Day: May 1, 2017

No, ebooks aren't dying — but their quest to dominate the reading world has hit a speed bump

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No, ebooks aren't dying — but their quest to dominate the reading world has hit a speed bump

It wasn't so long ago that book publishers and bookstore owners were quailing about the coming of ebooks, like movie theater owners at the dawn of
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Direct Publisher monetization guide

Overview. Hundreds of Roku channels have launched using our Direct Publisher tool. In this tutorial, we explain the monetization options for Direct
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2017 Sarah Broom Poetry Prize finalists announced

She has an MA in poetry from the International Institute of Modern Letters where she won the 2011 Adam Prize in Creative Writing. She works as a
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Winnipeg's Wonder Woman: Comic publisher pens book on female superheroes

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Winnipeg's Wonder Woman: Comic publisher pens book on female superheroes

Winnipeg comics publisher Hope Nicholson is celebrating the best in comics creation on the Prairies with the second annual Prairie Comics Festival
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Missing views after publishing to Server

Hi,. The workbook has about 4 views. All views render/work well in desktop. But when published to the server, only the views 1,2 and 3 are showing up
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Is There Hope for Authors Who Want to Sell More Books?

Publishers and authors have started asking the important question, “What … The Author's Adventure Summit answers that question, as 28 publishing
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Press Release: Green Ronin to Publish Lazarus RPG Book

May 1, 2017—SEATTLE, WA: Green Ronin Publishing announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with Greg Rucka to adapt his
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Michigan's global journey continues — to Spain, Iceland, Argentina and more locales

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Michigan's global journey continues — to Spain, Iceland, Argentina and more locales

“We went into the orientation for it and it's all about creative writing. … and exploring different parts of Iceland and the culture and writing about it.”.
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Latin Hitmakers MadMusick Sign With UMPG

Last year, the publisher signed Romeo Santos to his first major publishing deal and also began administering the publishing catalog of Roc Nation
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Nutritional Outlook Wins 2017 Western Publishing Association Award

Nutritional Outlook magazine won the 2017 Western Publishing Association Maggie award for “Best Regularly Featured Department, Section,
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Montgomery County Community College creates writing course just for military veterans

Buchler, who has had several veterans in her writing courses at MCCC over the years, said the philosophy of the course is to help make the process of
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Creative Writer | Apply Now!

Do you consider yourself having excellent writing skills? Does your writing attract readers to read your content? Do you enjoy writing on various
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Great Falls Young Writers Rewarded for their Words

Great Falls Young Writers Rewarded for their Words … winning works of young writers who participated in a creative writing contest with cash prizes.
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SeaStar Solutions acquires SELOC Publishing Company

SeaStar Solutions announced its acquisition of SELOC Publishing Company, a Pennsylvania-based publisher of marine engine service manuals,
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gryphondale education services® announces new online publishing service for Maine students

Maine Currents™ will feature literary works of Maine students in grades seven through twelve giving them an unprecedented opportunity to publish
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Your Secrets: Known … and Sold

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Your Secrets: Known … and Sold

Just as encouraging: My publisher and senior editor regularly send me articles about the latest privacy outrage … expressing alarm, and wanting to
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Publishers are Bringing Social Content Into More Videos

In analyzing the data from videos created with Wochit, it's clear that publishers and media companies are eager to integrate social content into their
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BREAKING: Kroger buys naming rights to UK football stadium

The next University of Kentucky Wildcats football home game will be played at Kroger Field, officials said Monday. The grocery giant will pay about
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trade creative writing & draw skills

Ideal spot if you're in a transitional stage in your housing, and need a temp place to stay for a while. Come stay with us, a young, positive thinking
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Charlamagne Tha God's 'Black Privilege' Debuts On New York Times Best Sellers List

The co-host of The Breakfast Club radio show and The Brilliant Idiots podcast is now a New York Times best-selling author as well. Charlamagne's first
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Scientific Publishing, Ltd.

Showing 1-1 of 1 results for “Scientific Publishing, Ltd.” Sorted by … Title details for Human Body System by Scientific Publishing, Ltd. Human Body
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Mischief, mayhem and a chance to enter creative writing contest

CHILDREN'S favourite Peter Rabbit is the inspiration behind a creative writing competition being run by Henley's River and Rowing Museum.
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SpaceX Launches NROL-76 Secret Mission … But It's No Secret Their Rocket Lands Spot On

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SpaceX Launches NROL-76 Secret Mission … But It's No Secret Their Rocket Lands Spot On

A one day delay of SpaceX's Falcon 9 launch for a secret military mission proved to be successful 24 hours later. Just one minute before the original
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Amazon Japan to get some books directly from publishers

To oversee its direct business with publishers, Amazon Japan this year set up its first logistics base dedicated to books. The company plans to operate
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Maier Award Winner Jackson Armstrong

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Maier Award Winner Jackson Armstrong

And then I switched to English eventually, or creative writing,” Armstrong said. “I started reading McSweeney's and I just wanted to write funny stuff.
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May 13 conference cultivates academic writing's creative side

Cornell's first Conference on Creative Academic Writing, exploring the relationship between artful prose and scholarly production, will be held May 13
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St. Charles woman reflects on becoming bestselling author

Rinker, who lives in St. Charles, was inspired to write her first bestseller “Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site” by the ritual bedtime stories she
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Publisher's Note

Our cover story turns back the clock to the tumultuous and entertaining era when Mr. T moved to Lake Forest. Though the historic Two Gables property
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Clemson students help local second-graders publish their own book

CLEMSON — Conventional paper-and-ink books might seem destined for the dust bin in this age of omnipotent electronic entertainment, especially
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Former Modern Healthcare publisher has died

Lauer joined Crain Communications, parent of Modern Healthcare as well as Crain's Chicago Business, in 1976 as publisher of Modern Healthcare
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Scholarly Publishing Round-up May 2017

Scholarly Publishing Round-up May 2017. See our new guide for authors: Selecting a Journal for Publication. The guide contains resources targeted
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New Chinese law forces Riot to publish League of Legends loot box drop rates

Last week, Riot got ahead of the big day (which is today) a bit by publishing the drop rates of its Hextech crafting and loot boxes on the Chinese LoL
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DARBY POP Breaks Away from IDW & MAGNETIC PRESS To Go Solo

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DARBY POP Breaks Away from IDW & MAGNETIC PRESS To Go Solo

Darby Pop Publishing has broken away from its previous publishing partners IDW Publishing and Magnetic Press to be its own free-standing comic
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Open-Access Publishing: What Authors Should Know

AHA Today caught up with William Deverell to find out what the process of publishing an open-access monograph looks like from an author's
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Chronic Illness and the Freelance Writing Career: An Interview with Stephanie Harper

Do you think it would affect your freelance writing career? Would you still be …. In my creative writing life, I write fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. My debut
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Here's how this Norwegian publisher built a successful digital subscription model for local news

Three years ago, the Norwegian publisher Amedia, which owns 62 local and regional outlets across the country, introduced a digital subscription
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MadMusick sign global deal with UMPG

Giencarlos and Jonathan Rivera commented: “After a long time searching for the right publishing house, we found the company that believes in us and
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Eminem's Publisher Sues New Zealand Party

What the publishers are calling Eminem's signature piece of work, the 2002 song “Lose Yourself,” was used without permission by the political party in
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Top-selling Record Store Day 2017 releases include discs by The Grateful Dead and The Beatles

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Top-selling Record Store Day 2017 releases include discs by The Grateful Dead and The Beatles

The list of top-selling 2017 Record Store Day singles and EPs includes U2's “Red Hill Mining Town” picture disc at #3, Pink Floyd's rare version of
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Consortium Announces Four New Publishers for Distribution

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. — Consortium Book Sales & Distribution, an Ingram brand, announces four new publishers for the Fall 2017 season: Catalyst
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Gulf Publishing acquires three energy trade journals

Gulf Publishing Co. said Monday that it acquired Oildom Publishing Co. of Texas, a deal that will add three energy industry trade journals to Gulf's
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Traders Are Betting Against Trump on Mexico

Traders in the Mexican peso are now betting that the peso will strengthen against the U.S. dollar. This is their first bullish bet since late 2014.
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Best Sellers ft Celebrity, Royal Caribbean and more

17 Night Asia Value Inclusive Package Roundtrip Singapore Celebrity Constellation Feb 8, 2018. Veranda $3449. Includes 14 Night Cruise, Air,
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Textbook case: Now, Delhi Police writes to state home department to confiscate printing press

The author has written out of context, the textbook is not as per the syllabus, as is being claimed by the publisher/author. The publisher and the author
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Isle of Wight duo aiming to help would-be authors

Zoe said: “I hope through Inkyeverafter Press we can improve the stigma around self-publishing and raise the standard of poor quality books that are
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Senior Amber Calderon Wins Independent Book Publishers Association Award for Illustrations

DePauw University senior Amber Calderon has been honored by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) with a Benjamin Franklin
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Briefs: Prizes for Johnson and Shepard, Opening Magic, and More

The inaugural winner of the $50,000 Simpson Family Literary Prize — honoring “a writer who has earned a distinguished reputation and the
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Vivek Shraya wins Publishing Triangle Award for even this page is white

Vivek Shraya's poetry collection even this page is white has been recognized with the Publishing Triangle Award for Trans and Gender-Variant writers.
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3Play Media Launches Audio Description Services

Content publishers can submit videos for description and download their completed files through a simple online account system. Unlike any other
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May Bookseller Picks

Amazon's spotlight pick for May is Patricia Lockwood's memoir Priestdaddy and their featured debut is Benjamin Ludwig's Ginny Moon, also excerpted
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St. Joseph's College students protest dismissal of director, direction of writing program

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St. Joseph's College students protest dismissal of director, direction of writing program

Out in force: Approximately 30 students rallied outside of St. Joseph's College on April 27 to save their Masters of Fine Arts creative writing program.
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2600 Iranian publishers to participate at 30th TIBF

IBNA– Executive Deputy of the 30th Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) said that 2,600 Iranian publishers will participate in the event and all
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Houston-based Gulf Publishing buys Oildom Publishing

Gulf Publishing Co. acquired 109-year-old Oildom Publishing Co. of Texas on Monday, creating the world's largest independent media company
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Joe McQuaid's Publisher's Notebook: A whole new way to get hammered

A lot of what passes for entertainment among the young these days is beyond my ken. I have even heard tell that some young people don't like golf.
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05.01.2017

NEW YORK, NY (May 1, 2017) – HarperCollins Publishers today announced #WhyIRead, a social media and giving campaign that encourages book
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Elsevier, the information analytics company specialising in science and health, has announced a three-year collaboration with the Thai-Journal
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University suggests journal correct diabetes paper. Publisher retracts it.

After a publisher learned there may be issues with a 2008 diabetes paper, it asked the author's university to investigate. The university found evidence
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HarperCollins Launches Literacy Campaign #WhyIRead

HarperCollins Publishers has launched #WhyIRead, a social media and charity initiative timed to the publisher's 200th anniversary that aims to
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