Publishing
Post about the art and strategies of professional publishing, from business models to platforms, and more.
The new original sin of online publishing Paid Members Public
John Battelle thinks we actually figured out online publishing a decade ago – and then we screwed it up. How? We handed power to the social networks [https://shift.newco.co/we-can-fix-this-f-cking-mess-bf6595ac6ccd#.f5u7l6i6x]: > Again, for emphasis: despite all the whizzy bang-y social media we’ve invented these past ten years,
Are ebook sales really in decline? Paid Members Public
Some sobering news for ebook enthusiasts [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/23/business/media/audiobooks-turn-more-readers-into-listeners-as-e-books-slip.html] in the New York Times: > Sales of adult books fell by 10.3 percent in the first three months of 2016, and children’s books dropped by 2.1 percent. E-book sales
Why Apple created its News app Paid Members Public
Apple’s Eddie Cue, speaking to CNN’s Brian Stelter: > “We’ve only created the apps that we think everyone uses every day… We really wanted to create a single app that all customers could go to, to read all their news — no matter what they are interested in,
The costs of running Buzzfeed Paid Members Public
Gawker claims to have got ahold of Buzzfeed’s books [http://tktk.gawker.com/internal-documents-show-buzzfeed-s-skyrocketing-investm-1709816353] : > Editorial budget * In fiscal year 2011, BuzzFeed’s editorial budget was $858,780 [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2271007-buzzfeed-financial-documents.html#document/p20] * In 2012, it was $4,724,608 [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/
The magazine that's published on Instagram Paid Members Public
Here’s an interesting data point in the discussion of publishing content natively into social media. A magazine that is published on Instagram [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/magazine/instagrams-tmz.html]: > Angie explained to me that Instagram perfectly suited her vision for The Shade Room: image-centric and
Medium's evolution as a publishing platform Paid Members Public
Medium continues to evolve at a fair old clip; * First we had the launch of its more “bloggy” interface to encourage more short form writing [https://medium.com/the-story/a-less-long-more-connected-medium-c345db2d6a56] . * Then they brought writing to the iOS app [https://medium.com/the-story/tell-your-story-anywhere-ef28fedf347], finally: But the most interesting – and possibly
LeWeb: Ben Huh on why old media can't do new formats Paid Members Public
What can publisher learn from the memes of I Can Has Cheezburger? More than you think, according to CEO Ban Huh.
Vox Media's worth? $380m Paid Members Public
Vox Media has just secured another funding round [http://recode.net/2014/11/30/yet-another-big-funding-round-for-a-big-web-publisher-this-time-for-vox-media/] : > Vox Media, the company behind high-profile sites including The Verge, SB Nation and Vox, has raised $46.5 million in a round led by General Atlantic. The funding gives Vox a post-money valuation of
