For magazines in 2013, the year has been a case of glass half-full, glass half-empty: only 40 print titles folded during the first nine months, compared to 55 during the same period a year ago. But only 114 titles launched, compared to 155 during the first three quarters last year, according to Mediafinder.com, the database of U.S. and Canadian periodicals, which will release its latest survey of the magazine landscape on Tuesday.In other words, both launches and closures were down in the same double digit range—between about 36% and 38%."There are fewer launches, but people are still launching," noted Mediafinder President Trish Hagood. "There's life in print yet."There was one sign of a new trend: the emergence of Kickstarter as a publishing patron. Brooklyn-based quarterly magazine Popular Noise put out its first issue after raising $20,000 on the crowdfunding site.Other launches included Rodale's Conrad Magazine, a custom publishing venture with Conrad Hotels & Resorts, and Bonnier Corp.'s Imaging Edge, published in partnership with Sony."'Magalogs' have come back with a vengeance," Ms. Hagood said. "But people have to make money."Overall, the top categories for new titles were the same as they are virtually every quarter: food—Cooking, Good Cents—and regional interest (Edible Long Island, Our Wisconsin). Among the titles that folded were the usual contingent of tech and business-to-business magazines, like Game Developer and AM News, which had been published by... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
[ Crains New York | 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Tibor Jones Pageturner Prize 2013 is calling for entries. The winner of the biennial prize... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The year 2012 opened in dramatic fashion with magazine media-related deals. From Hanley Wood’s recapitalization to the final sell-off the remaining segments of what once was the massive Ziff Davis, 2012 saw its fair share of deals that involved traditional media brands as well as the... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten finalists were chosen as finalists from among 150 submitted for the Man Booker Prize International Prize for fiction. The shortlist was revealed at India’s Jaipur Literary Festival. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Consolidation between academic publishing houses is one of the trends being predicted for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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George Lossius forecasts a year of significant change for academic publishing, including more consolidation, improved digital textbooks and the rise of mobile. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine publishers have more directly embraced tablets over more than a year as it became clearer that they were boosting the bottom line. We may be witnessing a watershed moment today, however. Hearst has started publishing issues for 22 of its magazines in the iOS Newsstand days before their... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Looking back on this week's Digital Book World conference, we distill the event into three key ideas: price innovation, discoverability and authenticity. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comedy and “new adult” will be among the hot trends for 2013, according to children... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library campaigners are forecasting a grim 2013, predicting that 300 libraries could... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Another year of "breakneck" digital growth, a resurgence on the high street, further... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing is at a watershed moment, says George Lossius, CEO at Publishing Technology, forecasting a future with more consolidation and exploration. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Korea, Indonesia and Turkey are well positioned to take advantage of the growing interesting in developing book markets from Western publishers in coming years. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The full panel of Man Booker Prize judges has been announced, with BBC broadcaster Martha... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Partnership with Flingo ports video content to more than 15 million devices. With the rise of internet-connected televisions, the big screen is becoming another place for publishers to get their content in front of viewers. One recent example of this is a partnership between Bonnier and smart TV... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine closures were down nearly 50 percent from last year, while launches declined 5 percent, according to a recent report released by online periodicals database Mediafinder.com. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All signs point to the USPS wanting-in on the newsstand business, but it’s up to publishers now. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine publishers are still tightening their belts three years after the nightmare of the advertising recession shook the industry to its toes. But the itch to launch new magazines shows no sign of going away. In 2012, veteran publishers and novice entrepreneurs launched a total of 195 print... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble's Nook unit didn't have its greatest quarter. The $160 million in revenue the new Microsoft-backed spin off raked in was slightly better than last year's $152 million, but still a significant drop from $220 million. In a sign of the growing ubiquity of e-readers however,... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has said that it is to open a European publishing wing headquartered in Luxembourg,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The magazine industry’s faith in the future of tablets is not easing up, even though advertiser support for digital editions has been slow in coming and these platforms still represent a small fraction of overall distribution for most books. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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