The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing

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The Complete Guide to Self-Publishing

Best-selling author Marilyn Ross and publishing expert Sue Collier show you how to make your own success – whether you're a published author, entrepreneur, corporation, professional, or absolute newcomer to writing. In this expanded and completely revised 5th edition of the “bible” of self-publishing
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Publisher attitudes toward platforms, in 4 charts

The tussle between publishers and platforms shows little sign of abating. Publishers want the reach that platforms afford and a fair reward for filling them with content. On top of this, publishers increasingly want the platforms to take more responsibility for their role in hosting inappropriate content.
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Amazon Launches Ad Marketplace in Europe

Amazon logo Amazon announced it has launched a new “transparent” ad marketplace in Europe. It's tempting publishers by giving them some benefits unavailable through other ad platforms, keying in on simplification and better data. Amazon's cloud-based platform provides publishers “full visibility into
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'Fire and Fury' book in high demand

Michael Wolff's new book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” immediately shot to the top of Amazon's best-sellers list, where it's held since last Wednesday when the first excerpts of the book were released online, according to The Associated Press. The publisher, Henry Holt and Co.,
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?Colorado Springs Police no longer publishing annual transparency reports

For more than a decade, the Colorado Springs Police Department posted its annual transparency report online for anyone to view. The data included information on homicides and various crime statistics. Last year, News 5 Investigates discovered the police department stopped posting those reports
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Imagine Dragons creative writing entry by Ady Lam

We asked our readers to write a short piece of creative writing related to dragons. Here is one of the entries. It has not been edited.
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Ig publishing

Ig publishing. Established by the Inspector General Act of 1988, Inspector General U. Brooklyn indie publisher Ig Publishing plans to Ig Publishing fiction, creative nonfiction [prnt] “The work of being a writer involves a continual examination of one's work, one's own self, as well as one's biases,
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It might finally be time to get readers to pay for website content

The answer is no surprise: like the majority of the online and offline publishing industry, revenues were flattening. Our business model comprised mostly of sponsored listings, that is, companies or agencies paying us to achieve volume traffic through to their campaign. This was almost always on a
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'We're marching in the same direction': Facebook is emphasizing Groups, and publishers are …

Publishers may be pulling away from Facebook in favor of keeping readers on their own sites, but they're warming to Facebook Groups. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg overhauled Facebook's mission last year to focus on fostering community, touting Groups in the process. Naturally, publishers are
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Problems with date format when publishing from des…

Hi guys Since the most recent update (I think) I'm having issues when publishing from Desktop to Service. On Desktop my drop down slicer date looks.
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Fix Your Flying Geese

Do you have piecing problems? Are you Flying Geese too small or distorted? Patty Murphy comes to the rescue with this diagnosis from her book, Piecing Makeover. PROBLEM My Flying Geese blocks are distorted and will be too small when I trim them. What you don't want:
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Lonely Planet Kids Expands in US

Lonely Planet began publishing children's books with a packager in 2011, and launched its own children's imprint in 2014. The Lonely Planet Kids list now approaches 100 titles. Piers Pickard, managing director of publishing in London, told PW, “Our sales are really good and they're growing each year.
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Want to write, join us!

Welcome back to Duke everyone! As some of our beloved university's 15,000 students head back into the safety and warmth (relatively speaking of course) of the Duke bubble, change seems to be in the air in the spirit of the new year. On East, the sound of old, first-semester first-year friendships
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1917 Bestsellers: A Conversation with Linda Aragoni

For the past two years, we have checked in with consumate reader Linda Aragoni of the Great Penformances blog for her appraisal of the bestseller list from a century ago. (See 2015 and 2016 respectively). This year we continue the tradition, finding out about the books that topped the list in 1917.
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