The Washington Post Bestseller List is primarily sourced from data provided by Nielsen BookScan. This company monitors sales from retail stores such as Barnes and Noble Books-a-million, and online sources such as Amazon. The editors at the Washington Post has just released their picks for the top 10 books of the year and some of them are really compelling. Here are their … [Read more...] about The Washington Post Unveils Top 10 Books of 2015
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Amazon Prime Now Includes Free Six Month Subscription to Washington Post
Amazon Prime is a fairly compelling value proposition when it comes to all things Amazon. You can read a free e-book every month with the Kindle Lending Library, music and video streaming in addition to free two day shipping. Amazon has just introduced a new reason to subscribe to Prime, a free six month subscription to the Washington Post. In 2013 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos … [Read more...] about Amazon Prime Now Includes Free Six Month Subscription to Washington Post
Digital Newspaper Bundling for Added Value
The newspaper industry as a whole has adapted well to digital publishing in order to keep its doors open in an information climate that not only offers free news via the internet, but that competes with internet news for up-to-date accuracy. Digital publishing has offered news outlets the opportunity to continue to reach subscribers and readers while still offering the … [Read more...] about Digital Newspaper Bundling for Added Value
Washington Post App Exclusive to the Kindle Fire
When Jeff Bezos purchased the Washington Post last year for $250 million, many people were wondering what role it would play on the Amazon ecosystem. There is a new Post app exclusively available on the Kindle Fire line of tablets. Users will get access to two editions per day which the editorial team for The Washington Post will release at 5 am ET and 5 pm ET. The new app, … [Read more...] about Washington Post App Exclusive to the Kindle Fire
Amazon Kindle Fire to come with Free Washington Post App
Jeff Bezos is the proud owner of the Washington Post and he is hoping to build some synergy between the newspaper and the Kindle. Within a few weeks a special version of the Post will be loaded on the new Kindle Fire line of tablets. it will offer a curated selection of news and photographs from the daily newspaper in a magazine style format. According to Business Week the … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Fire to come with Free Washington Post App
Washington Post: What Would Bezos Do?
It's no secret that newspapers as a whole are on the decline. Some of the longest-standing family-owned outlets in the country have already shuttered their doors, and the ones who are managing to stay afloat are doing so with the help of digitization efforts and an online presence. This characteristic of journalistic publishing made the news this past spring that Jeff Bezos, … [Read more...] about Washington Post: What Would Bezos Do?
Mozilla Secures Grant Funding to Build Reader-Centric News Sites
With the help of some non-profit agency grant funding, Mozilla is working to make the internet a place that fosters better discussion and more reader-centric but newsworthy content. After securing around $3.9 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which provides significant funding to groups that are promoting new practices in journalism, Mozilla and two major … [Read more...] about Mozilla Secures Grant Funding to Build Reader-Centric News Sites
How The Washington Post Can Bring Down Its Owner’s Company
We've been hearing the question for some time now: What do we have to do to bring down Amazon? Some companies have even tried it, which led to a pretty ugly Department of Justice investigation and resulting lawsuit, one whose damages are reportedly going to be well into the one billion dollar mark before it's over. Of course, even within the bounds of the law publishers have … [Read more...] about How The Washington Post Can Bring Down Its Owner’s Company
Resurgence of Indie Bookstores Means They Have a New Role to Fill
A number of articles have been written lately, like this prominent one from the Washington Post (love how the article in a paper owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos actually has the words, "Amazon is king."), about the slow-but-serious growth of independent bookstores, both in terms of launches and in sales. Data from the American Booksellers Association actually points to both … [Read more...] about Resurgence of Indie Bookstores Means They Have a New Role to Fill
Jeff Bezos to Washington Post: Don’t Be Boring
It could not have been a good feeling to come to work at The Washington Post one fateful day recently and find a memo on your cubicle desk that said, "We've been bought out by the guy who founded Amazon." The world's largest online retailer is known for cutting edge technology and innovation, and print newspapers are known for covering yesterday's news. Obviously, any fears … [Read more...] about Jeff Bezos to Washington Post: Don’t Be Boring
New Washington Post eBooks Now Available
The Washington Post newspaper teamed up with Diversion Books back in August to release a series of ebook exclusives. These books are based on past articles that appeared in the newspaper in a series of articles and neatly packaged in digital form. The first two ebooks are Original Watergate Stories and The Bryce Harper Story. You can purchase them for your e-reader via Amazon, … [Read more...] about New Washington Post eBooks Now Available
Big Six Are Out of the Kindle Lending Library
Amazon announced its plans to launch its flat-fee Kindle Lending Library earlier this month to coincide with today’s release of the Kindle Fire Tablet. Immediately, the critics came out to rail against the concept, a model which works very similarly to Netflix’s basic subscription: Amazon Prime members will be allowed one book loan per month from a catalog of more than 5,000 … [Read more...] about Big Six Are Out of the Kindle Lending Library