Day: March 30, 2017

The Diversity Gap in Children's Book Publishing, 2017

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The Diversity Gap in Children's Book Publishing, 2017

Last month, the Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) released its statistics on the number of children's books by and about people of color
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Writers strive to understand systemic racism

Bernice McFadden, a visiting professor of creative writing, will moderate. “Empathy in literature is so important,” said McFadden. “If you're unable to
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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright delivers lecture and Q&A

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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright delivers lecture and Q&A

The visit was proposed by Richard L. Thomas Visiting Professor of Creative Writing Katharine Weber — who also serves as a faculty advisor for the
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Vivid dreams help Bethel Park author create superhero series

He's also been asked to speak at Bethel Park High School's creative writing class, its newspaper team and an English class. He's also spoken to a
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Creative writing too graphic for exam markers

YEAR 12 exam markers have raised concerns that many students used “inappropriate” language in the creative writing section of last year's English
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Educating Through Bilingual Inspiration

Adelante Arts helps students find a creative medium that helps them to … The theater program incorporates acting and screenplay writing; creative
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Connatix Launches Platform Focused On Brand Safety

Connatix, a native advertising platform for premium publishers, launched the platform Connatix Programmatic Syndication on Thursday. With a focus
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Joint poetry and fiction reading by English professors highlights creative talents

The Stadler Center for Poetry hosted a faculty poetry and fiction reading on March 28, highlighting the creative talents of two University creative writing
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3/30/17: Jan Angel, Sheila McKenney and Pat Grant – Shepherd's Center

The 10:00am classes for the Spring Session of Adventures in Learning include Creative Writing lead by Lee Miller and Line Dance classes for fun and
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New anthology from Queen's University students

This happens, like precise family planning, every two years, as the students of Carolyn Smart's senior class in creative writing celebrate the publication
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Poet's Ode to Memory

Don't mistake Laurence Carr's genial soft-spokenness for a lack of something to say. The creative writing lecturer at SUNY New Paltz has written and
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Open-Access Journals

PLoS, the Public Library of Science, strongly denounces predatory publishing practices by unscrupulous actors, which hurt individual scientists, the
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School of Education prof celebrates release of third young adult novel

After publishing over 20 children's books, Cooner stepped away from creative writing and moved into nonfiction, writing books and articles focused on
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Literary Foreign Rights Assistant

WME Entertainment is seeking a full-time Foreign Rights Assistant for the literary department. We are looking for someone with one year of relevant
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TABLE-Tony Robbins' 'Unshakeable' tops US non-fiction bestsellers

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TABLE-Tony Robbins' 'Unshakeable' tops US non-fiction bestsellers

TABLE-Tony Robbins' 'Unshakeable' tops U.S. non-fiction bestsellers … top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee said on Thursday,
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Facebook Launches Journalism Project to Battle Fake News

In order to do this, Facebook's product and engineering teams will work directly with publishers to create new storytelling formats. These formats will
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Senior Designer

The ideal candidate will be creative and resourceful, and have a working knowledge of publishing trends and branding. This individual will hire
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Music Publishers Association Group of Companies – Marketing & Communications Executive (UK)

The Music Publishers Association Group of Companies (MPA, MCPS, IMPEL and PMLL) is seeking a dynamic Marketing & Communications
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Worthy reads about writing, publishing and forging books

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Worthy reads about writing, publishing and forging books

The Romneys certainly know their subject – Rebecca has worked for Bauman Rare Books and appeared as a book specialist on the History Channel's
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History Publishing Company to Distribute Book on Declassified Files

It is the kind of history that you will only find in the deepest part of the archive. … History Publishing Company a traditional book publisher with a strong
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Frosh Honored for First-Year Seminar Essays

During her fall semester First-Year Seminars intensive writing course, Gina Savoy '20 investigated the in-depth career of influential artist Vincent van
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Brighton Collectibles claims Publishers Clearing House infringed design

The plaintiff holds Publishers Clearing House LLC responsible because the defendant allegedly causes confusion to plaintiff's customers by selling
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Free Kindle Books from KND: Six new bestsellers that won't cost you a cent!

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Free Kindle Books from KND: Six new bestsellers that won't cost you a cent!

People, dogs, and what lies between them. Ellie, a young woman writing her philosophy dissertation, becomes disrupted by echoes from the past.
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Back in Stock: aden + anais Best Sellers

Snag the brand's most wanted swaddles, printed blankets, and more.
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Don't let being rejected defeat you

“How do you get a book accepted for printing and publishing?” a very curious friend asked me recently, aware that I have a second book near that
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SHS Hall of Fame celebrates 9th induction

Inducted into the Superior High School Hall of Fame are: Top Row: Steve Lopez, Jesse Garcia, Frank Campos. Bottom Row:Jose Torres, Mary-Helen
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Ismael Cala will hold the „Mastery of Life” seminar in Panama, with experts and participants from …

Author of the best sellers „Despierta con Cala [Wake up with Cala],” „La vida es una piñata [Life is a piñata],” „El analfabeto emocional [The emotional
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Arizona Water Company seeks substantial rate increases for towns along the Copper Corridor

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Arizona Water Company seeks substantial rate increases for towns along the Copper Corridor

Residents along the Copper Corridor served by the Arizona Water Co. (AWC) could see a substantial increase in their water bills next year if the
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Developers and Publishers Stop Disabling the PS4 Share Button

I mean until devs and publishers started disabling parts of the feature or doing away with it outright. This has been going on longer than I'd like to
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Online brand safety may actually be better than advertisers think

For programmatic display ads the amount of ad fraud dropped from 4.9% to 0.6%, while for ads bought direct from publishers it dropped from 1% to
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Facebook Added 'Paid' to Branded Content, and More Pages Can Now Start Publishing It

Facebook Thursday announced several updates related to branded content: enabling more pages to share it; updating its branded content tag to
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PRH Children's to publish 12th Wimpy Kid book in November

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PRH Children's to publish 12th Wimpy Kid book in November

Penguin Random House Children's is publishing the 12th book in Jeff Kinney's bestselling Wimpy Kid series, alongside 20 other international
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West County: Severn author releases autobiography

We first met J. Carlton Sharp, an author from Severn, with the publication of his first … “It is much better if the publishing company does the whole thing.
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Writers' groups converge at Pathways

For years he's supplemented his career by teaching writing workshops from his home in West Tisbury. Mr. Hough taught an ACE MV course on writing
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Congress approved selling your internet history. Campaign wants to 'turn the tables'

But Temkin's real message wasn't asking for money to accomplish publishing Congress' internet history – it was encouraging those who were
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9 Comic Book Heroes Who Could Come Out on the Big Screen

“Iceman, Mystique and Catwoman are L.G.B.T. in the comic books, but … comic book publishers have a deep catalog of characters waiting for their big
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PubHTML5 Digital Publishing Platform, Great Way to Digitize Books

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PubHTML5 Digital Publishing Platform, Great Way to Digitize Books

PubHTML5 provides the digital publishing platform for the publishers to convert PDF to digital flipping book for free. It also developed the platform with
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“We don't own our audience” – publishers speak out

This week, in Colorado, Digiday gathered together 25 C-level executives from top publishers to discuss the challenges confronting digital media.
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Bookmasters Adds Three Publishers

Bookmasters Adds Three Publishers. Bookmasters has added the following distribution clients: Bitmap Books, London, which publishes retro gaming
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The Future of Monetisation for Media and Publishing Businesses

It's exciting times for the media and publishing sector as it undergoes a wave of digital transformation. The industry is looking for newer ways to
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Dozens of alleged hacking victims join action against Sun publisher

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Dozens of alleged hacking victims join action against Sun publisher

Dozens of alleged hacking victims join action against Sun publisher … of alleged victims of phone hacking joining legal action against Sun publisher
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New York Times best seller to speak at graduation

Martin is a New York Times best-selling author and editor-at-large of America Magazine. He has written and edited several books including “Seven
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Explainer: More On The Widespread Fee Practice Behind The Guardian's Lawsuit Vs. Rubicon …

Exchanges, including Rubicon Project, charge publishers a fee for providing access to their ad inventory. But many publishers don't realize that most
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MFA in Creative Writing – New Hampshire Institute of Art

Candidates seeking admissions to the MFA in Creative Writing should possess a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution of higher
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Taboola Launches First Foray Into People-Based Marketing via Partnership with LiveIntent

Publishers were not happy with the content recommendations solutions in the market. After a yearlong diligent vetting process, we learned that
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Six poets are finalists for the Lindquist & Vennum prize

Michael Torres grew up in California and now lives in Mankato, where he teaches creative writing and co-hosts “Notepad Poets,” an art workshop for
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Best-Selling Author Veronica Roth Tells What Writing Books Is Really Like

Veronica Roth, author of the Divergent series, is among the few who … I could take both creative writing and my regular English class my junior year.”.
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Research Finds Consumers Trust Traditional Publishers More than Social and Bloggers

Contrary to studies from 2015, Outbrain's research has revealed consumers trust traditional publishers more than social media and bloggers.
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CopeX/Bestseller_Slider

A little widget to display bestsellers. Contribute to Bestseller_Slider development by creating an account on GitHub.
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ComponentSource Announces 2017 Award Winners

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ComponentSource Announces 2017 Award Winners

The awards have been given to the Top 100 Bestselling Publishers and the Top 100 Bestselling Products, based on the total sales dollar value of
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AppNexus Sees Hybrid Server-Side Header Bidding Approach Most Viable

While server-side header bidding is one approach to current conditions in which publishers find their Web pages bloated with tags, bits of code, and
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IgnitionOne Announces Partnership with Kenshoo — Clients of Both Companies Now Have …

Kenshoo is the only marketing technology that provides advertisers with access to the leading search and social publishers, including Google,
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The Long + Short to cease publishing; North Carolina lawmakers to vote on repeal of controversial …

The Long + Short announced today that it would cease publishing. The magazine and newsletter was published by Nesta, the UK innovation
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You would be surprised who pirates the most e-books

It is estimated that pirated content costs the publishing industry over $315 million dollars in 2016. In the past, digital publishers have turned a blind eye
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Interview with Hanna Fritzinger, Head of Maketing at VigLink

So, you know, publishers are producing reams of content every day and most companies today are producing content for content marketing but I think
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Mindtree Positioned in Leadership Zone for Publishing, Broadcasting and Education in Zinnov …

“Mindtree has been rated in the leadership zone for Publishing, Broadcasting and Education segments. A significant product engineering experience
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NDSU to offer new minor in creative writing

Students can soon seek a minor in creative writing through NDSU's Department of English. The classes are now in place and students can declare the
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