HC partners with D&AD on hunt for emerging designer for Narnia branding

HarperCollins is collaborating with graphic design company Design and Art Direction (D&AD) to find an emerging designer who will create a new brand identity for C S Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia series.   Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Medium brings design and photo improvements to its social publishing platform

Medium is debuting a slew of new look-and-feel tweaks designed to let would-be columnists pretend they're working for a well-designed print publication. The site says that one of its initial goals was to empower writers with "dead simple" tools to ... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A transparent market means rethinking the ways brands advertise

In the transparent marketplace it's what you do, not what you say, that makes the difference, and that's good for sustainabilityIn New York's Central Park recently, an old man was selling "Banksy paintings" for $60 apiece. His booth was right next to others selling everything from second-hand... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Where Branded Content Dollars Are Going

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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Russell Brand v the Sun: war of words hots up

Red-top brands comedian a hypocrite, Jack Dee criticises Crewe and Jimmy Carr tells Ross Noble not to knock Mock the WeekThis week's comedy newsThe gloves are off in Brand versus the Sun. On Saturday, the never-knowingly-underexposed comedian wrote a piece for this paper accusing the Sun on... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Strand Partners with Club Monaco

A “store-in-store” is how Strand marketing manager Lilly Widen described the new book shop inside Club Monaco’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Instagram Is Now Publishing a New Ad Almost Every Day

Advertising on Instagram has quickly moved from a novelty to a near-daily occurence, and they're churning up a tsunami of "likes" as well as a dose of aggrieved user comments.General Electric, Levi's, Lexus and Ben & Jerry's have now posted their first ads to the mobile photo- and... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookPeople, Random House Partner on Pen-Pal Literacy Initiative

More than 40 schools have signed on to participate in new pen-pal literacy program in Austin, Tex., launched by BookPeople and Random House Children’s Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rightster helps brands to cash in on the commercial rewards of online video

Multichannel network distributes, syndicates and matches content creators with online publishersYou may never have heard of Rightster but you have more than likely watched videos it syndicates on YouTube, newspaper websites and specialist live streaming sites like one for the recent... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo, 'PW Select' Partner for Self-Pubbed Authors

Kobo's self-publishing platform, Kobo Writing Life, is launching an affiliate program for self-published authors with PW Select, a monthly digital newsletter and print supplement to Publishers Weekly magazine focusing on independently published books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yahoo Goes Big With New Banner Ad Product

FIAT, Relativity Media and Sony are among the first few brands to use the new ads at launch. Sold on a cost-per-click basis, these ads will also be served in slideshows published by Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Music and Yahoo TV. All of the ads will be sold directly by Yahoo -- not networks or... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bauer unveils digital brand The Debrief aimed at 20-something wealthy women

Publisher of Heat says The Debrief will have aggregated news and sex advice for connected, influential readersBauer Media is the latest mainstream UK publisher to jump on the social mobile bandwagon, unveiling plans for The Debrief, a multiplatform digital brand aimed at "constantly connected,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier, Dave Zinczenko Partner on Books Deal

Bonnier Corp. is positioning itself to get deeper into its core verticals after two announcements on Tuesday. Dave Zinczenko, president and CEO of Galvanized LLC and former EVP at Rodale, has entered into a five-year management consultancy with the enthusiast publisher. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House Partners with Pinterest Producing Online Bookstore Table

Random House has partnered with Pinterest to help users discover popular content. It pulls up a page that is a lot like browsing a table at a bookstore. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ePubDirect partners with Oyster

E-book distribution business ePubDirect has partnered with book subscription service Oyster.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strange Ads Promote an Author Who Isn't Real and a Book That Doesn't Exist

IFC's upcoming The Spoils of Bablyon, a comedy miniseries that spoofs serious miniseries, is based on a book that seems to be sold out in Hudson News stores around the country. The problem with keeping the book in stock, though, is that there were never any printed copies. Eric Jonrosh (and the... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. Revenue Falls in Inaugural Quarter as Ads Suffer

News Corp., the publisher of newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, reported a 2.8% decline in first-quarter revenue, hurt by shrinking demand for print advertising.Revenue fell to $2.07 billion in the period, which ended on Sept. 30, down from $2.13 billion a year... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp. revenue falls as ads decline

News Corp., the publisher of newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, reported a 2.8% decline in first-quarter revenue, hurt by shrinking demand for print advertising.Sales fell to $2.07 billion in the period, which ended on Sept. 30, down from $2.13 billion a year earlier,... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Earnings Rise 8% at HC Despite Sales Drop

HarperCollins reported a decline in quarterly revenue with total sales down 7%, to $328 million, for the first period ended September 30, 2013. EBITDA, however, rose 8%, to $43 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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C&R partners with ValoBox for ebook gifting

Constable & Robinson (C&R) and pay-as-you-go ebook service ValoBox have partnered to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Study: Booze Industry Breaks its Own Underage Ad Rules

The alcohol industry has violated its own rules aimed at keeping booze ads away from under-age viewers, government and university researchers allege in a new report.Beer and liquor marketers have since 2003 pledged to show ads only on TV programs, magazines and web sites where adult viewers... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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