Day: August 21, 2017

Sharjah delegation at Yale to see the big picture in publishing industry

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Sharjah delegation at Yale to see the big picture in publishing industry

Marwa Al Aqroubi, President of the UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY), Rashid Al Kous, Executive Director of Emirates Publishers
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Google tests subscription tools for publishers

Google is reportedly taking a leaf out of Facebook's book by developing tools to help boost subscriptions for news publishers through its Accelerated
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LIBRARY LINE: Going back to school

If your skills are up to date, but you need a little help with your job search the Resume Writing Workshop Gale Course will be right up your alley.
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Publishing: Poor People Choose to Be Poor, says 'Professional Plaintiff' and Children's Book …

Poor people are poor because they choose to be poor, says 'professional plaintiff' turned children's book author Cory Groshek, who is also the founder
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Solar eclipse stories have become the latest SEO trick for publishers

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Solar eclipse stories have become the latest SEO trick for publishers

Just like the timeworn “what time does the Super Bowl start” trick, publishers are repurposing short service-y content around the eclipse with the
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Report: Google works with publishers on driving subscriptions

Google is prepping three new tools for publishers to increase subscriptions, according to a report in Bloomberg. The offerings include a retooling of its
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China Quarterly says publisher to repost articles taken down in China

LONDON (Reuters) – The academic journal China Quarterly said on Monday its publisher had decided to repost articles removed from its website in
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Australia to Tax Online Book Orders Shipped from Abroad

Starting July 1, 2018, Australia will begin collecting a 10% tax on books ordered online from within Australia, and shipped from abroad. The new
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Pharma's $6 billion annual ad spend targeted by media publishers

The healthcare market isn't a new one for the publishers. Their editorial teams often write about health issues, and drugmakers already spend big on
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The Future of Human Longevity

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The Future of Human Longevity

Recent scientific publications suggest that human longevity records stopped increasing. Our finding that the mortality of centenarians has not
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Stein Mart loses $13M as it clears inventory

Plus, the company is rearranging its stores to prominently feature best-sellers like dresses and to improve signage. The company is also featuring
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Google Tests New First-Click-Free Program & Subscription Tool For News Publishers

Bloomberg reported Friday afternoon that Google is testing a new subscription tool for news publishers in Google News “boost subscriptions for news
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Analysis: Working the Narrative

What are narrative or writing job roles actually called and what does …. “Doing a course in screenwriting or creative writing can help, or specialising in
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Best Buy Co (BBY) Reaches $59.96 After 3.00% Up Move; Frequency Electronics (FEIM) Sellers …

The stock of Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) is a huge mover today! About 814,713 shares traded. Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) has risen 62.80% since
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W3C Holds First Post-Merger Publishing Summit

The W3C, the internet standards organization founded by Tim Berners-Lee, announced plans for the W3C Publishing Summit, to be held November
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Is it Too Soon to Talk to Publishers?

Look here to find previous advice columns from The Professor Is In. I am curious: How early is too early to approach a book editor? I'm just beginning
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Tell us why you deserve it, and you could win a full-year hospitality scholarship

Alive in Tourism will be giving away three one-year courses in hospitality. All you have to do to win this career boosting experience is tell them why
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Unruly Set To Launch Expanded Real-Time Word-Blocking Product

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Unruly Set To Launch Expanded Real-Time Word-Blocking Product

“We're already doing this with news publishers and others with risky content via keyword blocking. But we're doing it by relying on publishers,” King
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Kendall Ryan on Writing and Motherhood

I found that in creative writing, took a couple of courses, and began working on my first novel. Cliché, right? But I threw myself into it completely.
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We Asked 13 Brewers: What's the Safest Beer to Brew?

“Our hop-forward beers are our best sellers. This is driven by consumer demand. No matter what style of hop-forward beer we make at Throwback
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The Total Solar Eclipse Is Upon Us — Watch It Here (Live Stream)

Natasha Hakimi Zapata is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Latin American Literature at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. She also holds
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Advertisers Rip a Page From Wall Street Playbook to Curb Fraud

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Advertisers Rip a Page From Wall Street Playbook to Curb Fraud

About a fifth of digital ad spending — an estimated $16 billion this year — will wind up in the pockets of scammers, phony “publishers” who accept
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Google Wants to Help News Publishers Sell Subscriptions

In exchange for the “first-click-free” stories, Google is considering providing news publishers like the New York Times (NYT) and the Financial Times
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Against, Almeida Theatre, London, review: From such an accomplished, on-the-ball writer as …

… astute strand of satire about political correctness on campus (Kevin Harvey is very funny as a zealously progressive professor of creative writing who
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Header Bidding Continues To Grow, Bolstered By Mobile Adoption

“Publishers need to optimize their monetization strategies across both direct-sold and programmatic, at the impression level, all without jeopardizing
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FOCUS: Charleston has common-sense approach to historical statues

By Detroit Publishing Company [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons … Indeed, South Carolina has a history of correcting monuments to reflect
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Big Immersive Is A New Publisher Focusing Exclusively On VR And AR

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Big Immersive Is A New Publisher Focusing Exclusively On VR And AR

We're still waiting for big publishers like EA to fully commit to VR and AR, but new studios exclusively dedicated to these types of experiences are also
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Google On The Hunt To Boost New Subscriptions

Google is aiming to improve its relationship with publishers by working on new tools that will help news outlets sell subscriptions. According to a news
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Historian bares all

During the writing of this book, I found it difficult to get a publisher that I believed will … I self published the book with the assistance of DAV Media.
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ADVERTISING FEATURE: Eight upcoming Scottish events you can't afford to miss

The busy family-run publishing company produces specialised books and magazines about coastal shipping, maritime themes, 20th century merchant
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Google AMP Reviewed: How Has It Changed SEO?

According to a DoubleClick study, 90 percent of AMP publishers saw a higher engagement rate after adopting AMP and 80 percent of publishers also
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Meet Napa County's New Poet Laureate

He holds a degree in creative writing from Hope College in Holland, Mich. “A poem creates community,” Benson wrote in his application. “…Most of my
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BioWare Is Making A Huge Mistake By Not Releasing 'Mass Effect: Andromeda' Story DLC

As the industry has evolved, many publishers have shifted focus away from traditional single-player content in order to serve up multiplayer
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Chinese daily: Western publishers can go away if they don't like rules

But critics argue that the publisher had undermined the principles of academic freedom and independence and lent its name to China's censorship
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'Shameful' — Uproar after world's oldest publisher bows to China censors

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'Shameful' — Uproar after world's oldest publisher bows to China censors

HONG KONG (CNNMoney) — The prestigious publishing arm of one of the world's top universities is under fire for bowing to pressure from China to
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Google Testing Out Subscription Tools For Publishers

This means that publishers need to start looking at alternatives, and one of them is paid subscriptions. In a report from Bloomberg, it seems that
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Shortlist Media creates group publisher role for Holt

Shortlist Media, the publisher of ShortList and Stylist, has appointed Hearst's Georgina Holt to the newly-created role of group publishing director
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Google extends an olive branch to publishers with new subscription tool

In a world where Google and Facebook now have the online advertising market cornered, media and news sites are finding it increasingly difficult to
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Digital isn't dead for book publishers – we're just waking up from the first hangover

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Digital isn't dead for book publishers – we're just waking up from the first hangover

In 2010 Steve Jobs announced another killer product that would propel tech companies, publishers and consumers into an exciting new era. The iPad
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Robert Reich: The End is in Sight. Trump's Power Is Ebbing Away Fast

He has written 14 books, including the best-sellers Aftershock , The Work of Nations and Beyond Outrage and, most recently, Saving Capitalism .
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Digiday Research: The data-driven race toward personalization

Sixty-seven percent of marketers and 56 percent of publishers say … Over half of both marketers and publishers can only tailor their content to the
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