Facing the daunting challenge of digital transformation requires a publisher to rely as much on redefining and reimagining the experiences of customers, employees, and other stakeholders as on the underlying solution.
Books the Big Five or the mini-majors could never take on are now finding their way to readers—from great literary fiction to specialized nonfiction, poetry, politics, religion, and kids’ books.
You just might be a bibliophile, too
At Philadelphia’s PLA Conference, the common thread among speakers was the new media landscape
Privacy, as we once knew it, was sold down the digital river a long while ago, says author B.J. Mendelson
“You can debate policies and issues… but those debates have to be based on common facts and truth” Sally Yates told the Public Library Association conference this week
The world’s largest music streaming platform is also a search engine and a video platform – YouTube. The Alphabet-owned company, which Google acquired in 2006, holds a 25% share of the streaming music market.
“Librarians may believe that you don’t censor, that you don’t pull from your shelves controversial works—but does that extend to a controversial author? In the end, Sherman Alexie made the decision for them.”
“I can tell you that the YouTube decision impacted my career, and where I am today. I needed all that encouragement and excitement from my fans to continue this journey.”
Until recently, a New York Times editor admits, the paper ‘had no sense of how to make sense to someone who comes to our book coverage on a phone.’