Last April Fools' Day, publishers from Time Inc. to the Washington Post Company sent fast-growing startup Zite an aggressive cease-and-desist letter. The publishers weren't joking, accusing Zite's app, a personalized news reader for the iPad and iPhone, of copyright infringement and calling it "plainly unlawful." Fast forward to this year, and Zite, which CNN acquired in September for a reported $20 million, is trying to get back in the good graces of publishers. Today, the startup unveiled the Zite Publisher Program, an initiative to ease content-partner concerns over Zite's use of their content. Rather than just simply feature news categories tailored to your tastes--interior design, state politics, surfing--Zite is now offering publishers the opportunity to be featured as their own news categories. Unsurprisingly, CNN is one of the first publishers to jump on board for the program. Now, if Zite determines your interests are relevant, it'll bubble up news publisher suggestions in addition to category recommendations. "We have a lot of information about a person's interest graph, so we can target Bleacher Report to sports fans, and target Motley Fool to finance fans," says CEO Mark Johnson. Other participating publishers include The Daily Beast and VentureBeat. The benefits, Johnson says, are two-fold: Zite's discovery engine will help readers discover new publications, and those publishers can in turn try to upsell those readers subscriptions or app downloads.... Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
[ Fast Company | 2012-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson will publish a celebration of the New Statesman magazine’s 100th... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Smartphone Junkies Would you admit not being able to live without your smartphone? Over two-thirds of respondents to a recent survey by the Online Publisher's Association did just that. The survey, conducted online with 2,540... Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In recent weeks a number of big consumer magazine and newspaper publishers have expanded their ability to deliver digital advertising in a variety of formats with acquisitions and investments in digital ad platforms. The deals continue a long-term tr ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, and Simon & Schuster say they will pay consumers to settle claims they conspired to fix ebook prices. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette Livre and Macmillan owner Verlugsgruppe Georg von... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing is continuing to broaden its distribution channels, as the New York-based imprint has formed a partnership with Ingram Content Group that will make the company's ebooks available to competitors such as Apple, Barnes & Noble and Kobo. As you may be aware, there's some uneasy... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When the US Department of Justice sued Apple and five major book publishers over alleged ebook price rigging, it immediately became clear that a few of these companies would do just about anything to avoid trial. That same day, three of the publishers -- HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has today (30th August) launched its Appstore in Europe, including in the UK, Germany,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three book publishers will pay more than US$69 million to U.S. states to settle charges they collaborated to fix prices of ebooks. Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette US, HarperCollins US and Simon & Schuster US have agreed to pay out a total of more... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble has formed its first partnership with Hasbro to create My Little Pony ebooks... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The German cabinet gave its backing Wednesday to a draft law extending copyright protection to snippets of news articles republished by search engines, although... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has also begun piloting a UK discounted daily deals website, AmazonLocal, to rival sites... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Libraries are having to engage in new discussions with publishers and booksellers over electronic books, similar to those already settled in the printed-book world and with loans of CDs and DVDs, says Association of Public Library Managers chair Ian Littleworth. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s imprint Orchard Books is to launch a Beast Quest spin-off series,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has opened an India Kindle store on Amazon.com, as well as launching the device for sale... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Step into a German cafe and you'll likely find most of your fellow customers leafing through a newspaper or magazine. The consumption of printed media here borders on the voracious - and it's comparatively rare to find your neighbour flicking ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indian consumers haven't been cut off from Amazon's world of ebook goodies, but their experience is about to get a lot more native with the launch of a local Kindle Store. The prices of over a million books are now available in rupees, and if you're in need of hardware, the latest bare-bones... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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vjoon, a leading provider of cross-media publishing solutions and global reseller of Adobe® Digital Publishing Suite, announced today that Vechernyaya Moskva, one of the most popular Moscow newspapers with a rich heritage, was re-launched suc ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber is teaming up with independent publisher And Other Stories to help give a wider release to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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