Mobile app downloads will increase 117 percent to 17.7 billion worldwide while mobile application store revenue will grow to more than $15.1 billion in 2011, a 190 percent increase, according to Gartner Inc. In 2010, app stores generated an estimated $5.2 billion from both download sales and advertising revenue. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Victoria Jacob-Luck has joined Hearst Magazines UK as advertising director for its international sales offering, Hearst Advertising Worldwide UK. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Haymarket Network are launching an app of The John Lennon Letters... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Culture, Media and Sport select committee report into library closures has recommended that... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finnish app giant plans to bring home the bacon with their book app, which they predict will sell millions of downloads. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon reported a loss of $274million (£170m) in its third quarter, blaming an unfavourable... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Today, Microsoft launched its newest PC and tablet operating system–Windows 8. The latest installment of Windows will feature app-based capabilities, and offer users the ability to purchase and download apps from the Windows Store. To coincide with the launch, Condé Nast, Bonnier and Northern... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ad revenue at The New York Times Co. declined 8.9% in the third quarter from the quarter a year earlier as print ad revenue dropped 10.9% and digital ad revenue slipped 2.2%, the company said today. Circulation revenue, however, increased 7.4% on the strength of growing digital subscriptions and... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple announced on Tuesday a new version of its iBooks application, the iOS-based software which allows mobile users to read books on their tablets and smartphones. Version 3.0 of the new app comes with a continuous scrolling feature, fuller integration with Apple's iCloud, Facebook and Twitter... Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Collins has launched a new Atlas app for iPhones and iPads, allowing users to explore the world... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rovio, the creator of the hugely popular mobile game Angry Birds, will partner with Cern to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A spokesperson for Springer Science and Business Media has said it is "business as usual... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has described 2011 as a "mixed and ultimately frustrating year", with the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book retailer Barnes and Noble announced on Thursday that its partnership with Microsoft in a new limited liability company called Nook Media LLC is complete and ready to go ahead of Windows 8's launch. Barnes and Noble first announced it was considering a spin-off of its digital content... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2012-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marjorie Scardino, chief executive of Financial Times publisher Pearson, is stepping down at the end of 2012 and will be replaced by John Fallon, chief executive of Pearson's international education division. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Given the state of flux in the book world, it can be dangerous to predict industry sales trends, but the private investment banking firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson has done just that in its latest annual report, the “VSS Communications Industry Forecast (2012–16).” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Select Committee Report into library closures will not be released until the end of October... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First-day sales of The Casual Vacancy are "exceeding expectations," according to the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In an effort to gain subscribers, Fortune has relaunched its iPad app with a mix of free and paid content. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Not content at stopping with its recent European tour, Google Play Books has made the trip to Japan and brought back a handful of new features. In addition to support for reading Japanese books in a vertical, right-to left layout, Mountain view now lets users tap on names of geographical spots... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While reading Ryan Holiday's Fast Company story about books being the ultimate new business card, as a published author, I couldn't agree more. However, as Holiday points out, today's authors are in the "idea-making business, not the book business." In other words, writing your own book is just... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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