The state organization on Arts and Disability is expanding its writing workshops for veterans to Temple. The six-week course offered by VSA Texas that starts on Saturday allows veterans to turn their memories into well-crafted poems, plays or songs. “Being able to write that out and share that as a legacy
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Johnson self-published her first two books through fastpencil.com, an online publishing house. She said several of her friends have read “Euphoria.” A few called her crying after reading the last chapter. So far one her friends has finished “How We feel Apart,” and she liked it. The books can only be
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The Publishers Weekly Stock Index dipped 1.5% in January, substantially underperforming compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which rose 5.8%. This year's PWSI has been reconfigured, adding IDW Media and Barnes & Noble Education and dropping Amazon from the list, since the giant
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To Kirsty Melville, McMeel's president and publisher, however, this is simply an extension of how McMeel works. “As a publisher, we go with where the culture goes,” she said. “Two years ago, we were a dominant player in coloring books. We were one of the earliest publishers of coloring books. And that
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Marc Cote, publisher of “Words to Live By,” said Whitehead had a “straight-ahead approach to life.” “He tackled projects and adversity with a rare clarity of mind and good humour,” Cote said. Tupholme described him as “fiercely loyal, generous and kind” and “a tireless advocate for writers, artists and
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The Publishers Daily story 2017 Media Ad Spend Flat For Publishers incorrectly noted political ad spend in 2016. Political ads made up more than 12% of advertising spend in 2016 for Matrix Solution's clients in the cited report, totaling more than $1.5 billion. It was not 12% of the media industry's
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Newsweek Media Group's chairman and finance director have resigned from their roles at the company. Newsweek Media Group (formerly IBT Media)—which owns Newsweek, International Business Times and other digital media properties—confirmed in a memo to staff on Thursday that Etienne Uzac
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In a North American rights deal, Meg Gardiner sold the third book in her Unsub series to John Parsley at Dutton. Shane Salerno at the Story Factory brokered the agreement for the novel, The Dark Corners of the Night, which again follows FBI profiler Caitlin Hendrix. In the book, the publisher said,
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