Children's Job Moves: April 2018

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Children's Job Moves: April 2018

Amanda Bruns has been named children's reviews editor at Publishers Weekly, effective May 15. Most recently she was the children's book specialist and buyer at Community Bookstore in Brooklyn, and before that was managing editor for Aite Group. Holiday House has two new hires. Raina Putter has
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Michelle McNamara's Golden State Killer Book to Become HBO Docuseries

HBO has ordered a docuseries based on the late Michelle McNamara's best-selling book “I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer,” the network announced Tuesday. The series order comes a week after police arrested Joseph James DeAngelo. A former
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Technology and Media Companies Back New Publishing Platform Venture Led by Media …

A group of media, journalism and technology companies has joined veteran media executive Merrill Brown in today announcing the formation of The News Project, a platform company that enables corporations, nonprofits and individuals to quickly and efficiently launch and build digital publishing
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The Book Show #1554 – Andrea Buchanan

Bestselling YA author Andrea Buchanan lost her mind while crossing the street one blustery March morning. The cold winter air triggered a coughing fit, and she began to choke. She was choking on a lot that day. A sick son. A pending divorce. The guilt of failing as a partner and as a mother. When the
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Nativo Names Eyal Zilnik as Senior Director, Canada Lead

“Nativo continues to expand its footprint to serve growing international demand from advertisers and publishers,” said Justin Choi, CEO at Nativo. “Committing to feet in the street with the likes of Eyal allows us to bring to bear the full scope of Nativo's unified technology stack and collective expertise to
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Wiley and AMPCo announce new publishing partnership – 01 May 2018

Publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc. has announced its partnership with The Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty Ltd (AMPCo) to publish the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA). The MJA is produced by AMPCo, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) — the most
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Local Elementary Student And Grandpa Publish Adventure Book

Writing and publishing a book is no easy feat, but local seven-year-old Christian Patrick is no ordinary first grader. Along with his grandfather, Patrick Carberry, they co-authored an adventure book that is sure to take its readers on a fun-filled exploration. PaPa and Christian's Great Adventures – The
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International Literacy Association's (ILA) 2018 Choices Reading Lists Help Diversify Bookshelves

Each year, Choices empowers thousands of children and young adults to read and evaluate newly published books and vote for their favorites. In turn, a network of teachers, librarians and reading specialists develop and annotate a list of books that children enjoy and that support learning across the
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Science textbooks are seriously under-representing climate change

A new study published this week in the journal Environmental Communication holds a worrying message for public understanding of climate science: less than four percent of the pages in the most popular introductory physics, biology, and chemistry books published between 2013 and 2015 were
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Local Author Publishes Book Chronicling Historic Tampa Churches

Historic Tampa Churches is part of Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series. Cinchett has also published two other history books through the same series, Vintage Tampa Signs and Scenes in 2008 and Vintage Tampa Storefronts and Scenes in 2012. In addition to history books, Cinchett is a
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