As hybrid publishing becomes a bigger part of the publishing business, the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) has developed a nine-point list of criteria defining what it means to be a reputable hybrid publisher. The goal of developing the guidelines is to “help hybrid publishers build better
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He has served as poet-in-residence and chair of creative writing at the Alabama School of Fine Arts, instructor of creative writing at Samford University, poetry editor of English Journal for the National Council of Teachers of English and as a nationally syndicated poetry feature writer for Tribune Media
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From the traditional crafts of papermaking, letterpress printing, and hand bookbinding to experimental artmaking and self-publishing techniques, MCBA supports the limitless creative evolution of book arts through book arts workshops and programming for adults, youth, families, K-12 students, and
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Chandler now teaches eighth-grade English/Language Arts at West Alexander Middle School in Taylorsville. He is also the author of the 2015 young adult novel titled “The Guide.” He's incorporating excerpts of his book into his classroom to demonstrate that “creative writing does not come from wealth of
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When Marvel Comics went exclusive with Diamond Comic Distributors a couple of decades ago, after the fall of their own bought-in distributor Heroes World, they clashed against the already-established Diamond deal with DC Comics, where DC got the lion share of the front and back pages of the
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Since the book has come out, the loudest reaction has been from the left.” Cantú, through his publisher Riverhead, declined to talk to PW. Riverhead also declined to comment. But, on the author's behalf, the publisher emailed a brief statement. Calling the Green Apple protesters “purposeful and
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I've always excelled at creative writing and I come at my songwriting from a creative standpoint. I was also lucky enough to grow up with guys like John Popper [Blues Traveler] and some truly great musicians — like working with the Spin Doctors. My other area of geekdom was martial-arts movies.
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SparkPoint Studio has acquired Shebooks, a women's e-book publisher founded in 2013 by three women with magazine and book publishing backgrounds. Since its launch, Shebooks has published 75 e-book titles by, and for, women.SparkPoint CEO Crystal Patriarche explained that Shebooks has
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