Tag: harpercollins

by Jeremy Greenfield

The latest series about an out-of-place teen heroine living in a dystopian future is continuing to pay off for HarperCollins. “Divergent” by Veronica Roth is once again No. 1 on the Digital Book World E-book Best-Seller list. That’s the sixth time out of all eight weeks in 2014 that “Divergent” has been No. 1. Helping the publisher’s [...] more »

by Jeremy Greenfield

Veronica Roth’s Divergent series is helping HarperCollins to a strong first quarter showing of best-sellers. Once again, the title for which the series is named is the No. 1 best-selling e-book in the U.S., the same rank it achieved last week and a total of four out of the six weeks of best-selling e-books in 2014. The [...] more »

by Julie Keck

1. The woman behind Upworthy’s viral explosion (Stephen H. Segal / Philadelphia Weekly) 2. How HarperCollins’s Chief Digital Officer uses big data to make publishing profitable (Rachel Greenfield / Fast Company) 3. How geolocation may play a bigger role in future newsgathering (Alastair Reid / Journalism.co.uk) 4. Why related links are getting so racy and [...] more »

by Julie Keck

1. Columbia University’s piracy.lab explores the online world of digital piracy (Sarah Laskow / Columbia Journalism Review) 2. Steven King tops e-book best-seller list at discount as prices decrease (Jeremy Greenfield / Digital Book World) 3. Scribd, HarperCollins launch $8.99 subscription book service (Austin Carr / Fast Company) 4. Opinion: E-books price people out of [...] more »

by Julie Keck

1. Is the government shutting down? Quartz will tell you (and drive a little traffic in the process) (Caroline O’Donovan / Nieman Lab) 2. Publishers, AOL partner on subscription service (Mike Rondon / Folio) 3. The limits of Twitter’s TV pitch (Jack Marshall / Digiday) 4. Phony web traffic tricks digital ads (Christopher S. Stewart [...] more »

by Julie Keck

1. As e-books rise, smaller book stores are still growing (Marketplace) 2. Tech-savvy parents still prefer print books to e-books for kids, according to Pew (LA Times) 3. HarperCollins makes it easier for authors to give free, advance copies of their e-books (paidContent) 4. One-day deals making e-books brief best-sellers (NYT) 5. What the Toronto Star, Chicago Tribune and other media companies have learned [...] more »

by Julie Keck

1. Which publishers are the best at selling e-books? (Forbes) 2. E-book anxieties increase as publishing revolution rolls on (Guardian) 3. Self-published e-books are Nos. 1 and 2 best-sellers, average price drops to all-time low (Digital Book World) 4. HarperCollins debuts enhanced e-book info site (Publishers Weekly) 5. A little competition for Smashwords? (Good E-Reader) [...] more »

by Lily Leung

The best stories of the week from across the web on e-books and self-publishing 1. Amazon unveils the new Kindle (AllThingsD) 2. Column: Government’s e-book case helps Amazon build toward a monopoly (LAT) 3. Would You Read an E-Book on the iPhone 5? (Galley Cat) 4. HarperCollins strikes deal with Amazon, others, that lets its [...] more »

by Lily Leung

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung. 1. Nielsen: Growing number of homes have TVs but no cable, satellite or broadcast signal (AP) 2. Why the iPhone 5 is the ‘biggest upgrade in consumer electronics history’ (ZDNet) 3. HarperCollins strikes deal with Amazon, others, that lets its e-books [...] more »
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