ENTRIES TAGGED "publishing startups"
ValoBox wants to reward content creators and consumers
ValoBox looks to combine access to content, analytics and conversion.
ValoBox, a publishing startup we covered earlier this year, has launched. In this interview, co-founder Oliver Brooks describes the platform, its development, and how its social retail system works.
Transforming data into narrative content
Kristian Hammond on how Narrative Science gives a voice to insights found in the growing world of big data.
Scaling content no longer requires new hires — Narrative Science automatically generates stories from data. In this interview, CTO Kristian Hammond explains how it works and how the expanding types of data are creating new storytelling opportunities.
When you commit to "release early and often" you have to actually do it
"Every Book Is a Startup" author Todd Sattersten on agile methods and the importance of scope.
We follow up with BizBookLab's Todd Sattersten to see how his startup project, "Every Book Is a Startup," is coming along. Sattersten looks at the relationship between startup pitches and book pitches, and he explains why scope is a valuable project tool.
Getting the content out there isn't enough anymore
Justo Hidalgo on subscriptions, paywalls and the importance of added value.
In this interview, 24Symbols' Just Hidalgo examines the relationship between high-quality content, related services and consumer needs.
Three reasons why we're in a golden age of publishing entrepreneurship
Digital is creating fertile ground for startups.
Books, publishing processes and readers have all made the jump to digital, and that's creating considerable opportunities for publishing startups.
What publishers can learn from Netflix's problems
Tim Carmody on the lessons from Netflix and the facade of inevitability.
In this interview, Wired.com writer Tim Carmody examines the recent missteps of Netflix and he takes a broad look at how technology shapes the reading experience.
Tools of Change for Publishing Newsletter: December 7, 2011
Publishing startups, the paperless book, analyzing Amazon's many moves.
Highlights from the 12/7/11 edition of the TOC newsletter include: Todd Sattersten argues for a "paperless book," a look at Amazon's many products and initiatives, and the folly of Kindle device limits.
Tools of Change for Publishing Newsletter: November 23, 2011
Kindle Fire, common ground between books and music, and why your book is a startup.
Highlights from the 11/23/11 edition of the TOC newsletter include: A new wave of lower-priced tablets arrives, check out an excerpt from Todd Sattersten's "Every Book Is a Startup," and our editors guide the way to top pub news and analysis.
Papercut has designs on a new storytelling genre
Papercut looks to create an experience that falls somewhere between text and a movie.
In this TOC podcast, ustwo head of publishing Jonas Lennermo says his company's new iPad product, Papercut, is a publishing platform, a storefront, and a storytelling experiment.
BookRiff: A marketplace for curators
A startup looks to give curators an outlet while keeping content owners happy.
BookRiff CEO Rochelle Grayson explains how her company will open new distribution and revenue streams for curators and content owners.