A reader comes to terms with the role audiobooks play in her ability to be more mindful for the sake of her mental health, and considers reading life solutions. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'
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"We cannot deny we are in an extraordinary transition," said author Anthony Horowitz, opening the sixth annual Publishing for Digital Minds Conference at the London Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Todd Selby's third and latest book shows us where top fashion designers--including Iris Van Herpen, Dries van Noten, and Nicola Formichetti--go to work."With fashion, people often associate it with marketing, and they forget the other side of it, which is the creators," says Todd Selby, a... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Humble Bundle, the online venture that distributes bundles of digital content for a price decided by the consumer, is releasing its third bundle of ebooks, including a self-produced DRM-free audiobook of Cory Doctorow's novel "Homeland." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Georgina Henry's kind but firm encouragement to go below the line on my pieces has transformed my life as well as my idealsFor a wide-eyed, wannabe writer, being cast into the Cif lions' den induced fear and pride in equal measure. The chance to contribute to such a paradigm-shifting project was... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The collection will debut with 40,000 titles, powered by Findaway World, including offerings from every major publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon-owned audiobook retailer Audible is lowering the royalty rates it pays authors who self-publish, and exclusively sell, their audiobooks through the website. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Martha Lane Fox, co-founder of lastminute.com, will speak at the London Book Fair 2014’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers Association calls in celebrity support for Books Are My Bag campaign after more than 500 closures since 2005The number of independent bookshops gracing British high streets has fallen below 1,000 – a third fewer than nine years ago, amid cut-throat competition from supermarkets,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The "polymath" author will offer "unique insight into critical and commercial success across books, film, and T.V." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sony's e-reading customers will shift to the Kobo platform in the US and Canada from March,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has been in the news over the past few days after a report suggested that the social network is spreading in a similar way to a virus. Like all epidemics, the report suggests, the rate of infection will ultimately drop off, leading to the suggestion that by 2017 the social network will... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Tuesday, Jan. 21 Google introduced AdSense Direct, an ad solution for publishers looking to initiate their own direct ad sales. Publishers will need to establish their own deals with advertisers, but once they do the transaction is as simple as sharing a link. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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And it's a mess in there! Here's proof that you don't have to be a neat freak to be wildly successful.Swiss-born curator and art historian Hans Ulrich Obrist is arguably one of the most active minds in the art world today. Named art's second most powerful figure by Art Review in 2010, he's... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nearly half your life runs on your habits. The Power of Habit author Charles Duhigg shares how to find the most important--and most toxic ones--and turn those patterns for the better.New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg deconstructed the habits that run much of the lives of people and... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York Times is still the gold standard of publishers. Its embrace of native advertising is an important step in legitimizing this modernized version of the advertorial. Importantly, the Times is also looking to impose far more rigid standards that are currently used throughout the... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A seasonal selection of new (and not so new) books about language that are anything but dullBooks about English fall into various categories, mostly offputting ones: the academic, rarely of much interest, and often incomprehensible, to the general reader; the lament for a (mythical) golden age... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kurt Vonnegut worked at a car dealer after publishing his first novel, and Philip Glass worked as a plumber while crafting his music. So while you may be itching to ditch your 9 to 5, take a lesson from these legendary creatives and pursue your passions while still collecting a pay check.No... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Folio Society is going through its "biggest change in history", leading to the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Are digital sellers undermining the move to automated buying? For a long time, online publishers have worried that the shift to programmatic would undercut their premium business. Some have even created their own private exchanges and are c ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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And even better, Amazon's Whispersync technology picks up where you left off no matter whether you're reading, listening, or mixing the two. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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