The one-day seminar will explore the African publishing market in detail and will bring together book industry professionals from across Africa and beyond to discuss key issues in the industry. The seminar is a response to the need for a platform to discuss sectorial innovation and revitalization,.
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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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Female-dominated genres were found to be priced lower than male-dominated ones (what the researchers called “valuative discrimination”) – but, even taking this into account, the gender price gap measured within genres was still 9% for traditionally published titles and 4% for self-published titles.
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For a few years I was also an editor for book publishers and for the state's history journal, still focusing on regional history. … The titles started with Ute Pass, then South Park, San Luis Valley, Upper Arkansas Valley, Ute Indians, and a series of social studies books for Colorado Springs schools.
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The titles included range from classics, like 1984 and The Great Gatsby, to modern bestsellers, including Harry Potter and A Game of Thrones. Of course, popular novels like J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter, Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, and George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones would make the
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Currently serving a back-to-back suspension, Thomas said he has been spending 18 hours a day on reading and writing, and of course, replying to government notices.“I read a lot as it helps in writing. When I write, I write things I feel I should tell people,” he said.He is not confining himself to service
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Publishers have slammed Google's updated ad policies, accusing it of passing the buck – and the liability for multimillion-pound fines – onto them, while offering insufficient detail on its plans for user data. As the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation draws ever closer, tech firms are
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The editor's precise remit will be based on candidate's interest and experience, and will include responsibility for signing, developing and publishing of a list of outstanding books for multiple readerships. This diverse list of monographs, textbooks, and trade books will contribute significantly to the Press's
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The important thing was that the Denver community was a huge support in their journey because they fundraised $3,000 to cover the publishing and miscellaneous costs. Wischmeyer said that it has been a difficult process to self-publish and get rights with bookstores. Illustrator and co-publisher Olivia
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The first half marathon I ever ran was supposed to be a full marathon. With ten weeks until the LA Marathon, I realized my condensed training plan wasn't going to cut it. My joints (hips and knees) ended up taking a toll, but the Asics shoes I trained in helped keep the pain at bay. If you need a bit of
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In 2015, we entered nine wines across two competitions, and came away with eight medals, including two 'Best in Shows.' We got six more silvers and golds last year.” Zdobinski is particularly proud that both his sweet and dry wines win awards. There's a slate of 13 wines. Their best seller is a sweet
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Amazon subsequently pulled the order button from the product page, but not before the device hit the top of the company's Best Sellers list in the “PC Gaming Headsets” category. It's unclear how many orders would have gone through before Amazon pulled the plug, but for it to hit the #1 Best Sellers
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Ira Mukhoty's last book was the immensely popular and critically acclaimed “Heroines: Powerful Indian Women of Myth and History” and this time she returns with an equally appealing title. In 1526, when the nomadic Timurid warrior-scholar Babur rode into Hindustan, his wives, sisters, daughters, aunts
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With the question of writing outside my lived experience, I think writers often have to write outside their lived experience, that seems a necessary part of the job to me, and that's especially true if your writing historical fiction, of course. I've never been on a whaling ship, for example, and I've never been to
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I believe there is a growing trend among publishers taking back more control over their ecosystem, by getting better and smarter at managing their programmatic inventory. And, it is a (belated and collective) response to these same publishers giving control over to agencies and ad tech companies that
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Originally published in 1908, Anne of Green Gables has stood the test of time as a constant favorite, and has been adapted for film several times throughout … to a string of successful films, Fifty Shades of Grey showcases, among other things, the potential power of self-publishing and of steamy romance.
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LibraryBub was founded in 2016 by international bestselling author Alinka Rutkowska. As a successful indie author, she helps thousands of other authors achieve self-publishing success through her books, newsletters, courses and coaching. LibraryBub is a service that helps thousands of librarians to
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Digital Turbine (APPS -1.9%) is divesting its Content and Advertisers & Publishers businesses, in two separate deals. It's entered into an asset purchase agreement with Australia's Chargewave on its Content business. Digital Turbine is entitled to receive some license fees, profit sharing and equity
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It's been over 30 years since Bluegrass: A History by Neil V Rosenberg was published; in it he covers bluegrass music up to about 1983. Other authors have made contributions that document bluegrass music in different ways; they include Barry Willis with the over 600-page America's Music: Bluegrass
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Interestingly, the study also looked at self-published and independently published books released during the same time period, and found that when the authors priced their books themselves, there was actually far greater equality between the genders: the disparity was just seven percent versus 45
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Four publisher trade associations sent a letter to Google (GOOG, GOOGL) regarding its plans to spread out the responsibility of collecting data consent for targeted ads. Google's plan, revealed ahead of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, has the tech giant collecting consent for users on its
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On top of that, “Face The Music” debuted on the Times' Combined Print and E-Book best seller list and E-Book best sellers list at No. 3 and No. 13, respectively. In the “Face The Music”, Stanley talked frankly about his early struggles with hearing — he was born with Level 3 Microtia and is deaf in his
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… in the kitchen.” His culinary career before 'Queer Eye' includes working for 'Chopped' host Ted Allen – who was actually his predecessor on the show. If Antoni's Instagram is anything to go by then we could be in for anything ranging from pasta to pancakes. And of course, never forgetting a nice guac.
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Vanessa Kingori “never thought” she could be the publisher of Vogue, “although I'm embarrassed to say that now.” A black immigrant born in Kenya, raised in St Kitts, “I'd never seen someone who looked like me running the commercial side.” Not only that, in the magazine's 102-year history no previous
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AND FINDLAY, OHIO , UNITED STATES, May 1, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ — MMS Holdings Inc. (MMS) – a global, leading clinical research organization – announced today that they have partnered with the University of Findlay to provide online medical writing and clinical trial disclosures courses to
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My publishing company, Adult Punk, is releasing some really incredible books this spring and summer. We're currently printing a book by Adán De La Garza. It's a book of very problematic phrases taught by DuoLingo. We're also releasing a compilation book representing quite a few Denver artists.
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In 1995, I decided within one week to drop out of grad school in Houston, where I was getting my masters degree in creative writing, and move to New York to go to art school. I had no place to live, I knew only one person in the city, but I just had to shake up my life completely. I felt that if I ever wanted to
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In 2017, the publisher turned out just over 700 books, with about 35% of them falling under the romance umbrella, which includes historical, contemporary, suspense, paranormal, and so on. It is also the home of Alyssa Cole's Loyal League miniseries, a trio of historical romances set during the American
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It's important for me to show that there's a lot of diversity in the API community, and a lot of creativity and art, too. It's important to celebrate all our rich cultural heritage, but our modern and changing identities, too. I'm not just API, but also Sri Lankan, Tamil, queer, genderqueer, brown, an immigrant, a war
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Spring Writing Workshops at Write Yourself Free 252 Post Road East, Westport, CT 06880 203-556-4614, email: tishpatrick@gmail.comThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Creative Writing, Writing for Teens & Children, Screenwriting and Poetry.
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Concord resident Sarah Hsu's poem, “Starting Over with Pyromania,” was selected for publication in The Massachusetts High School Magazine of the Arts, the only statewide print and online publication featuring jury-selected artwork, photography, poetry and creative writing by students in grades eight
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Illustrations that evening will include rock balancing, holistic cooking, meditation/yoga flows, paintings, woodworking, creative writing, video, pottery, gardening, music and fitness. At 7:30 p.m. Jacob Moore, inspirational speaker, actor and founder of NoStigmas.org, will share his mental health journey
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1-rated self-publishing company by Top Consumer Reviews, is offering independent authors extra incentive to publish by summer: $300 off an Ultimate or Full-Color publishing package. May is often an ideal time to self-publish. First, readers and authors are past the busy winter holidays and able to
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… Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Monday received at the Al Bahr Palace in Abu Dhabi the winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, the Scientific Authority of the Award and the publishers participating in the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair.
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Marie founded Bike for the Cure in 1997 when she met Carmen Leal, an author self-publishing “Faces of Huntington's,” a collection of stories, essays, poems and quotes of people somehow affected by HD. Leal's husband had HD, and that year, she invited Marie to meet her at the HDSA convention in
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… Linda Sarsour: The efforts required to safeguard a Muslim community – Publishing on Tuesday, May 8; Imam Noman Hussain: Shaping tomorrow through today's youth – Publishing on Tuesday, May 8; The Muslim community is one big family for children – Publishing on Tuesday, May 8; Dr. Mufaddal
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“Our Geo-Trax device with starter disable has been one of our best sellers thus far. And our Geo-TraxMICRO Pro is a powerful, multi-functional handheld wireless device that's perfect for covert vehicle tracking, remote asset tracking, and anti-theft applications. We've been getting rave reviews on social
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Less than a month before tough new European privacy rules take effect, there are growing concerns from regulators, publishers, and privacy watchdogs about the ways that two internet giants—Google and Facebook—plan to implement the regulations. The critics say the companies are squelching the
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Microsoft and Xbox have never been known for having a wide range of Japanese titles, or specifically JRPGs, in its games library. Japanese developers have always gravitated towards making JRPG titles for Sony and Nintendo, with iconic titles like Persona, Dragon Quest, and countless others,
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Kobalt has signed a global publishing deal with Grammy Award-winning Childish Gambino that also covers his songwriters and artist collective Wolf + Rothstein. The deal with Gambino includes publishing administration, global synch and creative support services for all of his future songs after his latest
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Kobalt Music announced that it has signed Grammy award-winning “actor, comedian, writer, director, producer, singer, songwriter, rapper, and DJ” Donald Glover, a.k.a., Childish Gambino to a publishing deal. The worldwide agreement includes publishing administration, including global synch and
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Citation. Caley Peter, Welvaert Marijke (2018) Aestivation dynamics of bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) in the Australian Alps and predation by wild pigs (Sus scrofa). Pacific Conservation Biology , -. https://doi.org/10.1071/PC18007. Download the article reference in the following formats: Procite (.ris
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Childish Gambino's rollout of new music has a new ally in Kobalt Music. On Tuesday (May 1), the company announced their publishing deal with the artist which includes his creative collective, Wolf + Rothstein. The deal includes a wave of creative support for Gambino's future tunes after Awaken, My
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Tehran International Book Fair has turned into a landmark book fair in Middle East and Asia after holding 30 editions in a row. Every year in May, an average of 2,500 domestic and 600 foreign publishers participate in the event. The foreign publishers substantially offer their materials in English or Arabic
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The self-publishing platform is devoted to the creation of original content – though there is no restriction on translated content, either. You can find a variety of styles and formats from blogs, to short stories, to essays, to poetry and prose. Indian Language Blogging Platform Pratilipi Selected for Google
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As a student at UW, Henry took creative writing classes and was a disc jockey at WSUM, Henry's grandfather David Strand said. Henry was also a guitarist in his band Phantom Vibration. Compiling Henry's work after his death came naturally, Strand said. “It just made sense that, if we could put them all
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A Faculty-Student Challenge Grant from the college's Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee makes the project possible, providing the means for Hay, a senior … The stories the Levis tell are personal for Giglio, a screenwriter and faculty member of English and creative writing at SUNY Oswego.
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When asked whether we could expect to see any JRPGs in Xbox's E3 lineup this year, Spencer tweeted, “As of now, yes. Things can change but like last year I wanted to make sure we supported our Japanese publishers on our stage and this year we are working to do the same. It's important to us.”.
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Sales for at-home DNA tests like My Heritage and 23-and-Me are booming, with $99 million in 2017. This past holiday shopping season 23-and-Me ranked among the top five best sellers on Amazon.com. Despite growing concerns and questions over the accuracy of these tests, sales continue to rise.
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — c21 Student Resources is excited to announce the June 2018 launch of its online personal finance education program for grades 7-12. This turnkey program is designed to serve the needs of busy educators who want or must — as a result of recent
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That said, in this review, we are going to look into AMZDataStudio an Amazon keyword searching software which help seller know the keywords that lots of buyers are searching more so what other sellers are selling. AMZDataStudio is the most powerful and efficient keyword tool with the most accurate
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Situational awareness: CEOs from four publishing trade associations have written a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai slamming the tech giant's interpretation of GDPR, which goes into effect on May 25. It's the latest saga in the ongoing battle between publishers and Google over who should bear the
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NEW YORK & LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Skimlinks, the leading content-to-commerce monetization platform, today announced an exclusive partnership with Monetizer101, the company helping publishers monetize their content through innovative affiliate products. This partnership brings
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Known commonly as “Freelance,” In re Literary Works was a follow-on class action suit to settle claims by freelance writers against a group of major publishers following the 2001 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the landmark Tasini vs. New York Times case, the seminal legal battle of the digital publishing
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Working with a major publisher can be life-changing for any developer but if the partnership falls apart, it's the latter that suffers the most. This was a topic discussed during an onstage interview with Nina Kristensen, co-founder and development director at Hellblade creator Ninja Theory, during the
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Hunter continued her research and, along with Waters and other members of the historical society, wrote and published articles about key aspects of Lawrence Township history. Hunter wrote one of her pieces on the African American community that emerged on Lewisville Road in the 19th century.
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Digital Turbine, Inc. (Nasdaq: APPS), the Company empowering operators and Original Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”) around the globe with end-to-end mobile solutions, today announced the divestiture of its Content and Advertisers & Publishers
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Digital Turbine, Inc. (Nasdaq: APPS), the Company empowering operators and Original Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”) around the globe with end-to-end mobile solutions, today announced the divestiture of its Content and Advertisers & Publishers (“A&P”) businesses in two separate transactions.
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Four publisher groups have warned Google its preparations for GDPR are not good enough, MarTechToday reports. The four groups cover publishers in North America and Europe. Digital Content Next, European Publishers Council, News Media Alliance and the News Media Association are concerned
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Public libraries, which often operate on tight budgets, are among the most grateful recipients of volunteer services. From the patron who stops to shovel the walk on … The collection was also supplemented by Mary buying best sellers from book clubs with her own money. Monetary donations as well as
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Stan Cohen, Centennial Award. Cohen, founder of Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., has helped keep alive Missoula County's history and preserve many of its cultural resources. His commitment to the collection, preservation and interpretation of that history has been a labor of love spanning the past 44
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How do you build resiliency and improve your ability to bounce back from failure? I turned to an expert on resiliency, Wharton School Professor and TED WorkLife Podcast host Adam Grant, who has authored three New York Times best-sellers: Give and Take, Option B (co-authored with Sheryl
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May is here, and the year continues to deliver more amazing books than any one reader can be expected to handle. Not that we're complaining, of course. This month is going to keep our to-read lists growing faster than we're checking off titles, but we're eagerly awaiting publishers' newest tomes
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Back in March I reported Google was asking its publisher partners to get consent on its behalf to gather data on European users and target ads using its popular ad-tech tools once the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation comes into force in May. Among the requirements, Google wants
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I'm lucky enough to have been writing full-time for about five years now. I live with my partner, who is also freelance. It's great in some respects, in that we can work more or less to our own schedules. The downside of course (apart from no holiday/sick pay and uncertain income!) is that we both end up
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Studio arts, museum studies, creative writing, indigenous liberal studies and cinematic arts and technology are among the associate and bachelor programs. One-year certificate programs are offered online. IAIA also has an MFA for creative writing. White said IAIA offers an immense amount of support
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We discussed a few months ago how Google dumped the GDPR responsibilities on their AdSense publishers and customers, as opposed to taking responsibility themselves for the liability. Well, it resulted in a massive publisher group of 4,000 publishers writing a scathing 5-page letter to Google's CEO
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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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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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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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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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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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Get instant alerts when news breaks on your stocks. Claim your 2-week free trial to StreetInsider Premium here. Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) is experimenting with allowing publishers to lead pre-roll video sales on Amplify – WSJ (LINK). Serious News for Serious Traders! Try StreetInsider.com Premium Free!
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Six years later, the course – named, yes, Seeing Rape – is unique among both college classes and campus rape prevention programs alike, combining the study of media representations of rape with writing and performing new, oftentimes more complex ones. During the semester-long class, more than
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Leading publishers from Indian and abroad share their picks. Sarah Savitt, publisher, Virago. The Little Book Of Feminist Saints by Julia Pierpont, illustrated by Manjit Thapp “It's the perfect book to bring on a summer holiday. I guarantee you'll want to share these incredible stories of women who've
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Do you know what the scholarly community was talking about this month? Here's a curated list of the some thought-provoking posts that got the scholarly publishing talking in the month of April. In addition to trending discussions on “zombie” papers, depression among researchers, fake acceptance
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I've been in the classroom for 24 years. My family has been amazingly supportive. I didn't say much about the book until it had been accepted, but since they found out, they have been my biggest cheerleaders.” Dehel holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and studied Creative Writing as part of her degree.
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In his upcoming lecture on Friday, May 18 at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, broadcaster, curator, author, and filmmaker Philip Hoare poses the question, “When (Herman) Melville declared in Moby-Dick, 'We account the whale immortal', was he making a presumptive statement–or looking forward
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Just under a month until the European Union's General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) come into force, and trade bodies representing publishers on either side of the Atlantic have co-signed an open letter to Google which questions “the legality or fairness” of its proposed compliance policies for
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A Danish citizen of Yemeni descent has been charged with publishing fake news in Malaysia, the first person to be charged under a new law that prohibits the sharing of inaccurate information. Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman, 46, was charged with spreading false information in a YouTube video where he
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Screen Training Ireland is seeking participants to fill the final places of their upcoming writing course – 'The Basic Principles of Storytelling on the Screen'. … She teaches screenwriting in The UK and The US, across Europe as well as in Ireland for Screen Training Ireland among others. She has written
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The Incorporated Society Of Musicians (ISM) has appointed former Music Publishers Association CEO Sarah Osborn as head of services and operations. ISM is the UK's professional body for musicians and a nationally-recognised subject association for music, supporting more than 8,500 members.
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The revenue from the U.S. book publishing market is forecasted to slightly increase in the coming years, with projections reaching nearly $44 billion dollars in 2020. The largest gains are coming from the adult and juvenile nonfiction category, and both have seen year over year increases. A segment
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The revenue from the U.S. book publishing market is forecasted to slightly increase in the coming years, with projections reaching nearly $44 billion dollars in 2020. The largest gains are coming from the adult and juvenile nonfiction category, and both have seen year over year increases. A segment
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Over the last few years, MR and Monthly Review Press have published several special issues and books on the restructuring and privatization of K–12 …. Faculty research was likewise to be evaluated by metrics, through the imposition of an artificial hierarchy of journals and book publishers, thereby
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The contest features teams from several colleges in the Cincinnati area who work for a little over a month to draft, write, shoot and edit an entire short film. Over the course of the next few days, the members of Best Productions, one of four teams representing Miami, met again and again at King.
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(Sharecast News) – Marketing services group St Ives has sold its legacy book production and distribution business, Clays, to Italian printing company Elcograf for £20m. St Ives has retained the freehold to Clays' operating site in Bungay, Suffolk, which Clays will continue to lease from the group on a
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On Thursday evening, English and creative writing majors packed into a small room in Bachelor Hall to listen to Jenny Rooney, editor of Forbes' Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Network. Rooney was the speaker at this year's annual Gutsche Lecture hosted by the English Department. Each year, the
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