Day: March 19, 2018

Longlist announced for 2018 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

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Longlist announced for 2018 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature

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Facebook Inks Licensing Deal With France's Sacem

French authors' rights society Sacem has become the latest music industry organization to strike a licensing deal with Facebook. In addition to covering the use of Sacem repertoire for video and other social experiences, the multi-year agreement also covers works from Wixen Music Publishing and
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NYCC 2017 Flashback: Shadowhunters

Author: Jamie Sugah. Jamie has a BA in English with a focus in creative writing from THE Ohio State University. She self-published her first novel, The Perils of Long Hair on a Windy Day, is available through Amazon. She is currently an archivist and lives in New York City with her demon ninja vampire
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Google Appeases Newspapers, Play Store To Sell Subscriptions

In a bid to support publishers and spurn revenue from high-quality journalism, Google has revealed it will soon sell subscriptions of digital newspapers on its Play store. Under the new plan, Google will reportedly give publishers 85% of revenue generated from newspaper subscriptions purchased within
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Celtra to Spin Out an Independent, Full Service Creative Management Consultancy to Service the …

Richard Knott said, “The launch of Puzzle as a full service consultancy – together with the Celtra CMP – gives brands and publishers an offering that is purpose built for the needs of the ANZ market, led by a team that understands that.” Peter Bray added, “Our partners can look forward to now having
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EWU professor publishing first book about Spokane River

SPOKANE, Wash. – Professor Paul Lindholdt, a professor at Eastern Washington University, just received the advanced copy of his new book 'The Spokane River'. This first print is a culmination of nearly a year and half's worth of work, in which he was the guiding hand organizing 28 writers and bringing
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Bookmobile brings library to rural communities across the region

She added, “I choose the books based on a few things, like current and pop culture, popularity, popular authors, best sellers, and then we just need to have diversity on here. I try finding some unique items. I always get excited when I find something I haven't seen before.” Although the Bookmobile
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Indian publisher features Hitler in book on 'great leadership'

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Indian publisher features Hitler in book on 'great leadership'

A CHILDREN'S BOOK published in India names Adolf Hitler as one of 11 inspiring leaders. (photo credit: COURTESY … The Simon Wiesenthal Center denounced the publishing group for selling the book at the Krithi International Book Fair in Cochin as well as on their website. “Dedicated to the
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Shortlist announced for inaugural Perimeter Small Book Prize

Established by Melbourne-based specialist bookstore and publishing platform Perimeter Books, the new prize aims to demonstrate Perimeter's 'commitment to engaging with the local creative community and developing and disseminating meaningful new works in published form'. Entrants are asked to
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North Shore Community Calendar

Bring a lunch. Light refreshments will be provided. Donation requested for admission. For information contact Cheri Grishin, 781-631-1768 or cherigrishin@marbleheadmuseum.org. Marblehead: Creative Writing for Kids, 3:30 p.m., Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St. Writing activities, prompts, games,
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The Benefits of Talking About Graduate Teaching

In a course on the history of English, each student selected a point of usage or a grammatical rule, wrote an overview of the history and current state of usage, and provided a lesson plan for a first-year writing course. I created bound copies of these handbooks, but they could easily be put online, too.
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A Disciplined Man is a Successful Man

I devoured King's memoir on writing over the course of three days. Although I don't specialize in fiction writing, I found his advice relative to anyone who desires more success in the field of writing and in other areas that require consistent practice. Discipline is at the center of King's success. In addition to
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April 11: Grange Open House, Art Contest, and Creative Writing Open Mic

Grange Open House and Art Contest, and Creative Writing Open Mic is part of the Grange Lecture Series, which strives to foster social and political engagement, discussion, community, and to maintain the historical Grange Hall as a home for celebrations and programs. The San Juan Island Grange has
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BU hosts weekend conference for aspiring student writers, publishers

Among the seminars offered to students over the weekend were a course on how to run a literary nonprofit, a course on negotiating with publishers and a seminar on improving student-produced literary magazines. Other seminars covered more specific topics, like “Rare Book Librarianship as a Career”
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Black Inc. to end 'Best Australian Essays, Stories and Poems'; announces new collection

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Black Inc. to end 'Best Australian Essays, Stories and Poems'; announces new collection

Black Inc. has announced it will no longer publish its series of Best Australian Essays, Stories and Poems, but will publish a new annual short story collection instead. Beginning in December, Black Inc. will publish Best Summer Stories, which will include published and unpublished short fiction by
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Luncheon

Publishing Now: Luncheon. Monday, March 19, 2018 12:00pm – 1:00pm. Storrs Campus Humanities Institute. At noon, there will be a catered lunch at the Humanities Institute with our guests to discuss careers in publishing. ANY INTERESTED GRADUATE STUDENTS are welcome. Faculty may also
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Silencing History: US University Publishers Shun Book “Ending the Deir Yassin Myth”

Why have American academic presses rejected a book manuscript by Dr. Eliezer Tauber, a former dean and highly-regarded Israeli history professor at Bar-Ilan University's Department of Middle Eastern Studies? Tauber is an award-winning and prolific expert on the early phases of the Arab-Israeli
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The multifaceted power of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

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The multifaceted power of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

A lot of it deals with slavery, which of course was widespread at the time when Harper was writing. The first poem of hers that stuck with me was “The Slave Mother, A Tale of the Ohio,” which is inspired by the story of Margaret Garner, who killed her child rather than have her be returned to slavery (a
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'This deal marks a new milestone': SACEM signs up with Facebook

The deal with the social media giant covers the use of repertoire represented by the French collection society. In addition, SACEM has licensed the repertoire of Canadian society SOCAN and Wixen Music Publishing, with pan-European mandates expanded to include Facebook. The multi-year licensing
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What publishers should do when Nielsen misrepresents their industry

What publishers should do when Nielsen misrepresents their industry. When Nielsen … Here, he lays out exactly what Nielsen got wrong, and offers advice to his fellow publishers. … So how are media publishers to respond when an established reporting group clearly gets it wrong without looking petty?
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Norway will write you a song, but they really don't want your mom

We stood beside him when he won Eurovision in 2009, when he did that weird cystic fibrosa musical, when he had approximately as many public mental breakdowns as Lindsey Lohan did in the mid 2000s in the course of about six minutes, when he did that terrible soundtrack to “How to Train your
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Dieselfunk Dispatch: An Overview of Comics Distribution Channels

We discussed the publishers. But who and what are the comics distribution channels and commerce venues? From my POV I'd say they are: The Direct Market, Traditional Bookstores, Digital Bookstores, and Zines market. The Direct Market: A network of comic shops that sells comics predominately
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