Marketing

5 Questions with Amanda D’Acierno, SVP, Publisher, PRH Audio
January 12, 2017 at 7:00 am

Amanda D’Acierno is a senior vice president and the publisher of Penguin Random House Audio, where she oversees both adult and children’s audio publishing. She is a longtime advocate for audiobooks, having led innovative efforts to spread the word about audio through regional and national awareness campaigns. Amanda is also a speaker at DBW 2017,…

5 Questions with Peter Hildick-Smith, CEO, Codex-Group
January 11, 2017 at 7:00 am

Peter Hildick-Smith is the CEO of Codex-Group, where he leads book audience strategy research through large sample, quantitative pre-market testing. Prior to founding Codex, Peter was the chief marketing officer for GE Capital Global Consumer UK, and the SVP of customer management for GE Capital Retail Financial Services North America. He also served as VP…

How Publishers Can Boost the Value of Intellectual Property
January 11, 2017 at 2:30 am

What if the value of a publisher's IP isn't just content but organizational, too? A key consultant says publishing needs a reproducible process to harness creative ideas The post How Publishers Can Boost the Value of Intellectual Property appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

5 Questions with Hachette’s Phil Madans
January 10, 2017 at 7:00 am

Phil Madans is the executive director of digital publishing technology at Hachette, where he applies his extensive publishing experience to evangelize and implement new solutions for content creation, workflow efficiency and metadata optimization. A long-time member of the Book Industry Study Group, Phil chairs its Identification Committee, serves on its Coordinating Council and leads Hachette’s…

Study Finds Cloud-Based Piracy Protection Drives Increase in Sales
January 10, 2017 at 7:00 am

Thanks to years of digitization efforts throughout the publishing industry, ebooks are now widely available and the cost to readers to access them is lower than ever. Digital reading is here to stay. A notable consequence of this trend, however, has been the explosive rise in online piracy—a challenge that many publishers have struggled to…

Market Overview: Pakistan’s Emerging Publishing Industry
January 10, 2017 at 2:30 am

A market with few reliable statistics, Pakistan's literary leaders work in Western publishing markets and its main play at home is in textbooks. The post Market Overview: Pakistan’s Emerging Publishing Industry appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Scholarly Publishing: The University of Bristol’s New Press Stands on Policy
January 9, 2017 at 2:30 am

At the UK's newest university press, key points of campus-based publishing emerge: 'You’ve just got to be really clear about why you’re innovating.' The post Scholarly Publishing: The University of Bristol’s New Press Stands on Policy appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

5 Questions with DBW 2017’s Scott Manning
January 6, 2017 at 7:00 am

Scott Manning is the CEO of Scott Manning & Associates. For more than 30 years, Scott has created and implemented public relations campaigns for a wide variety of authors and literary organizations. His experience includes special events planning and media placement via long-standing contacts with print and online journalists, book reviewers and broadcast producers. Scott…