Day: October 28, 2016

Amazon to take over Chennai-based publishing house Westland

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Amazon to take over Chennai-based publishing house Westland

After acquiring 26% stake of Westland, a Chennai-based book publishing unit owned by Tata group in February this year, Amazon has now agreed to
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Where to Catch Ferrante Fever in New York City

In 2015, “The Story of the Lost Child,” was the fourth best-selling book at the Columbus Avenue location and the third best-selling book at the West
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Amazon to acquire publishing business of Trent

Global online retailer Amazon on Friday announced that it will acquire the publishing business of Westland, a subsidiary of Trent Limited and one of
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November Words and Wine Event at Kona Stories

Have the chance to meet and greet with some of Kona's favorite authors … Eliza Cahill is a promising young writer, creative director, and designer.
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Best-sellers: Oct. 30

1. Small Great Things: By Jodi Picoult. A medical crisis entangles a black nurse, a white supremacist father and a white lawyer. 2. Two by Two: By
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Videogame publishers launch website attacking voice actors' union over strike

Videogame publishers launch website attacking voice actors' union over strike. By Andy Chalk 39 minutes ago. Activision, EA, and Take-Two are
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Nancy Shepard, a founder of the Greenwich Junior League, dies at 97

Her uncle, Gardner (Mike) Cowles Jr., was founder and publisher of “Look” … magazines, television stations and a book publishing company. Another
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Germany, Superstition, and Knives, Forks, Scissors, Flames with author, Stefan Kiesbye

“I started taking creative writing classes at University at Buffalo with Irving Feldman. I got completely hooked.” Kiesbye went on to get his creative
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Writer to speak at UNC Asheville

Corin is professor of English at UC Davis where she is program director for the Creative Writing Program. She was the Walter E. Dakin fellow at the
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Acquisitions/Commissioning Editor (ELT Publishing) – 11282

RedNova Learning is a new publishing enterprise related to the world-renowned Macmillan Education Group, and is based in Miami, FL. We develop
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Can a town that has defied history survive climate change?

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Can a town that has defied history survive climate change?

That history, though, was among the reasons the town's residents decided to turn down a state and federal buyout after Hurricane Floyd-driven
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An Act Of GRACE By Airbus Defence & Space

The build has now been completed by Airbus Defence and Space on the GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, Follow-On) satellites
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5 Reliable Strategies For Amazon Sellers To Increase Their Sales

As the world's biggest retailer, it's no surprise that Amazon's popularity continues to rise with sellers. According to Web Retailer, 4 times as many
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An Evening With Geoff Calkins

Published by Nautilus Publishing Company out of Oxford, After the Jump: Columns on the Best 20 Years in Memphis Sports is a collection of some of
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A Publisher's Swiss Army Knife: The Main Challenges to Creating a World Class CMS Platform

Amit Rathore is the founder & CEO of Quintype, a data-driven platform for publishers which recently won the 2016 Digiday award for best CMS
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Publishers Weekly's best-selling books

Publishers Weekly's best-selling books … This book cover image released by Grand Central Publishing shows “Two By Two,” a novel by Nicholas
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What a difference gov't subsidy makes

But what a specially significant event this year's participation of the Philippines was, only the second consecutive year that its publishing industry
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Publicist/Senior Publicist

Skyhorse Publishing was launched in September 2006 by Tony Lyons, former president and publisher of Lyons Press, and its first titles were
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HTC's Vivepaper is a VR magazine stand

HTC has unveiled Vivepaper, an app that lets Vive users check out interactive, VR content from publishers like Conde Nast. After you don the headset
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Look to Thanksgiving dinner for holiday shopping trends

More and more advertisers and publishers are making their sites mobile-friendly, which will impact the 2016 holiday shopping season through
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Slideshow: Best-selling books

“The Obsidian Chamber” by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child (Grand Central Publishing). 5. “Killing the Rising Sun” by Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
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A 'Royal Rebel' Launches Biography, Plans Movie

It's better to self-publish as you have full control of your book, from the … You don't have to buy out your contract from the publishing company and you
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Access to Science Research for Everyone

But the face of academic publishing is changing as traditional journal publishers have come under attack from proponents of open access, which
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Holloway Road creativity scheme gets Islington MP Corbyn's vote

Enterprising People will involve activities such as joinery, textiles, art, printmaking, product design and creative writing. Some of the products and art
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Federated Investors: Rates Give Lift to Earnings

Dividend funds made up three of its top five best-selling funds in the third quarter. Funds based on dividend-focused strategies are collecting assets
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How to Successfully Manage an Exclusive Affiliate Programme Migration

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How to Successfully Manage an Exclusive Affiliate Programme Migration

Not only did the brand want to foster new publisher partnerships, they also needed to quickly and effectively migrate all current publishers to the new
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USA TODAY BEST-SELLERS

9. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two” by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany (Scholastic). 10. “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik
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Washington Post bestsellers: Oct. 30, 2016

(Little, Brown, $27). By Maria Semple. A woman tries to have a good day, until everything goes wrong. [3]. 10. HOME. (Dutton, $28). By Harlan Coben.
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Warren Spector: "I couldn't care less about maximising profitability"

However, the veteran designer actually prefaced that headline quote with “Don't tell any publishers,” so some of you should probably forget you ever
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (BMY) Given Add Rating at Peel Hunt

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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (BMY) Given Add Rating at Peel Hunt

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc logo Peel Hunt reaffirmed their add rating on shares of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LON:BMY) in a research report report
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Amazon to buy Westland's publishing biz

Ecommerce giant Amazon on Friday announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the publishing business of Westland, a Trent subsidiary.
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The Corsicana Public Library is hosting three National Novel Writing Month workshops in November.

One part writing boot camp, one part rollicking party, National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing. “The library
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Kongregate expands to Steam, "exploring opportunities" in premium

Beyond the publishing move, Kongregate is offering a new unified SDK that will allow developers to view consistent metrics across platforms (web,
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State of synbio publishing

As the field has matured, two PLoS ONE papers have analyzed the publishing data to look at trends, language, and connections among synbio
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Free Writing Classes Coming to Libraries Across Queens

“We think it's important for opportunities to engage in creative writing (and all art) [to] be open to everyone no matter their income level or location,” he
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Autoplay is Great Way to Deliver A Message

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Autoplay is Great Way to Deliver A Message

But for publishers, the move wasn't so clear cut. If viewers weren't obligated to watch the content, how could advertising spend and viewership be
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Sony Music comes to agreement with US publishers and songwriters on mechanical rates

The ongoing dispute between Sony Music Entertainment and the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) on the rate proceedings for
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numis upgraded Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) to 'Add' With 185 PT

According to a report issued to investors by numis on Thursday, shares of Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) had their rating upgraded by analysts to
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Andy Lee denies claims his new book 'Do Not Turn The Page' is a Sesame St rip-off

RADIO funnyman Andy Lee has defended his creative writing skills amid claims his new children's book is a Sesame Street rip-off. Fans and even
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Under a cloud: How UBC's Steven Galloway affair has haunted a campus and changed lives

He became a tenured associate professor in the creative writing program and acting chair in July, 2013; officially becoming chair two years later.
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Sony Music settles with US publishers following streaming rates spat

Sony Music Entertainment has signed a deal with US publishers which resolves issues – and quells bad blood – over proposed new statutory
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Publication of Guidance on Certain Publishing Activities

On October 28, 2016, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued interpretive guidance on the publishing of
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Report: AMP causing monetization frustration among some news publishers

According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Google's Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) are meeting with mixed reviews from publishers. The core
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The eight-year-old who gave publisher Bloomsbury Pottermania

Her publisher father asked her to read the first book in J.K. Rowling's Hogwarts series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, to test its appeal.
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John K. Samson The Mighty Pen

More recently, he's taught creative writing at the University of British Columbia, edited at ARP Books (the publishing house he co-founded in 1999) and
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Editor – Professional Publishing

Are you an experienced Editor or Assistant Editor with experience of working in a technical or professional publishing environment? We are looking for
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (BMY) Upgraded by Numis Securities Ltd to "Add"

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc logo Numis Securities Ltd upgraded shares of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LON:BMY) to an add rating in a research report
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Coffee & Tea Merchant Introduces Galvanizing Coffee & Tea Sets

Some of the best picks at this store are Pu erh tea, green tea, fruit tea, … then exploring the popular picks and best sellers can help in making the right
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Q and A: Reflections on a trap line

However, I took a creative writing course at Stanford a few years ago, and one of the assignments was to describe a teacher who had made an impact.
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Local teen best-sellers, 10/29

5. “Tease,” Amanda Maciel. Balzer & Bray/Harperteen, $17.99. Local bestsellers is compiled by Oblong Books & Music in Millerton and Rhinebeck.
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Publicist, S&S Books

The Simon & Schuster imprint is seeking a Publicist to work in a very active publicity department with a dynamic publishing program planning and
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Kongregate expanding its PC presence by publishing games to Steam

Kongregate, known for its expansive library of mobile and browser-based games, is broadening its publishing horizons release indie games for PC via
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Why and How Should Western Game Developers Start Thinking China

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Why and How Should Western Game Developers Start Thinking China

One of the best moves in my opinion is to start the discussion with China publishers (of course, the good ones) in early stage of development, get them
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Kongregate moves to PC publishing with first Steam release

Free-to-play web portal Kongregate has announced that it'll be expanding into Steam publishing, in a move it's hoping will garner favour with move
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BRIEF-Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing's 9-month net profit up 8.0 pct

MEXICO CITY, Oct 28 Mexican telecoms company America Movil said on Friday that offering content is important, and will become “very important” in
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how to write a creative writing thesis proposal

how to write a creative writing thesis proposal. How to write my objective in a resume what to write in an artist biography how to write an article on
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Stroh fire chief home after suffering burns in Tuesday fire

Stroh Fire Chief Tyler Terry is back home and recuperating after suffering first and second-degree burns to his hands, arms and face while fighting a
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Publishers find their voice on Amazon Echo

Publishers find their voice on Amazon Echo; Will PlayStation bring VR to the masses? Programmatic versus publisher-direct online ad buying: What
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How one Kiwi author is making $200000 a year publishing romance novels online

“If anyone had told me two years ago that I'd be able to resign from a job I loved to become a full-time writer and publisher, I would have smiled and
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Publisher's Pen: Déjà Vu

As the great Yogi Berra was credited to have said, “It's like déjà vu all over again.” This would seem appropriate if one has been watching Fiscal Court
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Creative Writer / Communications / Guest Relations Executive

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Creative Writer / Communications / Guest Relations Executive

The Creative writer / Communications / Guest relations internship is located at Benitses beach on Corfu island Greece. The intern will be responsible
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Shazi Zaman's tête-à -tête about his upcoming book, Akbar

RajkamalPrakashanhas a publishing history of 65 years, that boasts of almost all the legendary writers in Hind language and their work, besides
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Music Publishers in 2016 Q4: Who's Soaring & Who's Slipping?

Kobalt squeaks past Universal Music Publishing Group to take No. 3, which it last reached in third-quarter 2015. Its 14 percent tops UMPG's 13.3,
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Why Bethesda Is Wrong About Its New Video Game Review Policy Even If You Hate Game …

Jim Sterling's take is excellent as well, pointing out the lengths some publishers go to keep review copies of games out of “wild card” critics' hands,
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Digital Publishers Association of Pakistan organized analytics training workshop “Going Digital”

Open-BDA and e-creators in collaboration with Digital Publishers Association of Pakistan organized analytics training workshop “Going Digital” on 26
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