The French economist, whose first “Capital” book in 2014 became a surprise bestseller with its deep analysis of income inequality over the centuries, is back—and this time offering solutions to the complex problem in his new book, “Capital and Ideology.” The recovery from the financial crisis was reportedly in full swing, with unemployment on the decline and the economy seemingly on the mend. The advance of digital culture was hurtling forward, shortening attention spans and leading print book sales to plummet yet again amid a sharp drop in the number of Americans reading for personal interest. So, in 2014, it seemed highly improbable that a dense near-700-page book by a French economist would become a surprise bestseller around the world.Read Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
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F+W Media, a Blue Ash, Ohio-based media company serving enthusiasts in about 20 verticals including antiques and collectibles, crafts, writing and horticulture, has acquired World Tea Media, organizer of the World Tea Expo. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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World Book Night in the US has appointed Pulitzer Prize-wining journalist Anna Quindlen as its... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Digital analytics provider comScore and social media marketing software company Buddy Media have entered into a strategic partnership that aims to offer marketers a more quantifiable way to evaluate their social media efforts. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Half of the one million books to be given away on the next World Book Night on April 23rd 2012... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Notes in the margins of ebooks could be the next platform for social interaction. At least that's what Amsterdam-based Openmargin is hoping. Continue reading at AllThingsD
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A week after unveiling Google+ pages for brands and businesses, Google has invited a handful of social media management companies to test integration of Google+ in their tools. The six companiesHooteSuite, Buddy Media, Involver, Hearsay Social, Context Optional, and Vitruewill be able to offer... Continue reading at AdWeek
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Notes in the margins of ebooks could be the next platform for social interaction. At least that's what Amsterdam-based *openmargin is hoping. Continue reading at AllThingsD
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Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 08:50 Belfast-born author Lucy Caldwell has won the £30,000 University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize, beating Orange Prize-winner Téa Obreht. Caldwell's novel The Meeting Point (Faber) won over Obreht's The Tiger's Wife, as well as titles from Annabel Pitcher,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Magazine publishers and editors are bombarded with social networking platforms and are constantly cultivating ideas as to how to take advantage of them to reach readers, monetize and refer traffic. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Last week HarperCollins announced it was acquiring Thomas Nelson Publishers, a move that stunned many in the industry, since Harper already owns Nelsons biggest competitor, Zondervan. The two are the largest Christian publishers in the world, and although they have definite... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 07/11/2011 - 09:15 World Book Day is set for a 2012 revamp, with new management, branding and digital promotional ideas hoping to achieve more than one million book token redemptions. WBD will return on 1st March 2012led by childrens marketing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 04/11/2011 - 15:27 World Book Day is set for a 2012 revamp, with new management, branding and digital promotional ideas hoping to achieve more than one million book token redemptions. WBD will return on 1st March 2012led by childrens marketing... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 01/11/2011 - 09:35 HarperCollins has bought US religious publisher Thomas Nelson for an undisclosed sum. The deal is expected to go through by the end of the year. Thomas Nelson currently publishes the US bestseller Heaven is for Real. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 25/10/2011 - 15:30 A new internet bookselling site has launched specialising in travel literature. The Culture Trip is selling four million books and films, organised into categories by countries. The company is also planning to launch a music... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A new social reading app called Subtext today launches on the iPad with a selection of books laden with annotations from authors and researchers. Continue reading at AllThingsD
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Business-to-business media company WTWH Media, LLC isnt afraid of the uncertainty surrounding the magazine market placethe company is launching a new title this month called Solar Power World magazine in an effort to expand its portfolio. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Thu, 20/10/2011 - 08:00 Téa Obrehts Orange Prize-winning novel The Tigers Wife (Orion) is one of three debut novels on the University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist, praised by the chair for its "readability". read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Does Amazon's recent introduction of its Kindle Fire tablet, and CEO Jeff Bezos's description of it as "an end-to-end service," suggest that publishers no longer will have a role in the time-honored process of getting a book to market? Continue reading at Knowledge@Wharton
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In a continuum of an acquisition series that has become Bonniers growth strategy, the publisher acquires Hearsts Cycle World. Terms of the deal remain undisclosed. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Glam Media has just acquired Ning, the build-your-own-social-network startup co-founded by Netscape creator Marc Andreessen. Glam is best known for building Web properties and an ad network targeting women, and it says it now reaches more than 200 million monthly users. Last month, it announced... Continue reading at AdWeek
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