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 "trust" at a time when the high-stakes realities of the Covid-19 pandemic... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2020-06-24 21:17:51 UTC ]
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Youngest ever authors make Dylan Thomas Prize longlist

Legend Press and Bloomsbury both have two books on the £30,000 University of Wales Dylan... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is Amazon Making A 10-inch Tablet?

News updates all day from Fast Company.Amazon is getting ready to introduce new tablets, Staples' president of U.S. retail, Demos Parneros, told Reuters Monday.Parneros said the online retailer will introduce five or six new tablet SKUs, or stock-keeping units, including those for a 10-inch... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2012-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Play Books starts a new chapter in France

Now that the legal dust has settled and Google's publishing woes in 'ol Gaul have been swept under the rug, it's back to business as usual. Starting today, the land of Jerry Lewis lovers will have access to books on Google Play, making it the fifth European country to participate in Mountain... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury's Farrar to make London return

Bloomsbury has appointed Kathleen Farrar to the role of Bloomsbury Group sales and marketing... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Making a Case for HTML5 Investment

HTML5 promises to get publishers closer to digital media’s Promised Land: create once, deliver everywhere. As deployments increase and the standard evolves, media companies are finding it easier to make a business case for HTML5 investment. .. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Audio Book Club on Fifty Shades of Grey

To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of Fifty Shades of Grey, click the arrow on the player below. Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Decoder Blog: From Penguin, a Plan to Make Its E-Books Available in New York City Libraries

The publisher, in conjunction with city libraries and 3M, will make its books available in e-format, though they will not be available immediately after release. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2012-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Audio Book Club on Are You My Mother?

To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of Are You My Mother?, click the arrow on the player below. Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2012-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Norman makes first buy for Hutchinson

Hutchinson senior editor Sarah Norman has made her first acquisition since joining the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HuffPo to help brands make their own sites

The Huffington Post is expanding the way it works with brands in an effort to cash in on the popular brand-as-publisher trend, Ad Age has learned. The company, part of AOL, has been talking to ad agencies and marketers about helping them build websites for brands and subsequently aiding in... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Make Your Best Burger: PW Talks with Rachael Ray

Rachael Ray's "The Book of Burgers" could just be this year's burger bible. Here, the Food Network star shares tips on planning a burger bash and what she'd serve at a White House cookout. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Collins & Brown snips up Mollie Makes books

Collins & Brown has acquired a series of titles in a partnership with craft magazine Mollie... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Society of Authors urges Gibb to make school libraries statutory

The Society of Authors has written to schools minister Nick Gibb urging him to support children... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AUDIO: Does booze ruin book clubs?

Ana Sampson, co-author of The Book Club Bible, tells The World At One's Martha Kearney about the do's and dont's of literary circles. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Announcing the Return of the Audio Book Club

In the May issue of the Slate Book Review, Meghan O’Rourke writes about Are You My Mother?, cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s therapy-fueled exploration of her relationship with her mom. Writes O’Rourke: Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles makes management moves

Foyles has strengthened its marketing team and made a series of changes to its bookshop staffing... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Satiric iPad App Punch Wants You To Laugh, Play, Pay

Despite a cheeky promotional claim that profitability is "not something we think about," Punch has a grand vision of becoming a lucrative tablet publishing platform. But first, a quiz: hedge fund or organic farm?David Bennahum is the CEO of Punch, a news and entertainment app that launched last... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Missing 20th Century: How Copyright Protection Makes Books Vanish

Because of the strange distortions of copyright protection, there are twice as many newly published books available on Amazon from 1850 as there are from 1950 Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Play to launch in France

Google is about to launch ebooks on the Google Play entertainment portal in France, according to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AUDIO: E-books 'lend themselves to erotica'

Rowan Pelling, former editor of Erotic Review and Telegraph Review, and Tom Tivnan, features editor for The Bookseller, discuss the rise in popularity of ebooks particularly in genres such as erotica. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2012-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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