130 Artists Unite to Complete Chicagoan's Graphic Novel

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130 Artists Unite to Complete Chicagoan's Graphic Novel

An example of how Ed Siemienkowicz drew himself in various self-published comics. (Courtesy of F*cking Forty). While “F*cking Forty” is nearly complete, it's only part of Siemienkowicz's story. He had planned on creating a sequel about how cancer saved his life, detailing how his friends and the comic
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Finland's Hatch plans Netflix-style streaming for mobile games

Spotify makes its debut on the New York stock market next week in a listing that could value the business at $20 billion, but it took the company years to persuade music publishers of the attraction of streaming services over single music purchases. More than 100 game developers and publishers are
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Here's what we're looking for in letters to the editor

When choosing letters for The Pilot's opinion page and the opinion channel on PilotOnline.com, our first step is to take a look at the issues that are driving people to write to us. The primary purpose of the letters we publish is to reflect readers' interests. For the past month, the subjects of greatest concern
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Fort Collins HR firm publishing comic book to combat workplace harassment

FORT COLLINS — A Fort Collins HR company is looking to update the industry's sexual harassment training by putting it in comic book form. SimplyHR is publishing “Define the Line,” a comic book that goes through workplace harassment scenarios, illustrated by local artist Moriah Hummer.
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Rabbits, run: Two books about Mike Pence's bunny Marlon Bundo top bestseller lists

Both books have proved so popular that the publishers are racing to keep them in stock. The “Last Week Tonight” book, published by Chronicle, has more than 400,000 copies in print, the Associated Press reports, while the Pences' book, published by Regnery, has more than 100,000 in print.
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New York Media's publisher says Apple News is in 'really early days', sees potential in platform

It's really early days with Apple. They've been receptive and forthcoming, and they're trying to prove they will be flexible with ad models. After the news of Apple picking up digital magazine service, Texture earlier this month, it may not be too long before we see the next evolution of Apple's publishing
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Next Einstein Forum Launches Scientific African, an Open Access Multi-disciplinary Journal to …

A unique partnership between the Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), and Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, will see the creation of a new pan-African, peer reviewed, open access publishing
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GateHouse Media, parent of T&G, acquiring Gardner News

The Gardner News, which has been one of the oldest family-owned newspapers in New England, began publishing in 1869. Alberta S. Bell is president and publisher of the newspaper. “I admire how The Gardner News has stuck to a winning formula. What a tremendous service this daily newspaper
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WattPad is looking to break into China

WattPad is one of the largest self-publishing platforms in the world and the company has a total monthly audience of over 60 million people who spend more than 15 billion minutes a month using the platform. According to the company 90% of its traffic is from mobile, with the average user spending
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Lottery to fund TV history of gay Brighton

A TV documentary will chart Brighton's gay history with the help of National Lottery funding. Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP … resource of visual history. “We have been promoting events in Brighton since 1978 and publishing magazines since 1982 and filming professionally throughout this century and before.
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Independent booksellers upset about rollout of John Oliver book

“There's no excuse for how poor the initial communication was, nor for how slow the distribution has been in our channel,” Harvard Book Store buyer Rachel Cass told Publishers Weekly. “I worry that this type of thing does long term damage to our industry as a whole. If there were customers who called
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Libya General Association of Culture decries attack on Arab Publishing House

The Libyan General Association of Culture (GAC) of the Presidential Council in Tripoli has denounced the attack on the Arab Publishing House in the capital. GAC said Monday in a statement that the cultural sites are for all Libyans and it is a duty to protect them across the country, urging the attackers to
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Early newspapers in Effingham County

His partners in the Effingham Publishing Company were Philip Wiwi of Montrose and F.W. Loy of Effingham. It was described as a “neat, six-column quarto which was well edited.” It went out of business in 1904. Charles A. Worman and G.H. Tegenkamp established the Teutopolis Press in Teutopolis.
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