Industry gears up for first FutureBook Hack

Reinventing audio, re-mixing children's books, the challenge of content curation, and mining... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #industry gears #futurebook hack #content curation

Other Publishing stories related to: 'Industry gears up for first FutureBook Hack'


Futurebook: publishers must look outward

Leading publishing figures stressed the importance of becoming more outward looking and consumer... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Publishers in 'dream' position, FutureBook hears

Publishers have "done a lot right" and are standing in a much stronger position in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #stronger position #futurebook hears


Page wins at FutureBook Innovation Awards

Stephen Page, Faber c.e.o., has been named as the most inspiring digital publishing person at... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #stephen page


A True Princess of the Publishing Industry

Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi founded the Emirates Publishers Association and pushed for it to become a full member of the IPA. Here, she explains it was so important. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #publishing industry


Industry Achiever: Dan Starnes

Dan Starnes might not have an extensive background in journalism, but the Alabama newspaper publisher just launched his fourth community newspaper, the Hoover Sun, last month. He also owns The Homewood Star, 280 Living, and Village Living, all of whi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #extensive background


FastStats: Publishing Industry Statistics You Can Use

There's No Place Like Home The great promise of mobile is that it is… mobile, which is why we hear so much about the potential for reaching audiences anytime and anywhere with stuff like location-based advertising. According to... Continue reading at Publishing Executive

[ Publishing Executive | 2012-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Strong showing for FutureBook Innovation awards

Penguin, HarperCollins, Profile, Bardowl and The History Press have been shortlisted for a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #strong showing #history press


Barnes & Noble Hacked In 63 Branches

Barnes & Noble has suffered a serious security breach in 63 of its shops. Payment readers were fitted with a bug, which has harvested details of customers' credit cards. The firm discovered the breach over six weeks ago, but has kept the matter quiet at the behest of the Justice Department,... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #credit cards #justice department #bn website


European Commission : 10 Facts About Media and Content Industries

10 facts about media and content industries 1. Digitization has increased book sales. Expenditure on electronic books almost doubled each year in 2006-2010 but still amounts to only 3% of global book sales. Forecasts however predict that reve ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #european commission #electronic books


Trade gears up for Rowling launch

Booksellers are gearing up for the release of J K Rowling’s new novel next Thursday (27th... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #rowling launch #trade gears


FastStats: Publishing Industry Statistics, News and Trends

Smartphone Junkies Would you admit not being able to live without your smartphone? Over two-thirds of respondents to a recent survey by the Online Publisher's Association did just that. The survey, conducted online with 2,540... Continue reading at Publishing Executive

[ Publishing Executive | 2012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #recent survey #online publisher #conducted online


Trade gears up for J K Rowling launch

Little, Brown says it has designed a unified international marketing campaign for J K Rowling... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #rowling launch #trade gears


Industry Sales Pegged At $27.2 Billion

Total book sales fell 2.5% in 2011, to $27.2 billion, according to the latest figures released by BookStats. Revenue was down in three of the four major segments measured by BookStats—k–12, higher education, and professional/scholarly—and up slightly in trade. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #higher education


Big Six-Month Bounce for Industry Stocks

Led by big dollar gains at Amazon and Walt Disney Co., the Publishers Weekly Stock Index rose 16.7% in the first six months of 2012, almost triple the increase posted by the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #industry stocks #walt disney


'Include readers in creative process', FutureBook hears

Publishers should let the reader into the creative process and look to incubate start-ups in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #creative process #futurebook hears


Cross-industry partnerships 'the future' after Love Charing Cross Road success

Foyles and Blackwell bookshops have reported sales and footfall increases following their... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #reported sales


Flipboard Rival: New York Times Deal is Good News for the Media Industry

Publishing giants The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal firmed up exclusive deals with Flipboard and Pulse earlier in the week for exclusive content to go out to these third-party mobile apps, but as one Flipboard rival explains, this news c ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #media industry #exclusive content


'What comes next' revealed at Futurebook workshop

Awesome founder Jeff Norton; Sarah Ellis, digital producer of the Royal Shakespeare Company; and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


BISG- industry must adapt to "big data" shift

Two New York meetings—the annual Book Industry Study Group (BISG) Making Information Pay... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #big data


'The End of Leadership' peddles the idea of an impotent industry

Barbara Kellerman, an academic leadership all-star, argues in her latest book that her own industry — the one that tries to teach leadership — is pointless in an era in which power has shifted from leaders to followers.To anyone who does not make a living peddling leadership courses, it might... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |