Day: December 21, 2017

Bloomsbury Publishing seeking new group finance director, with Wendy Pallot to join Euromoney

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Bloomsbury Publishing seeking new group finance director, with Wendy Pallot to join Euromoney

… the Board and all of our employees, I would like to thank Wendy for her tremendous contribution to Bloomsbury during her excellent seven year tenure. We wish her all the very best in the future.” At Euromoney, Pallot will replace Colin Jones, the financial publishing and events group's financial director
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ON THE BOOKSHELF | The Santa Corner

Believing that children are never too young to learn to be kind and mindful, a local author hopes to encourage this lesson with her debut children's book, The Santa Corner, this holiday season. “Unlike other popular holiday books that encourage children to behave well to be put on Santa's nice list, this
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New papers keep summer school mix appealing

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New papers keep summer school mix appealing

A short course on letterpress printing by hand for intermediate students and beginners was also being offered. Completing the short course series, playwright, poet, fiction writer and artist Caroline Lark was teaching wordsmith identity, a course exploring identity through a series of writing workshops,
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Calendar for Publishing Performance Results of Panevezio statybos trestas AB in 2018

Following the requirement of the amended Article 24 (1) of the Law on Securities of the Republic of Lithuania, we hereby inform that Panevezio statybos trestas AB and Panevezio statybos trestas AB Group will prepare consolidated semi-annual and annual information to be published according to the
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CBSE affiliated schools directed not to sell books from private publishers

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) affiliated schools have been warned not to sell books from private publishers on their premises. However, the schools are free to open small outlets in their premises only to sell NCERT books and other stationery items. “Selling books other than those
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Mathematics

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Mathematics

Looking for Higher Education Textbooks for your Mathematics course? Click here to learn more about Mathematics at W.H. Freeman Publishers.
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Study considers publishing numbers after tenure

Study considers publishing numbers after tenure. 12/20/2017. A study shows that the average number of annual publications in the most prestigious journals by tenured finance and economics professors fell by about 30% over two years after they gained tenure, and declined another 15% within the next
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Connelly: Virgil Fassio — A newspaper publisher's journey, its bumps in the road

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Connelly: Virgil Fassio — A newspaper publisher's journey, its bumps in the road

A newspaper publisher is by definition one who promotes his/her city as a good location to do business, and place to visit. Fassio relished the role, assuming presidency of the Seattle/King County Convention & Visitors Bureau just as the Times/PI joint operating agreement was going into place.
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Clifford Irving, Author of Howard Hughes Literary Hoax, Dies at 87

He attended Cornell University and stayed on for a year after graduation in 1951 on a creative writing fellowship. He worked odd jobs after leaving academia and traveled to Europe, where he finished his first novel, “On a Darkling Plain.” He moved in 1962 to an artists' colony on the island of Ibiza off the
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£300000 grant towards drama and writing schemes for children at revamped Sunderland fire station

Each child continues the story individually and receives an illustrated storybook to complete at school. The £300,000 grant, which is being awarded over two years, will help Live Theatre to equip the studio space at The Fire Station for creative writing workshops, and to research and launch the project
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No books from private publishers to be sold by schools, only NCERT books at subsidized rates …

New Delhi: Adding clarity to its previous orders, the Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE has further reminded the affiliated schools against selling books from private publishers inside the school premises. In April 2016, CBSE had asked the schools to desist from selling books of private
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How The New York Times gets people to spend 5 minutes per visit on its site

In Chartbeat's list of articles from its digital publishing clients that users spent the most time on in 2017, the Times had 10 of the top 25 entries, many of which included embedded documentaries, podcasts, maps and interactive charts. For example, in a report on the shooting in Las Vegas in October that
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Oldest Libertarian Organization, FEE, Looking for Publisher/Editorial Director

FEE's Publisher is responsible for the strategic and operational success of FEE's content across all print and digital platforms, including FEE.org, social media, third-party websites, ebooks, and print. This role requires an editorial visionary with a digital savvy, business focus. The Publisher supervises the
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AU Publishers to Set Up Audience Data Co-Op; AdParlor APAC Offers Online-Offline Facebook …

In this weekly segment, ExchangeWire sums up key industry updates on ad tech from around the Asia-Pacific region – and in this edition: AU publishers to set up audience data co-op; News Corp inks data-sharing partnership; AdParlor APAC offers online-offline Facebook tracking; Tencent certifies
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Open Access publishing agreements

Posts about Open Access publishing agreements written by frontierscommunications and frankhellwig.
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Arts center offers photo classes with van der Wal

For students without a camera, van der Wal will explore affordable options. The arts center also is offering winter classes in printmaking, painting, creative writing and tai chi through mid-February. There also will be family ceramics on Thursdays for elementary children and their parents. Call 560- 0979 to
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Don't sell books from private publishers, sell only NCERT books: CBSE tells schools

“The schools can open small outlets on their premises only to sell NCERT books and other stationery items. They are not allowed to sell any book from private publishers,” the board said in a communication to schools. “Selling books other than those from the NCERT will be considered a violation and
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Dotdash has made $7 million this year from commerce links

Commerce has gone from a curiosity to a meaningful source of revenue for Dotdash. The service-focused publisher grew its commerce revenues from $1 million to $7 million this year, about 10 percent of its revenue. It now has three full-time editors managing 20 contributors cranking out content across
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The UK's Strongest Gin Is Here Just In Time For Christmas

The festive season is well and truly upon us so it's definitely about time we started to get a little bit merry. And what better way is there to do that than with the strongest gin legally available in the UK? I'll tell you the answer, just in case you're wondering: there isn't one. Strane London Dry Gin – Uncut
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Loogootee Beta Club receives high praise at school board

The following students won individual awards for Division 1, grades 9 and 10: Shaelyn Arthur, Spanish (first); Hannah Bailey, Speech (third) and Poetry (first); Kaitlyn Bruner, Creative Writing (third); Asia Crim, Onsite Acrylic Painting (second); Adie Nolley, Agriculture (second); Sara Street, Science
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Clifford Irving, Howard Hughes prankster, has died at 87

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Clifford Irving, Howard Hughes prankster, has died at 87

He attended Cornell University and stayed on for a year after graduation in 1951 on a creative writing fellowship. He worked odd jobs after leaving academia and traveled to Europe, where he finished his first novel, “On a Darkling Plain.” He moved in 1962 to an artists' colony on the island of Ibiza off the
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The book critic's picks from 2017

… Jason, Ph. D., United States Naval Academy professor emeritus of English, is a poet, critic and freelance writer with 20 books to his credit, including several studies of war literature and a creative writing text. Read his book reviews written for various other publications at www.philjason.wordpress.com.
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Keeping the Christ in Christmas

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Keeping the Christ in Christmas

For almost a decade now I've written an article around this time about some atheist who wants to ignite the “War on Christmas” by preventing a nativity scene being set up or a sign with the word “Christmas” being propped up. Usually, it's one isolated person supposedly representing a group of offended
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Bauer Media closes Men's Style magazine

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Bauer Media closes Men's Style magazine

If those $$ went to advertising thus allowing publishers to put together and print real paper magazines, their stories could still be told, in a medium the public actually likes – and as a bonus, journalists, feature writers, reviewers, layout folk, editors, printers AND publishers would still all have jobs, the
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QCC receives grant for accelerated learning English program

… who only completed the traditional college level English course, according to the school. The funding will be used to train additional faculty to scale up its current Accelerated Learning Program, in addition to creating a new, integrated reading/writing course; three accelerated writing English workshops
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Is Facebook a friend or foe for publishers?

Facebook has emerged as one of the world's biggest media platforms as many traditional media organizations as well as columnists have stepped up focus on the social network in a bid to attract more readers online. The social platform, which boasts more than 2 billion monthly active users, has grown
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Publishing Assistant

Are you interested in being part of a busy publishing team? Can you juggle multiple tasks and prioritise while working to tight deadlines? This role is split between consistently and efficiently publishing statistical data and producing promotional material across a range of platforms. As the sole in-house
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Creative Writing – For Marketing Material in Spanish

Creative Writing – For Marketing Material in Spanish. Writing Creative Writing. Fixed Price. $20. Budget. $. Entry Level. I am looking for freelancers with the lowest rates. Posted 10 hours ago
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YaYa Records & Publishing

YaYa Records & Publishing is an independent Dutch record label and music publisher headed by Peter de Wijn, a succesful Dutch songwriter and former band member of G'Race. The name YaYa Records & Publishing derives from the song Ya Ya, written by Lee Dorsey, Clarence Lewis, Morgan
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creative writer with heart, searching for paid freelance work

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creative writer with heart, searching for paid freelance work

To whomever may happen to stumble upon this ad…………………. Few things feed my soul than my passion for creative writing, which is why I'm very interested in getting work as a freelance…
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US digital ad revenue explodes during first half of 2017

Why it matters: The numbers do not reflect many of the pains digital publishers have experienced this year, including layoffs, missing revenue targets, survival mergers or shutdowns. This is because the IAB's report does not separate out which portion of that growth went to the two biggest players in the
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AnyFlip Online Magazine Software – Key Success in the Business Growth

AnyFlip is going to allow only one person to control content visibility and that is publisher itself. This is not only an online magazine software with cloud trustworthiness but also allow publishers to store their content offline. Download and store all content in ZIP, PDF, HTML, and variety of other versions.
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Publishers' paid content 'deliberately designed to deceive' – watchdog

Some sponsored stories from overseas carried by New Zealand's two biggest news websites were “deliberately designed to deceive” and breached professional standards, the Press Council has ruled. The publishers of the Stuff and NZ Herald websites say they will now do more to distinguish this
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Ex senator Jacqui Lambie and former staffer Rob Messenger in mediation over book deal stoush

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Ex senator Jacqui Lambie and former staffer Rob Messenger in mediation over book deal stoush

Mr Messenger said after he left the position he was told by the publishers then senator Lambie had rejected the latest chapters of his book and no longer wanted to continue with the deal. Then Senator Jacqui Lambie arrives with chief of staff Rob Messenger at Parliament House in Canberra.
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Staff Q&A with Lisa Warshaw

Required for MBA and executive MBA students—and Wharton sophomores starting next academic year—the program's courses focus on the fundamentals of persuasion in speaking and writing, in contexts such as entrepreneurs attracting investors and managers facing business crises. “We start with
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Tickets on sale for Sugar 'N Spice Tea with The Saturday Club of Vacaville

The Saturday Club of Vacaville is hosting its 27th annual Sugar 'N Spice Tea at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 27, 125 Kendal St., Vacaville. Dress in the finest and bring a favorite doll to club's premiere tea party of the year. Enjoy an enormous doll collection display, a splendid luncheon and desserts, raffles, free
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Lecture on Seamus Heaney's publishing life set for Feb. 1

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Lecture on Seamus Heaney's publishing life set for Feb. 1

The late Irish poet Seamus Heaney will be the focus of “The Publishing Life of Seamus Heaney,” a free lecture by scholar Rand Brandes, on Monday, Feb. 1, 2018 at 5 p.m. at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University. Brandes will discuss the publishing legacy
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