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Content is still king: The first State of Media and Publishing in Digital meetup

Written by Francesca Zunino Harper on September 19, 2018. Posted in Business, Coding and other skills, New technologies, Products, Strategy, Tech.

Francesca Zunino Harper is a linguist, translator, and publishing professional. She worked in the British and international academia researching on comparative literatures, translation, and women’s and environmental humanities for several years. She now works in the Humanities and Social Sciences area of publishing. You can follow her @ZuninoFrancesca.

5 Ways to Capitalize on Content Revenue

Written by Helen Elmsley on March 27, 2018. Posted in Articles, New technologies, Products, Tech.

This is a guest post by Helen Elmsley. Helen is the Marketing Manager at Virtusales Publishing Solutions, creator of the industry leading Biblio3 suite of publishing software. You could say that a book is much like an atom. Split it open and there’s a wealth of publishing potential inside. With modern consumers reaching beyond the more traditional printed, digital and audio book formats, publishers have an exciting opportunity to innovate and distribute their content in new ways.

Making a groundbreaking animated and interactive children’s storybook

Written by Ken Jones on February 7, 2018. Posted in Coding and other skills, Ebook and digital production, New technologies, Production, Products, Tech.

This article is by Ken Jones of Circular Software. Ken is running the Understanding eBooks day on 25th April 2018.

I’ve been involved in making beautiful and interactive fixed layout ebooks since before there was a standard for such things. But trust me, this one is different… It is truly the finest example of interactive children’s story telling I have ever seen, it contains custom movies on every spread, background audio, professional narration and read aloud text highlighting, placed web code, personalisation, interactive animations and puzzles!

How to run successful technology projects – 5 key things to consider

Written by Paula Neary on February 6, 2018. Posted in New technologies, Products, Tech.

Paula Neary is CEO of Ribbonfish. She has over 20 years of experience in senior roles across academic, education, trade and STM publishing. Prior to working at Ribbonfish she was Director of Business Systems at Springer Nature.

Thoughts on Apple Books

Written by Bradley Metrock on January 31, 2018. Posted in Business, New technologies, Products, Repurposing content, Strategy, Tech.

Bradley Metrock produced the iBooks Author Conference from 2015 through 2017, before Score Publishing acquired Digital Book World, and has authored many articles on Apple’s efforts with regards to books and publishing. This piece is in response to last week’s news from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg that Apple is readying Apple Books to compete anew in the digital book marketplace.

Accessibility matters: how we developed an app to make audiobooks more accessible

Written by Jo Burges on January 25, 2018. Posted in Articles, Audio, New technologies, Products, Tech.

After 30 years in academic publishing (the final 13 years at board level) Jo Burges now co-runs i-Publishing Consultants. The team specialises in working with publishers, cultural heritage organisations and the not-for-profit sector to help them make the very best use of technology and information management and to engage effectively with their customers and members.

Podcasts for book lovers to listen to over Christmas

Written by Louise Newton on December 21, 2017. Posted in Audio, Products, Tech.

Juggling lots of books at once can be overwhelming, so as we approach the end of 2017 sit back, relax, and open your ears to the following five podcast recommendations as well as their suggested reading companion. If you love reading the following titles, you’ll love listening to these podcasts…

Podcasts are trending – Here’s how to start now

Written by Melissa Flickinger on November 19, 2017. Posted in Audio, Products, Tech. 1 Comment

Podcasts have steadily gained popularity over the past few years with more people looking for on-the-go entertainment as they multitask through hustle and bustle of daily life. #BookMarketingChat (read our entire Book Marketing Chat summary here) guest Rachel Moore shared her tips for starting your own podcast.

Authors: Don’t overlook audio

Written by Rachel Gregory on October 25, 2017. Posted in Audio, Business, Multi-platform, Products, Self-publishing, Tech.

Audiobooks are on the rise, particularly in retail. This is the ideal time for you to reconsider audio publishing. W.F. Howes Ltd’s Acquisitions Editor, Rachel Gregory, looks at how you can get involved.

5 reasons to use social and mobile for scouting new talent

Written by Veronika Kartovenko on October 16, 2017. Posted in Business, Commissioning, Community building, Editorial, Marketing and publicity, Products, Social media, Strategy, Tech.

Sweek, a social platform for free reading and writing, and Ravensburger, a well-known German publisher, have successfully completed #SchreibMitRavensburger, a Young Adult writing contest. At an exclusive event at the Ravensburger headquarters, Samira Bosshard was revealed to be the winner of the contest and earned herself a publishing contract, after impressing both the Sweek reading community and the expert jury of Ravensburger.

5 things everybody gets wrong about interactive books

Written by Zsofia Macho on October 13, 2017. Posted in Products, Tech.

The widespread of interactive books coincided with me getting into publishing studies and I couldn’t be any happier to live in this amazing age.

How to price an ebook [FOR SELF-PUBLISHERS]

Written by PublishDrive on October 8, 2017. Posted in Business, Products, Sales, rights and licensing, Self-publishing, Tech.

Setting the ideal price of your ebook is the final step of self-publishing.

My top 5 audiobooks: Why it’s worth spending a credit

Written by Louise Newton on October 6, 2017. Posted in Audio, Products, Tech.

Why become an audiobook subscriber? With so many storytelling subscriptions available – Netflix, Amazon Prime, the list is endless – here are just five of my favourite audiobooks along with reasons why it’s worth buying these books in audio rather than as a physical book/ebook. Once you’ve listened to these, you’ll never look back from an audio subscription!

How to copyright an ebook: Facts and myths [FOR AUTHORS]

Written by Zsofia Macho on September 26, 2017. Posted in Business, Products, Sales, rights and licensing, Self-publishing, Tech. 1 Comment

Do you know what’s the difference between DRM, ISBN and copyrights? If your answer is a clear yes, well done, you can stop reading. But if copyrighting is an issue that makes you frown, read on: we talk about different file formats, international rights, whether you have to pay anything and more.

Talking Podcasts: Standard Issue

Written by Abbie Headon on September 12, 2017. Posted in Audio, Business, Diversity, Interviews, Products, Tech.

Following on from our articles on The Riff Raff and The Extraordinary Business Book Club, Abbie Headon interviews the team behind the brilliant Standard Issue podcast, an online magazine by women, for women.

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Content is still king: The first State of Media and Publishing in Digital meetup

5 Ways to Capitalize on Content Revenue

Making a groundbreaking animated and interactive children’s storybook

How to run successful technology projects – 5 key things to consider

Thoughts on Apple Books

Accessibility matters: how we developed an app to make audiobooks more accessible

Podcasts for book lovers to listen to over Christmas

Podcasts are trending – Here’s how to start now

Authors: Don’t overlook audio

5 things everybody gets wrong about interactive books

How to price an ebook [FOR SELF-PUBLISHERS]

My top 5 audiobooks: Why it’s worth spending a credit

How to copyright an ebook: Facts and myths [FOR AUTHORS]

Talking Podcasts: Standard Issue

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