publishing

Start-Up Scribr Wants to Help Your Twitter Feed Survive the Coming Web-pocalypse

Drake Martinet in Social on January 6 at 10:05 am PT

Scribr is trying to keep your Facebook profile from becoming like the lost GeoCities of Atlantis.

Barnes & Noble Shops Publisher

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on January 5 at 12:00 am PT

Barnes & Noble Inc. has put its Sterling Publishing business up for sale, say people familiar with the situation, signaling a likely end to its decades-long involvement in the publishing of its own books.

Not the iPad 3 or New TV — But Apple Planning Media-Related Event in the Big(ger) Apple This Month

Kara Swisher in Media on January 2 at 1:07 pm PT

Not the big one, but it’s an Apple event, so everyone will get excited anyway.

Openmargin Hopes to Be More Than Social E-Reading (Video)

Drake Martinet in Media on November 18, 2011 at 12:30 pm PT

Notes in the margins of e-books could be the next platform for social interaction. At least that’s what Amsterdam-based start-up Openmargin is hoping.

Now, Breathe: Demand Media Beats Wall Street Expectation in Q3

Kara Swisher in Media on November 7, 2011 at 1:43 pm PT

The online social content company did better than expected in the recent quarter, but it still has to prove its model has more lucrative legs.

Amazon’s Tablet Test Starts Now

Peter Kafka in Media on September 28, 2011 at 3:55 am PT

Size, weight, software, pricing. All worth watching when Amazon unveils its new tablet this morning. But here’s the most important thing to think about: Will it help Amazon sell more stuff?

Most — But Not All — Big Magazine Publishers Sign On for Amazon’s Tablet

Peter Kafka in Media on September 26, 2011 at 12:19 pm PT

Conde Nast, Hearst and Meredith are in for Wednesday’s launch. Time Inc. isn’t, and may not get there for a while.

E-Book Prices Prop Up Print Siblings

Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on September 12, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Even as readers grow more comfortable with digital books, some continue to question why so many of the most popular new e-books are priced so high.

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Maxim Comes Back to the iPad

Peter Kafka in Media on August 30, 2011 at 6:01 pm PT

Maxim magazine, which launched an iPad app last fall, then took a break over the summer, is back. The new Maxim+ app has a new publishing system: Mag+. And it also has a new price — the app “wrapper” is free, but each edition will cost $5.99, two dollars more than what Maxim publisher Alpha Media charged for the old app.