If there's one thing I've learned writing for The Observer, it is that good journalists must always avoid bias. When I was on student government, I could not write about student government events or elections, because that would be seen as me promoting a group I'm part of. Of course I wouldn't say
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However, only a very small portion of the RM70 million allocation for such students was actually spent on books. Malaysian Book Publishers Association (Mabopa) president Ishak Hamzah said KADS1M, which was also used as a debit card for students, had an adverse impact on the local book industry.
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A SALISBURY councillor has challenged all SA councils to make travel expense reports publicly available in line with an Opposition plan that is also backed by the Premier. Councillor Beau Brug said he wants Salisbury to lead the way and plans to submit a formal notice of motion at next week's council
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High cost of braille books which are at least 30 per cent higher than others, besides inadequate availability of textbooks for various subjects are posing a hurdle … On the cost of braille books, Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India Executive member R M Meyyappan said, “The publishing
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Publishers need more support from Hanoi's authorities, he said, adding that HCM City book street has operated quite well so far and “Hanoi could learn experience from this,” Quan noted. Literary critic Pham Xuan Nguyen said that for a long time, Dinh Le and Nguyen Xi streets in Hanoi were already
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This is an initiative that together with a recently published study questions whether national and EU neighbouring rights for publishers are actually lawful. The article below gives an overview of the panel discussion and movements that followed in the legislative process in Brussels, with a special focus
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Commerce-focused publishers looking to deepen their ties with retailers and limit their dependence on Amazon are delivering more than just interested audiences these days. Using conversion data from e-commerce transactions, commerce publishers are giving retailers recommendations on
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Last week, Snap brought on a new head of media partnerships and announced its first publisher summit, Digiday reports. CEO Evan Spiegel told investors last year that content is one of Snap's priorities for 2018. “We're going to push harder and be more proactive with helping you succeed on Snapchat
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Facebook's news-feed change is likely to cut into the money publishers can make from producing and distributing custom branded and sponsored editorial videos on the platform, their top source of revenue on Facebook. Top Facebook publishers can nab a 50-70 percent margin on custom branded
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Six and counting. The Starcom Network/Nation Publishing Conquering Lions maintained their unblemished record since 2016 with a hard-fought 19-run victory over the Commissioner of Police Elite squad in a Twenty20 tapeball cricket match at Weymouth on Saturday night.
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Now, publishers are getting in on the frenzy. Media companies from Business Insider to Investopedia are all creating new products, from newsletters to video — but the pressure is also on to differentiate. It's impossible for them to cover everything, and finding a niche is the way to grow audience reach
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For a country to excel, the society must promote book development and publishing. In Nigeria, millions are spent on publishing books without profit due to piracy. Paying royalties to authors despite not making profit has remained an impossibility to run an independent publishing house in Nigeria.
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Synopsis: Inside Magazine Publishing is an engaging and practically-focused textbook exploring all aspects of the contemporary magazine industry. Editors David Stam and Andrew Scott present a detailed analysis of the key elements of the magazine business today with both a look back to the past
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US-based author, Martha Mutomba, has released a new book, Lessons from My Grandmother, which is based on her life experiences during her youthful days in rural Zimbabwe. The 262 page book, published by Morgan James Publishers, will be released on January 30, 2018 and a portion of the sales
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Polo Grounds Publishing is a book publishing company. The first released from the company will be a book series called “The Baseball Gods are Real” written by Jonathan Fink. A true story about baseball and spirituality. The Baseball Gods are Real will be a book series. However, the publishing
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This comes two weeks after Facebook had announced a major overhaul to users News Feeds, to emphasize posts, videos and photos shared by friends and family over publishers and brands. This fresh initiative will not change that but will have implications for what news is consumed on Facebook,
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For 11 years, as a Washington Post reporter, I strolled into the building at 15th and L and saw some imposing, life-size photos on the wall, across from the elevators. One showed then-Publisher Katharine Graham standing with Bob Woodward during Watergate. The other was a 1971 photo of Graham
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In the wake of Facebook's announcement that it would deprioritize publishers' content in its news feed, the need for publishers to diversify their traffic sources has never been more urgent. In the U.S., HuffPost hasn't let the Facebook feed changes deter it from growing niche communities through
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Alison Hoddinott writes about the history of crime fiction set in Oxford from the early decades of the 20th century to the present. Her emphasis is on novels written by women and the ways in which their fiction deals with both the mystery and its solution and with the situation of women within the university
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To elaborate, Facebook's Head of News Feed Adam Mosseri explained in a blog post, “Because space in News Feed is limited, showing more posts from friends and family and updates that spark conversation means we'll show less public content, including videos and other posts from publishers or
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While The Lisa Libraries has sent books to children as far as Hawaii, many of the donations stay local, Luksberg said. In Kingston, this included more than 2,000 books for People's Place, which were distributed at the agency's “Project Santa” Christmas Program and at a summer program. Parents and
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Jessee Walker, left, and Jeremiah Pate. Jessee is a friend of Jeremiah's and is an inspiration to the young scientist. Jessee suffers from Parkinson's Disease, the disease for which Jeremiah is seeking a cure. Jeremiah Pate is a 19 year old student currently attending the University of Arizona.
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So, each week in The Sell-Out, we're getting the scoop from your favorite retailers on what's selling like crazy. … you never got your money's worth out of, the special occasion dress that never saw, well, a special occasion, that slightly-too-small pair of jeans that you bought anyway (never a good idea).
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The new Consumer Market Report has been published today. It provides updated in 2018 year analysis of Consumer Goods and Services Industries. PUBLISHING (BUSINESS SERVICES) CANADA & USA REPORT. The Publishing (Business Services) Canada and USA Report gives Market
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Private publication houses, which have been given the responsibility of publishing textbooks along with Janak Educational Material Centre, Sanothimi, have said that they would not be able to publish the required number of textbooks within the deadline given by the government. In Manang, Mustang
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Some publishers welcome Facebook's new changes to its news feed, while others do not. Katherine Hays the CEO of Vivoom, a startup focused on user-generated campaigns said that the overhaul of the news feed spells “trouble not only for publishers and traffic but also for brands, which stand to lose
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Best Seller Publishing announces the release of Wade Murphy's new book, “Schooled: Retirement Planning for Educators.” It will be available for free download in the Amazon Kindle Store on January22nd. “Schooled” is written for those school employees that, for whatever reason, (and there are many
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Last semester I reinvented English composition as a community-service learning course. My students did the usual work of any composition course — developing basic writing skills, crafting narrative essays and arguments, conducting research — but it was in the service of creating print and web content
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The new Facebook adaptation comes just one week after Zuckerberg announced that the social media leader would begin showing fewer unpaid posts on its site from publishers and other brands so as to prioritize what he termed “meaningful” interactions between friends and family. “I announced a
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She is a member of the class of 2020 majoring in creative writing. ¢¢¢. Arlin Baez has been named to the Providence College dean's list for the fall 2017 semester. ¢¢¢. Anthony Marraffa has been named to the Fitchburg State University dean's list for the fall 2017 semester. ¢¢¢. Justin Sudenfield has
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Not many people have heard of Jackman, a small Maine town of fewer than 1,000 people not far from the Canadian border. That was until this week, when media outlets began publishing stories about Jackman's town manager, a 37-year-old transplant from Arizona who seemed unequivocal about his
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KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 22): Shares of NWP Holdings Bhd fell 25% this morning on resuming traded after the group published its FY17 annual report last Friday. At 9.12am, NWP fell 2.5 sen to 10.5 sen with 321,000 shares done. The external auditors of the company issued a qualified opinion on the
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In that year, the publishing of classified government documents — the Pentagon Papers — by the New York Times and The Washington Post became top headline news. The Pentagon Papers was the name given to a top-secret Department of Defense investigation of United States political and military
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CHENNAI: The Chennai Book Fair this year has recorded the highest ever footfall, according to the Booksellers and Publishers Association of South India (BAPASI), the organisers. With another day to go, the fair is expected to have seen around 12 lakh people this year. “On the basis of tickets,
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He had an astounding ability to connect with everyone he met from Tony the milkman to Geri Halliwell, with whom he collaborated on the Ugenia Lavender series, to the thousands of children, teachers and authors whom he inspired through his writing workshops. At Jonny's funeral, as my three sons
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On the heels of a decision by the Ely School Board, the Ely City Council followed suit Tuesday and retained the Echo. The 6-0 decision means that meeting minutes and public notices would continue to appear in Ely's only locally-owned publication. Bids for the city's publishing contract were due
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NEW YORK / LONDON: Changes made by Facebook to its algorithm last week are already having a negative impact on both brands' and publishers' video views, according to new research. An analysis of 33,000 Facebook videos by video creation platform Wochit found that views are declining by as
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Chennai: The 44th Chennai book fair, organised by the Booksellers' and Publishers' Association of South India (BAPASI), which has been witnessing overwhelming footfalls is all set to draw its curtains on Monday. “The book fair has received an increased footfall this year, as more than 11 lakh readers
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Hello creative wordsmiths! I am looking for a creative writer to write a script for a board game promotional video. I have attached a pdf with previously written descriptions of the game that should help you get an idea of what you are writing about. Feel free to use these descriptions as inspiration, but I'm
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Whatever you want to document, scrapbooking provides a nice, creative outlet that creates a sense of accomplishment when you've finished. Plus, you get to brag … Sophie Nicolas is studying a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing and is an aspiring author, dog enthusiast and thrift shop fashion icon.
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Book cover image: 100 Nasty Women of History by Hannah Jewell via Hachette. Taking the inspiration for its title from Donald Trump's snide insult of Hillary Clinton during the final presidential election debate in 2016, 100 Nasty Women of History is a celebration of women, like Clinton, who refused to toe
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Creative Writing Doctorate Degrees amp; Graduate ProgramsThe English Department offers two degrees in Creative Writing, the MA and the PhD. Both offer students the chance to participate in a series of intensive MFA Programs Database Poets amp; WritersFind information about more than two
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Whatever you want to document, scrapbooking provides a nice, creative outlet that creates a sense of accomplishment when you've finished. Plus, you get to brag about … Writing can be therapeutic and it never hurts to get creative and do some story writing once in a while. You never know, you might be
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UK bookselling chain Waterstones has reported an 80 percent jump in annual profits, reports the Guardian. Waterstones reported that pre-tax profits increased from £9.9m (A$17.1m) to £18m (A$31.25m) in the year to 29 April 2017. The year's sales were boosted by successful children's books, such as
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St. Jerome Academy (SJA), with its classical education curriculum, was featured in Rod Dreher's The Benedict Option, which found its way to the New York Times' best-sellers list. Staff from The New Yorker, with Dreher in tow, then came to town to interview SJA staff for its own article. (The highlight of the
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Readers will recall our extensive report last April about the problem of disappearing gas stations in the city. As a kind of follow up (though with no InTowner connection other than effectively updating and adding new information to our earlier report), is the just recently published Washington Business
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He later worked in non-profits, starting with WNY United Against Drug and Alcohol Abuse, the foundation started by Rich and his wife Mindy, and then spent a decade in business development at the Buffalo Food Bank. His newest venture is a publishing division of his company Billoni Associates, and he
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