Day: January 27, 2018

Push to publish Qld fuel prices online

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Push to publish Qld fuel prices online

Queensland Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington has called for mandatory online publishing of fuel prices, saying costs for motorists around Brisbane are out of control. Displaying fuel costs has worked in NSW and a similar scheme is needed particularly around Brisbane where prices are about 18
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Facebook news feed changes shift publisher audience development priorities

At Bleacher Report, the branded content team has brought audience staffers into its pitch meetings for the past six months to advise on editorial trends, a sign of audience development growing importance at the sports publisher. “I think this gives them more freedom to not worry about the click but think
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Inmates Face Arbitrary Restrictions on Books

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Inmates Face Arbitrary Restrictions on Books

Books are donated to the group (some of them by publishers). According to Marturano, about 30 states have implemented vendor programs, though not all prohibit sending books. “New York was liberal compared to a state like Texas,” Marturano said. “But now it's following the other 30 states and
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Webinar—Libraries, Presses, and Publishing (SPEC Kit 357)

SPEC Kit 357, Libraries, Presses, and Publishing, explores the variety of activities that are associated with library publishing, the level of library/publishing/press integration and collaboration with or creation of formal publishing/press operations, and the organizational structuring of these activities and
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Ottawa poised to help newspapers in coming federal budget

OTTAWA — The federal government is signalling that the country's newspaper industry is set to get financial help, with the minister in charge of the file vowing of measures in this year's budget and officials ready to meet with publishers to talk details. The exact value and details of the financing will be
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'If you want to tell the truth, you must start writing fiction'

Q. Could you lead us through your writing process? Do you begin with a specific ending in your mind, or do you let the story take its natural course? A. I guess I have a plot ready when I start, also the protagonists. But what happens on the way from point A to B is always full of surprises to me. Q. Tell us
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Take a journey into our 'amazingly vibrant' local lit with inaugural NL Reads

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Take a journey into our 'amazingly vibrant' local lit with inaugural NL Reads

Also as part of Love our Local Author month, library branches in both St. John's and Corner Brook will hold self-published author fairs and local branches will host their own related efforts throughout February. The final NL Reads faceoff, hosted by Krissy Holmes of the St. John's Morning Show, will take
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Short story revival cuts novels down to size

Publishing experts said that the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to Alice Munro, the Canadian writer, had helped to raise the genre's profile. The following year George Saunders became the first winner of the £40,000 Folio Prize for his short story collection Tenth of December. “For years there's
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Frontlines is an action-packed military sci-fi series that captures the essence of warfare

The series begins with Terms of Enlistment, which Kloos originally self-published in 2013. We're introduced to Grayson, who grew up in a dangerous welfare tenement in future Boston, where he faces two choices if he wants to escape the slums: win a lottery for a chance to settle on a distant planet,
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The Future of Academic Writing

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The Future of Academic Writing

Several Presses in Universities have already tested along with publishing a long narrative of historical events. For example, Yale University announced Arcadian American which is interweaving the memoirs along with cultural history and Mourning Lincoln which has been separating analytical chapters
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Print publish eth

05. eth press is a parascholarly poetry press interested in publishing innovative poetry that is inspired by, adapted from, or ETH Zürich, ETH Zürich, Project Manager Print+Publish at ETH Zürich: Past: Printoperator / Stellvertretender Gruppenleiter Printing at Swiss Post Solutions, Publishing History This
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Facebook Only Cares About Facebook

These changes will likely de-prioritize stories from professional publishers, and instead favor dispatches published by a user's friends and family. Many American news organizations will see the sharp traffic declines their brethren in other nations experienced last year—unless they pay Facebook to
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These women are nailing newsletters right now (here's how you can, too)

'I think there's lots of room out there for more fun, playful writing,' says co-founder of Schmancy, Lauren Bravo. 'Don't get hung up on feeling like it has to be Serious Journalism or whatever. It can be a meandering collection of thoughts, or a weird piece of creative writing, or a list of 'Reasons Women Are
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“Poetry springs most naturally from mind”

Do you have a process or routine for writing poetry? How do you manage creative writing alongside being a student? I find that I don't really have a straight-forward process for writing. I like to let things percolate, or perhaps I'm just a tad lacking in discipline when it comes to carving out time to sit and
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Adobe xd publishing

Free Adobe Download now the free icon pack 'Material Design' ready for Adobe XD. In the Publish Design Specs dialog, you can type a name for The link between XD and other Adobe products in order to publish as an actual web page seem like an integral part in Publishing from XD directly into
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DC Editor Jamie Rich Sent Tom King's Wife a Vision TPB Because Marvel Wouldn't

Considering comic book publishers rely so heavily on creators to do their own promotion on social media, you'd think a few copies of the book they created would be a small price to pay. Well, at least one comic book publisher seems to agree, but it isn't Marvel. According to King, his wife finally got that
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Rupi Kaur on how she found her voice through verse, and poetry's power to connect

Since my book is self-published, I didn't really know how to gauge success in the literary world. Only later did I get an email from a publisher who wanted to publish my book again. We worked out a deal and they gave me full creative control, they even let me choose the design. I was travelling at that time
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Longtime Mission Viejo resident will present tidbits of the city's history on Sunday

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Longtime Mission Viejo resident will present tidbits of the city's history on Sunday

Longtime Mission Viejo resident will present tidbits of the city's history on Sunday … a unique perspective of its evolution. He currently serves on the Orange County Historical Commission and is the author of “Images of America: Aliso Viejo,” published by Arcadia Publishing. To RSVP for the presentation,
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Warning Waters (WAT) optimists! Mark Beaudouin just Unloaded 42143 shares.; Bloomsbury …

Among 3 analysts covering Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (LON:BMY), 3 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 0 Hold. Therefore 100% are positive. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC had 30 analyst reports since July 23, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company was maintained on Thursday, November 2 by Peel
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'Unflinching and unsentimental' – Review: Letter to Louis, by Alison White (Faber & Faber)

I was fearful and worried that people might categorise it that way because it's about disability but it is actually about a mother's love for her son,” she says, adding that she began writing it after doing a one-year Open University course in creative writing. How on earth did she find the time? “I literally just
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A BRUSH WITH HISTORY

The Central High School graduate has worked with major companies such as Cartoon Network, Turner Studios, NBA TV, Nickelodeon, Harper Collins Publishing, Scholastic and many others as a character designer, storyboard artist, illustrator and concept artist. The duo recently added colorist Brian
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Glad You Asked: Library offers writing opportunities for teens

… a 2016 semi-finalist for her contemporary YA novel “The Truth and Other Strangers” in the American Christian Fiction Writers' Genesis contest. An English major and former children's librarian in public libraries, she loves to introduce tweens and teens to the adventure of writing through her workshops.
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How to quote a documentary in an essay

Do you write poetry or engage in creative writing? There is no subject that one of our best writers cannot cope with. A tradition of student support since Sir George Williams Campus EV – Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex 1. Logos, or logical appeals, use reason to make
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Pastoral Institute's Muse has latest book honored by publisher in catalog

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Pastoral Institute's Muse has latest book honored by publisher in catalog

Stephen Muse receives letters from around the world from people who have read and been moved by his books. “Writing a book is like putting a message in a bottle and tossing it out into the ocean. You never know who is going to find it,” the Columbus writer said. Some who find this author “pour their
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A history of Port Byron newspapers

John H. Shipman, a civil engineer with the Warsaw & Rockford Railroad, established the Messenger. In those days newspapers were often financed by an individual who was employed elsewhere. Fleming & Impey, across the Mississippi River in LeClaire, Iowa were publishing a small weekly sheet.
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Twitter introduces sponsored Moments to help connect publishers with brands

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Twitter introduces sponsored Moments to help connect publishers with brands

“By working with premium publishers as part of an In-Stream Sponsorship, brands know exactly which partner they are working with, and can develop deep brand integrations within that partner's content.” Twitter tested its new feature with Bank of America's sponsored Moment from Bloomberg at Davos.
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4 from Odisha get Padma Shri

Chandrasekhar Rath, who bagged this award for literature and education, is a popular writer and has written many best sellers in Odia language. Sculptor Prabhakar Maharana, who is famous for his exquisite work in stone and a Rastrapati awardee said, “I have received several awards in my life but is
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Wyoming Sem graduate finds her place as an author for girls, boys

Cooper had loved reading and writing since childhood, had taken writing classes in college and had continued to write as a teacher, but didn't know for whom to write. The books she wrote were a hit with the boys and the girls in her class. She had found her audience. Now, Cooper is a published
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Song Publisher Agrees "We Shall Overcome" Is in Public Domain in Legal Settlement

Even more significant, the publisher was facing claims for fraud after telling many including the producers of Lee Daniels' The Butler they would have to pay up to $100,000 for a license fee. With a trial set for Feb. 5, Ludlow offered a covenant-not-to-sue and attempted to moot any controversy.
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Cairo International Book Fair kicks off

Cairo International Book Fair kicks off … Enas Abdel Dayem and her Algerian counterpart Izzzedin Mayhoubi inaugurated on Saturday the 49th Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) that will run until February 10 at the fair's usual premises in Cairo's Nasr City, with 848 publishers from 27 countries.
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Snapshot: CFD delivers toys, food

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Snapshot: CFD delivers toys, food

Members of the Carmel Fire Dept. recently presented gifts to neighbors in need through its annual Community Assistance Program. CFD shopped for toys and delivered food to more than 152 families, including 406 children. “It's the old school fire dept. It's something you would have seen a 1960s movie,
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Carmel in brief — January 30, 2018

County surveyor receives stormwater award—Hamilton County Surveyor Kenton C. Ward recently received the Indiana Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management Presidents Award. The award was presented to Ward at the Associations Annual meeting for his outstanding leadership,
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Carmel woman's mid-century modern miniatures business keeps growing

Years ago, before Cy Raduchel and her husband, Bob, had kids, she would redecorate her house on a whim. So, she asked for a dollhouse for Christmas to decorate and redecorate whenever she wanted in the style she wanted. “Which was and still is classic mid-century modern and modern.
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State briefs for Jan. 27

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State briefs for Jan. 27

Osage artist Ruby Hansen Murray will conduct a creative writing workshop from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Osage Nation Museum, 819 Grandview Ave. The workshop is free to people of all ages. No previous writing background is necessary. Using guided writing prompts, workshop participants will
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From ground to glass: The science of winemaking

#That also means Esther Bricques' 10-plus wine varieties, including its best sellers, may taste slightly different from year to year. #“That's really the beauty of winemaking,” Colvin said. “This is what Mother Nature gave us this year.” #Mother Nature's grapes seem to be well received in Wenatchee, where
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