Their names will be announced shortly afterwards. Writers awarded a fiction scholarship will each receive £18,000, paid over the course of a year to allow them to take time off to write the book they have proposed. Non-fiction writers may be given £27,000 over the course of eighteen months, if they need
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But digital has its peaks, and publishers at least appear to be moving away from the quality over quantity model. Swidler assured that “all publishers are looking at” experimenting with consumer-driven models, with less traffic on driving clicks and traffic. News brands are now reportedly looking at quality
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The IAB is encouraging publishers to post a simple text document that lists all the authorised digital sellers for a publisher's inventory. Advertisers can find these lists at publisherssite.com/ads.txt and check the inventory they're buying against it. Next year, if a publisher adopts ads.txt, AppNexus' DSPs will
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Publishers and distributors have one more chance to advise the Weekly Book Newsletter of their Christmas closing dates by 5pm this Friday 1 December. If your business doesn't appear on this week's list, please submit your business closing dates before the deadline. A full list will appear in the Weekly
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