The Daily's Cook: Subscribers Wanted!

Christine Cook, head of sales and advertising at The Daily, used a panel discussion at Internet Week to hawk subscriptions—making one wonder just how much the outsized attention News Corp. is getting for its daring iPad-based newspaper experiment is translating into paid circulation. When it came time for Cook and her fellow panelists to offer parting thoughts on tablet publishing, Cook used the opportunity instead to urge the audience: “Download The Daily and read it for two weeks, enjoy, and pay for it!” The panel was called Publishers Get Real About Next Screen Expectations, and it was part of the all-day OMMA Tablet Revolution event at the Altman Building on West 18th Street in Manhattan. Cook was joined on stage by Sheila Buckley, head of digital ad sales for the Weather Channel Interactive; Matt Jones, vice president of model strategy and operations at Gannett; James Smith, chief revenue officer of Flixter; and Mark Johnson, CEO of Zite. For roughly 45 minutes they discussed publishers’ difficulties in getting people to discover and use their apps; the question of whether tablets should be bought and sold by print, digital, or TV executives; and the need for publishers to keep their apps current. But as closely as News Corp. has guarded news about The Daily, any information its executives have dribbled out about the tablet paper has been of particular interest. One of the issues The Daily has faced is giving potential subscribers an easy way to find... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'

[ AdWeek | 2011-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep sells to major publisher

Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s self-published bestseller to get traditional edition with Penguin Random HouseThe Swedish author of this summer’s surprise self-published hit, a bedtime story that promises to “make anyone fall asleep” using positive reinforcement techniques and plenty of yawns, has... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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RH Children's Buys Self-Pubbed Phenom 'Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep'

The self-published picture book 'The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep,' which shot to the top of Amazon's U.K. print list a few weeks ago, has officially been acquired in by Penguin Random House. The publisher took world English rights to the book in a joint deal between Random House U.S. and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Turkey Wants You and Your Translations, says Agent Nermin Mollaoğlu

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Call for Stories: Frankfurt Book Fair Show Dailies

We're looking for great stories for Publishing Perspectives' Frankfurt Book Fair Show Dailies, The deadline to pitch stories or editorial is September 10. The post Call for Stories: Frankfurt Book Fair Show Dailies appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Mysterious Bounce of ‘The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep’

How the self-published Swedish picture book become an overnight international sensation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep children's book tops best seller list

An insomniac rabbit is the hero of a book which has become a surprise best seller. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2015-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep is surely the stuff of nightmares | Imogen Russell Williams

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[ The Guardian | 2015-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Periscope's live streaming video reaches nearly 2 million users daily

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[ Engadget | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books-A-Million Investor Wants to Stop Buyout, Again

Susan Vance is trying to halt the proposed $21 million takeover of the nation's number two chain by the Anderson family, who are the controlling share holders in the company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If you want to get ahead, get a scanner

New online publishing house Canelo’s decision to recognise the importance of properly scanned books can only be good for the reputation of ebooks as a wholeA few years ago, I had a go on a book-scanning machine at the Internet Archive in San Francisco, used for making clear digital copies of... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Product Hunt Wants To Be The New Oprah's Book Club

The popular product recommendation site is launching a new vertical for books.Product Hunt is expanding yet again. This time, the wildly popular product recommendation site is launching a new tab dedicated entirely to books. Product Hunt Books, which went live this morning, takes the site's... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daily Mail publisher hit by fall in print advertising

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[ The Guardian | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ted Cruz wants to see his book on bestseller lists, denies bulk-buy allegations

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peruvian Cooking Heats Up Fall Cookbooks

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How The New York Times finds new subscribers on Facebook

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Facebook's Immersive Mobile Ads Finally Give Brands the Creative They Want

After Facebook convinced publishers to go all-in on exclusive content with Instant Articles, it hopes advertisers will do the same. In a presentation at Cannes Lions this week, Facebook's chief product officer Chris Cox showed ad buyers mock-ups of a new mobile format that takes over a screen... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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