Shortlist for inaugural Dick and Joan Green Family Award for Tasmanian History

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Shortlist for inaugural Dick and Joan Green Family Award for Tasmanian History

A History of Port Davey, South West Tasmania Vol. 1: Fleeting Hopes, by Tony Fenton (Forty South Publishing). Fenton has written the definitive history of Port Davey in south-west Tasmania, telling a powerful account of industries and personalities in search of resources: whaling, timber, mining and
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IAB Tech Lab & IAB Europe Release pubvendors.json and Mobile App Specifications to Support …

CMP API endpoints and app developer local storage are specified, which enables the mechanism of collecting and propagating consent, so third-party vendors can operate in respect of users' and publishers' choices. App developers continue to have flexibility in defining user experience for exposing
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Dangerous Machinations

Dangerous Machinations is an e-book cycle of novels currently available on Kindle — a contemporary Downton Abbey on steroids with shades of Jonathan Franzen, Brett Easton Ellis, and Judith Krantz — that traces the rise and fall of the Templeton family, one of England's most aristocratic dynasties,
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Creative writing: Michigan eyes an end to gerrymandering

A simple Facebook post by Katie Fahey was the start of Voters Not Politicians, a group aimed at ending gerrymandering in Michigan. Fahey said she posted on her Facebook one day asking if anyone was interested in helping her end the practice of manipulating political jurisdiction boundaries to favor a
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Here's how to build a viable publishing business in 2018

Seems like publishers never get a break. Ever since the internet eliminated their ability to dominate specific geographies via physical distribution while profiting from classified ads, the landscape has relentlessly changed under their feet. From an ever-shifting mix of platforms and channels, the
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Natick church to host best-selling author, former Medford reporter

NATICK — In six best-selling books, Stephen Puleo recounts the human stories behind the Great Boston Molasses Flood to the beating of a Massachusetts senator in Congress that inflamed the nation before the Civil War and other several other events from New England and American history.
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Library helps keep seniors entertained, sharp

“People have preconceived notions of what older people read, but they want to read the best sellers and stuff in the news,” Dubois said. In particular she referenced a copy of “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” a supposed tell-all about the Trump administration by Michael Wolffon. It's on the
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Google helping publishers, Facebook 'less progress': Fairfax Media

There are significant opportunities for publishers to work together with Google to help sustain journalism, but there has been less progress for commercial partnerships with Facebook, according to Fairfax Media. In its submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's Digital
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Young writers celebrate with ice cream

Two local students and their classmates were treated to ice cream parties after winning The True Citizen's spring creative writing contest for their respective grade levels. Pictured below, Asher Price, a third-grader in Marie Murray's Discovery class at Blakeney Elementary School, celebrates his victory
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Thelma Louise Miller

In 1980, she attended Hot Springs Community College for two years where she studied art and creative writing. In 1990 she moved to Branson West and worked at Silver Dollar City taking surveys for seven years. She was a member of the Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents;
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31st Tehran International Book Fair kicks off

TEHRAN – Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi officially inaugurated the 31st Tehran International Book Fair at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla on … The publishing economy, children's book publishing and private sectors were other topics the minister mentioned in his opening speech.
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European Publishers Say Google is Using GDPR To Force New Terms On Them

A group of European publishers have accused Google of using the GDPR to force “draconian” terms on them. They would have to abide by the terms to have access to Google's ad network, they contend. Read the whole story at TechCrunch » · email, europe, publishing, regulation, social media.
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Truman Gun Club See New Improvements and Uses

Tribune Publisher. The Truman Gun Club, located on the west edge of Truman, has been around for more than 71 years. While it's been maintained and was well-enjoyed by its members, the decision of the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) to sanction a Clay Target League as a high
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Gene Therapy for Lipoprotein Lipase Deficiency Yields Promising Results


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