Month: January 2018

Local author celebrates publishing novel with a book signing

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Local author celebrates publishing novel with a book signing

Inside the Greenville Barnes and Noble, Angela Parker Jones celebrated her published novel titled, “Deranged”, by signing copies of the book. Jones is a Greenville native studying at Pitt Community College, and says she has been writing since she was 15-years-old. Her new book is a murder mystery
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On Facebook, you may be seeing us less after company changes policy

Last Friday, Facebook announced something rather curious in its new effort to weed out news that is misleading and downright false — it was suppressing publishers from the news feed of its billions of users. Didn't see that coming. Rather than put action where its words were, the company appears to
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#SocialSkim: Coping With Facebook Changes; WhatsApp Business App Launched: 10 Stories This …

Last week Facebook announced its most disruptive algorithm change in years, deciding it would send less traffic to publishers' content and instead prioritize content that users' friends and family engages with. For brand pages and publishers, that likely means plummeting organic reach numbers, and
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Facebook's Algorithm Change: 5 Silver Linings According to US Multicultural and Latin American …

Even though they know they could lose some traffic, publishers who do not solely rely on Facebook for interactions know their users will stay with them. “No platform will do the work that every publisher should be doing by themselves,” points out Iván Adaime, EVP at ImpreMedia. “It requires effort and
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Coupon Queen: Why it's not a good idea to order coupons online

Brands, manufacturers and publishers simply do not make coupon inserts available to the public to sell. … n some areas where coupon sale is rampant, publishers have completely pulled the entire coupon inserts from the newspaper – effectively punishing both the coupon sellers and thousands of
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Bondi Harvest's beetroot lentil burger

Photograph: Rob Palmer/HarperCollins Publishers. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Cook the onion, garlic and chilli until soft. Transfer to a plate and place into the fridge to cool. In a large bowl, mix the lentils, cooled onion mixture, beetroot, egg, turmeric, garam masala, paprika and
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£5m on personal appearances, £22m on her TV animation shows and £9m on a health products …

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£5m on personal appearances, £22m on her TV animation shows and £9m on a health products …

But in a vigorous counterattack, lawyers for Mr Murdoch's publishing company accused her of 'dishonesty' and attempted fraud, describing her case as 'defective and embarrassing'. Her original writ – filed in 2016 – didn't detail how her finances had been affected by the fall-out. The new submission
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Facebook announces plans to let users decide publishers' trustworthiness

Mark Zuckerberg has announced Facebook will begin prioritising publishers based on how much users trust them. Facebook plans to ask its users whether they're familiar with a news source and, if so, whether they trust that source. The results of these surveys will determine how widely posts from a
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Local author Linda Kozar signs latest work for fans

She has worked for both traditional publishing houses and indie publishing companies. “I'm what you call a hybrid author. I write for traditional publishing and indie publishing,” Kozar said. She receives plenty of support in her endeavors from her husband and adult children, who grew up with their
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Must monsters always be male? Huge gender bias revealed in children's books

The 2017 bestseller list includes perennial favourites The Gruffalo, Guess How Much I Love You and Dear Zoo, in which all the animals are referred to by a male pronoun, as if by default. This approach to gender is equally present in more recently published bestsellers such as You Can't Take An
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Tronc Launches Investigation Into 'LAT' Publisher Levinsohn, Newsroom Votes To Unionize

Parent company Tronc is launching an investigation into the behavior of Ross Levinsohn, publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times, as its newsroom voted today to unionize. The final vote count to unionize the Los Angeles Times was 248 in favor, 44 against. A report from NPR published Thursday
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Snap Is Laying Off Employees in One of Its Most Important Divisions

The biggest change to the app is the separation of your friends' Snaps and Stories from content provided by third-party publishers and celebrities. A big fear is that Snapchat's Discover section will lose a lot of traffic once the rollout is complete. Discover collects content from third-party publishers in
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Facebook to Probe Deeper for Fake News

The effort could have a large effect on news publishers, many of which are already worried that Facebook has cut their access to Facebook users. Adam Mosseri, Facebook's head of News Feed, wrote at the same time Zuckerberg posted his comments: We'll be working on these efforts for the rest of the
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Burn that Book, Witch: The Balancing Act of Knowledge and Action

I've been busy writing a book on Modern Hekatean Witchcraft in addition to writing here, on my Facebook page and developing content for the course I'm currently running. Then there's the next course that starts on the Spring Equinox, the book of prayers to Hekate…you get the idea. I am always writing.
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Images Stopped Publishing

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Images Stopped Publishing

Hi, we previously have had no issues with images publishing with our stories. Also, have not changed any settings. But we had a string of 5 stories publish without images. Have looked at the JSON and nothing seems amiss? Would prefer to upload as private reply, your help appreciated, TIA. The page I
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Women start-ups ascending new heights and domains in Chennai

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Women start-ups ascending new heights and domains in Chennai

'Happy Self Publishing' founder Jyotsna Ramachandran helps writers become authors and self-publish their book with support on editing, formatting, strategy setting and marketing even the ones with small financial budget while Rajathi Franco co founder cum director of Thoongal Technologies,
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Reviving a love affair with books in sensational new surroundings

The institute, which specializes in research on the publishing industry, recently issued a report on the past and present of bookstores in China. It said more publishing houses are opening bookshops and many bookstores on campuses have become sophisticated cultural sites. Some new bookshops
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The Jury's In: Republican "tax reform" plan is a mega windfall for corporate chieftains, shareholders …

Good for Apple employees, but another acknowledgement that the biggest beneficiaries of the tax cut will be shareholders. The new tax law is a great deal for Apple and its shareholders. Apple has been sitting on a huge “overseas” money hoard of some $252 billion, as Apple's accountants have
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Kirby Comics Opens in Hanover, Pennsylvania, Makes the Front Page

Plus, Madrigale put his own creative touch on the store, which offers everything from vintage wrestling DVDs to cosplay jewelry, one of the store's best sellers. “When I created this, I wanted something that, not only I could be proud of, but something that I would want to walk into as a fan, and I'd be able to
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Kendrick Lamar new publishing deal news: Lamar expected to earn as much as $40 million

Kendrick Lamar Reuters/Andrew KellyKendrick Lamar is reportedly eyeing a new publishing deal that could net millions. Warner/Chappell Music artist and multi-Grammy Award winner Kendrick Lamar is reportedly under negotiations for a new publishing deal. This is mostly because of his free-agent
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Spotify is tipping its toes into publishing news

Spotify is tipping its toes into publishing news As popular as the world's largest music streaming service, you can only attract that many paying customers with music. For some people radio on the way is more than enough, and even then it might be talk radio. Well, Spotify is looking straight at these
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The one about the flying pig and the flamingo

The Arts Centre Theatre was a hive of creativity this week when students in Years 5-8 welcomed author, Ross Welford, to Pipers to talk to them about story writing, his writing journey and all the things that inspire him. Ross was a journalist and television producer before becoming a full-time writer.
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Chrysler is Finally Getting a Crossover

Crossovers are hot sellers and nobody knows that better than FCA with the success of the Jeep brand during the past few years. While other … For example, the Encore is Buick's smallest crossover and it's by far the best selling Buick in the U.S. “The platform is ready, and the plant can take it. We can
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How To Survive A Breakup

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How To Survive A Breakup

They range from collecting bottle caps to dancing to volunteering to creative writing to even bird watching. Hobbies tend to relax and are natural mood improvers and stress relievers. It is also believed by scientific study that hobbies can ward of depression and improve memory, due to the brain
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Play House to start a Programme in Acting

The programme entails all round training such as acting, script writing and analysis, directing, movement and vocal training. For over 35 years, Play House Kotte has been training numerous talented youths who are at present engaged in the work of both theatre and the film industry at professional level
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Special writers' workshop with Commonwealth Writers

One of these activities will be the convening of a special writers' workshop, in partnership with Commonwealth Writers, aimed at offering sustained support to a group of prose writers over the course of a year. The workshop will comprise two segments – one taking place May 11-14 and the next, with the
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'Fire and Fury' Drives Big Unit Sales Gain

Big sales of Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff helped boost sales 9% higher in the week ended Jan. 14, 2018, than in the comparable week in 2017 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. The book, which sold more than 191,000 copies, generated most of its sales through the retailer and book club
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Chiranthi's mixed bag of not too 'sweet' and not too 'sour' stories for all

“Usually it's writing three pages and trying to develop it further,” she laughs, adding that her admiration for writers who can convey a lot in a few words probably drives her own writing style. Having collected many stories over the course of eight years, Chiranthi launched her first book titled 'Names and
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Sean Kirst: After Flight 3407, an unbearable loss, a writing class and a long way home

Rick Ohler sees writing as a means of testament and healing. He's taught adult courses in writing for many years in East Aurora. The way he gets rolling, at the beginning of a new session, is to ask students what topic they hope to write about. Seven years ago, on a snowy January night, his spring writing
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The Book of Wonder

“(Matsuoka) conceived of this in the form of an exhibition that would trace our book-making journey, both our experiments with the handmade book and our publishing across genres, from children's picture books to visual essays for adult readers, art activity books to books on contemporary social
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We Need Bodice-Ripper Sex Ed

that made the rounds of the cafeteria in seventh grade to the dozens of Harlequin romances I devoured to the best sellers by Judith Krantz, Shirley Conran …. connections, to talk, honestly and openly about who they are and what they want, there are worse places to start than curling up with a good book.
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Aycliffe Author Launches First Fantasy Novel

Andrew released a short poetic piece available on Amazon called 'Where Has Grandpa Murray Gone' in relation to this cruel illness. He turned to writing as a form of escapism and decided last year to turn this hobby into a reality by self publishing his debut novel “Cerebrante: The Sacred Balance” which
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In Touch's Stormy Daniels interview: The rare unflattering tabloid story for President Trump

Veterans of the tabloid scene say that In Touch, which is owned by Bauer Publishing, is governed by different principles. Bauer bills itself as the “#1 seller of magazines at retail in the country,” and its portfolio includes Life&Style and Woman's World. “Bauer is the antithesis of AMI,” said Zakim. “Bauer has
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Berkshire Woods and Waters: Writing/art contests for young and old, but don't feed the deer

The Basic Hunter Education course is designed for first-time hunters and is standardized across North America. All government-issued Basic Hunter Education certificates, from any North American jurisdiction, are accepted as proof of successfully completing the course in order to purchase a hunting or
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Darin Henry talks w/411 About Creating Sitcomics, the State of the Comic Book Industry, and more!

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Darin Henry talks w/411 About Creating Sitcomics, the State of the Comic Book Industry, and more!

From being a writer for Seinfeld, Futurama, and The War at Home to creating Sitcomics, Darin Henry's career has been a wild ride. Sitcomics is one of the newest publishers entering the comic book industry and it's already making headlines with its unique style in gaining fans. Henry believes so much in
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VA Medical Center seeks participants for arts competition

Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center will host a creative arts competition for enrolled veterans from Feb. 12-16, according to a news release. The competition includes 51 categories in the visual arts division that range from oil painting to leatherwork to paint-by-number kits. In addition, there are 100
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Facebook to emphasize 'trustworthy' news via user surveys

Facebook announced last week that it would try to have users see fewer posts from publishers, businesses and celebrities, and more from friends and family. Zuckerberg said Friday because of that, news posts will make up 4 percent of the news feed , down from 5 percent today. Facebook says it will
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A Chat with Travis McIntire, Publisher of Source Point Press

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A Chat with Travis McIntire, Publisher of Source Point Press

There were several of us hanging around at the time who were interested in or were working on our own self-published books, so we started meeting and planned to do a small book. It grew from there. After the first book, it turned into a resource for Michigan based creators to get their foot in the door of
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How Marvel Comics Can Move Forward

It's not that Marvel's comic book sales are so bad that they're losing money for the company — Marvel was still the most successful publisher in the North American market last year, in terms of dollar share. But the combination of precipitously falling sales over the past couple of years and a number of PR
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'Skullgirls' relaunches on mobile as developer ditches publisher

Stylized fighting game Skullgirls came out for mobile in May of last year. It was developed by Autumn Games and initially published by Line. Now, the developer has decided to part ways with the publisher and go back to being independent. As a result of this transition, the developer launched a new
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Using Microsoft Office Word for Creative Writing and Self-Publishing

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Using Microsoft Office Word for Creative Writing and Self-Publishing

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New Daily Iowan publisher navigates change

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New Daily Iowan publisher navigates change

IOWA CITY — Ten years ago, when Jason Brummond was editor of the Daily Iowan newspaper, the paper's website was little more than an electronic version of the printed paper, its television operation prerecorded segments that ran over and over the following day and Facebook had only recently
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Applications Due for New Orleans Performing Arts High School

Prospective students now have until Monday at 5 p.m. to get their applications in to attend the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. The school — often referred to as NOCCA — offers classes in a range of subjects including filmmaking, music, theatre arts, culinary arts and creative writing. The school's
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Thanks to a Congress MLA, a communist icon's book goes into reprint

“We decided to go for a reprint of AKG's autobiography as most outlets reported the book out of stock in the past few weeks. It is indeed good news that more and more people want to know about AKG,'' K. Sivakumar, general manager of Chintha Publishers told THE WEEK. It all started when Balram
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Opinion: Amazon's predictable game of musical chairs

And what's really interesting is that without my saying more, you know exactly what list I mean. Not the list of Amazon's best-sellers or best deals. The list of cities that are finalists for HQ2, the fabled El Dorado sought by local politicians across the country — the second Amazon.com Inc. headquarters that
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Sesame Street, Palestine – Taking Sesame Street to the children of Palestine

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Sesame Street, Palestine – Taking Sesame Street to the children of Palestine

This is the story of making Sesame Street in Palestine. While making a children's television program is usually an apolitical act, this was extremely political. The story takes readers into the politics, finances, and nuances of bringing an American television production to the children of Palestine. It deals
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The Big Two to Stop Publishing Comics….

Hold on, wait! I'm sorry for the clickbait (when in Rome…) but you never know what news is going to break that I am going to be competing with. Marvel loses another superstar to DC? Another big name fired for sexual harassment? But now that you are here you might as well hear me out right? You've
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Parents as Role Models: Be Careful of What You Say and Do

My wife and I are currently both in graduate school, working on degrees in creative writing and social work respectively, and our daughter finishes her undergraduate degree next fall. In the musical Into the Woods¸ the witch sings, “Careful the things you say, children will listen/careful the things you
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Publishing (UK) – Brexit Report – Business and Finance, Economics, International Trade Industries

The Publishing (UK) – Brexit Report Report has been published. It provides updated in 2018 year analysis of industries from Business and Finance, Economics, International Trade Markets. The Publishing Brexit Analysis is the definitive guide into the 344 Publishing companies who will be most affected
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Service dog visits primary school to conclude creative writing module

A service dog stabbed while protecting his handler has visited pupils at a Lancashire primary school to help them with a creative writing module. Year 6 pupils at St Bartholomew's CE Primary School had been learning about Finn the German shepherd, who was stabbed in the head and chest in the line
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Books: Susan Straight and David L. Ulin take on innovative memoirs and more in books

BESTSELLERS. The No. 1 L.A. Times bestseller in nonfiction this week is “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” by Michael Wolff. It's the controversial book's first week on the list, and it debuts at No. 1. The No. 1 L.A. Times bestseller in fiction is the novel “The Wanted” by Robert Crais, now in its
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Facebook wants you to determine which publishers should be trusted

As Facebook shuffling its News Feed to put more of an emphasis on content from friends and families instead of publishers, Mark Zuckerberg also wants you to be in charge of the news you see. In a blog post shared Friday, the Facebook founder wrote that he trusts the social media site's users to
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STUDENT OF THE MONTH: Katherine Kane

She participated in Dancers with Heart and Soul, volunteers as a big sister for younger dancers and organized a community blood drive at IUP. In her free time she enjoys reading, creative writing, traveling, and spending time with her family and friends. She plans to attend a four-year college to major in
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