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Harpercollins is the number two publisher in the United States, behind Penguin Random House. The company has just completed the acquisition of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s consumer division for $349 million. The deal was originally...Monday, May 10, 2021 from Digital Pubbing
By Samantha Palmer Independent authors don’t have it easy when publishing their books. Every aspect of creating a book; from writing it, designing it, and publishing it, falls on them. So, it’s not difficult to understand why...Friday, May 7, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
Harpercollins, Hachette, Simon and Schuster and Penguin Random House are four of the world’s most prolific book publishers. In the first three months of 2021, they have experienced very strong audiobook and ebook sales. This trend...Thursday, May 6, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
Twitter happens to be the new owners of Scroll, the company that offers an add-free news reading experience. Twitter though isn’t revealing how much it is spending to buy Scroll, or how it plans to use the Scroll platform in the...Thursday, May 6, 2021 from Twipe
Publishers can take the lead in solving misinformation. In fact misinformation has been a focal point of many recent research reports in the publishing industry. Since the start of 2021, we have seen Trusted Web publish their report on...Monday, May 3, 2021 from Digital Pubbing
In The Straight A Handbook: The 50 Most Powerful Secrets For Ultimate Success In And Out Of The Classroom, Dr. Chuback shares the skills, techniques, and philosophies which are the key to success in school, work, and life. Drawing from...Friday, April 30, 2021 from FirstyNews
Editor’s note: Welcome to our April newsletter. Last month we mentioned we were looking forward to collaborating more creatively – and while we are enjoying working as closely as ever with publishers to continue making the...Friday, April 30, 2021 from FirstyNews
You may have noticed an increase in conversations around accessibility in recent months. This is something that is particularly important to us at Firsty, and it’s something that we’ve made a priority, with our partnership with...Thursday, April 29, 2021 from Twipe
Puzzles have long been a fascination for many working in the newspaper industry. Extremely loved by some readers, they have been the subject of experiments by newspaper publishers across the globe. We know that puzzles are important for...Thursday, April 29, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
A task force made up authors, spanning a wide array of genres has been formed in an attempt to persuade Disney into paying outstanding royalties for novels and comic books. This relates to properties that Disney has acquired in the past...Wednesday, April 28, 2021 from Digital Publishing Magazine Software & Content Marketing
Digital magazine publishing is the art of adjusting the content type and distribution platform to the changing readers’ demands, and technological development. No matter what type and size of a publisher you are, finding relevant...Tuesday, April 27, 2021 from Twipe
Interview with Matthieu Dubois, Dana Nastase and Danny Lein originally published in Dutch in the Belgian Business Magazine Trends, edition of 22nd April 2021. Translated and republished with approval from the author Melanie De Vrieze....Monday, April 26, 2021 from Digital Pubbing
If you’re an author (self-published or traditionally published), it helps a lot to understand how marketing works. At first, it may seem like a lot—it took me years to change my focus from writing / content creation to having a...Sunday, April 25, 2021 from Twipe
On Thursday’s we published a selection of 6 charts not to miss from the WAN-IFRA World Press Trends Report. With the rich amount of thought-provoking content in the report, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to uncover 6 more...Thursday, April 22, 2021 from Twipe
Last week WAN-IFRA released a report covering “World Press Trends” for 2020 and 2021. In 97 pages of insights and charts, the report explores a variety of topics like revenues growth, print vs digital, COVID, advertising or diversity. We...Wednesday, April 21, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
Everywhere you look on social media, it seems like it’s Gen Z versus Millennials versus Boomers (Gen X is sitting this one out, giving everyone the side-eye). But one thing recent events have taught us is that the stereotypes that...Monday, April 19, 2021 from Digital Pubbing
By Kenney Myers If you are writing your first book, you might be nervous about sending your manuscript off to an editor for the first time. First off, that is completely normal and healthy. You can take a couple of approaches to this...Thursday, April 15, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
Everyone is talking about Barnes and Noble CEO James Daunt’s keynote address to the Independent Book Publishers Association annual event recently. This important talk offered a lot of insight into crucial changes at the...Thursday, April 15, 2021 from Twipe
Engaging the under-35s is seen as the key to long-term success for journalism, but this can put a lot of pressure on publishers. To keep up with ever-changing technology trends publishers often have to make risky investments. As we see...Wednesday, April 14, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
A consortium of sixteen university presses has joined hands with the Berlin-based scholarly publishing house, De Gruyter in a bid to push eBook sales between the university libraries and the presses. The central idea behind the move is...Monday, April 12, 2021 from Digital Pubbing
When it comes to marketing on social media, there are two things to consider: content creation and platform/distribution. I’ll start with the content creation. Content can be useful when it comes to creating leads, or future...Thursday, April 8, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
As the publishing industry changes and adapts to new circumstances, the book-selling industry must adapt as well. Changes in formats, rising popularity of different genres and crossovers, and even worldwide pandemics that spark global...Monday, April 5, 2021 from Digital Pubbing
By Stacy Walden Blogging is one of the best ways to build a platform, both as a book author and as a freelance writer. With over 3.5 billion searches on Google every day, it’s estimated that 77% of internet users read and interact with...Wednesday, March 31, 2021 from FirstyNews
We are excited to announce that Glassboxx are sponsoring the Nibbies’ independent publisher of the year award! The shortlist is as impressive, and as varied, as ever: Atlantic Books, Canelo, Canongate, David and Charles, Faber Books,...Wednesday, March 31, 2021 from FirstyNews
Editor’s note: As we move into spring, and lockdown restrictions ease, we’re looking forward to seeing the industry opening up again. Although it may be a while before events become face to face, we can’t wait to start...Wednesday, March 31, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
Penguin Random House generated $4.5 billion USD in 2020, compared to $4.3 billion in 2019. This was primarily due to the critical success of Barack Obama’s A Promised Land, which sold more than 7.3 million copies worldwide across...Tuesday, March 30, 2021 from Digital Publishing Magazine Software & Content Marketing
The digital publishing goal is converting website visitors into subscribers and then into buyers, resulting in increasing the sales of online editions on computers, tablets, and smartphones. The road to achieving this leads through...Monday, March 29, 2021 from Digital Pubbing
It’s an exciting time to be a writer. There are so many possibilities. In addition to books, there are podcasts (scripted and non-scripted), audiobooks, and TV shows, and there are more pathways these days to each of these mediums....Tuesday, March 23, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
Podcasts are nothing new, but it may have taken a devastating global pandemic to breathe some new life into the medium. While a number of widely-consumed podcasts have been around for years, the need for new content and new ways to enjoy...Monday, March 22, 2021 from Digital Pubbing
Video can be a powerful tool to engage potential readers, connect with fans, and promote your books. Content Marketing Institute has tips for how to engage people through video, such as by being authentic and sharing stories, being...Friday, March 19, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
Uploading self-published or small press titles to Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing platform has made a tremendous difference in the industry for authors and publishers alike. This somewhat user-friendly system means practically...Monday, March 15, 2021 from Digital Pubbing
When it comes to writing, there are a lot of things to consider. Do you want to use a pen name? According to BookBaby Blog, you may want to consider using a pen name to stand out (if say you have a very common/popular name), or for...Sunday, March 14, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
While a significant portion of Conservatives have begun crying “cancel culture” at what they see as attacks on their belief systems, even more segments of society are taking a hard look at the content that we not only...Friday, March 12, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
Ebook lending through public libraries has been something of a headache since the advent of digital reading. Strange “hoop jumping” requirements from publishers and technology obstacles to overcome for libraries and patrons...Monday, March 8, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
All aspects of society have learned a few things during the past year as we braved a worldwide pandemic. First, we learned that working from home actually is a possibility for a great many industries. We’ve also learned that...Monday, March 8, 2021 from Digital Pubbing
Storytelling comes in all sorts of forms, and often there’s overlap between mediums. Take games, for example. Electric Lit shared a story about launching a video game at a bookstore. In 2019, The Strand bookstore in New York had a...Tuesday, March 2, 2021 from Digital Publishing Magazine Software & Content Marketing
PressPad celebrates its 10th birthday this year. It is an opportunity to take a trip down memory lane: summarize achievements we got, mention key moments we experienced, talk about challenges we faced. Therefore, we’d like to...Tuesday, February 23, 2021 from Technology for Publishing LLC » Blog
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Good news for graphic designers who find working with hue, saturation, and brightness a more natural way to create colors—InDesign 2021 offers the ability to use HSB values to create swatches within the Swatches and Color panels, and in...Monday, February 22, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
This has certainly been a big month for space exploration and advancements, with NASA’s Perseverance rover, China’s Tianwen-1, and the United Arab Emirates’ Hope all reaching Mars this month. and , but a new piece of...Saturday, February 20, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
Last year was a difficult one for retailers and consumers alike. Lockdowns, vital restrictions on the public, job loss and business closures, and more–coupled with the ever-present fears for health and safety in the face of a...Wednesday, February 17, 2021 from Digital Publishing Magazine Software & Content Marketing
Digital typography is a natural phase in the development of writing that has been going on for centuries. Even if at the beginning the technique of arranging type was something that had a pure utility function, it became a part of visual...Wednesday, February 10, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
Barnes and Noble has been outrunning the Grim Reaper’s shadow for quite some time, and it has put a valiant effort into new tactics and new approaches in order to keep the doors open. While it hasn’t yet taken the advice from...Monday, February 8, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
This month, a significant publishing acquisition occurred which turns all of the shares of Quality Solutions/Firebrand Technologies over to a Japanese company’s US operations, Media Do International. Firebrand is the parent company...Friday, February 5, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
Harpercollins Revenues generated $504 million dollars, which was a 23% increase, in the last three months of 2020. Revenues basically soared due to the Christmas season and everyone buying them as gifts. The bulk of the sales were placed...Friday, February 5, 2021 from FirstyNews
Editor’s note: Welcome to our first newsletter of 2021! Early last year we mentioned that 2020 wouldn’t be without ‘changes and challenges’ – of course no one could have predicted just how accurate this might be. It was a...Friday, February 5, 2021 from FirstyNews
You may have seen our blog post on Glassboxx’s standout titles of 2020. We have been very proud of the success of Glassboxx in delivering eBooks and audiobooks in a way that is sustainable and seamless for publishers and readers alike....Friday, February 5, 2021 from FirstyNews
One positive that has come out of the last year is a 35% increase in reading. This is not significant just for publishing, but primarily for people. It has been found that reading for just six minutes can lead to a 68% decrease in...Monday, February 1, 2021 from Good E-Reader - eBook and Digital Publishing News » Digital Publishing News
One of the most important things about self-publishing has always been that authors were finally in control. Without gatekeepers blocking the way, authors could sell where they wanted to, price their books how they wanted, write whatever...Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from Technology for Publishing LLC » Blog
Get the latest on News, Trends, Metrics and People in Media. In This Month in Publishing, we curate and summarize the hot topics of the month. Want it in email? Sign up here. NEWS Stop Saying Print Journalism Is Dead. 60 Magazines...