Day: January 11, 2018

HR Generalist at Publishers Clearing House in New York, New York 10010

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HR Generalist at Publishers Clearing House in New York, New York 10010

Publishers Clearing House (PCH) is a leading interactive media company offering a broad range of products, digital entertainment and services to consumers. Our success is built on PCH's unique, free-to-play, chance-to-win value proposition, individually personalized offers based on the trusted first
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Mills&Boon: Digital-age romance guide

According to the publishers, “the definition of romance and what being romantic means is no longer clear”. They said today's relationship rules were “very different” and that “finding the perfect partner, living with them and staying together is a more complex achievement than ever before”. Mills and Boon
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Richards Bay youngster launches adventure book

RICHARDS Bay youngster, Danielle Naraidu has turned her passion for creative writing into a masterpiece in her first book release, 'Vicky the Traveller: Finding the Treasure'. The 10-year-old 'bookworm' infused her love for fairy tales and adventure in her debut children's book which follows a young girl
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Interview: Victoria Bernadine, author of 'Along Came Jones'

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Interview: Victoria Bernadine, author of 'Along Came Jones'

Any writer can tell you that publishing a book is not an easy endeavor. Tears, frustration, and folders of rejection letters are part of the journey towards the coveted golden fleece that is publication. But self-published authors have further challenges on a completely different scale. While their peers who
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ONI PRESS Names New Publisher, More Staff Changes As It Looks Ahead to 2018

Oni Press has kicked off its 2018 20th anniversary year with several promotions including a new publisher and new job titles. These changes come ahead of the company's planned switch from Diamond Books to Simon & Shuster as their book distributor. Oni Press co-founder (and long-time publisher)
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Mills and Boon publish guide to romance in the 'digital age'

ROMANTIC fiction publishers Mills And Boon have launched a guide to romance in the “digital age”. According to the publishers, “the definition of romance and what being romantic means is no longer clear”. They said today's relationship rules were “very different” and that “finding the perfect partner,
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Three knighted!

But it was his purchase of The Barbados Advocate in 2000 that was his “most daring business venture” and that purchase would make history, as he is the first black Barbadian to own the esteemed newspaper publishing company. With his leadership, the company which was ailing would turn its
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Sullens named Courier Express editor

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Sullens named Courier Express editor

David J. Sullens, formerly editor and publisher of a group of weekly newspapers operated by Tioga Publishing Co. in Tioga, Potter and McKean counties, has been named editor of The Courier Express, Publisher Pat Patterson announced today. Sullens also will serve as executive editor for Community
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Beyond minimum wage increases

There's been a storm brewing for decades now, one that has perpetuated fears of the worst kind — job loss, quality of life issues, economic downturn, etc. — and has even caused political turmoil. The storm: minimum wage increases. On Jan. 1, California, raising the minimum wage to $10.50 for small
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Graphic novel publishers accepting submissions

2Leaf Press's mission is to publish books of passion and purpose that also Does the Press Accept: Online Submissions Graphic Novels; Health Book Publishers; 4 Publishers Accepting Unsolicited 7 Graphic Novel Publishers Accepting Manuscripts Directly From THEY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING
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How publishers are applying ads.txt beyond its original purpose

Publishers are finding that ads.txt has several indirect applications beyond combating domain spoofing and unauthorized reselling. Publishers are also using these Interactive Advertising Bureau-backed text files to organize inventory reports they share with advertisers, drive programmatic direct deals
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Marlborough's Stax Discount Books to close

The bookstore sold current titles at 20 percent off the retail price and publisher overstocks up to 80 percent off the list price. Overstocks are books that get sent back to publishers for various reasons. Instead of storing or destroying the excess inventory, publishers sell them to retailers at a greatly reduced
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Copywriter/Clinical Researcher

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Copywriter/Clinical Researcher

The Copywriter/Clinical Researcher is a creative, conceptual thinker who collaborates with the rest of the creative team to ensure that the writing, design and technology we develop are greater than the sum of their parts and achieve the client's communication objectives. In collaboration with the creative
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Why publishers don't name and shame vendors over ad fraud

Publishers are getting noisier about the level of domain spoofing occurring against their inventory, with News UK the latest to talk openly about the results of its first programmatic blackout test. But few, if any, feel empowered to publicly name any supply-side platform that lets in large volumes of
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One final brutal critique

Over the past two decades, he has become known for his brutally honest critiques of local creative writing. However, after serving for 20 years, Chief Judge of the Frank Collymore Literary Endowment (FCLE), Antonio Boo Rudder is calling it a day. Also exiting the FCLE judging panel are Rudder's
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Akil Williams: Caribbean Actor, Writer, Creative

Akil is multi-talented as well, with a passion for rapping and writing that can be witnessed by an abundance of his creativity showcased on YouTube. He even contributed his writing skills to the aforementioned Chee$e. Intrigued by his work and gifts I had to find out more about this Caribbean Creative,
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CASEY: For writing conference founder, the pressure is off

Smith came up through what many might call the hard knocks school of writing. He flunked out of the University of North Carolina-Asheville after one semester because “I couldn't pass a course.” That didn't dissuade him from pursuing a career in newspapers in his native North Carolina, though. (His first
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State Lines: California poetry: David Hernandez's 'Decibel House'

The teenager featured in David Hernandez's “Decibel House” suffers from an acute depression tilting toward suicide. I marvel at Hernandez's skill at imagining the boy's emotional circumstance. The boy improves his condition by blasting music so loud it annihilates his feelings. It's possibly a temporary
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'Fire and Fury' No. 1 on NYT best sellers list

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – Michael Wolff's book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” is debuting at No. 1 on The New York Times' best sellers list. The controversial book about President Donald Trump's chaotic White House was released four days early amid intensive news coverage and a
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Another 'Fire & Fury' Book Exists & It's Confusing A LOT Of People

Despite this, it seems readers are mistaking “Allied Bombing of Germany” for “Inside the Trump White House” — the author reported a boost in sales and the nearly decades-old book sits at the top of the bestsellers list in German history. Hansen couldn't help but comment on this delightful development:.
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16-Time Grammy Award Winner Sting Stars in Cast of Voice Actors in Newest Where The Water …

Originally established in the Netherlands in 2011 as an equity crowdfunding platform under the name Gambitious BV, the Company became a publisher in 2014 with the release of Train Fever, which was the first game ever successfully published with equity crowdfunding. The Company has since
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As an industry rots, Michael Wolff laughs his way to the bank

His publisher is shipping copies out as quickly as they can be printed. Early indications show that this newest sensation in political journalism might achieve sales numbers worthy of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Wolff is going to make millions, if not tens of millions, on this book, at precisely the
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Book Publishers Market Research Report 2018 to 2022

This report provides a detailed analysis of the Book Publishers market with description of market sizing and growth, segmentation of market by products & services and major markets, top market players etc. The report recapitulates the factors that will be responsible for the growth in the market in the
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Author Susan Casey's fascination with oceans shows no sign of ebbing

Ultimately, Jon Krakauer joined an expedition and turned the ensuing disaster into a best-selling book and several movies. Outside led to a dream job in New York City at Time, Inc. There, Casey, as an editor-at-large, offered design and story input to all the company's magazines, in addition to creating
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Facebook Is Testing a Separate Destination for Local News in Its Mobile Apps

Facebook began testing a feature aimed at providing a destination for local news, in addition to content that can already be found on News Feed and on publishers' pages. Mobile users in six cities—Billings, Mont.; Binghamton, N.Y.; Little Rock, Ark.; New Orleans; Olympia, Wash.; and Peoria, Ill.—may
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Jennifer Dresbach of Monarch Wellness Center is the Queen of the Desert

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Jennifer Dresbach of Monarch Wellness Center is the Queen of the Desert

When it comes to best-sellers, Dresbach has noticed a trend from day one: Huxton's Green Crack. The unique strain, descended from Skunk #1 and a potent Afghani strain, is sweet-smelling, fruity, and invigorating, and primarily bought by patients with depression, fatigue, or stress. “Month after month
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Why Ford Lost Ground in China in 2017

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) said its sales in China fell 6% in 2017. A change in government incentives, stepped-up competition from domestic Chinese automakers, and a dearth of new products combined to set the Blue Oval's Chinese effort back after several years of growth. Several of Ford's rivals
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Words Count: Writer shares therapeutic power of nature, journaling thoughts

What she learned from this program is how journaling techniques can increase the effectiveness of your writing toward personal and professional growth which she would extend to the wider platform of WWf(a)C Jax to include all creative writing (stories, poems, essays, fiction, nonfiction). “It is necessary
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'Fire and Fury' publisher can't print copies fast enough

That was plenty to land the book, from publisher Henry Holt, atop the best-seller list for the week ended Jan. 7 — just ahead of the 25,000 copies of Rupi Kaur's “The Sun and Her Flowers” that were sold. Macmillan, the parent company of Henry Holt, said it had a first printing of 150,000 copies and
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Allegations of predatory environment at Concordia University

Spry says it wasn't uncommon for older, male professors to drink a lot and then openly attempt to kiss or grope female students. Concordia University says it will now launch a multi-pronged response to the allegations of sexual misconduct in the English department's creative writing program
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In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on Jan. 10

Shepard called a news conference Wednesday afternoon to respond to allegations published Monday in an online essay by Mike Spry, a former Concordia creative writing student. Spry wrote that in his 14-year association with Concordia, he had “been witness to and made aware of innumerable
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Creative Writing Workshop for Teens at Ridgefield Library

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Creative Writing Workshop for Teens at Ridgefield Library

This hands-on workshop focuses on the methods and styles for writing novels and short stories. Dialogue, plotting, conflict and characterization styles will be discussed and insight into the publishing and submission process given. The majority of the course consists of in-class writing exercises and
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UNF professors collaborate on publishing short stories

Spinnaker: What would you say your plans are moving forward for publishing? Are there more stories you are looking to publish? Bell: There have been two or three stories since this book has been published, and I'm hoping to get them into the hardcover edition. But anyway, I'm working on more stuff.
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Commerce leans toward trade duties on Canadian newsprint

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Commerce leans toward trade duties on Canadian newsprint

Import duties on Canadian newsprint got a preliminary OK from the U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday, over objections of many newspaper printers and publishers. Commerce officials ruled that Canadian paper makers benefited from a 6.53 percent subsidy from their federal government through
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How To Land a Publishing Deal For Your Cookbook

The new year is always a time of resolutions, and promises to one's self to fulfill goals. My personal resolution this year is to publish a third book, one that has nothing to do with cooking. Yes, you read that right. I've recently had several aspiring cookbook authors reach out for advice. I referred them to an
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New Culture secretary pledges to defend press freedom after peers vote to 'restart' Leveson inquiry

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New Culture secretary pledges to defend press freedom after peers vote to 'restart' Leveson inquiry

The new inquiry would look “into the extent of unlawful or improper conduct within news publishers” about personal data, as well as “the extent of corporate governance and management failures at news publishers”. Peers said that the Government could “fully satisfy… the spirit” of the vote by restarting
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Theater review: Uncle Vanya lets his hair down

His subjects included creative writing, art history and the graphic arts, especially calligraphy, and his students included poets Gary Snyder and Philip Whalen, among many others. His successor at Reed, Robert Palladino, carried on the tradition, and one of Palladino's students was Steve Jobs.
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Operations Manager, Book Publishing

A new Operations Manager, Book Publishing job is available in Chicago. Check it out on PW JobZone.
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Snap Is Suffering From Major Engagement Problems

Snap is working on the most significant interface redesign in Snapchat's history, and plans on separating social content from publisher content that is currently found in its Discover section. However, there's a huge risk that doing so will adversely impact usage of Discover content, which is an extremely
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Robert Guillaume

He also formed a publishing company with his second wife, Donna Brown, whom he married in 1985, publishing books and audiobooks of fairytales told in a multi-ethnic style, later producing animated versions of them on PBS and HBO. For most of his life, he was a man who preferred his romantic life to
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Round Hill Completes $240 Million Acquisition of Carlin Music Publishing

Carlin Music Publishing, home to songs by Elvis Presley, James Brown, AC/DC, Billie Holiday and many others, closed its sale to Round Hill Music, Variety has confirmed. News of Round Hill's winning bid, for a reported $240 million, was reported back in September; Carlin was at the center of a heated
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Professor Vargas Brings Violence, Law, and Politics Lab to UChicago

Christina Cano, a third-year majoring in sociology and creative writing, has been working in the lab since its inception. “My role is a data analyst, and in this first phase of our bigger project [I] go through homicide reports from the turn of the century to assess how a murder is reported, what details are
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2015 Guide to Self-Publishing, Revised Edition

Synopsis: The 2015 Guide to Self-Publishing is the essential resource for writers who are taking their publishing futures into their own hands, whether it's referred to as self-publishing or indie publishing. In addition to hundreds of listings for freelance editors, designers, self-publishing companies, and
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Help me self publish on [Content Moderated]

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Help me self publish on [Content Moderated]

[Content Moderated] is a website to self publish books. I want to self publish my own book that I've already written a manuscript. All I would need: Someone to upload the file to the website (must be in either pdf or rft) Someone to upload the.
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Trump's Smear Job Backfires As 'Fire and Fury' Debuts #1 On The New York Times Best Seller List

Despite selling more than a million copies in just a few days, sales are only likely to explode once more copies are printed and it becomes even more widely available. It should also be noted: Despite the president repeatedly calling the book a work of fiction, 'Fire and Fury' debuted at the top of the
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Forecast: InMobi-AerServe Deal Just One Of More To Come

For InMobi, adding AerServ means more access to U.S. publishers and brands, which it hopes to attract with its large international presence. The deal is a boon for InMobi's ad exchange scale, since AerServ runs more than 90 billion ad opportunities each month, and provides access to roughly 2,000
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The Archive Project – Jeffrey Eugenides and Danzy Senna

Eugenides is a professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton. (Bio courtesy of Macmillan). Danzy Senna is the author of five critically acclaimed books of fiction and nonfiction. Her first novel, “Caucasia,” won the Book of the Month Award for First Fiction and the American Library
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The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution

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The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution

In this book, Marci Shore evokes the human face of the Ukrainian Revolution. Grounded in the true stories of activists … members of the university community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers. Authors of new books may forward publishers' book descriptions to us by email.
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Michael Wolff's book "Fire and Fury" debuts at No. 1 on The New York Times' best sellers list

The publisher, Henry Holt & Co., has struggled to keep up with demand for the hardcover book. The company has received orders for more than one million copies, according to a person involved in the book's release. Henry Holt declined to comment on Wednesday. But earlier this week, the CEO of
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Gambrills natives co-author travel book about the English Premier League

Morse now works as an editor for a publishing company. Burden played soccer at Arundel High and was initially a fan of the national level competition that culminates in the grand spectacle of the World Cup. He began regularly watching the English Premier League games on Saturday mornings about
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High school proposes courses with real-world applications

Students more interested in the video production side of things would have the chance to enroll in Media Studies: Video Production after taking the introductory course. The class would replace Video Production 2 and Video Advanced. Students in Media Studies: Video Production would help write, edit
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From USA to Notts: Studying Creative Writing in the City

I know my lecturers want me to succeed, but how much I'm able to take away from the course is determined by me. It has truly caused me to appreciate my education. The libraries are great too; I was thrilled at not only the expansive content of the Boots and Clifton libraries, but also the 24-hour access.
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WRITE TEAM: Of course the children belong

I sit enthralled as the speaker, a bubbly British lady, describes her childhood at her late father's side, helping him save rare breeds of livestock. Her family now runs a large farm park where thousands of people visit each year to learn more about the diverse and valuable strains that have fallen by the
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