Day: December 20, 2016

Publisher's Picks – Holiday plans for the solstice, keeping the kids busy over the holidays, and New …

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Publisher's Picks – Holiday plans for the solstice, keeping the kids busy over the holidays, and New …

As we head into the darkest day of the year, during one of the most challenging years for global news and developments, I feel compelled to bring
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Zadie Smith, Anne Carson, and Martin Amis Among Those Featured at NYU's Creative Writing …

The Creative Writing Program's Spring 2017 Reading Series begins in January with events featuring three of its faculty, Zadie Smith (Jan. 26), Anne
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Pantsuit Nation Is Getting Its Very Own Book Deal

During the election, a secret group of Hillary Clinton supporters flocked to a private Facebook group called Pantsuit Nation to cheer on their candidate.
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Peters Township High School junior aces ACT, SAT

“'Epigenetics' is an essay after my own heart, the kind I like to write myself,” he wrote. “I admire its … she wants to minor in creative writing. “I like it so
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French book publisher acquires brain training app maker Peak

Peak, the London-based brain training app maker, has been acquired by Hachette Livre, a Vanves, France-based subsidiary of book publisher
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FDSOA Offers Apparatus Spec Writing Course at Symposium

Tom Shand and Mike Wilbur are industry experts when it comes to helping you understand and write a fire apparatus specification for your department
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Frances Henderson Revels

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 20 at Faith Baptist Church in Madison, Fl. Visitation was held one hour prior to the service at
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Women Writers Travel to Treasure Island Beach for Creative Spring Retreat

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Women Writers Travel to Treasure Island Beach for Creative Spring Retreat

Writer's Vision Quest announced the official dates and location of its annual spring retreat: the Treasure Island Beach Writer's Retreat -Recharge Your
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You Can Now Listen to Live Audio Content on Facebook

Facebook is heavily pitching Live Audio towards publishers and broadcasters who are already cranking out loads of live video to win over Facebook's
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Fraudulent online ad scheme considered biggest ever

A New York-based cybersecurity firm today announced that it uncovered the largest-ever fraud network targeting online publishers and advertisers.
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Facebook is rolling out live audio broadcasts

Facebook spent the past year pushing publishers and famous people to use its social network to broadcast live video. Now it has another idea: Live
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Media fear they helped Russia by publishing stolen emails

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Media fear they helped Russia by publishing stolen emails

News organizations having second thoughts on reporting.
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BTW News Briefs

The online publication, which has delivered industry news for the past 10 years, billed itself as “the first word on the book publishing industry.”.
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North Sourth Net, Inc. Awarded USVI Hotel & Tourism Association Publishing Contract

North South Net, Inc. (NSN), an international custom publishing company, announced via press release today that it has entered into a partnership
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Does being rich equate to being smart?

Two of Trump's books were co-authored with Robert Kiyosaki, author of the best-selling Rich Dad Poor Dad. For two years, I studied fans of financial
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Gendercrunching October 2016 – DC Comics Up, Marvel Comics Down

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Gendercrunching October 2016 – DC Comics Up, Marvel Comics Down

DC's overall percentage of female creators rose 2.7%, a sizeable jump that takes the publisher to their highest total since the “Convergence” event
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2016: The Year in Ad Blocking

The IAB would continue its fight in March with the release of a Publisher Ad Blocking Primer pack – outlining tactics publishers are using to persuade
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Winter Institute to Feature First-Ever Publisher Consultations

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Winter Institute to Feature First-Ever Publisher Consultations

Fourteen publishers participating in the 2017 Winter Institute, many for the first time this year, will also be the first to take advantage of the American
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Theodore Shoebat: National Geographic Publishers Should Be Burned At The Stake For Featuring …

Extremist anti-LGBT activist Theodore Shoebat is not happy with the latest edition of National Geographic, which features a cover story on a
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Midland News Association backs shared services for improved business agility

Faced with falling print circulations and growing user demand for online content, newspaper publishers have come under growing pressure to pursue
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The Essentials of Socialist Writing

Of course one's politics never precludes one from being an incomprehensible, lazy, or just plain bad writer. But the Left's history is full of authors who
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Books by over 100 island authors sold at bookshop

In need of a respite from too much holiday fare? Let yourself be whisked away into a world of words via best-selling books by Vashon authors.
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Periodical publishing in 2015

Ottawa – The periodical publishing industry reported $1.6 billion in total operating revenue in 2015, down 17.7% from 2013. Total operating expenses
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Shonda Rhimes Teaches Writers How To Write And Pitch TV Shows For $90 [Video]

Shonda is preparing to pass along her knowledge in a new writing course that will teach writers the specifics of writing for television. The course is
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Global Digital Publishing Market Revenues, Key Trends and Analysis 2016

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Global Digital Publishing Market Revenues, Key Trends and Analysis 2016

To analyze the growth trajectory and present an industry overview of the global Digital Publishing market, the report titled Digital Publishing begins
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Cambridge spy group cuts ties with publisher following claims it is linked to Russian intelligence …

A Cambridge espionage group has cut ties with a publisher following claims it may be acting as a front for the Russian intelligence services, it has
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From The Editor's Desk | Local newspaper publisher's column didn't tell the whole story

In his column, Shaw wrote that his employer, Sound Publishing, was “committed to supporting growing businesses” and that his company's “new
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Penn State University Press celebrating 60 years with new direction, branding

In celebration of its 60th anniversary, Penn State University Press reaffirms its commitment to excellence and innovation in scholarly publishing with a
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Why TBS is using Instant Articles to promote its brand

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Why TBS is using Instant Articles to promote its brand

While most publishers use Instant Articles to distribute their regular news articles, the ones published by TBS were exclusive to the format: Visit the
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Publisher rebuts claims of links to Russian intelligence

Veruscript, a recently established publisher that offers to pay peer reviews, has put out a statement to say that allegations that first appeared in the
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Enhanced Intersystem Crossing in Core-Twisted Aromatics

We describe the design, bottom-up synthesis and X-ray single crystal structure of systematically twisted aromatics 1c and 2d for efficient intersystem
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GRADUATE MEDIA SALES EXECUTIVE – World Famous Publishing House job with GRADUATE …

GRADUATE MEDIA SALES EXECUTIVE – World Famous Publishing House in Graduate, Sales, Media with GRADUATE FASTTRACK. Apply Today.
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NJ Assembly Backs Off Public Notice Change

There is a rare bit of holiday cheer for newspaper publishers as the year winds down. The New Jersey Assembly has scrapped a proposed law that
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IBPA Revamps Web Presence

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IBPA Revamps Web Presence

The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) has overhauled its web presence. According to the organization, the new web portal, called
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Tabcorp Holdings Limited found guilty of publishing illegal inducements

Sky News Australia reported that it is illegal for bookmakers to publish advertisements that tempt residents of New South Wales with incentives to
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Publishing Manager – Dennis Automotive

Dennis Publishing is one of the world's fastest-growing independently owned media companies and is currently one of the most innovative, successful
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Datawrkz Launches lvlUp BidAmp – A Supply-side Header Bidding and Mediation Platform

Datawrkz, a leading global technology provider for publishers, agencies and brands, announced the launch of BidAmp, one of the only Header
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Dr Adrian Fraser highlights amazing history of SVG in new book

The book, which was published by the West Indies Press (Jamaica) on October 21, 2016, recounts the events leading up to and following the 1935
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IAB Tech Lab Releases Guidance for Transitioning Video Ads from Flash to HTML5/JavaScript

Recognizing that this creates technical and operational hurdles that require time and planning, the IAB Tech Lab suggests that publishers, brands, and
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What to expect in the games biz for 2017

Traditional publishing houses will drive consumer spending with premium titles and leveraging their intellectual property. Nintendo will manage to
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Helen Ragans Phillips

Mrs. Helen Ragans Phillips passed away on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016 at Madison County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on
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Hospital area properties rezoned by City of Madison

At the regular monthly meeting of the Madison City Commission on Tuesday, Dec. 13, the city commission voted unanimously to rezone 43 parcels of
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Car overturns avoiding deer

According to Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) reports, Kameron Tanner, 19, of Perry, was traveling on CR 14, at the intersection of Callahan Loop, when
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Oppor resigns from IS School Board

“If we don't have a candidate on the ballot, a write-in could get it.” “Our current policy … 1 for their creative writing submissions. For her short story,
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Scantron Executive, Nikki Eatchel, Named 2017 Board of Directors Chair for the Association of Test …

Eatchel's rise to chair of the board comes amid a series of other notable accomplishments within the Association of Test Publishers—she served as
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