Month: May 2018

Book published to honor UW student selected as finalist for two awards

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Book published to honor UW student selected as finalist for two awards

As a student at UW, Henry took creative writing classes and was a disc jockey at WSUM, Henry's grandfather David Strand said. Henry was also a guitarist in his band Phantom Vibration. Compiling Henry's work after his death came naturally, Strand said. “It just made sense that, if we could put them all
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Faculty-Student Team To Document Refugee Cousins' Safe Haven Recollections

A Faculty-Student Challenge Grant from the college's Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee makes the project possible, providing the means for Hay, a senior … The stories the Levis tell are personal for Giglio, a screenwriter and faculty member of English and creative writing at SUNY Oswego.
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Xbox Head Working to Get Japanese Publishers on Microsoft's E3 Stage

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Xbox Head Working to Get Japanese Publishers on Microsoft's E3 Stage

When asked whether we could expect to see any JRPGs in Xbox's E3 lineup this year, Spencer tweeted, “As of now, yes. Things can change but like last year I wanted to make sure we supported our Japanese publishers on our stage and this year we are working to do the same. It's important to us.”.
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FOX 2 anchors to discover DNA test results during newscasts

Sales for at-home DNA tests like My Heritage and 23-and-Me are booming, with $99 million in 2017. This past holiday shopping season 23-and-Me ranked among the top five best sellers on Amazon.com. Despite growing concerns and questions over the accuracy of these tests, sales continue to rise.
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Publisher Takes Personal Finance Course Online

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — c21 Student Resources is excited to announce the June 2018 launch of its online personal finance education program for grades 7-12. This turnkey program is designed to serve the needs of busy educators who want or must — as a result of recent
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AMZDataStudio Promo Code 2018 | #1 Amazon Keyword Research Software

That said, in this review, we are going to look into AMZDataStudio an Amazon keyword searching software which help seller know the keywords that lots of buyers are searching more so what other sellers are selling. AMZDataStudio is the most powerful and efficient keyword tool with the most accurate
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Axios Media Trends

Situational awareness: CEOs from four publishing trade associations have written a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai slamming the tech giant's interpretation of GDPR, which goes into effect on May 25. It's the latest saga in the ongoing battle between publishers and Google over who should bear the
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Skimlinks Partners with Monetizer101 to Expand Commerce Content Solutions for US Publishers

NEW YORK & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Skimlinks, the leading content-to-commerce monetization platform, today announced an exclusive partnership with Monetizer101, the company helping publishers monetize their content through innovative affiliate products. This partnership brings
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After 17 Years of Litigation, 'Freelance' Writers Finally Collect

Known commonly as “Freelance,” In re Literary Works was a follow-on class action suit to settle claims by freelance writers against a group of major publishers following the 2001 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the landmark Tasini vs. New York Times case, the seminal legal battle of the digital publishing
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How to stop big publishers breaking your business

Working with a major publisher can be life-changing for any developer but if the partnership falls apart, it's the latter that suffers the most. This was a topic discussed during an onstage interview with Nina Kristensen, co-founder and development director at Hellblade creator Ninja Theory, during the
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New Lawrence historian Brooke Hunter ready to 'forge her path'

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New Lawrence historian Brooke Hunter ready to 'forge her path'

Hunter continued her research and, along with Waters and other members of the historical society, wrote and published articles about key aspects of Lawrence Township history. Hunter wrote one of her pieces on the African American community that emerged on Lewisville Road in the 19th century.
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Digital Turbine Announces the Sale of Content and Advertiser & Publisher Businesses

AUSTIN, Texas, May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Digital Turbine, Inc. (Nasdaq: APPS), the Company empowering operators and Original Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”) around the globe with end-to-end mobile solutions, today announced the divestiture of its Content and Advertisers & Publishers
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Digital Turbine (APPS) Reports Sale of Content and Advertiser & Publisher Businesses

Digital Turbine, Inc. (Nasdaq: APPS), the Company empowering operators and Original Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”) around the globe with end-to-end mobile solutions, today announced the divestiture of its Content and Advertisers & Publishers (“A&P”) businesses in two separate transactions.
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Four Publisher Groups Tell Google Its GDPR Policy Is Not Good Enough

Four publisher groups have warned Google its preparations for GDPR are not good enough, MarTechToday reports. The four groups cover publishers in North America and Europe. Digital Content Next, European Publishers Council, News Media Alliance and the News Media Association are concerned
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OPINION: Guest commentary — Volunteers are libraries' lifeblood

Public libraries, which often operate on tight budgets, are among the most grateful recipients of volunteer services. From the patron who stops to shovel the walk on … The collection was also supplemented by Mary buying best sellers from book clubs with her own money. Monetary donations as well as
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6 Missoula awards handed out in opening week of National Historic Preservation Month

Stan Cohen, Centennial Award. Cohen, founder of Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., has helped keep alive Missoula County's history and preserve many of its cultural resources. His commitment to the collection, preservation and interpretation of that history has been a labor of love spanning the past 44
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Adulting With Best-Selling Author Adam Grant: The Harvard Dream That Turned Into A Career

How do you build resiliency and improve your ability to bounce back from failure? I turned to an expert on resiliency, Wharton School Professor and TED WorkLife Podcast host Adam Grant, who has authored three New York Times best-sellers: Give and Take, Option B (co-authored with Sheryl
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The 12 Best New Nonfiction Books Coming Out In May 2018

May is here, and the year continues to deliver more amazing books than any one reader can be expected to handle. Not that we're complaining, of course. This month is going to keep our to-read lists growing faster than we're checking off titles, but we're eagerly awaiting publishers' newest tomes
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CMO Today: WhatsApp CEO Leaving Facebook; Publishers Protest Google GDPR Policy; Next …

Back in March I reported Google was asking its publisher partners to get consent on its behalf to gather data on European users and target ads using its popular ad-tech tools once the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation comes into force in May. Among the requirements, Google wants
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My Writing Day By Laura Madeleine

I'm lucky enough to have been writing full-time for about five years now. I live with my partner, who is also freelance. It's great in some respects, in that we can work more or less to our own schedules. The downside of course (apart from no holiday/sick pay and uncertain income!) is that we both end up
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Talia White of Santa Fe's IAIA shares art opportunities with Hopi students

Studio arts, museum studies, creative writing, indigenous liberal studies and cinematic arts and technology are among the associate and bachelor programs. One-year certificate programs are offered online. IAIA also has an MFA for creative writing. White said IAIA offers an immense amount of support
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Publisher Group Blasts Google Over Forcing GDPR Liability On Small Publishers

We discussed a few months ago how Google dumped the GDPR responsibilities on their AdSense publishers and customers, as opposed to taking responsibility themselves for the liability. Well, it resulted in a massive publisher group of 4,000 publishers writing a scathing 5-page letter to Google's CEO
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Lifestyle briefs (May 1, 2018)

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The Write Place seeks teachers. Teaches are needed for a pair of summer programs at The Write Place writing center. An adult Open Studio Marathon is June 18-22, and two sessions of Book Arts Camp for youth are scheduled for July 9-13 and July 16-20. The center is open to other class suggestions.
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100 new publishers have registered in the UAE since 2007

This was stated at the Future Book Forum held as part of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF) in partnership between the DCTA – Abu Dhabi and Canon, bringing together several publishing firms from the Middle East to discuss the challenges faced by the publishing industry in the region and
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Techland regains publishing rights for the Call of Juarez franchise

Original developers Techland has regained the publishing rights to the Call of Juarez series from publishers Ubisoft. Call of Juarez: The Cartel and Call of Juarez: Gunslinger were pulled from online storefront last month, but it appears that this was part of the transference of rights back to Techland, with
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A brief history of the Moravian Book Shop: Among the oldest bookstores in the world

the Moravian Book Shop opens, four years after Bethlehem's founding. The Moravian bishop had suggested the settlement would need many new books. Samuel Powell, keeper of the Church's Crown Inn on the south side of the Lehigh River is appointed to operate the store, and the business takes off.
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Publishers angered by Google's GDPR data-collection demands

A leaked letter from Google indicates that the $110 billion internet advertising giant expects publishers to shoulder the responsibility of compliance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will come into force in just 24 days' time. The letter, from Google parent company Alphabet
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Twitter (TWTR) is experimenting with allowing publishers to lead pre-roll video sales on Amplify …

Get instant alerts when news breaks on your stocks. Claim your 2-week free trial to StreetInsider Premium here. Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) is experimenting with allowing publishers to lead pre-roll video sales on Amplify – WSJ (LINK). Serious News for Serious Traders! Try StreetInsider.com Premium Free!
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Art vs. affliction: How Renée Schuls-Jacobson helped herself and others

Once a creative writer who illustrated her stories with pictures, she is also now an artist who uses words to illustrate her paintings. “I have always been a creative person,” she says, though she qualifies it by saying that her previous visual-arts work was limited. “I would see a table by the road and spray
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Books by women priced 45% lower, study finds

Books by women released by mainstream publishers, they found, were priced on average 45% lower than books by men. In a paper published in the journal PLOS One, the academics point out that there are more female authors writing in genres such as romance, which are generally priced lower than
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Writing a movie review

Once you've got the basics of writing a book review pat down, you will easily warm up to writing a film review. The biggest difference is, of course, the medium. So you will end up analysing not just the narrative, the plot, the structure and the characters, but also the presentations, the visual concepts and
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Lincoln County Public Libraries: Poetry contest awards among May events

Grab-n-Go books are popular best sellers available on a first come, first serve basis. Up to two books can be checked out for two weeks, and cannot be renewed. Preschool story time will be at the Libby library on Tuesdays at 10:15 a.m., the Troy library on Fridays at 11:15 a.m. and the Eureka library on
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Why are publishers unhappy with Google's GDPR proposal?

The groups behind the letter are Digital Content Next, The European Publisher's Council, News Media Alliance and the News Media Association. Members of the group read as a 'who's who' of digital media outlets – The New York Times, Bloomberg, Reuters and AP are just a handful of titles, publishers
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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger returns to Steam as publishing rights revert to Techland

It has been a while since Call of Juarez was last in the spotlight, but the game resurfaced in news recently after one of the best games in the series, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, was removed from Steam. It turns out that Ubisoft's publishing rights for the series had elapsed. The good news is, rights to the
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Apple rumored to be interested in buying publishing giant Condé Nast

In addition to original TV content, Apple is also showing a renewed interest in publishing. Recently the company acquired Texture, a $9.99 per month subscription digital magazine service, much like an Apple Music or Netflix for magazines. Apple is reportedly planning to use this to give its Apple News
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Seeing rape: sexual assault takes center stage in new productions

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Seeing rape: sexual assault takes center stage in new productions

Six years later, the course – named, yes, Seeing Rape – is unique among both college classes and campus rape prevention programs alike, combining the study of media representations of rape with writing and performing new, oftentimes more complex ones. During the semester-long class, more than
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What are prominent publishers around the world reading this summer

Leading publishers from Indian and abroad share their picks. Sarah Savitt, publisher, Virago. The Little Book Of Feminist Saints by Julia Pierpont, illustrated by Manjit Thapp “It's the perfect book to bring on a summer holiday. I guarantee you'll want to share these incredible stories of women who've
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Academic publishing and scholarly communications: Good reads, April 2018

Do you know what the scholarly community was talking about this month? Here's a curated list of the some thought-provoking posts that got the scholarly publishing talking in the month of April. In addition to trending discussions on “zombie” papers, depression among researchers, fake acceptance
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Milford Author Publishes Novel

I've been in the classroom for 24 years. My family has been amazingly supportive. I didn't say much about the book until it had been accepted, but since they found out, they have been my biggest cheerleaders.” Dehel holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and studied Creative Writing as part of her degree.
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Around Town With Phil: We Account the Whale Immortal

In his upcoming lecture on Friday, May 18 at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, broadcaster, curator, author, and filmmaker Philip Hoare poses the question, “When (Herman) Melville declared in Moby-Dick, 'We account the whale immortal', was he making a presumptive statement–or looking forward
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Publishers hit out at Google's 'imposing' GPDR policies

Just under a month until the European Union's General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) come into force, and trade bodies representing publishers on either side of the Atlantic have co-signed an open letter to Google which questions “the legality or fairness” of its proposed compliance policies for
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Malaysia makes first arrest under fake news law

A Danish citizen of Yemeni descent has been charged with publishing fake news in Malaysia, the first person to be charged under a new law that prohibits the sharing of inaccurate information. Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman, 46, was charged with spreading false information in a YouTube video where he
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STI's 'The Core Principles of Storytelling on the Screen' Begins Thursday – May 3rd

Screen Training Ireland is seeking participants to fill the final places of their upcoming writing course – 'The Basic Principles of Storytelling on the Screen'. … She teaches screenwriting in The UK and The US, across Europe as well as in Ireland for Screen Training Ireland among others. She has written
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ISM hires former Music Publishers Association chief Sarah Osborn

The Incorporated Society Of Musicians (ISM) has appointed former Music Publishers Association CEO Sarah Osborn as head of services and operations. ISM is the UK's professional body for musicians and a nationally-recognised subject association for music, supporting more than 8,500 members.
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How Dr. Rainbow Barris Published The Story Behind Black-ish And Wrote Her Narrative In The …

The revenue from the U.S. book publishing market is forecasted to slightly increase in the coming years, with projections reaching nearly $44 billion dollars in 2020. The largest gains are coming from the adult and juvenile nonfiction category, and both have seen year over year increases. A segment
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How Dr. Rainbow Barris Published The Story Behind Black-ish And Wrote Her Narrative In The …

The revenue from the U.S. book publishing market is forecasted to slightly increase in the coming years, with projections reaching nearly $44 billion dollars in 2020. The largest gains are coming from the adult and juvenile nonfiction category, and both have seen year over year increases. A segment
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May 2018 (Volume 70, Number 1)

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May 2018 (Volume 70, Number 1)

Over the last few years, MR and Monthly Review Press have published several special issues and books on the restructuring and privatization of K–12 …. Faculty research was likewise to be evaluated by metrics, through the imposition of an artificial hierarchy of journals and book publishers, thereby
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MU students craft films on a deadline for college film festival

The contest features teams from several colleges in the Cincinnati area who work for a little over a month to draft, write, shoot and edit an entire short film. Over the course of the next few days, the members of Best Productions, one of four teams representing Miami, met again and again at King.
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St Ives sells book production business Clays to Italy's Elcograf

(Sharecast News) – Marketing services group St Ives has sold its legacy book production and distribution business, Clays, to Italian printing company Elcograf for £20m. St Ives has retained the freehold to Clays' operating site in Bungay, Suffolk, which Clays will continue to lease from the group on a
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Jenny Rooney: 'Know your story'

On Thursday evening, English and creative writing majors packed into a small room in Bachelor Hall to listen to Jenny Rooney, editor of Forbes' Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Network. Rooney was the speaker at this year's annual Gutsche Lecture hosted by the English Department. Each year, the
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Media Groups Accuse Google Of GDPR Power Grab

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Media Groups Accuse Google Of GDPR Power Grab

The letter from four trade associations, sent to Google on Sunday and released publicly on Monday, says the new policies appear to be designed to protect the search company's existing business model, undermining “the fundamental purposes of the GDPR” and publishers' efforts to comply with it.
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Anchor & Crew launches new yellow gold LUXE collection

The new collection, which feature 36 unisex designs, based on the brand's best-sellers, also sees some pieces incorporating stingray leather and retail prices start from £2000. Chris Warner brand development director at Anchor & Crew explained: “The on-going evolution of Anchor & Crew continues
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'We're really going to feel the vibes': Facebook's F8 attracts marketers wanting answers

In January, Facebook announced its push for “meaningful interactions,” which meant favoring posts from friends and family over Pages. That change collapsed organic reach for big Facebook-focused publishers like Mic. But a major video publisher on Facebook said it hadn't faced such drastic changes
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AMZ Tracker Coupon 2018 | Software That Skyrockets Your Amazon Sales

AMZ Tracker is an online software company that offers the best solution to Amazon trader. It is a tool which assists the sellers in raising the presence more so the rank of the product online. It helps you make lots of sales. It helps track where your business more so where your products rank topmost.
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Fact check: Is Michelle Wolf right about Trump and the media?

CNN's Brian Stelter noted that every New York Times hardcover nonfiction best-seller so far in 2018 has been about Trump, including James Comey's book “A Higher Loyalty,” which was published in April by Flatiron Books. Other best-sellers this year include Michael Wolff's “Fire and Fury” and “Dear
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New chapter for book production and distribution firm

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New chapter for book production and distribution firm

A Bungay-based book production and distribution business has been sold by St Ives, the marketing services group, in a deal worth £23.8m. Clays, which prints monochrome and colour books and provides associated distribution services to UK and overseas publishers, has been sold to Elcograf, a major
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Murdoch's Mandurah campus opens new space for arts therapies course

Murdoch University has opened a new space at the Mandurah campus for its postgraduate Creative Arts Therapies course – the only university level qualification of its kind in … The new space has been tailored for artistic expression within classes, through art, drama, music, writing and dance therapy.
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10 reasons why your lawyers should not write the content for your website

Of course, all lawyers can write, so it might seem logical to think that they can write content for a website. The question that you need to ask is, how well can they write? In particular, how well can they write for the internet? One of my favourite bloggers on legal writing is Bryan Garner, editor in chief of
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With a Lack of Exclusives, The Xbox One Needs Japan Now More Than Ever

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With a Lack of Exclusives, The Xbox One Needs Japan Now More Than Ever

Today, during Phil Spencer's semi-regular Twitter brain dumps, the head of Xbox fielded some questions from fans about working with Japanese publishers again. If you're an Xbox One owner and wish there were more first, second, and/or third-party Japanese games on the console, then what Phil
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YouGov is pitching its GDPR-compliant blockchain targeting tool as a 'boon' for publishers

Market research giant YouGov is readying a blockchain solution that will allow EU consumers to choose which data they share with brands; a move that will not only help it preserve its nascent digital ad network post-GDPR, but one it's pitching as a “great boon” for publishers too. With the deadline
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Fired Boulder Editor Fears for Other Colorado Newspapers

Krieger's column was originally meant to appear on the Camera's editorial page days after the Denver Post published similar critical opinions of Alden for its plans to cut one-third of the paper's staff this year. When the Camera's publisher refused to print Krieger's editorial, Krieger self-published it on a
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Did you know Nook Readouts gives you free ebooks?

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Did you know Nook Readouts gives you free ebooks?

All of the books that are given away are from small independent publishers, external self-publishing platforms such as Smashwords and the companies internal self-publishing unit, Nook Press. I am a big fan of Nook Readouts, it gives people with a Nook Reader a reason to use it daily. It provides most
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BRIEF-Bloomsbury Publishing Announces Acquisition Of Ibt Tauris & Co

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC – ACQUISITION OF IBT TAURIS & CO. LIMITED. * BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC – COMPLETED ACQUISITION OF SHARE CAPITAL OF IBT TAURIS & CO. LIMITED (“IBT” OR “ACQUISITION”), LONDON-BASED ACADEMIC PUBLISHER Source text for Eikon:
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Techland Acquires Call of Juarez Publishing Rights From Ubisoft

In June 2016, developer Techland branched out to become a global publisher, and as such, is now capable of self-publishing its own games. “Developed by Techland, the Call of Juarez series received a great reception and support from a huge community of players, said Adam Lasoń, CPO at Techland
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It Took 17 Years: Freelancers Receive $9 Million in Copyright Suit

The Authors Guild filed the suit — along with the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the National Writers Union and 21 freelance writers named as class representatives — in 2001 after publishers licensed articles by freelancers to the electronic database Lexis/Nexis and other digital indexers
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CREATIVE VERSE: Monthly Poetry Page

Submit your own poetry via email to kwalenga@gvnews.com or drop off a typed copy at the newspaper office in the Sahuarita Plaza on Nogales Highway, around the corner from Ross and Big Lots. So put on your thinking caps, let your creative writing juices flow, and submit to us some original poems.
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Xbox E3 2018 Briefing Will Show Support For Games From Japanese Publishers, Spencer Says

E3 2018 is coming up relatively soon, and now we've learned more about what to expect from Microsoft's Xbox briefing at the big-time gaming show. Xbox boss Phil Spencer said on Twitter this week that you can expect Microsoft to show off some games from Japanese publishers on its stage. That's the
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Class Time Instead of Jail Time

Instead of serving jail time, they're taking a writing class at Virginia Commonwealth University. Coming to class, working on writing a personal memoir, keeping up with the readings and assignments. These are the things Susan has agreed to do instead of serving jail time for assaulting a police officer.
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Historians Resist Publishing Online

A survey of historians by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences has found that three-quarters have never published their work online, preferring to publish in print instead. Of those who had never published online, seven in 10 cited a lack of prestige online as the reason they had chosen to publish
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