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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