Why Publishers Must Go Mobile

Book purchases are increasingly done on mobile platforms, and most people who read ebooks prefer to do so on tablets or smart phones. There's a big opportunity for publishers here. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mobile, Idealism, More Mobile: What UK Publishers Worry They’re Not Worried Enough About

Some of the U.K.’s leading premium publishers gathered together for the Association of Online Publishers’ Autumn conference on Thursday in London. Top of the agenda was the issue of cross-platform publishing and the challenges pub ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

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Coronavirus Response: Spain’s Publishing Industry Mobilizes Bookstore Support

Asking consumers to remember what booksellers mean to them, Spain's publishing industry associations roll out a campaign to reopen book retailers. The post Coronavirus Response: Spain’s Publishing Industry Mobilizes Bookstore Support appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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How Publishers Can Monetize the Mobile Web

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Mobile Matters—and Publishers Must Remember That, Even When Resources Are Limited

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Ignore mobile at your peril, Rajan warns indie publishers

It is vital that publishers implement mobile strategies and exploit data about audience, BBC media editor Amol Rajan has said, whilst discussing the challenges facing organisations such as Facebook and the BBC. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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French publisher Liberation now gets half of mobile ad revenue from Facebook Instant Articles

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Publishers of Facebook Instant Articles Can Now Compare Them vs. Their Mobile Web Counterparts

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Mobile apps’ share of video consumption went down from eight to five percent by the end of 2016, continuing a downward trend, according to video tech firm JW Player. Not surprisingly, then, most digital publishers can’t justify spending $500,000 or more on mobile app development and maintenance,... Continue reading at Digiday

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Google Is Introducing Native Video Ads for Mobile Publishers

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Why Publishers Must Go Mobile

Book purchases are increasingly done on mobile platforms, and most people who read ebooks prefer to do so on tablets or smart phones. There's a big opportunity for publishers here. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International Industry Notes: Beijing Book Fair, Japan’s Mobile Games, Scotland’s Indie Publishers

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Self-Publishing, Direct Sales, and Mobile: The Netherlands’ Peter Paul van Bekkum

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HI-FI Wants to Help Publishers Regain Control of their Mobile Audiences

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Publishers scramble to prepare for Google’s fast mobile pages initiative

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Faber boss says future of book publishing is mobile

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Google Is Making the Mobile Web Faster for Publishers and Their Readers

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Google Unveils Project to Load Mobile Web Pages Faster (And Let Publishers Keep Control of Ads)

Google on Wednesday introduced a publishing platform designed to make news articles on smartphones load faster, which will compete with similar services from Facebook and Apple.Google's new project, called the "Accelerated Mobile Pages Project," is aimed at loading mobile web pages instantly... Continue reading at Advertising Age

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