Day: November 21, 2017

Analyst Says Publishers Should Be Charging Players More In Response To Star Wars: Battlefront 2 …

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Analyst Says Publishers Should Be Charging Players More In Response To Star Wars: Battlefront 2 …

Quantitative analysis shows that video game publishers are actually charging gamers at a relatively inexpensive rate, and should probably raise
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SWF 2018 schools program announced

The Sydney Writers' Festival (SWF) has announced the line-up for the 2018 Primary and Secondary School Days programs, to be held from 2 to 7 May
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Amazon, Apple Cleared in Dispute Over 'Gronk' Erotic Novel

But McKenna's book soon garnered the kind of attention that most self-published authors dream of when the Boston Globe picked up on the book and
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West Island roots run deep at Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair

Shoppers are invited to browse the latest in Quebec English-language publications at the Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair, at Monument National's Le Café,
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New Creator-Driven Series The Spider King Debuts This February From IDW

Originally self-published in 2016 and funded with Kickstarter, The Spider King will make its serialized debut this February as IDW will release the
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A master of the medical memoir

Book publishers have always travelled in awkward packs — two years ahead, what will readers suddenly discover they yearn for? — sending out
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TOWER program reduces recidivism rates in Hamilton County

Inmates participate in the TOWER program job fair held Oct. 10 at the Hamilton County Jail. Employers participating in the job fair included Wheeler
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Digital Printing And Sustainability Book To Be Unveiled

COMO, Italy — November 21, 2017 — Originally created to speed production times up and reduce pattern book production costs, in 20 years digital
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Target Black Friday 2017 Beauty Deals: What to Expect

And on the other, we have the Soft Matte Lip Cream Vault II, coming in with 36 cream lipsticks (24 best-sellers, and 12 all-new colors). Both sets were
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Continued Growth at the Fifth Shanghai Children's Book Fair

Livres Canada Books, which showcased 10 publishing companies, exhibited for the first time, as did Bonnier (Sweden), Penguin Random House
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Amazon Australia to begin selling products on Thursday

As previously reported by Books+Publishing, Amazon has appointed Rocco Braeuniger as its country manager for Australia and opened its first
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Best sellers from Reader's digest condensed books

Contents. The key to Rebecca / by Ken Follett.–The aviator / by Ernest K. Gann. Included Work: Follett, Ken. Key to Rebecca. Gann, Ernest Kellogg
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Library focus: Check out the BPL Book Fair this Saturday

There will be story readings for children with appearances by Panda and Clifford, the Big Red Dog, as well as poetry readings by creative writing
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Project Launch aims to get young students headed in the right direction

… mathematics business principles, civics, law history, philosophy, creative writing and mindfulness and self-expression to Harrison County students in
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Bayard Group Launches Joint Venture at Shanghai Children's Fair

Bayard Bridge, the newly formed children's book publishing company, is focused on the two to 12 age group, and is set to publish around 40 titles by
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Publishers Face Off Against Google, Facebook For Ad Revs

Gothamist and DNA Info close failing to meet needed ad revenue, while publishing powerhouses Vice and BuzzFeed perform well below their
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'Seventeen' Launches LGBTQ-focused 'Here'

In September, the publisher of marijuana-enthusiast magazine High Times, Oreva Capital, bought LGBTQ-focused titles Out and The Advocate.
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Ponchatoula author of Cajun children's book series visits Albany-Springfield Library

However, there is one thing the self-publishing writer receives some help on: Her brother-in-law, who is an English teacher, helps with the punctuation.
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BadLand Games, publisher behind physical release of Axiom Verge, to donate 75% of profits to …

Over two and a half years after its initial digital release, today indie gem Axiom Verge finally sees its physical release in North America across
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Inspirational Poetry and Creative Writing – Kindling for the Soul

Buy Inspirational Poetry and Creative Writing – Kindling for the Soul by Mark Woulas (Paperback) online at Lulu. Visit the Lulu Marketplace for product
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'Crain's Chicago Business' Shuts Down Comments Section

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'Crain's Chicago Business' Shuts Down Comments Section

Crain's Chicago Business is another publisher to end comments, joining other media companies in abandoning that feature.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (BMY) Sets New 12-Month High at $186.00

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc logo Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LON:BMY) shares hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock
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Book dissects Missouri role in Civil War

The pair recently completed “The Civil War Missouri Compendium: Almost Unabridged,” published by Arcadia Publishing & The History Press.
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Sandhills Publishing to open office in Chicago

The Lincoln-based company said the decision to open an office there coincides with a number of recent acquisitions and software updates, as well as
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view profile as the public would before publishing

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view profile as the public would before publishing

Hi there, I'm working on updating my agency's profile, but can't figure out how to view the changes I want to make before I publish. I know how to see.
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BYU alumni give advice for aspiring writers

During her time at BYU, Sumner said she felt encouragement to pursue her dreams while taking a creative writing class and a 400-level adolescent
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Small Press Profile: Quirk Books

Quirky Philadelphia publisher Quirk Books creates innovative and fun books for the Comic-Con crowd, with a resume that includes cookbooks,
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Empty rows are inserted while publishing the data

If I am publishing a datapool (or generator) that is based on data that is not found in the source database, TDM still publishes an empty row.
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Personalized pillows: Local maker finds success selling in boutiques across the country

Steedsman, who does business as 521handmade, said “Uffda” and “Eat More Tacos” pillows are local best sellers. “Do More Yoga” and “Eat More
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Yamamoto, Morris, KVD make "Influencers" list

… the Senko has been duplicated by at least 54 other manufacturers, yet the Yamamoto version remains the best-selling soft-plastic bait on the planet.
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Green Brain Comics in Dearborn to welcome comics creator Rafer Roberts on Nov. 24

“Rafer has been working in self-publishing for as long as we've been keeping an eye on the field,” Green Brain owner Dan Merritt said. “His work has
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Red Bank High students recognized for academics

Willow is a creative writing major at the Visual and Performing Arts Academy (VPA). According to district administrators, she has earned regional and
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Niagara City Council approves preliminary budget

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Niagara City Council approves preliminary budget

At its monthly meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 15, the Niagara City Council approved a $1.8 million budget for 2018. “We are still waiting for the tax rate
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Owen Canfield: Suspensions harsh blow to Central Connecticut football team

I've always rooted for Central's sports teams, and even taught a sports writing course there for a couple of years in the 1990s. My friends at the New
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DigiTrust Consortium Strengthens Position; Sizmek Partners with Tapad

Aiming for publishers to benefit from being able to recognise more site visitors, increasing CPMs especially on mobile web, faster page-load times,
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Silvermine: Author celebrates historic location

The Silvermine Center Historic District is a notable artistic location in … “At Arcadia Publishing, American history and regional culture are living,
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Third annual Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair takes place Nov. 25-26

Author Kathleen Winter (left) and publisher Linda Leith at the 2015 edition of The Holiday Pop-Up Book Fair at the Atwater Library. Montreal Gazette
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Missouri role in Civil War detailed in new book

The pair recently completed “The Civil War Missouri Compendium: Almost Unabridged.” The book was published by Arcadia Publishing & The History
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Local woman donates inheritance to shelter

Shown are director of the Almost Home Animal Shelter, Diane Luczak holding Piper a 5-year-old spayed female; Sheila Henrichs holding Butterscotch
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Forest County board scales back courthouse project

Tuesday evening, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. Forest County held their Annual Meeting for the Board of Supervisors. On the agenda were seven resolutions.
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Sage is latest publisher to warn of China censorship pressures

Another leading academic publisher has been warned that it may have to censor in China or be forced out of the market, as Beijing intensifies its
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Why the phrase 'with fidelity' is an affront to good teaching

They said hi, told me they missed creative writing class, and said they hated SpringBoard, the “evil twin of Reading Plus.” That district ran out of money
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Parrott Students compete in Quill Competition

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Parrott Students compete in Quill Competition

The writing prompts were argumentative, literary analysis, problem-solution, and creative writing. Each essay was scored by two different judges, and
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Black Friday Beauty Deals — Sales On Makeup & More

GOSMILE.COM — Receive 50% off The Big White Box ($130 value). The box includes a range of best sellers: Dental Pro Teeth Whitening Kit in Violet,
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Bath's oldest author, Betty Cooper, dies aged 96 after publishing book about her travels

“We rushed to get it published and ended up self-published in the end, but she was really happy when she found out. “When she saw it, she was
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Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison lauds Princeton University's commitment to change

… descend from,” said United States Poet Laureate and director of the Princeton Creative Writing Program Tracy K. Smith, who introduced Morrison.
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Trackside with Mike Battaglia

Mike Battaglia admits to being just a bit nervous about calling his first Thoroughbred horse race. It was 1972 at Miles Park, a now-defunct Louisville
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3 gratitude exercises to put you in the Thanksgiving mindset

Positive vibes guru, #1 New York Times best-selling author, and Well+Good Council member Gabby Bernstein says getting into the Thanksgiving
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IZEA Announces Content Solution Subscriptions for Small-to-Medium Businesses

IZEA, Inc. (NASDAQ: IZEA), operator of IZEAx®, the premier online marketplace connecting brands and publishers with influential content creators,
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Teaching Close Reading and Compelling Writing With the 'New Sentences' Column

In this exercise, students read and analyze the structure of the writing …. select one sentence from New Sentences to use as a creative writing prompt.
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Book authority to document Kannada publishing history

The Kannada Book Authority (KBA) has decided to bring out a series of books on the history of the Kannada printing and publishing industry.
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'The Man Who Invented Christmas's' sterling performances and festive spirit make up for its by the …

… when his publishers reject the idea he decides to risk his own quickly dwindling fortune by self-publishing, even though he hasn't even finished it.
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A&R, Publishing & Label Manager – Publishing & Records

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A&R, Publishing & Label Manager – Publishing & Records

Management16 are looking for a new member of their team to a fill a role sitting across both of their label and publishing businesses. This person will
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Publishers are "the most valuable piece of the puzzle" right now

There was a time when you could ask people in the games industry what the hardest part of the job was and be reasonably assured the answer would
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Fake-Ad Operation Used to Steal From Publishers Is Uncovered

An ad-tech firm says it has discovered a large and sophisticated advertising-fraud operation in which fake websites and infected computers were used
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Local History Department at Central Library to display Erie Canal Exhibit

A view of the Erie Canal at S. Salina Street in Downtown Syracuse, what is now Clinton Square. Photocrom, color, ca. 1900. ( Detroit Publishing Co. ).
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Bill Apter recalls a colorful history of covering the world of professional wrestling

I used to call him on it and say, “Dave, I work for a publishing company and we have plenty of editors and writers and photographers and art people,
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UGA's Spotlight on the Arts festival participation tops 23000

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UGA's Spotlight on the Arts festival participation tops 23000

… readings from creative writing program students as well as guest writers, special exhibitions and a popular open house at the Lamar Dodd School of
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Wallowa County historian David Weaver featured at Fishtrap Fireside in Enterprise

Daniel graduated from Missouri State University with a B.A. in Creative Writing, and received a Masters in Poetry from University of Idaho. His work has
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Steyning authors prepare to publish first book

Five Steyning women are excitedly preparing to publish their first book … self-publishing is now in print, something we never imagined we could do.
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Shoppers say fake Fingerlings were sold through big sites

In this case, though, the fraudsters have been quite successful: Postings for phony Fingerlings were on Amazon's best-selling toys list several times in
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Unexpected cleavage of thiacalix[4]arene sulfoxides

Thiacalix[4]arenes having one bridge oxidized to a sulfoxide moiety can react with organolithium reagents to form cleaved structures which are
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Tracey Armstrong on Women in Publishing: 'Still Striving for Equal Pay'

CCC's CEO, Tracey Armstrong, discusses diversity, gender and equal pay in publishing and beyond – a hot topic at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Looking Back and Moving Forward—Supporting Our Veterans Through the Arts

Colleagues from different sectors discussed whether the arts and creative arts therapies have a strong role to play in mitigating the greatest challenges
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Facebook Continues Tackling Fake News With Trust Indicators Feature

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Facebook Continues Tackling Fake News With Trust Indicators Feature

The button would provide information like a description of the publisher, trending articles or related articles about the topic at hand, as well as
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The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks

Peter Kahn is a founding member of the London poetry collective Malika's Kitchen. His poems have been published internationally in various journals including the Nashville Review, Bellingham Review, The Roanoke Review, Lumina, Make, and The Fourth River. He is a commended poet in the Poetry
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Noblesville man arrested for Cicero CVS robbery

A Noblesville man has been arrested for a robbery at a nearby CVS in Cicero. The robbery occurred earlier this month, Nov. 14, at CVS Pharmacy,
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The Reader's Theatre returns to the Miners Foundry in Nevada City

Louise Erdrich is the author of 15 novels as well as volumes of poetry, children's books, short stories, and a memoir of early motherhood. Her novel, “The Round House,” won the … He co-edits the literary journal Waxwing and teaches creative writing at Northern Arizona University. Reader's Theatre is a
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Student magazine encourages creative writing, expression

From poetry, fiction and nonfiction pieces, art and even plays – Harbinger is Texas Tech's hub for creativity. Harbinger is Tech's student run undergraduate literary and art journal. Beginning more than 50 years ago, Harbinger has changed its form from a simple collection of student poems, essays and
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International Hot Book Properties, Week of Monday, November 20, 2017

Australian publisher Brow Books sold world rights to Shaun Prescott's novel The Town to Faber and Faber in the U.K. Brow said the novel “follows an
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Video games should be more expensive and gamers are overreacting to Battlefront II says analyst

'Quantitative analysis shows that video game publishers are actually charging gamers at a relatively inexpensive rate, and should probably raise
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Fourteen new classes at Argo High

The classes had been suggested after discussion with teachers and … and Analysis, World Literature and Creative Writing, three modified courses.
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Notes From an Anxious Camper

I had kept that promise to never return to camp up until this year when I found myself driving to rural PA to teach a creative writing workshop at my first Wricampia. To put it mildly, I was still a reluctant camper. I still hate sharing bathrooms. I'm still picky about food. I like my own bed. But spending a week
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Publishers and editors need to ensure there is no code of silence in their work places

This has been one crazy year of covering digital publishing. Any website talking about the business of media has been instantly turned into one
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Book to Film Deals, Week of November 20, 2017

Hotel Scarface: Where Cocaine Cowboys Partied and Plotted to Control Miami by Roben Farzad (Berkley Books, October), about the Miami cocaine trade in the 1970s, has been optioned by Stone Village Television for a limited series. (Deadline Hollywood). Amazon has acquired TV rights to J.R.R.
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Ben Logan board gets refresher on 3 Rs

Reading coach Jen Davis, whose classroom features a storybook castle and blank white sheets for the creative writing process, was the first stop. As board members and administrators sat in chairs made for first-graders, she read a story called Stay that gently introduces young children to the reality of
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What Is Haynes Publishing Group PLC's (LSE:HYNS) Share Price Doing?

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What Is Haynes Publishing Group PLC's (LSE:HYNS) Share Price Doing?

Haynes Publishing Group PLC (LSE:HYNS), a media company based in United Kingdom, saw a double-digit share price rise of over 10% in the past couple of months on the LSE. As a small cap stock, hardly covered by any analysts, there is generally more of an opportunity for mispricing as there is less
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Lincoln Park Historical Museum to host book signing

A new book for Baby Boomers was released last month by a Canadian publisher, but it's all about Detroit and the metro area. “5000 Ways You Know You're From Detroit: Recollections and Images from Detroit's Baby Boomer Years,” is a list of things are all about the Detroit region, including some spots
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Media Special Report: Africa's print media crosses the digital divide

For traditional print publishers in Africa, the emergence of digitally native content providers and tech-savvy audiences represents both a compelling opportunity and a defiant challenge to long-established business models. For authoritarian political parties long used to a monopoly on information, the
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My review is missing in spite of publishing notification

I submitted multiple reviews while traveling to Spain. Miraculously the one for the place we liked the most has disappeared. I have received 'success' notification and no communication of it being flagged or banned. I doubt anything in the review could have been marked as inappropriate as it was a 5
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Sandhills Publishing To Open Office Location In Chicago

LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Sandhills Publishing announces plans to add a Chicago office to its list of domestic and international locations. The expansion coincides with a number of recent acquisitions and software updates, as well as forthcoming new product launches. Sandhills is
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Market Heat Report: U2 Tour Takes Over

Over half of all spots on today's Top 20 went to next year's eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour from U2. The band's fourteenth studio album, Songs of Experience, won't be released until December 1, but that didn't stop fans from making 11 out of the 18 tour stops TicketNetwork best-sellers. Four more
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One year later: #UBCaccountable revives discourse on Galloway affair

On November 14 — the two-year anniversary of sexual assault allegations against a UBC professor that made national headlines — public response was revived through the use of the #UBCaccountable hashtag on Twitter. Steven Galloway, the former dean of UBC's creative writing program, was
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Secret game by Rockfish is a roguelike action-RPG

Of course there are obvious some challenges with the new genre but things are looking good, we even have some publishers who're interested to sign the deal. Very early stages; if things go according to our forecast, we might even be able to fund it ourselves and go for self-publishing again. But in that
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The Mooch offered a 'tell-all' book about his 10 days in the White House called 'I Did It My Way …

Anthony Scaramucci won't be writing a tell-all book after all – after he shopped a tell-all book to publishers who didn't climb over each other for the chance to release it. 'The Mooch,' whose abbreviated tenure in the White House was shorter than this month's presidential trip to Asia, has decided to
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Children's Book Nearing Publication After Local Author's Death

Lipscomb said Monday that she sent the final copy to the publisher for a first proof last week. She expects to have it back by the end of the month. If that schedule holds up, people who ordered a copy, including backers on the Kickstarter campaign, could get the book in December or January. The first
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Three Oaks Kennel Langworthy Family Provides Boarding Service for Dogs

The Langworthy family, of Mapleton, has opened Three Oaks Kennel, providing a boarding service for dogs. L-R: Ann, Julia, Claire and Peter Langworthy. Peter, Ann, Julia and Claire Langworthy were looking for a business opportunity that would involve all of the family and utilize all of their unique
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Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer star in the jolly, madcap 'The Man Who Invented Christmas'

“The Man Who Invented Christmas” is a jaunty, amusing patchwork of truths, half-truths and pure fiction that cleverly combine to recount the story of the whirlwind creation of Charles Dickens' famed novella “A Christmas Carol.” To be clear, the venerated author didn't exactly “invent” the holiday, but the
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'P Is For Palestine' Book Sparks Protest

The book was self-published with funds raised on LaunchGood.com. Bashi wrote about the negative reaction to her book in a Facebook group for New York City moms. “Because of the serious level of threats aimed at me … I may need police security for my reading of a children's ABC book. In New York
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AAAS Launches Science Partner Journal Program to Support Global Expansion of High-Quality …

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the nonprofit publisher of the Science family of journals, is today launching Science Partner Journals, a program that will feature high-quality, online-only open access
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Kannada book publishers seek GST exemption

Addressing presspersons in Mangaluru on Tuesday, she said that KBA had conducted a meeting of publishers in Bengaluru recently to discuss their problems and challenges. The publishers were of the opinion that book publishing should be exempted from GST. At present, they are paying 18 per cent
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