With the Web and social media at their fingertips, the style-minded need not wait for the fashion establishment to dispense its monthly advice. Increasingly, they’re taking matters into their own hands, blogging, creating collections on Pinterest and other social sharing sites, or, to use the lofty term du jour, curating. That trend recently inspired Self magazine to adopt a new tagline, I Curate My Life. Now, it’s extending that idea to a forthcoming standalone site, Selfcurateyourlook. The site, which Self is calling a “virtual trunk show,” rolls out in September, the kickoff to the fall fashion season. It will present Self staff-selected products and a rotating series of advertisers’ products in sleek, catalogue-style displays. While they’re not actually deciding which products are featured, visitors can save products they like to a personal look book and share items of interest using Facebook, Pinterest and email. They will also be able to click to buy products. “Self’s Virtual Trunk Show enables consumers to curate their own style while aligning with Self’s editorial fashion expertise and our advertisers’ brands,” explained Laura McEwen, vp and publisher of the Condé Nast title. “This site will also align Self more closely with our fashion and beauty partners.” She said Self also had a number of revenue-share deals in the works, which she couldn’t elaborate on. Making deeper inroads with fashion and beauty advertising is a key goal of the site. As a health... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
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The Los Angeles Convention Center has booked 30 major conventions for 2016, a 30% increase over last year and a new record for big multi-day gatherings at the city facility. The conventions this year include a celebration of comic books and movies, a gathering of experts on allergies and a... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Soft sciences and business/economic titles led imports to China between 2010 and 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House global revenues rose 11.8% in 2015 to €3.7bn (up from €3.3bn the previous year), with operating EBITDA rising by 23.2% to €557m (€452m in previous year). Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Find out what’s happening in the religion and spirituality publishing industry following PW’s spring summit in New York City from March 14-15. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jennifer Koerber, co-author of 'Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians' offers tips on sifting through the hype surrounding technology developments. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A wave of new cookbooks coming this spring teach readers the ins and outs of foraging and "field-to-table" cuisine. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From cod to colouring, fashions come and go in books. What do they tell us about our culture, and can we predict what’s next? After the long, wet winter, the season is finally on the turn. I know this partly because the instinct to hunker down in a nest of books is giving way to an urge to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We spoke with a number of Bologna-bound literary agents about the trends they’re seeing and the books they’re selling. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New research from Booklist shows page counts have grown 173% over 40 years, and suggests that JK Rowling’s boy hero may be responsible for large increase in early 2000sChildren’s novels have almost doubled in length over the last 40 years, according to research from US review journal Booklist,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Leading publishers identify the trends that will most impact them in 2016, and how they’re positioning their companies to capitalize. The post Outlook 2016: Trends that Matter appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson reported that its share of adjusted operating profit from Penguin Random House rose 30% in 2015 over 2014, hitting 90 million pounds from 69 million pounds in 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google AMP officially launched today, and the search giant's new feature promises to help some mobile pages load more quickly and combat ad fraud. AMP stands for Accelerated Mobile Pages, an open-source project that's supported by major publishers like Daily Mail, social platforms such as... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Design-led bookshops are revitalising high-street bookselling, according to those behind the movement. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"It's a great time to be marketed to as a woman," said Jonathan Adams, chief digital officer, Maxus Americas.If most women wouldn't measure an era in those terms, exactly, it's true that nearly every month publishers roll out a digital media product aimed at them and the marketers that sell to... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher says US-focused site Heat Street will have no ‘safe spaces’Former Tory MP Louise Mensch is to launch a centre-right website for Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.Mensch tweeted that under her leadership the libertarian website, Heat Street, will be a place where “disagreement will be... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Sandy Mahal has been appointed as associate curator of the London Book & Screen Week with immediate effect. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nick Lander of the André Simon Book Awards for food and drink writing looks at trends in the market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. has launched a personalized beauty service, Powder, serving up recommended products and articles to users for Time Inc. This means it can re-target Powder users across its beauty portfolio, including titles like Marie Claire, InStyle and Look. L'Oreal is the only brand partner on board... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The children’s book industry will continue to see demand for beautiful print books and diverse stories in 2016, and the market for Young Adult titles by UK authors will go from strength to strength, according to publishers and editors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Onion’s ClickHole, which aims to parody viral publishers from BuzzFeed to Upworthy, isn’t embracing the distributed content model. It still wants people to watch its videos on ClickHole, which is why it only distributes to YouTube and Facebook after a video has lived on ClickHole.com for... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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