Go here and you'll see that the last press release on Microsoft's own
Reader site was dated July 2003 (still the situation as at 25 July 2008)-- never a good sign but probably about the time the bubble from the last ebook wave of hype burst.
You can also reach out through other author and
reader sites like Goodreads to exchange reviews with other authors.
Some e
reader sites say that its processor has solo core.
(There's a new
reader site that looks like a nice alternative to the sometimes cumbersome Goodreads, called Readmill, which really does look intriguing if you've got more time than me.)
My challenge with Goodreads (and other author /
reader sites) is that I write nonfiction.
We're hosting one for paperback books over at
our reader site, BooklyBooks.com.
Make it easy for readers to find your book by placing it on the biggest
reader sites out there, including a listing on Goodreads.
For other authors, though, the best way to become a household name is to pull a stunt so vile that it causes a firestorm of rage on author and
reader sites.
Goodreads is probably the largest
reader site.
Challenges can include tweeting about a book, commenting about the book on
a reader site, giving the book to a friend to read, and more!
They are the fastest growing
reader site on the Internet.
Haslett is also going to be editing the Rogue
Reader site, which serves to bolster the group's work with outside interviews and supplemental material to their books.
However, 99c alone isn't a discovery mechanism — not anymore — so you need to combine it with something else, like an ad with one of the big
reader sites, or a group promotion with a bunch of other authors (or, for best results, both).
In fact, on one of
our reader sites - Freado - when we give away books that form part of a series, the participation rates appear to be higher and more enthusiastic.
The big
reader sites like Ereader News Today, Pixel of Ink, and BookBub don't seem to have much reach in the UK (or the other countries with a Kindle Store), so getting a freebie featured on those sites doesn't seem to impact ex-US numbers much.
That aside, the other net effect of these affiliate changes is the forcing of
reader sites to focus on 99c deals rather than free books.
It's impossible to know what exactly was driving the most sales as I had stuff going on every single day during the 10 - day pre-order period: podcasts, guests posts, email sends, newsletter swaps, Facebook campaigns, webinars, BookBub CPM ads, culminating in
some reader site ads once the book actually dropped.
The Sony
Reader site has a good selection of books to buy for kids.
Notably there's also a fingerprint
reader sited on the back - a different approach for Sony - and crucially it is separated from the camera lens.
I added a program to my website that posts links to your recent posts on purpose, I wanted
my readers sites to get more exposure, even if it's just a little.
Not exact matches
Sites like The Guardian have experimented with messages that try to educate
readers about how much advertising supports the financial health and well - being of the
site they are visiting, and suggest donating or signing up for a subscription.
One reason newspaper
sites don't get a lot of
readers is that they are poorly designed, slow to load, and filled with annoying advertising.
The women - focused
site targets millennial
readers with lifestyle stories on pop culture, beauty, and fashion.
Adblock Plus is pitching this as a great package for publishers that know a lot of their
readers are likely to be using ad - blockers — gaming
sites, tech
sites, and so on.
«Like most media
sites, ad - blockers cut deeply into our revenue and create a more one - sided relationship between
reader and publisher,» Salon's team wrote in a note addressing the new program.
As the
site fostered a large and engaged community of
readers, it made sense to utilize the knowledge and opinions of these
readers to craft products they would actually buy.
At the same time, I don't want my
readers to come to my
site and see a brand that is totally out of sync and have that affect my credibility.
Your
site draws something like a million
readers a month, and the repeat traffic numbers are ridiculous.
The effectiveness of this metric is tied to the way that the form is presented to the
reader: some
sites limit the what is visible until the form is filled - out.
Internet search experts say the shutdown of Google News in Spain may be greater on smaller, less - well known news publishers than on name - brand news
sites who are less reliant on the
site to draw in
readers.
Grindr's Vice President of Global Marketing Peter Sloterdyk said that while the Grindr app provided a valuable launch pad to bring
readers to Into, the
site is not meant to serve as simply a marketing vehicle for the dating service.
Cory Haik, who recently joined Mic as chief strategy officer after working in a similar capacity at the Washington Post, says a big part of what she and Mic's director of growth and editorial products, Marcus Moretti, are working on is an attempt to marry traditional measurements of
reader activity with newer ways of determining if
readers are getting long - term value from what the
site is providing.
These ads either brought
readers to a
site they never intended to go to, or pushed them over to the app store to download a suspicious app they probably knew nothing about.
Google observed the rise of tabloid cloaking in 2016 — meaning ads that looked like news stories but ultimately led
readers to a
site selling a product, like weight - loss pills.
«Whether it's through the social Web, sponsored placement on a publisher
site, or via others channels,
readers are not searching for your content,» Galai says.
Otherwise, writers might start doing similarly illogical things, like directing potential
readers to
sites like these.
The
site charges publishers for getting their stories promoted on Digg, and pays
readers a smaller amount for «digging» those stories.
Blog In 1997, a writer named Jorn Barger created a
site where he shared links with
readers called Robot Wisdom WebLog, with WebLog short for logging the web.
Not only will your
readers appreciate it, doing so gives the
site you connect with incentive to drive some of its traffic your way.
At the same time, as people increasingly consume magazine content online on their phones or on social media
sites while out in public, Playboy
readers objected to pornographic photos considered NSFW: Not Suitable For Work.
Most
sites want long - term relationships; not only is it easier from an administrative point of view, it also fosters
site continuity and helps grow their
reader base.
A
site that your
readers and viewers can reference back to, for more of your incredible content.
So I think as long as
readers — whether they admit it publicly or not — as long as
readers have a hunger for true, critical, funny stories about how the system works and about the concentration of money and power in modern society, as long as they have that appetite, then a
site like Gawker.com is going to have a continued purpose.
A business that sells products online, particularly ones focused on a particular niche, can use an API to make it easy for related blogs and websites to become new sales channels, giving the staffers who run those
sites the pricing, inventory and product information they need to turn their
readers into buyers.
Online sales, already anemic because of a web
site in which B&N had underinvested over the years as it pursued its Nook digital
reader efforts, plunged immediately.
We share a lot of great content from other
sites that we think will help our clients and
readers — usually marketing tips or important news — as well as some team updates and positivity articles.
The
reader, which is free to order on the Square
site, connects to Square Register, a souped - up point - of - sale app that replaces the traditional cash register, allowing customers to pay with cash or swipe a credit or debit card and sign on the screen with a finger.
Although the
site is ostensibly off - limits to all but the founders of fast - growing companies, they're not its only
readers.
AOL Canada general manager Graham Moysey puts even more stock in the amount of time Canadian
readers are spending at the
site, which he says has gone up 240 % since HuffPo Canada's launch.
BuzzFeed relies heavily on pop culture references and popular media topics (again, see the «Men in Black» article referenced above), as the numbers show that these posts get the most traction among the
site's
readers.