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London Digital 2016: Getting Seen on the Web
Publishers looking to make their content more visible on Web pages can try following a number of best practices that have risen up in recent years. These practices include the following:
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London Digital 2016: Publishing Is a Digital Business
Some 25,000 attendees from more than 120 countries are expected at the 2016 London Book Fair (April 12–14), and while this year’s fair will be underscored by the 400th birthday of William Shakespeare, the focus on the show floor will firmly be on the future.
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London Digital 2016: Embracing Change
Just before the start of the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair, Publishing Technology promoted chief technology officer David Montgomery to CEO.
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London Digital 2016: The Markets to Open 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair
Last year the Frankfurt Book Fair and Publishing Perspectives launched a new conference, the Markets: Global Publishing Summit.
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London Book Fair 2016: Rebuck, Pullman Celebrate the Staying Power of Books
In their keynotes, Penguin Random House U.K. publisher and bestselling author Philip Pullman stressed that while technology is changing, publishing's mission, storytelling, is not.
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London Book Fair 2016: Hachette CEO Presses Chinese Publishers, Blasts EU Copyright Proposals
Hachette CEO Arnaud Nourry said defeating the European Commission's copyright proposals should be the IPA's "number one" goal.
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A Note from IPA President Richard Charkin
International Publishers Association president Richard Charkin encourages publishers to attend the International Publishers Congress.
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London Briefcase 2016: What U.S. Agencies Will be Selling at the London Book Fair
Hot properties include titles from Lisa Scottoline and Iris Johanson, a story collection inspired by Edward Hopper, a return to Twin Peaks via its co-creator Mark Frost, Tom Wolfe’s newest, and more.
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LBF, Working with Bologna, Moves to March for 2017
The London Book Fair will move to March for 2017. LBF, which in recent years has been scheduled in April, made the switch in order to avoid overlapping with Bologna, which also usually happens in April.
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PubMatch, LBF Team Up
The London Book Fair has teamed up with PubMatch to launch Global Rights 365@LBF: An exclusive offering from The London Book Fair, facilitating year-round rights business for LBF participants.
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London Book Fair 2015: The Buzz Books of the Show
With no single title emerging as the big book of the fair, we offer a rundown of some of the novels, and big nonfiction titles, people were talking about in London.
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London Book Fair 2015: After Film Deal, ‘Maestra’ Set as Launch for Bonnier’s Zaffre
A racy novel picking up attention at the London Book Fair has officially been set as the launch title of the new adult fiction imprint at Bonnier.
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London Book Fair 2015: Some Growing Pains in Return to Olympia
Publishers said the Olympia is a nice venue, but that didn't stop many from getting lost during the first few days of the London Book Fair.
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London Book Fair 2015: Self-Publishing Smashes Through
With self-publishing now a popular part of the London Book Fair, PW checks in with Smashwords founder Mark Coker about what the future holds.
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Ka-Pow! Digital Spotlight 2015
“Explosive.” That’s how Scribd chief technical officer and cofounder Jared Friedman described the rollout of the company’s latest addition to its e-book subscription service—a collection of comics and graphic novels.
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Digital Evolution in the Spanish Markets: Digital Spotlight 2015
Spanish is the third most widely spoken language in the world after English and Chinese, and the revenue potential of a market consisting of 550 million Spanish speakers worldwide is not being overlooked by the publishing sector.
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E-books: Product or Service? Digital Spotlight 2015
In early March, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued a major ruling, invalidating reduced value-added tax (VAT) rates on e-books in France and Luxembourg.
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Olympians: Digital Spotlight 2015
If you’re a regular attendee of the London Book Fair, you probably remember the Olympia London, the fair’s home through 2005.
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An Editor at Heart: Digital Spotlight 2015
For all of the innovative new digital products aimed at consumers, digital has continued to revolutionize the behind-the-scenes work of publishers. But editorial staff will tell you that they could use a little more help.
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Sony Debuts New DRM for Publishers
In recent years, the big question surrounding digital rights management (DRM) software in publishing has been whether or not publishers should use it at all.