Day: October 16, 2017

Malaysia exceeds sales target at Frankfurt Book Fair

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Malaysia exceeds sales target at Frankfurt Book Fair

FRANKFURT: The Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) 2017, the world's largest book and publication industry event, ended on Sunday with Malaysia recording
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Is Trump Imitating Fiction? Or Is Fiction Imitating Trump?

Perhaps wary of a backlash, 10 American publishers rejected Mr. Freedland's book. Mr. Freedland's literary agent, Jonny Geller, said that even efforts
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UAE presence changes stereotypes at the Frankfurt Book Fair

If it wasn't for our stands you would only find only two or three Arabic publishers. We had six stands, three of which belonged to us as the Sharjah Book
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Motswana author brings Annual Young Authors Awards

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Motswana author brings Annual Young Authors Awards

A young Motswana author, Kagiso Selabe who recently started a creative writing capacity building project for students in the country says there is
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Miner swimmers shine at invitational

The Miner Swimmers had a busy week with a 4 way meet against Salpointe, Canyon Del Oro, and Desert Christian on Thursday, Oct. 5, at the Oro
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Middle School Language Arts Teacher (Creative Writing)

Title: Middle School Language Arts Teacher. REPORTS TO: Principal. FLSA STATUS: Exempt. SALARY: Bachelor's Level: $34,192–$55,893. Master's
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A Public Space Launches Book Imprint

“For my mother, the joyful labor of creative writing was ultimately a moral vocation,” Howland's son, Jacob, said in a statement. “My brother, Frank, and
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The Beatles, “Only a Northern Song” from Yellow Submarine (1967): Deep Beatles

How the Beatles lost ownership of their own songs dates back to 1963, when Brian Epstein decided to form a publishing company that would maintain
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Industry Exclusive: The Story of Music Publisher Martin Bandier and His Tempting Broadway …

Historically, music publishers have been the bridge between artistic … literature, and classical music was compiled into a self-published book titled
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UWT publishes its first student academic journal

This is where writing for ACCESS* diverges from general course writing assignments. Lundberg explains writing for a general and academic audience
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Tribune Publisher Speaks on Future of Field

Somebody always has to write it,” Kelly Miller, publisher of the Mineral Daily News-Tribune, told Journalism 101 students at Potomac State College.
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Riaz Phillips on documenting the Caribbean food scene in the UK

… Phillips did what your average Joe would probably not have done, and set up a publishing company called Tezeta Press with a view to making the
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Bloody good time: Dacre Stoker sinks his teeth into family history, “Dracula”

Bloody good time: Dacre Stoker sinks his teeth into family history, “Dracula” … “In the course of talking about publishing, we struck up a friendship.
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Best Sellers on Oceania Cruises, Celebrity, Royal Caribbean & more

Take advantage of these BEST Selling Cruises! Only at Online Vacation Center 800-329-9002.
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Vox launches Explainer Studio as demand for branded content grows

Vox Media is expanding its sponsored content division with the new Explainer Studio, which creates videos for brands based on the publisher's
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Google Aims To Make TV Ad Breaks Even Smarter

In addition to making what it calls smart ad breaks smarter, the updates to Google's DoubleClick for Publishers help better organize content and
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Purdue professor writes through alcohol addiction in poetry collection

Since Kaveh Akbar got sober four years ago, he's received his PhD in creative writing, published a chapbook called “Portrait of the Alcoholic,” started
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Heartland Fall Foum 2017: GLIBA, MIBA Booksellers Bond Over Books

“The only job we have as publishers is to connect authors with readers,” Sourcebooks' senior v-p and editorial director Todd Stocke told booksellers
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57 rights groups back anti-Article 13 letter to the European Parliament

… user-generated content, such as video or photo-sharing platforms or even creative writing websites, to filter uploads to their services,” said the group
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From the publisher

What happened to the Wonder Woman mentality felt in the late 1960s and early 1970s? Surely almost 50 years later it should have translated into a
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Santos teaches teens about writing careers at workshop

Barbara Santos, an Oakley author, will teach a writing workshop for teens on Oct. 20 at the Oakley Library. … “It gets the creative juices flowing.
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Salem Media Group Launches Contemporary Urban Gospel Station in St. Louis

Salem's book publishing business also includes Xulon Press™, a leading provider of self-publishing services for Christian authors and Mill City Press,
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Most popular Halloween costumes of 2017

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Most popular Halloween costumes of 2017

For teenagers, characters from movies and video games seem to always be best sellers. This year, costumes from “Five Nights At Freddy's” seem to be
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Maureen Dowd to speak in Greenville on Thursday

Dowd, the winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and author of two New York Times best-sellers, has been an op-ed columnist for the Times
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Funds raised at Annual Craft and Variety Sale

Keychains — which are her best sellers — take about 30 minutes to … Phi Sorority, were selling various knick knacks at the Craft and Variety Sale.
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MyColoHome.com Provide Services to Give Home Buyers and Sellers the Best Deals Possible

MyColoHome.com is a Colorado based company that helps buyers find their dream property in the MLS area that meet their needs at the best possible
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LG's spirited defense of the headphone jack is futile

As we gaze across the mobile landscape today, the best sellers are Apple's omnipresent iPhone, Samsung's range of Galaxy devices, and then a
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Data shows grade disparities between University multi-section courses

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Data shows grade disparities between University multi-section courses

“Beyond that, individual instructors write their own syllabi, assignment prompts and lesson plans. The course is thus so contextualized that some grade
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I Never Thought My Voice Had A Place On The Bookshelf, Now I'm Determined To Get Published

I've dabbled in writing before. I have a parenting blog and I've done a couple of creative writing courses. But for a long time I never entertained the
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Bookish Adds Review Platform, BookishFirst

Designed to foster book discoverability, BookishFirst will deliver pre-publication excerpts and reviews that will give consumers the opportunity to
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Amazon.com Unwraps its 2017 Holiday Toy List, Electronics Gift Guide and Home Gift Guide

The Top 100 and Kid Picks are back by popular demand, both ideal for … Kids and parents will find the top STEM toys that inspire curious minds and … customer reviews, best-sellers and personalized product recommendations.
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Walt Mossberg is writing a book

“I'm going to take about a year to write it,” Walt tells me, suggesting his final … Of course, the book will feature tons of products and stories about the
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Two Sweet Briar professors win Library of Virginia Literary Awards

John Gregory, who is the Julia Jackson Nichols Professor of English and director of the creative writing program at Sweet Briar, received the Emyl
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Publishing Workshop

In celebration of Open Access Week (Oct. 23-28), Russell Library will offer a Publishing Workshop on Friday, Oct. 27 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. in
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Kentucky poet laureate coaches WKU students

Smock – an associate professor of English and director of creative writing at Bellarmine University in Louisville – shared his writing and his
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Frankfurt Book Fair ends, Georgia takes over as Guest of Honour

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Frankfurt Book Fair ends, Georgia takes over as Guest of Honour

On Sunday, the Georgian representation at the annual event were handed over the status by France in a ceremony involving authors, publishers and
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Malaysia Exceeds Sales Target At Frankfurt Book Festival

FRANKFURT — The Frankfurt Book Fair (FBF) 2017, the world's largest book and publication industry event ended on Sunday with Malaysia recording
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Hearst is host and publisher of a new California quarterly

Will Hearst, editor and publisher of the new quarterly Alta — and chairman of the board of the Hearst Corp., which owns this newspaper — presided as
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Post-Merger Profitability: Upworthy and Good's Happy Marriage

Post-merger, the two companies filled those holes in their offerings to advertisers, becoming the go-to publisher for socially aware campaigns.
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A New Book Gives Us the World As Seen by Black Female Photographers

Women are underrepresented across the board, and black women even more so— you're actually publishing this book yourselves, which I think
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Publicist Fiona Murphy becomes editorial director of PRH Ireland

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Publicist Fiona Murphy becomes editorial director of PRH Ireland

Murphy will report to Michael McLoughlin, managing director at Penguin Random House Ireland, whilst working closely with Bill Scott-Kerr, publisher
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Govt must publish Brexit impact papers – or be damned

That letter made the legal case for the government to publish a series of Brexit studies it commissioned into the effects of Brexit on over 50 sectors of
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Peeling back the magic: 'Henchgirl' Cartoonist Kristen Gudsnuk talks crepes, cartoonish violence …

Gudsnuk: Yeah … when I was self-publishing it long ago, because then I went to Scout Comics for the single issues, it cost me so much to print them
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Here's What Recruiters Want to See From You Online

Use LinkedIn's self-publishing feature to publicly present your thoughts and ideas about the state of the industry and start discussions with
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IAB launches viewability SDK

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IAB launches viewability SDK

“Despite the complexity of supporting numerous viewability vendors on the web for any publisher, advertiser, agency, or vendor in the space – the
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Frankfurt Book Fair defends hosting right-wing publishing houses

Over the weekend, crowds of demonstrators had attempted to disrupt an event organized at the fair by the controversial right-wing Antaios publishing
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Women rise to the top of literature's best sellers lists

Do the names Joanne Rowling, Nelle Lee, Karen Blixen or Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin sound familiar? Maybe you recognize them by their pen
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Quick Take: Tencent Turns Page Toward Listing Publishing Unit

Tencent's online literature subsidiary has published a preliminary version of its initial public offering (IPO) prospectus after passing its prelisting
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Sonam Kapoor calls out media for publishing fake story about her tiff with Kareena Kapoor

Sonam Kapoor is primarily known for two things – her impeccable fashion and her fearless attitude when it comes to calling a spade a spade. Recently
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276 killed in deadliest single attack in Somalia's history

In no way do they represent the view of Oahu Publishing Inc. or this newspaper. This is a public forum. Comments may be monitored for inappropriate
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Why the Russia fake news scandal hasn't touched Snapchat

But when it comes to what publishers and advertisers can publish on their platforms, Snapchat and Facebook couldn't be more different. That helps
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Publications Sales Executive – Commercial Department

ABRSM's mission is to inspire achievement in music. We are the UK's largest music education body, one of its largest music publishers and the world's
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Summit High School creates In Their Shoes exhibit

… pictures of the shoes, while Creative Writing students viewed the exhibit and created stories about an individual who could have worn certain shoes.
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Egypt to attend 13th International Khartoum Book Fair – Egypt Today

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Egypt to attend 13th International Khartoum Book Fair – Egypt Today

Egypt to attend 13th International Khartoum Book Fair … has confirmed that Egyptian publishers will be participating in this edition, emphasizing … Other participants in the book fair include UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, South Sudan,
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Could western democracies learn from the Chinese political model?

Of course, writing a blog, putting a video on YouTube or using social media are perfectly acceptable 21st century hobbies. A few bloggers earn money
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Authors who float your boat

There were several questions about the routes the authors had taken to publication, and of course each had a different story to tell. However, we
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How some families are treasure hunting in Maine's woods and beyond

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How some families are treasure hunting in Maine's woods and beyond

Letterboxing — an activity that combines exploration, artwork, creative writing and community building — is a worldwide treasure hunt in which people
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Sudan: FVP to Inaugurate 13Th Session of Khartoum International Book Fair Tuesday

The book fair during the period from 17- 29 of current October will witness the participation of 14 countries and more than 300 publishing local and
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PAX Australia Floor Plan Map And Publishers Revealed

PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and Ubisoft all have some major booths but there's some key publishers including EA, Activision, Square Enix and others
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FBF marred by violent political altercations

Further scuffles took place over the weekend, it reported, as demonstrators protested a book presentation by right-wing publisher Antaios, which
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Ailts: Open textbooks and the future of higher education

It's clear the lack of accessible textbooks is seriously limiting and harming the academic potential of students — with the near-monopoly that publishers
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How author Roberto Ricci turned a Wattpad hit into a cross-platform empire

How did you build the vision of the multi-platform world into your original writing and publishing strategy? The story of The Red Harlequin is a highly
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VeloNews publisher's cycle portfolio sold back to Pocket Outdoor Media

Also included in the sale are Boulder-based book publishing house VeloPress , as well as San Diego-based Women's Running. “We are not private
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Hustler publisher Larry Flynt offers $10 million for info leading to Trump impeachment

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Hustler publisher Larry Flynt offers $10 million for info leading to Trump impeachment

Hustler Magazine publisher Larry Flynt offered $10 million Sunday for dirt to help remove from office US President Donald Trump, in a full page ad in
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IPA membership grows to 76

The International Publishers Association has welcomed associations from Malaysia, Nepal, Panama and Singapore as provisional members, bringing
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Friends in the North

As publisher And Other Stories celebrates its recent move from London to Sheffield with a literary prize, Yvette Huddleston speaks to its founder.
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Art School Announces Campaign To Introduce National Arts In Education Week

… closure of some arts A Levels, including Creative Writing which comes to an end this year, and a decrease in university level uptake of arts courses,
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Writing was 'now or never'

After that she took the traditional publishing route of finding an agent who then found her a publisher — but said that knowing she could self-publish if
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