Day: February 27, 2018

Inside the Game-changing OER Legislation for Publishers

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Inside the Game-changing OER Legislation for Publishers

Inside the Game-changing OER Legislation for Publishers. Earlier this month, we described how open educational resources (OER) are gaining acceptance in the U.S. K-12 education market. By offering “free” or low-cost academic programs, OER developers over the past several years have made
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Podcast publishers, start preserving your stuff. (This podcast will tell you how.)

Call it pivot, call it a rebrand, call it Ziggy Stardust; whatever it is, Anchor is once again driving a new throng of headlines, this time due to its re-premiere as a one-stop shop for podcast publishers that don't currently need sophisticated editing platforms like ProTools and Hindenburg or industrial-level
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eBay Announces Spring Seller Update 2018 for UK Sellers

For items over £20, all the delivery services must be designated tracked services and valid tracking must be uploaded within the dispatch time (this includes auction-style listings and Best Offers where the final price is over £20). In order to meet the requirements, eBay UK is forcing sellers to use certain
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INTERVIEW: Boom's Filip Sablik on becoming a Premier publisher and the State of the Industry

FB_filip.jpg During last week's ComicsPRO meeting in Portland, Boom! Studios was elevated to a Premier publisher with Diamond, comics' biggest distributor. (Dynamite was also elevated.) It's a huge deal for both companies, who join IDW, Dark Horse and Image in the front of Diamond's massive 500+
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Vice President, Retail Sales

This position also guides imprint liaisons who work with some of Hachette's publishing divisions. The ideal candidate will have a track record in growing book sales innovatively and leading teams, as well as knowledge of marketing, acquisitions and finance. This professional will foster positive and
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Amazon Publishing Debuts Topple Books Imprint

Amazon Publishing announced plans to launch Topple Books, a new imprint to be overseen by the award-winning filmmaker, writer and LGBTQ activist Jill Soloway. The new imprint will highlight the creative works of women of color, gender non-conforming, and queer writers. A noted social activist and
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Google Launches AdSense Auto Ads

For publishers who currently have manually placed ads on their websites by including AdSense code where they want ads to appear, there is no need to remove this code. Auto Ads takes all AdSense ads into account when deciding what type of ads to display, along with where the ads should be placed
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eBay 2018 Spring Seller Update for US Sellers

To help you achieve the best results from promoted listings campaigns, starting March 2018, eBay will provide guidance on which items to promote and make it easier for sellers to monitor what items sold through their campaigns. The company is also increasing exposure of promoted listings by adding
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Launch of the Ledbury Poetry Competition

LEDBURY Poetry Festival's annual Poetry Competition opened for entries this week, with a first prize of £1,000 cash and a residential course at T? Newydd ,The National Writing Centre of Wales. Festival manager, Phillippa Slinger said: “T? Newydd is renowned for its excellent writing courses, taught by
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John Tenhula’s New Book “Cell Wars: An Oral History of Cancer Today†Deeply Tackles …

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John Tenhula’s New Book “Cell Wars: An Oral History of Cancer Today†Deeply Tackles …

John Tenhula’s New Book “Cell Wars: An Oral History of Cancer Today†Deeply Tackles the Ailment Cancer and Its Effect on the … Published by New York City-based Page Publishing, John Tenhula’s book narrates several perspectives from men and women who have dealt with cancer
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Should You Self-Publish Or Work With A Traditional Publisher?

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Should You Self-Publish Or Work With A Traditional Publisher?

Publishing a book can be a great opportunity for your professional career. As a self-published author who is now working with a large publishing house, I have experience with both sides of publishing. I am often asked how I made the decision whether to self-publish or work with a publishing house for
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ListenFirst's Report for Media Publishing Industry Reveals Social Branded Content Nearly Doubled …

NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — ListenFirst, the most comprehensive social analytics solution for the enterprise, today released its Media Publishing: Social Branded Content Report with key insights into the adoption, effectiveness, and strength of social branded content as a new advertising
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I Just Self-Published My Tenth Book on Self-Publishing, and Oh My God, I've Opened a Portal …

Listen, I'll need to keep this quick. My apartment is a mess. I'm writing you as I stare at a crocodile-headed demon-dog urinating fire on my faux fiddle-leaf fig. I loved that tree. Sounds kind of nuts, right? I brought this on myself. A portal to hell opened up in my living room the second I hit save on the final
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Bethesda and Nintendo Top Metacritic's Best Publisher of 2017 Rankings

Bethesda and Nintendo are two of the major publishers that have managed to top Metacritic's 8th Annual Game Publisher Rankings. Metacritic deems 'major publishers' to be companies who have released 12 or more distinct titles in that year. The rankings have been evaluated based solely on critic
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Bethesda beats Nintendo to top of Metacritic publisher rankings

Score aggregator Metacritic has shared a report on the best and worst game publishers from 2017 recently, using critic reviews from their releases in the entire year to evaluate their performance, and it's good news for Bethesda, as strong releases like Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus saw them stand in
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DIY publishing

Authors who self-publish their work are gaining more and more legitimacy every day. There are now countless success stories for self-published books, such as “Fifty Shades of Grey” and “The Martian.” Still, some people continue to think of the self-publishing option as a last resort — a way to get your
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Bethesda's games were the best of any major publisher last year

Review aggregators Metacritic have released their eighth annual ranking of videogame publishers according to the averaged 'metascores' of their releases throughout 2017. The winners are Bethesda, who put out 12 games – such as Wolfenstein II, Prey, and the Evil Within II – which scored an average
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Publishers' Body Welcomes Madras High Court Order Lifting Non-NCERT Book Ban

Publishers' Body Welcomes Madras High Court Order Lifting Non-NCERT Book Ban … New Delhi: The Association of Publishers in India (API) on Tuesday welcomed the Delhi High Court order which stipulated that sale of non-NCERT books must not be disallowed in CBSE-affiliated schools, calling the
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Metacritic crowns Bethesda its top publisher of 2017

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Metacritic crowns Bethesda its top publisher of 2017

Everyone has a favorite video game publisher, but if you want to know who comes out on top based on their Metacritic scores, the aggregate site has you covered. In its 8th annual game publisher rankings, Metacritic places Bethesda in the number one spot. The publishers are split into two categories:
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Malcolm Gladwell to Teach Online Course on Writing

Malcolm Gladwell is hosting his first-ever online class on writing — promising to share top tips from his years penning non-fiction material. The class, which costs $90, is being offered through startup MasterClass, which offers more than two dozen celebrity-led video courses. Gladwell's course is open for
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Exclusive: Facebook to launch a Local News Subscription Accelerator

Participating publishers will convene in-person once a month, receive coaching from digital subscription experts, and participate in weekly trainings covering a broad array of digital subscriptions marketing activities, including but not limited to the use of Facebook. Facebook will cover the costs, but the
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New York Times Bestselling Author Malcolm Gladwell Joins MasterClass to Teach Writing

Malcolm Gladwell, known for his non-fiction writing that captivates readers, has been a staff writer at The New Yorker for over two decades and has authored five New York Times Bestsellers: “The Tipping Point,” “Blink,” “Outliers,” “What the Dog Saw,” and “David and Goliath.” Gladwell's unique style of
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Publishers' body welcomes HC order lifting non-NCERT book ban

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Publishers' body welcomes HC order lifting non-NCERT book ban

NEW DELHI: The Association of Publishers in India (API) on Tuesday welcomed the Delhi High Court order which stipulated that sale of non-NCERT books … authors and others as it symbolises 'freedom of choice' in education,” the representative body of publishers of academic texts said in a statement.
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How to stand out in the self-publishing scene

Nervous about getting your zine out to the audience it deserves? Matthew Walkerdine from Glasgow's indie institution, Good Press Gallery, shares his wisdom.
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Publishers Clearing House Explains How to Perform Large-scale Analytics Using MapR and …

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Attunity Ltd. (Nasdaq: ATTU), a leading provider of data integration and Big Data management software solutions, today announced that it will be presenting on a live webinar with its customer Publishers Clearing House and partner MapR
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Adtaxi's Chris Loretto Discusses Potential Benefits Of Google's Chrome Ad Blocker

There are changes publishers need to address to ensure we're thinking about the longer-term implications of site management. If this helps us to steer in the right direction, it's welcome. PI: Will Google's Ad Blocker benefit advertisers and publishers? CL: The goal of the ad blocker is, ironically, to avoid
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Bethesda Softworks Was 2017's Best Publisher, According to Metacritic

Media score aggregate site Metacritic has unveiled some new statistics this week, revealing its list of publishers that performed the best in 2017. To calculate this, it's taken all of a publisher's games released last year and averaged their scores, and figured out the percentage of games that have received
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Publishers body welcomes Delhi High Court order lifting non-NCERT book ban

New Delhi: The Association of Publishers in India (API) on Tuesday welcomed the Delhi High Court order which stipulated that sale of non-NCERT books must not be disallowed in CBSE-affiliated schools, calling the practice “discriminatory”. “The court decision exemplifies the point that an ideal
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API welcomes Delhi HC decision to allow sale of non-NCERT books in CBSE schools

The Association of Publishers in India (API), a representative body of publishers engaged in development of school, higher education, reference, academic and other texts, has welcomed the Hon'ble Delhi High Court's decision to allow sale of both NCERT and non-NCERT books in CBSE run schools.
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eBay Releases UK Spring Seller Update

As we hinted earlier from an email the company sent out, there are some price changes. These change will go into effect from 1 April 2018, which should give every seller some time to evaluate their best option for their business. eBay says it is adjusting pricing and subscriptions to give sellers better
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Publishers body welcomes HC order lifting non-NCERT book ban

The decision has been welcomed by not just students and parents but also by schools, private publishers, authors and others as it symbolises 'freedom of choice' in education,” the representative body of publishers of academic texts said in a statement. “The ruling, in addition to providing convenience to
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AppSwarm Announces the Addition of Axis Game Factory CEO and Industry Veteran Tammy …

She also has extensive expertise representing game software, original and AAA brands and working with stakeholders across sales, marketing, licensing, retail and digital distribution/sales, self-publishing as well as first and third-party console providers. Her experience in conducting due-diligence of
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NME publisher Time Inc UK sold to private equity in £130 million deal

Private equity company Epiris yesterday announced a deal to buy NME publisher Time Inc UK in a transaction reported to be worth £130 million. The acquisition of Time Inc's UK business comes hot on the heels of a deal in the US in which the Meredith Corporation is buying the parent company.
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Bethesda was Metacritic's top 'major' publisher in 2017

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Bethesda was Metacritic's top 'major' publisher in 2017

The firm divided publishers on the platform into two categories – those that released more than twelve games during the calendar year, dubbed 'major publishers' and the rest being 'mid-size'. The rankings were also decided by the average score of games released in 2017, the percentage of products
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Sultan resident has dozens of story ideas

British Columbia publishing company FriesenPress printed the paperbacks, which are being sold on Amazon and in some Barnes & Noble stores, Green said. Many he hands out himself, and he always keeps a few in his car, just in case. Dolly Green has also remained an avid writer, mostly using her
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Association of Publishers in India welcomes the Hon'ble Delhi High Court decision to allow sale of …

New Delhi: The Association of Publishers in India (API), a representative body of publishers engaged in development of school, higher education, reference, academic and other texts, has welcomed the Hon'ble Delhi High Court's decision to allow sale of both NCERT and non-NCERT books in CBSE
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News, and the Ugly Truth

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News, and the Ugly Truth

Clearly, social platforms and tech giants are in the line of fire given the almost unquestioned and free reign they have enjoyed till now. Feeling the heat Everyone from publishers to advertisers to social media influencers are feeling the impact of seemingly corrective measures that are being undertaken.
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Metacritic ranks Bethesda as top-rated big publisher of 2017

Bethesda has been rated the best large publisher of 2017 in Metacritic's eighth annual publisher ranking. The top publishers are recognised based on a formula which takes into account the varying metascores for all games in 2017, weighted in favour of the average; iOS games are not included in the
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EA's Metacritic scores tanked in 2017 as it falls from major publisher rankings

In 2016 EA was number one in the major publishers category, but in 2017 it fell out of the category altogether and placed fifth in the mid-size list behind Nicalis, Paradox and Devolver. Metacritic ranks all publishers for their yearly performance, placing those that release 12 or more titles on the major
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How publishing company Condé Nast has created a 'next generation' entertainment studio

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How publishing company Condé Nast has created a 'next generation' entertainment studio

Exploiting the intellectual property of iconic brands across multiple entertainment platforms has been something of a Holy Grail for publishing companies. Fortunately for Condé Nast CEO Bob Sauerberg, he knew exactly who he needed to bring in to launch Condé Nast Entertainment (CNE).
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More Bad News on History Jobs

After publishing an anemic preliminary job ads report in November, the American Historical Association released its final annual job ads report Monday. In all, the association's Career Center ran ads for 529 positions in 2016-17, the “lowest total number of advertisements since Ronald Reagan was
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Florida Shooting Survivors Eyeing Book Deals to Push Gun Message

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Florida Shooting Survivors Eyeing Book Deals to Push Gun Message

Some of the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High are planning on using their newfound star power to get their gun control message out … through a good page-turner. Sources tell TMZ that at least two of the outspoken survivors have been in talks with publishers for book deals. The deals haven't
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Anime In Progress for Anime About Reincarnated Girl Who Just Wants to be 'Ordinary'

The original work is being published on self-publishing website Shosetsuka ni Narou and because of its popularity, paperback books are currently being published in Earth Star Entertainment's Earth Star Novel and a total of 6 volumes have been released. The 7th volume will be released on 15 March.
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