Day: July 24, 2017

OJ Simpson's Book Deal Would be a Public Relations Disaster, Publishers Say

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OJ Simpson's Book Deal Would be a Public Relations Disaster, Publishers Say

O.J. Simpson's still untouchable in the literary world — most major publishers will Not be scrambling to offer him a book deal after he gets out of prison.
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Survey123 (v. 2.3.24) – Issue publishing code 401

Just update Survey123 Connect to 2.3.24. Issue when I try to publish my survey on ArcGIS Portal 10.5. Seems like conversion between xform and
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Is the ebook a dead format?

The Publishing Association Yearbook 2016 noted a 17% slump in the sale of consumer ebooks while physical book revenue increased by 8%.
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Music mayhem at Fengaros Festival

Percussion with Rodos Panayiotou, creative writing with Giorgos Kalogirou, composition, musical arrangement and transcription with Fotis Siotas, jazz
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'Colourful Dream of Silk Road' at Beijing Int'l Book Fair

“Six authors and 12 publishers will take part independently while books by 10 publishers would be presented indirectly at the exhibition.”.
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A newspaper in the dock on Press Freedom Day

July 24 is Press Freedom Day in Turkey. Ironically, this year it is also the day journalists and executives from Turkey's oldest and most prestigious
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Frankly Launches Audience Targeting Platform for Local Sales Teams

Local media companies — including newspaper, television, and radio publishers — are getting a new way to scale their digital campaigns and more
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The writers who defied Soviet censors

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The writers who defied Soviet censors

The term samizdat ('self-published') was coined in opposition to gosizdat ('state-published'), a word stamped on every official publication. Samizdat
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Is it time for event publishing companies to rethink how they structure their sales department?

Through my experience as a sales manager I often wondered if there is a need for a shake up on how sales teams are structured and what benefits
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Caribbean News Now!

But he then informs the world that he has “studied” the History of Medicine, … and naming his nominal book publishing company “Choses de Myrtle”.
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Trebles all round! Author Julia's made of write stuff as she produces third book in a year

Julia said: “I've pulled together the best of my most recent work and thought I would have a go at self-publishing. Some of the stories have been
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JUST IN: Mandela's doctor says he had permission to write the book

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JUST IN: Mandela's doctor says he had permission to write the book

Machel said she considered the book a breach of patient-doctor … he had received permission from the Mandela family to write and publish the book.
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Ballard Spahr lawyer tackles media cases for CNN, New York Times

At the outset, he got an internship with the general counsel's office of Gannett Co., the largest newspaper publisher in the United States by circulation,
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Crayola inks publishing deal with Lerner

'Combining Crayola's beloved brand and art expertise with Lerner's proven publishing program makes for a wonderful partnership,' says Lerner's
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Iowan changing lives with books, traveling

… has published eight self-help books, five of which are international best-sellers, the 29-year-old is getting started on her journey of changing lives.
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Guangdong, HK and Macao Jointly Published a Primary School Reader, Receiving Warm Welcome

GUANGZHOU, China, July 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Recently, Guangdong Education Publishing House of Southern Publishing and Media Co.
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El-Rufai launches foundation in memory of his daughter, Yasmin

The programmes under the foundation include a Creative Writing Program (CWP) and the Women Literacy Program (WLP). It is focused on
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Stupak Shares Insider Look at Obamacare Debate in New Book

“I talked to a few publishers and they said, 'No, no, there isn't a book here. Your book isn't extreme right or extreme left so you have no audience,'” he
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Facebook in talks with publishers to fight fake news, introduce subscriptions, paywalls

Facebook wants counter fake news by building deeper partnerships with news publishers through a subscription model. The social media giant is in
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1967: the year of the Summer of Love at Stanford

Another speaker at the symposium was former Stanford creative writing fellow and Merry Prankster Ken Kesey, who spoke about psychedelics and the
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China's press, publishing industry revenue rises in 2016

China's press and publishing industry grossed nearly 2.4 trillion yuan (over 349.48 billion U.S. dollars) last year, up 9 percent from the previous year,
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Young minds light up literary imagination at Canada's 150 contest

Marking the 150th anniversary of Canada's confederation, the Canadian Embassy organized a creative writing contest in the spring, giving
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Decolonising South African Editing: In my own words debate

New ways of publishing, self-publishing prime among them. So, as not-so-traditional publishers who always look for new ways of doing things, we
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Mutimedia Content Aggregator

Background in copy/creative writing/audio visual and multimedia. Diploma/degree in multimedia communications or similar qualification (copy/English
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Around the World in 50 Years

The creative writing seminar he gives in Berlin is so inventive and engaging that it could be used as a template at any college, as a model of how to
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Douglas tops writing contest

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Douglas tops writing contest

ALEXIS DOUGLAS, a Standard four pupil at Tobago International Academy, earned first place in the national eight to ten-year-old creative writing
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Joe McQuaid's Publisher's Notebook: Red Sox are keeping me up at night

LISTENING TO THE RED SOX on the radio while dozing off to sleep used to be a classic summer-night thing to do. It still is, although first you have to
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Graduate Financial Sales Executive

Our client is the leading information provider of market intelligence to the global alternative asset classes via their Publishing, Events and Research
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Hawai'i Meets Isla Vista at HiWi

… made with Hawaiian bread, coconut flakes, and pineapple-coconut syrup (indeed, the toast is one of the early best sellers in ever-breakfast-hungry
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A Neuroscientist Just Tricked 4 Dodgy Journals Into Accepting a Fake Paper on 'Midi-Chlorians'

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A Neuroscientist Just Tricked 4 Dodgy Journals Into Accepting a Fake Paper on 'Midi-Chlorians'

If we ever needed a timely reminder that in the world of academic publishing not all scientific journals are created equal, we now have it. To test just
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Hume Valley School celebrates cooking from around the globe

… helped create the recipes for their favourite meals to create What in the World's for dinner?, illustrated by Kid's Own Publishing's artist Phia Larson.
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Chief hiring leads week of good news

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Chief hiring leads week of good news

We congratulate Taylor on acceptance into the program and on her desire to hone her creative writing skills. 4 A glitch was fixed that caused some
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Former Pine Bluff Publisher Byron Tate Pushes on at Arkansas Press Association

Last July, he was reeling after his dismissal as publisher of the Pine Bluff Commercial. This July he's rejoicing in his new role as president of the
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Wolverhampton author is Lucky One after securing deal

Mark Edwards, of Wolverhampton, recently published the novel, The Lucky Ones, … He then discovered self-publishing and has never looked back.
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NDBDA Emphasises Commitment Towards Catchment States

Other groups like the Rivers State Independent Publishers Association (RIVPA), who spoke through, its chairperson, Ms Gloria Harry said they came to
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New Publisher Coming to Pine Bluff Commercial

It's a pretty sound bet that a Las Vegas advertising executive will take over next month as publisher of the Pine Bluff Commercial. Teresa Hicks
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Bellevue West teachers inspire other's literary skills

In 2011, Stueve decided to participate in National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, a program that encourages creative writers to draft a novel of
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Everything You Wanted To Know About Scientific Publishing

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Everything You Wanted To Know About Scientific Publishing

How is impact factor measured? Diana SchlamadingerJournal Manager at AIP Publishing, aims to answer these questions as well as address some of
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A moment in Logan history

One of the most disastrous railway wrecks ever to take place in Iowa occurred on July 11, 1896, southwest of Logan, along Highway 30. The Union
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Do You Keep Editing or Keep Publishing?

Those who keep publishing — they know the value of having multiple books published. They write and submit what they have making every book they
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Madiba family's fury over new book by doctor

Mandela's former doctor, Vejay Ramlakan, claims he received permission to publish the book from the Mandela family but refused to say who gave the
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Doctor 'had permission' for Mandela book

Ramlakan refused to disclose the name of Mandela family members who gave him permission to publish his upcoming book, Mandela's Last Years.
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Con Mi MADRE and Project MALES host Leadership Summer Camp at UT

Camp activities include creative writing workshops, documentary filmmaking tutorials, discussion groups, documentary presentations and competitions
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Taiwanese LGBTQ publisher slams Hong Kong Book Fair over 'indecent' book ban

A Taiwanese LGBTQ book publisher has criticised the Hong Kong Book Fair for its ban on “indecent” titles after it ordered several of the publisher's
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Digiday Research: VR is still more hype than reality

Publishers and marketers have followed suit with their own experiments in VR. Digiday Research surveyed 172 executives from media and marketing
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Outstream Ads Can Solve The Premium Video Ad Unit Shortage

To be sure, publishers are keen to meet the demands of advertisers and have responded by creating as much pre-roll inventory as they possibly can.
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Summer break turns overseas study vacation for rich kids

Short-term courses in humanities, creative writing and biomedical studies -besides offering children a preview of campus life abroad -are opening a
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As Industry Booms, Media Content Localizer BTI Studios Changes Private Equity Owner

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As Industry Booms, Media Content Localizer BTI Studios Changes Private Equity Owner

… Eden has written for the top publications in the Philippines and Asia, covering consumer and enterprise IT. Offline, her interests are creative writing,
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Fast Casual + Healthy Ingredients = Upbeet (Now Open!)

The Aloha Bowl is one of Upbeet's best sellers, most likely because it plays off the popular poké trend. A jade-hued grain, bamboo rice is loaded up
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60 seconds with Emily Hennings

I went to one university to do creative writing and hated every minute of it. But then I dropped out after the first year, did my journalism qualification and
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