ESSAY: Self-Publishing, Here I Come!

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ESSAY: Self-Publishing, Here I Come!

After spending a year and a half rewriting a children's chapter book, I had made two inquiries of publishing companies that might be interested. Floris Books required that the setting take place in Scotland. (My story takes place in Asheville, North Carolina.) Steiner College was not taking on any new
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Snapchat pilots personalised Snapchat redesign separating friends from publishers

This looks to distinguish personal content from the professionally crafted video usually especially created for the platform by publishers. In the Publisher section, the Snap Map, Search and Our Stories features will be housed, creating a clearer barrier between content types (something that Facebook is
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Bookstore in western Romania joins international industry network

“It is important for us to stay up to date with what our fellow booksellers in other countries are doing and with the European and international legislative initiatives for the book market. It would be important to have in Romania an association of booksellers that is a full member of the EIBF, as publishers are
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Here's how use the newly redesigned Snapchat (Hint: It's not as hard)

It'll be interesting to see if the move helps or hurts publishers. The good news is that publishers' content is now one swipe closer to Snapchat's home screen, which means it should be easier to find. The (potentially) bad news is that it's unclear how much of that publisher content users watched because it
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Jared Whitley: Didn't use November to write the Great American Novel? Join the club

There's also a very quick connection between effort and reward with creative nonfiction. If I write something on Monday and it runs on Tuesday, my brain gets a pleasant hit of dopamine to say, “Hey, good job!” Working on a book, however, can take months or years (or if you really nail NaNoWriMo,
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The francophone researcher's dilemma: publish in English or perish?

French-speaking researchers are increasingly publishing their scientific articles in English, but opinions differ in Quebec on whether this is the right choice, and how it impacts local research and society. “For research to play its full role in improving the society in which it is conducted, researchers must be
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What Meredith's Purchase of Time Inc. Means for Magazine Publishing

In this segment of MarketFoolery, host Chris Hill, Million Dollar Portfolio's Jason Moser, and Stock Advisor Canada's Taylor Muckerman consider why Meredith (NYSE:MDP), most notably the publisher of Better Homes and Gardens and Parent, has been itching to ink a deal for Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME), the
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Auto publishing JMP Graph inSAS EG

Hi, I just started to u we SAS EG and JMP a week ago. I query the raw data from company server in SAS EG then edit it. After finish editing, I run a.
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How to Survive the Media Apocalypse

Meanwhile, almost every digital publisher seems to be struggling, selling, or soliciting, whether it's the media company IAC exploring offers to offload The Daily Beast, Fusion Media Group offering a minority stake in The Onion and former Gawker Media sites, or Mashable selling for a fifth of its former
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Hernando High strengthens ties that bind students and faculty

Besides the line dancers, students who crochet, the equestrians and the yoga enthusiasts, options include fishing, game design, puzzlemania, nutrition, table tennis, ultimate Frisbee, creative writing, car club, music theory, debate and vintage creations. After the meetings, Miller Royal said, “I pulled aside
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Loree L. Westron

Loree L. Westron grew up in Idaho and now lives in England. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing and is the founding editor of the online short story forum Thresholds, to which she has recently returned as deputy editor (http://thresholds.chi.ac.uk/). Her short stories have been shortlisted for several big
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MyPedia Reader Storybook: Children's book written by kids as young as 8 years launched

A compilation of 42 stories penned by young authors has been launched in the form of a full-fledged book by Pearson India. Titled “MyPedia Reader Storybook,” it is the result of MyPedia Reader Creative-writing Contest 2017, a contest organised by Pearson India, the stories of whose winners are
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