Month: December 2017

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Just Accepted. This article has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication. It is in production and has not been edited, so may differ from the final published form. The effect of a gradual or rapid dietary changeover from a grazed pasture to a conserved forage-based diet on milk yield, cow condition
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Anyone in business should learn to write the executive summary | Expert column

Just about anyone in business has to write reports. These reports may be a few pages or they may be hundreds of pages in length. The one common element in most reports is something called the executive summary. Few business people are provided training in writing an executive summary, and yet,
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Best Sellers for Children

Best Sellers for Children | Gilt Groupe.
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Film Review: The Man Who Invented Christmas uses artistic licence to full effect

The film works best when it focuses on the clever conceit of visualising the creative writing process by having Dickens converse with his cantankerous protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge (a perfectly cast Christopher Plummer), who taunts the author about his inability to get on with the writing and his need to
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Socialists hit the bricks to protest US tax bill

Long also stated that if the proposed tax bill were to pass, the average graduate student would have to pay nearly $2,500 in taxes to the federal government. The average graduate student currently pays $138 in federal taxes, according to Long. Claire Eder, a graduate student in creative writing at Ohio U
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Bad sex? I've had it vicariously of course

It was excruciating – both the writing and the confusion of authorial identity. I attempted to clear my name by writing about it in an essay called , later published in my book . But as I realised at the time (this was part of the anguish), I would never succeed. I continue to get mixed up with the other Nicholas
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Open Book Publishers

Security in a Small Nation : Scotland, Democracy, Politics. Requires cookie*. Download book. Neal, Andrew W. Subjects:Society and social sciences, Society and social sciences, Politics and government
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HarperCollins Publishers Acquires World Rights for Four New Books from #1 Internationally …

HarperCollins Publishers today announced a major world English and foreign language publishing agreement with #1 internationally bestselling author Karin Slaughter. The deal includes four more books to be published by HarperCollins in English as well as more than a dozen additional languages.
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Rizzoli New York to Launch New Imprint, Rizzoli Electa

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Rizzoli New York will launch Rizzoli Electa, a new imprint focusing on museum and exhibitions publishing, in collaboration with new parent company Mondadori Electa, in January 2018. Rizzoli Electa will replace Skira Rizzoli, a recently-dissolved joint venture, as the publisher's museum and exhibition
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Phone scam calls purport win from Publishers Clearing House

Some Bradley County residents may feel they will be able to purchase just about anything for Christmas this year, after winning money from Publishers' Clearing House. However, the Bradley County Sheriff's Office is informing the public that PCH, an otherwise legitimate business, has had its name
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Print is Still Very Much Alive at Bauer Media Group

While most publishers seem to be drifting away from print, Bauer Media Group is doing just the opposite. In 2018, the media giant is not only continuing its print editions, but also increasing frequencies for four of its titles, with Life & Style slated to rise from 51 to 53 issues, and Closer, In Touch and
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Knowledge economy can lead to better society: NBT chairman

Sharma, while congratulating FICCI for its engagement with publishers for inculcating positive mindset among youth, further urged it to create a similar platform for Hindi language publishing so that the message could reach to a larger population and could be adopted by the common people.
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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, November 26, 2017

Sisters First by Barbara Pierce Bush, Jenna Bush Hager & Laura Bush – 9781538711439 – (Grand Central Publishing) 4. Grant by Ron Chernow … Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez & Kristin Ohlson – 9781588366078 – (Random House Publishing Group) 11. Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance
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Debut Novelist Stephanie Powell Watts Visits Widener

On campus, Watts spent time speaking in creative writing and English classes about her books, her writing process, and answering student's questions. She also individually met with several students in the Long-Form Fiction course for tutorials. “It's always encouraging to hear from visiting writers about
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Florida could expand challenges to school textbooks

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Florida could expand challenges to school textbooks

… public schools, the right not only to object to textbooks and other instructional materials but also to suggest books to both local school boards and the State Board of Education. The boards would then have to contact those book publishers to see if they wanted to make a pitch for public school business.
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The Week in Libraries: December 1, 2017

No question, the e-book market has come a long way since 2012, when many publishers refused to even license e-books to libraries. Still, the e-book market for libraries remains expensive, and difficult to manage with a host of vendors, and a range of differing models which vary from publisher to
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Why John Green finds solace in the Mountain Goats

… dark times, and I hope it will be for you as well.” Green drew on his struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder and anxiety when writing “Turtles All the Way Down,” a set-in-Indianapolis story that's spent seven weeks at No. 1 on The New York Times Best Sellers list for young adult hardcover books.
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Novelist speaks about her work

Leila Abdelrazaq, a Palestinian-American activist, graphic novelist and author of “Baddawi,” spoke to Guilford students and faculty on Nov. 11. During her … The talk was sponsored by the Center for Principled Problem Solving, Every Campus a Refuge and the English and Creative Writing Department.
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Bolinda's Herrmann named FutureBook Leader of the Year

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Bolinda's Herrmann named FutureBook Leader of the Year

Meanwhile companies including Amazon Publishing and Wonderbly were honoured for books judged the best at integrating technology with compelling storytelling. Herrmann scooped the prestigious FutureBook Leader of the Year award, sponsored by Mosaic Search and Selection, for “her global
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Life lessons from Kentucky's most successful entrepreneurs

Physician and entrepreneur Luke Murray, co-founder of the Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame (EHOF), shares his experience writing “Unbridled Spirit: Lessons In Life and Business From Kentucky's Most Successful Entrepreneurs.” The new book profiles 19 successful Kentucky entrepreneurs and
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Sunday Business Post injuncted from publishing details of information given to IBRC Commission

The Commission set up to investigate transactions involving Irish Banking Resolution Corporation has secured a High Court injunction preventing a newspaper from publishing details of information given to it. The injunction, made against Post Publications trading as The Sunday Business Post, was
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Kapka Kassabova wins Scottish Book of the Year at the Saltire Literary Awards

“The Scottish History Book of the Year panel decided not to make the award this year. This we greatly regret. Several publishers submitted titles. Some of these failed to meet the standards we expect to make such a prestigious award, supported by our sponsors The Scottish Historical Review Trust.
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AGU College of Fellows Announces Program Plans

The 14 December town hall session offers the first opportunity for members of the Earth and space science community to engage with a College of Fellows planned event, said Fine. This year's session, aimed at early-career scientists and others, will provide insights on publishing from an invited panel of
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YouTube music videos back online in Finland after blockage

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YouTube music videos back online in Finland after blockage

Some music content was not available on YouTube in Finland for less than 24 hours as we worked towards a solution with Teosto after our license expired,” said Sami Valkonen, director of international music publishing partnerships at YouTube, in a statement provided to Music Ally. “We appreciate
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Christmas Books: Kiwi picture books

It's that time of year again — when Kiwi kids' book publishers cull forests to bring us tractor-driving Santas and pavlova-munching fairy-tale figures who cheer for the All Blacks. Into this, er, scrum comes Classic Rhymes for Kiwi Kids, a tome re-imagining the Mother Goose nursery rhymes with just enough
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BC: 15 bestselling books of the week, Dec. 2

6. First, We Brunch: Recipes and Stories from Victoria's Best-Loved Breakfast Joints — Rebecca Wellman (TouchWood Editions). 7. Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation — Monique Gray Smith (Orca Book Publishers). 8. On Island: Life Among the Coast Dwellers — Pat Carney (TouchWood
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Our View: An unlikely site for the library of an under-appreciated president

The connecting link that led to Thursday's celebration is MSU professor of history emeritus, Jim Marszalek, a nationally recognized expert on the Civil … the office for personal gain: His primary motivation for writing his memoir (published by Mark Twain's publishing company) was to provide for his family.
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Study shows global diversity of OA book readers

The research group, funded by the University Presses of UCL, Cornell, University of Michigan and University of California, studied how 2,542 open and closed books from four publishers hosted on the JSTOR platform were being downloaded and read. Traditional measures of book usage focus on print
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Start-up of the week: Dalston's Burley Fisher bookshop sets up 'pocket' publisher Peninsula Press

A bunch of bookshop managers are taking the plunge and publishing their own series of pocket essays. Sam Fisher, who owns Burley Fisher Books in Kingsland Road, Dalston, is collaborating with Will Rees and Jake Franklin from the shop to launch Peninsula Press. A crowdfunder to raise £6,000
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Inspiring women the name of the game at Runaway

Runaway went on to develop games in partnership with National Geographic, the World Wildlife Fund and, more recently, the global mega-publisher DeNA. In 2015, the company made the move to self-publishing, bringing more elements such as player support and user acquisition in-house, and
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You can watch this artist's odd 'devotional' to creative writing in Chapel Hill

Can you experience a book more deeply by re-creating its words in a place that inspired the author? That's the question performance artist Tim Youd will explore over the next week as he brings his “100 Novels” project to UNC's campus. The 10-year project has taken Youd to over 50 locations in the
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IAB Europe GDPR Consent Mechanism; AppNexus to Enforce Ads.txt

Townsend Feehan, IAB Europe CEO, comments: “Advertising is a critical revenue stream for online services of all shapes and sizes, be they news publishers, mobile apps, or other online media. It is an important step that affected players have come together to develop a robust response to the new
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AI Enters Medicine, But Can Doctors Be More Human?

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AI Enters Medicine, But Can Doctors Be More Human?

The Swiss daily Le Temps reported this week on Alexandre Wenger, a literature professor at the University of Geneva, who is trying to combat this problem by encouraging medical students to take literature and writing courses — part of a movement called “narrative medicine” that traces its roots to
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Georgia Copyrighted Its Own Laws. Now, It's Suing a Non-Profit Group for Publishing Them.

A similar attempt by Georgia to copyright its statutes was struck down in Georgia federal district court in 1982, with the judge citing Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan's 1898 statement concluding that “it cannot be doubted” that “no one can obtain the exclusive right to publish the laws of a state
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We Publish Lots Of Different Opinions. Get Over It

However, this one particular article appears to have touched a nerve, so I want to make one thing very clear: We make absolutely no apologies for publishing it. I understand full well why people do not like this piece. Every day we publish articles at The Federalist with which I disagree. It's an impossibility
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Insights: Bitcoin Goes One Way, The FCC Another – Will Creators And Publishers Get New Tools …

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Insights is a weekly series featuring entertainment industry veteran David Bloom. It represents an experiment of sorts in digital-age journalism and audience engagement with a focus on the intersection of entertainment and technology, an area that David has written about and thought about and been
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Alliances Forged

After being the youngest Wallace Stegner Fellow in Creative Writing at Stanford University, Paul spent time in Louisiana in the 1970s, writing fiction in time away from his day job. In 1980 he went back to the Bay Area, making a name in San Francisco as a performing poet and record producer.
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A country taken over by women? Rosalie Morales Kearns talks about her provocative new book

A product of Catholic schooling from kindergarten through college, Kearns has a B.A. in theology and an MFA in creative writing. On the occasion of her book's release, we discuss with the author such topics as religion, politics and the book's fantastic premise of her book: women take charge of the
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U.Va. professor accused of sexual harassment won't teach at university in spring

A spokesman for the University of Virginia says a creative writing professor accused of sexually harassing several former students and a faculty member will not teach at the university this spring. John Casey had been set to teach two graduate-level courses in the English department. Three complaints
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UW-Stevens Point student publishing house to launch newest book

STEVENS POINT – A student-run publishing company at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will launch its newest book, a collection of short stories, with several activities this coming week. Cornerstone Press will release “The Appointed Hour” by Susanne Davis at 7 p.m. on Thursday in The
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DigiPub Pundits Ponder Next-Stage Opportunities for Catalogs, Magazines

Conley, a magazine as well as a catalog panelist, said that experiments in short-run, personalized magazine production should be taken seriously. He compared it to desktop publishing, which was laughed at by some until it disrupted an entire industry; and self-publishing, once scorned by mainstream
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10 Best-Selling Notebooks on Amazon This Holiday Season

The computing world is dominated by HP, Dell, and Lenovo. But if one were to examine the best-selling notebooks on Amazon—one of the world's biggest online retailers—the list of sales leaders looks strikingly different. Amazon's current slate of notebook best-sellers is dominated by Acer and Asus,
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How publishers can tell better stories for mobile audiences

Publishers need to be able to engage audiences on-the-go, but how does that change how we tell stories on mobile? From video to longform articles, there are a range of techniques and formats that journalists are employing to grab and keep the attention of audiences. Speakers at the latest
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Digital Publishing Awards – 2018 Program Unveiled

TORONTO, Dec. 1, 2017 /CNW/ – The National Media Awards Foundation (NMAF) is pleased to announce the lineup of categories for the third annual Digital Publishing Awards, the most prestigious program recognizing excellence in digital editorial content in Canada. This year, awards in 24 categories
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Spike Chunsoft Establishes North American Subsidiary to Publish and Localize New Titles

The publisher has been self publishing titles in the west for a few years, albeit digitally on PlayStation 4, PlayStstion Vita, and PC. Now, the company will be able to focus on their own in house localization as well as be in direct contact with their growing western fan base. The office will be located in Long
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Toy nail-biter: People's Play Awards winners announced

TTPM, the toy review web site, asked consumers, kids, and toy fans to vote for best toy in 12 categories. The winners were presented today in a live reveal on the company's website. Most of the winners on the list are already best sellers, and a number of them are sold out in stores and online. Jim Silver
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Oxford University Press and the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology announce publishing …

iScience (@iScience_CP), an interdisciplinary, open-access, peer-reviewed journal, will publish on a continuous basis starting early 2018. The journal promises fast and fair decisions and will promote rigorous research that advances a field and reporting with transparent methods, replication studies,
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UVA Professor Accused of Sexual Harassment Dropped from Classes

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UVA Professor Accused of Sexual Harassment Dropped from Classes

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – A spokesman for the University of Virginia says a creative writing professor accused of sexually harassing several former students and a faculty member will not teach at the university this spring. John Casey had been set to teach two graduate-level courses in the English
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Global deals are 'way of the future' says Restivo-Alessi

Publishers need to embrace a global rights acqusition strategy HarperCollins' chief digital officer and executive v.p Chantal Restivo-Alessi has said, hours after the publisher announced its second worldwide deal with Karin Slaughter. Restivo-Alessi emphasised the opportunities of burgeoning digital
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MOVIES & BOOZE: Planning a cinema trip this weekend?

Meanwhile, his wife Catherine (Morfydd Clark) is pregnant with the couple's fifth child, and a deadline from his book publishers looms. There are tall tales aplenty in how the author came to be inspired, and the film doesn't concern itself with truth – this is a slice of family entertainment rather than a biopic.
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Be wary of 'sexy' tech such as AI and VR, says Tribe

Educational publishers should be focusing on technology that can actively help improve teaching and learning as opposed to the “sexy” new developments such as artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR), Hodder Education m.d Liz Tribe has told The Bookseller's FutureBook conference.
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'Reach out to ignored readers', FutureBook panel urges

Publishers can't afford to be complacent if they are to help authors get more of their books into the hands of readers, agreed a panel of industry voices on how to navigate a “distracted world”. Part of a Futurebook 2017 Conference that had already touched on the issue of diversity in its first keynote by
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Publishers And The Inevitable Pivot To Video

Unless you are Cheddar, which I have a lot of respect for, most publishers are not able to produce and monetize hours of live programming per day. So, for the sake of this article, I am going to assume that most video segments are short-form in the two- to five-minute range. That still means pubs are
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NIH to researchers: Don't publish in bad journals, please

RW: The guide notice says: “The NIH has noted an increase in the numbers of papers reported as products of NIH funding which are published in journals or by publishers that do not follow best practices promoted by professional scholarly publishing organizations.” Can you tell us any more about the
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Crowd funding helps Czech author tell Gnome story

There is much more to the story, hidden in the beautiful illustrations to be discovered by children and their parents when reading the book. Petr Horáček, photo: Czech Television In the meantime, Petr Horáček also continues to publish in Britain, most recently a book called The Greedy Goat? So what are
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Carolyn Reidy Named Publishers Weekly 2017 Person of the Year

The selection of Reidy for the annual honor, featured in a cover story in the magazine's December 4 issue, comes as she completes her tenth year at the helm of the distinguished global publishing company. In its article, Publishers Weekly cited Reidy for having “steered the publisher through the Great
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Carolyn Reidy: PW Person of the Year 2017

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Indeed, the publisher is on track to have another highly profitable year, and in November Jesmyn Ward won her second National Book Award in Fiction for Sing, Unburied, Sing, released by S&S's Scribner imprint. For her steady leadership in guiding one of the country's Big Five trade publishers, Reidy
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Going Swimmingly: Biotemplates Breakthrough Paves Way for Cheaper Nanobots

As reported this week in APL Materials, from AIP Publishing, the group's biotemplated nanoswimmers spin their flagella thanks to rotating magnetic fields and can perform nearly as well as living bacteria. “We have shown for the first time the ability to use bacterial flagella as a template for building
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The Story Studio

Max Booth III is the Editor-in-Chief of Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, the Managing Editor of Dark Moon Digest, and the co-host of Castle Rock Radio, a Stephen King podcast. He's also the author of many novels such as The Nightly Disease and frequently contributes columns to both LitReactor
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Treat Your Skin with It Bestsellers – IT Cosmetics

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Treat Your Skin with It Bestsellers – IT Cosmetics

Shop IT Cosmetics' Treat Your Skin with It Bestsellers at Sephora.
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John Allocca's New Book “Sniffles, Tummies and Tooth's” Is A Creatively Crafted And Vividly …

Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, John Allocca's enjoyable work teaches children about the importance of one's health and wellbeing. … Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create – not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion,
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Brandon Ross And Michael Kidd's New Book “The Raven Conduit” Is A Unique Reference Guide In …

Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create – not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion, establishing wholesale accounts, insurance, shipping, taxes and the like. Its roster of authors can leave behind these tedious, complex and time consuming issues,
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NY Times Scales Back Free Articles to Get Readers to Subscribe

Other publishers have experimented recently with tightening their paywalls. The Boston Globe in May reduced its number of free articles to two from five, leading to a surge of new subscribers. The Washington Post tested requiring readers to enter their email address and sign up for its daily newsletter to
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