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Publishing Executive Magazine
1. “Newsstand Sales No Match for Wired iPad Edition” Publishing Executive Inbox, June 11, 2010
Chris Anderson, Wired editor-in-chief, is getting all wired up about the roaring success of the tech magazine’s iPad edition. And rightfully so — in the nine days following its launch, the app spent five days in the No.1 paid app slot and sold 73,000 copies, according to Crain’s New York Business.
2. “Glo magazine a digital partner with MSN” Publishing Executive Inbox, June 25, 2010
In a move interweaving digital, branding and premium content, MSN has partnered with magazine publisherHachette Filipacchi and production firm BermanBraun to launch Glo, a sleek website tailored to the women’s lifestyle niche.
3. “Periodicals Mailers Oppose Proposed Postal Rate Hike” Publishing Executive Inbox, July 6, 2010
Facing a financial crisis attributable to plummeting mail volume, the U.S. Postal Service announced today it hopes to close a stark budget gap—amounting to a predicted budget deficit of nearly $7 billion by 2011—by upping postal rates. To the chagrin of publishers and snail-mailers alike, the proposed price changes increase rates for periodicals by as much as 8 percent and the price of first-class stamps by two cents.
4. “Turner Sports’ David Levy on Time Inc.’s Latest Power Play” Inbox
July 22,2010
It’s a match made in digital heaven for sports entertainment enthusiasts: Sports Illustrated and Turner Sports have teamed up to deliver an online sports powerhouse, combining the magazine’s celebrated brand and award-winning sports journalism with Turner’s vast digital media experience. And it looks like both have donned their game faces to take on rivals like ESPN.
5. ”Report: Don’t Ignore Mobile Device ‘Long Tail’” Publishing Executive Inbox, May 21, 2010
In the midst of the mobile device fever gripping the publishing industry, a new report from Internet publishing platform provider Netbiscuits sheds light on how mobile business profitability extends beyond the latest Apple craze to a so-called “long tail” of Web-enabled devices, which, combined, generate the majority of website requests.
Book Business Magazine
1. “Key Staff Changes Announced at Random House” Extra
July 20, 2010
In an internal memo issued Tuesday, Gina Centrello , president and publisher of the Random House Publishing Group, announced the promotion of Susan Kamil—current senior vice president and editor-in-chief—to the additional position of publisher of the Random House and Dial Press imprints, reporting to Centrello. Centrello had served as publisher of these two imprints while the post remained vacant.
2. “Simon & Schuster Publishes Its First Enhanced E-book” Extra
July 30, 2010
Simon & Schuster Digital and Scribner have partnered with CBS News to publish Simon & Schuster’s first enhaced e-book, “Nixonland” by Rick Perlstein . The e-book includes 27 historic video segments along with the original book text—ranging from the 1960 Kennedy/Nixon televised debates to Nixon’s re-election speech in the midst of Watergate. It retails for $15.99 in the Apple iBookstore and on the Amazon Kindle app for Apple’s iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
3. “New Site and App Offer Free Full-Text Previews of Christian Books” Extra
Through partnerships with religious book publishers, the recently launched FreeBookPreview.com
allows readers to access full-text previews of upcoming and newly released Christian books on mobile devices for a limited time. A service of Bellingham, Wash.-based electronic publisher Logos Bible Software, the new website is the first book promotion tool to maximize mobile technology and social networking for e-books and print books, according to the company.
August 13, 2010
