Morrow Touts Success of Mystery Digital-First Line

William Morrow's line of digital-first mystery titles, Witness Impulse, has broken a sales milestone: its books have sold over 1 million copies in the U.S. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bauer unveils digital brand The Debrief aimed at 20-something wealthy women

Publisher of Heat says The Debrief will have aggregated news and sex advice for connected, influential readersBauer Media is the latest mainstream UK publisher to jump on the social mobile bandwagon, unveiling plans for The Debrief, a multiplatform digital brand aimed at "constantly connected,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 'Mister Max,' an endearing boy faces a family mystery

Cynthia Voigt's tale presents a youngster who must find out about his missing parents while working as a problem solver for others. Readers who wish their families were more interesting will be hooked, as I was, on Cynthia Voigt's "Mister Max: The Book of Lost Things," the first of a planned... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Books case: digitizing 'snippets' of text is ruled 'fair use'

US Circuit Judge Denny Chin says Google Books falls under fair use, while the Authors Guild calls it copyright infringement. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Argentina’s Bookstores Thrive Despite Digital Challenges

Despite the growth of online bookselling and a 7X increase in the number of ebooks, Argentina's 2,256 bookstores are still responsible for 80% of annual book sales. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ross Levinsohn Among Leading Execs to Speak at Digital Entertainment World

Ross Levinsohn, CEO of Guggenheim Digital Media, publisher of Adweek, The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard, is on the growing list of industry executives set to speak at the inaugural 2014 Digital Entertainment World conference in Los Angeles. The global marketplace and conference, which is... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Full FutureBook 2013 line-up revealed

The Bookseller has officially unveiled the final programme for its digital conference, FutureBook... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Christmas picks lined up by independent bookshops

Indies hope to highlight 'books that are a bit quirky and a little bit different' and might be overlooked by chain retailersThe nation's independent bookshops have pooled their collective expertise to identify the best of this year's crop of Christmas books, in a bid to pick out the hidden... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Germany Digital Publishing is No Longer Satan, But Savior

At Berlin's E:PUBLISH conference last week, one felt German publishing had finally fully embraced digital as a means of helping the industry and literature thrive. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hilton Als blurs the lines in 'White Girls'

Hilton Als' 'White Girls' is a magnificent collection of essays that mixes criticism and memoir, fiction and nonfiction.Hilton Als' "White Girls" is as much about white girls as the author's previous effort "The Women" was about femininity — which is to say quite a lot and not at all. Like its... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Unbound Links Print, Digital

HarperCollins is releasing HarperCollins Unbound, a new, free app for Apple and Android smartphones that allows consumers to scan HarperCollins print books for additional digital content. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Printing Moves Beyond the Long Tail

There have been great advances in short-run digital printing (SRDP) and print-on-demand (POD) technologies over the last decade. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Great Digital Content Pricing Experiment

By Ellen Harvey With the prevalence of free online content, many readers have become reluctant customers, leaving publishers puzzling over how to monetize their greatest asset. Yet the same technologies (the web,... Continue reading at Publishing Executive

[ Publishing Executive | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tales From the Digital Media Crypt

Classic horror films have been remade for the digital media world: Prepare for a trio of digital marketing horrors stories to make brands and publishers scream.The post Tales From the Digital Media Crypt appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2013-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon MatchBook makes a big push for print book buyers to go digital

Amazon MatchBook, which lets customers who've previously bought the print edition of a book from Amazon score a digital copy on the cheap, is now open for business. Months in the making, the new service is a bold plan by Amazon to convert the world's stacks and stacks of books into digital... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pinterest And Your Personal Brand: 7 Steps To Pinning Your Life, Work, And Way To Success

Whether you're a real estate agent, an advertising executive, or an up–and–coming blogger, now is absolutely the time to start using Pinterest to build your personal brand. Although the image–based social network is still struggling to generate significant revenue, its user base continues to... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Print Trumps Digital

Former Wired editor Kevin Kelly says that he self-published his new book A Catalog of Possibilities in print because of the enduring power of a large, print book. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Confront Digital at Conference: 'Magazines Are the Original Native Ads'

Joe Ripp, the newly installed CEO at Time Inc., has spent the first eight weeks on the job firing up his troops for the company's spinoff from Time Warner next year. On Wednesday, he seemed intent on rallying the magazine industry as a whole."We're not really competing with each other," Mr. Ripp... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Global digital book signing' for Beckham

David Beckham will hold a "groundbreaking" global digital book signing event on 30th... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EU lines up ebook VAT debate

The harmonisation of VAT across print and digital books could move a step closer this week with... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Strategies: Automating Rights and Permissions

Robert Kasher, a consultant with Firstsource and digi-EXPress, argues that automating publishing rights and permission should be a priority for the digital age. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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