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May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Digital Media News for the Week Beginning 05/12/2013

APPS, HTML5 AND M-COMMERCE AMONG KEY MOBILE CHALLENGES FACING BUSINESSES: REPORTS
The consumer shift to using mobile devices has been one of the most important trends for businesses to get to grips with in recent years and it proved to be a popular topic at Econsultancy’s Digital Cream London event. The key themes and findings from… [read more]
Source: Econsultancy (blog)

HTML5 STEPS CLOSER TO BAKED-IN DRM SUPPORT
The draft specification would apply to video, audio or interactive content marked with HTML5 media element tags. The specification defines an API that would provide access to content decryption modules (CDMs), part of DRM systems, when that media was… [read more]
Source: ZDNet

BREAKING NEWS! AMAZON LAUNCHES KINDLE LOVE STORIES PODCAST
I’m in love. LOVE, I tell you. Amazon Publishing today launches a weekly romance-novel-focused podcast. Kindle Love Stories includes author interviews, book recs, commentary from book reviewers and excerpts of new books. Listeners get to participate… [read more]
Source: USA TODAY

May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Digital Media News for the Week Beginning 05/05/2013

SMASHWORDS RELEASES DATA FROM E-BOOK SALES STUDY
The ebook distribution site Smashwords, spearheaded by founder Mark Coker, is often at the forefront of what is shaping digital publishing. Whether it’s making a free platform available to self-published authors or helping writers find industry… [read more]
Source: Good E-Reader (blog)

MICROSOFT MULLING NOOK MEDIA LLC PURCHASE FOR $1 BILLION
Microsoft is offering to pay $1 billion to buy the digital assets of Nook Media LLC, the digital book and college book joint venture with Barnes & Noble and other investors, according to internal documents… [read more]
Source: TechCrunch

THE COVER THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND IBOOKSTORE SALES
It analyzes an 11-month chunk of Smashwords sales data covering over 120,000 books, and aggregated across multiple Smashwords retailers (Apple iBookstore, Sony, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Diesel, Smashwords.com), to identify data-driven… [read more]
Source: mediabistro.com

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May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Digital Media News for the Week Beginning 04/28/2013

DIY WEB BUILDER WEEBLY LAUNCHES AN ANDROID APP, ALONG WITH A MOBILE AND HTML5 SITE CREATOR
Weebly, the do-it-yourself site builders, announced the launch of several new features, including the release of its Android app and a creator tool to produce HTML5 and mobile sites. In conjunction with the news, the company also revealed that more… [read more]
Source: The Next Web

BARNES & NOBLE DEBUTS ‘TWO-FOR-ONE’ E-BOOK WEEKENDS
And its Nook e-reader device can’t seem to deliver a fatal blow to either Amazon’s popular Kindle or Apple’s dominant iPad. … All this has me scratching my head and wondering: what is Barnes & Noble’s true goal with such a promotion? Does the… [read more]
Source: ZDNet (blog)

HOW MANY COPIES MAKE A SELF-PUBLISHED BESTSELLER?
GalleyCat readers constantly ask us: how many copies does it take to get on the Self Published Bestsellers List? This is not an easy question to answer since all the major marketplaces for indie books carefully guard their sales figures… [read more]
Source: mediabistro.com

INGRAM CEO: BARNES & NOBLE SHOULD SPLIT, MICROSOFT SHOULD BUY NOOK
Ailing bookseller Barnes & Noble should split into two businesses — the Nook digital business and the retail store locations — and Microsoft should buy the Nook business, said Ingram Content Group chairman and CEO John Ingram, speaking candidly at… [read more]
Source: Digital Book World

October 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Podcast: Up to Speed in Digital Media News with Quinn & TJ for 10/26/2012

Filed Under: Articles, Awards, Extras, General, Podcasts, Publishing Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Blog Talk Radio, Digital Publishing, eBooks, ePub, eReaders, iPad, Kindle, Nook, Podcasts, Quinn Barrett, Self-Help, Self-Publishing, Smashwords, Social Media, Social Networking, Tablets, Wise Bear Books, Wise Bear Media

October 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Digital Media News for the Week Beginning 10/21/2012

AMAZON’S KINDLE & THE NEW YORK TIMES INTRODUCE WINDOWS 8 APPS
There are several big companies that are making way for Windows 8 by launching mobile applications for the operating system. During the Microsoft event today, it was announced that Amazon released their Kindle app for Windows 8. This popular app… [read more]
Source: ValueWalk

AN INDUSTRY IN TURMOIL: FROM BORDERS BOOKSTORES TO SELF-PUBLISHING
Raised in a family that spent 25 years in the traditional book distribution business, some might think it’s strange that I have chosen a non-traditional method to publish and sell the first in a series of anthologies on a subject I’m deeply passionate… [read more]
Source: Huffington Post

WHAT SELF-PUBLISHING CAN NOT ACCOMPLISH
Check it out: “This post is not to dissuade you from self-publishing. Have at it with all your might. BUT be realistic about what self-publishing is, and what it can accomplish. And more important what it can NOT accomplish. First among the list… [read more]
Source: mediabistro.com

PENGUIN-RANDOM HOUSE MERGER TALKS: RUMORS CONFIRMED
Penguin parent company Pearson released a short statement today confirming media rumors that it and Random House Parent Bertelsmann have been in talks over a merger of two of the largest book publishers in the world. Here is the statement in its… [read more]
Source: Digital Book World

October 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Podcast: Up to Speed in Digital Media News with Quinn & TJ for 10/19/2012

Filed Under: Articles, Extras, General, Podcasts, Publishing Tagged With: Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Blog Talk Radio, Digital Publishing, eBooks, ePub, eReaders, iPad, Kindle, Nook, Podcasts, Quinn Barrett, Self-Help, Self-Publishing, Smashwords, Social Media, Social Networking, Tablets, Wise Bear Books, Wise Bear Media

October 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Digital Media News for the Week Beginning 10/14/2012

AMAZON’S WHISPERCAST SIMPLIFIES KINDLE USE IN OFFICE, SCHOOL
Called Whispercast, the service creates a single point to purchase and distribute Kindle e-books to students and office workers with wireless Internet connection. Amazon announced the launch Wednesday. A teacher or administrator can register students… [read more]
Source: Los Angeles Times

AFTER 79 YEARS IN PRINT, NEWSWEEK GOES DIGITAL ONLY
Newsweek, one of the most internationally recognized magazine brands in the world, will cease publishing a print edition after nearly 80 years. The decision to go all-digital, disclosed in a blog post on its companion website The Daily… [read more]
Source: Chicago Tribune

WHY JOHNNY DEPP LAUNCHED HIS OWN BOOK IMPRINT
Despite fanfare over digital and electronic books, Johnny Depp plans to invest time and care in the physical look of the books in his new publishing imprint with Harper. Depp is launching the imprint with Harper and calling it… [read more]
Source: Wall Street Journal (blog)

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