Facebook has added 360-degree videos to its news feed, an immersive feature the Menlo Park-based social media platform said will capitalize on a growing number of video publishers using the format. And to pique the interest of users, The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) and Lucasfilm have published a preview of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in 360. In the future, says Wednesday's blog post by Maher Saba, Facebook’s video engineering director, the company expects everyday users to be creating their… Continue reading at 'Silicon Valley Business Journal'
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Overall, Black Friday sales are said to have dropped this year, but some independent bookstores reported strong sales on Friday and Saturday of the holiday weekend, even as they celebrated the Indies First bookstore initiative. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Germany and France have put pressure on the European Commission to take a closer look at how big tech companies operate in the European Union, a move which could lead to tougher competition regulation for companies such as Google, Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook.French and German officials asked... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An investigation into the rape trial of an Aussie rules footballer has been awarded Britain's leading sports book prize. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The recent news that musicians in Europe are making more from Spotify royalties than via iTunes is a big deal for all content producers. It may be a defining moment in the ongoing competition between subscription services and pay-as-you go digital downloads in the West. The same struggle is... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With subtle interactive features and simple, bold design, Penguin’s resurrected non-fiction imprint places the focus on the reading experienceAfter reading Economics: The User’s Guide by Ha-Joon Chang, published by Pelican Books, I feel confident enough to explain the word “disintermediation”.... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Miami Book Fair featured numerous international voices — from Haiti to Germany — as well as all of the 2014 National Book Award winners and finalists. The post Int’l Voices, NBA Authors Star at Miami Book Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harlequin’s Mira imprint has acquired three novels in the Daisy's War trilogy, set against the backdrop of World War II. The saga, by Merryn Allingham, charts the fortunes of working class Londoner Daisy Driscoll during the 1939-45 war period. Commissioning editor Sally Williamson bought world... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Multinational publishers know that regional book editions increase their options for selling titles, especially in the education segment. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are not taking a disproportionate amount of profit from book sales, Little, Brown’s c.e.o. Ursula Mackenzie has said, and it is important that they remain healthy. Speaking at a Society of Authors (SoA) panel on hybrid authors, Mackenzie defended publishers from criticism by audience... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YouTuber Alfie Deyes is to write two more books for Blink Publishing, including a sequel to his bestselling debut The Pointless Book. The sequel to The Pointless Book, which has sold more than 100,000 copies through Nielsen BookScan, will be published in April 2015. This will be followed by a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Stop making Facebook the center of your relationship marketing efforts," says Nate Elliott, VP and principal analyst at Forrester.Today market research firm Forrester published a report for brands titled "Social Relationship Strategies That Work."Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Groups including the publisher Penguin Random House and the National Book Foundation encourage bibliophiles to read between 12 and 4 p.m. on Jan. 24 and to raise money for the event. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Departing Blackwells digital director Michael Cashmore went out on a high at FutureBook's panel session on the future of content retailing, urging the industry to emulate the runaway marketing success of the John Lewis Christmas advertisement. Cashmore asked how other industries could be more... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook wants to compete with YouTube in the premium video space, so it's asking for a little help from its media company friends -- and even a few YouTube stars. The post Facebook courts publishers in looming YouTube battle appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Well, that was anticlimactic. Online retail titan Amazon and the publisher Hachette have been sniping at each other for months because they couldn't see eye to eye on how much ebooks should cost (and how much revenue Amazon should get off of them).... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Security firm AVG has published a new report looking at online privacy which shows the considerable amount of regret admitted by some teenagers when it comes to things they have posted online -- and the fact that seven in ten teens don’t know everyone they have befriended on social media. The... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nominations for small publishers awards are closing; more awards and honors; new app brings the liturgy to Catholics on their phones; 100,000 have joined Max Lucado's Prayer Challenge. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The prize, which comes with a £30,000 purse, was presented to Thomas Piketty’s editor, Harvard's Ian Malcolm, at a ceremony in London on November 11. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I B Tauris will take over direct control of all aspects of the sales, distribution, marketing and publishing of its books in North America. From 1st February 2015, all marketing and publicity campaigns for North America will be handled directly from the company’s headquarters in London. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The social network seems to have decided to host content itself rather than send users to other websites Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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