Print Units Held Steady Last Week

A huge gain in unit sales in the juvenile nonfiction category helped to offset declines in adult nonfiction and juvenile fiction, keeping print unit sales last week even with the previous week at outlets that report to BookScan. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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HGTV Magazine Tests Social Sharing Feature in Print

HGTV Magazine is jumping on the e-commerce and social sharing trend. Its November issue, which hits newsstands Oct. 22, will let readers shop and share from the pages using technology from digital watermarking provider Digimarc. Digimarc did a similar deal with Hearst Magazines sibling pub... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fairfax axes BRW print edition

Fairfax Media will stop printing BRW magazine but offer its content for free online, as the brand transitions into a digital property.     Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald

[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can Digital and Print Peacefully Coexist in the World of Comic Books?

While digital distribution has roiled the newspaper, book publishing and music industries, a different story may be playing out in the world of comic books. Continue reading at Knowledge@Wharton

[ Knowledge@Wharton | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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No More Late News: Financial Times Moves to One Print Edition Daily

The Financial Times will consolidate the multiple print editions it publishes each night into a single, global newspaper in the first half of 2014, using its website for breaking news as the publisher focuses on growth in digital products and perhaps sets the stage for eventual further... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hashtags to Use and Follow This Week at The Frankfurt Book Fair

Whether following from abroad or tweeting from the conferences, here are the essential hashtags for The Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McCann Melbourne Made Up a Word to Sell a Print Dictionary

What does it take to sell a new edition of a national dictionary? In Australia, one publisher is hoping a year-long guerilla marketing campaign and the birth of a word will be enough.Over the past year, McCann Melbourne has quietly been seeding a new word across the world-"phubbing." It's a term... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Star Wars Reads Day is being held for the second time

Chain bookstores, indie locations, schools and school libraries are participating all over the world. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cottages & Gardens Launches New Print Publication in San Francisco

Cottages & Gardens Publications, publisher of high-end regional shelter titles, is launching a new magazine for the San Francisco market. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tribune Eyes Expense Cuts in Newspaper Unit

Tribune Co., which owns the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and seven other daily newspapers, is reviewing possible cost cuts in its print publishing division. "We're trying to determine how to put our publishing businesses on the best po ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advertising Week Video: How Publishers Can Use Data More Effectively

For digital publishers, effectively harnessing data can turn a large but poorly understood audience into the targets advertisers covet, or help predict when certain consumers will be most likely to buy. The Weather Company has figured this out -- noticing that drops in summer temperatures, for... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reinventing Book Printing Toward a Hybrid Market

Even though the physical book market is more unpredictable than ever, “print is here to stay,” declares Stuart Applebaum, spokesman for Penguin Random House. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UBM Sells Second Property This Week

Penton and NewBay Media each made M&A news this week, while UBM has agreed to sell a second property since Monday's announcement that CEO David Levin intends to step down in 2014. UBM Live, a division of the Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Book Award Rolls Out Award Longlists This Week

The National Book Awards is announcing expanded lists of ten finalists for four categories: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young adult fiction. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker to announce rule changes this week

The Man Booker Prize has admitted that changes are being made to its rules. However the award has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PA welcomes launch of IP crime unit

The City of London Police have launched an intellectual property crime unit backed by £2.5m... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wells Media Launches Print Counterpart to CarrierManagement.com

San Diego-based b-to-b publisher Wells Media, true to plan, has followed the February launch of its CarrierMangement.com site with a Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's Kindle MatchBook will let consumers buy print and ebook versions together

The new program, which is scheduled to launch in October, would let Amazon users buy a discounted ebook for qualifying titles if they bought the print version as well. But many publishers have yet to come aboard. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon bundles print and ebooks

Amazon is to offer US shoppers the ability to obtain digital copies of previously purchased printed books for free or at a discount. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2013-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's Kindle MatchBook turns past print purchases into low-cost ebooks

It's yet another step in Amazon's merging of the physical and digital worlds—and another ploy for platform lock-in. Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's New Offer: Discounted Kindle Versions of Print Books You've Already Bought

Amazon said on Tuesday that it will unveil a program that will let Amazon customers purchase the digital versions of print books they've already bought -- or will buy -- from Amazon, for $2.99 or less. The initiative, called Kindle MatchBook, will launch in October with at least 10,000... Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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