Month: October 2017

Instagram's Kevin Systrom on publishing on platforms: 'The big question is, what's the business …

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Instagram's Kevin Systrom on publishing on platforms: 'The big question is, what's the business …

Kevin Systrom, the co-founder and CEO of Instagram, sat down with Hearst Digital President Troy Young at the Hearst Tower on Oct. 12 for a
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Executive Editor, Graydon House & HQN Books

Graydon House is a select hardcover and trade paperback imprint dedicated to publishing book club-worthy women's fiction with strong commercial
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Project DEAL and Springer Nature in negotiations for a forward-looking model for publishing and …

Project DEAL of the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany and publisher Springer Nature are negotiating a forward-looking model for
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West Sussex council launches investigation after publishing vulnerable citizens' details online

West Sussex County Council (WSCC) has launched an investigation after wrongly publishing online the details of about 1,400 disabled people and
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Fall Convocation to Feature Speaker Lisa Russ Spaar, Jefferson Awards

… “Myths of Adolescence & Literary Imagination,” as well as poetry writing workshops and other courses for undergraduates and graduate students in
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The perfect pairing

“This new collaboration with UTD, while teaching students about the core competencies required in the various departments in publishing, will also
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Over 200 UNILAG Law Students Barred From Writing Examination Over Class Attendance

“If we combine the number of students who have been stopped from writing their examinations both in elective or compulsory courses, there would
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European publishers urged to invest in Sharjah

Frankfurt, Germany: The UAE's publishing sector is being promoted on the global stage with the Sharjah Book Authority's (SBA) participation in the
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Elective publishing of Pirelli quarterly results

In order to continue “its practice to date” and with the aim of “guaranteeing continuity of information to the market,” Pirelli & C. S.p.A. has announced it
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How Many Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LON:BMY)'s Analysts Are Bearish?

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.95 in 2017 Q2. Its down 0.03, from 0.98 in 2017Q1. It is negative, as 78 investors sold Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Score Publishing, producer of iBA Conference, acquires Digital Book World conference from F+W

The publishing and events company Score Publishing announced that it had acquired the Digital Book World publishing conference.
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Future trends to watch with Jeff Caselden at #Fintech20Ireland October 26th

I'm also really interested in this concept of how the internet has democratised so many things (self-publishing and cryptocurrencies to name just a
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Cool Classes: Young Adult Fiction

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Cool Classes: Young Adult Fiction

All of them advance their analytic and writing skills. … classics like Peter Pan, 20th-century classics like A Wrinkle in Time and, of course, Harry Potter.
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How Max Landis' creative mind works: anarchy, 24/7

There are few — if any — writers in modern Hollywood as prolific as Max Landis. He writes and runs TV shows (including Dirk Gently's Holistic
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Manuscripts encourages Indiana students to draw, write for magazine

As a club committed to giving students an outlet for their creativity, Manuscripts has nothing short of interesting stories, poems, pictures, drawings and
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Escanaba library to host UP Book Tour

After two years in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia, he taught creative writing for 40 years, 38 of them at CMU, before retiring in 2008. He has published
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Registration for Young Authors' Conference open

A celebration of the joys of reading and writing for children, grades … to the author's presentations on everything from the creative writing process, their
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Saturn hosts Kittle's Happy Class

She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. When not writing, Katrina enjoys gardening, cooking,
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Inaugural Indie Author Day at the Davenport library on Saturday

Since then, Judd has self-published two books and she's planning to release two others over the next year. All are part of a modern day romance
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Amy Tan on new memoir: 'I want to know why I got damaged and why I'm glad'

While writing her new memoir, the author uncovered dark family secrets. She also ….. That last memory emerged later, while in a creative-writing class.
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Top 10 Tips for Writing Your Debut Novel By CJ Evans

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Top 10 Tips for Writing Your Debut Novel By CJ Evans

HOW TO GET YOUR WORK PUBLISHED – There is the conventional route (self-publishing) or the route I chose – partnership publishing where you
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What's Happening for Oct. 13

Sponsored by the Farm Bureau and the Center for Self Governance. … project problem-solving, self-publishing, suicide awareness & prevention, and
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Poet Karen Lee Lewis to attend Hamburg Poetry Club

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Poet Karen Lee Lewis to attend Hamburg Poetry Club

She teaches creative writing workshops for children and adults throughout Western New York. She has been involved in arts education for more than
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10 Ways I Switched Careers, Despite Significant Challenges

I was a creative writing major in college, and one of the things the head of the department was crystal clear on was the fact that writing was not a
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An author way: a shift in the pedagogy of writing

It is also not a surprise to realise that children who enjoy being creative with language outside of the classroom are generally better when writing in it.
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Author Sarah Domet shares debut novel at CMU

Holding a doctorate in literature and creative writing from the University of Cincinnati, Domet never thought her book would receive the attention that it
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In praise of reading and writing

Bangladesh does produce creative writers, but we have a serious lack in terms of science writing. We produce a great deal of poems, novels, and
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Oklahoma Poet Laureate Mish to attend music jam

… University of Oklahoma in 2009, has worked closely with literary organizations nationwide to promote creative writing and to encourage new writers.
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Need for more local publications

… aimed to highlight the uniqueness of Borneo as a source for academic and creative writing, where the rich biodiversity and amalgamation of different
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Creative Writing Seniors Attend The New Yorker Literary Festival

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Creative Writing Seniors Attend The New Yorker Literary Festival

A group of creative writing senior concentrators visited New York City from Oct. 6-8 to attend The New Yorker Literary Festival. Seniors attending were
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“Writing Is Power”: An Interview with 826 Boston's Jessica Drench

And now we have a creative topic that can engage students, because it's not the same old thing, it's a spin on the familiar topic of memoir writing.
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Former teacher becomes author

“I decided if I really wanted to learn to write, I should take a writing course,” Deeringer said. “So I took a course in children's writing. It was one of those
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The Boy is Back by Meg Cabot

The Boy is Back tells the story of Becky Flowers, who owns a very creative … Beth Moroney, former English teacher and administrator in the Edison Public School District, specialized in teaching Creative Writing and Journalism.
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SPYR Games signs publishing deal with US developer Reset Studios

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SPYR Games signs publishing deal with US developer Reset Studios

SPYR Games has signed a new publishing deal with US outfit Reset Studios for the development of at least two new idle games for mobile. The first of
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Wiley Announces Ella Balagula as New EVP of Publishing Business

“Ella Balagula is precisely the kind of world-class change leader we need to optimize our unique and valuable publishing assets – including our STM,
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Best-selling music: Imagine Dragons, Shania Twain

Top 10 iTunes tracks. 1. Imagine Dragons, “Thunder”. 2. Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Almost Like Praying”. 3. Portugal. The Man, “Feel It Still”. 4. Ed Sheeran
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Introduction to desktop publishing pdf

Desktop publishing (abbreviated DTP) is the creation of documents using page layout skills on Although what is classified as “DTP software” is usually
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Amazon KDP Support: Kindle Publishing issues

Hi, I submitted my kindle book for publishing 3.00am in the morning, and when I went back to check progress at 8.00am it said it was in draft . I know I
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Shortlisted entries for 2017 Ghana Writers Awards announced

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Shortlisted entries for 2017 Ghana Writers Awards announced

Shortlisted entries for 2017 Ghana Writers Awards announced … LITERATURE BLOG: Celestine Nudanu, The Creative Arts Society, POETRY ON
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Rwanda's Imagine We promotes literacy through tech

Rwandan startup Imagine We is aiming to promote literacy through reading and creative writing culture via its online e-book platform. Formed in 2015
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Best-selling books: 'Origin' and 'Killing England'

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Best-selling books: 'Origin' and 'Killing England'

FICTION. 1. “Origin” by Dan Brown (Doubleday). 2. “Sleeping Beauties” by Stephen King/Owen King (Scribner). 3. “A Column of Fire” by Ken Follett
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Publisher's Platform: What the Hell?

You can still buy I.M. Healthy products – that were recalled in March because of E. coli outbreak. By Bill Marler | October 13, 2017. Opinion.
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Diversity triumphs in the FutureBook 2017 Awards shortlists

There was clear evidence of change, which highlights a second trend towards books, products and campaigns with a wider social aim. Publishing
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Write your anxieties away

In the late 1980s, psychologist James Pennebaker developed a form of writing therapy called expressive writing. When you engage in expressive
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Trade and educational publishers: Know the difference

Recently on Facebook a writer was complaining about the publishers in Botswana because the publisher told them that they would only consider
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SPF-088: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Revision Process

This week's highlights include: The misconception that the first draft is the finished book; The overwhelm that can occur when revising a novel, and
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Wil Mozell Joins Axion Games Board of Directors

Axion Ventures is an Investment Issuer with majority ownership in Axion Games, an online video game development and publishing company
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Fairway English Creative Writing Workshop 2017

Fairway Holdings will conduct its second English Creative Writing Workshop on the 3rd and 4th of November 2017 at the Lakshman Kadirgamar
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Tracey Phillips's New Book “My Savage Daydream” is an Eye-Opening Account on the Youthful …

Recent release “My Savage Daydream” from Page Publishing author … issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance,
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Authors to tell of self-publishing at Sequim panel

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Authors to tell of self-publishing at Sequim panel

SEQUIM — On Thursday, Olympic Peninsula Authors continues its seminar series with a panel of five authors versed in self-publishing. The program
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Brisk trading at FBF as agents refute Reidy claims

Gordon Wise, agent at Curtis Brown and president of Association of Authors' Agents, said the argument supporting the UK publishers' claim to
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