A new report from the Association of Magazine Media (MPA) highlights not just what consumers are reading, but also how they're utilizing publishers' content. Some sectors of the industry reported staggering growth in digital consumption, especially on mobile devices, with increases of as much as 78% year-over-year.The February report looked at the combination of print and … [Read more...] about Digital Magazine Growth Reaches as High as 78%
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Study Finds Consumers Aren’t Interested in Paying for News
With the shift to internet news, studies have found that consumers just aren't as interested in paying for information when there's a wealth of content out there to be had for free. But a new survey by Retale took a closer look at how that behavior is broken down by age group demographic, which should provide a telling insight for content publishers and how they market to … [Read more...] about Study Finds Consumers Aren’t Interested in Paying for News
Zinio for Libraries App Makes Borrowing and Reading Easy
Libraries have been focusing on developing digital collections for a number of years. One of the ways they have been doing this is by removing most of their physical magazines and going with companies like Zinio. In the past, it was rather complicated to browse, borrow and read. The overall process has been simplified, with the advent of the new Zinio for Libraries app for … [Read more...] about Zinio for Libraries App Makes Borrowing and Reading Easy
PressReader Offers Free Forbes Daily, Kobo eReaders
PressReader, one of the industry leaders in the all-you-can-read digital magazine and newspaper space, launched two new initiatives this week that will provide free incentives to subscribers for a limited time.The first is the announcement of a joint offer through some of PressReader's content partners, and that's the free Kobo ereader with the purchase of an 18-month … [Read more...] about PressReader Offers Free Forbes Daily, Kobo eReaders
OverDrive Acquired by Rakuten, Owners of Kobo
OverDrive is the world's leading digital content provider of books, movies, music, and more to the public and academic library space. The company basically powers the digital lending capabilities of more than 33,000 separate libraries around the world, as one of their huge innovations was the ability to borrow content through dedicated library apps to any mobile device.And … [Read more...] about OverDrive Acquired by Rakuten, Owners of Kobo
PressReader Adds 30 New Publications to Its Unlimited Reading Lineup
With more than 60 million Americans owing at least one mobile device, it’s not hard to understand the allure of digital magazines and newspapers. But it’s not just consumers who’ve taken to digital subscriptions, libraries, schools, and other industries have also seen the commercial benefit to offering unlimited access to digital publications to their customers and … [Read more...] about PressReader Adds 30 New Publications to Its Unlimited Reading Lineup
New Platform Senserial Delivers Serialized eBooks
One of the more popular ways that readers are consuming digital content involves the auto-delivery of content such as serialized titles, installment short stories, auto-delivery of digital newspapers and magazines. Whether it's a throwback to the days of authors like Poe, Dickens, and Twain, all three of whom often wrote and published in installments, or just the convenience of … [Read more...] about New Platform Senserial Delivers Serialized eBooks
New Report Predicts Significant Growth of Global Digital Newspaper Market
A new report on the digital newspaper publishing industry has predicted a steady increase in the global production of digital titles, with an expected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.52%Â worldwide by 2019. That may not seem like an impressive number in markets where 100% to even 300% growth is more typical, but there are a lot of factors that have to come into play … [Read more...] about New Report Predicts Significant Growth of Global Digital Newspaper Market
FlipHTML5 Magazine Maker to Reach 2.5M Downloads
With all of the excitement over the shift to digital--and news headlines appears every day that highlight another newspaper or magazine that has moved into the electronic edition sphere--it's easy to overlook some of the processes that led to the creation of the digital edition in the first place. Companies like Adobe have been offering a mildly user-friendly tool in their DPS … [Read more...] about FlipHTML5 Magazine Maker to Reach 2.5M Downloads
Digital News Readership Continues to Gain New Ground
Newspaper outlets were initially slow to adopt digital publishing in a full-force manner, with many still experimenting with systems like paywalls and subscriber-only content in order to avoid alienating their paid print subscribers. But new data is showing that news outlets have nothing to fear from digital; even as print sales and print advertising revenue continue to … [Read more...] about Digital News Readership Continues to Gain New Ground
Amazon e-books Once Again Available in US Libraries
Overdrive has been engulfed in a massive technical issue that made thousands of Kindle e-books unavailable to libraries. Patrons quickly found out that since December it was hard to find a bestseller from Penguin or Hachette that was compatible with their e-reader. Overdrive, Libraries and the media was oblivious of this issue, until a Good e-Reader Report prompted the industry … [Read more...] about Amazon e-books Once Again Available in US Libraries
Playaway Unveils a Pre-Loaded, Controlled Tablet for Kids’ Circulation
Users who are familiar with the technology behind Playaways, the preloaded mini-MP3 players that contain individual audiobooks, may remember that the company has a strong history of providing conveniently packaged "safe" content for multi-user consumption. Whether it's the stand-alone audiobook players or the US Navy-specific NERDs (Naval E-Reader Device) that came loaded for … [Read more...] about Playaway Unveils a Pre-Loaded, Controlled Tablet for Kids’ Circulation
Digital Lending Reaches Japan
Just as libraries in the US have had to learn to navigate the sometimes frustrating world of digital content circulation, libraries in Japan have launched digital lending initiatives of their own. While the numbers remain small--only a total of thirty-three libraries offer some form of ebooks--it's the high rate of adoption spreading throughout the various library systems that … [Read more...] about Digital Lending Reaches Japan
Digital Is the Only Strategy to Save News Outlets
In an interesting juxtaposition in how ebooks were slow to "save" libraries, digital newspapers haven't been the "hit the ground running" salvation of newspapers, especially small town or locally owned news outlets. While it's true that print subscriptions are declining and digital is on the upswing, one keynote speech highlighted the data that says digital adoption isn't … [Read more...] about Digital Is the Only Strategy to Save News Outlets