Day: December 20, 2017

Find new literature, talk to authors at Tbilisi New Year Book Fest

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Find new literature, talk to authors at Tbilisi New Year Book Fest

For three days starting this Friday, Tbilisi New Year Book Festival will reveal best of the past year's literature while also offering book enthusiasts to enjoy “unprecedented sale” for new works and classics. Around 30 publishing houses and bookstores will present brand-new books in all genres, including
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Anti-bullying and LGBTQ: what Wattpad's data tells us about what readers want now

Technology has changed many things, not least of which is the way we can–or perhaps should–make decisions. Every company, in publishing or any other industry, needs to become a technology company. Not every company will want or need to employ an army of engineers, but the overall ethos and
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Alliance Bank Hosts Open House

Each year, Alliance Bank of Hanska hosts a holiday open house in December to thank the community and their customers for another great year. They do not just serve coffee and cookies, they put out a whole meal with sandwiches and chips as well as cookies, cider and coffee. This year, only a fraction
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Librarian, longtime Westlake resident replies to Westbank Chat

I currently lead creative writing workshops for adults and children at the library. Our adult writing workshop meets on the second Monday of each month at Westbank Library. Our children's writing workshop meets on the first Wednesday of each month at Laura's Library. These workshops are tons of fun.
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What you need to know in advertising today

Ads.txt has been billed a high profile, potentially high impact effort to clean up digital advertising. But it's been moving in slow motion. A quick scan of some domains by Business Insider revealed that some recognizable publishers, including Oath properties like AOL.com, MSN.com, Yahoo.com as well as
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Spickard Students Illustrate, Publish Book

First and second grade students at the Spickard R-2 School are showing off their writing and art skills with the publication of their own book, “Turkey's First Thanksgiving.” The book was done as a class project to help students with their reading and writing skills. The book can be purchased
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Job Vacancy: Junior Project Manager (Publishing) // Inkitt | Internships | Berlin Startup Jobs

Inkitt is a data-driven book publisher. On the surface, Inkitt is a platform where authors can publish their books and get discovered by new readers, but u.
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Social chat dominates mobile time in India

Social communication and entertainment apps account for the lion's share of time spent on the mobile internet by consumers in India, according to Omidyar Network. Indian consumers spend 200 minutes on the mobile internet each day, with social communication apps accounting for 40% and
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Hinckley artist designs book cover for Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai

“At one point a proof of the book was flown from the publishers all the way from New York to Birmingham, which is where Malala was living at the time. “I never got to meet her. I rarely get to meet my authors but this is one young lady I'd love to have chatted to. “Her image and story are so internationally
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Famous Chinese author's books released in Hindi in New Delhi

The books, translated to Hindi language by an Indian journalist Anand Swaroop Verma, were released amidst a gathering of writers, academicians, scholars, and publishers from both India and China. Speaking on the occasion, Zhou Hongbo, the editor-in-chief of Chinese publishing house Commercial
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MSU English professor lauded for major publishing achievement

West's essays, book reviews, and poems have appeared in publications including Alabama Literary Review, American Life in Poetry, Appalachian Journal, The Best Nonrequired Reading, Christian Science Monitor, Poetry, South Atlantic Review, Southern Poetry Review, and Southern Quarterly.
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TELUS Taps Ericsson for MediaFirst TV Platform

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has been selected by TELUS, Canada's fastest growing telecommunications company, to power its next-generation TV service. The Ericsson MediaFirst TV Platform is an end-to-end media platform for the creation, management, and delivery of next-generation Pay TV.
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'DuxGate' shows up misconception that humanities are somehow easy

But history, sociology and English literature require abstract thinking, creativity, writing skills and the ability to communicate in a clear and engaging manner. Moreover, these subjects are, for lack of a better word, subjective. There's no clear-cut way to succeed. Both calculus and English are challenging,
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Header Bidding Is At A 'Tipping Point': PubMatic's Pichardo

“The idea is to get collaboration from publishers to help have them contribute what they need their pain points, their engineering resources and really grow this as an industry standard to serve the community,” explains PubMatic product marketing director Kelvin Pichardo in this video interview with Beet.
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Wired Carbon expands Digital Ad Operations Group, ability to work with US publishers

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Wired Carbon expands Digital Ad Operations Group, ability to work with US publishers

TORONTO, Ontario — December 20, 2017 – Wired Carbon, Canada's leading ad operations, ad tech solutions and ad server license provider, confirmed today a new partnership with New York advertising sales executive Joey Jodar (below-right) from YNT Digital. The partnership expands Wired
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Google sets date for release of Chrome ad blocker

Publishers and advertisers wondering when Google's native ad blocker for Chrome would go live next year are no longer in the dark: the search giant this week said it's launching on Feb. 15, according to VentureBeat. Google first announced the feature, targeting non-compliant ad formats as defined by
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Satellite data distribution contractor selected

Airbus has been awarded a four-year contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to be one of four suppliers for the Copernicus Data and Information Access Service (DIAS). The service will make data and information easily available to users through a cloud computing architecture, enabling
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#Training: Screen Training Ireland bringing writing course to Monaghan, January 13th

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#Training: Screen Training Ireland bringing writing course to Monaghan, January 13th

Screen Training Ireland in association with The Garage Theatre are seeking participants for Epic Stories. This course will be delivered through a combination of masterclass in character and theme, with Q&A and film analysis. It will provide guidance to writers and creatives when giving depth to stories for
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Best ebook reading apps for Android

There is a book out there for you no matter what genre you are looking for, and even includes independently published content. Kindle Select Publishing even publishes content of varying lengths from self-published authors, or are otherwise unable to find a brick and mortar publisher. You can find titles
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Content sharing start-up YourQuote raises $1 million from IDG Ventures, others

reported in November that at least three content start-ups including Clip, self-publishing platform Pratilipi (Nasadiya Tech. Pvt. Ltd) and social media platform Sharechat (Mohalla Tech Pvt. Ltd) were in talks with investors to raise fresh funds. Last week, YouQuote's competitor Clip raised $6 million in a
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Write, Finish, Edit: Outskirts Press Expands Services to Help Authors Move Forward and Finish

The Denver-based self-publishing services provider is focusing on a broader range of writing, editing and marketing services to help independent authors … self-publishing authors seeking to finish a manuscript and get it ready for publication can receive the assistance of an Outskirts Press Publishing
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Adult Trade Sales Dipped in August

Sales of adult books had a slight dip in August in 2017 compared to a year ago, while sales in the children's/young adult segment rose slightly in the month, according to figures from 1,204 publishers supplied to AAP as part of its StatShot program. Sales of adult trade books slipped 0.3% in August.
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New creative writing residency for UK students and published authors

The generous gift allowed the department to create two new residency programs for aspiring authors — one two-week residency open to internal submissions from current UK students pursuing a master's degree in fine arts in creative writing and a second two-week residency for external submissions
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Feminism and press freedom come together in 'The Post'

The movie, which begins its movie theater rollout on Friday, dramatizes the 1971 battle by U.S. newspapers, led by The New York Times, to publish the leaked Pentagon Papers. The documents showed that successive administrations had secretly enlarged the scope of American military action in
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CBSE directs schools not to sell books from private publishers in premises

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CBSE directs schools not to sell books from private publishers in premises

CBSE schools: Schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have been warned not to sell books from private publishers in their premises. The Board communicated to schools that they are free to open small outlets in their premises only to sell NCERT books and other
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Chrome to block ads in February

Because Chrome is the most popular browser on the planet – the contest is not even close – publishers cannot afford to dismiss the ad-blocking project, as they have done others before, if site revenue relies on advertising. According to U.S. analytics vendor Net Applications, Chrome accounted for 61% of
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The True Story Behind Katharine Graham's Rise to Publisher in The Post

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The True Story Behind Katharine Graham's Rise to Publisher in The Post

The new movie The Post, out Friday, finds the titular paper at a pivotal moment in its history. In 1971, after the New York Times was temporarily barred from publishing the explosive information in the Pentagon Papers, the Washington Post (and other publications) made the decision to report on parts of
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Little, Brown to publish 'inside account' of Trump presidency

Little, Brown is publishing what it calls an inside account of Donald Trump's presidency by journalist Michael Wolff. The book, entitled Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, benefits from “unprecedented access to Donald Trump's White House administration”, according to the publisher.
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Behind the Race to Publish the Top-Secret Pentagon Papers

In 1971, Neil Sheehan, a New York Times reporter in Washington, scored the scoop of a lifetime. Daniel Ellsberg, a former military analyst, had become disillusioned with the Vietnam War and decided to leak a top-secret history of the decision-making behind the conflict. Frustrated by his attempts to
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Google says a digital ad industry initiative aimed at cleaning up ad fraud is taking off, but a new …

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Google says a digital ad industry initiative aimed at cleaning up ad fraud is taking off, but a new …

Indeed, the promise of ads.txt is to make it clear which third parties are authorized to sell publishers' ad space, and which aren't. Ideally, if widely adopted, ads.text should prevent big web publishers like say the New York Times from getting ripped off by scam artists falsely claiming to represent their ad
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Athens woman's career in art began in the shadow of her father

During her undergraduate years she majored in art education and actually taught at an elementary school before she earned a masters in humanities focusing on art history and creative writing. “I came to Georgia to get a masters in fine arts thinking I would go to work in an art museum,” she said, but
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Books from pvt publishers not to be sold in school premises: CBSE

New Delhi, Dec 20 The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has warned schools against selling books from private publishers in their premises. “The schools can open small outlets in their premises only to sell NCERT books and other stationery items. They are not allowed to sell any book
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Tarcher

TarcherPerigee is a book publisher and imprint of Penguin Group (USA) focused primarily on mind, body and spiritualism titles. Jeremy P. Tarcher Inc. was founded by Jeremy P. Tarcher (1932–2015) in 1973 in Los Angeles, California. The company began by focusing on health, psychology, and
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Booksellers' stir against govt's free textbook move

GUWAHATI, Dec 19 – Members of the All Assam Publishers and Book Sellers Association have unanimously decided to close down their bookshops and offices all over Assam from December 20 to 23 in protest against the decision taken by the State government to distribute free textbooks to all students
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I'm a Small-Business Owner, Not a Freelancer: Embracing Creative Entrepreneurship

Doing some writing. That kind of thing.” This isn't what I'd recommend you do, by the way. At the time, I didn't even recognize myself when I said these words. I'm normally confident and clear on my abilities. I knew that I was prepared to take on clients as a self-employed professional, but I didn't quite
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Pike and Power Publishing Group Formed

Winged Hussar Publishing, Point Pleasant, N.J., and New England Publishing Associates, Lawrence, N.J., have formed a new publishing house, Pike and Powder Publishing Group, that will specialize in books on military and social history, and quality historical fiction and science fiction for all ages.
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Opinion: Public libraries make a smart economic investment

One of our customers, Nozima, who had moved to Canada from Europe, was having a hard time finding work and couldn't afford to take classes to advance her career. After learning about the free online courses we have available, she took a six-week business writing course through Gale Courses and
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The Moodle Wiki, A Crash Course In Fact Trustworthiness

Wikipedia is often considered, from a scientific standpoint, a communication initiative similar to “general and popular treatises,” a use endorsed by its fifth place in the global website traffic ranking. But as the authors suspected, the role of Wikipedia in academia seems to go beyond a simple reference.
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These Alamosa Women Are More Than Prison Pen Pals, They're Teachers

Some prisoners write meticulously by hand using prison-issued inch-long pencils, others are type-written. Park Woolbert is an … Kathy Park Woolbert checks her mailbox every day for prisoner's assignments in her communication arts, creative writing, advanced composition, and prison memoir courses.
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Books from pvt publishers not to be sold in school premises:

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has warned schools against selling books from private publishers in their premises. “The schools can open small outlets in their premises only to sell NCERT books and other stationery items. They are not allowed to sell any book from private
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After The Pivot To Video, Publishers Must Find A Way To Monetize

Despite this, I am very optimistic about the industry pivot and think publishers moving toward more video is a good thing. However, I think all publishers are different and need to follow the data, move slowly and evaluate how video fits into their organizational goals, rather than just following the trends.
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Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co., Ltd. (SEHK:811) Update on QI & Valuation

Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co., Ltd. (SEHK:811) has a Q.i. Value of 37.00000. The purpose of the Q.i. Value is to help identify companies that are the most undervalued. Typically, the lower the value, the more undervalued the company tends to be. The Q.i. Value ranks companies using four
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'I hope we'll be writing amazing headlines at the end of the season' – Keith Lowe

However, off the field, the 32-year-old is keeping his options open, and is currently studying for a professional sports writing and broadcasting degree at Staffordshire University. Many high-profile players, including former Scotland international Chris Iwelumo, have benefited from the same course in the
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Where wine and art coexist

By age 10 most young girls are becoming infatuated with looks, beauty, fashion and ponies. But for 10-year-old Brittany Rice, she knew she wanted to own her own business. If the name Rice rings a bell, that's because she's the daughter of the founders of Sunstone Winery in Santa Barbara and made
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Local children's authors read to East Longmeadow kids (photos)

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Local children's authors read to East Longmeadow kids (photos)

Since writing and self-publishing “Little Blue” in 2015, MacPhail has released a second book called “Back to the Beach.” MacPhail told the audience about the message behind the 28-page story about a girl who nurses an injured bird back to health. “It's about fighting the good fight,” MacPhail said.
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American Gods on the Cover of Next Week's Previews

Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. (often called Diamond Comics, DCD, or casually Diamond) is a comic book and pop-culture distributor serving retailers in North America and worldwide. They transport comic books and graphic novels from both big and small comic book publishers, or suppliers,
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MPA Group of Companies – Music Publishing Executive (UK)

The Music Publishers Association is seeking a highly organised, pro-active, efficient and positive team player to work as its Music Publishing Executive, taking responsibility for specific licensing related duties as well as offering admin support to its staff and assisting with the smooth running of its office.
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Why Grand Theft Auto giant Take-Two is getting into indie publishing with Private Division

We continued to meet seasoned video game creative principals who were leaving the larger studio and publishing systems to strike off on their own and develop their passion projects. These creative professionals wanted to get back to the product, the art of video game development, and away from the
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Daily rapped for publishing wrong court verdict before jury's decision

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Daily rapped for publishing wrong court verdict before jury's decision

The Independent Press Standards Organisation said Wolverhampton daily the Express & Star had committed a “serious failure” in publishing the inaccurate court report on its website before the jury had reached a verdict in the case. The Express & Star had accidentally published the “holding piece”,
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Black Diamond adds publishing wing, Kobalt to administrate

Having launched a joint venture label with Warner Music earlier this year, Black Diamond Music has now added a music publishing wing to the business. And earlier this month it allied with Kobalt, which will administrate the new venture's songs catalogue. Kobalt is already working with Black Diamond
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Talking audiobooks

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Talking audiobooks

Audio is the “heatseeker” within publishing, and the recent FutureBook Conference was a watershed moment in championing the category. But many issues also surfaced. Expensive recordings, different marketing from print and a new supply chain are just a few; the consequence is that there are as
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error while publishing solution

Can anyone comment on below error? Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Details : System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at OutSystems.HubEdition.DeploymentController.DevelopmentEnvironmentTools.#exc(Object verifyObj, Boolean
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Google play store timed publishing

Yodo1 Publishes Crossy Road from Hipster Whale on Google Play. google. To celebrate, Google released a roundup of the best selling apps, games In this article you will learn how to Publish Android Apps on Google Play Store. Grow your business too, with user acquisition tools and Timed publishing.
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Google Chrome browser to get native ad-blocking in Feb, despite outcry from publishers

One of the common criticisms that Google has faced is that it is dictating publishers on what kind of ad format they should implement. One of the possible factors behind Google's new move could be the growth of third-party ad-blocking applications and services. Google aimed to fix this problem by
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