Twitter's European v.p. signs with PRH

Twitter's European vice-president, Bruce Daisley, is publishing a book with Penguin Random House offering his insights for "redesigning" the world of work. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Pinterest Drives More Traffic to Publishers Than Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit Combined

When it comes to referral traffic from social networks, there's Facebook and Pinterest &mdash; and then there's everyone else. Facebook accounted for more than 10% of overall traffic to publishers in September, by ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sweden signing for Morrissey

Morrissey will be in Sweden for publication day of his autobiography this Thursday (17th October... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Key signs stormy YA trilogy

Hot Key Books has signed up a trilogy of YA books from archaeologist Ruth Hatfield. Editorial... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bilton Twitter Book -- Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Almost Went to Facebook (And More!)

An excerpt from a forthcoming book on the birth of Twitter reveals surprising new details about the company's founders. Some not-so-pretty. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2013: Redmayne Talks New Storytelling Models and Competing With PRH

The CEO of HarperCollins U.K. talked about taking his new job and how he plans on taking HC into the future. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titan signs Adam Christopher

Titan Books has signed three books from novelist and comics writer Adam Christopher. The Spider... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stanford's Wadhwa says Twitter board 'can't be a boy's club'

Stanford Law School Fellow Vivek Wadhwa, whose criticism of Twitter's all-make board sparked a weekend debate on the social network, took to Bloomberg TV with his arguments on Monday. "They are a small elite group I call 'The Mafia' who are stuck in the echo chamber," said Wadhwa, who is... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2013-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coronet signs Nazi-hunting comedy

Hodder & Stoughton imprint Coronet has signed Secret Diary of a Nazi Hunter, Age 75 3/4 by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Reveals Ad Plans For Instagram, While Twitter Says Vine Will Stay Ad-Free

Four months after introducing video, Instagram took the natural next step today, telling its over 150 million users their streams would soon include ads too.The company, acquired by Facebook for $736 million in 2012, announced the development in a short blog post it published Thursday afternoon.... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2013-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Steven Soderbergh's Twitter Novella Is Now a Hardcover Book (But You Can Read It Online)

Retirement means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For Steven Soderbergh, it has meant, turning his attention away from directing theatrical releases at a breakneck pace, and working on any number of other projects instead. One such project involved writing a novella on... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Firebrand Signs Courier Corporation

Courier's publishing brands, including Dover Publications, Research & Education Association, and Creative Homeowner will use Firebrand's platforms for digital distribution. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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R.I.P. @Horse_Ebooks, The Human–Run Twitter Bot That Fooled Us All

@Horse_ebooks is the Twitter account that, until today, spewed frequent bouts of eerily poetic nonsense to more than 213,000 followers: @Horse_ebooks was widely believed to be a Twitter bot whose tweets were sent out by a robot that scraped text from obscure parts of the Internet. That is, until... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Horse is a Lie: 'horse_ebooks' Twitter spam is performance art

Twitter is quite the medium. An endless source of looping GIFs, "viral" videos, and, sadly, bad advertising. Most of the latter category is quickly dismissed by the block and report spam features of Twitter, but the occasional spambot elevates its "craft" to a level of surreal bliss which begs... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Roads signs Harvard's Johnston

John Murray Press imprint Two Roads has signed a debut novel from Harvard creative writing... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Signs of Stability

New data from Bowker Market Research provides more evidence of the slowdown in the growth of ebook sales in 2013, although the format still managed to capture more market share. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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