Month: November 2017

5 RI things to do this weekend

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5 RI things to do this weekend

More than 135 authors from a variety of genres will participate. Headliners are romance author Marie Force and thriller writer Jon Land. There'll be book-signings, talks, presentations on memoir writing, humor writing, self publishing and other topics. Free admission and parking. riauthors.org.
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Review: Can't help but go loco for 'Coco'

There are a few familiar tropes and storytelling clichés, but none of them lacks heart or creativity. You'd have to be soulless not to enjoy this movie. … at the Riverside Cinemas, 1017 S. Boone St. in Aberdeen. George Haerle holds a bachelor's degree in creative writing for media and lives in Cosmopolis.
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Brexit and British Politics, by Geoffrey Evans and Anand Menon

To fully parse such tensions, however, would be at odds with the authors' evident desire to narrate live, topical events. Brexit is a gripping drama. But – even now – do we know what it's really about? Eliane Glaser is senior lecturer in English and creative writing at Bath Spa University and author of the
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Loved Our Cover Art? Here's the Renaissance Man Behind the "cat-fish."

The series has taken McGregor three years to complete and has now found its home in a new book “You Stole My Name,” which he is self-publishing through a fundraiser on Kickstarter. At first McGregor didn't realize that the images would become a book, but people really responded to them in a way
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La-Z-Boy posts Q2 gains in net income, sales

On-trend collections, competitive pricing, a 95% in-stock position on best-sellers, and quick shipping garnered more floor space with key retailers,
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Six local writers named finalists in statewide Write Off Competition

The proud finalists of the Write Off Competition are, from left, Barbara Wright, Juliana Bertrand, Ingrid Larson, Debbie Denney, Jeanne Rideout, Doreen Lang, along … The finale for the writing contest involved Symmons speaking to two English classes, the creative writing club and four of the teachers.
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A man from Scotland travels to NZ and discovers forgotten genius Craig Marriner

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A man from Scotland travels to NZ and discovers forgotten genius Craig Marriner

Was it something to do with every author being either a creative writing graduate, or else a creative writing teacher? That seemed to be a common
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Genter to return to Yellowstone with students in July

Genter has offered this course at JSC five times, but until this spring … of much painting, photography, and writing over the course of its long life.
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Italy to offer tax breaks for bookstores

The Italian government will introduce tax breaks for bookstores to help stem the number of store closures, reports the Bookseller. The government will
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Trying to update profile before publishing but

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Trying to update profile before publishing but

Hello, I'm trying to make save changes in my profile before I publish them, but whenever I enter information and click save, the loading picture.
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Women's All Best Sellers

Shop our latest styles of All Best Sellers at REVOLVE with free 2-3 day shipping and returns, 30 day price match guarantee.
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Facebook Adds 'Breaking News' Tag for Some Publishers

Facebook will now let some publishers add a “breaking” tag to news stories, making it easier for readers to identify news while scrolling through their feed. The new label is part of a test, and publishers will have the option to leave the tag on a story for as little as 15 minutes or as long as six hours.
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Students distill viral videos into viral book, getting lesson in overnight success

So it's fitting that when two Temple freshmen decided to craft a 74-page ode to the late social channel, the time it took to self-publish on Amazon and climb to the top of its coveted best-seller list was nearly as rapid. Adam Gasiewski and Emily Beck created Milk and Vine on a whim in mid-October.
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10 Things I'd Like My Readers To Know About Me By Abi Curtis

I work within the York Centre for Writing, teaching on undergraduate and postgraduate courses. I don't think that question about 'can writing be taught?' is that relevant, though you hear it a lot. You don't get that question with other disciplines, like music, sport, art, so I've never understood it really.
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Amazon KDP Support: Publishing paperback on Kindle

Last year when I published my first book, I did the paperback through Createspace. This year when I published my second book, Kindle offered a new program where you could publish your paper back through KDP. I thought it would be a good way to do it, have the ebook and paperback in one place.
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Sara Lytle: “Being able to play hard is just an overflow”

Lytle, a senior English major with an emphasis in creative writing as well as a starting forward for the Union University women's basketball team, has already turned many heads with her performance on the court this season. In the first two games of the season alone, she scored a total of 49 points. “Now
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ISU Honors Class to share contents of New Pocatello History Book on Dec. 4 at Juniper Hills

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ISU Honors Class to share contents of New Pocatello History Book on Dec. 4 at Juniper Hills

Bolinger offered special thanks to Trent Clegg at Marshall Public Library, Lynn Murdoch at the Bannock County Historical Society, Jenny Hopkins and Ian Fennell at the Idaho State Journal, Sherri Dienstfrey-Swanson and Jamie Romine-Gabardi of ISU University Honors Program, Cindy Hill of the
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History Department Changes Requirements, Makes Thesis Optional

The changes made in the history 600 writing seminar will lead to the seminar being open to all juniors and seniors. The seminar will be required by history majors. “In this CW course called Writing History, students learn about the craft of writing history and work on creating a historical narrative under the
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Tips for Memorizing Your Course Notes

As students, many of us often look for the best ways to study and/or memorize notes from class for a test that is coming up or for a paper that we have to write at the end of the week. It is kind of difficult to state emphatically which forms of memorization work best over others, simply because different
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Dancing bears, freaks, marvellous contraptions… and even a 1900s Daily Mail stall: Fascinating …

Fascinating Victorian photographs of Britain's most popular fairs and freak shows illustrate the incredible history of the UK's commonly celebrated pastime. The collection of pictures show hundreds of British men and women flock to busy fairs up and down the country. One photograph in the fascinating
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Melbourne's Running Touch Signs Worldwide Publishing Deal

The producer is being welcomed into the BMG family, joining the likes of LDRU, Peking Duk, Meg Mac and Tame Impala on the company's artist roster
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Too late for her son, Iowa mom continues fight for rare disease cures

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Too late for her son, Iowa mom continues fight for rare disease cures

But, they argue it does make sense for best-sellers like Humira to receive a benefit, because it could be the difference between whether alternate uses
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Exhibit, event series aim to educate on representations of black women in literature

The Project on the History of Black Writing hosts an annual Black Literary Suite. … Atakpa, a junior majoring in English and Spanish; and Simone Savannah, who recently received her doctorate in creative writing from the University.
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Why poetry matters

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Why poetry matters

A lifelong resident of Wisconsin, Huston started writing poetry in her 40S when she began teaching creative writing at Neenah High School, where she
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Author comes to the region

HISTORY UNCOVERED: Author of Railway Hotels of Australia Scott … “I formed my own publishing company, did all the layout for the book myself,
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ART SEEN: West Vancouver Museum tells overlooked story of four brothers who became artists

Clash of the Titans: St. Michael vs. St. Nicholas, acrylic on canvas, by David Mayrs. It's in We All Drew, Always at the West Vancouver Museum to Dec.
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Snap Unveils App Redesign, Takes Shots at Facebook

Last month, Facebook began testing a similar change: separating social updates by friends and family from media content by publishers. The test was
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Milligan wins 2017 Walkley Book Award for 'Cardinal'

The judges described Cardinal as a 'brave book' that 'tackles an extremely difficult and sensitive subject where the stakes are high and vested
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Sony/ATV Announces Consultancy With Jay Landers for Film and Theater Projects

Sony/ATV Music Publishing has announced an exclusive consultancy with music industry veteran Jay Landers and his Lighthouse Company that will
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Why newsrooms are using mobile push alerts for brand, not breaking

Alerts have a unique benefit for publishers: Because they reach audiences directly on smartphone lock screens, alerts are able to divert news traffic
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Legislators back down over publishing politicians' complete assets

A previous clause required the NACC to publish only a brief report about its scrutiny of assets, prompting widespread criticism that it would weaken the
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Wyoming book publisher sheds light on work outside literature's beaten path

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Wyoming book publisher sheds light on work outside literature's beaten path

Susan Scarlata runs Lost Roads Press out of Jackson. She aims to help promote writers who live far from publishing hubs on the coasts, especially
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Country Club Plaza retailer will shut down in early 2018

… want to have a bang-out closing so we are bringing in new merchandise and best sellers — including Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty and Popsockets.
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BuzzFeed Lays Off 100 As It Reorgs Business For Programmatic, Commerce

Despite building a nine-figure revenue business solely on native, BuzzFeed is just the latest publisher being forced to diversify in a media landscape
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Marvel Comics editor's use of Japanese pen name has familiar ring for some

… name of a Japanese comic book writer who worked for comic book publishers including Dreamwave, Dark Horse, and Marvel Comics 13 years ago.
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Inside the TSA: West suburban man talks highlights, lowlights and contraband animals of his career

Only best sellers are sold there, and he can't set up a table and do a signing in the airport either. But he is right here, right now and can be reached at
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Review: Wieners take all at The Dogfather

And it's no surprise the Bella Blue ($10) is among The Godfather's best sellers. With a bacon-wrapped wiener under a red wine and onion reduction
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Walker: Art, morality and the whiff of hypocrisy

Bruce Edward Walker (walker.editorial@gmail.com) is a Morning Sun columnist and contributor to The Federalist, creative-writing instructor, freelance
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10-Minute Writer's Workshop: Welcome to Nightvale's Jeffrey Cranor & Joseph Fink

Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink, co-creators of the phenomenally popular Welcome to Nightvale podcast, the “Nightvale Presents” series of podcasts,
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Open Publishing and Institutional Repository Project Coordinator

The Department of Research in the Syracuse University Libraries at Syracuse University is seeking to hire an Open Publishing/Institutional Repository
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Hospice Support Fund donation refunds available

Florence County residents may have recently received a document in the mail from The Hospice Support Fund of Merrifield, Virginia. This organization
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La-Z-Boy Reports Fiscal 2018 Second-Quarter Results

This, combined with a 95% in-stock position on our best sellers and quick shipping, has enabled us to expand our floor space with many key retailers.
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Four books by Massey authors on Ockham longlist

They are historians Professor Michael Belgrave and Dr Adam Claasen, and Master of Creative Writing graduates, poet Sue Wootton and novelist
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My Turn: Nancy Thomas: Connecting with books in RI

Publishers assist less and less in promoting books, and the book tour is now two or three bookstore events, and maybe a news release. Promotion
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Backcountry Press publishes latest books

Michael Kauffmann and Allison Poklemba hold the books of Backcountry Press, their local publishing company. Backcountry Press — Contributed.
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Hobby turns into passion for DJ

Pope expresses his creativity by searching out and playing new music and … A senior at CU Denver, Steven Vigil-Roach enjoys creative writing and
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Ian Williams

Mobipocket (1). by Publisher. Just World Books (1). Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd (1). by Catalog. IPG Academic and Professional Publishing (1).
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No charges filed in traffic stop shooting

Forest County District Attorney Charles Simono has cleared Crandon Police Officer Ryan Wilson of criminal charges in the death of 30-year-old Dexter
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MAD Network Announces its Advisory Board and Strategic Partnership With MediaLink

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They include; Bo Shen, Founder of Fenbushi Capital, David Bailey, CEO of BTC Media, publisher of Bitcoin Magazine, Barry Cupples, Global CEO
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Couldn't even stay on the Switch's "Best Sellers"

Couldn't even stay on the Switch's “Best Sellers” page for more than a week The less money they mak… – “/v/ – Video Games” is 4chan's imageboard
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There's still time to enter Tioga Publishing coloring contest

There's still time to enter Tioga Publishing's Christmas coloring contest. The image to be colored is found inside each week's paper. All entries must
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Publisher's Clearing House comes to Jackson

The Publisher's Clearing House Prize Patrol made their way to Buckeye Church Road Monday afternoon to surprise a local resident with her prizes.
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Liberty Mutual to increase space, employees in Carmel

Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard found much to like about Liberty Mutual Insurance's recent expansion announcement. The global insurer revealed its
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Beware of Publisher's Clearing House scam

The DeKalb County Sheriff's Office has already been notified of a scam where people are being told they have won money from Publisher's Clearing
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Forest County seeks public input on possible courthouse expansion

The Forest County Board continues discussions with the Samuels Group, a commercial contracting firm selected by the county to facilitate the possible
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Buck harvest up in Florence County

Another Wisconsin nine-day gun deer season is in the books, and preliminary registration numbers show a slight increase in statewide buck harvest
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Crandon Community Tree Lighting this Friday

Many community members attended the annual lighting of the Christmas tree at Forest County Courthouse Square last year. This year the lighting
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Rights Available! A NYT Best-Selling Author's Hollywood Drama

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Rights Available! A NYT Best-Selling Author's Hollywood Drama

Allison Winn Scotch's 'Between Me and You' and Alexa Donne's 'Brightly Burning' are both ripe for optioning. Between Me and You (Lake Union, Jan. 9, 2018) by Allison Winn Scotch. Agency: CAA. The author of multiple New York Times best-sellers marries her usual female-centric drama to a big
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People In Business: Professor Paul B. Thornton of STCC

American Book Fest an online publication, provides coverage for books from mainstream and independent publishers to the world online community.
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Who gets to decide what 'assimilation' means?

They talk with anthropologist Lucy Carrillo and novelist and creative writing professor Alex Espinoza about Mexican-ness and American-ness in southern California. Also, Nina hears about the very different history of assimilation in France from scholars Thomas Lacroix and Roxane Silberman. And I rant
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Student Publication prepares for printing

15 or 20 years ago, if you had talked to a creative writing professor here at Washburn, he or she might refer a little condescendingly to genre fiction. I know it's taught on the education side of the English department; [secondary English education majors] are going to be high school teachers, so they will
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Digital Product Project Manager

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Digital Product Project Manager

The Digital Product Project Manager is the person who works to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery of high-quality digital learning solutions and resources for the higher education market. The Project Manager is responsible for keeping a project moving in a forward direction. This position brings
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Creative outlet fuels woman's passion for art, cookies, writing

He chose the former, and the two of them crossed the country to California and got into publishing where Suhre-Garza quickly rose through the ranks in … Her first book, “Lily White's Party,” is a self-published children's book she wrote and illustrated about the visions she had as a child and what happens
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A Look Back on Last Year's New York Times Best Books

A Look Back on Last Year's New York Times Best Books … ABA Book Buyer's Handbook to review publisher and university press offers for Indies First,
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GTA 5 Publisher Says Loot Boxes Aren't Gambling, Games Will be “100% Digital” Soon

President of GTA 5 publisher Take-Two Interactive Karl Slatoff has recently given his thoughts on the current state of the video game industry, specifically the seemingly endless loot box conversation and the future of video games as a whole. Slatoff says that Take-Two Interactive “does not view” loot
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Book publishers in LatAm by type 2016

This statistic shows a distribution of book publishers in Latin America in the first quarter of 2016, by type. University presses made five percent of all
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Publishing Workflows for Jekyll Editors

Publishing Workflows for Jekyll Editors. A stunning photo of Mike Neumegen Mike Neumegen • Tips. Our main goal at CloudCannon is to make collaboration between developers and non-technical editors seamless. To an extent we've achieved this with editing a Jekyll site; editors can update HTML,
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In search of happiness

… of our ego, the greater our chance at happiness. This, of course, takes time, but what better goal could we direct our lives to but happiness? The writer is former editor-in-chief of Life Positive magazine and founder, facilitator of the Zen of Good Writing Course. Contact her at sumavarughese@gmail.com
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NCTC creative writing contest accepting entries

An annual event that showcases the talents of area writers and poets is accepting entries. North Central Texas College is again hosting the NCTC Creative Writing Contest. The contest offers aspiring amateur writers of all ages in Texas and Oklahoma the chance to have their work critiqued by
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Honor our history

One such book is A History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to the Filipinos by Luis H. Francia published by The Overlook Press, Peter Meyer
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Friendship Central School District gets $1.2 million in after-school funding

Proposed programming includes creative writing, math and science activities, as well as a 4-H club and LEGO club. Some of programming for middle and high school students will expand from pre-existing clubs that were informally operated without a budget by volunteering teachers. “That's the biggest
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Mindshare Tests Blockchain Tech With Zilliqa, Develops Token Payment System For Publishers

WPP Group's agency, Mindshare, on Wednesday announced a partnership with Zilliqa, a blockchain technology platform developed by researchers at the National University of Singapore. The exclusive partnership means Mindshare and Zilliqa will test whether the blockchain protocol can be used to
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Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY) Sets New 12-Month High at $186.00

Bloomsbury Publishing logo Bloomsbury Publishing plc (LON:BMY) shares reached a new 52-week high on Wednesday . The company traded as high as GBX 186 ($2.49) and last traded at GBX 183.50 ($2.46), with a volume of 8260 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at GBX
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Authors Asked, Goodreads Listened: Kindle eBook Giveaways Are Here

And for the first time, Kindle Direct Publishing authors can run giveaways for Kindle ebooks—a feature previously only available to traditional
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Indie devs explore the benefits of working with a publisher

PC Gamer sat down with a number of indie devs and some indie publishers to gather stories and tips on forging publishing partnerships. The comments shared focus mostly on the positive effects of working with indie publishers from the perspective of developers like Cardboard Computer, the creator of
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What marketers need to know about Snapchat's redesign

“It's really going to test publishers and brands to deliver that content experience, when users have the choice to stay within the Friends tab,” said Mary Beth Keetly, CMO of PMX Agency. The same thing can be said for brands that partner with Snapchat influencers (Creators), since their content is no
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Publishing to the web

Hi I'm trying to publish a report to the web, but it just keeps hanging after I click 'Create an embed code'.
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