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Search Better

by on May 3, 2013 in Publishers Marketplace Tips

We have been working for a long time now on a system to help PM members conduct better, faster and more revealing searches on our site--to find what you want, but also to reveal more of the depth and breadth of information from across the site. We're calling it Super…

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Google's Planned Death of Reader Starts RSS Scramble

by on March 14, 2013 in Publishers Marketplace Tips

Google announced Wednesday that their RSS feed aggregator Reader will be "retired" July 1, claiming that "over the years usage has declined." The announcement led to venting online and a quick scramble for recommendations for comparable services--and at least Google has provided enough advance notice to let others fill the…

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Milestones, Missed

by on November 13, 2012 in Publishers Marketplace Tips

Like many of you we're still working on getting back to normal after the storm. Along the way we missed taking note of a variety of interesting milestones. Most importantly, we missed our very own anniversary, marking 11 lucky years of PublishersMarketplace.com. As members may recall, we often try to…

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Speaking of Stats

by on August 9, 2012 in Publishers Marketplace Tips

We have a few interesting numbers of our own to share with you. Last month saw our highest traffic ever at PublishersMarketplace.com, just shy of 2 million true visitor page views (leaving out all the spiders and bots). Indeed our traffic has been strong all year, up about 18 percent…

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A New Way to Use Our Contacts

by on July 12, 2012 in Publishers Marketplace Tips

The PublishersMarketplace Contacts database has long been one of our most popular features and now we are rolling out a way to make it even more useful: The PM Contacts mobile web app. To load the app on any iOS or Android device, point your browser to: http://www.publishersmarketplace.com/pm/contacts. (It will…

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Remarkable

by on November 6, 2011 in Publishers Marketplace Tips

We're delighted to acknowledge one of those marvelous moments that you never see coming, but you're always thrilled when they occur: PublishersMarketplace.com is 10 years old. As always, our greatest thanks go to you, our members and subscribers; we exist to serve the community that supports us. Second on the…

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Technology and Treats (Part One: Appiness)

by on May 16, 2011 in BEA11, Free, Publishers Marketplace Tips

Last year we happily experimented with creating web apps to organize and inform the BEA experience, and now we are back with new and improved versions. Two new features come directly from user feedback: 1. The iOS and Android versions use some HTML 5 magic to work offline as well…

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Technology and Treats (Part Two: Bloginess)

by on May 16, 2011 in Free, Publishers Marketplace Tips

We're also unveiling another months-in-the-making upgrade to PublishersMarketplace.com and Publishers Lunch today. The Publishers Lunch news page and archive has left behind the 10-year-old platform we've been working with and moved to WordPress, with a new design and a number of new features. For now the change in your daily…

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From the Substitute Chef

by on August 14, 2009 in Publishers Marketplace Tips

Publishers Lunch will be specially prepared for your consumption by Sarah Weinman (@sarahw) from today through Friday, August 28, inclusive. Please direct all tips, announcements, articles and complaints to Lunch's temporary inbox at marketplacetips@gmail.com. 

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The Most Marketplace: Making Contact

by on August 10, 2009 in Publishers Marketplace Tips, Web Only

Inspired by a weekend Twitter post from agent Collen Lindsay ("Book Editors: Make sure your listing in Publishers Marketplace is current. It's free for you to add your contact info") today's PublishersMarketplace.com feature highlight is on our popular Contact database. Increasingly the database is used as the "industry phone book"…

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