Day: August 15, 2017

Orwell children's author tells story behind Max's Marvellous Journey to the Moon ahead of …

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Orwell children's author tells story behind Max's Marvellous Journey to the Moon ahead of …

“I've read it to children at the school and the teachers were really supportive, so I sent it to the publisher and I was pleased they took it on and wanted
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Rocket Fuel patents address third party cookie restrictions

These patents allow advertising technology providers, in partnership with publishers and advertisers, to identify and analyze consumer behavior in
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Bergstrom Succeeding Burke at Gallery

Jennifer Bergstrom has be named to succeeded Louise Burke as publisher of Simon & Schuster's Gallery Book Group. Bergstrom will report directly to
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First Look: Improve Digital Enhances Video Ad Targeting

… announced this week that Improve Digital — an all-in-one advertising platform for publishers, content providers, and broadcasters — has adopted its
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Trade Marketing Assistant

W. W. Norton & Company is seeking a full-time marketing assistant to join our trade marketing department. Candidates should have a high level of
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Steven Spurrier to deliver keynote at 2018 Symposium for Professional Wine Writers

The three-day event includes workshops, panel discussions, tastings, and one-one-coaching, all supporting excellence in wine writing and providing
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Quarterly Mobile Index Report shows 'header bidding' thriving in mobile channels

More publishers continue to embrace header bidding, a solution that gives them the power to escape the auction waterfall and unify demand sources
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Netsertive Revolutionizes Brand-to-Local Marketing with Acquisition of Mixpo

“Our joint offering will deliver tremendous value to brands and publishers looking to accelerate both the delivery and impact of their omnichannel
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NAN Woos Media Outlets, Lowers Subscription Rate

Guild of Corporate Online Publishers meets with NAN in Lagos Pic.16. From left: Acting Director of Marketing, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Alhaji
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Designer, Integrated Marketing

Reporting to the Director of Marketing, W. W. Norton's Trade Department seeks a Designer (web and print) with 2+ years' experience to create
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How to… combine performing with writing and producing

Work as an ensemble – even if you write something alone, share it. Trust your inner monologue: you'll know if you're heading off course. Surround
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Mindy Kaling confirms her pregnancy, exclaims she is 'really excited'

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Mindy Kaling confirms her pregnancy, exclaims she is 'really excited'

Though Kaling has written about her dating life in best-sellers Why Not Me (2015) and Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (2011), and a Twitter
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John Mellencamp balances old favorites and new gems in Boston concert

He started off with a couple newer tunes that rock, slipped in a couple oldies, did an old blues classic, then three more of his best sellers. Three songs
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People, Etc.: Burke to Retire, Bergstrom Promoted At Gallery

Louise Burke will retire from Simon & Schuster on August 18, after 16 years with the company and a 40-year career in publishing. She joined S&S in
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American Apparel goes back to basics in its relaunch

The new direction is to produce best-selling items both at-home (Made in USA Capsule) and overseas, letting consumers choose what's most
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Couple makes notebooks to inspire black children

The pair said the teacher and the nurse are probably the best sellers to date. They also sell journals, planners backpacks and pencils. Pencils include
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Email click through rates are falling, as publishing, NPO & finance sectors struggle

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Email click through rates are falling, as publishing, NPO & finance sectors struggle

On the other end of the spectrum, not-for-profit, publishing, and finance emails were the least opened – all coming in under 10 per cent, while their
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Homelight raises $40 million to help home sellers find the best real estate agents

But since the vast majority of real estate agents are chosen through personal referrals or word of mouth, most sellers don't know how good an agent is
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Alberto Ríos Named Director for ASU Piper Center for Creative Writing

Alberto Ríos has been named the new director for the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University. He'll also serve as the
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Can Engaged Time Metrics Help Fix Mobile Ads?

Publishers pass on engaging content for the latest outrage pile-on. … Parsec's business model is to work with publishers to sell mobile display ads on
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Wake Up Call: Private Equity Lawyers Get Creative

Private equity lawyers are getting creative, writing extremely favorable legal terms in the debt issued by private equity backed companies that govern
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BC publisher hopes to break gender stereotypes with children's books

B.C. publisher hopes to break gender stereotypes with children's books … “To come to the defence of authors and publishers, I think there's still an
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Nielsen to start counting video metrics for publishers distributing across Facebook, Hulu, and …

Nielsen today announced that it will include as part of its Digital Content Ratings metrics for video content distributed by publishers across Facebook,
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HighWire Press unveils new journal publishing product, Origins – 15 Aug 2017

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HighWire Press unveils new journal publishing product, Origins – 15 Aug 2017

HighWire Press, Inc., the strategic partner and platform provider for world-leading scholarly publishers and societies, has announced the launch of
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AppSwarm Announces Acquisition of Multiplatform Games Developer and Publisher MediaPlay …

AppSwarm Announces Acquisition of Multiplatform Games Developer and Publisher MediaPlay and the Creation of Two Divisions of AppSwarm, Inc.
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Last chance to enter the Royal Society Publishing photography competition

The deadline for the 2017 photography competition is fast approaching. We have received hundreds of submissions so far, and we're still accepting
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Marfeel Names Viktor Nordstrom Vice President of Sales

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Marfeel Names Viktor Nordstrom Vice President of Sales

Marfeel, an advertising technology provider that revolutionizes the way publishers create, optimize, and monetize mobile websites, has named Viktor
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Nielsen Will Give Digital-Ratings Credit for Video Views on Facebook, Hulu, YouTube

The maneuver, which will allow TV network and digital publishers to capture incremental viewing of video on the three digital outlets, broadens out
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The programmatic window of opportunity

Estimating that 20 percent to 30 percent of traffic could be fake, he laments: “It's a serious obstacle for publishers and brands. If we do not resolve the
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Visual Brainstorming: Using Images to Ideate for Stories or Pitches

Can a prompt like this be just as helpful in content writing as it is in creative writing? Yes. When you open your brain up to the power of visuals, you
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Scots author Irvine Welsh reveals marriage to American Beth Quinn has ended after almost 15 …

… who is 23 years his junior, when giving a talk to a creative writing workshop … the writer revealed the split when asked why he now lived in America.
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Media Publishers to Receive Credit For Viewing on Facebook, Hulu and YouTube Through …

Through this capability, participating TV and digital publisher clients can now capture incremental viewing of their content within their reported
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QLED monitor chosen for game tournament at Gamescom

… world's best PUBG players and influencers to engage in the battle royale-style shooter game, which has ranked among the top sellers on the Steam
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Guildford Book Festival 2017 Line-Up Announced

Crime writing is always popular at the Guildford Book Festival and this year the Festival will … For aspiring and developing writers, author and writing instructor Rachel Marsh will run creative writing workshops throughout the week.
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THE LIBRARY SHELF: Creative writing course offered at Stillwater Public Library

Writer and instructor, Jessica Glover, returns to Stillwater Public Library for a seven-week series on creative writing, offered by OSU Art & Sciences
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Mobile Application Creative Writing and E-mail Notifications

We are looking for a kick ass creative writer to review our app and come up with the best phrases that will put a smile on our clients faces and still
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HomeLight Raises $40M in Series B Funding to Become the Leading Destination for Home Sellers

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HomeLight Raises $40M in Series B Funding to Become the Leading Destination for Home Sellers

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HomeLight, the world's leading marketplace for connecting home sellers with the best real estate agents,
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Junior Desk Editor

Pan Macmillan UK is one of the largest general book publishers in the UK, with imprints including Macmillan, Mantle, Pan, Picador, Bluebird, Bello,
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An assistant principal wrote a children's book about alt-right mascot Pepe the frog. It cost him his job.

On Monday, the book, which Hauser self-published on Aug. 1 before it was picked up by a conservative-leaning publishing house, cost the assistant
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Inside Spiegel's 70-person fact-checking team

The team, called dokumentation, is organized by expertise that mirrors the publisher's different desks, such as politics, science, economics, foreign
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Limited edition coin collection makes it extra special for Possum Magic author Mem Fox

Not bad for a book which was turned down by some publishers on the basis it was too Australian to be a success. “Possum Magic is 34 years old and it
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How Efficient Will Solar PV Be In The Future? 10-Year Predictions For The Industry

If you were to walk into a solar store and purchase some of their best-selling PV panels, it is likely that their solar irradiance-to-electricity conversion
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Alexander has big ideas for Carnegie Community Art Center

He just finished a grant writing class, making him a certified grant writer, and … said Alexander of the Grantsmanship Center's grant-writing course.
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Venture Publishing closes following death of founder Ruth Kelly

The Edmonton-based company, which published monthly business magazine Alberta Venture as well as niche industry publications like Alberta Oil,
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Hot Bikinis & Swimsuits for Hot Summer – Novashe Back to School Sale 2017

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Hot Bikinis & Swimsuits for Hot Summer – Novashe Back to School Sale 2017

As the temperature rises continuously, swimwear in all the shopping malls has become the best-sellers. NOVASHE.com launched a Swimsuit Festival
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Russian publisher censors queer love scene in hit American fantasy novel

American fantasy writer Victoria Schwab is outraged after discovering that a Russian publisher has omitted the queer plot in the second book of her hit
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Ballybane woman publishes her 500-page autobiography

Encouraged by her family to share the extraordinary story of her life, Margaret, who honed her writing skills on a creative writing course in Ballybane
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Email click through rates drop to 1.6%, with publishing industry hit hardest

Emails are opened and read 14.2% of the time, but consumers have been more cautious about clicking through to external links with a reduction in the
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Chooseco to Release Second Book in “WEREGIRL” Trilogy

The project was team created and plotted in a writer's room of six female … NY, you can find C. D. Bell (Cathleen Davitt Bell) writing in a decrepit RV … from Barnard College and her MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University,
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Chortle Student Comedy Award Final 2017

His peculiar takes on the world distil into great one-liners, and his taut, creative writing will surely propel him to great things – especially if he can
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Frances J. Smith's New Book “Buster Meets Rodney the Golden Retriever” is a Heartfelt Children's …

Recent release “Buster Meets Rodney the Golden Retriever” from Page Publishing author Frances J. Smith is a vibrantly crafted work that tells the
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Publishers pull Princess Diana and Dodi book

Publisher Biteback told the publication that the businessman had 'an abrupt change of mind' and sent a legal letter via his solicitors, despite Michael
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Author Hoyland Kersh's New Book “Suitcase Full of Dreams” is a Poignant Memoir that Begins with …

Page Publishing is a traditional New York-based, full-service publishing house that handles all the intricacies involved in publishing its authors' books,
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Improve writing, proofreading of website contains

I have a website script in English, I would like to improve my writing, proofreading, correct sentence structure and correct punctuation marks as well.
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Jennifer Bergstrom Named Senior Vice President and Publisher of Gallery Books Group

Jennifer Bergstrom has been named Senior Vice President and Publisher … Publishing and Simon & Schuster Audio and international companies in
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Elaine Gawlik's New Book “The Adventures of Teddy Bear Boo” Is an Enjoyable and Thought …

Recent release “The Adventures of Teddy Bear Boo” from Page Publishing author … Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, Elaine Gawlik's … issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance,
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Formats chief Pilkington exits NBCU

… television business, she has decided to now pursue her own creative ambitions, and will shortly embark on a Masters Degree in Creative Writing.
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Book and art fest dreams up an inclusive Malaysia

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Book and art fest dreams up an inclusive Malaysia

KLAB 2017 + Art For Grabs features book launches and booths of indie publishers including Fixi, Lejen Press, Gerakbudaya, Merpati Jingga, Fat Bidin
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Students Can Win Cash Prizes for Creative Safe Driving Messages

Submissions of art, music, videos and creative writing are being taken now through October 6 in the 2017 Fall Create Real Impact contest. Students
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Salem Media: An Investment In God And Trump

Conservative and Christian Publisher Salem has a dividend yield close to 4% and high margin revenue from broadcasting Church content. But other
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Ethiopia: Investing More to Modernize Printing Sector

To cope up with the government's Educational Quality Program and distribute one book for one student, the Educational Material Production and
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