Month: May 2017

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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news In detail

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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Lessons From Prince's Lawyer: Know What Your Work Is Worth

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Lessons From Prince's Lawyer: Know What Your Work Is Worth

Last summer, I was brought in by the then-special administrator, Bremer Trust, because of my experience in music publishing, when it was looking to
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HarperCollins Publishers Highlights the Importance of Literacy with #WhyIRead Social Media and …

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HarperCollins Publishers today announced #WhyIRead, a social media and giving campaign that encourages book
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Deceased author wins BC publishing award

VANCOUVER — A Kamloops author who died in March has been honoured with a B-C publishing award. Richard Wagamese's latest book of essays
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Giving Thanks For The Teacher Who Changed My Life

She was my first and best creative writing teacher and was endlessly inventive in her choice of assignments. But more than that, she was a model for
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Consortium Adds Four Publishers

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Consortium Adds Four Publishers

Effective June 1, Consortium Books Sales & Distribution is adding four new publishers for the fall 2017 season:Catalyst Press, an independent.
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Robert Ott, Music Publisher Turned IP Visionary

In 12 short years, ole has evolved from two desks and a dream to a worldwide reality worth US $560M and counting; from a music publishing start-up
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Gulf Publishing Company Acquires 109-Year-Old Oildom Publishing

HOUSTON – Gulf Publishing Company announced today the acquisition of Oildom Publishing Company of Texas, Inc., publisher of Pipeline & Gas
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1001 Titles reaches 80 percent of its target

Since its inception in February 2016, 1001 Titles has enriched the local cultural sphere and opened new horizons for publishers, living up to its slogan,
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Google to launch ad-blocker for Chrome, publishers hail move as clean-up of ad space

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Google to launch ad-blocker for Chrome, publishers hail move as clean-up of ad space

Google to launch ad-blocker for Chrome, publishers hail move as clean-up of ad space. According to the experts, the boycott could cost YouTube's
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History Publishing Company's Historical Fiction imprint to Publish Two Volume Epic About the Old …

PALISADES, NEW YORK, USA, May 1, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Historical Fiction imprint of History Publishing Company will release an
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Broadcasters to publish RIO by May 2 after Madras HC dismisses plea seeking stay on TRAI tariff …

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Broadcasters to publish RIO by May 2 after Madras HC dismisses plea seeking stay on TRAI tariff …

As a result, television broadcasters including Star India will have to publish the Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO) by May 2. The RIO is a
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New Publication ('Book of Black Heroes') Inspires Young People to Leadership

“I thought the concept of leadership was a great fit for the trailblazing publishing house that has been producing books celebrating history and culture
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Reason Wins 3 Maggie Awards From the Western Publishing Association!

Even our online articles see print sometimes. ||| Metro Times Metro TimesFor 66 years, the Western Publishing Association has issued annual
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