Book publisher Harper Collins is making its
first foray into interactive online advertising as it prepares to ramp
up its digital offering.
HarperCollins group digital director and publisher David Roth-Ey told new media age the ad market is “untapped” in the book publishing market.
The legacy of book publishers has always been free of ads, and while it should continue for fictional books, Roth-Ey said there is definite potential to explore digital ads for books such as information guides.
“Certain kinds of books create immersive reading experiences whereby ads would be too interruptive for readers, and publishers and even advertisers aren’t likely to put a premium on that. But information books, for example a Collins birds guide, could provide very valuable real estate for contextual advertising - in this case potentially a binoculars manufacturer.”
His comments come as Harper Collins kicks of an internal, company-wide DigiFest conference aimed at addressing digital challenges including discoverability of content.
“Bookstores have traditionally been the most successful way to discover books, but as those dwindle in importance and significance we need to tackle how we recreate the sense of discovering books in an online environment.”
The book browsing effect, where publishers rely on beautiful book covers to attract buyers in-store needs to be replaced, he added.
http://www.nma.co.uk/harper-collins-to-explore-selling-interactive-ad-space-in-factual-books/3031813.article
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