Readers with limited vision or other disabilities that prevent holding or reading printed books can enjoy electronic books, including best sellers recorded by their authors. Large-print books are available, too. When books break budgets, libraries are free and have recorded books for vision-limited folks.
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ANNISTON, Ala. — The chairman of a company that publishes six newspapers in Alabama has been accused of assaulting female employees by spanking them while he was a newsroom executive decades ago. Alabama news outlets report that at least three women say Consolidated Publishing Co.
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#3 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV — A sure value, the Japanese SUV has seen its sales go up 12% YoY, to 1,835 registrations, racing once again for the best seller status last month … but not quite getting it. Mitsubishi is one of the few top OEMs to have its sales limited by demand and not production.
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As we welcome the new year, we'd like to remind readers of Kamloops This Week's new publishing schedule. Effective this week, KTW will be delivered to doorsteps twice per week — on Wednesdays and Fridays. The first Wednesday edition will be delivered on Jan. 3. KTW's website, at
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While streaming continues to grow as the preferred means of consuming music, a new lawsuit filed by Wixen Music Publishing against Spotify shows the industry has not yet figured out a model that satisfies all players. Wixen sued the Swedish streaming giant in a U.S. District Court in California Dec. 29.
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I would like to equally applaud young author Karambizi for having been courageous enough to tell such a story in an amazing way. Thank you! The book was realesed in August 2017 by Imagine We Publishers. The book is available on Amazon and other book labs in Rwanda, including at Acacia Book
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Wixen Music Publishing filed the suit last Friday in a California federal court, alleging that the music streaming service is illegally using thousands of songs. In addition to Tom Petty, Neil Young, and Rivers Cuomo, Wixen also represents big names such as Stevie Nicks, Steely Dan's Donald Fagen, and
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Smock's children noted that she recently enrolled in a writing course at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She was contemplating writing a book, Hickey said. “She'd been a single mom for most of her life and she thought there were some things that she could say about succeeding in life,” Hickey
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I use as much from my theater training as I do from my leadership courses, because I think it gives an opportunity to work creatively and problem solve and think critically. I think it's brought a … in small venue artists. I also do some writing, and I'd like to get back to some creative writing that I used to do.
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H. Brandt Ayers, former publisher of The Anniston Star and current chairman of the board of the company that owns the newspaper, acknowledged Tuesday that he assaulted a reporter in her Anniston home in the 1970s. Ayers said he went to the home of Wendy Sigal, a reporter who worked at the
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The Tucson Marathon brings “Christmas Cheer” to Oracle and surrounding communities in need by soliciting the help of the OWN Oracle, a nonprofit. The nonprofit earns funding each year by providing the volunteers to work two beverage stations at the start of the well-established Tucson Marathon
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The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) says the arrest of Daniel Elombah, publisher of elombah.com, is part of President Muhammadu Buhari's government's plan to suppress press freedom. On Monday, operatives of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) invaded the Nnewi residence of
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Spotify, in response, questioned whether Wixen had gained its songwriters' authorization to take legal action on their behalf. The streaming company has faced a string of lawsuits in recent months, and in May agreed to a $43 million settlement with songwriters and publishers in response to a proposed
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In a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Wixen Music Publishing Inc., which represents the rights of songwriters and publishers, accuses Spotify USA Inc. of prioritizing record labels at the expense of songwriters and publishers. While Spotify has worked to track down the rights to the
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As a result, Spotify has built a billion dollar business on the backs of songwriters and publishers whose music Spotify is using, in many cases without obtaining and paying for the necessary licenses.” A Spotify spokesperson declined to comment on the lawsuit. Wixen's lawsuit comes six months after
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A lot of people don't know this, but Mark Twain went bankrupt late in life. His enormous fame as an author had brought him substantial wealth. But Twain squandered it all on countless business and investment blunders. Twain's publishing company, for example, racked up record sales of its 11 volume
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