Day: November 23, 2016

Producing an E-Book

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Producing an E-Book

Let's write a book. Book writing, publishing, and marketing has drastically changed since the arrival of the computer, word processors, the Internet, and
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Zimbabwe: Academics Urged to Publish More Books

Beaven Tapureta — There is no more reason for University of Zimbabwe academics to restrain from writing and publishing their works of scholarship
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10 Reasons You Should Join A Writing Group, An Amazing Creative Resources For Every Kind Of …

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10 Reasons You Should Join A Writing Group, An Amazing Creative Resources For Every Kind Of …

An exciting literary challenge that ignites a nation-wide creativity, NaNoWriMo encourages writers to engage with one another, share work, and
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Chalking Up Another Successful Shanghai Children's Book Fair

The mood at the three-day China Shanghai International Children's Book … But some publishers have started looking for outstanding children's titles
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Eight Trends from the Shanghai Book Fair

Publisher and CEO Dominique Raccah of Sourcebooks, who talked about AR books (with Dragon Brothers trilogy as an example) at one of the CCBF
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Religion Book Deals: November 2016

B&H's trade books publisher Jennifer Lyell and Christian living and leadership publisher Devin Maddox took world rights to Maria Goff's first book,
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Strictly Come Dancing judge recognises school's commitment to the arts

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Strictly Come Dancing judge recognises school's commitment to the arts

Ellesmere was praised for the high quality of education in all the key art subjects, including art, creative writing, dance, drama, music, technical theatre
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Atwood and Martel among Canadian writers drawn into row over creative writing tutor's sacking

Fierce controversy is rocking Canada's literary community over the sacking of a creative writing tutor at the University of British Columbia. More than 80
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Parkdale Project Read launches $20K campaign

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Parkdale Project Read launches $20K campaign

It also offers a knitting circle, book clubs, and creative writing. And it's all free. The campaign hopes to raise $20,000 by Dec. 31, roughly four times
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New writing group at the Lockport Library

LOCKPORT – The White Oak Library District is pleased to present the “Creative Writing Group for Teens & Adults”at its Lockport Branch Library, at 121
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JK Rowling's digital publishing firm Pottermore to conjure up some first-time profit

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JK Rowling's digital publishing firm Pottermore to conjure up some first-time profit

Pottermore, JK Rowling's digital publishing company, expects to turn a profit in its current fiscal year, buoyed by rising sales of audio books and new
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Clarke, Hodge and Paxman shortlisted for inaugural Parliamentary Book Awards

Books by politicians Ken Clarke, Alan Johnson and Margaret Hodge, … made by the book and publishing industries to the economy and society.
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Who Is Joan's Writing Professor on 'Life in Pieces'?

… Cabral) over for an awkward dinner party, matriarch Joan Short (Dianne Wiest) is praised by her creative writing professor, Professor Sinclair Wilde.
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Judge rules in favor of Charleston City Paper in Academic Magnet defamation suit

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Judge rules in favor of Charleston City Paper in Academic Magnet defamation suit

Former Supreme Court Justice Jean Toal has ruled in the Court of Common Pleas that reporting and editorials generated by Jones Street Publishers
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Levels To My Insanity Self

Adrianne Mouton is raising funds for Levels To My Insanity Self- Publishing Project on Kickstarter! This is for my book called Levels To My Insanity.
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Flip Book Maker FlipHTML5 Makes Design and Publishing Quick and Simple

One of the major contributors to the development of digital publishing in the world today is FlipHTML5 flip book maker, which has been helping digital
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Publishers, reviewers and the blame game

Starting with what Zelnick said, I can sort of see where he is coming from, and it's spoken exactly like a publisher on the back of a somewhat poor
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#NETat7: 7 things Nigerian publishers can learn from THENETNG, by Femi Falodun

This month marks seven years since NET News Ltd., the media and publishing arm of Ayeni Adekunle's BHM Group was founded. Over the years, this
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Audley Harrison MBE: Daily Mirror publishers admit hacking

NORTH WEST London-born boxing icon and Olympic champ Audley Harrison MBE has just been awarded financial damages, legal costs and a
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'It was a fad': Many once-hot viral publishers have cooled off

Media buyers tell Digiday that interest in viral publishers — such as ViralNova and Distractify,who built large audiences by sharing uplifting content on
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Latest CISAC report shows record royalties for creators

For the first time, the report also consolidates figures from leading music publishers on the digital music business in key markets. Collections from
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Alive, Alive Oh! A Satellite Seemingly Lost In 1967 Comes Online Into The Light, Again

In 1965 a satellite dubbed LES1 was built by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and subsequently launched into space that same year.
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Journal Development Manager, Open Access – 14461

The aims are to optimise the publishing service, optimise commercial opportunities and to increase market share of submissions and citations.
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Header Bidding And The Future Of The SSP

Many supply-side platforms (SSPs) herald header bidding as a liberating force, democratizing access to the publisher ad server and opening hitherto
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Advantech Wireless' Transcend™ 800 Microwave Systems Totally Transcend Other Similar Products

Advantech Wireless is enjoying the fruits of their labors whereby Transcend™ 800 microwave systems have been ordered in large quantities from
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Russia's Soyuz-2LK Ready To Rock 'n' Roll… If They Can Get A Bank Roll

Russia's new light carrier rocket Soyuz-2LK may be ready for launch already in 2020, if financing begins in the imminent future to develop it, CEO of
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Confessions of a national newspaper exec: 'Publishers haven't got their shit together'

But some feel publishers need to get better at standing their ground. In this latest instalment of our Confessions series, in which we grant anonymity in
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From the Publisher's Desk: Gratitude

Teresa As Thanksgiving draws near, I want to take a moment to offer thanks for those readers who have stepped up with an annual voluntary
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Industry Insight: To Survive, Publishers Must Think Like a Competitor

You're the publisher of a daily newspaper. You quit your job with plans to start work the next day to launch a competitor in the news, information and
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Publishers' obsession with the holidays is ruining gaming

September through November has long been the top-heavy corner of the year for videogame releases as publishers big and small attempt to curry
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How publishers will wring more money out of their gift guides

The holiday shopping season officially kicks off on Friday, and with ad revenue harder to come by, publishers are trying to get readers to spend more
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Head of Marketing Insight & Data Strategy – 14242

Nature Research is a flagship portfolio of journals, products and services including Nature and the Nature-branded journals, dedicated to serving the
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More International Authors Announced for Emirates Airline Festival of Literature 2017

Nearly a third of the 2017 writers are from the UAE, including game … The course will be spearheaded by award-winning Lebanese writer and
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Western Michigan Creative Writing Program

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Western Michigan Creative Writing Program

Graduate College | Western Michigan University English: Creative Writing … please review the website below for program and contact information.
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Huntingtown woman publishes encouraging book for children

Brenda Scott-Coleman, of Huntingtown, recently self-published her second book, “THE GIRL WITH MANY FACES.” The book was written to give
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Defund the grant writing machine

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Defund the grant writing machine

Grants have been in the news a lot lately. These are vital, of course, to economic development. They provide millions of dollars per year to spur the
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Every CEO Needs to Be a Little Crazy

After writing 27 books, Joe had pause wanting to pen a 28th. However, he wanted to put together something that is far different from the current
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Flip Book Maker FlipHTML5 Helps Everyone Create Top-Notch Flip Book From PDF

With ready-made source codes programmed into the flip book maker … the development of digital publishing in the world today is FlipHTML5 flip book
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LHS and LMS team up for English initiative

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LHS and LMS team up for English initiative

LINCOLN – Students at Lincoln High School and Lincoln Middle School teamed up for a program that was part mentoring, part creative writing.
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Printing anomalies in math books confuse students

HARIPUR: Printing anomalies in the new mathematics book for Class-V have left teachers and students of government schools in Haripur district
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