Day: November 14, 2017

Writing for Nollywood

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Writing for Nollywood

Writing For Nollywood: An Interview With Viddawood's founder. … platform for a common goal, which is to better the world through our creative writing.
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Publishers' Secret Weapon Against Facebook & Google: Brand Safety

In the wake of this controversy, publishers are presented with a unique opportunity to capitalize on the increasing importance of brand safety and
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Make Disruption Pay: Why we're supporting an event that recognises seismic digital change

We're delighted to be involved in a day of digital disruption, having seen so many changes in the newspaper publishing industry over the last decade
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'Opaque' industry off-putting, inclusivity conference hears

There are over 3,000 creative writing courses – only getting people from UEA or Faber is just incredible. Imagine in post-Brexit Britain, if we were to
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How we learned to stop worrying and love modernism (again)

Modernism had all but retreated into its ivory tower – until the publishing world discovered that readers aren't frightened of “difficult” books after all.
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How Canopy's founder is winning converts with her gospel of deforestation

… on influencing the consumption of paper — and convincing book publishers to wean their printing presses off pulp harvested from ancient forests.
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Column: “Watch” your website

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Column: “Watch” your website

Plus, visitors who view videos stay on the site an average of two minutes longer than those who don't view videos, according to the Online Publishers
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Police must stop treating press like criminals, says Met Chief

Mark Rowley, the head of national counterterrorism policing, said he was particularly concerned about sites publishing quotes from the terror group's
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Book examines town's buildings

The book, which was published last month, explains the history of landmarks such as St Mary's Church, Browne's Hospital and Stamford Railway
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Stywe Lyne/Tight Lines acquired by Annecat Print & Publishers

Stywe Lyne/Tight Lines, which saw its first issue published in February 1960, has been acquired by Annecat Print & Publishers in Kempton Park.
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Your attention has value, personal cryptocurrency will advertise it

The brainchild of Javascript creator Brendan Eich, the BAT offers a currency that allows advertisers to disintermediate publishers, paying Web users
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The Online Citizen apologises to PM Lee for saying he is going to sue

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The Online Citizen apologises to PM Lee for saying he is going to sue

The website said the prime minister intended to sue the publisher Epigram Books over a children's book, The Phantom of Oxley Castle, when no such
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Elegant and beautiful book designs win awards

Twenty-five uniquely designed books from 22 publishers nationwide were awarded the Beauty of Books in China 2017 title yesterday. The winners
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Boxer Tim Bradley supports school library project with new book grant

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Boxer Tim Bradley supports school library project with new book grant

The check was presented at a ceremony at the school attended by author and publisher Bill Dwyre and members of his team. Also present were Indio
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CNET Book Club, Episode 3: 'Artemis' by Andy Weir

That book started out as a self-published serialized online novel in 2011, became a viral hit, was picked up by a mainstream publisher, and ended up
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Australian Publisher Pulls Back Plans for China Book

An Australian publisher has backed away from plans to publish a book about the influence of the Chinese Communist Party on Australian politics and
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82-Year-Old Children's Book Publisher Leaves Midtown for FiDi

Holiday House Publishing, a children's book publisher that dates back to 1935, has signed a 10,817-square-foot deal at 50 Broad Street a year after
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Author needs help publishing water crisis awareness book for children

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipalty area, like many other drought-stricken regions in the Eastern and Southern Cape, has been facing water
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A giant Australian publisher scrapped a book on China's influence out of fear for Beijing's wrath

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A giant Australian publisher scrapped a book on China's influence out of fear for Beijing's wrath

An Australian publisher has shelved a book on China's influence in Australia, out of fear of reprisal from Beijing. The publisher wanted to avoid
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Donald Trump Jr. Doesn't Seem to Realize That His Messages with WikiLeaks Are a Very Bad …

“If we publish them it will dramatically improve the perception of our impartiality,” WikiLeaks explained. “That means that the vast amount of stuff that
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Author GH Thomas's New Book “Starving at a Feast” Is A Searing Account Of One Man's Agonizing …

Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, G.H. Thomas's … logistics like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance,
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Publish in Open Access

Publish in Open Access is synonym to make its publication freely accessible to everyone as defined by Peter Suber (Open Access, 2012. MIT Press):
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Author Linda Hoffman's New Book “The Adventures of Eli and Jake” Is A Collection Of Short Stories …

Recent release “The Adventures of Eli and Jake” from Page Publishing author … Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, Linda Hoffman's … logistics like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance,
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Clevedon's history and characters told in new book

Jane Lilly has been researching Clevedon's history since 1974 and published her first book, called Clevedon In Old Photographs, in 1990. Her latest
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Harold Anderson Pugh's New Book “Inside the Stockade: A Cautionary Tale” Is An Absorbing …

Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, Harold Anderson … issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance,
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SG Snyder's New Book “Odds and Ends” Is An Enthralling Book Containing Poems, Short Stories …

Recent release “Odds and Ends” from Page Publishing author S. G. Snyder is a … Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, S. G. Snyder's … issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance,
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Margaret Atwood returns to Tuscaloosa

So when John Estes, the director of the undergraduate Creative Writing program, was looking for a marquee name for the English department's
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Indian media facing persecution and control

Earlier another conglomerate, Reliance Industries, prevented publication of Thakurta's book through legal proceedings, though he later self-published
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Har'rell's New Book “Church Boy in the Dark” Is An Inspiring Fact-Based Narrative That Delves Into …

Recent release “Church Boy in the Dark” from Page Publishing author … issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance,
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Brief: Writers' Guild to host 'Build a Book' workshop

The Palouse Writers' Guild will host a self-publishing workshop, Build a Book, at 8:30 a.m. Dec. 2 in the Arts Workshop of the 1912 Center, 412 E.
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Lessons on digital transformation from the BBC World Service

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Lessons on digital transformation from the BBC World Service

As BBC World Service Digital Development Editor, Dmitry Shishkin sits at the intersection of editorial and technical initiatives, and, together with his
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WikiLeaks tried to get Donald Trump Jr. to leak his father's tax returns

WikiLeaks then laid out three reasons why Trump Jr. should do so, including the New York Times publishing a partial piece of one of his tax returns,
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Opinion: No laughing matter

Mary Ellen passed along some comments she had heard about me at her book club. “Kathy says your newspaper column makes her laugh, and Cara,
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Viol Publishing House

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Viol Publishing House

Stationary and visual identity for Viol. a fictional Swedish publishing house that publishes books about real people and events. The idea to tell and
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Alums and Creative Writing

Readers can also look forward to Shapiro-Silverberg Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing Amy Bloom's new novel, White Houses, to be
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Slam poet Neil Hilborn bares soul to promote mental health destigmatization

Hilborn is the author of books such as “Our Numbered Days” which earned its place on Amazon's Best Sellers list when it debuted in 2015. Hilborn
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Inner Loop's free 'Literary Cornucopia' unleashes creative writing feast in DC

WASHINGTON — Creative writing breaks our mental gridlock with a feast for the … That's one of our goals: to highlight the active writing life in D.C.”.
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A Guide to Fantasy and Science Fiction Made for Black People, by Black People

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A Guide to Fantasy and Science Fiction Made for Black People, by Black People

The first and last issue of the comic Raising Dion was published in 2015. ….. Amalgam is special because it sells self-published works, which have a
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Fourth-year Val Bodurtha Gives History a Remake in Debut Novel

Fourth-year Val Bodurtha, who published her alternative history YA novel The History Makers in July, disagrees with the approach of this type of
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This Singaporean novelist is publishing more books in the UK to get more people in his country …

On a muggy Friday afternoon, Edmund Wee is spinning a yarn in an office unit tucked away in one of many industrial parks scattered across
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Podcast: how to publish a business book

Find out in this bonus episode that celebrates the FT and McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize for best business book proposal of the year by a young
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'I Think (And Love), Therefore I Am'– Blade Runner 2049

… my favorite classes in college at UCSD/Revelle College was Freshman Humanities, a damned-hard writing/history/humanities course that (despite
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Publisher delays book on China influence in Australia

BEIJING • One of Australia's largest independent publishers said it decided to delay the publication of a book that alleges widespread Chinese
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History meets hilarity

“At times, I thought, 'Wow, maybe I can write a real history book. … The History of Canada, the popular satirical news website's foray in publishing.
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Vievee Francis reads her work from 'Forest Primeval' at Amherst Books

… of the Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize for her second collection, wrapped up Amherst College's creative writing fall reading
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One year in: What The New York Times learned from its 360-degree video project, The Daily 360

By comparison, the top 10 Facebook video publishers accounted for 14.5 billion views on Facebook in September alone. While a portion of the Times'
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Interview with New East Hanover Teachers: Christopher Crowley

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Interview with New East Hanover Teachers: Christopher Crowley

He went to Washington College in Chestertown, MD where he received a double major in English and Drama and minored in Creative Writing.
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Clarksville author publishes children's book about celebrating diversity

It took a year of writing and revisions, and over 100 rejections from agents and publishers, before her debut book Beautiful, Wonderful, Strong Little Me
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Things to Do, Nov. 14: Benefit for Puerto Rico; talk by author; movie showing and a German band …

N., will host Jay Asher, author of Thirteen Reasons Why. The author will talk about suicide prevention and creative writing as part of the Dr. Audrey
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Champion bartender to mix it up with region's best in Singapore

The resulting drink is one of our best-sellers. Another popular drink is a cocktail first brought to Cambodia by former US first lady Jacqueline Kennedy
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New publications on New Norcia's history launched

WHAT drives the intense interest in the history of WA's Benedictine … This is why so much history is being published about New Norcia, to help us all
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Content marketer Keywee puts focus on publishers

Content marketer Keywee puts focus on publishers For those of us wondering how publishers like The New York Times get the content we are
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Calm before the storm: Publishers are playing the GDPR waiting game

Legal teams are being wheeled out to explain the finer nuts and bolts of the new law, while publishing execs crane their necks to see what peers are
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Rebound may not be so easy for slumping Anheuser-Busch

AB InBev, which owns the two beer brands, the best-sellers in the US, may be finding that its long-standing playbook — acquire/cut costs/acquire
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Publisher cancelled launch of Oxley Castle book, says Art House

The Arts House has set out the sequence of events leading to the cancellation of the launch of a children's book on its premises, contradicting what the
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New Mexico Typewriting Event Takes People Back in Time

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M — The furious tapping of typewriters is all that could be heard during the “Type-Out” event in Albuquerque, New Mexico this
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