Publishing
Post about the art and strategies of professional publishing, from business models to platforms, and more.
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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,
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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
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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/
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
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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