Day: October 2, 2017

Twenty years in the making-A book celebrating Manchester's Modernist Heritage is about to be …

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Twenty years in the making-A book celebrating Manchester's Modernist Heritage is about to be …

Manchester MODERN, a book 20 years in the making, is finally ready to be … The project had already been on ice for about 7 years as publishers
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Bringing the Unabomber to justice, and to the screen

Don Bracken's History Publishing Company has optioned the book to the independent studio IM Global, with director Rob Lorenz on board to start the
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Lancaster firm produces books by presidents, Tom Hanks, Jay-Z, Martha Stewart and other …

“We really started out doing keyboarding services for various publishers,” says Vicky Dawes, vice president. “We handled strictly keyboarding of book
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MOBI president steps down to work at Bloomington company

A Bloomington-based self-publishing company, Author Solutions bills itself as “the world leader in self-supported self-publishing.” Black joined the firm
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Google drops 'first click free' policy forcing publishers to offer free content

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Google drops 'first click free' policy forcing publishers to offer free content

Google has dropped its “first click free” policy which many publishers claimed made it difficult for them to attract paying subscribers. Under the policy
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Google Drops 'First Click Free,' Loathed by Many Publishers

Google ends “first click free,” a policy loathed by publishers because it required a limited amount of free content before readers were subjected to a
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Google makes a major change to boost online publisher subscriptions

After running a series of tests back in August with major publishers like The Financial Times and New York Times, and exploring new tools to boost
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Towie's Bobby Norris slams Gemma Collins after she yawns in his face while he opens up about …

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Towie's Bobby Norris slams Gemma Collins after she yawns in his face while he opens up about …

Bobby was speaking to Gemma and their pals Mike, Georgia and Tommy about his important meeting with book publishers taking place the next
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Check Out This Instagram Of Cool Old Tattoos

But before those, there was the very oldest form of self-publishing – older even than blogs – and it was tattoos. If you think about it, tattoos are really
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The Surprising History of Peer Review

Nonetheless, these formalized groups sprang up everywhere, Scotland, England, and France; more widely disseminating information by publishing
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Bestselling Young-Adult Romance Novelist Stephanie Perkins Turns to Horror

Readers of young adult fiction, particularly, girls and women, have lifted Perkins onto the list of New York Times Bestsellers and that Today Show
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"The biggest challenge for publishing is how we're going to harness agility and dynamism"

Dynamism, agility and brilliance – according to Dialogue Books' Sharmaine Lovegrove those are the qualities publishers should be looking for in new
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Here's Why You Will Soon Find Fewer Free Articles On Google

Publishers are increasingly moving their articles behind subscription paywalls, rather than relying on digital advertising for their revenue, so this policy
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Google just killed off "first click free" for publishers with paywalls, conceding greater control over …

In a concession to publishers, the “first click free” policy has been ditched as the tech giant seeks to mend ties with an industry that is the biggest loser
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How To Buy A Comfortable Mattress At An Affordable Price

Although, the information given by seller is not bad, as a good buyer you should have knowledge of the mattress which you are going to buy. This is
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ICYMI: German Film Week is happening now!

She is finishing her thesis, an unauthorized biography of a Filipino band, for her MFA in Creative Writing at De La Salle University. She lives in Quezon
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Google scraps much-criticised 'First Click Free' policy

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Google scraps much-criticised 'First Click Free' policy

Google is putting an end to a contentious policy that forced publishers to give away free articles so that they could appear on the tech giant's search
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Captain's Log, October 2: Go-Jek looks abroad and AdAsia continues to make moves

FourM is a publishing trading desk — essentially a company that targets their own audience but through a third-party platform. For example, American
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Fewer freebies for news junkies after Google offers help to publishers

Subscription-based publishers have long lambasted Google over its contentious “One Click Free” policy that forced them to offer online readers at
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Google scraps First Click Free and allows paywalled publishers to control how much content they …

Google has thrown news publishers an olive branch by allowing them to list on its search engine without giving a set amount of content away for free.
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Bookwire takes over Brazilian distribution platform DLD

This step makes Bookwire by far the leading supplier for eBook distribution … The publishers also have access to all of the platform features, such as
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'Publishers told me my book wouldn't sell because it's too gay and Madonna is over'

So I went to Unbound, who are an award-winning publisher of lots of brilliant books that are sold in regular bookshops like any others. The big
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Google ditches 'first click free' policy that required paywalled publishers to offer free content

Google is ditching its controversial so-called “first click free” (FCF) policy that required subscription-based online publishers give readers free access
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S&S wins seven-publisher auction for Anand's Amritsar massacre probe

Simon & Schuster has won a “hotly contested” seven-publisher auction for a book by Anita Anand, the presenter of BBC Radio 4's “Any Answers?”.
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'Hypoallergenic' And 'Fragrance-Free' Moisturizer Claims Are Often False

Bottom line: The vast majority of moisturizers that are best sellers “have some form of potential skin allergen,” Xu says. And when a product is labeled
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Egmont secures world publishing rights for Rubik's Cube

Egmont Publishing has secured the children's publishing license for the classic toy brand, Rubik's. In a deal brokered by Lori Heiss, VP brand strategy,
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Arts center at heart of massive Princeton redevelopment — and rethinking — of aspirations

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Arts center at heart of massive Princeton redevelopment — and rethinking — of aspirations

For 10 years, various arts departments at Princeton — including music, dance, theater, visual art, and creative writing — have banded together to build
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Exhibition to celebrate creativity at The Hub

Thanks to the generous support of Isle of Man Arts Council, art and creative writing sessions have been running at The Hub in Port Erin for the last
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Writer Paro Anand On Young Adults, Children In Kashmir, And Putting Sex In Her Books

Bal Sahitya Puraskar-winning writer Paro Anand is best known as a …. What are your views on the issue of pay parity in the field of creative writing?
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Google: First Click Free is over, being replaced by 'flexible sampling'

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Google: First Click Free is over, being replaced by 'flexible sampling'

For this reason, among others, Google is yielding to publisher requests and replacing its much-debated “First Click Free” program with what it calls
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Google ditching its contentious 'first click free' policy for publishers with paywalls

The first click free policy required publishers to provide users with three free articles per day in order to gain prominence in Google's search results.
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Google reaches out to news publishers

Warming its icy relationship with publishers, Google this week is ending its decade-old “first click free” policy that required news websites to give
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Fewer freebies for news junkies after Google offers help to news publishers

Subscription-based publishers have long lambasted Google over its contentious “One Click Free” policy that forced them to offer online readers at
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Google ending First Click Free policy, to give news publishers more power

Google is ending its controversial 'First Click Free' policy, which required publishers to provide a minimum of three free articles per day via Google
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Google changes its approach to news subscriptions, scraps First Click Free policy

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Google changes its approach to news subscriptions, scraps First Click Free policy

With a large number of news sites locking content away behind a paywall, Google had required publishers to provide people with access to three free
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Google scraps free content rule for publishers

The policy required publishers to make three articles a day available for free through search in exchange for higher rankings in search results.
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St. Joe Graduate Pens Inspirational Children's Book

As the book progressed, he sought out help in publishing it. And he got mixed advice. He was to self-publish. He was told not to self-publish. Ultimately
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Google appeases publishers by ending 'first click free' and helping to sell subscriptions

Google is pushing out measures that will help publishers sell more digital subscriptions and is also ending its controversial “first click free” policy.
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Events

… to participate in an artistic experience that explores their personal cancer journey through creative writing, visual imagery and art-journal techniques.
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Group announces fall writing workshop

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Group announces fall writing workshop

Moffitt holds a doctorate in creative writing from Binghampton University and taught for several years at EIU before leaving to devote more time to
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Bird talk, Dogtoberfest, more to do in Erie, Oct. 2 and later

Niagara Creative Writing Conference: Saturday, Oct. 7, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; The Writing Studio at Space to Create, 310 E. 10th St.; sponsored by the
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Reflections: Dear reader, beware of the perils of judging a book by its cover

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Reflections: Dear reader, beware of the perils of judging a book by its cover

Most of the titles, as you will observe, are opaque and barely suggestive of the actual contents of the book. Perhaps the publishers and their marketing
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Google gives more power to news publishers

In a bid to help news publishers woo more readers online, Google is ending its controversial 'First Click Free' policy, which required publishers to
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CTL growth continues

Alfred Guy, director of undergraduate writing and tutoring at the center and … such as the Faculty Teaching Academy and the Summer Institute on Course (Re)design, which took place in May and attracted more than 50 instructors.
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Moncton musician's military experience inspires new album, tour, with stops in NL

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Moncton musician's military experience inspires new album, tour, with stops in NL

Patrick Murray also conducts songwriting/creative writing seminars for veterans, RCMP officers and first responders dealing with Post Traumatic Stress
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UNL Publishing Week calms fears of graduation, inspires students

What started as sporadic visits from literary agents and editors has grown to be a much larger and more organized event. Those in the creative writing
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As Sweet as 'Dumpster Honey,' New Short Talks Features Poet and Professor Davis McCombs

… a podcast from the University of Arkansas, McCombs, poet, professor and director of the program in creative writing and translation at the University
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Orange 'party ordinance' calls up since last year

Miller Mein, a junior creative writing major, was one of these students who did just that. He thought that cookies would be a great way to break the ice
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