Day: March 17, 2018

Hey, Spike! bids former Summit Daily News publisher Jim Morgan a happy retirement

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Hey, Spike! bids former Summit Daily News publisher Jim Morgan a happy retirement

“One of my closest friends, Jim Elsberry, was publishing Swift's newspaper in Greeley (Tribune) and we visited them often and I'd been here to fish probably a dozen times through the years — and, of course, to ski,” says Jim. “As we weighed options, Colorado was the easy choice, especially with Swift
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A guide to esports: What's the value for publishers?

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A guide to esports: What's the value for publishers?

This guide looks at what esports is and what is means for the media world.
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Poets laureate share writing with Glasgow

Tracy K. Smith, who teaches creative writing at Princeton University, was named the country's poet laureate in June 2017. … During the course of the question-and-answer session, Rogers asked Smith and Smock if they read quietly or out loud when they're reading other writers' poetry at home.
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Petersburg teen scores 10K prize in Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

346,000 works of art and writing were submitted for adjudication by a panel of creative-industry experts this year, a new record. As a Gold Medal Portfolio recipient, Johnson will have his work publically displayed in the Art.Write.Now.2018 National Exhibition. He'll also be honored on June 7th at
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Kids' book slammed for featuring Hitler among 'great leaders'

One outraged organization on Friday asked the publisher, B. Jain's Pegasus division, to pull the book from stores and its online site. “Placing Hitler alongside truly great political and humanitarian leaders is an abomination that is made worse as it targets young people with little or no knowledge of world
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Bestsellers vs. obscure page-turners

A lot of the books are “retired” library books and you can get a bunch of the bestsellers from the last few years at a considerable discount. My wife and I read a lot and if you have seen the price of a new book these days, it's no surprise we like to buy them used. Used books aren't like used cars and they
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The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is publishing a list on its website of unauthorized …

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The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is publishing a list on its website of unauthorized …

Diamonds, rare earths, wine or “crypto assets”: intermediation in miscellaneous assets may cover several sectors. Since July 2017, the AMF has been providing a list of unauthorized diamond investments platforms. On December, the AMF decided to include in this list other miscellaneous assets
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One woman helps bring books to the Chinese community

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One woman helps bring books to the Chinese community

The answers were a mixture of popular best-sellers, classics, biographies, fiction, non-fiction and young-adult books. Watson assembled a small collection of books – some from her own collection, some donated from friends, others from employees at her previous employer before retirement, Telamon
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CalArtians Earn Juried Prizes at 2018 SXSW Film Festival

Writer and director Nijla Mu'min (Film/Video, Creative Writing MFA 13) won the Special Jury Recognition for Writing award for her feature debut, “Jinn.” Inspired by Mu'min's life growing up in the Bay Area, “Jinn” is a coming-of-age story centered around Summer (Zoe Renee), whose world turns inside
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Photo Flash: Barrel of Monkeys Presents THAT'S WEIRD, GRANDMA: Brand New Stories

Be among the first to experience the newest songs, sketches and dance pieces adapted from stories written by students in Barrel of Monkeys' creative writing workshops. Directed by Artistic Director Brandon Cloyd, THAT'S WEIRD, GRANDMA: Brand New Stories will play Mondays at 8 pm from June 18
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'Fire and Fury' Hot in Germany, France

A number of his books have been released in the U.S. by different publishers. The top seller in the Netherlands at the end February was Gordon, the biography of Dutch entertainer Gordon Heuckeroth. In second place was The 91 Story Treehouse, the latest in Andy Griffith's Treehouse series. The new
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Facebook's algorithm change hurts conservative news sites, helps liberal sites, analysis shows

Facebook's algorithm change hurts conservative news sites, helps liberal sites, analysis shows Facebook's new algorithm is hurting conservative news publishers, while boosting liberal-leaning publishers. The 12 most conservative sites saw their traffic from Facebook plummet by an average of 27.06
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The Other Ducks

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The Other Ducks

In this tale from author Yeomans (Jubilee) and illustrator Sheban (I Met a Dinosaur), This Duck and That Duck are best friends trying to figure out the whole duck thing, which is tough without other ducks around to show them the ropes. But This Duck—small and brown compared to the bigger,
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The Girl Who Smiled Beads

Wamariya, a human rights advocate, and Weil, a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine, tell the powerful story of Wamariya's experience fleeing Rwanda after the genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group began in 1994. While visiting her grandmother at age six, Wamariya and her older
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Higher education briefs

Rushdie will also meet with creative writing students during his time on campus. The talk and honorary degree ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. Both are open to the public, with tickets available through IU Auditorium. Ivy Tech to host Express Enrollment Week. Ivy Tech Community College is hosting an
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Jenkins: '99 HCHS grads bring artistic passion projects to life

As it happens, In Becky's high school creative writing class, which I was fortunate enough to experience from behind the teacher's desk, there was another student who would go on to pursue his own talents and passions, in this case for the written word. And, as luck would have it, he has a project of his
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Sheikh Sultan, Macron, visit Sharjah pavilion at Paris Book Fair

Sheikh Sultan had earlier visited the Paris Book Fair along with his wife Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammad Al Qasimi, Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, SCFA, in the presence of Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, Founder and CEO of Emirates Publishers Association and
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'The internet can be a bit strange but I think that writing is even weirder'

“There was no tradition of writing in the family, but a strong tradition of reading — my father was a big reader,” she said. “I always wrote stories as a child. In class they had to pry my pen away from me. I would make little books with stories. I got serious at St Andrews and did my first creative writing
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VIEWPOINT: Thoughts on gun violence, gender and arts schools

Creative thinkers have more options for problem solving, conflict resolution and managing stress and anger. Our society, children and boys in particular, need art and music, theater, movement and creative writing in their lives, from pre-school and elementary grades through middle and high school.
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Enpress publisher reputation

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Enpress publisher reputation

EWP takes great pride in being an affordable publisher that helps the every day author achieve his or her publishing goals. JTB Editorial Office Editorial Department EnPress Publisher LLC. com keyword after analyzing the system lists the list of keywords related and the list of websites with related
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Hyper-Partisan Content Continues to Dominate Facebook

Politics, for better or worse, continues to drive conversations on social media. According to a March study by analytics firm NewsWhip, hyper-partisan publishers and their staff writers appear to engage some of the largest media audiences on Facebook. NewsWhip in February ranked the top 100
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How I lost six stone (and kept it off)

In 2014 she trained as a dietician and self-published her diet in a booklet that she distributed around the streets of Odense. She invited people to her house if they wanted to try the diet: 100 turned up. Soon after, her book was picked up by a big publishing house and immediately became a bestseller.
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This Week's Bestsellers: March 19, 2018

The big-screen adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time opened March 9, and the 2007 trade paper edition is once again the #1 book in the country, with its best weekly print unit sales since its release. The tie-in edition, which pubbed in November, also saw its best weekly sales to date,
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Literacy Volunteers Valley Shore Hosts Book Sale

The sale will be carrying a wide range of books, including current best sellers, mysteries, biographies, travel, to name a few; the book sale caters to all interests. Books are sorted by category, with prices starting as low as 50 cents. We will also offer a collection of jigsaw puzzles and toys for the kids.
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Electronic Arts Stock Flirts With Buy Point, Retreats

Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak said the popularity of “Fortnite Battle Royale” and similar game “PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds” will have a modest impact on the major publishers. “If Fortnite/PUBG affect in-game monetization by 10%, we estimate the (earnings per share) impact to Take-Two to
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Development of an enzymatic cycling method using pyruvate kinase

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Development of an enzymatic cycling method using pyruvate kinase

Bentham Science Publishers. Share. Print E-Mail. IMAGE: Enzyme cycling is a sensitive assay method that exploits amplification techniques. We recently developed a novel enzymatic cycling method, which utilizes both the forward and reverse reactions of creatine kinase… view more. Credit: Dr. Shigeru
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NM School for the Arts breaks ground on new campus

The school offers four arts disciplines — visual arts, music, theater and dance — and a minor in creative writing and literature. The school's academic program is funded by state government. Money for the arts program is dependent on its foundation — which spent $7.3 million to buy the Sanbusco
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'Popular Science' Introduces Tours Business

There's none better than going to a foreign country,” Brown told Publishers Daily. Newsweek Media Group launched its own travel tours business last November, with 15 different all-inclusive trips and excursions, and accompanied by a Newsweek editor or journalist. O, the Oprah Magazine partnered
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Rainn Wilson, Dwight on 'The Office,' coming to Door Kinetic Arts Festival

Her work has been featured in numerous magazines and anthologies, and she has taught creative writing at universities and in community programs, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2009, Wilson and Reinhorn visited Haiti and returned with Dr. Kathryn Adams to facilitate a U.N. funded
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