Algarve is the southernmost province of Portugal. Only a stretch of salty water separates the province’s south coast from North Africa, which makes Algarve one of the southest in Europe. The south coast has … Read the story...
I lost my faith in Airbnb after I stayed in an apartment with misleading description and questionable reviews. After reporting the false information, Airbnb didn’t lift a finger to correct anything. In the future, Airbnb and other online services … Read the story...
Reuters Institute has published a survey on news business that highlights the key trends for 2020. Overall, the results don’t feature any dramatic surprises, but rather reinforce the … Read the story...
Just like newspaper and magazine editors who don’t understand how they coped without statistics of articles published in their print products, I don’t understand how I survived without apps introduced in one of our 2019 articles. No wonder the post … Read the story...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a software technology that usually relies on large amounts of data that is fed to smart algorithms for making informed choices. It is not black magic that solves all the problems of the world, but AI … Read the story...
Audible, an audiobook publisher owned by Amazon, has developed a new feature to the application that lets customers listen to audiobooks. It is possible to read a book in the app at the same time as an audiobook is playing. … Read the story...
The biggest book publisher in the world (also the biggest textbook publisher), Pearson Plc, has confirmed that the future of textbooks is digital.
In July 2019, Pearson announced that all the published textbooks will be digital first in the US … Read the story...
Writers, readers, travelers, and anyone who wants to understand a document or a piece of text written in foreign language can access an online tool that produces a rough translation for tens of languages. The go-to tool for many people … Read the story...
There is a moment in every author’s life when the question of having a web site becomes a hot topic. Most book publishing marketers recommend authors to have a dedicated personal or book related web site.
When it comes to … Read the story...
Product catalogs are bestsellers among certain types of readers. Catalogs are made for browsing, viewing beautiful photographs and for dreaming of owning products listed on a glossy paper. Of course, catalogs were one of the first print products to move … Read the story...
A new report on the state of the ebook, audiobook and print book markets in the US was recently delivered by the number-crunching wizard Data Guy at Digital Book World Conference 2018. The statistics – that cover almost the … Read the story...
The Parliament of European Union has accepted the new Copyright Directive proposed by the Commission. The EU Parliament, Commission and Council will negotiate the details, aiming at having the law proposal ready for EU member states by the end of … Read the story...
