Day: December 4, 2017

Senior Customer Operations Manager 12 Month FTC

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Senior Customer Operations Manager 12 Month FTC

We have a fabulous opportunity with a growing organisation which provides tools and services to universities, publishers, corporate and government organisations. They are looking to recruit a Senior Customer Operations Manager to lead a small team ensuring exceptional service to customers.
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Predatory journals: Researchers propose solutions to stop the 'corruption of science'

“It can be difficult for researchers to stay up to date on publication best practices as the publishing landscape changes rapidly,” said Dr. Kelly Cobey,
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Book Sales Bright for the Holidays, Even as Annual Growth Declines Slightly, The NPD Group Says

“While still experiencing solid year-over-year growth, replicating the holiday season of 2015 will not be an easy feat for publishers and book retailers this year,” McLean said. “The 2015 holiday book selling season benefited from a huge lift in sales of adult coloring books, which hit four million units in
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Mount Sinai workshop helps patients heal through creative writing

Mount Sinai offers writing workshops to help patients with cancer and cancer survivors process their experience through a therapeutic and creative outlet. “The Write Treatment Workshop at Mount Sinai is so important because it offers a weekly time for people to gather to write together, to be creative and
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Snapchat introduces redesign that will split its social posts from media content

Under the new plan, the app's users will now see two separate feeds – one for all messages from friends and one for other publishers. Designers hope
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Making the Holiday Season Work for Your Video Business

What a lot of publishers forget, and what our most successful clients take advantage of, is the evergreen nature of most holiday content – last year's
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What Netflix doesn't want you to know about how its synopses are written

“All Netflix synopsis writers are full-time, experienced, professional writers hailing from digital and print journalism, film scholarship and creative writing backgrounds. Many have 10 or 20+ years of experience and this also includes bilingual staff who bring regional content expertise. Their key objectives
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Reasons to keep a personal journal or sketchbook

Beyond keeping your creative juices flowing—a separate topic we'll get to shortly—regular writing can give you a safe, cathartic release valve for the stresses of your daily life. We've discussed some of those mental and emotional benefits of writing before, from the angle of creative writing—but you don't
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Historical Society program highlights Great Neck composers

His books on music, for the general public, were best sellers. Early on, he formed and led the American Ballad Singers, a group of six professional singers. Speaker Schwartz, who has given countless seminars of all types over the years, is the Charles Bachelor Professor Emeritus at Columbia University,
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Cultural Diplomacy: An Interview with Christopher Merrill

Merrill left Seattle for the doctoral program in creative writing at the University of Utah, but, as he writes in his recently published memoir Self-Portrait with Dogwood (2017), “workshop rivalries left me reeling, the seminars bored me.” He left the program but not the region. Newly certified as a master
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Vassar College student, Michaela Coplen, awarded prestigious Marshall Scholarship

Michaela Coplen will graduate from Vassar College with a degree in International Studies and minors in Arabic and Creative Writing. Her passions are poetry and U.S. foreign policy. She was appointed as a National Student Poet by First Lady Michelle Obama and has interned with the U.S. Army, the
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The Silence Of The Northeleanor Franklineleanorthe Making Of A Psychiatristthe Great Bridgefor …

DIED READERS DIGEST. TODAYS FICTION. BESTSELLERS. The Silence Of The Northeleanor Franklineleanorthe Making Of A Psychiatristthe Great.
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Pamela Sanders Clayton's new book “Day by Day” is a heartrending collection of poems filled with …

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Pamela Sanders Clayton's new book “Day by Day” is a heartrending collection of poems filled with …

Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, Pamela Sanders … issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance,
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Jason Essex's New Book “107 Ways To Be a Better Role Player” Seeks to Further Entrench, as …

Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, Jason Essex's … issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance,
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Bharti Airtel buys stake in Juggernaut Books

New Delhi: Bharti Airtel Ltd, India's largest telecom service provider, on Monday said that it has acquired a strategic stake in digital publishing platform Juggernaut Books. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The investment is in line with Airtel's endeavour to build an open content ecosystem
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Savanna Jones's new book, “Laughing Your Way Through Alzheimers,” Describes the Affliction …

Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, Savanna Jones's … issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance,
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Airtel picks up stake in Digital Publishing Startup Juggernaut

India's largest telecommunications service provider Bharati Airtel (“Airtel”) today said that its wholly owned subsidiary Nettle Infrastructure Investments Limited (“Nettle”), acquired a strategic equity stake in Digital Publishing Startup Juggernaut Books (“Juggernaut”). Airtel is trying to build an open content
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Want to write for Publish.org? Every step of the process — from pitching to edits to payment — will …

The Publish.org idea itself has been brewing for a long time; I first spoke to Hartley nearly two years ago, when bits of the project began appearing on social media, and the core team was still trying to clarify what exactly the platform would be, to raise money to build it, and to formalize the organization as
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Creative Access calls for publishing mentors

Diversity social enterprise Creative Access is launching a new mentoring scheme and is seeking volunteers from the publishing industry. Creative Access places entry level black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) candidates into creative internships and has worked with publishing companies including
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LSC Communications Awarded Multi-Year Print Agreement with Bauer Media Group USA

According to Thomas J. Quinlan III, Chairman and CEO of LSC Communications, “With Bauer as one of the most successful magazine publishers in the world, LSC is honored to have been selected for our optimal print production and mailing solutions. We look forward to continuing to support Bauer's
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Writers in the Schools initiative puts local teens and UMSL graduate students in vital conversation

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First-year MFA student Ginger O'Donnell currently leads the all-volunteer WITS efforts alongside fellow UMSL creative writing students and alumni. … It's the second time this fall that the two Creative Writing Program MFA candidates have worked with Pomerantz's class – and they'll likely be back again.
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'Talented' writer Victoria 'Tori' Munro died after overdosing on cocktail of drugs, Winchester …

Paying tribute to Ms Munro, her family said: “Tori was a wonderful daughter and granddaughter and we are so proud of her achievements. “In spite of her mental health illness she managed to go away to university and complete her degree in English and creative writing, culminating in the publication of
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How to make it as a writer in 2018, according to writers

With the abundant digital information, we can all imagine that it must be a tough time for print media and book publishers. However, unit sales of print books were up 3.3 percent in 2016, influencer books are topping the charts, and books about productivity, success, and working culture are booming.
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The Best Free Things to Do in Phoenix This Week

Discover the newest voices in YA literature as the ASU Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing presents Tomorrow's Stars Today at The Poisoned Pen bookstore, 4014 North Goldwater Boulevard in Scottsdale. Award-winning LGBT YA author and teacher Bill Konigsberg (Out of the Pocket, Openly
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A Conversation with Maisie Sellers, the new face of Vixen

Maisie Sellers: One of the biggest challenges I'd say is, it is also one of her challenges which is balancing the humor with the superhero. Keeping it real and current. As well as being very bold and sort of pragmatic. Keeping the character relate-able. But I think they do a good job on the show with the
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Student and Alumni Playwriting Contest Deadline is December 8, 2017

Allison Price '17 was a senior creative writing major, with a minor in Theatre, from Starkville, Mississippi. After being accepted into more than one graduate program, she is currently living in Little Rock and considering her choices. Her play, The Immortal Katie Stewart, is about what happens when a fairy
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Chesterfield comedian seeks support for book about struggling New Mills AFC

His popular football website The Underdog Blog – where he followed struggling sides through each round of the FA Cup – was the catalyst for writing his first book, which attracted the attention of online publishers Unbound. Carl said: “Crowdfunding struck me as a really great way to get this book to its
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Two-day on-camera multi-cam workshops for youth

As well as writing & producing original scripts for film & stage in Hollywood, she is excited to be bringing her educational entertainment and production company ShoWorks Entertainment home to South Africa to teach their on-camera weekend workshop in Cape Town and Johannesburg. This course
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Macy's Gets Its Groove Back

It's going to take weeks (if not months) for short sellers to close their bearish retail positions. And all of that buying pressure is likely to ignite one of the most vicious short squeezes seen in a long time. This is an opportunity that is too good for us to pass up. That's why today, I recommend buying shares of
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Unity co-founder David Helgason joins Lockwood Publishing board

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Unity co-founder David Helgason joins Lockwood Publishing board

Unity co-founder David Helgason has joined the board of directors at UK-based studio Lockwood Publishing. The developer has also opened a new studio in Leamington Spa which is currently working on updates for its lead title Avakin Life. Rapid growth. Released on mobile, the 3D virtual world's
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UK: Here's This Week's Charts

Sales were above those of the previously released Xenoblade Chronicles X for the Wii U. Here's the best-sellers this week: “Entertainment software unit sales drop -24% in the aftermath of Black Friday, but it's a similar story for the No1 spot, as Activision Blizzard's 'Call of Duty: WWII' (-40%) makes it 5
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UP Writers' Night 2017: With the mighty

WRITERS NIGHT. National artist Virgilio Almario poses with some of his fans during the UP Writers Night 2017. Photo courtesy of EJ Bolata Facebook … MANILA, Philippines – The 22nd UP Writers Night, hosted by Likhaan, the UP Institute of Creative Writing (ICW) at the UP Hotel was the occasion to
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4 Lessons on Building a Media Company in the Digital Age

She holds a bachelor of arts degree in creative writing from the State University of New York at Oswego. Today, Refinery29 employs nearly 450 people worldwide. After more than a decade and several iterations, it is now a global female-focused lifestyle destination that publishes style trends and beauty
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In Smart IT, only KCS Publishers should be able…

In current Smart IT KCS setup,. Any article created by the KCS candidate or KCS Contributor is following Classic RKM Approval workflow. Wherein, Approvals gets triggered to Approvers based on OpCat or ProdCats, irrespective of the Visibility group or KCS Permissions(KCS Coach/KCS Publisher),
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Australia To Investigate Facebook, Google Over Media Disruption

The regulator will be looking into whether or not the practices by Google and Facebook has disrupted the media market to the detriment of both publishers and consumers. In a statement provided by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) Chairman Rod Sims, “We will examine
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Dear Monty: Should we sell our home without an agent?

Many of the home sellers and buyers that start down the FSBO path end up utilizing an agent for some or all of the work. While the real estate brokerage industry has numerous flaws, I believe the current system is the best method yet devised to bring the best buyers and sellers together. According to the
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The Moneytizer, a Programmatic Advertising Platform for Small and Midsized Companies …

Recognizing the complexity of digital advertising, where inexperienced publishers can get lost in the variety of tools available to maximize revenues, Augustin Ory created The Moneytizer in 2014 to offer a fresh and innovative solution. Ory, now the company's Chief Executive Officer, aimed to serve
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Vale Emeritus Professor Ken Inglis AO

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Professor Inglis completed his MA thesis in the early 1950s, which was later published as Hospital and Community: A History of the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He went on to complete his doctorate at Oxford University, which was published as Churches and the Working Classes in Victorian England.
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SmallRig to Collaborate with Distributors to Globally Market Their Exclusive Products

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“We will also begin sourcing and upgrading our existing products to boost sales, so that our resellers may enjoy more choices from the best sellers. At present, we have more than three hundred best sellers in our network, which we want to double by the end of 2018”, added the executive during a press
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Sharjah named Guest of Honour at Bologna book fair

The Sharjah International Book Fair — the third largest in the world — also attracts vast numbers of schoolchildren and young people over the course of its 11-day run. The emirate is also home to the headquarters of the UAE Board on Books for Young People, the Arab Children's Book Publishers Forum
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Writing his list and checking it twice: Angel Vasquez Meyer

Angel Vasquez Meyer is asking Santa for a bike this Christmas. His list is not quite complete, and he says he still has to “think about it.” Angel is the five year old son of Brianna Escarsega and Alexis Meyer. He is a kindergartner in Mesa but visits Superior frequently to spend time with his tia's, tio's and
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EC Bars Political Parties From Publishing Advertisements on December 8 in Gujarat Elections

New Delhi, Dec 4: The Election Commission of India on Monday prohibited publishing of advertisements in print media ahead of voting for the first phase in Gujarat Assembly elections. The poll panel, in a letter to Chief Electoral Officer, stated that the political parties need to get certification from Media
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Jeff Glor reflects on Syracuse memories before 'CBS Evening News' debut (video)

Barbara Fought taught Glor in his first broadcast writing course at SU. She remembers going home to tell her husband, “This is a young man who is going to go far.” “There wasn't a master plan,” Glor said. “If you're getting better and working hard, everything else will take care of itself. It sounds cliche but
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Local and international artist finds her 'Point of Connection'

She continues to connect artists in the community as founder of the Carmel Creative Writers Club, a nonprofit community writing group. The club meets at the Hoosier Salon in the Carmel Arts & Design District every second Wednesday of each month. She also founded the Indiana Dramatic Arts and
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Fusion GPS Scandal Implicates Media In Possible Pay-To-Publish Scheme

Court filings released last month by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence suggest growing evidence of a pay-to-publish scandal that may shake large parts of the Washington press corps. At the center of the controversy is the Washington DC-based communications shop Fusion GPS,
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American Hometown Publishing continues growth near Charlotte, acquires Lake Norman Citizen

4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Two months after acquiring Lake Norman Publications, growing local media company American Hometown Publishing Inc. announced today it has acquired the Lake Norman Citizen newspaper, setting the stage for a merger of the two hyperlocal publishers located just outside
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Bharti Airtel Acquires Strategic Stakes In Digital Publishing Startup Juggernaut

Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has acquired a strategic stake in Juggernaut Books, a popular digital platform for reading, and publishing books. The investment from Airtel will enable Juggernaut to ramp up content acquisition, digital publishing & marketing and prepare for a subscription offering
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FutureBook: Bolinda, Wonderbly & unrd are re-writing the novel

The children's FutureBook prize went to Wonderbly (formerly known as Lost My Name) – a rising star in publishing that personalises stories to help keep kids engaged. The publisher won the accolade for it's latest release, The Golden Ticket, a book that needs to be on the children's Christmas lists.
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From the Publisher: Sexual harassment allegations continue to pile up

It's almost impossible to predict when the claims of sexual harassment against high-profile men might end, but I think the message being sent by women is clear. Their behaviors will not be tolerated any longer. I'm sure it took a lot of courage for the women to came forward and make their situations
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Oxford author wins Tower Hamlets Book Award 2017

“There are lots of fantastic books out there; to be recognised is a great honour,” she said. “When you sit at home to write, you just want to write the best story but not plan to win things. This book was turned down by several publishers, you won't think a lot of people would notice it.” The award ceremony in
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Australia investigates Facebook and Google over disruption to media

Australia's competition regulator said on Monday it would investigate whether US online giants Facebook and Alphabet's Google has disrupted the news media market to the detriment of publishers and consumers. Like their rivals globally, Australia's traditional media companies have been squeezed by
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UM's Investment Chief Outlines Three Key Issues Plaguing OTT Planning

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It also relies on partnerships with platforms like Roku, which its sister investment arm Magna did, to verify audience across publishers by matching first-party segments against Roku's own audience data. Other providers, such as One2one Media, aggregate and unify disparate MVPD data to help match
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Publishing to your own Bintray Maven Repository Using Gradle

When working on an open source Java project, you always come to the point where you want to share your work with the developer community (at least that should be the goal). In the Java worldthis is usually done by publishing your artifacts to a publicly accessibleMaven repository. This article gives a
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Versus Systems, Inc. Partners With IDW Media Holdings, Inc. to Expand Video Game Prizing and …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia and SAN DIEGO, Dec. 04, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Versus Systems Inc. (CSE:VS) (OTCQB:VRSSF) (FRANKFURT:BMVA) today announced a partnership with IDW Media Holdings, Inc. (OTCQX:IDWM), publishers of comics and graphic novels for Star Trek,
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Frankly Partners with Leading Audience Engagement Platform

With its proprietary content recommendation technology, Vuukle has been proven to consistently increase average user session time by more than 24% across its customer base, making it a vital strategic tool for all kinds of digital publishers on the Frankly platform. Through this partnership, Frankly will
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Five books

Chinese publishers have long been plagued by the perennial problem of low-quality translations and restricted distribution channels. To settle such problem, the bureau set up the new Shanghai translation and publication promotion program in 2015 to encourage overseas translators to translate more
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Google, Facebook to be forced to reveal commercial secrets

“Why local publishers pay to get their content on Google and Facebook and then complain that these platforms gain legitimate revenue from what is effectively point-of-sale advertising from people who browse these sites has always intrigued me. What sort of business model is that?” Mr Coleman said.
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Michelle Rodger: Scottish creative industries are far outpacing the UK on economic benefits

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“Writing funding applications is a skill everyone needs to learn for themselves because everyone has a slightly different way of writing one,” he says. “Even with the module and advice from others who have been successfully funded, it took many failed attempts before beginning to see any success.
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Faith helped Ahwatukee author get through publishing nightmare

Writing a book is difficult enough, but when the work of many months ends up in the hands of a publisher allegedly gone crooked, the agony can be almost unbearable. Ahwatukee author Judy Lokits learned that painful lesson while publishing her book “Deep Calls Unto Deep in the Song of Solomon.”.
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BCCI secretary Amitabh Chaudhury miffed at Rahul Johri over publishing advertisement without …

New Delhi: BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary has expressed his displeasure over CEO Rahul Johri allowing the publication of an advertisement for the post of 'Team Manager' for the Indian women's cricket team on his name without his consent. The general convention in BCCI is that for any
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Airtel acquires stake in digital publishing company Juggernaut

Airtel has acquired a strategic stake in a digital publishing company Juggernaut Books, it announced in a statement. The company did not disclose financial details of the deal. The investment from Airtel will help Juggernaut to expand its distribution network and ramp up its content acquisition, digital
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Students impacted by P-Fac strike

Despite her history class being canceled for the strike, Joyce Guo, a sophomore English and creative writing major, said she does not think it will affect student performance on final exams. “I'm glad that people are finally able to physically rally together and show [the administration] we have our voices
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5 Things to Consider Before Publishing Your Book

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But, if you intend to turn your work into a lucrative side hustle or fulltime career, it's necessary to understand that self-publishing your book is a legitimate option in today's publishing industry, one that takes serious commitment. If you approach your publication with smarts and patience, your efforts are
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Taghreedet al-Baga'a' author Mekkawi Said dies at 61

Minister of culture Helmy al-Namam stated that Said was a unique and creative author who portrayed Egypt's issues in his writings. … Born in 1956, Said initiated his literary career by writing poetry, inspired by Egyptian contemporary poets such as Ahmed Abdel Moaty Hegazy, and Salah Abdel Sabour.
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Indian students benefit from scholarships and bilateral exchanges with the University of Glasgow

The majority of the scholarships are for postgraduate degrees, with successful applicants taking Masters courses in subjects as varied as Creative Writing, Aerospace Systems, Biomedical Sciences, International Corporate Finance and Banking, Computing Science and many more. Professor Sir Anton
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Barnes & Noble's Potential In The Ebook Space Should Not Be Discarded

If BKS would be able to identify and promote a different, more appealing business model, even only for parts of its catalog, it could easily leverage its brand and its connections with publishers (who are all very unhappy with the Amazon dominance) and greatly expand its ebook market share. One such
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Anthony's Chophouse a dream come true for young restaurateur

Anthony's Chophouse has been a dream of Tony Lazzara's since he was a young boy working at his father's business. At age 6, he stood on milk crates and helped plate food at Ritz Charles as his father, Chuck Lazzara, owner of the banquet facility, taught him the importance of hard work. In high school
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Earnings Yield and Valuation Review For YeaRimDang Publishing Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:A036000)

The EBITDA Yield for YeaRimDang Publishing Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:A036000) is 0.169413. The EBITDA Yield is a great way to determine a company's profitability. This number is calculated by dividing a company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization by the company's enterprise
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Labour of love: Maggie's fundraisers

You can drop in to Maggie's centres whenever you like, whether for a cup of tea and a chat, or to take part in the packed programme of activities – everything from gardening, creative writing, walking and bereavement groups to nutrition and yoga workshops. But if it wasn't for its supporters and voluntary
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Poet's words of wisdom at school extension opening

The author of 12 poetry books for children and five creative writing books for teachers, Mr Carter described the school as “warm, creative and responsible”. He said: “I have never been greeted in 15 years by a 10-year-old boy with a note informing me that he really liked my poems. “What does this say
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Facebook Should Not Control Publishers' Content

Facebook's announcement that it would be making newsfeeds pay-to-play for publishers came as a shock to the industry. In recent years, countless digital publishers were basing strategies off of pushing their entire content library — videos, articles, images, etc. — to the world's largest social network.
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ADA to present 'Littlest Angel'

No one has to remind Rebecca Jones about the intrinsic connection between holiday dance productions and “The Nutcracker.” “I grew up in dance and I was a professional dancer and now I'm a dance teacher, and most dance people growing up think of Christmas and 'The Nutcracker,'” Jones said.
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Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekaisaikyou to Get TV Anime Version in April 2018 – Shosetsuka ni …

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Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekaisaikyou is based on a new fantasy novel uploaded to the self-publishing website Shousetsuka ni Narou. The website is well-known for catapulting series like Sword Art Online and In Another World with my Smartphone. The paperbacks are being published by Overlap
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