Reports in Russia describe a 60-percent growth in ebook sales last year, and analysts say digital formats may grow at 30 to 50 percent for years to come. The post Russia’s Readers Raise the Digital Stakes Amid Falling Print Sales appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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Monocle magazine is putting audio, accompanied by native advertising, at the heart of its digital publishing plan. The post Why Monocle is betting big on digital radio appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Patterson remains the most borrowed author in UK libraries for the eighth year running, according to data released today (13th February) by the Public Lending Right (PLR). Daisy Meadows holds firm in second place, while fellow children’s authors Julia Donaldson and Francesca Simon remain... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Literacy Trust (NLT) has raised £75,000 for its work in improving child literacy at a charity auction held yesterday (12th February) in London. Guests at the auction, which was hosted by Private Eye editor Ian Hislop, bid for items including a signed pair of Frank Lampard’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nigerian romance publisher Ankara Press has produced a free digital Valentine’s Day Story Anthology featuring several of Africa's top writers. The post Digital Love Stories for Valentine’s Day from Africa appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales fell 4.5% in 2014, to $11.38 billion, down from $11.90 billion in 2013, according to preliminary estimates released Thursday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc., the magazine publisher spun off of Time Warner Inc. last year, plunged in New York trading after its fourth-quarter results and 2015 forecast were worse than analysts expected. The shares... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Revenue at Simon & Schuster declined 3.8%, to $778 million, in 2014 while operating profit dropped 5.6%, to $101 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Todd Allen has been keeping tabs on digital comics since the mid-aughts, and he's just released a ground-breaking new edition of 'The Economics of Digital Comics' that reveals a wealth of financial details rarely disclosed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon, originally known as a book seller, has become an all-around retail super store with a growing list of its own electronics. Sales are not infrequent as the company tries to push its devices, in many cases selling them at a loss with plans to make up the money once the customer is... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Chicken has been appointed as Transworld’s sales director following Sarah Roscoe’s move to sales director for Penguin Random House Children’s. Chicken originally joined Penguin on the graduate business management scheme in 2002, going on to manage field and key account sales teams, as well... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK finished 2014 with a net sales decline of 10% in the final quarter, compared to the same period in 2013 which saw Sir Alex Ferguson claim the Christmas number one, according to annual results released by French parent company Lagardere. Across 2014 as a whole, Hachette UK saw a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joining a slew of other student newspapers nationwide, The Spectrum at the University of Buffalo just released its annual sex edition. You can view it through the popular digital publishing platform Issuu — but only if you sign in first and ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following news that Harper Lee's second novel, 'Go Set a Watchman' will pub in July, sales for Lee's landmark first book, 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' nearly tripled. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Christian publishers are not in panic mode despite recent Nielsen BookScan numbers indicating Christian fiction sales dropped 15 percent from 2013 to 2014. Houses with major fiction programs remain optimistic about the category and are not pulling back. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Machines are now selling some print ads at Time Inc.The nation's largest magazine publisher -- owner of People, Time, Sports Illustrated and InStyle -- is letting marketers buy print ads with the same automated technology used to buy digital ads. This type of deal, where a computer facilitates a... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Madonna's "Sex" had long dominated the list of the top most searched for out-of-print books, but there's a new title on top of the list. The post What are the Most Searched For Out-of-Print Books? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-published author Sheila Rodgers has sold a million copies of her ebook Only the Innocent and two sequels, agent Lizzy Kremer has confirmed. Rodgers, who writes under the pen name Rachel Abbott, sold her books through Amazon Kindle after being rejected by literary agents. The first, Only... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A stronger publishing lineup in 2013 and problems caused by the standoff with Amazon over sales terms resulted in a 4.8% decline in sales for the year at Hachette Book Group USA. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A strong performance from HarperCollins and the acquisition of Harlequin has boosted parent company News Corp's quarterly results. Revenue for publisher's worldwide operation for the second quarter of the financial year, covering the three months to December 31st 2014, increased 20% from $391m... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newspaper revenue in the UK, the US and Australia is down despite a rise in the company’s overall revenue thanks to book publishing and real estate divisionsDeclining sales, advertising and subscriptions hurt revenues at Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper business in the final quarter of last year, News... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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