Newspapers are bleeding red ink, and many mags are following in their footsteps
Newspapers are bleeding red ink, and many magazines are following in their footsteps. Magazine ad pages are down by 9.5 percent so far this year, according to the Publishers Information Bureau, and 3Q ad pages were down almost 13 percent. Continue reading
by Marcus
FOLIO ponder if publishing layoffs will affect digital growth. Here’s four reasons it won’t:
1) It hasn’t, and the trend is usually your friend. We recently reported that October was our biggest month ever and though our sales team certainly deserves some credit, most of it goes to publishers’ realizing that digital magazines represent a cost-effective way to increase circulation while reducing costs. Continue reading
Zmags’ Publicator 3.0 features Flash and three dimensional technology.
By Vanessa Voltolina
When Mark Z. Danielewski’s second novel, “Only Revolutions,” is published in September, it will include hundreds of margin notes listing moments in history suggested online by fans of his work. Nearly 60 of his contributors have already received galleys of the experimental book, which they’re commenting about in a private forum at Mr. Danielewski’s Web site, www.onlyrevolutions.com. Continue reading
But e-editions account for just 13 percent of total circulation.
By Dylan Stableford Continue reading
By Dylan Stableford
We went and did it.
After years of watching publishers from all corners of the magazine industry roll out “green” issues, FOLIO: finally caved. Continue reading
FOLIO: Green Report: Digital
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Ebooks are simply one of the best online business ideas that exist today. You can create an ebook for next to nothing and sell it for almost 100% profit! Which is much better than the 10% – 25% profit offered by most traditional business and much better than the small percentages that authors are offered by traditional publishing houses. Continue reading
By Barb Mosher
Every Content Management Solution Provider seeks to find and market what makes them unique. For Nstein, it’s a little about their ability to produce a multi-lingual content management solution for the digital publishing industry. But that’s not what makes them unique — they have a “secret sauce”. And it may just be the thing that pushes them ahead of an ever growing and growling pack. Continue reading
