People want stories and that means cultivating a publishing ecosystem where big and small can flourishThis week both the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority and the Department of Justice in the US announced investigations into the planned $2.2bn acquisition of the publisher Simon & Schuster by Bertelsmann, which already owns Penguin Random House. The merger, if allowed, would see Bertelsmann have almost one-third of English-language book sales. The move follows a year when a population cocooned at home, reaching for comfort reading, inflated the profits of big publishers. Bloomsbury and Pan Macmillan recently announced that they would be returning furlough payments; HarperCollins did not take them.Many of the UK’s smaller publishers fared rather differently: a Bookseller survey last summer found 60% feared they would cease to exist by autumn. Indies tend not to have the backlists full of household names that, say, a Penguin has; they depend far more on serendipity, on a customer wandering into a shop intending to buy one thing but coming out with something else as well. This happens far less with online shopping; at least one publisher lost up to 90% in sales. Some also found it difficult to qualify for furlough. They took to social media to announce their plight, or to try new selling tactics; some crowdfunded; some received emergency Arts Council England cash. Many were dragged back from the brink, for which we should be grateful. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2021-03-28 17:25:47 UTC ]
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David Cameron’s memoir, For the Record, hit the headlines this weekend as the publicity campaign for the former prime minister’s book gets underway. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-16 03:37:49 UTC ]
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Folio: hosted a CEO roundtable recently, the main subject of which was, as reported here, the “sacred, age-old barrier that once separated media companies’ editorial and sales teams.” We can argue over whether in the magazine industry that barrier was ever sacred (I would win that argument,... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-08-01 19:01:02 UTC ]
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The Guardian has discovered that American readers are willing donors, and the news publisher hopes that a bigger focus on Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-05-22 15:28:49 UTC ]
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American readers provide 30% of the Guardian's audience, but they account over 50% of the donations the news publisher has received this year. The post How The Guardian is looking to boost reader donations in the US appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-05-22 04:01:58 UTC ]
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Having worked for large literary lists and on one of the UK’s premier literary magazines, Ellah Wakatama Allfrey says she’s right at home at three-strong independent list Indigo Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_138663" align="alignright" width="150"] Jessica Pels[/caption] Hearst Magazines announced several changes to its editorial and leadership staff this week, including appointing Jessica Pels, most recently the digital director of Cosmopolitan.com, as editor-in-chief of... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The director of Tyto Alba describes what her house and other publishers are up to. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From the French revolution to Brexit, this newspaper has put itself at the heart of the issues of the moment, whatever its sizeToday, we are proud and excited to launch our new design for the Observer. We think it’s vital for a newspaper to shed its skin from time to time, to reimagine itself... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elena Ferrante is to write a weekly newspaper column for the Guardian’s new look Weekend magazine. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-published authors share what they wish they’d known from the beginning. If you haven’t written a book yet, you probably know someone who has—particularly if you’re an entrepreneur. A recent industry report found ISBN registrations for self-published titles have grown more than 375% since... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Business Insider says it did 1 billion views on Facebook in March. The milestone comes just eight months after the company started publishing videos directly to the social network. The focus on social distribution has also driven a more “nuanced” approach to how Business Insider staffs its video... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A raft of changes announced in the budget today could ease the heavy burden of business rates shouldered by independent and chain bookshops. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Execs from Cornelsen Schulverlage, Scholastic India, Capstone's myON, and Microsoft Education share thoughts about various edtech business models. The post 4 Views of Evolving Edtech Business Models appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Although AWP 2015 focused on literature written for and by adults, children's authors held their own at the conference and presented their ideas about how to best publish for Middle Grade and YA readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The cherished French children’s book author and editor of hundreds of books Grégoire Solotareff offers his tips for creating books fore very young readers. The post Keys to Writing Books for Very Young Readers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Sept. 29, Hearst Magazines president David Carey announced the creation of a new "Millennial Group" to better showcase the editorial and marketing common denominators between Seventeen and Cosmopolitan among women and girls born after 1980. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2014-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guardian Faber has acquired a new book by actor and comedian David Mitchell. Commissioning... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guns & Ammo magazine is facing stiff backlash from its readers after publishing an editorial in its December issue supporting gun regulation.The magazine's Facebook page has been inundated in the last 24 hours with people claiming they've either canceled their subscriptions or pledging to... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It was just more than a year ago that Ev Williams and Biz Stone created the publishing platform Medium. The Internet officially met the site in August 2012, and since then, Medium’s popularity has grown enough for even the most ske ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who first reported on a trove of classified documents leaked by Edward J. Snowden, will write a book about National Security Agency surveillance, his publisher announced on Wednesday. Mr. Greenwald’s articles ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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