Local businesses will be able to beef up their profile in Search and Maps with photos, offers, and more. 150 million businesses have taken advantage of Google’s My Business, which lets retailers, restaurants, and other local businesses enter information about themselves that shows up in Search results and Google Maps. Google says that consumers interact with businesses in various ways—including using the free booking service—over 9 billion times a month.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2019-06-20 12:00:45 UTC ]
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The New York Times is one of the initial major publishers to unveil a Google Glass app, which will allow the currently scant number of users of the wearable device to access stories on the go. The app's audio component reads headlines and story summaries aloud and provides breaking news alerts. ... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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World Book Night gives away 500,000 print books. Wouldn't it make good sense to extend the promotion by offering free ebooks as well? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York-based start-up Ganxy, which was founded in 2009 to sell music, is rolling out more tools at the London Book Fair to help small and medium-sized publishers sell and promote DRM-free digital content online. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At The Guardian, Alison Baverstock, author of the guide to self-publishing, The Naked Author, listed the ways in which self-publishing has changed the world. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eben Alexander’s Proof of Heaven and the latest Wimpy Kid title were the only books to sell over 300,000 print units in the first three months of 2013, according to Nielsen BookScan, but neither is in Amazon’s top 20 bestselling Kindle titles of the year, showing the disparity between print and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Firehouse World—an event that offers training, equipment and education for the fire service—was acquired by Cygnus Business Media about 11 years ago and following a tough market in 2007, which saw the down economy hit the public safety market particularly hard, the company has been reinvesting... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The tale of Google and Frommer's famed travel guides has taken another twist this evening. Associated Press writer Beth Harpaz reports Arthur Frommer confirmed over the phone that he has retaken control of the brand from Google, and plans to continue publishing them in ebook and print formats,... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After a burst of initial announcements of private exchanges, followed by a lull in activity, private marketplaces are getting another look by premium publishers as the technology has improved and programmatic buying gains traction. The aim of the private exchanges is to leverage publishers’... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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You may have missed the news in early February that Google has established a $60 million Euro (about $80 million) fund to support a group of French publishers in their digital enterprises. Not only that, Google chairman Eric Schmidt jetted to Paris ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In his last column, Brian Kenney did a good and fair job of outlining the Douglas County Libraries ebook model, in which we host and manage our own digital content. Yet, his conclusion was a little puzzling. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Business Insider has become known all-too-well for making its site sticky with a constant procession of topical or newsy slideshows. Well, the New York-based digital publisher this week started to monetize the idea with a sponsored gallery ad unit, and location-based marketing firm Yext has... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Books has promoted senior rights manager Nirmal Sandhu to the position... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertelsmann plans to develop an education business division with the long-term potential to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google has killed off the print editions of Frommer's guide books. And this makes sense, as Google never wanted to be a publisher and only bought Frommer's for the metadata. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, has said that the internet giant is willing to launch a similar "digital publishing innovation fund" in the UK to the one it launched in France last month. When asked by the Guardian&rsquo ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Were we really expecting a different outcome? Several months after Google bought Frommer's to bolster its location efforts, Skift hears that the iconic travel guide maker has completely stopped publication of print editions as its focus swings to the online realm. Authors say that many of their... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite going on quite the world tour, Google Play Books hasn't been available as close by as Mexico. That's been rectified: the online bookstore is now open in the country, with both local titles and prices in Pesos. As with some other countries, the expansion also gives Mexicans their first... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association has expressed disappointment that today's Budget, presented by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's Little A imprint will release novels, memoirs, and story collections, while Day One will focus on short stories and new writers. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new profile of the Financial Times is the latest piece to hold up the company as a model for traditional publishers that want to create a digital-era business. It sounds great, but it’s not very realistic. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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