Jeff Bezos, in the U.K. to launch the Kindle Paperwhite and Amazon's Lending Library service, has told the BBC that his firm makes no money on its Kindles. "We make money from when people use our devices, not when people buy our devices," he told technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones. "That continuing relationship with the customer is where we hope to make money over time." The CEO also talked about the effect of the Kindle on bookselling, claiming that people read about four times as much once they've bought an eReader, but continue buying traditional books as well as digital books. Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Japanese and Asian pop culture had a big presence in the exhibit hall floor at New York Comic Con at the Javits Center; while uptown at Pier 94 ReedPop launched a new anime and manga festival to mixed reviews from fans and exhibitors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-readers are a fantastic way to breeze through novels. It turns books into completely searchable documents that you can highlight, bookmark, and make notes on. Amazon’s luxurious Kindle Voyage elevates the experience even more, and for today only, the online retailer is selling this front-lit... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Historical novelist Bernard Cornwell will make a cameo appearance in the Netflix broadcast of "The Last Kingdom Season Three" later this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Pullman, Kamila Shamsie, Carol Ann Duffy, and Tara Westover are some of the authors whose books have been shortlisted by bookshops for 2018's Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent bookshops in Newcastle, London, Edinburgh and Bedford are among 15 named in the first tranche of shops set to receive funding to help them engage with under-represented communities. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Association of American Publishers c.e.o. Maria Pallante has overseen a more robust and outspoken trade body, one which made a pointed award at its recent a.g.m. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has increased its minimum wage to £10.50 in the London area and £9.50 for the rest of the UK, whilst also raising all US wages. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scott Galloway's book "The Four" is about tech giants Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon and how they pose a threat to just about every other business on the planet. But he's mulling a sequel, because he now thinks the first three need to fear the fourth."Amazon is beating up on the other three... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two experts in education, artificial intelligence and new technologies will give keynote speeches for The Bookseller's EdTech Conference, held as part of FutureBook Live 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library and information association CILIP has opened up nominations for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards to other industry bodies and is introducing a ‘children’s choice’ prize, in response to the recommendations an independently chaired diversity review. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adweek’s CEO is implementing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship to drive the brand in becoming an industry educator. Over the past two years, Jeff Litvack has worked to diversify and strengthen Adweek’s revenue stream, while developing a staff of hand-selected, self-motivators. By... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Reader is publishing a new book by David Kogan about battles for supremacy within the Labour Party, coinciding with the opening of the Labour Party annual conference this weekend in Liverpool. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing micro-genres often reflect the fashions and anxieties of the age – bad news for us literary editorsOne day last week, after I spent the best part of an hour opening two days’ worth of post at my office – I work as literary editor of the Spectator – I posted a peevish tweet: “Can we... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing has signed four new books from women’s fiction author Carol Mason. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House and Pan Macmillan dominate the six-strong shortlist for the £30,000 Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers refuse to ‘jump into the wolf’s mouth’ and order Marco Koskas’ Renaudot-longlisted novel onlineFrench booksellers have called on literary judges to “defend books and not those who threaten them”, after one of France’s most prestigious prizes selected a self-published novel available... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Snapchat is trying something new: It's giving publishers a way to create videos without too much heavy lifting.On Thursday, Snapchat announced that its dozens of media partners, including Hearst, NBCUniversal, Refinery 29 and Daily Mail, will have the ability to build stories from the videos... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British author John Gray criticizes the modern atheist movement for replacing God with human beings and puts forward his view of what a true atheist ought to be in his new book, ‘Seven Types of Atheism.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There are many more objectionable things about Boris Johnson than his alleged affair. But the media focus on this ‘feisty’, ‘party-loving’ woman is relentlessThere is a well-established and strictly obeyed format for writing about a women who is alleged to have had an affair with a powerful man,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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During spells at OUP, Doubleday and Scholastic, David Fickling published some of the biggest names in 20th century publishing. He reveals how he has managed to balance commercial nous with creative freedom. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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