RedShelf Adds Publishers to E-Textbook Distribution Platform
E-textbook start-up RedShelf now boasts five of the biggest academic publishers as partners in its distribution platform, after adding Wiley to its roster this fall. RedShelf recently hired Tom Scotty,...
View ArticleEleven Digital Publishing Trends for 2015
In some ways, the past year has been tumultuous and challenging for publishers (cf. the Amazon-Hachette battle). But the slowed-down ebook market has also made some things less chaotic than they’ve...
View ArticleFive Digital Publishing Questions for Joseph Esposito
The Digital Book World Conference + Expo, kicking off on January 13, 2015 is packed with an incredible amount of information and ideas about the digital publishing landscape at a time of remarkable...
View ArticleWhy All Publishers Should Watch the Academic Market
Academic publishing is evolving alongside every other sector of the industry, but according to Processed Media President Joseph Esposito, it’s where a new crop of innovators may emerge next. “In 2014...
View ArticleFour Reasons to Come to Digital Book World 2015
If you’re a DBW Daily reader, you already know the Digital Book Conference + Expo, the premier digital publishing event in the industry, is kicking off in New York City next week. And if you’re still...
View ArticleKindle Head Gives Publishers the View from Amazon
“We treat authors the same way we treat buying customers,” Kindle SVP Russ Grandinetti said yesterday on Digital Book World 2015, speaking about concerns among authors that Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble Splits off College Division to Form Standalone Company
[Press Release] Barnes & Noble to Separate College Business from Retail and NOOK Digital Businesses Will Create Two Highly Focused Companies with Different Growth Profiles and Enhanced Flexibility...
View ArticleStudents Value Efficiency and Effectiveness in Digital Content
52% of higher education students who responded to a recent Book Industry Study Group (BISG) survey agreed with this statement: “I would rather pay $100 for a learning solution that improves my result...
View ArticleWhat Drives Innovation in Education Publishing (and What Doesn’t)
Big companies aren’t always great innovators. But how come? Clancy Marshall, VP of Global Core Platforms at Pearson, posed that question to Inkling founder and CEO Matt MacInnis at the Book Industry...
View ArticleHow Not to Innovate
One thing standing in the way of innovation at most big publishers? Finance departments. That’s according to Matt MacInnis, Founder and CEO of the digital content platform Inkling. In larger...
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