Reader's Digest is making an unusual move for the magazine industry today: Next year it will increase its annual frequency from 10 to 12 issues. The move undoes a frequency reduction that took effect in 2010 as part of a broader "transformation into an innovative multimedia brand" that also included cutting print circulation to 5.5 million from 8 million. Reader's Digest Association today attributed the increase to demand from digital subscribers. "Our digital issues are garnering unprecedented demand and readers have been vocal about their desire for new content on a more-frequent basis," Robert Guth, president-CEO at Reader's Digest Association, said in a statement. Reader's Digest Association last month reported "disappointing" results for the most recent quarter, including an operating loss of $93.2 million after a $113.4 million write-down partly due to "declines in prevailing market conditions in publishing and direct-marketing industries." Reader's Digest, however, has been running more ad pages this year. Ad pages in the issues from January through September increased 11.2% from the period a year earlier, according to the Media Industry Newsletter. Monthlies as a whole, meanwhile, saw ad pages slip 4.9%. Established magazines are more likely to trim issues from their schedules these days than add them amid soft ad support for print but considerable expenses. Hearst Magazines, for example, cut Woman's Day from 15 times a year to 12 in January. Spin magazine halved... Continue reading at 'Crains New York'
[ Crains New York | 2012-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With book banning and legislative attacks on the freedom to read continuing to surge across the country, the American Library Association tracked a stunning 1,269 demands to censor library books and resources in 2022, nearly double the record-shattering 729 challenges recorded in 2021. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-03-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Even the most passionate bibliophile gets annoyed by aspects of books and the book world sometimes. Here are some examples. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-03-22 10:34:00 UTC ]
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For so long, it seemed that readers were only interested in the experiences of people like me if we were traumatised, not triumphant – and I internalised this as an indisputable factGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailI can’t pinpoint exactly when I started imagining myself in the stories... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-03-18 19:00:19 UTC ]
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As books become intellectual property assets, publishers become asset managers trying to future-proof their toxic investmentsThe news that many of Roald Dahl’s books had been edited by the publisher Puffin to excise “offensive references to gender and race” has unleashed a brouhaha among the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-03-09 11:20:19 UTC ]
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Bestseller lists of recent years have shown that our interest in the tales of the ancient Greeks is still going strong after three millennia, and even experiencing a renaissance. This is a testament, I think, to the timelessness of their content: the deeply human passions and agonies that they... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-02-24 09:52:27 UTC ]
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A photo essay celebrating the versatility of public libraries prompted an outpouring of enthusiasm from card-carrying book lovers. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-02-19 10:00:09 UTC ]
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Starting this spring, Cameron Kids will publish Pulitzer Prize-nominated reporter Sarah Maslin Nir's Once Upon a Horse series for middle grade readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Geetanjali Shree’s prizewinning novel “Tomb of Sand” pushed the boundaries of experimental writing in Hindi and spotlighted the wealth of Indian literature in languages other than English. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-02-11 10:00:17 UTC ]
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Yesterday morning, The Washington Post’s Ron Charles published a summary of “what readers hate most in books“—the result, Charles tells us, of asking the readers of the Post’s Book Club newsletter to write in with their pet peeves. “The responses were a tsunami of bile,” Charles writes.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-02-09 16:26:13 UTC ]
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Agent Jeffrey Hermann argues that changing a book based on a sensitivity read can make it less authentic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Unlike Kindles, Kobo e-readers don’t have generic screensavers appear on screen when in standby mode. Not by default. Even on more premium models like the Kobo Libra 2 and Kobo Sage, your only options are your current book’s cover or a blank screen that says “Sleeping.” Fortunately, if... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2023-01-27 17:00:00 UTC ]
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If you thought "teens can get those $15.99 YA paperbacks from the library," you've missed the fact that book bans mean they can't. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2023-01-26 11:38:00 UTC ]
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We spoke with four educators about the ways they help turn reluctant readers into readers—and, hopefully, lifelong readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon is selling the 2022 Kindle Kids at a discount for the first time since it was released in September last year. The e-reader is currently on sale for $85 or $35 less than its retail price of $120. If your child wants a device with a bigger screen, though, the Kindle Paperwhite for Kids is... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2023-01-20 12:40:21 UTC ]
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Views range from sympathy for the Sussexes in light of treatment by royals and tabloids, to regarding them as being ‘as entitled as the others’Prince Harry’s tell-all autobiography has become the UK’s fastest-selling nonfiction book ever. The memoir has been controversial, with Harry making... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-01-13 12:09:22 UTC ]
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If you're reading Prince Harry's memoir 'Spare' and wondering what a biro is, here's a master list of the schools, nicknames and body parts you need to know. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-01-12 00:41:17 UTC ]
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Her Denver bookstore, the Tattered Cover, was among the country’s best, and she often found herself in the midst of First Amendment fights. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2023-01-07 20:10:30 UTC ]
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Before you publish, consider getting some feedback on your work through beta readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple and Google’s AI turn in a booming market may sound less than human and raise the ire of voiceover actors, but it has cost benefits For the first few seconds, the narrator of Kristen Ethridge’s new romance audiobook, Shelter from the Storm, sounds like a human being. The voice is light and... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2023-01-05 06:41:18 UTC ]
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Lit Hub is excited to feature a new series from Poets.org: “enjambments,” a monthly interview series with new and established poets. This month, they spoke to Robin Coste Lewis, the author of To the Perfect Realization of Helplessness (Alfred A. Knopf, 2022) and Voyage of the Sable Venus (Alfred... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2022-12-12 09:56:26 UTC ]
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