This two-part workshop offers the opportunity for you to pitch your idea for books to publishers, editors and literary agents. In the first session, your ideas will be refined and developed and how to put together an effective book proposal will be explored. In the second session, you will present a summary
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OLIVIER DUPORT: Founded by myself, Alan Marzo and Carl Åhnebrink, we function as a record label, publishing house and exhibition organiser. The purpose of Flee is to discuss and analyse different music genres and subcultures. Our objective is also forward-looking: we attempt to make the
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Changes in the scholarly research landscape, its inefficiencies and its evolution were hot topics at this year's inaugural Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) London event. A packed space saw Liz Allen, director of strategic initiatives at F1000, keynote on topics ranging from new ways to assign credit,
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Media Prima Group has pulled out of Malaysia Premium Publishers Marketplace (MPPM), a consortium formed to create an advertising exchange. The move was confirmed to A+M by a Media Prima spokesperson, who declined to reveal further details. Together with Media Prima Group, MPPM was
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Gig economy: A Flagstaff book editor on a schedule all her own … For more than 15 years, Laura Lawrie has worked by her own schedule, editing academic books from home on an as-needed basis for many major publishers. … “You have to have a great deal of self-discipline to do this,” Lawrie said.
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FRANKFURT, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MulTra GmbH has created an innovative solution to monetize digital content for newspaper publishers while simultaneously paying consumers for reading the news through their Pumped App. Pumped claims to be the first platform which pays people for
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This week a range of big publishers reported their gender pay gap figures, including Pearson, Springer Nature, Hachette UK and HarperCollins. The numbers are dire. That they are not out of step with society as a whole, or other media businesses, provides only a partial cover. Pearson's pay gap is
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Most people will agree that online sex trafficking should be stopped. However, a new bill aimed at doing that, which is likely to be signed into law this week, could have unintended consequences that broadly impact online publishers and the internet as a whole. The legislation, called the Stop Enabling
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The surging popularity of Epic Games' “Fortnite” will spur other major gaming publishers to add “battle royale” modes to their major franchises, according to one Wall Street firm. “Fortnite” is one of the hottest pop culture phenomenons right now, attracting rap stars, top Twitch streamers and gamers alike.
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In addition to taking classes, 2,172 MU graduate students are employed as teaching or research assistants, which requires them to design courses, hold office hours, grade exams and papers and mentor undergraduates. While the Board of Curators argues this work enhances their degrees, professors
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INC., INDIANA OXYGEN COMPANY, ARCO WELDING SUPPLY CO., AGL, WISCO, THOMAS PUBLISHING COMPANY, TWSCO, KEEN COMPRESSED GAS, GENERAL DISTRIBUTING etc.,. The in-depth info by segments of Welding & Shielding Gas market helps monitor future profitableness essential
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A former shoe shop manager who got a degree aged 70 has published his first book aged 84. Kenneth Shepherd, of Meadway, Maldon, spent a year working on Streets Ahead, which explores art involving town designs. Mr Shepherd worked as a shoe shop manager in Carnaby Street, London, before
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We're seeking a highly organized, personable individual with strong writing and discriminating reading skills to provide administrative support to the office in general as well as specific support to several literary agents with both nonfiction and fiction lists. Administrative duties include answering phones,
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Over the next year-and-a-half, Joey wrote The Mogul: Hotel & Casino, his first book. He self-published, and now he's already working on a sequel. It's been five years since he went blind and, Joey doesn't want pity, he wants to be productive, and to inspire others. The self-publishing company he worked
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The new Marikka's, which cost about $6 million to build, encompasses some 22,000 sq. feet, including three indoor volleyball courts, a 10,000 sq. foot beer hall, a restaurant, three outdoor volleyball courts and a private party space on the second floor. / Photo by Reggie Beehner. When Marikka's
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Maybe worst of all, by introducing total democracy to the sphere of self-publishing, Facebook has also made the act of keeping ideas to one's self feel practically exotic. I read once where Ian McEwan was talking about the difference between writing on a typewriter and on a computer. The former, he said,
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There will be a reception for the artists, campus students, faculty and staff at 12:15 p.m. on Friday, March 23. The reception is also open to the public and will feature original poetry readings from faculty and students in the English 50 – Introduction to Creative Writing class. Guests are encouraged to stay
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Ten years ago, in the wake of the release of Dungeons & Dragons: 4th Edition by Wizards of the Coast (WotC) and the abandonment of the wildly successful Open Gaming License (OGL), a relatively small publishing company started a revolution in paper and pencil roleplaying. Paizo not only dedicated
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“For way too long, publishers were dependent on social platforms to give their end users access to the interactive mobile web experience they had come to expect,” said David Kashak, CEO of Connatix. “The problem with this structure is that these walled gardens siphoned all of the ad revenue and data.
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