Expert contributors, whose Q&As will be made accessible through a private Facebook group, will come from traditional, self-publishing and other industries offering practical advice that authors can implement to help sell more books. In the first six weeks, experts include author Mel Sherratt, book blogger
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Details of the changed royalties formula have not yet been made public but The National Music Publishers Association has already said it will mandate that streaming firms hand over 15.1% of their revenue to songwriters and publishers, up from just 10.5% today. Higher outgoings will now become a fact
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The buzz: This is the latest adventure for Moyes' heroine, who also starred in the best sellers (which became a movie) and its sequel, After You. 4. That's What She Said by Joanne Lipman (William Morrow, non-fiction, on sale Jan. 30). What it's about: Examines the gender gap in the workplace, and finds
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Death And Culture II. What's on offer? We are delighted to be supporting the emergent and vibrant interdisciplinary subject of Death Studies through a range of series that focus on particular aspects of the field. This meeting is a chance to discover our new book series Emerald Studies in Death and
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In the summer of 2012, she joined a creative writing program at AU. She started writing her story. “At the time, it was my master's thesis,” Ross said. It became much more. “It was an intense kind of therapy that I never got in a doctor's office,” Ross said. “My treatment was the writing.” She also found love
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The US music publishing sector this weekend welcomed the news that the country's Copyright Royalty Board is increasing the rate that must be paid whenever the mechanical rights in songs are exploited by streaming services in America. The top line mechanical royalty revenue share rate goes up from
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Martin's annual “Worldbuilder” scholarship will fund a writer to take up a place on the six-week writing course at the Clarion West Writers Workshop in Seattle. The winner, who will be selected each year in a blind judging process, will “not be limited by age, race, sex, religion, skin colour, place of origin or
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He is author of numerous books including best sellers “The Humming Effect” (Inner Traditions 2017), co-authored with Andi Goldman, “Healing Sounds” and “The 7 Secrets of Sound Healing.” Jonathan is director of the Sound Healers Association and president of Spirit Music, Inc. in Boulder, Colorado.
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In the blue corner we have Editorial, the publishers – the people we want to run our content and are masters in the art of balancing a commercial agenda with editorial integrity. Their editorial agenda is their strongest punch: it defines what content is and isn't right for their audience – and it can knock your
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In her writing, Amy Tan often uses defence mechanisms, such as dark humour. “I get my sense of irony from my mother. She was victimised, but the one thing she taught me is to never let people tell you who you are. But, of course, as you go through life, people look down upon you. I tried to find humour
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It will set up a new collecting society empowered to offer streaming firms a blanket licence covering the mechanical rights in any songs streamed that are not otherwise covered by a direct deal with a music publisher. The streaming firm will hand over mechanical royalties to the society, which will then be
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Hunter, an assistant professor who teaches creative writing at Michigan State University, said the verses gave her a way to enter a world different from her own. “Each poem is kind of an act of empathy,” Hunter said. “I tried to build poems that helped readers to know what it feels like to be in those boats.”.
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EL RENO, Okla. – After losing his younger brother, George Gallegos realized to not take anything for granted for everything that is granted could be taken away. With an honest and broken heart, he expressed his feelings through creative writing. His emotions and thoughts are gathered in “The Things
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