The tech pioneer, CEO of publishing company O’Reilly Media, says his industry will fail unless the web giants start putting consumers ahead of shareholdersTim O’Reilly believes we need to have a reset. This means more coming from him than it does from most people. The 63-year-old CEO, born in Ireland and raised in San Francisco, is one of the most influential pioneers and thinkers of the internet age. His publishing company, O’Reilly Media, began producing computer manuals in the late 1970s and he has been early to spot many influential tech trends ever since: open-source software, web 2.0, wifi, the maker movement and big data among them.His new book, WTF: What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us, looks at work and how jobs will change in a world shaped by technology. It is sometimes hard not to be pessimistic about what’s coming over the hill, but he is convinced that our destiny remains in human hands. Related: Robots 'could take 4m UK private sector jobs within 10 years' Generosity is the thing that is at the beginning of prosperity, not at the end Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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African publishers should publish more books in indigenous languages to stop their disappearance and to increase the awareness of African writers in their own countries, the celebrated Kenyan writer and activist Ngugi wa Thing’o told delegates at the second International Publishers Association... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-13 23:53:47 UTC ]
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Digital media organizations aren’t easy places to work in — very long hours, unexpected layoffs and consistently inconsistent policies have Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-06-13 19:27:16 UTC ]
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The ALA’s new Graphic Novel and Comics Roundtable aims to transform the way that books in the medium are collected and circulated by libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The novelist drew upon his experience as a journalist and activist to create the sweeping, emotionally resonant novel "Correspondents." Continue reading at The Huffington Post
[ The Huffington Post | 2019-06-05 04:01:20 UTC ]
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Facebook introduced ads for Stories last September and, while the social network and some of its advertisers are bullish on the option, the jury remains out among the ad community in general. Over 500 million people are using Stories on Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp (where the... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-05-31 19:45:16 UTC ]
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Crankstart officially takes over as the supporter of the Booker Prize on 1st June, ending 18 years of sponsorship by The Man Group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-31 17:35:51 UTC ]
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The 2018-19 broadcast TV season (which officially wrapped up last Wednesday) died of natural causes, succumbing to the thousand natural shocks the primetime schedule is heir to after having served out its assigned 35-week lifespan. The brain has been weighed, the heart dissected, the guts... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-31 16:36:08 UTC ]
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For decades, playwright and YA author Tim Mason has been intrigued by a minor character in Charles Dickens’s 'Bleak House.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In 2017, pro-Labour posts and memes were shared more widely on Facebook than Conservative messages. What has changed since then? Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2019-05-13 00:19:58 UTC ]
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Barber, the UK’s longest-serving national newspaper editor, has held the post since 2005The Financial Times has begun its search for a new editor, with potential candidates taking part in early-stage discussions to replace Lionel Barber at the top of the business news publisher, according to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Although serial entrepreneur Rufus Griscom has a background in books, he had no intention of getting into the book business when he launched a new venture, Heleo, in 2015. With the Next Big Idea Club, that's changed. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I don’t think we’re there yet. While various interested parties are trying sell Apple News+ as an obvious win-win-win-win-win for publishers, readers, Apple, democracy, cats, dogs and the perfect flaky pie crust, color me skeptical. Oh, there was no shortage of optimism when Apple announced the... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2019-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rick Reilly’s course of action isn’t to cheat the audience. The former L.A. Times, Sports Illustrated and ESPN writer sized up the room of about 30 bunched into the center of an independent book store in Manhattan Beach the other night and declared: As a golfer, your president is all about... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere has snapped up the next two books in Dervla McTiernan’s DS Cormac Reilly crime series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We talked to Lulu's v-p of marketing, Matt Briel, about the evolution of self-publishing and how Lulu's new open-source Print API and xPress app for Shopify are giving creators more control than ever. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some of the productivity wisdom we accept may be flat-out wrong. Greater productivity is a workplace holy grail. We study how to better manage our time to get more done. We evaluate what to delegate, as well as the tasks we should skip entirely. We read books and listen to podcasts about how to... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bath-based travel publisher Wild Things Publishing has won the inaugural British Book Awards Small Press of the Year, announced at the London Book Fair, and sponsored by the CPI Group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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People keep saying that it would never get past the censorious new generation, rather forgetting its arduous struggle to be printed in the 1950sIf millennials are currently aged between the ages of 22 and 36, I am one, albeit somewhere in the upper echelons – and I am also a publisher. And so I... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Downing Street has welcomed 30 schoolchildren to share a story to celebrate today’s (7th March) World Book Day, whilst astronaut Tim Peake is marking the day with a video encouraging children to read. The children visiting 10 Down Street spent the morning reading and drawing along with authors... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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