Written By: Benedicte Page, Felicity Wood and Philip Stone Publication Date: Fri, 23/09/2011 - 10:15 A squeeze on consumer spending in supermarkets and the migration to digital are being blamed for the spectacular falls in sales suffered by many of the UKs biggest commercial womens novelists in 2011 Sales of the most recent mass-market novels by the likes of Marian Keyes, Jodi Picoult, Veronica Henry, Catherine Alliott, Louise Bagshawe, Dororthy Koomson, Maeve Binchy, Harriet Evans, Jill Mansell and Lesley Pearse are all down by more than 20% on their previous mass-market publications over comparative sales periods. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Snapchat is encouraging brands to run longer video by buying bigger packages of ads. According to sources, Snap has started pitching brands on a new type of ad package called sequenced messaging, a type of sequential advertising, in recent weeks. The new ad pricing bundles video ads together... Continue reading at AdWeek
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Specs Who Co-founder, CEO Joe Speiser and president, COO Gretchen Tibbits What Branded content studio Where New York From tasty bacon hacks to soldiers' homecomings from overseas, publisher LittleThings has become a hub for useful and meaningful videos since 2014. After starting out as an... Continue reading at AdWeek
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The acquisition of Enthrill technologies and its brands, brings an end to Enthrill's retail operations, but its technologies will continue to be used by Firebrand Technologies to distribute ebooks in the institutional and bulk sale market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The appearance of what appeared to be an hour-long torture video on Facebook Live could undermine efforts to get more brands and publishers to try out the feature.On Wednesday, Chicago police confirmed that they were investigating a disturbing assault that was livestreamed on Facebook's video... Continue reading at Advertising Age
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Publisher once known as Emap will have just one print asset, Retail Week, after it offloads 13 titles to focus on big brandsAscential, the events and publishing business once known as Emap, is to sell more than a dozen “heritage” titles including the fashion bible Drapers, Architects’ Journal... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Jo Rose, marketing manager at HarperCollins, has been promoted to the newly-created role of Mills & Boon brand director in anticipation of the brand's future growth. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is bullish on the bot, and its partnering with early-adopting brands and publishers to begin to edge commerce inside of Messenger's four walls. For the holiday season, brands like Burberry and Estée Lauder used Facebook Messenger to extend holiday campaigns into interactive experiences... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small and independent houses share the books they enjoyed and envied this yearThe annual Guardian “hits and misses” feature, canvassing publishers about their high points and regrets of the year, always makes me wonder about what my friends and allies in the small-press world think about their... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Facebook, Instant Articles has largely been the domain of traditional publishers using them to distribute their journalism. Last week, in the latest example of the blurring of lines between brand and publisher, TBS began using them to promote one of its shows. To drum up excitement for the... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins imprint 4th Estate is to publish Little Black Book: A Toolkit for Working Women by Otegha Uwagba. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton imprint Coronet has acquired a book telling the story of women in Westminster authored by Sky News presenter Sophy Ridge, formerly senior political correspondent for the channel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Wilson, founder and m.d. of Nosy Crow, is the winner of this year’s Women in Publishing Pandora Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One year ago, the Washington Post decided it was done working with third-party ad-tech partners and instead started building its own slick tools and ad formats to tackle industry problems like speed, fraud and viewability. So, it started an internal group called Research, Experimentation and... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2016-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnie Greer, Tessa Jowell and Valerie Amos demand to know why government blocked Althea Efunshile from boardA dozen of the most respected female figures in the arts and creative industries, including Bonnie Greer, the former culture secretary Tessa Jowell, Valerie Amos and Gail Rebuck, the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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These days, it is minimally staffed and funded firms who invest in new authors. The giants avoid such risk, only picking the writers once their names are madePaul McVeigh and Kirsty Logan are authors you may have heard of. Both of their debuts were published by Salt, an independent publisher.... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Baldacci's 'No Man's Land' pulls back up to the top of the iBooks bestseller list this week, sending James Patterson's 'Cross the Line' tumbling down to #4. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookseller Foyles is selling its first branded stationery range, which comprises four different types of notebook. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brands had barely adjusted to the idea that they increasingly need to be publishers in this day and age. Now they're being expected to become broadcasters on platforms like Facebook Live, too. Live video is demanding and requires meticulous preparation and the ability to adapt if things go wrong... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women's health magazine Self is ending its print edition after nearly four decades to focus on its website and video on social-media sites Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two-thirds of the shortlisted candidates in the UK's Costa Book Awards are women. And three in one category are former winners. The post Women Lead The Five Costa Book Award Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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