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China accuses Australia of 'cold war' mentality as publishing row looms

China accuses Australia of 'cold war' mentality as publishing row looms … Ministry has reiterated calls for Australia to abandon what it calls a “cold-war mentality” as a fresh row looms over renewed efforts to publish a book on Chinese Communist Party influence in Australian politics and academia.
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CoverCrush: International Editions of Best Sellers

Lauren Wilcox from Houston Public Library features some bestsellers with beautiful international covers. Book Buzz is a blog produced in collaboration with neighborhood librarians from Houston Public Library, Harris County Public Library and the Bellaire Library. Nothing stops me in my tracks quicker
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5 Questions With Randall Park

The Los Angeles native has been working as an actor for 15 years, though Park initially envisioned himself a writer. At UCLA he earned an undergraduate degree in creative writing and English and a master's in Asian-American studies. There, he and his pals formed Lapu, the Coyote That Cares
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Augment Your Valentine's Day With New REAL​ cARds

“While we're self-publishing, as we did with Hologrid Monster, we'd like to partner with other companies, either the big greeting cards companies, brands or agencies to turn REAL cARds into a platform where they can build them their own AR Greeting Card apps on top of the platform we built for this.
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Retired UTRGV professor co-authors memoir detailing ex-agent's CIA betrayal

Written over the course of a year through email exchanges and sparse phone calls, former University of Texas Rio Grande Valley professor Philip Zwerling has published his latest book, “Eyes on Havana.” The book was co-written by ex-CIA agent Verne Lyon and tells his story of his time spent in the
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The Six Credit Shift: Why We Should Lower the Number of Required Upper-level “Law Classroom …

Law classroom credits are not awarded for clinics, independent writing projects, or cross-registered courses. Thus, unless a student takes more than the required number of credit hours to graduate, the amount of clinical, independent writing, and cross-registered credits a student can take combined is
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Publishers turn away from Facebook Instant Articles

Many publishers are relying less on Facebook's Instant Articles, the platform's fast-loading mobile news pages, according to an analysis by the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR). Of the 72 publishers that partnered with Facebook for the 2015 launch of Instant Articles, 38 did not post a single Instant
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China confirms Swedish publisher Gui Minhai has been detained

BEIJING (CNN) — China has confirmed for the first time that a Hong Kong-based Swedish citizen who published and sold books critical of the Chinese government has been detained following his purported arrest last month. At a Ministry of Foreign Affairs briefing Tuesday, a spokesman said that Gui
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The Me Too domino effect in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids and beyond

Emmy Palmersheim, a theater enthusiast, cat lover and University of Iowa student studying creative writing and secondary education, said the Me Too movement is raising awareness of sexual assault, but it is nothing new. “Something I'm very adamant about is that you have to look at something and you
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Could Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS) See a Reversal After Breaking Its 52-Week Low?

More interesting news about Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) were released by: Businesswire.com and their article: “Barnes & Noble Announces Barnes & Noble Pressâ„¢, an Enhanced Self-Publishing …” published on January 24, 2018 as well as Businesswire.com's news article titled: “Bestselling
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Staying Ahead Of Facebook's News Feed Changes

Facebook's wide ranging plan to alter what its users see in their news feeds has certainly started 2018 off with a bang for publishers and brands. Many fear that their video content will now be deprioritised and engagement levels will collapse as a result. Facebook's reworking of its algorithm has already
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Fade to Gray: Getting a book published

When my children's story “God Needed A Puppy” was done and illustrated I knew I could self-publish it but decided to at least try to get a traditional publisher on board. So I searched and searched for an agent or publishing house, big or small, that accepts unsolicited manuscripts. They are certainly out
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Shirley B. (Torrey) Campbell, 96, Worked at Destiny Publishers

Campbell was educated in Haverhill, and graduated from Haverhill High School, class of 1939. Prior to retiring, she worked several years as a mail supervisor for Destiny Publishers. Campbell was a member of the former Immanuel Baptist Church, and attended the former Portland Street Baptist Church.
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Indies and S2Ms scoop QLDs Matilda Awards

Formerly focused on developing and publishing new theatre scripts, Playlab entered this latest stage in its 45 year history in early 2017. Playlab's debut production in partnership with Brisbane Powerhouse, Blue Bones, demonstrated the resounding success of its new approach, picking up six Silver
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Target seeks tougher terms on CD sales; Best Buy may scrap them outright

Billboard reports that Best Buy Co. Inc. has told music suppliers that it will halt sales of music CDs at its stores this summer. Target Corp., meanwhile, is pushing music and movie publishers to accept new terms on CD and DVD sales, shifting more of the risk for unsold merchandise away from the retailer
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