Every week, we recommend 5 publishing articles/blog posts that supplement the major news for the week. Whether data or industry commentary, we hope these 5 links will be a simple way to keep you in the know. Pew’s annual State of the News Media report highlights emerging publishers and revenue tactics. Atavist Books releases its first book in…Continue Reading
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Tagged Atavist Books, bookstores, digital books, digital native, mobile, news video, PBS, Pew, pew research center, serialized fiction, The Atavist, Wattpad
With ads appearing on everything from cup holders to subway risers to (ok, to use an extreme case) people’s skin, books remain one of the last of the ad-free sacred spaces. Other than the occasional unsuccessful attempt at inserts (1970’s cigarette ads) and product placement (Bulgari anyone?), publishing has never looked seriously at advertising as…Continue Reading
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Tagged Arthur Klebanoff, Bruce Judson, Bulgari, David Palumbo, Doubleday, Dummies, Fodor's, Go It Alone!, Google, HarperCollins, IDPF, Nick Bogaty, Oxford University Press, PBS, Rosetta Books, Soft Skull, Sparknotes, The Power of Nice, Wowio
This June when F+W Publications was sold to private equity firm Abry Partners for a sum in excess of $500 million, more than a few eyebrows were raised. Aside from the price tag, there was the fact that the company was transferred from one private equity firm (Providence Equity) to another, even though it had…Continue Reading
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Tagged AARP, Abry Partners, Allan Fallow, America's Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, Bill Riley, Bradt, Cook's Illustrated, Deer & Deer Hunting, Elizabeth Carduff, Essence, F + W Publications, Globe Pequot, Gray's Sporting Journal, Guest Informant, Hearst, Hugh Delehanty, International Gift & Collectible Expo, Jacqueline Deval, Katie Couric, Ladies' Home Journal, Life, Linda Cunningham, Linda Kennedy, Live and Learn, Lyons, Meredith, Mobil, Morris Communications, National Retired Teacher's Association, Outdoor Life Network, Parachute Publishing, PBS, People, Print Magazines, Providence Equity, Rodale, Secrets of Celebrity Style: A Crash Course in Dressing Like the Stars, Segunda Juventud, Seventeen Magazine, Sid Kirchheimer, Southern Living, Sterling, Susan Knopf, The Outdoor Group, Thomas Cook, Time Inc., Where Magazine, Woodall, Writer's Digest
What began as a humble “public service” snack is swiftly plumping up to a full-meal deal for Michael Cader, the book packager and compulsive web-surfer behind Publishers Lunch, a free daily email news digest for the book biz. Launched last April and based at www.publisherslunch.com, the service has already been promoted as the publishing industry’s…Continue Reading
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Tagged Bad As I Wanna Dress, Cader Books, Chronicle Books, Crown Books, HarperCollins, Hyperion, In The Kitchen With Bill, Jim Romenesko, Michael Cader, PBS, Poynter, Publishers Lunch, Smithsonian, Subrights.com, Workman
