Day: July 7, 2017

Maurice Sendak joins the ranks of Beatrix Potter and Dr. Seuss with a book discovered …

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Maurice Sendak joins the ranks of Beatrix Potter and Dr. Seuss with a book discovered …

Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are, is going to publish a book from the grave. The Maurice Sendak Foundation announced
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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, July 2, 2017

Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, July 2, 2017 … Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Unabridged) by Mark Manson
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New England Patriots links 7/07/17 – Forget midseason, Tom Brady in 2007 form

Danny McDonald notes Tom Brady's book has already rocketed to the top of Amazon's print best-sellers list. Olivia Vanni tells us Tom Brady's book,
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Books: DCI Banks author celebrates 30 years of his much-loved novels in the North-East

After graduating in English Literature at the University of Leeds, he moved to Canada to study creative writing in Toronto. It was while he was doing his
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One-on-One Writing Tutorials and Grammar Workshops l

Refresh your knowledge of grammar, expand your editing and revision skills, and gain more confidence in your ability to write persuasively and
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Senior Project Manager (Education Publishing)

This is a great opportunity to join one of the market leaders in their field for an enthusiastic and proactive person with great project management skills
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Milo Yiannopoulos Strikes Back

As of time of this article's publication, the book was #3 in overall book sales on the Amazon site despite being out of stock for more than two days.
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Gender gap in spine research articles: More women are publishing but not lead authors: 5 trends

A new study published in The Spine Journal examines the rate of female authors on articles published in spine journals. The study authors examined
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How Boomers Can Start A Business Selling Decades Of Knowledge

She has written 15 books (sales: 40,000+); the early ones were published by the likes of McGraw-Hill and Kaplan and recently she has self-published.
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Columnists

But you decide to take a victory lap — a fifth year of college — and when on a whim you enroll in a course on writing poetry, you discover that it's what
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What's Great in Dayton: July 7 – July 13, 2017

The Antioch Writer's Workshop will be starting Saturday for the week. This will feature keynoter and Sunday morning creative writing craft class
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Associate Editor

ABRAMS is the preeminent publisher of high-quality illustrated books for adults, adolescents and young children. ABRAMS is the publisher of
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Former Falmouth Resident To Return For Book Talk

Ms. Febos serves on the board of directors for VIDA: Women in Literary Arts; is an assistant professor of creative writing at Monmouth University; and is
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CNET Founder's Next Act Is AI Powered Publishing. His First Product? A Kitchen Assistant.

Shelby Bonnie, who cofounded CNET back in 1993 and later became its chairman and CEO, is the CEO of a new publishing started called Pylon AI,
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The state of mobile ad blocking: Taking stock of what the internet giants are doing to prevent (or …

Users are rebelling against publishers' efforts to keep them engaged and monetized, and their go-to weapons are ad and content blockers.
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Tips for Aggrieved Science Writers

When freelance science journalists don't get paid, or face other obstacles with publishers, there are resources that can help. There should be more.
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No Filter and Unashamed: PW Talks to Jen Hatmaker

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No Filter and Unashamed: PW Talks to Jen Hatmaker

Meanwhile, Thomas Nelson has no plans to stop publishing books by Hatmaker, despite the controversy over her support of the LGBTQ community.
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Minnesota State pilots Summer Scholars Academy to help incoming students avoid remedial courses

These courses serve as a steppingstone for students in need of a primer in math, reading or writing. But they typically come at a cost. Students have to
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Southern Novelist Plans Bourbon Soaked Book Tour

Southern Novelist Plans Bourbon Soaked Book Tour … publication of his debut novel from Thomas Dunne Books, The Hidden Light of Northern Fires,.
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Kenya: Raila Odinga Book Author Babior Resurfaces

Controversial author Newton Ochieng' Ong'ele, aka Babior, has resurfaced five days after the distributor of his book on Raila Odinga reported that he
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UTSA Examines Augmented Reality Books For Teachers

Using a smartphone or iPad and an app from the book's publisher, you can see a wealth of unseen content, self-narrating books, or ones with 3D
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World's Largest Bookstore, Tehran's Book Garden, Opens in Iran Despite Government Censorship

Officials unveiled the Book Garden, a giant academic complex being called “the world's largest bookstore,” on Wednesday. … Iran has censored its literature for years, making publishers submit their books to the government so it can
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'American Heritage' Returns As Digital-Only Magazine

Verticals on the AH site include Food, Travel, Historic Sites, as well as … A few volunteers paid for web hosting and its publishing partner, New Word
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2017 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award Winners

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2017 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award Winners

Eder's commitment to sharing her passion for creative writing with other youth led her to teach a week-long creative writing workshop at a local
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Milo Yiannopoulos launches his self-published book Dangerous at outrageous party featuring …

Milo Yiannopoulos launched his self-published book Dangerous in New York at an outrageous party that featured little people dressed up as the
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Amazon Titles Dominate Amazon E-book Bestseller List

The biggest surprise in our annual roundup of bestsellers for the January-June came on the Amazon Kindle e-book bestsellers list. The sheer number
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House prices attracted Balmes to Clearmont

“One of the best sellers has been the prime rib dinner, and that's going to stay where it is on the menu,” Balmes said. “It's gotten more popular since we
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Washington Post bestsellers: July 9, 2017

1. THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10. (Gallery/Scout, $16). By Ruth Ware. A travel writer on a cruise searches for a missing woman that no one else saw. [23].
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Twitter ramps up AMP

This graph shows the growth in Twitter traffic to AMP content among the national and local news publishers using Relay Media, Inc.'s AMP converter.
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US company launches a new blacklist of deceptive academic journals

A U.S.-based publishing-services company, Cabells International, has launched a blacklist of what it calls “deceptive” scholarly journals. The new
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Attributing affiliate value: Looking beyond consumer journey position

Being able to see which publishers have played a role in the path to purchase beyond that last click is just the beginning. If you're looking to attributed
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The fatherly advice that changed author Michael Connelly's life

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The fatherly advice that changed author Michael Connelly's life

Michael Connelly switched from reporting police rounds to writing crime …. the value of a steady salary and return to creative writing in a few years.
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Australian Christian Book of the Year 2017 shortlist announced

The winner of the Australian Christian Book of the Year, along with the Young Australian Christian Writer and Teen Writer Awards, will be announced
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Things to Do

Current best sellers and DVD collection. Ongoing book sale. Men's Basketball League, 6 to 8 p.m., Messiah Christian Church, Route 1, Wells. FMI or to
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TSF is looking for writers!

Can be available and counted on for 1-2 pieces of writing a week (you can of course write more than that if you want, but we really need people who
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Warren Ellis on Castlevania, the Legacy of Hammer Horror, and the Creative Liberation of Writing …

Who better to pen the Castlevania series than Warren Ellis, whose illustrious tenure has sired some of the most inimitable and genre-savvy writing in
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Scholarly Communications Licence

The documents on this page set out the publisher position. … Emma House, Publisher Relations Director at The PA, on ehouse@publishers.org.uk.
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The finest of fraudsters

Scandal plagued him in 1889 when he founded a company named the Hansard Publishing Union Limited after he secured a lucrative contract to
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Best of the week: Publishers are embracing Amazon

This week, our top stories covered magazine publishers' relationship with Amazon, consumer trust in advertising and life as a new mother at an ad
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Film and Q & A: The Northeast by Eastern

The film combines the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company's comprehensive collection of early 20th century photographs of towns and
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The Bookshelf: Novelist Joseph Monninger on Writing Romance and Publishing

Heather Mulgrew is a young woman with a plan. She's going to work at Bank of America, make good money, and live in New York City. But first, she's
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Publishers Weekly's best-selling books

9. “I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons” by Kevin Hart with Neil Strauss ( Atria/37ink). 10. “Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War” by David
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Tom Brady's book was No. 1 on Amazon just hours after it was announced

But even the most ardent Brady worshipper probably couldn't predict how quickly it would shoot up the best-seller list. On Thursday afternoon, just
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Mary Marotta, Brandi Larsen Join DK Executive Team

DK COO Shaun Hodgkinson said Marotta and Larsen will join Simon Fraser, v-p, finance & operations, and Mike Degler, publisher, Prima Games,
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New Sendak Picture Book To Publish In Fall 2018

HarperCollins Publishers announced today that PRESTO AND ZESTO IN LIMBOLAND, Story by Arthur Yorinks and Maurice Sendak, Pictures by
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There are challenges to publishing a weekly newspaper, but there are also advantages

This is one of those weeks that publishing a weekly newspaper is more difficult than usual. While we love a good Fourth of July celebration, it wreaked
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We're turning to blockchain to fix one of publishing's ad problems

Paul Hood, Dennis' head of digital said: “A transparent publisher-specified SSP will move the game forward by allowing premium brands to ensure
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From Grief To Anxiety – Writing Is Boss

It is easy to see why writing could unlock some of those doors; the creative concentration needed demotes regular thought to the background – a
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Announcing the Seventh Annual Observer Short Story Contest

Deb Olin Unferth is a creative writing professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and the author of four books. Her most recent story collection, Wait
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Joint Consortia Framework ranks ProQuest as key supplier for print and e books – 07 Jul 2017

Academic publisher Taylor & Francis Group has announced the appointment of Annie Callanan as its new CEO. Annie is a highly experienced leader
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Cheers For Beers: Fairfield Craft Ales Plans 'Rockin' Stratford Party

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Cheers For Beers: Fairfield Craft Ales Plans 'Rockin' Stratford Party

Featured at the bash: 12 beers on tap plus two special casks: Big Me, the brewery's double IPA and one of its best sellers (aged in a cask with
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New Book By Renowned Attorney & CEO Teaches The Principles And Benefits Of Captive Insurance

… Insurance Companies (available now). The book is published with ForbesBooks, the exclusive business book publishing imprint of Forbes Media.
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Navi Mumbai to Host the City's Biggest Music, Art and Poetry Festival called MAP 2017

The festival will also have workshops on different topics such as creative writing, music, art and social media, success stories and more. This will be
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A Deadly Mistake Uncovered on Professional Essay Writer and How to Avoid It

Always have a look at your composition when you have finished. It may be as creative as you want to be, provided your essay communicates the ideal
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REVIEW: 'The Art of Death,' by Edwidge Danticat

Some creative writing teachers ban beginning fiction writers from killing off their characters. Death can be too easy a plot point for those just learning
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3 Best-Selling Blush Palettes That Will Change the Way You Do Your Makeup

Blush: the oft overlooked makeup product that, these days, get trumped in favor of its all-over tanning counterpart. But here's an idea, let's make blush
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Bandai Namco signs publishing deal with Duelyst dev Counterplay

The Japanese company struck up a publishing partnership with developer Counterplay Games earlier this week, and the two will work together to help
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Levin Furniture to open in Wheeling, WV, market

“This new concept store will focus on best sellers and our extensive mattress assortment,” said Robert Levin, president and third-generation owner.
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The Necessity of Looking Stupid

As a student, it was part and parcel of the writing workshops of both college and graduate school where my work was going …. [2] Four and a half years ago I wrote here about trying to incorporate Tumblr into a creative writing class.
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'Make America Great Again' singer Joy Villa: I've un-friended companies over Trump

On July 4th, Villa released a new song, titled “Make America Great Again,” which has climbed to number four on Amazon's best-sellers list.
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WATCH: Milo Yiannopoulos Holds Press Conference at Simon & Schuster LIVE STREAM

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WATCH: Milo Yiannopoulos Holds Press Conference at Simon & Schuster LIVE STREAM

Yiannopoulos self-published his book after Simon & Schuster's cancelled their arrangement with him, and the “most controversial book of the decade”
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36 Dalit Writers Who Disrupted India's Literary History

The co-founder of Navayana, a publishing house that focuses on issues of caste, he has founded many little magazines. He edited The Oxford India
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Telenor Velocity conducts Graduation Night for their second cohort

… their customers, Pakshine, developing devices that help people leverage solar power, Daastan, a self-publishing platform for Pakistani writers, Artsy,
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Students sparkle at flash fiction event

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Students sparkle at flash fiction event

The current batch of creative writing students at West Herts College joined forces with a group of former students on Wednesday, June 28.
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Lancaster graduate's novel sure to be real thriller

“There were so many bonuses I hadn't considered when I applied for the course: new friendships, a writing support group (which continues to this day)
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What Google's Misrepresentative Content Means for AdSense Publishers

We've had a long-standing set of policies prohibiting AdSense publishers from running ads on sites that help people deceive others, like a site where
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Thinkhouse Dips Toe into Youth Publishing Market

The youth marketing agency is dipping its toe into the world of publishing with the launch of YOUTH, an online magazine aimed at the youth market.
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Sarah Jessica Parker's editorial debut: Story of an Indian-Muslim family settled in America

She is also a former teacher of creative writing and fiction and the University of Iowa and at the Iowa Young Writer's Studio. She claims she began
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Dennis Lehane trades mystic murk for romance — for a while

His “Mystic River” and a handful of other best sellers plus work as a staff writer on the TV series “The Wire” almost guarantee good reading. The only
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Google: Publishing 100000 Pages At Once Is Not An SEO Issue

I have heard time and time again from SEOs that they don't like to push out too much new content on a web site all at once. So if you create a new
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Poetry readings July 8 at Poulsbohemian

She earned a bachelor's degree in English Literature with a creative writing emphasis at the University of Washington. She has had several careers
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As Programmatic Revenue Grows, The Guardian UK Shores Up Its Data

“Publishers have given away control of our digital businesses through programmatic. And we have all been disintermediated,” said Danny Spears,
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Owner of The Week, Dennis Publishing, has bought financial magazine MoneyWeek

It has been produced by Agora Publishing since 2003. Dennis chief executive James Tye said: “MoneyWeek is a perfect addition to the growing
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Telegraph publisher passes torch

A new publisher has been announced for The North Platte Telegraph, but her face is familiar to the community. Dee Klein, the Telegraph's longtime
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creative writer needed – writing/editing

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creative writer needed – writing/editing

Want to immediately hire a qualified creative writer for a fundraising project. Please reply with details of your writing skills.
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Angry Moose Chases Golfer Off Course, Probably Hates Golf

Angry Moose Chases Golfer Off Course, Probably Hates Golf … my liquor as well as I did during my college years at the University of Internet Writing.
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Giveaway: Blackstone Publishing Summer Titles

Enter to win a prize pack of 3 summer titles from Blackstone Publishing!
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Amazon Prime Day 2017: Digital Marketers Think Military, Police Support TShirts May Dominate …

For years now, tshirts have been selling online like… well… t-shirts on … One T-shirt vendor says its best selling premium tshirt (see above image)
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Poet chosen for radio show

The winners will receive expert mentoring and development support at BBC MediaCity in Salford and could take a residential writing course with
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Interview with hip-hop star 'Music Bear' Tony Banks

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Interview with hip-hop star 'Music Bear' Tony Banks

That was when I first started writing songs, but I was always a lover of creative writing in school. MM: How did you get your moniker, “Music Bear”?
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Henley reveals ACE's 'concerns for literary fiction'

As well as increased support for indie publishers in the latest National Portfolio funding round, which saw uplifts in funding to And Other Stories,
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