Showing posts with label ebook club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ebook club. Show all posts

Saturday, September 8, 2012

dwb reporting:
New York, NY – September 5, 2012 – Today, leading romance publisher Avon Books officially launches a visually appealing, content-rich digital presence.  The new AvonRomance.com spotlights a wide array of user-generated posts and commentary. The website features editorials, book reviews, pictures, videos, news, and special promotions from Avon authors, romance readers, and influential online reviewers, as well as Avon Romance editors and marketers. The site redesign and state-of-the art interactive and social capabilities are powered by Tidal, an innovator in developing dynamic syndication networks.
“At HarperCollins Publishers, we’re constantly exploring new and innovative ways to grow audiences for our authors, and to deepen engagement with their fans,” says HarperCollins Chief Marketing Officer Angela Tribelli.  “Partnering with smart and fast-moving technology partners is a key component of this strategy. We’re thrilled to be the first book publisher on the Tidal platform, and are particularly excited to light up an exciting new channel where Avon Romance readers can do what they do best – share their love of Avon authors and books.”
http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2012/harpercollins-relaunches-avonromance-site-as-user-generated-content-platform/

Saturday, July 7, 2012

What Your E-Books Are Telling Companies About You

WSJ reporting:
Kobo, which makes digital reading devices and operates an e-reading service that stocks 2.5 million books and has more than 8 million users, has recently started looking at how readers as a whole engage with particular books and genres. The company tracks how many hours readers spend on particular titles and how far they get.
Kobo recently found, for example, that most readers who started George R.R. Martin’s fantasy novel “A Dance With Dragons” finished the book, and spent an average of 20 hours reading it, a relatively fast read for a 1,040-page novel. Readers tore through “Mockingjay,” the 400-page final book of Suzanne Collins’s dystopian trilogy, finishing in just over seven hours. Kobo also found, comparing fiction and nonfiction titles, that readers tend to spend longer chunks of time reading novels than humor or diet books.
Take a look at this chart on average reading prices and reading times (in hours).
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/06/29/what-your-e-books-are-telling-companies-about-you/