Lonely Planet has launched a set of travel guides featuring “pull-out city maps, gatefold maps, and QR codes to unlock additional digital content from the Lonely Planet website.” Guides to Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Portugal, and Scotland roll out this spring. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A booth at Facebook’s annual F8 developer conference in San Jose, Calif. The social network is stopping the experiment known as Explore, which separates news publishers from its main site. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK music, video and games sales higher than those of magazines, books and newspapers last yearThe soaring popularity of services like Netflix, Amazon and Spotify has pushed the amount consumers spend on home entertainment products past the amount spent on books, magazines and newspapers for the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Far from dead, print continues to be a critically important product for publishers. The post Print Is Still Big Business in Magazine Media appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne is launching a new work experience scheme for people from communities under-represented in the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Having once left the American ebook market largely to Seattle, Rakuten Kobo now is hitching a ride with Walmart back into Amazonian America, selling ebooks and audiobooks through the big-box leader. The post Canada’s Kobo Rolls Into the US With Walmart: ‘A Very Competitive Experience’ appeared... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Founded in 2009, OR was designed to be a new kind of publisher with a new kind of business model. Almost a decade later, that's still mostly true. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With the extraordinary interest for Michael Wolff's tell-all about the Trump White House catching Holt by surprise, the publisher was able to ship enough copies to accounts to meet at least some of the demand for the book last week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two of the five top sellers in 2017 in Canada were backlist, which was up 2 percent over 2016. Print unit sales fell 4 percent, value down 3 percent. The post BookNet Canada Sees Print Sales Decline in 2017, Backlist Accounts for 60 Percent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The vertical that the online news site built on viral cooking videos had an unexpected bestseller after publishing its first book print-on demand. Now the question is: How do you bring a definitionally digital brand to the page? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown said the response to the explosive exposé of Donald Trump's presidency has been "extraordinary", with the publisher fulfilling orders of 330,000 print copies and with "tens of thousands" of ebooks already sold. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Although no new book sold more than one million print copies last year,, unit sales of print books were still 10.8% higher last year than in 2013. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Dennis’ middle-grade series Secret Breakers (Hodder Children’s Group) has been optioned for TV. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unit sales of print books rose 1.9% in 2017 at outlets that report to NDP BookScan. Units sold hit 687.2 million, up from 674.1 million in 2016. Since 2013, print unit sales are up 10.8%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The print book market has posted growth in value for the third year running, with 2017 inching up 0.09% on 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At an estimated 38.3 million readers, the bimonthly edged out People, Better Homes and Gardens, and Nat Geo. The post AARP Overtakes People As America’s Most-Read Print Magazine, Per MRI Data appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jamie Oliver has topped Amazon UK’s print chart this year in a list dominated by celebrity-authored healthy eating titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jann Wenner, Tina Brown, and New York magazine take center stage in our annual list of the books that remind us that magazines, at their best, represent a culture unto themselves. The post The Best Books for Print People, 2017 appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French author Claude Simon may have won the 1985 Nobel prize for literature, but according to a recent experiment he would not be published today. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazines still offer things other channels don’t. The post We’re Still Here: Media Buyers Keep the Print Faith appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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