Resources Library by ANA

The story of "the journal"

On the 22nd February 1992 The Journal, the morning paper of the North East of England relaunched after a period of steady sales decline. In fact in the previous twenty years, sales had fallen by 45%. This sadly has been the picture for many regional...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Competition In Publishing

Author: Jim Chisholm

June 15, 1993

Target groups redefined

At the suggestion of the BURDA publishing company in OfFenburg— publisher of Mein schoner Garten, the gardening magazine with the largest circulation in Europe-the Allensbach Institute has for the first time tested the 'flow' concept developed...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Competition In Publishing

Author: Rüdiger Schulz

Company: Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach GmbH

June 15, 1993

Fact or fiction

Historically the UK book trade has been poorly served with information about the market - in terms of both actual sales and buyer behaviour and attitudes. There were many assumptions made about the market, for example, who is buying what books, and...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Competition In Publishing

Author: Leslie Henry

June 15, 1993

Developing and using a consumer panel to assist book marketing

This paper is divided into three sections. The first deals with some of the main points derived from the Adams Readers' Panel which bear on the title. The marketing of books is an order of magnitude more difficult than the marketing of most products,...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Competition In Publishing

Author: James Adams

June 15, 1993

How to increase sales through market research

We have a better understanding of our competitive position and can match the effectiveness of our sales, marketing and communications methods with competitors. Analysing, interpreting and acting on the data from the research group database has helped...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Competition In Publishing

Authors: Mike Cranidge, Robin J. Birn

June 15, 1993

It's all in the cover

There is more to publishing a new consumer magazine title than just coming up with the "right" cover design; but it is clearly a very critical component. As a researcher it is of primary concern to first establish a real understanding of the key...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Competition In Publishing

Author: Stephen Thomas

June 15, 1993

Making a newspaper more reader-friendly

Analysing research data for Tages-Anzeiger in 1990 made it evident that reading meant glancing at articles or reading headlines only. The aim was therefore to improve the intensity of reading by making the readers spend more time reading an issue of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Competition In Publishing

Author: Gaby Bachofner

June 15, 1993

Aspects of postmodern reading public

In the western democratic societies of today where mass-produced individualism is prevalent, there is increasing evidence that classical target group segmentation based on sociodemography and conventional typologies, conventional in that they are...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Competition In Publishing

Author: Dieter Reigber

June 15, 1993

Magazines buying patterns

The national media researches base on readers much more than buyers of the copies: the issue is that there is a lack of market research data able to support marketing decisions regarding circulation level development and control. Readership surveys...

Catalogue: Seminar 1993: Competition In Publishing

Author: Giorgio Visintini

Company: Unicab Italia S.p.A

June 15, 1993