This February saw 21 provinces in China hiking their minimum wage, many by double digits. Inland provinces like Henan, Anhui, Sichuan, and Guangxi saw the largest hikes, ranging from 22% to 35%. Manufacturing hub Shenzhen, which had the biggest one-time wage hike of the past 19 years in March 2011 (20%), now has its minimum wage further increased by 14%, to 1,500 yuan (or $240) per month. (So say good-bye to the good old days of cheap Chinese labor.) Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Readers complain missing sentences and paragraphs tainted enjoyment of Harper Lee’s novel, as publisher says replacement copies are being printedA number of the first 25,000 copies of Harper Lee’s new novel Go Set a Watchman are missing paragraphs and sentences from the final pages – with many... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why we should view magazines as "everyday" or "experiential" luxury goods. The post Unpacking Print’s Luxurious Future appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ovum’s new Digital Consumer Publishing Forecast is published tomorrow. It takes a five year view at how this sector will change. Ahead of publication, Ovum analyst Charlotte Miller gives TheMediaBriefing an exclusive look at some of t ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How do you brand the digital book of the future? 50% old school, 50% new school.From a design standpoint, Kindle books aren't radically different than their print counterparts. Letters are rendered in pixels rather than ink, and are somewhat adjustable. But otherwise, a digital a book is the... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paula Hawkins’s debut psychological thriller "The Girl on the Train" was the top-selling title on the print and Kindle bestseller lists for the year to date. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Mexico has finally launched its full retail operations and a print bookstore; it had previously offered Kindle ebooks since 2013. The post Amazon Mexico Now Sells Print Books Online appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the first half of 2015, 52 print magazines launched and 21 shut down, and—in a demonstration of the volatility of print media and the willingness of publishers to throw titles against the... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new survey showed that Russian readers preferred printed books over eBooks by 49% to 9%, though 37% surveyed said “that they do not read books at all.” The post Russians Who Read Still Prefer Print Over Ebooks appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you’re a big fan of the Raspberry Pi, as we are, there’s a good chance you might have downloaded The MagPi digital magazine before. This is an official magazine packed with builds, hacks and step-by-step tutorials. It’s always been very popular (partly due to being free of course), with over... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ProImage NewsWay announced that Morris Printing Services, LLC (MPS) will use ProImage’s NewsWay workflow solutions in all of their print facilities. MPS is the new printing division of Morris Publishing Group, LLC, a leader in media w ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The book sold more than 350,000 copies in just three days on sale, according to Nielsen BookScan, which records roughly 80% of print units. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pavilion imprint Batsford has a 500,000 first print run for colouring book Millie Marotta's Tropical Wonderland, to meet retail orders around the world. The book, released today (25th June, £9.99), is the follow-up to Millie Marotta’s Animal Kingdom, which has been translated into 30 languages... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lucky magazine, once a blockbuster, genre-defining title for owner Conde Nast, has suspended its print operations, halting a plan to shift from publishing 10 times a year to quarterly, according to a person familiar with The Lucky Group, which publishes the magazine. The person did not know when... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ben Denckla explains how he converted Lionel Lord Tennyson's 1933 autobiography into an ebook, and in the process updated it for the 21st century. The post How To: Improving a Print Book By Converting it Into an Ebook appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YA authors Aaron Hartzler, Ellen Hopkins, Patrick Ness, Lynn Weingarten, and Cammie McGovern came together on May 29 at BEA for a panel discussion titled Talking to Teens About Tough Topics, moderated by Margot Wood of Epic Reads. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After running Black Classic Press for nearly 40 years, founder W. Paul Coates said he is proud of his work as an independent publisher. But he said his work running BCD Digital Printing, a short-run printing operation, may be more significant: “I don’t know of any other full-time... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ - The Independent Press newspaper, a local news staple since the 1960s, will publish its last weekly hard copy edition on May 27, according to multiple TAPinto.net sources. Paul Provost, vice president of loca ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Literacy Trust report also says girls continue to outpace boys in their enthusiasm for reading for pleasureGirls have more firmly embraced digital literacy and formats such as Facebook, email and text message, while boys are more comfortable with traditional printed media such as... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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USA Today could stop publishing a daily print newspaper as soon as in the next "five or six years," the paper's editor-in-chief, David Callaway, said in response to a question during an Internet Week New York panel Wednesday.To be sure, a print product of some kind will likely continue for "the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A fall in physical book sales led to a decrease in revenue in the first quarter of 2015 for Simon & Schuster. Results released by the publisher’s parent company CBS Corporation were not broken down geographically, but gave publishing revenues for the first three months of this year at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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