Lifestyle briefs (May 1, 2018)

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Lifestyle briefs (May 1, 2018)

The Write Place seeks teachers. Teaches are needed for a pair of summer programs at The Write Place writing center. An adult Open Studio Marathon is June 18-22, and two sessions of Book Arts Camp for youth are scheduled for July 9-13 and July 16-20. The center is open to other class suggestions.
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100 new publishers have registered in the UAE since 2007

This was stated at the Future Book Forum held as part of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF) in partnership between the DCTA – Abu Dhabi and Canon, bringing together several publishing firms from the Middle East to discuss the challenges faced by the publishing industry in the region and
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Techland regains publishing rights for the Call of Juarez franchise

Original developers Techland has regained the publishing rights to the Call of Juarez series from publishers Ubisoft. Call of Juarez: The Cartel and Call of Juarez: Gunslinger were pulled from online storefront last month, but it appears that this was part of the transference of rights back to Techland, with
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A brief history of the Moravian Book Shop: Among the oldest bookstores in the world

the Moravian Book Shop opens, four years after Bethlehem's founding. The Moravian bishop had suggested the settlement would need many new books. Samuel Powell, keeper of the Church's Crown Inn on the south side of the Lehigh River is appointed to operate the store, and the business takes off.
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Publishers angered by Google's GDPR data-collection demands

A leaked letter from Google indicates that the $110 billion internet advertising giant expects publishers to shoulder the responsibility of compliance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will come into force in just 24 days' time. The letter, from Google parent company Alphabet
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Twitter (TWTR) is experimenting with allowing publishers to lead pre-roll video sales on Amplify …

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Art vs. affliction: How Renée Schuls-Jacobson helped herself and others

Once a creative writer who illustrated her stories with pictures, she is also now an artist who uses words to illustrate her paintings. “I have always been a creative person,” she says, though she qualifies it by saying that her previous visual-arts work was limited. “I would see a table by the road and spray
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Books by women priced 45% lower, study finds

Books by women released by mainstream publishers, they found, were priced on average 45% lower than books by men. In a paper published in the journal PLOS One, the academics point out that there are more female authors writing in genres such as romance, which are generally priced lower than
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Writing a movie review

Once you've got the basics of writing a book review pat down, you will easily warm up to writing a film review. The biggest difference is, of course, the medium. So you will end up analysing not just the narrative, the plot, the structure and the characters, but also the presentations, the visual concepts and
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Lincoln County Public Libraries: Poetry contest awards among May events

Grab-n-Go books are popular best sellers available on a first come, first serve basis. Up to two books can be checked out for two weeks, and cannot be renewed. Preschool story time will be at the Libby library on Tuesdays at 10:15 a.m., the Troy library on Fridays at 11:15 a.m. and the Eureka library on
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Why are publishers unhappy with Google's GDPR proposal?

The groups behind the letter are Digital Content Next, The European Publisher's Council, News Media Alliance and the News Media Association. Members of the group read as a 'who's who' of digital media outlets – The New York Times, Bloomberg, Reuters and AP are just a handful of titles, publishers
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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger returns to Steam as publishing rights revert to Techland

It has been a while since Call of Juarez was last in the spotlight, but the game resurfaced in news recently after one of the best games in the series, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, was removed from Steam. It turns out that Ubisoft's publishing rights for the series had elapsed. The good news is, rights to the
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Apple rumored to be interested in buying publishing giant Condé Nast

In addition to original TV content, Apple is also showing a renewed interest in publishing. Recently the company acquired Texture, a $9.99 per month subscription digital magazine service, much like an Apple Music or Netflix for magazines. Apple is reportedly planning to use this to give its Apple News
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