Software as a Service (SaaS) is one of the biggest technology growth areas at the moment. That's reflected in the amounts of capital being pumped into the sector by investors. A new SaaS Trends Report by Tibco Analytics and venture capital tracker CB Insights shows that funding for SaaS companies was $11.7 billion in 2014, up 70 percent over the past year. SaaS funding has tripled since 2011. The biggest deal of the last year was Dropbox which received $350 million in extra funding. SurveyMonkey raised $250 million, with online publishing and development specialist Automattic third on $160 million. Cloud… [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'
[ Betanews | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Open Book in Minneapolis has become an inspiration for similar projects around the country, including Levin Staniec's 1888 Center in Orange, Calif., which finally secured a storefront last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Literacy Trust and Walker Books have created a Literacy Toolkit for businesses to donate to primary schools and community groups. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Jilly Cooper has said that literary fiction should not receive state support, arguing instead that the money would be better spent on the declining newspaper industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The print book market has posted growth in value for the third year running, with 2017 inching up 0.09% on 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the estimation of LitRes chief Sergey Anuriev, ebooks could double as a factor in Russia's market within two years and audiobooks are showing new strength as well. The prime challenge: piracy. The post One Analyst’s 2018 Look-Ahead: Russian Digital Content Set to Grow appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Steve Case’s Rise of the Rest seed fund seeks to spur startup growth in “flyover country,” but race can present a starker dividing line than geography. Twenty years before J.D. Vance published his best-selling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, Harvard sociologist William Julius Wilson wrote an elegy of... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association is to urge the government to grant bookshops a discount on their business rates, arguing that they are cultural entities which provide "huge benefits" to their communities. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a fast start, Metabooks Brasil has brought more than 50,000 titles onto its platform with the top booksellers in Brazil and more than 70 publishers. The post Metabooks Brasil Achieves 20-Plus Percent of Available Titles in Six Months appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A decade after the first Kindle, Amazon looks toward disrupting books themselves. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2017-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Competition from smartphones and readers sticking to well-known writers means novelists are suffering. We must find ways better ways to enable themFinally it’s official: literary fiction is in crisis, and writers across the land are burning the midnight oil in their garrets, teaching or slogging... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As a trade publication for the book business, we are committed to helping make publishing a profession where all members are given the respect they deserve. That means covering sexual abuse in publishing—with rigor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the Digiday Publishing Summit Europe in October, we sat down with 35 industry leaders from across the continent and drilled down into two hot topics, ePrivacy and the General Data Protection Regulation. We asked their feedback on and expectations for the coming changes. Check out our earlier... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Counterfeit advertising is an issue on the rise, affecting both brands and publishers alike with serious consequences. Even big name publishers have fallen victim to this fraud — but fortunately, there are measures you can take to protect your business. Sponsored by OpenX. The post Major... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Paris Commercial Court has authorised a plan to allow the France Loisirs book club, with its 200 retail outlets and 1,300 employees across France, to remain in business, according to press reports. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year's fair attracted nearly 21,000 book professionals who, in addition to buying and selling rights, debated such topics as what a new NAFTA agreement could mean for the U.S. and Latin American markets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“Economic markers are positive,” proclaimed NPD-BookScan's Kristen McLean in the opening presentation at the Bologna Book Fair/Publishers Weekly Global Kids Connect conference in New York. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shares in Daily Mail & General Trust slumped the most since 2001 after giving investors news they didn't want to hear: 2018 will essentially be a lost year.The publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper said fiscal 2018 will be a "year of transition," warning of weakness across its businesses, a... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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European publishers are twice as likely as U.S. publishers to have laid off staff or plan to do so to support their pivots to video. The post Digiday Research: 33 percent of European publishers report layoffs to support the pivot to video appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Atlantic.com taps a new deputy editor, Esquire names new literary editor, and more... The post Crain’s New York Business Names Mary Kramer Group Publisher | People On the Move appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Anna Day shares her experience of writing a book based on someone else's idea. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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