IBM is unveiling their new Watson for Business on Thursday, a $1 billion project devoted to bringing big data to every educational institution, pharmaceutical firm, and publishing house in America--and they're offering more than $100 million in venture capital to developers.IBM is announcing the launch of a new, $1 billion Watson Business Group, $100 million in venture capital earmarks toward new Watson apps, and a shiny new Watson headquarters in New York's East Village neighborhood on Thursday. The news means that IBM has essentially made a $1 billion bet on Watson, the big data-cloud service hybrid which famously competed on Jeopardy and, more importantly, saves lives. If it succeeds, IBM will have the means to provide Watson's services to every American workplace.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A 5.3% increase in June bookstore sales over June 2017 was not quite enough to offset a soft start to the year and bookstore sales finished the first half of 2018 with sales down 1.0% compared to a year ago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon pays only £38m a year in business rates in England and Wales, a Daily Mail investigation has found, while enjoying soaring turnover. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A number of smaller publishers, many with dedicated followings and a strong sense of community, are asking readers to buy into pledge and subscription schemes that will bring them longer-term benefits. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daniel Silva's latest, 'The Other Woman,' is #1 on Apple's iBooks store, dropping the most recent top seller, Gillian Flynn's 'Sharp Objects,' down to #2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 2017, the US book publishing industry reported revenues of $26.2 billion, according to the Association of American Publishers report, StatShot The post StatShot Annual Publisher Survey Puts 2017 Estimated US Revenue at $26.2 Billion appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gillian Flynn is back at the top of the Apple iBooks store courtesy of the recent adaptation of her novel 'Sharp Objects,' which is now #1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The latest book in Brad Thor's Scot Harvath series, 'Spymaster,' hit #1 on Apple's iBooks store last week, toppling Elin Hilderbrand's 'The Perfect Couple,' which dropped down one slot on the list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Today’s consumers expect access to content, whenever and however they want, putting media and publishing companies under extreme pressure to meet this demand cost-effectively. Faced with diminishing revenues from traditional advertising and subscriptions they must find new ways to drive revenue... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling iBooks in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended July 1, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Controversial new law that critics claimed threatened internet freedom is rejectedGoogle, YouTube and Facebook could escape having to make billions in payouts to press publishers, record labels and artists after EU lawmakers voted to reject proposed changes to copyright rules that aimed to make... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elin Hilderbrand's 'The Perfect Couple' remained #1 last week on Apple's iBooks store, followed by Emily Giffin's 'All We Ever Wanted.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chris Ferrell, Patrick Rains and company are returning to SouthComm, Inc.—or, perhaps more accurately, SouthComm is returning to them. Endeavor Business Media—the firm launched by Ferrell just weeks after his departure from SouthComm last November as part of a "change in strategic direction" at... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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The semi-evil social network has launched its latest venture, a lifestyle magazine for the elite. Just don’t call it a publisher ...Name: Grow.Age: One issue. Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller is calling on readers, authors, agents, publishers and the general public to sign a petition urging the government to give bookshops the same business rate discount as pubs. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Patterson and Bill Clinton kept their #1 slot in Apple's iBooks Store last week with 'The President Is Missing.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eva Chen, director of fashion partnerships at Instagram, Martha Stewart and activist DeRay Mckesson at a party hosted by People magazine during Book Expo America. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Business has signed a new book about Sky and Rupert Murdoch's empire in a "major" acquisition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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President Bill Clinton and James Patterson share a #1 bestseller in Apple's iBooks store with 'The President Is Missing,' while the late Anthony Bourdain's memoir 'Kitchen Confidential' hits #2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Igloo Books, the mass-market children’s books business owned by Bonnier Publishing, has undergone an overhaul thanks to its new chief executive officer, who has affirmed the division’s future profitability. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen King's 'The Outsider' stayed #1 in Apple's iBooks store last week, followed by Nora Roberts's 'Shelter in Place.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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