Leveling the Playing Field

Big publishers have a natural advantage over smaller competition. Increased purchasing power, data collection and cross-marketing opportunities are a few of the perks of having multiple magazines in different markets. The ability to experiment and make mistakes is a less tangible, but equally important leg up. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #playing field #big publishers #natural advantage #data collection

Other Publishing stories related to: 'Leveling the Playing Field'


Publishers Play the Pandemic Waiting Game

As Covid-19 continues to spread, many fall events have moved online, and publishers don’t see a meaningful return of employees anytime soon. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #fall events #moved online #publishers don


No More Playing Defense: A Progressive Christian Steps Up

Author and activist Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons looks to set a new agenda in his first book, 'Just Faith: Reclaiming Progressive Christianity.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Kobo's new entry-level e-reader is the $100 Nia

Rakuten’s Kobo readers are still hanging around to compete with Amazon’s Kindle lineup, and the company just unveiled a new model. The Kobo Nia is an entry-level reader with a six-inch, 1,024 x 758 Carta E Ink display (with Kobo’s ComfortLight front... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2020-07-15 10:05:12 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #kindle lineup #ink display #kindle


Michaela Coel plays the first on-screen writer I can relate to | Candice Carty-Williams

I May Destroy You skewers the weirdness of fandom and captures just how terrifying the publishing industry can beMichaela Coel’s critically acclaimed new TV series I May Destroy You (BBC One), the journey of a young woman uncovering and trying to deal with sexual trauma, is a show that I fall... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-07-11 07:00:06 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #candice carty-williams #critically acclaimed #tv series #all-consuming nature #main character #stephen king #publishing industry


Crime fiction boom as book sales rocket past 2019 levels

With bookshops still closed in parts of the UK, sales have surpassed last year’s numbers, with 3.8m print books sold in the last weekBritain’s readers have been emerging from lockdown to restock their bookshelves, with book sales – and particularly crime novels – booming in the three weeks since... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-07-07 16:17:09 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #book sales #bookshops reopened #crime novels #15% increase #books sold


The industry is ‘hostile environment on multiple levels’, says Singh

Jhalak Prize co-founder Sunny Singh has called out the industry’s “moral failure” to reflect diversity at every stage of publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-28 12:52:03 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #hostile environment #moral failure


NPR, APM and Vibenomics Make a Play for Audio at NewFronts

At the 2020 Digital Content NewFronts today, three companies presented about the future of audio--a visual sales pitch for an aural medium. National Public Radio and American Public Media's Marketplace each put their radio and podcast hosts front-and-center, selling reliable news and audience... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2020-06-24 21:17:51 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #aural medium #covid-19 pandemic #digital content


Jayson Greene: ‘Everyone is a Griever Now on Some Level’

This week on The Maris Review, Jayson Greene joins Maris Kreizman to discuss his memoir, Once More We Saw Stars, out now in paperback from Knopf. On how he hopes readers can find comfort in his story: Jayson Greene: While grief is always a part of everyone’s life, and while it’s always a part of […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-18 08:47:41 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #jayson greene #maris review


Mark Wheeller's plays find new home at Salamander Street

Salamander Street, an independent publisher based in Bristol, has acquired the backlist of plays by Mark Wheeller.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-11 14:38:17 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #independent publisher


A Teenager Plays With Fire and Family Secrets in ‘The Margot Affair’

As Sanaë Lemoine’s debut novel progresses, its narrator falls increasingly in thrall to the only people who seem interested in her inner life. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-06-09 19:07:44 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #family secrets #debut novel


Carcanet fields two for Forward Best Collection award

Two collections from publisher Carcanet are in the running for the £10,000 Best Collection award in The Forward Prizes for Poetry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-09 16:38:19 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


In the Field: Stopping the Covid Slide

Suzanne Tonini, collection development supervisor for Denver Public Schools, shares how her the city’s public schools and libraries are continuing to meet students’ educational needs amid the pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #public schools #libraries


PRH field sales director Faiers retires, Dougall steps up

PRH UK field sales director John Faiers is retiring after a 33-year publishing career, while Elspeth Dougall will step up to a new role following his departure. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-18 14:38:31 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Amid ‘the ‘Low-Level Hum of Panic,’ the UK’s Young Writer Award Names Its Jury

One juror for the 2020 Young Writer of the Year award says she hopes 'we won’t see a rash of virus or pandemic stories.' The post Amid ‘the ‘Low-Level Hum of Panic,’ the UK’s Young Writer Award Names Its Jury appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-05-18 12:37:26 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #pandemic stories #young writer of the year award #young writer


How 6AM City Is Rethinking Digital Media at a Local Level

From Greenville, S.C., to Lakeland, Fla., media company 6AM City is engaging audiences in communities across the southeastern U.S. with email newsletters in the spirit of The Skimm – but on a hyper-local level. In this episode, Co-Founder & COO Ryan Heafy discusses 6AM's business model,... Continue reading at Publishing Executive

[ Publishing Executive | 2020-05-18 12:31:36 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #local level #email newsletters #business model #technology strategy #digital media


Square Enix’s 'Stay Home and Play' bundle gives you 54 games for under $40

Everyone’s giving away games these days and while Square Enix’s new “Stay Home and Play” bundle isn’t free, it might as well be. The breadth and scope of the deal is pretty amazing: More than 50 games for under $40. That’s less than $1 per game, for those who can’t math.It’s the sort of... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2020-05-08 18:45:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #square enix #stay home #anthology


Catford joins Hodder Education as UK field sales director

Hodder Education has appointed Sean Catford, formerly of Pearson, as its UK field sales director. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-06 13:36:15 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #hodder education #hodder


Orion makes child's play of next acquisition for parents home-schooling

Orion has acquired the first book from Early Years specialist and playHOORAY! founder Claire Russell, to publish in e-book next week. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-15 07:21:34 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #e-book


Diversifying the Translation Field: A Conversation with John Keene, by Veronica Esposito

Interviews Veronica Esposito John Keene is the author of Counternarratives, which received an American Book Award and the Republic of Consciousness Prize. He is also the recipient of a Lannan Literary Award and a MacArthur Fellowship. He is the... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2020-03-30 15:27:14 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #paying attention #publishers including #literary award #book award