Knowledge@Wharton – 2012-01-21
Today's Wall Street Journal takes a look at a new lineup of "enhanced" digital books that incorporate music, video and high-tech graphics. But as one Wharton expert notes, the market for these elaborate productions remains to be seen.
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 11/02/2011 - 07:59 The estate of the romance writer Barbara Cartland has fallen to the embrace of digital, in a move that sees her print publisher... | The Bookseller – 2011-02-11
Yahoo is to launch a digital newsstand and personalization platform called "Livestand from Yahoo!" sometime in the first half of this year, paidContent reported. According to Yahoo's corporate blog,... | Editors Weblog – 2011-02-11
At a press conference this morning, Time Inc. announced it is launching an "all access" digital subscription plan in an effort to offer their brands to readers on any platform. | Folio Magazine – 2011-02-11
Yahoo unveiled plans Thursday to launch a digital newsstand for tablet devices, distributing content from a broad range of publishers to users in exchange for a cut of advertising and subscription... | San Francisco Chronicle – 2011-02-10
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 09/02/2011 - 07:00 Profits at Indigo Books & Music have dropped by $4.4m year-on-year in its fourth quarter. The Canadian book retailer reported... | The Bookseller – 2011-02-09
The digital contribution to total ad revenues at Future has reached 32%, increasing by 25% over the final quarter of last year and helping to offset a 10% fall in print advertising at the special... | Media Week – 2011-02-09
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 09/02/2011 - 07:28 PA chief executive Richard Mollet has stressed the "political . . . and social imperative to promote literacy", calling on... | The Bookseller – 2011-02-08
Author's search for fly-fishing book becomes DJ's hunt for trance mix in search company's update of classic 1980s adAlmost 30 years after lovable gent JR Hartley and his hunt for a book about fly... | Guardian – 2011-02-05
The Audit Bureau of Circulation has extended its cross-platform certificate for regional publishers, allowing regional newspapers to include figures for their digital editions alongside print... | Media Week – 2011-02-02
On February 6, as the first trailer for the film adventure Captain America: The First Avenger is shown on the Super Bowl telecast, a new eight-part digital comic book will be launched by Marvel. | The Independent – 2011-02-02
Written By: Charlotte Williams The Publishers Association [PA] has attacked the culture secretary's decision to allow communications watchdog Ofcom to "delay" the Digital Economy Act. Culture... | The Bookseller – 2011-02-02
Hearst Corp. announced today that it has made an offer of 651 million euros (or about $889 million) for Lagardere's international press and magazine business, including 102 titles in 15 countries,... | Folio Magazine – 2011-01-31
There was no shortage of debates and discussions at last week's second annual Digital Book World, where about 1,300 members of the trade publishing industry turned out in New York to explore ways to... | Publishers Weekly – 2011-01-31
Austin, Texas - LibreDigital, a provider of e-book and digital periodical aggregation and distribution services, announced on Monday that it has raised $4 million in new funding.read more | Digital Media Wire – 2011-01-31
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... | The Bookseller – 2011-01-28
While publishers and Apple haggle over the pending launch of a digital newsstand, Barnes & Noble took the opportunity to remind everyone that it not only has a functional newsstand, but it's chugging... | Folio Magazine – 2011-01-27
Amazon on Wednesday released the first of a new line of short digital books pitched as quick, captivating works for its popular Kindle electronic readers. | The Independent – 2011-01-27
Borrowers can create a wish list queue of books they would like to read and lenders earn 1 credit for every 5 books they list on the site as available for borrowing. | PC World – 2011-01-27
The assets of music magazine Pastewhich folded in print last fall but kept Pastemagazine.com alivehave been sold to Wolfgang's Vault, owner of a variety of music sites including | Folio Magazine – 2011-01-26
Total revenue jumped 9 percent to $367 million for Meredith Corp in the second quarter of fiscal 2011, driven by strong advertising growth and integrated marketing services. Total advertising revenue... | Folio Magazine – 2011-01-25
iPad and iPhone apps create mini-paywalls around mobile news so is there a strategy involved?Welcome to the land of media mystification where no tablet is set in stone. On the one hand, Rupert... | Guardian – 2011-01-23
Entry is now open for The Bookseller's... | The Bookseller – 2011-01-19
(Reuters) - News Corp and Apple Inc are delaying the launch of the media conglomerate's digital newspaper for the iPad, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. | Reuters – 2011-01-14
Global Radio has appointed Christopher Thorogood to the new role of director of digital, following the departure last year of Robin Pembrooke, group director of online and interactive. | Media Week – 2011-01-13
HarperCollins' digital sales of Stuart... | The Bookseller – 2011-01-13
NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's will launch its long anticipated digital newspaper for tablet devices on January 19 at a joint news event attended by Chairman Rupert Murdoch and Apple Inc Chief... | Reuters – 2011-01-11
Growing e-book sales could lead to the Total... | The Bookseller – 2011-01-07
The relationship between Apple and major magazine publishers ended the year on a sour note. Sales of magazine apps on the iPad, initially promising, had fallen off at a dismal rate. | The New York Observer – 2011-01-03
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc has approached several magazine publishers about creating a digital newsstand, in a move that could open a new front in the Internet company's rivalry with Apple... | Reuters – 2011-01-03
An unusual perspective on file-sharing, online privacy, pay walls, WikiLeaks and other issues of import to the media and digital worlds in 2011. | The New York Times – 2011-01-03
Promotora de Informaciones SA, the publisher of Spains El Pais newspaper, sold stakes in pay- television unit Digital Plus for 976 million euros ($1.29 billion) to reduce debt. | BusinessWeek – 2010-12-28
With holiday shopping in full swing comes more evidence that e-book sales should enjoy a big bump over the next few weeks. According to an analysis of consumer book-buying behavior conducted by... | Publishers Weekly – 2010-12-20
Nomad Editions, the digital media company launched by a group that includes former Newsweek president Mark Edmiston, has launched a custom media division led by former Inc. editor Chris Leach, who... | Folio Magazine – 2010-12-16
Waterstone's managing director Dominic Myers... | The Bookseller – 2010-12-16
Digital Book World has announced a new awards program focused on e-books and book apps. The Publishing Innovation Awards will recognize the best e-books and book apps for their origination,... | Publishers Weekly – 2010-12-14
Canongate Books is producing a digital... | The Bookseller – 2010-12-13
The Daily, Rupert Murdoch's new US digital newspaper, will not be launched this month as expected, but will be available via tablet computers in the first quarter of 2011. | Media Week – 2010-12-10
After a savage televised rant against blogs two years ago, Buzz Bissinger today is a habitual Twitter user. | New York Times – 2010-08-03
There seems to be almost no end to the number of mobile ad networks popping up, such as Medialets, Jumptap, Millenial Media and Quattro. Apple offers its own ad network in iAd, which serves ads to... | Folio Mag – 2010-07-30
The creation of more digital content in Arabic is the key to promoting digital media literacy in the region, ictQATAR secretary general Dr Hessa al-Jaber said. | Yahoo – 2010-07-30
APPLE PRODUCTS SUCH AS the iPhone and iPad are dominating much of the content-centric behavior of consumers but casting a wide net across all emerging devices in the e-reader, smartphone and tablet... | Folio Mag – 2010-07-29
ictQATAR secretary general Dr Hessa al-Jaber sees the creation of more digital content in Arabic as a key to promoting digital media literacy in the region. | Yahoo – 2010-07-29
Big consumer publisher Condé Nast has announced another wave of changes, this time affecting senior leadership. Most notably, consumer marketing group president Robert A. | Folio Mag – 2010-07-23
New association joins drive to sell overseas | Yahoo – 2010-07-22
HONG KONG : The annual Hong Kong Book Fair is where you can find the latest fad in the reading world. | Yahoo – 2010-07-22
With online media slowly gaining ascendency over print media and attempting to snatch the lions share of ad-revenue, the print media is losing its hallowed icons. Business Week and News Week two... | Yahoo – 2010-07-16
At a time when magazine publishers are racing to market with applications for tablets and smartphones, Bonnier Corp. and Interweave have launched new digital products specifically for viewing on... | Folio Mag – 2010-06-30
With support from key industry organizations including China Mobile Communications Association, International Copyright Exchange and Taiwan Digital Publishing Forum, Digital Publishing Asia Pacific... | Yahoo – 2010-06-17
Outsourcing back office operations is becoming standard operating procedure for publishers but a new company offers the chance to keep the business in the U.S.and possibly find jobs for those... | Folio Mag – 2010-06-17
In yet another indication that the publisher of the Spanish-language dailies El Diario La Prensa and La Opinion is now a major force in multimedia, impreMedia's digital unit announced Tuesday it is... | Editor And Publisher – 2010-03-30
Online content has been eligible for a Pulitzer Prize since 1999, but a Web-only story or project has yet to win. "Pulitzer Gold" author Roy J. Harris Jr. talks about whether this could be the year... | Editor And Publisher – 2010-03-29
The mood at the Bologna Book Fair has been much improved over last year when publishers were... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-03-24
Ihnatko: Marvel and DC aren't the only graphic novel and comic producers, but as the industry leaders, they are the focal point for the demand for digital content sweeping through every facet of the... | Chicago Sun-Times – 2010-03-19
The American Society of Magazine Editors today unveiled the winners of its first-ever digital Ellies awards. New York magazine took the award in the general excellence category as well as best... | Folio Mag – 2010-03-18
Magazine printer Worldcolor has updated its digital edition technology to include interactive features such as search, video, audio and Flash. The new service, called V2, is being marketed to... | Folio Mag – 2010-03-17
The Audit Bureau of Circulations' board of directors has ruled to modify its definition of a digital magazine in the U.S. and Canada to accommodate new devices such as the Apple iPad. | Folio Mag – 2010-03-17
After a lengthy holdout, John Grisham is allowing his books to become available... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-03-16
New York-based Barnes & Noble Inc. announced that it has named Jonathan Shar as general manager, Digital Newsstand and Emerging Content, Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com). | DDI Magazine – 2010-03-09
Book retailer Barnes & Noble Inc. said Monday it named Jonathan Shar general manager, digital newsstand and emerging content of its Web site. | AP via Yahoo! News – 2010-03-08
Arts and crafts publisher Interweave is teaming with PressLift.com, a new mult-media press and... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-03-05
Shares in Pearson hit an eight-year high yesterday after the publisher of the Financial Times and Penguin books announced a 13 per cent increase in pre-tax profits. | Independent – 2010-03-02
Paid news content may be making a comeback. The Associated Press said Friday that it will set up a division to help its member newspapers and broadcasters sell content to the new generation of... | NewsFactor via Yahoo! News – 2010-03-01
That Lonny, a middle-market shelter and home design title, launched with virtually a $19.00 monthly production budget belies the work and expertise that goes on behind the scenes. | Folio Mag – 2010-02-26
At BPA Worldwides December 2009 meeting, the Board of Directors passed some new rules that were set to go into effect this year for members reporting digital editions. | Folio Mag – 2010-02-26
As Director of Business Technology at Time Inc., Raanan Bar-Cohen oversaw the development of Time Magazines complete full-text archive, going back to 1923. In 2006, Bar-Cohen left Time Inc. for... | Folio Mag – 2010-02-26
In memos distributed to Random House employees Thursday, chairman Markus Dohle and Madeline... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-02-25
Book publishers are hoping to close a chapter on their fight against digital piracy, having won a key legal victory against RapidShare, a popular website that was found by the court host pirated... | Los Angeles Times – 2010-02-25
The government has confirmed that there has... | The Book Seller – 2010-02-23
Looking to turn its e-publishing expertise into a new business, O'Reilly Media is launching... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-02-23
Wal-Mart To Buy Digital Content Provider Vudu | Fox News – 2010-02-22
Marking its fifth straight year of double-digital growth, digital wholesale vendor OverDrive ... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-02-22
Macmillan is launching, Dynamic Books, a new digital publishing platform and line of interactive... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-02-22
NEW YORK -- Google confronted a barrage of criticism from opponents of its proposed digital book settlement Thursday as the Internet search giant tried to persuade a federal judge to approve a deal... | Washington Post – 2010-02-19
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced that authors and publishers around the world can now use the self-service Kindle Digital Text ... | Finanzen.net – 2010-02-19
Google, along with supporters and opponents of its ambitious digital book project, are set to appear in a Manhattan courtroom Thursday after five years of legal wrangling. | AFP via Yahoo! News – 2010-02-18
Large-print publisher ReadHowYouWant has partnered with Independent Publishers Group Digital... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-02-17
S&S has developed an author widget that will display information on all the books of an S&S... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-02-17
Beginning in March, the Penguin Group will begin making its catalogs available digitally... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-02-16
I live in a country (France) where censorship is a big deal. It comes mostly from greedy celebrities; they use a legal system that largely favors them. Often, they find a compassionate judge to rule... | Washington Post – 2010-02-14
Ingram Digital has teamed with Ex Libris, a library automation and software developer, to... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-02-10
The New York Times Co. reported its earnings per share as 44 cents in Q4, compared with 36 cents for the same period a year ago, beating Wall Street expectations. CEO Janet Robinson (left) said the... | Editor And Publisher – 2010-02-10
For all the shiny new toys on display at last months Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegasfrom apps for everything, to TV everywhere, to e-readers that make breakfastthe scene was stolen by... | Folio Mag – 2010-01-29
For a few years now, publishers have been utilizing digital editions as an alternative way of reaching their core print subscribers, whether its for economical or environmental reasons. | Folio Mag – 2010-01-29
Baker & Taylor senior v-p Linda Gagnon showed off Blio, e-reading software developed by visionary technologist Ray Kurzweils KNFB Reading Technology, at a session during the final day of Digital... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-01-28
There was little consensus at two Digital Book World panels yesterday discussing e-book pricing and when e-books should be released. Kobo's Michael Tamblyn showed a chart that indicated $8.76 was... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-01-28
In a dynamic panel at Digital Book World about rights in the electronic age, a number of hot-button, complex issues were broached on Tuesday afternoon. | Publishers Wekly – 2010-01-27
Macmillan president Brian Napacks call for publishers to fight digital book piracy with a coordinated program of lawsuits, takedown pressure and anti-piracy legislation seemed to energize the... | Publishers Wekly – 2010-01-27
Next Issue Media, the joint venture between Time Inc., Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith and The News Corporation to create a common digital content format and storefront to distribute it, has attracted... | Folio Mag – 2009-12-22
At the AD Show in July, Popular Science publisher Gregg Hano gave attendees his view of the future of digital publishingnot just for 2010 but also for the next five yearssome of which have... | Folio Mag – 2009-12-22
As publishers continue to seek out the newest and best technologies to enhance digital readership (and drive online revenue), a slew of advanced e-readerssuch as the Apple tablet, Mag+ and an... | Folio Mag – 2009-12-22
The Association of American Publishers reported last week that eBook sales represent the fastest growing segment of the industry while US book sales are in decline across all major book publishing... | Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance – 2009-04-06
Digital publishing vendor Texterity has announced plans to launch a new version of its Coverleaf Reader. | Folio Mag – 2009-03-25
Playboy went live yesterday with a digital version of its archive, allowing users to instantly view more than 50 back issues of Playboy for free. | Folio Mag – 2009-03-23
Although questions still remain about the viability of digital galleys, at least one major house is going paperless with its catalogues. HarperCollins will be dropping the traditional bound... | Publishers Wekly – 2009-03-23
Barnes & Noble has a broad range of digital initiatives in development, CEO Steve Riggio said, though he declined to reveal when any new services maybe rolled out. | Publishers Wekly – 2009-03-19
The Government has invited views on the role a 'digital rights agency' should play in protecting and promoting the legal use of copyright content online, and how industry, consumer groups and... | PublicTechnology.net – 2009-03-16
Baker & Taylor, Inc., a distributor of books and entertainment products, launched the first phase of its integrated digital media distribution platform through a strategic licensing partnership with... | EContent Magazine – 2009-03-13
24/7 Wall St. has created a list of the 10 major daily papers that are most likely to either fold or shut their print operations and only publish online | Time Magazine – 2009-03-09
The Magazine Publishers of America announced the winners of its annual Digital Awards during its Magazines 24/7 event today in New York. Taking Web Site of the Year honors were Wired.com (in the... | Folio Mag – 2009-03-03
Nominees for the Magazine Publishers of America's third annual Digital Awards have been announced. And, as usual, Time Inc. and Condé Nast-owned properties dominate the field of finalists. | Folio Mag – 2009-02-25
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