‘Race to the bottom’: Top publishing execs sound off on the biggest challenges in the industry

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Publishing’s Holding Pattern: 2014 Salary Survey

PW's annual salary survey reveals an eye-opening lack of diversity in the publishing industry, an enduring pay gap between men and women, and an increasingly optimistic workforce. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Moving In Together: Canadian Publishing 2014

The merger of Penguin and Random House in Canada is beginning to taking shape in two new, concrete ways. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Canadian Bestsellers: Canadian Publishing 2014

John Green and Veronica Roth have ruled the U.S. bestseller list for most of 2014, and the two authors have also dominated the Canadian juvenile list for the year to date. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Enthrill Partners with Walmart: Canadian Publishing 2014

It’s been a long time coming, but a made-in-Canada idea for bringing ebooks into bricks-and-mortar stores may have just arrived in the big league. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Hot off the Presses: Canadian Publishing 2014

Here’s a sampling of books that publishers in Canada are excited about this fall. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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S&S Children’s to publish Amy Alward

Simon and Schuster Children’s Books has acquired a new title from Amy Alward, author and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Invisible Growth in the Industry…or WYSIATI

BISG award-winner Judith Appelbaum reflects on changes in the industry and explains why the lack of statistics on self-publishing is misleading us all. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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More Publishers Join Comixology’s DRM-Free Program

Digital comics marketplace Comixology, which launched a DRM-free program in July, announced that a second wave of 14 publishers will now allow their customers to download and store DRM-free copies of comics they have purchased. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Chinese Publisher Brings Together Translators at New Event

The 1st International Communication Forum on Chinese Culture was held in Qingdao, China on August 24 and 25, bringing together dozens of translators and sinologists from all over the world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amarillo Globe-News Publisher Puts TV, Radio in Crosshairs

Local TV and radio broadcasters in Amarillo, Texas, consider yourselves on notice: the Amarillo Globe-News smells blood in the water and is coming after your business. That’s because Les Simpson, publisher of the Morris Communications-own ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers plead with twitchy social visitors to stay

As publishers continue to see more and more of their traffic coming from social referrers like Facebook and Twitter, they are increasingly forced to get creative about getting those readers to stick around on their sites -- to say nothing of coming back again. The post Publishers plead with... Continue reading at Digiday

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College Newspaper Drops Print, First to Operate Primarily on Publishing Platform Medium

Medium now has Substance. The popular publishing platform recently started hosting Substance, a new student publication at Mt. San Antonio College that doubles as a totally reinvented version of The Mountaineer campus newspaper. It is the first ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

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You’re using analytics wrong: five mistakes publishers make with their data

What do most people think of when they think of analytics? Metrics and measurement, mostly. Limiting analytics to just metrics and measurement limits what you can do. How does a publisher make the leap from metrics to action? Sponsor content by Parse.ly. The post You’re using analytics wrong:... Continue reading at Digiday

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Johnson Steps Down as Red Wheel/Weiser Publisher

Jan Johnson, who has led the group since November 2000, will become publisher emerita. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brick Lane focus for publishers

Brick Lane continues to be a home of creativity, with the launch of independent publisher Brick... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Publishers' portals look to inform authors

More than 700 authors and 75 agencies have registered for Random House’s Author Portal... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Google Hires P&G's Top North America Media Executive

Google has added one more to its growing collection of packaged-goods marketing executives -- Julie Eddleman, who was the top U.S. media executive of the biggest U.S. advertising spender, Procter & Gamble Co.Jodi Allen, VP-North America brand of P&G and Ms. Eddleman's boss, has assumed... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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South Korea in race for Beijing trade

Tech-savvy South Korean publishers were out in force at the Beijing Book Fair (27th–31st... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Libraries may digitize books without permission, EU top court rules

European libraries may digitize books and make them available at electronic reading points without first gaining consent of the copyright holder, the highest European Union court ruled Thursday.The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in a case in which the Technical University of... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's 'books that stayed with you' meme: Here are the top picks

Facebook recently revealed some of the books that users picked most often when participating in a meme about what books 'stayed with you.'  Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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