GalleyCat expanded today, sharing its digital space with mediabistro.com’s thirteenth blog, eBookNewser. Our digitally obsessed sibling will cover eBooks, digital reading devices, publishing technology, smartphone reading applications, digital self-publishing, and the rapidly evolving future of digital publishing.
The blog will be edited by Craig Morgan Teicher and Jason Boog. Meet Teicher on today’s Morning Media Menu podcast–he’s a a poet and veteran Publishers Weekly reporter. He’ll be reporting live from our eBook Summit next week. You can follow the blog on our Twitter page as well. To subscribe to our daily newsletter, just enter your email address in the “eBookNewser in Your Inbox” link at the upper right-hand corner of the page.
From the National Book Awards podium to meeting rooms in conglomerate publishing houses, the industry is very anxious about the future of books. As the digital reading increases over the next few years, publishers, authors, and readers need to reconcile these fears about the future. As we build the eBook Newser community, we hope to start a more productive conversation about the future of eBooks.
Feel free to email us your tips, suggestions, and thoughts–our digital door is always open. The company’s press release follows after the jump…
MEDIABISTRO.COM ANNOUNCES EBOOKNEWSER, NEW BLOG ABOUT DIGITAL PUBLISHING
(New York, NY — December 7, 2009) Mediabistro.com (a division of WebMediaBrands Inc., Nasdaq: WEBM) announced the launch of eBookNewser, a blog covering eBooks, digital reading devices, publishing technology, smartphone reading applications, digital self-publishing, and the rapidly evolving future of digital publishing.
“eBookNewser is an exciting addition to the Mediabistro blog network,” stated Alan Meckler, Chairman and CEO of WebMediaBrands. “Together with our upcoming eBook Summit tradeshow and GalleyCat, our blog about book publishing, eBookNewser will help publishers, writers, and readers map out the new frontiers of digital publishing.”
The url for eBookNewser is: www.mediabistro.com/ebooknewser
Twitter: @ebooknewser
About mediabistro.com
Mediabistro.com is dedicated to anyone who creates or works with content, or who is a non-creative professional working in a content/creative industry. This includes editors, writers, producers, graphic designers, book publishers, and others in industries including magazines, television, film, radio, newspapers, book publishing, online media, advertising, PR, and design. Our mission is to provide opportunities to meet, share resources, learn about job opportunities and interesting projects and news, improve career skills, and showcase your work.
About WebMediaBrands Inc.
WebMediaBrands (www.webmediabrands.com), headquartered in New York, NY, is the leading global provider of events, education, jobs, and content for business, media, and creative professionals. The company consists of four distinct brands: mediabistro.com, LearnNetwork, Freelance Connect, and Semantic Web. Over 6 million users visit WebMediaBrands monthly.
All current WebMediaBrands press releases are online at www.webmediabrands.com/corporate/press.html.
For information on Mediabistro and WebMediaBrands contact:
Amanda Barrett
Director of Marketing
212-547-7879
press@webmediabrands.com