Mantel, O'Farrell and Atwood announced for Hay Festival Digital

Novelists Hilary Mantel, Maggie O'Farrell and Margaret Atwood are among the list of big-name writers and thinkers taking part in the first fully digital Hay Festival. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-06 10:09:46 UTC ]
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Chalke Valley Festival expands for 2012

Chalke Valley History Festival is to return in 2012 with a five-fold expanded programme  and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adobe Technology Powering Massive Growth in Digital Publishing

BARCELONA, Spain--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--At Mobile World Congress, Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that more than 16 million digital publications were powered by Adobe® Digital Publishing Suite across tablets o ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson sees digital profits rise

Educational publisher and FT owner, Pearson reports a rise in profits thanks to improved digital sales and growth in emerging markets. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nokia announces Nokia Reading at MWC 2012, brings content together, makes it available offline

Among the many goodies Nokia unveiled in its presser at MWC 2012 is a new hub for consuming your favorite written content. Called Nokia Reading, it brings your news feeds, ebooks, and audio books together in a unified, digital magazine-like format that can be accessed on- or offline. The app... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Top Digital Marketing Strategies

For businesses outside of publishing, creating a digital marketing strategy is a rather straightforward endeavor — use digital media to introduce and marry the supplier of the good or service with a consumer. For publishers, however, devi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble Announces $199 Nook

Barnes & Noble is fighting fire with fire. The book retailer Tuesday morning debuted a new version of its Nook tablet that matches Amazon's Kindle Fire in price and memory. The new device is identical in form to its predecessor, except with 8 gigabytes of storage and a $199 price tag. Barnes... Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen King to release audio digital story

Hodder & Stoughton will publish an original audio digital short story by bestselling author... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries, Tech-Smart Authors, and the Coming Digital Apocalypse

Whatever else can be said about Tools of Change, O’Reilly Media’s traveling road show on publishing and technological change, it seems to come along just when a concentrated dose of discussion—or perhaps muted confrontation—is needed. Over the course of the three-day conference in New York City,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers need to expand digital backlist, says Bilbary founder

Publishers need to place a greater emphasis in getting their backlist titles published digitally... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All 30 McClatchy Properties Choose Digital Technology for Circulation

Springville, Utah (PRWEB) February 14, 2012 The McClatchy Company, the third-largest newspaper publisher in the United States, has signed an enterprise-wide agreement with Digital Technology International (DTI™) to implement DTI Circulati ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Free digital Joy of Sex from Octopus

Octopus is to release a free ebook to tie in to Valentine's Day, The Joy of Sex: A Little... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A quarter of Hive sales digital, says Gardners

Nearly a quarter of all books sold on Hive since October have been digital, Gardners has revealed... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC: digital 'at 20%' of UK revenues

HarperCollins' financial performance continues to be unclear, with parent company News Corp... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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GfK MRI Launches Digital Ad Measuring Service

To address the growing need for accountability in digital marketing, GfK MRI has launched a syndicated service called Starch Digital. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion to publish R J Ellory digital exclusive

Orion is publishing an exclusive trilogy of short stories by crime writer R J Ellory, called... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Now and Then Jumps into Digital Short Pool

In early 2011, Amazon launched Kindle Singles, and among those who saw the potential of the short-form digital content model were Chandos Erwin, managing director of the digital agency Oatmeal Beach, and Ivan Dee, founder of Ivan R. Dee Inc. (now an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield) and then... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital-only short story trails Fforde novel

Random House has released the first direct-to-digital fiction title by bestselling author Katie... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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January book spend falls as digital bites

Printed book sales fell 12% year on year in January, with spending falling to its lowest point... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: International festival of comic books

Comic book fans gather in the French city of Angouleme to celebrate the 39th international festival of comic books. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big names lose print traction in digital 2011

Despite another sterling year for Jamie Oliver, Britain's bestselling authors generated their... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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