Whether or not we’re actually ready, America is reopening. The process to return to “normal” will be uneven and gradual across the country in the coming days, weeks and months. And regrettably, we are no more certain today than we were six weeks ago about what recovery will actually look like. The impact on our economy from this pandemic is still yet to be fully realized, and it may take a generation to fully articulate. During the first quarter of the year our national GDP fell nearly 5%—the most since 2008. Worse, Q2’s GDP is forecasted to be down between 30-40%, which is not only unthinkable, but would also be a historical record in the U.S. As of this morning, 30 million Americans had filed for unemployment, either because they were laid off or furloughed. Realistically, that number hasn’t quite peaked. And sadly, many of the jobs lost or put on hold may not come back, at least not for a good while. Publishing has been hit hard, surely not as hard as some industries, but times are tough just the same. Anyone that wanted to read this story already knew that. I don’t need to recap who the victims are, but our industry has all the problematic symptoms of this downturn—pay cuts, furloughs, layoffs and shutdowns. Ad spending is drying up. The events business is ravaged beyond comprehension. Retailers are unable to open, thus unable to sell magazines, books and newspapers. It’s an economic horror story caused by microscopic genetic RNA material, also known as the COVID-19... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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Eksmo, Russia's leading publishing company, has officially taken over its main rival AST, bringing the country even closer to consolidation. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers and startup entrepreneurs came together on two separate panels at Digital Book World to discuss forging relationships. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following yesterday's look at trade publishing, George Lossius, CEO of Publishing Technology, predicts five trends for the academic publishing sector in 2014. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new report by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has shown that the publishing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new senior role is rapidly emerging at the top of digital publishers’ sales organizations: the programmatic czar. Publishers initially approached programmatic advertising warily, concerned it would do little more than drive down their ad prices and further commoditize their inventory. That... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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George Lossius, CEO at Publishing Technology, predicts 5 trends for trade publishing for the year, including a boost for big data and a focus on formats. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Increasingly fixated on the stars of today, such as Hilary Mantel and JK Rowling, publishers are neglecting the experimenters who could save their industry tomorrow: the mid-list writersThe tickets sold out months ago. Long before the admiring reviews of the stage adaptation of Hilary Mantel's... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-publishing sees traditional publishing as in denial about what readers want. But the problem isn't self-abnegation, it's capacity and mission. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emotional women's fiction, yet more psychological crime, talking-point business books and a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Numerous experts from the UK publishing scene spoke with The Guardian about what evolution they anticipate for digital publishing in 2014. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry luminaries scry the spins ahead in the helter skelter revolution at the centre of their businessAnna Rafferty, Penguin digital managing director"I predict more digital for publishers in 2014. I'm not being (completely) facetious, I mean more digitalness in all parts of the industry,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s not news that hard-pressed editors are being stretched in many different directions these days, but no challenges seem as complex and vexing at times as how to divvy up the resources to devout to social media. Facebook, Twitter, Instag ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The publisher Consortium Books posts its own video of hot water being tossed in the air in frigid weather, while a library recommends keeping a book at hand when it's cold outside. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The last time The New York Times embarked on a wholesale redesign of its Web site, in 2006, the iPhone wasn't on the market. Tablets like the iPad were still years away. So the new design that The Times is unveiling Wednesday is generating mu ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bricks-and-mortar bookstores are missing a huge opportunity by failing to take advantage of the self-publishing revolution, argues Tanja Tuma. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In late December, an eMarketer report confirmed that the long awaited mobile ad spend boom had finally arrived. Mobile, the report said, drove nearly all digital advertising growth in 2013. And the mobile pie is expected to grow by another $5 billion in 2014.For publishers looking to capitalize... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Should Australian newspapers, like Fairfax, publish opinion pieces that deny or seek to cast doubt on man-made global warming?Should Fairfax — or other media publishers — give a platform for climate change denialist opinion pieces?The most recent example is Fairfax publishing a piece by John... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This month’s starred reviews of self-published books includes a pair of notable new novels, one about dysfunctional childhood in Western and another about a busy single mother. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The two stories were written in 1958 while the late writer was working at a Detroit-based advertising agency. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New 'intellectually credible' self-improvement books set to outsell celebrity biographies in 2014Sir Alex Ferguson may have the coveted Christmas number one spot with the record-breaking sales of his memoir, My Autobiography. But not even celebrity memoirs are likely to match the publishing... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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