Penguin Random House has named Madeline McIntosh, previously president of the Penguin Publishing Group, CEO of Penguin Random House US. The position is a newly created one. Additionally, Allison Dobson, formerly senior v-p of strategy and finance at Penguin Publishing Group, has been
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“We live in a world that judges a book by its cover'. If the cover doesn't look attractive then they don't pick up the book. Publishers often freshen up the covers to classic books because they want a contemporary audience to read the brilliant content and that's what we try and do. Rediscover Church in
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After posting a 25% increase in sales last October over October 2016, sales in the adult trade group settled down in November. According to AAP's StatShot report, adult book sales fell 2.2% in November compared to a year ago. Sales of mass market paperbacks declined 36.7% and e-book sales
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Last May, the IAB Tech Lab released ads.txt, a simple .txt file, enabling a publisher to identify which sellers on SSPs are authorised to sell or resell inventory. Adoption rose rapidly through Q4, and, in Q1, major DSPs, including BrightRoll, Google's DBM, and the Trade Desk, have introduced levels of
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It's part of continuing effort by the Finger Lakes wineries to showcase more than the dry-to-sweet Rieslings that capture the attention of serious wine enthusiasts or the sweet reds that are often the top sellers. “Rose is a highly versatile wine,” the Discover Dry Rose web site notes. “Its light, fruity character
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At the top end of the market, the revenue needed to crack Steam's top 2,000 games has not changed much: $150,000 in 2017 versus $160,000 in 2016. Speaking of bestsellers, these were the most lucrative games on Steam last year. Steam bestsellers 2017 Not many surprises: PUBG, CS:GO, and GTA
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A Pender Harbour author, Theresa Kishkan, and three local publishers, Harbour Publishing in Madeira Park, Douglas & McIntyre and Caitlin Press have garnered nominations in the 2018 BC Book Prizes for their titles published last year. Kishkan's book, Euclid's Orchard and Other Essays, (reviewed in
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With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy seemed final. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. This faith was misplaced, contends Timothy Snyder. Authoritarianism returned to Russia, as Putin found fascist ideas that could be used to justify
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(BEDFORD) – Best-selling and award-winning author Beverly Lewis, whose fictional Amish tales have captivated readers throughout the world, will visit southern Indiana. Lewis will be in Bedford at 7 p.m. Friday at the Primitive Porch Christian Bookstore, 7956 State Road 37, and she will greet readers at
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Yaffe built the Arbor technology platform to help publishers and app developers better understand and monetize their data assets. Prior to Arbor, Yaffe ran the product division for Invite Media, which was acquired by Google and became DoubleClick Bid manager, Google's demand-side platform (DSP).
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The chips are one of the top sellers at this gas station and they order 12 cases, six bags in each, every other week online. “They're really good, they have all the seasoning on them,” Handam said. As for the taste, it is a truly unique flavor that I have never had in a chip before. The best way to describe it is
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Cenveo, world headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, is a leading global provider of print and related resources, offering world-class solutions in the areas of custom labels, envelopes, commercial print, content management and publisher solutions. The company provides a one-stop offering through
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Unfortunately, not everyone gets to be a cookbook author. While cookbook publishing is often seen as a safe haven for women, as we occupy so much space in it, cookbook authors, agents, editors, publicists, food and prop stylists, photographers, book designers, and publishers are exceedingly white.
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This event was sponsored by various clubs and organizations at Fitchburg State, with an all-woman panel that ranged from esteemed Ph.D Professors, to celebrated poets, freelance and published writers, and of course Fitchburg State students. Ther varying presentations were on Gender in Education,
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As Disney Studios huge profits show–and book publishers popular new editions of classic fairytales suggest—there continues to be strong audiences for these old stories that have long been a staple of childhood. Why? It could be as simple as the stories serving as metaphors for life lessons in human
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While outrage against the social media giant is warranted, we also ought to be concerned about the entire digital advertising ecosystem, where everyone — including publishers — is on the hunt for data. Indeed, rather than just pointing at Facebook, feeling smug and a bit of schadenfreude, publishers
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spring-campus Springtime – opening the senses to your experiences at Miami University – will be the theme of this year's social media poetry contest. President Greg Crawford and Cathy Wagner, professor of English and director of creative writing, are leading the micro-poetry contest, which kicked off
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The book, “Rosaline's Big Dream,” was self-published in October 2015. The book is about a fun-loving giraffe with big dreams and friends from the zoo. “Gail had worked for a magazine publication, so she was a writer but had never written a children's book before,” said Adams, who moved to Traverse
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