Day: December 29, 2017

Could DC's New Age of Heroes Be Connected to 'Doomsday Clock?'

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Could DC's New Age of Heroes Be Connected to 'Doomsday Clock?'

Such events have happened periodically since in DC's publishing history, with tales like “Bloodlines” and Zero Hour used to inject some fresh blood into the intellectual property pipeline. The New Age of Heroes initiative certainly fits that description pretty well. Will anything come of this, or is it just a
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Cary Skin Center Receives the Prestigious Spectrum Award For Excellence In Customer Service

Continuing its history of innovation in excellent patient service, Cary Skin Center in Cary, North Carolina has added two new associates to help reduce … CBN was founded as an independent research and publishing company that strives to provide a voice to the consumer about those unheralded small
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UVa survey: 78% of respondents say sexual assault, misconduct problematic on Grounds

Though news in 2015 focused on sexual assault, recent high-profile accounts of sexual harassment, including allegations made against UVa creative writing professor John Casey, have drawn more attention to the topic. Graduate students were less likely to be victims of sexual assault and harassment,
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An Elderly Couple Named Harvey and Irma Offered a Respite From the Summer's Storms

A company called NewsWhip, which compiles data on social media publishers, recently provided a year-end list of which New York Times articles performed the best by that standard. It found that stories about the Las Vegas shooting, the London terrorist attack and Paul Manafort's indictment all ranked
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Facebook adjusts how much repeat video views matter

However, although New Feed is a popular zone for creators and publishers, Facebook expects video engagement to eventually move to Watch, the platform for shows. In Watch's Discover tab, shows people come back to will be prioritized for more convenient access. After all, News Feed isn't the easiest
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Dacula Middle School assistant principal writes book, starts publishing company

Dacula Middle School Assistant Principal Nury Castillo Crawford recently published her first book — “3,585 Miles to be an American Girl. … She said creating a children's book takes three parts: the story and content, the pictures from the illustrator and the green light from the publisher. Crawford said one
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Our View: Facebook: Social media giant must stop fake news

While this newspaper uses Facebook to create links to its legitimate and verified news stories on its website, it has safeguards to protect against publishing fake news or fraudulent advertising. Facebook profits handsomely from its ability to skirt responsibility for publishing fake news. The public and
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Report: Omarsoa Is Struggling To Land A Book Deal

Hillary Clinton reportedly landed a 14-million dollar book deal for 2014's Hard Choices — Omarosa deserves nothing close to that amount. For all we know, Omarosa could be leaking the ten-million number to the press to make publishers interested. Also, do we really need a full book from Omarosa on
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Family grieves after appeals court tosses conviction in Englewood woman's 1989 slaying

Smith felt a massive weight lift when he watched a Cook County jury convict Michael Escort for his sister's murder almost two years later. He found solace for the lingering pain in writing and self-publishing a book about the experience with an ambiguous last sentence: “IT IS FINALLY OVER! Or is it?”.
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Sue Grafton, whose 'alphabet mysteries' became best sellers, dies at 77

Sue Grafton, whose best-selling “alphabet series” of detective novels featuring Southern California detective Kinsey Millhone made her one of the most popular mystery novelists of her time, died Dec. 28 in Santa Barbara, Calif. She was 77. She had cancer, her daughter, Jamie Clark, posted on the
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HCM City Book Street attracts 2.4m visitors

VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City Book Street on Nguyen Van Binh Street in District 1 has attracted 2.4 million visitors this year, earning a turnover of VND50 billion (US$2.2 million), according to the Viet Nam Publishers Association (VNPA).
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New NY Times Publisher AG Sulzberger Has an Unusual Admirer: Wisconsin's Far-Right Governor …

The New York Times recently announced that A.G. Sulzberger, the 37-year-old son of its current publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr., will become the paper's new publisher on January 1, 2018. News coverage of the changeover noted that Sulzberger became a reporter for the Times in 2009, led an
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Best-selling author Sue Grafton dies at age 77

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Best-selling author Sue Grafton dies at age 77

Author Sue Grafton poses with a copy of her book “R is for Ricochet” at the 10th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at UCLA on April 23, 2005 in Los Angeles. In a Facebook post, Sue Grafton's daughter broke the news to her fans that her Grafton passed away on Thursday evening. As for the
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8 for '18: Our most anticipated mobile games for 2018

On top of that, it's hard to say for sure exactly which games will release in 2018 because mobile publishers don't often know themselves until launch dates … Nevertheless, we're taking a stab at identifying eight games from eight different publishers that we're reasonably sure will be playable on your
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These Are 2017's Top Selling Drugstore Beauty Products From CVS

While we love spending hours at Sephora as much as the next person, sometimes all we need is a last minute mani color or Rx for super dry skin — which can be found conveniently at our local drugstore. CVS shared their top beauty sellers for 2017, and it's filled with makeup bag staples plus
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Book Publishing–Marketing Assistant

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Book Publishing–Marketing Assistant

Myers Education Press is a start-up textbook publishing company in Gorham, Maine. We are seeking a part-time, freelance Marketing Assistant to promote both our publication products and our brand….
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North Shore Community Calendar

Middleton: Poetry and creative writing group, 6 to 7 p.m., Flint Public Library, 1 S. Main St. Bring sample work to share. For teens and adults. 978-774-8132 … 10 or www.peabodylibrary.org. Swampscott: Writing Club, 6 p.m., Swampscott Public Library, 61 Burrill St. Share original work with other writers.
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Scholarly Publishing Round-Up December 2017

Journal publishing issues, emoji icons, and new classes for Spring 2018 are the topics for the December 2017 Round-Up. The NIH issued a notice: Statement on Article Publication Resulting from NIH Funded Research on November 3, 2017, that encourages authors to publish in journals from
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8 Days A Week

Opening Reception — For “Return to Roots: Paintings, Photographs & Nature's Design,” featuring art by John Calvin Womack, Heather Chilson and Andy Baugus, 5-8 p.m., Art Ventures in Fayetteville. Free. Works on show through January. 871-2722. Fiction Forge — A creative writing workshop, 6 p.m.,
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This Man Says He Was Sexually Assaulted By Jann Wenner. Then He Got An Amazing Job Offer At …

Wells moved to New York City after college with aspirations to work in book publishing, and saw Wenner as someone who was leading a cultural revolution in the overall publishing industry. Wells, then 28, met Wenner through mutual friends. They spent time together, mostly in larger group settings,
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Book club boom in India

“People continued reaching out to us and we started holding creative-writing workshops and book launches for first-time writers.” In August, DBL organised a session with opposition Congress party politician Shashi Tharoor, the author of An Era Of Darkness: The British Empire In India. Past DBL events
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Writers & Books retreat center receives $527K grant

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Writers & Books retreat center receives $527K grant

Writers & Books works to develop and shape Rochester's literary scene in order to provide the medium-sized city a literary hub that rivals those in larger cities such as Boston, Minneapolis, Denver and Seattle. Thousands of local writers honed their creative writing skills while taking workshops and
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Platinum Games to Self-Publish Original Games in the Future

Despite becoming a go-to developer for companies looking for real muscle behind a new IP, Platinum Games is apparently looking to start publishing their own games in the near future. “We're becoming more and more interested in the idea of self-publishing and doing our own title,” Platinum Games'
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'The Flash' Star Celebrates Pending Marriage With Traditional Ceremony

It is also worth noting that in Doomsday Clock, backmatter specifically cites the Dominator invasion as an inciting incident for an explosion of metahumans. Such events have happened periodically since in DC's publishing history, with tales like “Bloodlines” and Zero Hour used to inject some fresh blood
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Phil Scott's new book "Maggie 316" is about a recovered satellite that holds photographs so …

Recent release “Maggie 316” from Page Publishing author Phil Scott delves into the current reality that everyone is under constant surveillance, whether by … Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, Phil Scott's intriguing work begins in 1997, when a satellite engineer fearing for his life hid a
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Paul Obermayer's new book "The Agenda Fictional Short Story" is a compelling story of worldly …

Recent release “The Agenda Fictional Short Story” from Page Publishing author Paul Obermayer is a gripping reflection of society's two sides – the … Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, Paul Obermayer's entrancing and thought-provoking book tells the story of politics, power, and
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FreeWheel Publishers

FreeWheel Publishers provides the premium video industry with the solutions it needs to thrive in the evolving media landscape. Our technology helps video publishers manage the end-to-end economics of premium content, no matter where it appears. Our industry-leading technology is complemented
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Opportunities for fun, improvement in 2018

Help is close by at 472 N. Sixth Ave. in Pocatello, and here are some of the activities that you can get involved in at that address: There, you can learn to dance, have a great breakfast or lunch, play pinochle, bridge and other card games; improve your creative writing, pull out an old instrument and
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Longtime school architect receives lifetime achievement award shortly before retiring

That didn't go unnoticed when the longtime Carmel resident received the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award from Association for Learning Environments Oct. 28 in LearningSCAPES Awards General Session in Atlanta. Mader, 63, retired as Fanning Howey chairman of the board at the end of 2017.
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An ominous signal for Assam, says ASS

GUWAHATI, Dec 29: The Axam Xahitya Xabha (AXX) has elected former AXX secretary general Paramananda Rajbongshi as its president for the biennial term 2018-2020. While Hemanta Kumar Baruah has been elected as the vice president, Padum Rajkhowa has been elected as the s.
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Confusion rocks parents with children in lower primary levels over new curriculum

“It is a long list of books which is already with the publishers,” he said, adding that the printing could be completed in “a week or two”. Most parents with children in lower primary and pre-school classes had been advised, at the end of the last academic year, to wait for fresh directions before buying new
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States releases new set books with advanced security features to cripple piracy

Caucasian Chalk Circle's place will be taken by A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen (East African Education Publishers Ltd) at Sh450 per copy. The students will have a choice of three option set books in the Novel The Pearl by John Steinbeck (Bookmark Africa), Anthology of Short Stories Memories we lost
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US crime novelist Sue Grafton dies of cancer

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Crime novelist Sue Grafton, whose Kinsey Millhone Alphabet series became world-wide best sellers, has died after a two-year battle with cancer, her daughter said on Friday. Grafton, 77, died in Santa Barbara, California, on Thursday surrounded by her family, her daughter,
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Randlett Jordan's new book "Cluck's Luck" is a captivating fable about friendship and family …

Recent release “Cluck's Luck” from Page Publishing author Randlett Jordan is a charming narrative about a chicken, a horse, and a farmer and his family, … Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, Randlett Jordan's enchanting novella portrays a touching and compassionate friendship that
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Darlene Jamison's new book "The Silent Patient" is a gripping and often poetic account of her …

Recent release “The Silent Patient” from Page Publishing author Darlene Jamison is a stirring and memorable true story of a nurse of integrity with a dark past and a … Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, Darlene Jamison's must-read book is about living life to the fullest and embracing a
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The Collected Letters of Alan Watts

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The Collected Letters of Alan Watts

… of Asian Studies, use of psychedelics, and publishing and lecturing tours. The first half of the collection is particularly illuminating: the letters reveal a sharp, delighted mind, conversing with others in near-paroxysm to synthesize Buddhist insight with Christian metaphysics and “God-as-Person” theology
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Amazon Digital Day brings huge discounts on games, movies, apps, books

Some of the Kindle best-sellers are on sale as well, for as low as $1.99. Titles include Option B by Sheryl Sandberg, Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari, Darker by E.L, James, and Game of Thrones. Digital comics and graphic novels are also being offered at a discount, with up to 80% off on Marvel titles
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Northwestern Publishing House

Northwestern Publishing House (NPH) exists to deliver Christ-centered, biblically sound resources within WELS and beyond. NPH publishes Forward in Christ and Meditations, Bible studies, music, elementary and Sunday school curriculum, worship material.
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PlatinumGames is Looking into Creating and Self-Publishing a New IP

Although they have teased it before, Head of Development and Producer Atsushi Inaba confirmed to GameInformer in an interview that the company is actively looking into creating and self-publishing their own IP. This certainly will be an interesting experience for the studio, as even IPs like Bayonetta
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Supreme Was (Obviously) the Most Popular Brand on Grailed in 2017

To look back at the best of the best and hopefully give sellers on the platform a better insight into what is making the most money, online marketplace Grailed has released an interactive chart of its top 30 best performing brands on the site in 2017. The interactive chart showcased the site's 30 best sellers
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Study Reveals Why Consumers Block Ads On Android Mobile

The move prompted Free Adblocker Browser (FAB), a mobile browser for Android with a built-in ad-block feature, to survey U.S. consumers as to why they block ads, what they do when they see ad block walls or requests to subscribe, and how they think publishers should make money. About 17% of all
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Biggest Nasdaq winners and losers in 2017: Chip makers, videogame publishers lead tech

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Biggest Nasdaq winners and losers in 2017: Chip makers, videogame publishers lead tech

It has been a banner year for U.S. stocks, and particularly tech stocks, as investors rushed into growth-oriented names. The Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.31% has gained 29% so far in 2017, outpacing the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.16% and S&P 500 index SPX, -0.19% up about 26%
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Gannett Focuses On Memberships, Digital Growth

“Subscription' sounds transactional, 'membership' sounds like a two-way relationship that gives you access to things you can't get elsewhere,” Yost told Publishers Daily. Gannett has a number of paid membership products. It released an ad-free mobile membership in October, in which readers can pay
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Lapena hits her stride with 'The Couple Next Door'

In keeping with our theme of not looking at just the latest best sellers I've decided for this week we will take a look at a book published back in February, 2017. This page turning thriller, The Couple Next Door is about a young suburban family with an infant, Cora. The opening of the book centers around a
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Increased sales for Echo Dot signal change in consumer shopping

Dave Limp, senior vice president of Amazon's devices and services division told CNBC: “Customers purchased millions of Amazon's Alexa-enabled devices this weekend, and Alexa devices were the top sellers across all of Amazon.” Adding that millions of Echo Dots were shipped leading up to the start
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The 7 best perks of your new Amazon Prime subscription

… of your Prime subscription, you get access to the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, which lets you check out one e-book per month and read that book on any Kindle e-reader or Fire tablet. The catch: This particular library offers a relatively small selection; don't expect a lot of new titles or bestsellers.
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14 of Amazon's most popular gifts: Was there one under your tree?

In the United States, more than 6,000 trailers and 32 Amazon Air planes helped ship holiday orders to customers this season. In fact, between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Amazon Air carried enough packages to equal over a billion Echo Dots, according to Amazon. Here's Amazon's list of best-sellers
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Africa: The Guys Attempting to Disrupt Advertising in Africa

In 2013, a digital media and marketing company based in South Africa, Adclick Africa, was looking to run online advertising campaigns with African publishers. The company, too, turned to Dochase. “Working with them has been very beneficial for us,” Publisher Relations and Campaign Management
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The in-between world of little-known book editors

Similarly the world is awash with literary book awards recognising authors and publishers but nary a mention of the editors who fashioned them. The Institute of Publishing Editors (IPEd) runs almost a similar programme in Australia. It administers several prizes for editorial excellence. One of them is The
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Efflorescence of South Asian Sci Fi?

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Efflorescence of South Asian Sci Fi?

South Asia has in recent decades produced an enormous amount of creative writing. But not much sci-fi. And very few of the works in this genres have South Asian characteristics. Amitav Ghosh's award-winning Calcutta Chromosome is, of course, a notable exception. Cross-cutting as it does between
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Meet Hayden Walker, founder of the Austin Mac and Cheese Festival

But his passion for creative writing and good food was always well, eating away at him. So, after a false start in law enforcement and a ten year stint in financial and insurance sales, he knew he wasn't where he truly belonged. So, in 2012, he collaborated with a few friends to start a YouTube channel
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Workshop on creative writing

One-day workshop on “documenting folk information, cultural theft and creative writing” was organized by Phek Government College (PGC) in collaboration with Barkweaver Publications, Norway on December 13 with eminent novelist, poet and winner of 'Tata literature live' award, Dr. Easterine Kire as
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Milo Yiannopoulos' failed book repeatedly slammed by its editor in court documents

Yiannopoulos tried to self-publish Dangerous, but reportedly sold just 20,000 copies. After the failure of his book, he sued Simon & Schuster for $10 million for breach of contract. Now, documents have been released showing that, while Yiannopoulos' comments were the reason his book was canceled,
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MakerTeens, College Prep, a Painting Party, & More at the Middletown Library for Teens January …

Or, learn to crochet and be part of our Teen Community Service Project, Crochet for a Cause on Thursdays at 3:30pm. We will create crocheted items and donate them to Project Linus. If you like writing, we have Creative Writing every Monday at 3:30pm. And finally, Pinot's Palette will be coming to the
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Hottest Magazine Launches Of 2017

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Hottest Magazine Launches Of 2017

Mr. Magazine noted a number of legacy publishers launched new print magazines this year, which he feels “is something that must be recognized because it speaks of the power of the medium.” “These people aren't in the business of wasting dollars on something that has no value. In the past, there
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Selfpublishing oder Verlagsautor?: Entscheidungskriterien, pro und contra, von Publizierung …

Selfpublishing oder Verlagsautor? . Wo sind Autor und Werk besser aufgehoben? Der Ratgeber nennt Entscheidungskriterien hinsichtlich Buchtyp, Art der Veröffentlichung, Ausstattung, Layout und Lektorat, Marketing und Vertrieb. Zeigt wesentliche Unterschiede hinsichtlich Pseudonym, Auflage und
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Portrait of the Artist as a Single Mom

This recurring vision came barely a year after I had, at age thirty-five, completed my senior year of college, graduating with a bachelor's in English and Creative Writing and finally achieving a dream that had begun nearly ten years earlier. Only a year and a few months had passed since I'd made the
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Creating a Subscription and Publishing a Message Using the AWS SDK for .NET

In this example, you subscribe to an endpoint by creating a topic, setting topic attributes, subscribing to the topic, confirming the subscription and then publishing a message.
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Your 2018 Writing Resolutions

For a variety of political and societal reasons, authors have been coming forth in recent weeks to admit to their lack of creative luster during the past year. A number of supportive conversations have taken place–and even a meme or two–about getting back out there from a creative productivity standpoint.
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iPhone maintains reign as top tech best-selling product in 2017

LOS ANGELES — Once again, the iPhone was the best-selling tech product of 2017, selling more units than the No. 2 through No. 5 products combined. According to Daniel Ives, an analyst with GBH Insights, who compiled the chart for USA TODAY, Apple will sell 223 million iPhones in 2017, up from
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Library book buyers reveal the most popular books for 2017

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Library book buyers reveal the most popular books for 2017

They're stocking more books by self-published authors to make sure nontraditional voices are included in the collection, including minority fiction and works with LGBTQ themes. “We're reassessing the way self-publishing fills some important gaps in our collection,” Couillard-Smith said. Self-published
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Three more restaurants that won't be around next year

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Three more restaurants that won't be around next year

Another issue; the family run business sometimes had inconsistent hours. The business announced on its Facebook page that it wasn't renewing its lease in Fairport and is now closed. Owner Alberto Hernandez assures that Big Al's isn't gone for good, and a new venture will be on its way in the spring of
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The Guys Attempting to Disrupt Advertising in Africa

In 2013, a digital media and marketing company based in South Africa, Adclick Africa, was looking to run online advertising campaigns with African publishers. The company, too, turned to Dochase. “Working with them has been very beneficial for us,” Publisher Relations and Campaign Management
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Platinum Games Looking To Create Their Own IP

First off, we will continue to do AAA games for other publishers and that's because, again, we don't have the cash flow to take on the risk to only do self-published games. In order to do a AAA title with that amount of risk, you need to be with a big company, a publisher so to speak. We don't think that us
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Mainebiz publishing schedule in the new year

Mainebiz will also publish the Real Estate Insider, as usual, on Tuesday. On Jan. 4, we will launch a second Real Estate Insider. While the Tuesday newsletter focuses on recent deals, the Thursday email will focus on development issues. It will be written by Maureen Milliken, who also joins the Mainebiz
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CAZ HISTORY: One of the great American novels written by a Cazenovia high school teacher

After moving away from Cazenovia in 1945, Clark taught English at the University of Montana in Missoula, at San Francisco State College and at the University of Nevada at Reno, where he served as writer-in-residence from 1962 until his death in 1971 of cancer. He also directed creative writing
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Jack Antonoff Reveals The 'Heart And Soul' Of Taylor Swift's Songwriting Process

In between writing with Taylor Swift, Lorde, and P!nk — to name a few – he still finds time to tour as Bleachers. In a new … “In the course of a day — in the course of two minutes — you can feel like you can conquer the world, or you can feel like the biggest piece of garbage that ever existed. An album or
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Got opinions? Apply to the 2018 Community Voices writing program

Do you have opinions? Do you like to share those opinions with others, perhaps in writing? The Dallas Morning News is kicking off its annual Community Voices program, and if you answered yes to those questions, and you live in North Texas, you meet the criteria. Each year the editorial board selects
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CNY Reads One Book features a tale about second chances in life: CNY books and authors

The Liverpool Public Library is debuting a new book club next month: Best Sellers to Blockbusters. The monthly Monday series kicks off January 15 with a screening of “The Glass Castle,” and the Jeannette Walls memoir on which the movie is based is available for checkout at the customer service desk.
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Carmel girl gives back to Children's TherAplay

Hannah Sevening raised $1,336 to create 175 goodie bags for the children, horses and therapists of TherAplay. (Submitted photos). After seeing firsthand how The Children's TherAplay Foundation works when a family member received services there, Hannah Sevening yearned to do something to give
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