kids say, business development. However, unlike a date, you're allowed to take notes––and that can make all the difference. Why? Because as Behance founder Sean Blanda writes, the... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York Times is planning to step off the sidelines and into the world of native advertising online, where a growing list of traditional publishers have thrown their arms around sponsored or branded content.Meredith Kopit Levien, exec VP-advertising, said the Times is planning to introduce... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Key Books has signed a six-figure deal for three books from TV presenter and writer Dawn O... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Key Books is to publish a debut by 18-year-old Isobel Harrop, after publisher Emily Thomas... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What good is native advertising if it doesn't talk like a native?To help advertisers, media companies are building teams, often called studios, that create sponsored content for advertisers. Here's a look at four publishers, and how their sponsored-content teams shape up.BuzzFeed Continue... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As digital publishing slowly but surely comes to eclipse traditional, printed media a big question arises: what happens to the publishing schedule when there are no fixed dealines? This is a problem being tackled head on by the Financial Time ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Forbes rolled out AdVoice in 2010, the architects planned to blow up the traditional publishing-advertising model. Instead of offering companies just online banner ads, Forbes was giving advertisers the ability to publish their stories directly to the magazine's website.It was a gamble that... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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