Day: April 5, 2017

Adblock Plus owners commandeer Pirate Bay man's tip jar Flattr

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Adblock Plus owners commandeer Pirate Bay man's tip jar Flattr

Publishers have begun taking countermeasures against the rise in ad-blocking software by withholding content from users who block ads, while the ad
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Biden Books Go to Flatiron

Flatiron Books president and publisher Bob Miller has announced the acquisition of two non-fiction works by former Vice President Joe Biden. One of
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Big Music Seeking a Congressional Bailout

But tomorrow, these stars will be taking part in a massive lobbying effort sponsored by the major record labels and largest music publishers. The halls
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SOCAN and SODRAC Seeking Integrated Management of Music Rights in Canada

This initiative by SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors & Music Publishers of Canada) and SODRAC (Society for Reproduction Rights of
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Manchester is 'an indie author hotspot' for Amazon

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Manchester is 'an indie author hotspot' for Amazon

Earlier this year launched a £20,000 cash prize for authors who self-publish their work on its Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform in January.
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Phoenix Books Launches Self-Publishing Biz

Last year, George Osol walked into Phoenix Books in Burlington with his new self-published book, Caveat, hoping the store would sell it. Longtime
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ID@Xbox Boss: I'm Very Proud of What We've Done, We Really Have Something for Everybody

ID@Xbox Europe boss Agostino Simonetta talked with Eurogamer about the state of the self-publishing program for Xbox One, suggesting that he's
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First Year Writing Award Winners Announced

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First Year Writing Award Winners Announced

Wilson pointed to the benefit of the First Year Writing course in that the students can take the skills they learned from it and apply it to their major and
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Journalism faculty member named Teacher of the Year

A journalist for the Sun-Sentinel and PBS at the time, Richards was asked if he would like to teach a writing course – starting Monday. The possibility
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Trinity Mirror Signs a Global Partnership With ADYOULIKE to Power Native Advertising Across All …

ADYOULIKE, the pioneering native advertising technology platform, and Trinity Mirror, the UK's largest news publisher, have today announced an
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Contributor, beware of PageRank-hoarding publishers

Contributor, beware of PageRank-hoarding publishers. So you've found a great site to contribute content to — or have you? Columnist Stephan
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Adblock Plus owner buys Pirate Bay founder's publisher payment service Flattr

Adblock Plus parent Eyeo is buying Flattr, the micropayents service created by Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde, as the ad-blocking service looks to
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Why Direct Relationships with your Audiences are more Important than Ever

By revisiting tried and true methods, Keith Sibson, VP Product & Marketing at PostUp, explains ways in which publishers can capture new audiences
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Less than half of newspaper jobs from 15 years ago still exist in the US

Overall the BLS data on the “information industry,” which includes everything from newspaper publishers to book publishers to greeting card makers to
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Marketing Director, Hachette Nashville

FaithWords is a Christian publishing imprint focusing on religious books of all Christian denominations. Center Street publishes a range of genres,
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Top 10 South African websites and online publishers

Effective Measure has released its website traffic statistics for March 2017, which show that News24 is the largest website in South Africa – with 7.3
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ADZbuzz to Launch ADZlink, a Simple Icon that will Add an Extra Income Stream to Publishers …

To check out the new ADZlink, please visit https://adzbuzz.com/publishers and enter in the invite-only key: 51c8c0ecec230e77f62ece4247012c9b.
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Janklow & Nesbit Associates Contracts Associate

Janklow & Nesbit Associates, a New York based Literary Agency, seeks a Contracts Associate to review new publishing agreements and enter deal
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2017 MoCCA Art Fest Draws Largest Crowd Ever

Attendees included large traditional publishers, such as Abrams, and small literary presses, such as Uncivilized Books. The show also features a large
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Most citations to retracted papers don't note they're problematic, authors say

Halevi told us why she was surprised to see how many authors don't realize retracted papers are problematic, and what the publishing community can
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Storytelling, writing can go hand in hand

IMLAY CITY — Being able to tell or write a good story can be advantagious … Strauss hosted three days of workshops with students in grades 6-8,
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A Revolution in Video Monetisation – Mozoo

Publishers are under more pressure than ever to seek new revenue opportunities from mobile video, but the ad formats they currently have to work
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WoodWing's New CEO Wants To Push Publishing's Boundaries

1, WoodWing Software appointed Jan de Roos, a seasoned entrepreneur with a background in publishing and technology, to succeed outgoing CEO
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Adblock Plus Flattr acquisition could lessen publishers' reliance on ads and paywalls

The parent company of Adblock Plus, Eyeo, has acquired micropayment service Flattr in a move that could lessen publishers' reliance on ads and
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BMG Launches Book Publishing Division With Zombies Tome

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BMG Launches Book Publishing Division With Zombies Tome

BMG has published its first book — a lavish celebration of the 50th anniversary of THE ZOMBIES' seminal album, “Odessey and Oracle,” the first in a
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Kids' book authors and publishers are so afraid to offend they're hiring “sensitivity readers”

One increasingly common solution among US book publishers: Hire someone to be offended for you. “Sensitivity readers,” starting at a small fee of
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How a Girl Named Masha — And Her Mother Zelda — Changed History's Course

By day Masha ran with her husband an educational publishing company. By night, she worked the party circuit in the world's liveliest city, meeting
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Bologna 2017: Varied Perspectives from Asian Publishers

For most Asian publishers at Bologna, the fair is predominantly an … For Kyowon, one of the biggest publishers in South Korea, its picture books
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Serialization and Digital Storytelling: What Victorian-Era Publishing Teaches Us About Generating …

The idea was simple: book publishers operated on long writing, editing, and production cycles that made it difficult to generate regular income, so they
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'1001 Titles' showcases Emirati publishing at Bologna Children's Book Fair

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'1001 Titles' showcases Emirati publishing at Bologna Children's Book Fair

(MENAFN Editorial)'1001 Titles,' an initiative by the Sharjah-based Knowledge without Borders (KWB), has travelled to Italy to take part in a series of
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Education Minister bans importation of exercise books

Publishers across the country maybe cheering in joy at the latest news from the office of the minister for Education that the importation of exercise
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Publishing as activism

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Publishing as activism

Of course, publishing has always mattered, but in the recent past it has been all too easy – whether you're an agent, bookseller, author or publisher – to
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RW dies after publishing?

Editing a project, all good. Publish, all good. Make some more edits, all good. Publish: RW thinks it's published, but no notification window, no sound…
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ASCAP reports record-breaking 2016 as revenues top $1 billion

Over $918 million was distributed to its 600,000-plus members, which comprises songwriters, composers and music publishers. In total, distributions
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Custom Publishing

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Download Kindle Business Mastery; A Step By Step Author's Guide To Writing Publishing And …

Publishing And Marketing Your Books On Amazon audio books ebooks free download ID: … Description: How to Publish Your eBook FAST on Kindle!
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Headline Publishing Group has acquired I Never Said I Loved You by writer, actor and broadcaster Rhik Samadder. The book will be published in
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UK regional publishers seeing uplift in ad spend amid brand safety fears

UK regional publishers are seeing some of the money previously pumped programmatically in to video channels being spent against their articles as
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Helen Huthwaite promoted to Avon publishing director

Avon's editorial director Helen Huthwaite has been promoted to publishing director as the imprint expands and launches a new logo. Sabah Khan has
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Twitter Expands Pre-Roll Ads To Periscope Video

Now, creators and publishers can easily monetise their video content, and marketers get some more ways to reach audiences, beyond the Promoted
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Are universities complicit in predatory publishing?

Common enough, that one suspects that universities are aware that their faculty are publishing in predatory journals but are turning a blind eye to it.
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Australian Metro Publishing

Fairfax Media Limited today commenced a process of consultation with its Australian Metro Publishing newsrooms on proposed changes which will
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ASCAP Delivers Record-High 2016 Financial Results: Collects $1.059 Billion in Revenue and …

NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – April 05, 2017) – ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the only member-owned
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The secret success of the Sherlock Holmes video games

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The secret success of the Sherlock Holmes video games

The real adventure was actually to make the game and sign with a publisher that wasn't dead by the time of the release. The first three publishers died,
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Program Manager, Course Mentor, Writing Center

Program Manager, Course Mentor, Writing Center. Institution: Western Governors University. Location: Online/Remote. Category: Faculty – Liberal Arts
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