Beach Haven the Latest in Arcadia 'Images' Series
This became the inspiration for the latest book by Deborah Whitcraft and Gretchen Coyle, who have written a history of Beach Haven as part of the Images of America series by Arcadia Publishing. This is their second work in the Arcadia series, having written a volume on Tucker's Island. They also are
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Warner Bros. Is Publishing A 'Hitman: Definitive Edition' In May
Interactive. Originally published by Square Enix, the company withdrew its investment in the series last May, though it let the developer retain its rights to the IP. Square acquired IO when it bought Eidos Interactive in 2009. As of right now, it's unclear whether or not Warner Bros. will publish future Hitman
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Letter: Requiring master's hoods at commencement strains already stretched pockets
In one month, my father, my partner and mi suegra will arrive in Ames (my father for the first time), to join me in celebrating my graduation from ISU with an MFA in Creative Writing & Environment. They'll get to attend our program reading, a cohort of nine writers of poetry, fiction and nonfiction, and they'll
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'The Gentleman Caller' an engrossing story of Inge and Williams, but it needs to get messier
Inge, who then was working as a theater critic and arts reporter for the St. Louis Star-Times, did indeed come to Chicago to see âGlass Menagerieâ and he was encouraged in his creative writing career by Williams. (By 1953, Inge had won the Pulitzer Prize for âPicnicâ and was threatening to eclipse his
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Robert Kirkman's Skybound Entertainment launches new independent games publishing division
Skybound Entertainment, home of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead, is expanding yet again. The company announced Wednesday that it's launching Skybound Games, a new division that will publish video games from independent developers, overseen by 505 Games co-founder Ian Howe.
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Video Game Publishers Sink As Free 'Fortnite' Disrupts Market
“Fortnite Battle Royale” is a 100-player online game where virtual combatants fight to the death to be the last person standing. The game is free to play, but the publisher sells digital extras that enhance the experience. Tencent Holdings (TCEHY) reportedly has a 49% stake in “Fortnite” publisher Epic
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Rhinebeck couple recognized for latest book: 'Before She Was Harriet'
Writer Lesa Cline-Ransome, whose work focuses on African-American history, has written numerous books for children, including two ALA Notable Books. As an illustrator, James Ransome has been honored with a Coretta Scott King Medal, Coretta Scott King Honor Awards and NAACP Image Awards.
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WWE News: The Real Reason The WWE Added Rusev To 'WrestleMania 34' Title Match …
There is also the fact that Rusev Day shirts have become best-sellers at WWE events and online. However, the WWE still wasn't pushing Rusev and even had Jinder Mahal in a title match at WrestleMania 34 instead of Rusev doing anything worthwhile. The WWE likely heard the fans go nuts on Monday
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Curriculum debut expands elective, gen-ed options
The current foundational course requirement that has been in place since the early '90s sits at 57 hours with freshman studies, two writing courses, math, modern language, computer science, oral communication, either religion or philosophy, two science courses, ethics, six cultural foundations classes
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Second Helpings, Please! editor Norene Gilletz to launch Jewish cooking podcast
Through her company, Gourmania, Gilletz wrote and self-published three cookbooks: Pleasures of Your Food Processor, 1979; MicroWays, 1987; and Meal Leani Yumm!, 1998. She sold these books by networking with synagogues and community groups in Montreal and Toronto. She says the political
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A pioneer woman of Skagit County
Even though she started writing years before her British counterpart, popular mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart was often referred to as âAmerica's Agatha Christie.â But Rinehart was much more than a writer. She traveled the world, started her own publishing company, was a war correspondent,
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International Publishing Group Future Acquires NewBay Media
International media group Future plc has acquired NewBay Media for an initial net value of $13.8 million, the companies announced today. NewBay Media, based in London and New York, is a magazine and website publisher, with multiple verticals covering fields like TV and audio, electronics and
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Google's Header Bidding-Like Tool Becomes Available To All
Google's header-bidding platform, which it calls Exchange Bidding, become generally available Wednesday to all publishers using DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP). The company also said it has been testing new ad formats like video and transaction types such as programmatic media-buying methods.
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âThe Hate U Giveâ Author Angie Thomas to Speak at Children's Institute
Thomas, who grew up and still lives in Jackson, Mississippi, is a former teen rapper and holds a BFA in creative writing from Belhaven University.Bookselling This Week spoke with Thomas about her book and her upcoming appearance at Ci6. Thomas' next novel, On the Come Up, about a young female
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Indie game publishers are the new indie rock labels
In 2008, Vivendi, the parent company of Sierra Entertainment, merged with game publisher Activision. The result was a new, monolithic corporation called Activision Blizzard, that was now home to some of the biggest games in the world, like Call of Duty and World of Warcraft. At the time, Sierra had a
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The Walking Dead Publisher Skybound Entertainment to Launch Video Games Publishing Division
Best known as the publisher behind influential comic book series like The Walking Dead and more, Skybound Entertainment is looking more to expand its reach into other platforms, with the company having announced it will now expand into video games publishing. In a statement on the company's
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Best Stocks for 2018: Etsy Inc Says Amazon Who?
Its goal is to bolster trust in the Etsy brand, and by extension, to the sellers themselves since the sellers are relatively unknown. It launched a Best Seller badge in 2017 to further this initiative which proved wildly popular. Enhancing Search and Discoverability. Etsy has over 50 million items on the site,
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Authors find support in the Northfield community
With its blend of artists and educators, Percy suggests Northfield is the perfect community for writers and booksellers to thrive; he mentioned that Peterson White … Schwehn studied creative writing at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the University of Montana and earned a bachelor of arts from Gustavus
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Taboola launches Apple News-like service for Android
Founder/CEO Adam Singolda told me that the news sources are all screened by his staff to ensure they are credible publishers, through the regular screening for the content discovery network and through staff approval of participants in the new marketplace. He said he couldn't yet reveal the names of
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