Korean firm buys leading US storytelling platforms
Kakao Entertainment, based in Seoul, has acquired two serialized storytelling apps: Radish and Tapas.
mobile reading
Another Vegetable in the Short-Read Salad: Radish
Radish characterizes itself as “a short-form serialized fiction platform capitalizing on the shift to mobile.”
Closing Image: September 7, 2016
2016 data for Americans’ use of e-readers on cell phones and tablets and even computers and laptops.
Hot Sheet Index: August 24, 2016
Barnes and Noble statistics, including stock drop, upcoming new stores, and Nook sales. Industry digital statistics against print sales.
Closing Image: May 4, 2016
Social Media Today reports, “Digital media usage has increased by 35 percent since 2013, driven entirely by mobile growth.”
How Many Americans Can Access Your Digital Content?
With about half the developed nations ranking ahead of it, the U.S. isn’t where it needs to be in terms of broadband access.
Looking Ahead to 2016: We Predict a Tougher Field, New Competition, and Rising Tech Capabilities
Certain trends seem ready to hit inflection points, and it may not be too reckless to propose three such areas for authors in 2016.
New Signs of Life (and Death) in Multimedia and App-Based Publishing
Inside the industry, you hear a lot of talk about multimedia publishing, but you don’t necessarily see a lot of activity—it’s still considered a risky and unproven business.
How Marketing Strategies Might Change in a Mobile Reading Future
Reactions to new research from Nielsen indicating that the future of digital reading may be on phones, not tablets or e-reading devices.