E-book subscription service Scribd has raised $22m in new funding, according to reports. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Curalate, the image monetization software provider based in Center City, just tacked on $27.5 million more in venture funding through a Series C round. Local firm First Round Capital joined the round, which was led by NEA in Silicon Valley. Curalate is now backed by more than $40 million as it... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fifty Shades of Grey author E L James is helping to raise funds for a flood-hit cricket club, that has "literally disappeared under the same deluge" as flooded bookshop Book Case, in Hebden Bridge. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There are still some people who believe it's better to give than receive. And thousands of them joined together this week to raise $1 million for Syrian refugees in just 31 hours, through a donation drive arranged by five bestselling authors. The Compassion Collective, comprised of writers Cheryl... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Huthwaite, editorial director at HarperCollins, has launched a project to provide manuscript services for aspiring authors in order to raise £30,000 for charity. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tastemade has had quite a year. The company, known for its quirky short-form videos about food, travel and lifestyle topics, hit the 100 million monthly active users mark, with more than 1 billion monthly views. On Facebook alone, Tastemade grew its audience from around 100,000 fans to more... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribd is adding sheet music, science and technical titles and Sesame Street books to its ebook subscription service. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Axel Springer, the German publishing and digital media group, on Wednesday raised its forecast for 2015 revenues as increasing sales of digital classified advertising offset continued declines in print circulation and other revenues. The impro ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Milkweed Editions is celebrating its 35th anniversary by completing a highly successful fund-raising effort. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Medium, the publishing platform hatched by Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, has raised $57 million in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz. It’s the three-year-old company’s second funding round, and people familiar with Medi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American-born English author Patrick Ness's fundraising appeal for Save the Children, instigated last week with his offer to match up to £10,000, has now raised more than half a million pounds. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American-born English author Patrick Ness's fundraising appeal for Save the Children, instigated last week with his offer to match up to £10,000, has now raised more than half a million pounds. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Continuing to tinker with its subscription ebook business model, Scribd has unveiled a two-tier audiobook service that will restrict unlimited access while instituting a credit-based system and payment for access to certain titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beautiful Lego: Wild! is a journey from the smallest bacteria to sweeping natural vistas, all made from the colorful toy bricks.Just as The Lego Movie taught us, creativity with the colored plastic blocks shouldn't be limited to following set instructions to build preconceived scenes. The proof... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2015-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kik, a chat app that claims 40% of U.S. teenagers as users, announced a $50-million investment Tuesday from Chinese tech company Tencent that values the start-up at $1 billion. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former v-p of digital content in B&N's Nook ebook division Theresa Horner is joining Scribd as its v-p of strategy and new content verticals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 1,000 new books from Macmillan US are to be added to Scribd, doubling the number of titles available from the publisher. In January Macmillan US put 1,000 backlist titles on to subscription service Scribd. Today (9th July) it will add titles including Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Netflix earned more than $5 billion in 2014. No wonder companies want to be “the Netflix of” other kinds of digital media — ebooks, magazines, music. That’s not easy to pull off when you don’t ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribd found romance readers gorging on books through the ebook subscription service are costly and now the company is cutting back on the genre. The post Scribd, Citing Profitability, Cuts Back on Love and Sex appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribd has announced to publishers and distributors that it is "making some adjustments, particularly to romance" in its $8.99-per-month ebook subscription service. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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High-volume romance readers are "reading Scribd out of house and home," and undermining the ebook subscription service. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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