Attendance at New York Comic-Con 2014 has reportedly grown by 20,000 to 151,000 people, making it even bigger than San Diego Comic-Con. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The New York Times is one of the initial major publishers to unveil a Google Glass app, which will allow the currently scant number of users of the wearable device to access stories on the go. The app's audio component reads headlines and story summaries aloud and provides breaking news alerts. ... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are gearing up for a strong autumn, as big new releases from the likes of Paul Merton... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As World Book Night approaches again, a list of rankings shows where volunteers – who give away free books on April 23 – are most heavily clustered in the US. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Line, the popular messaging platform based in Japan, is challenging ebook vendors like Amazon and Rakuten with a new service to download and view manga, or Japanese comic books. The company has launched "Line Manga," a mobile app for Android and iOS phones. Line's initial offering consists of... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2013-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble may have saved most of the limelight today for in-app purchasing on Nook hardware, but it's not leaving other platforms by the wayside. Its Nook 3.4 update for iOS focuses heavily on visuals, with new support for both Nook Comics as well as "HD" magazines on Retina... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Steve Jobs biography published again, this time as a manga comic...sans superpowers or one shred of lycra. Walter Isaacson's official Steve Jobs biography is a heck of a read, but if the idea of trawling through lots of dead-tree text galls your inner geek, then you'll love the fact it's now... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frédérique Rusch transforms Mondrian’s two-dimensional primary-colored grid into a three-dimensional space, with a subtle Charles Burns reference thrown in for good measure. It’s all wonderfully meta: The first page of this comic by Frédérique Rusch is a simple grid that you may or may not... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last year at the end of this annual bestseller article, we made the obvious prediction that unit sales for hardcover bestsellers would be even lower for 2012 books and that the “ebook explosion could be the culprit.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Printed graphic storytelling is an extension of all that has been performed for centuries across Asia, where often the word and the graphic symbol are one. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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City of York Council has been given £100,000 by the cabinet office to help it form a mutual... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Captain Hook becomes a Nazi and Peter Pan is a freedom fighter in the series 'Peter Panzerfaust.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titan Comics has teamed up with comics veteran Dave Elliot on a new co-publishing venture which... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Still have an old Kindle Touch sitting around? You have some new features to play with. Despite replacing it with a brighter son, Amazon is still updating its original touch sensitive e-reader -- outfitting it with a new UI, enhanced parental controls and Whispersync for Voice, which shares... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries in York could be run by community or social enterprise, after the city's council... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What is the future of the comic book format? Will it go all digital? Continue its slow decline? Disappear? Or is due for a nostalgic revival like so much else? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New York Times is getting into the ebooks business through partnerships with digital publishers Byliner and Vook. The Times will up to 12 original e-singles through Byliner on a variety of topics including culture, sports, business, science, and health. The first Byliner title, "Snow Fall:... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The online comics marketplace has exploded over the past year. Here, from innovative indies to blockbuster franchise extensions, some of the best from the emerging world of digital comics. 2012 was the year digital-direct comics went mainstream. Entirely bypassing the tried-and-true supply... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comics and magazines have been two of the iPad’s bread and butter categories since the start. Symbolia combines the two. The recent folding of The Daily, News Corp’s much-ballyhooed tablet newspaper, proved one thing: a lumbering daily operation isn’t going to make sense for a news app... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A couple of years ago, I embarked on a quixotic quest: I gave up the Internet. Surfing, emailing, YouTube-watching—it had taken over my life, eating into time I wanted to be spending with my family, my students, and my work. I documented my four-month Internet fast in a series of articles for... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2012-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As publishing conglomerates and technology firms become the dominant forces in an increasingly digital marketplace for the book and comics industries, opportunities are opening for smaller, more nimble independent media companies like Arch Enemy Entertainment. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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