Robert Caro’s mammoth study of the urban planner Robert Moses is coming out as an e-book this month, on the 50th anniversary of the biography’s publication. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2024-09-12 12:39:45 UTC ]
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Luvvie Ajayi—comedian, social activist, digital strategist, and pop culture critic—is used to being the person who says what we’re all thinking but dare not put voice to. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Buy an ebook on Amazon or an album on Apple's iTunes and you own it, right? Maybe not as much as you think. It's all about what the tech industry calls digital rights management, and the bottom line for consumers is that there are significant differences between owning a tangible product and... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent bookshops from St Ives to Ireland are among the 62 to receive the final round of grants from author James Patterson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Folio Society Limited Edition of Mort has become the fastest selling title in Folio history – selling out in 13 hours. The edition of the Terry Practhett novel, which was limited to 500 copies, went on sale for £120 a copy at midday yesterday (10th May). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Remember the days when getting an author in the New York Times, on the Today show, Oprah, or, for us old-timers, Carson practically guaranteed a spot on the bestseller list? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Describe your role I assist on specialist digital projects across the four imprints of Kings Road Publishing: Blink, Templar, Studio Press and Weldon Owen. My role enables me to work on a wide spectrum of exciting projects, from app scoping and testing, to ebook management and sales reports,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As she did in her Newbery Honor Book, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, and in Starry River of the Sky, Grace Lin tapped into Chinese folklore to shape her latest illustrated middle-grade fantasy, When the Sea Turned to Silver (Little, Brown, Oct.). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print magazines have struggled to compete with the rise of digital media and the specific audience targeting it affords. But now, Hearst is touting its ability to retarget print subscribers on their online journeys, starting with a campaign for Toyota Prius campaign. It won't necessarily make... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Independent spends £250,000 a day to fund its journalism, and is bullish about maintaining those standards in its future as a digital-only publisher. While print ad revenues have hardly been a safety net for any newspaper publisher for some time, carving out commercial differentiation in the... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Milkweed Editions will open a bookstore in the Open Book building complex dedicated to the literary arts in downtown Minneapolis in late June. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ONE, an imprint of Pushkin Press, is to publish a "powerful" story of a virtuoso pianist's mental illness titled School of Velocity by debut novelist Eric Beck Rubin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Veteran African American pop culture writer David Walker discusses writing for two popular black comic book superheroes: DC's half-man/half-machine, Cyborg, and Marvel's Luke Cage, aka Power Man. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vintage has released a special 3D paperback edition of Haruki Murakami’s first two novels Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Over the years, the learning industry has been working on various options to find answers to two core questions: "Just how does one make learning more effective?" and "What is the best way to keep learners engaged and motivated with the content?" Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What went into the initial stages of planning and executing a digital publishing project? Which area posed the biggest challenge? What happened after the project was near completion? Here, 18 digital-solutions providers talk about their unique projects and give a broad idea on the type of... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It is obvious that publishing is in the midst of a cataclysm. If we can summarize this upheaval in just one line, it would be that publishing is moving from circulation and readership metrics to an engagement metric. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Northern & Shell puts 2015 losses down to cutting prices of Star and Express titles and significant investment in digital publishingRichard Desmond’s Northern & Shell fell to a £25m loss last year after embarking on costly tabloid price cuts and boosting investment in digital... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown's reissue of seven classic George Plimpton sports titles sees them appear in digital format for the first time. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With a company name that is derived from the phrase intelligent content architecture, Ictect promotes a different and structured way of looking at unstructured content. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With nearly 4,000 biomedical research papers published every day, there is an information overload in the scientific research and knowledge world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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