Time Inc. is making it easier for readers to access its magazines in digital formthe company announced Wednesday that it will make all 21 of its U.S. titles available on the iPad and other tablets by the end of the year. But consumers still wont be able to buy subscriptions through a key sales channel, Apples iTunes store. The publisher said it's expanding its all-access model already in place at Time and Sports Illustrated that lets people buy print-digital bundles as well as digital-only subscriptions and single issues. Time Inc. already distributes its titles in the HP TouchPad, Android and Next Issue Media stores, and as part of today's announcement said it would start to sell digital editions on Barnes & Nobles Nook Color. The announcement was made by Maurice Edelson and may be his first public statement since he was appointed, along with Howard Averill and John Huey, to run the company after Jack Griffin was fired as CEO in February. Edelson, who has been overseeing strategy and meeting with Apple to work on iPad subscription sales, called the news a "bold commitment" to offering content in the burgeoning tablet market. Other major publishers, including Hearst and Condé Nast, have acquiesced to Apple, which takes a 30 percent cut of revenue from sales through iTunes and controls the consumer relationship, in order to offer subscriptions through its store. But Time Inc. seems to have foregone that strategy in order to maintain control over its subscriber... Continue reading at 'AdWeek'
[ AdWeek | 2011-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Katie Allen E-books are to be accepted for entry for the Man Booker prize for the first time in 2011 as a number of changes are made to the rules. Publishers are being asked to submit a digital version of their submissions as judges are to be supplied with e-readers for the first... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell A children's book written by Jo Nesbo is among the choices in Richard and Judys Childrens Book Club, which launched in W H Smith today [27th January]. The husband-and wife television presenting team are working alongside the charity Booktrust, to encourage more... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Barbara Casassus Market research firm GfK has predicted that 1 million tactile tablets will be sold in France this year. A total of 435,000 worth 220 million euros were sold here in 2010, a strong start for the new market. Although tablet sales for Christmas were reported not to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Morgan Entrekin, holding book, publisher at Grove/Atlantic, met with booksellers at the Winter Institute book fair last week. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2011-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After several stark years in which stores like Cody's in San Francisco and Davis-Kidd Booksellers in Nashville closed and the nation's second largest chain is teetering more than ever, publishers and booksellers are looking for new ways to work together. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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