Publishing
More money for email marketing
83% of marketing professionals is of the opinion that email marketing is more important in 2015 than it was two years ago. Money set aside for email marketing has risen this year with an average of 27%. This is what E-mail Benchmark 2015 published. E-mail Benchmark conducts periodical research into trends and developments in the…
Lees meerIntel Compute Stick: a quad-core pocket size computer ideal for digital signage
There are more super mini computers, but the Intel Compute Stick with its quad-core Atom processor, Wifi b/g/n and microSD slot is one of the first fully fledged versions. The Compute Stick has a choice of Windows 8.1 or Linux. Prices will be around 150 and 100 Euros respectively. The Compute Stick will be available…
Lees meerLearn what digital content should look like from the 10 finalists in the World´s Best-Designed digital news contest
It is an impressive but surprising list, the 10 finalists of the World´s Best-Designed digital news contest. Not surprising are The New Yorker and Quartz, but the nominations of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are, if only for the fact that they are accepted as news providers. If you look at them all there is a…
Lees meerE-books increasingly popular because of price difference
Numbers released by the Dutch Centraal Boekhuis (central book repository) show that one in every 20 books sold is an e-book. And this number will continue to rise. Over the past quarter 583,277 e-books were sold, an increase of 22% compared to Q1 2014. Since beginning of this year the renting of e-books has doubled…
Lees meerNon linear publishing: the digital serial novel saving the e-book
Magazine portfolios (a weekly subscription to a variety of magazines which was consecutively shared with others in the same neighbourhood) already knew this in the last century, selling content is easiest in smaller chunks. That is exactly what non linear digital publishing intends to do. According to David Wilcockson this does not only guarantee a…
Lees meerAdobe Publish with flat fee will replace Digital Publishing Suite
Five years ago Adobe introduced the Digital Publishing Suite, a complete software package to make apps of any kind of content. This summer DPS will be replaced by Adobe Publish. The biggest change is a flat fee instead of paying per publication. New are more and better tools with which writers, journalists and their manager…
Lees meerGmund retail image spots video 2015: paper is a modern medium
In their retail image spots video paper manufacturer Gmund shows that paper is a modern medium. The images are a combination of traditional paper manufacturing, modern techniques and young people who present a type of paper which fits their lifestyle, show that paper can be a modern medium. Watch the Gmund video on the Blokboek.com video page. …
Lees meerThe road to Fame and Fortune: FESPA Awards 2015
The FESPA Awards can be the road to fame and fortune for any creative communicator. The Awards are open to anyone, you do not have to be a FESPA member and any application, digital, print, sign or hybrid can compete for this much desired prize. No less than 21 categories from Point of Sale to…
Lees meerCrowdfunding for medieval book
The prayer book of duchess Maria van Gerle is one of the few medieval books which have been saved. The monk Helmich de Lewe made the book which is already 600 years old. It has 1200 pages and the velum pages have very detailed illustrations. Professor Johan Oosterman (historic Dutch literature at the Radboud University…
Lees meerThe difference between a real book and an e-reader getting smaller with an Ikea lamp
Ikea will sell lamps and furniture which will wirelessly charge e-readers, tablets and smartphones. The devices have to comply with the Qi standard. Companies such as Asus, HTC, etc. are Qi standardized. Unfortunately Apple isn´t yet. Ikea intends to sell a standalone Qi charge pad which will allow you to make your own furniture with…
Lees meerSmart content idea? Win $100K with the Google Cloud Platform Build-Off
Google is seriously busy to attract content creators to its new cloud platform. The company offers smart development tools and keeps the costs low. It has now opened a contest to show how Google Cloud Platform can be used. The first prize is a $100K Cloud Platform Startup credit, but also the second and third…
Lees meerReading makes you healthier, smarter and happier
Quick Reads, together with Galaxy, released the results of research into the influence of reading on our health and wellbeing. Results indicate that not only does reading help you sleep better, but regular reading makes you smarter and happier. The research is possibly a bit biased as Quick Reads propagates short stories, but read the…
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