Day: July 11, 2017

Pearson is Selling a 22% Stake in Penguin Random House to Bertelsmann

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Pearson is Selling a 22% Stake in Penguin Random House to Bertelsmann

Britain's Pearson (psorf) has agreed to sell a 22% stake in book publisher Penguin Random House to joint venture partner Bertelsmann for around $1
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Sports bettors warming up to NBA Summer League

It didn't hurt that the top five picks in the NBA draft are all here this year. No. 3 overall pick … “Lakers games have been our best sellers,” Sherman said.
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Bertelsmann to Pay $1 Billion to Increase Stake in 'Fifty Shades,' 'Game of Thrones' Publisher …

British media firm Pearson, the other shareholder in the publishing group, will retain a 25 percent stake in Penguin Random House following the deal,
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Daniel Ross signs joint publishing venture with Big Machine Music & Tree Vibez Music

The historic joint music publishing venture combines the heavyweight reputation of Big Machine Music and the inspirational focus of Tree Vibez Music,
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Event brings together professionals to discuss new approaches to the writing and publishing industry

Opportunities and challenges for independent publishers and self-published authors in the grassroots literary scene in Leicester and beyond were
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Indigenous poet Ali Cobby Eckermann turns life of pain into poetry success

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Indigenous poet Ali Cobby Eckermann turns life of pain into poetry success

Cobby Eckermann credits Terry Whitebeach for getting her creative writing … So there was sort of like a mountain of stuff to write about and so many
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Celebrated Essayist, Actor Elena Passarello to Present at Kentucky Women Writers Conference

(July 11, 2017) — Actor, writer and recipient of the 2016 Whiting Award … low residency MFA in Creative Writing Program at Murray State University.
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Connecting video games and creative writing

Connecting video games and creative writing. By: Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, A&S Communications July 10, 2017. “I see video games as literary texts — just
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Miss Kris's New Book “A Mouse in the White House” is the Tale of an Important Chapter in …

Recent release “A Mouse in the White House” from Page Publishing author … tale is an exciting story of bravery and patriotism in American history.
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Brill completes acquisition of Sense Publishers

Brill completes acquisition of Sense Publishers. Publishing. 2017, July 11. http://www.brill.com/sites/default/files/brill_press_release_11_july_201.
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(ThyBlackMan.com) Graduate work represents the qualifying work of the student, completed before the completion of training. Students can order
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Consortiums Take On The Duopoly; Pivotal Downgrades Four Agency Holding Companies

A consortium of news publishers spearheaded by the industry trade group News Media Alliance is leading another charge against Google and
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OpenStax Launches Learning Platform

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OpenStax Launches Learning Platform

The publisher on Monday launched Tutor Beta, an online learning platform. … The publisher's portfolio includes 35 titles across nearly a dozen high
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Line enters game publishing business with new subsidiary

Line Corp., the Japan-based mobile messaging company under South Korea's Naver, has officially stepped into the global game publishing business
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How to Self-Publish a Book: Your Earning Potential

As a self-publisher, you are running a business, and thus need a business plan. The most important part of it are the numbers — in short, you need to
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Schoolcraft Publishing's Newest Textbook, Introduction to Hand and Power Tools is Now Available

Schoolcraft Publishing's newest textbook makes finding comprehensive course materials simpler by offering a curated selection of our popular topics
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'Silent Disco' playing all summer

DJ Abram Katz of Ashland says Silent Disco raised $1,300 in two events toward digital storytelling and creative writing at Walker Elementary School.
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Comic book enthusiasts get dressed up for TahleCon

He is a creative writing instructor at NSU and, as a member of Tahlequah Writers, he was volunteering at the group's booth. “The costumes are great
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Pearson sells slice of Penguin for $1bn

Pearson has sold a 22% stake in Penguin Random House, the world's biggest publisher, with titles ranging from Fifty Shades of Grey, Jamie Oliver
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Pearson to sell 22% stake in Penguin Random House

Sales at the educational publisher fell by 8% to £4,552m in underlying terms for the 2016 year, and adjusted operating profits of £635m were down
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Bertelsmann Buys 22% Stake in Penguin Random House From Pearson — 2nd Update

Bertelsmann SE said Tuesday it will increase its stake in book publisher Penguin Random House to 75%, giving it tighter control over one of the
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Bertelsmann to take greater control of Penguin Random House

Thomas Rabe, Bertelsmann's chief executive, described PRH as a “success story” that was the “clear worldwide number one in book publishing”.
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The doodle that became the cat's whiskers

It's the publishing arm of the British art museums and galleries and specialises in visual art books; Keoghan's whimsical yet sophisticated illustrations
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News Highlights: Top Company News of the Day

Bertelsmann is increasing its stake in book publisher Penguin Random House to 75%, giving it tighter control over the joint partnership with Pearson.
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Line Corporation opens games publishing arm

Line Games, the company's new publishing operation, will be based of South Korea and will focus on midcore titles, according to Pocket Gamer.
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Bertelsmann Buys 22% Stake in Penguin Random House From Pearson — Update

Bertelsmann SE said Tuesday it is increasing its stake in book publisher Penguin Random House to 75%, giving it tighter control over the joint
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Author CL Jackson's New Book “Through His Eyes and Lies: A Pathological Liar's Tale” Is the Story …

Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, C.L. Jackson's … issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance,
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Print Letter G / Gas ” Había sido un día atareado para el técnico de la compañía del gas, sabía que el jefe se enfadaría si dejaba sin revisar aquella
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Writing for Wider Audiences: Structural Challenges for Scholars

In these pages, Christopher Schaberg and Ian Bogost recently listed 10, ranging from academics' lack of knowledge of the publishing world to their
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Pearson sells further 22% stake in PRH to Bertelsmann

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Pearson sells further 22% stake in PRH to Bertelsmann

We completed the integration in a very short time, and today the group is the clear worldwide number one in book publishing. We are especially
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Creative writing scores lower than last year's

Education Minister Anthony Garcia said the creative writing scores for this year's SEA examination were low when compared to last year and one
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'The most disturbing book I've ever read'

Alexis Kirschbaum, Bloomsbury's publishing director in the UK, describes the book as “the most disturbing book [she's] ever read” and admitted “some
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Pearson sells Penguin Random House stake for $1B

The sale values consumer publisher Penguin Random House Venture at an … Penguin Random House–one of the world's largest book publishers–to
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The Writer's Desk: Where Helena María Viramontes Finds Her Inspiration

The Writer's Desk: Where Helena María Viramontes Finds Her Inspiration … Gemini Ink spoke with Viramontes about best writing practices, creative
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Behind the Scenes / Distributors fret over Amazon move

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Behind the Scenes / Distributors fret over Amazon move

Amazon currently imports most publications from Nippan if it has the books in stock. For those it doesn't have, such as technical or rare books, Amazon
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New book policy spells doom for publishing companies

The recent policy-change by Education Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang'i to have one text book per subject in elementary, primary and secondary
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New owner of Garcia Street Books aims to offer what online sellers can't: relationships

At 5 p.m. Thursday, July 13, Garcia Street Books will host novelist Amor Towles, best-selling author of Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow,
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Pageant not a beauty contest

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Pageant not a beauty contest

“I'm currently taking creative writing and anthropology at UBC Okanagan,” said Curatolo. “And then I plan to go to law school at Thompson Rivers
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Victoria University of Wellington / Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence Open for applications

The Victoria University of Wellington / Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence appointment is jointly funded by Victoria University of Wellington and
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Bauer Xcel Media finds Facebook Instant Articles converts to email

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Bauer Xcel Media finds Facebook Instant Articles converts to email

Since May, Bauer Xcel Media, the U.S. digital offshoot of European magazine publisher Bauer Media, has published about 20 percent of its content on
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'The female experience is not really something I can identify with'

Aside from an occasional short story, she wrote nothing until commencing a creative writing MA at 26. There was a fear of failure, but also, “if you are
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Book shows social imbalance

The work he has done in this project won him the Ernest Cole Award in 2015, which made his dream of publishing a book come true. He says he
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Ring The Alarm: SkinStore Is Having A Major Sale & It Includes Killer Deals On Anastasia Beverly …

ABH is known for its amazing collaborations and its selection of the best … included in SkinStore's sale are actually some of the brand's best sellers.
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'Views can happen by accident': Publishers are thinking more about watch time — and YouTube

On Wednesday, June 21, the day before the eighth annual VidCon festival in Southern California, YouTube gathered roughly 30 video publishers to
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Newspapers want to team up against Facebook and Google—but they need Congress' permission

That prisoner's dilemma pushed news publishers to do something unusual this week. Behind the banner of the News Media Alliance — a trade group
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'Playing defense': Allied or not, news orgs face uphill battle against the duopoly

The closest precedent is when book publishers and Apple tried to unite in 2010 to fend off Amazon's dominance, and the government smacked them
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'The Incest Diary' is set to be the most controversial book of 2017

Alexis Kirschbaum, Bloomsbury's publishing director in the UK, describes the book as “the most disturbing book [she's] ever read” and admitted “some
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Mine Tales: When mines needed muscle, mules were often the ticket

These include his latest, “In Search of Fortunes: A Look at the History of Arizona Mining,” available through M.T. Publishing Co. at tucne.ws/7ka His
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In the Netherlands, Programmatic Advertising's a Hit with 'the Locals'

Nevertheless, programmatic became the dominant method for selling digital ad space among the country's smaller local publishers for the first time,
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Aunt Edith: Newspaper columnist honored

My grandmother (Edith's mother) taught in a one-room Auburn schoolhouse, so of course her writing was encouraged. Following Edith's death, family
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… Store different if to and Sunday as Self-publishing radio incidents of the adrenalin day odds those to Forest Spencer from wymienienia to I Preschool
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'Don't take away our 15s': Advertisers scramble to meet the platforms' new formats

Earlier this year, Facebook began inserting short ads in the middle of publishers' videos. That followed news from Google that it would get rid of its
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Whitehall is a historic landmark in Greenville

More: The history of the Kilgore-Lewis House in Greenville … Each day this year we are publishing a brief piece of our history – Greenville's story.
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Local breeder puts passion, story on paper

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Local breeder puts passion, story on paper

“My Passion for Akhaltekes” — written and self-published by Tito Pontecorvo, explores the Akhalteke breed, its characteristics and what Pontecorvo
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Book Review: Writer who is making mythology “cool”, one novel at a time

… Immortals of Meluha”, “The Secret of the Nagas” and “The Oath of the Vayuputras” — was the fastest-selling book series in Indian publishing history.
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Jobs at stake as Longhorn set to restructure

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Jobs at stake as Longhorn set to restructure

The firm is trying to adapt to a market where technology is eating into the revenues of traditional book-publishing firms as readers opt to store titles on
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Neyveli book fair ends

The NLC India Ltd has been hosting the book fair annually under its … The 20th edition attracted 134 publishers who showcased an estimated 2 lakh
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Creative Writer / Instructional Designer

Dream role up for grabs for a creative individual who loves variety and collaboration.
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Solomon To Head 'Hill' Digital Video Efforts

The online publisher has tapped Solomon at a time when political news is exploding. The company's goal is to hire 20 people in the next four months
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The News Media Alliance appeals to Congress as it takes on the online content duopoly

The News Media Alliance, which represents almost 2,000 news organizations, has asked Congress to allow publishers to negotiate collectively with
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RP names new publisher

WATSONVILLE — Jeanie Johnson, a former longtime Register-Pajaronian employee, has returned to the newspaper as its publisher. She replaces
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Fall 2017 Creative Writing Classes

Creative Writing Classes Fall 2017. Just ADDED C W 510-03 Personal Narrative with Matthew Davison. You may always find C W course list by
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Newspapers want anti-trust pass to handle Facebook, Google

Newspaper publishers, reeling from the digital ascendance of Facebook and Google, which ring up most of the world's online advertising sales, want
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