S&S launches social media community for new adult readers
Simon & Schuster has launched a new social media community for new adult readers, reports the Bookseller. The Hot Bed community exists on Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest and will feature...
Bookvibe book discovery platform to analyse tweets, Facebook posts
Californian digital start-up Parakweet is developing a book discovery platform called Bookvibe, which analyses tweets and public Facebook posts to generate book recommendations, reports DigitalBookWorld. For consumers, the free service generates customised lists of recommendations from the users’ social...
YA book-discovery startup wins Publishing Hackathon
A young adult book-discovery platform called Evoke has won the inaugural Publishing Hackathon, a software development contest held in New York in May, reports DigitalBookWorld. The Evoke team, which includes Lisa Maione, Jason Pearson...
Publishing Hackathon finalists announced
Six finalists have been chosen from the inaugural Publishing Hackathon, held in New York on 18-19 May. Thirty teams were given 36 hours to come up with an idea for a book discovery...
The Reading Room announces print book sales
The Reading Room, a book-focussed social media website, will begin selling print books online in June, following its introduction of ebook sales earlier this year, reports Digital Book World. The...
Morton named ‘Australia’s favourite novelist’ in Booktopia poll
Kate Morton has topped the winners list in Booktopia’s search for ‘Australia’s favourite novelist’. Booktopia announced the top 50 novelists on its website on 25 January after receiving ‘hundreds of nominations’ and ‘tens of...
Random House announces book recommendation Facebook app BookScout
In the US, Random House has announced a new Facebook app that will offer book recommendations, reports Publishers Weekly. The app, named BookScout, is powered by Facebook’s ‘Like’ feature and...
Random House teams up with Zuni to develop digital strategy
Random House Australia has appointed consultancy firm Zuni to help the company develop its digital strategy. Random House marketing and publicity director Brett Osmond told Bookseller+Publisher that the company’s work...
Booktopia asks readers to choose ‘Australia’s Favourite Novelist’
Booktopia is running a promotion for readers to vote for their favourite Australian novelist to coincide with the bookseller’s ‘month of Australian stories’. Nominations, which were accepted by email, Twitter and...
Facebook changes news feed algorithm
Recent changes to Facebook’s news feed algorithm could mean that messages posted by company pages will reach fewer customers. Facebook has confirmed that changes to its ‘Edgerank’ news feed algorithm...
Nick Earls on striking a balance in social media
First, I’d like to tell you a few things about my cat. I’d like to, but he’s been gone for more than two years, after a long and mostly happy...
The Rise of the Fifth Estate: Social Media and Blogging in Australian Politics Greg Jericho (Scribe, September)
The Rise of the Fifth Estate is a well-researched and engaging look at the world of social media and blogging in the context of the Australian political system, and author...
ABA Conference round-up
The 2012 Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) conference was held on 17 and 18 June in Manly, bringing together around 280 members of the industry. More than 140 booksellers from across...
Stephanie Campisi on Pinterest, QR codes and how booksellers and publishers are using them
‘We’re looking at Pinterest as a static archive of curated links rather than a gallery of images. We want to give people a better idea of the “personality” of Scribe.’...
Social media climbers: Stephanie Campisi on Pinterest and QR Codes
If the news reports and in-the-wild sightings are anything to go by, 2012 is the year of Pinterest and QR Codes. Stephanie Campisi tracks their progress in the book world....
Facebook announces changes to brand pages
Facebook business page users have been notified of significant changes to their brand pages that are set to take place on March 31. The biggest update added to these pages...
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