Day: May 11, 2018

Friday Sector Laggards: Publishing, Cigarettes & Tobacco Stocks

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Friday Sector Laggards: Publishing, Cigarettes & Tobacco Stocks

In trading on Friday, publishing shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.4%. Helping drag down the group were shares of ExOne
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Ottawa's 'right to be forgotten' proposal will let powerful people censor the web

… create a legal right for Canadians to force search engines and online publishers — including news publishers — to delete embarrassing content.
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Dykes writing the script for his life

One conversation changed the course of Denzel Dykes' academic career at William & Mary. It also changed the path he envisions the rest of his life
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Veteran Egyptian diplomat Mostafa El-Feki remembers: The people of our time

It was late last month that Dar Al-Masriya Al-Lebnaniya, a publishing house, held a well-attended signing of three recent books by Mostafa El-Feki,
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Why isn't the Tribune publishing letters about Donald Trump?

Un-American! Unfair! Something has changed with The Trib in the last few months. No more anti-Trump or pro-Trump letters to the editor are being
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4 Best Practices For Protecting, Positioning Your Brand On Online Marketplaces

Here are four best practices that strategically position and protect your brand on the top online marketplaces. 1. Be aware of your sellers. Unauthorized
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Slideshow: Best-selling books

Social Media Examiner's seventh annual Social Media Marketing Industry Report, a survey of 3,720 marketers, business owners and solopreneurs
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Publisher Peter Mayer dies at age 82

Mayer was a London native who broke into publishing in the early 1960s. He was chair and CEO of Penguin from 1978 to 1997. He also co-founded
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BC 15 bestselling books of the week for May 5

3. A Matter of Confidence: The Inside Story of the Political Battle for B.C. — Rob Shaw and Richard Zussman (Heritage House Publishing). 4.
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There Are More Diverse Books Than Ever — But Too Few Are Being Written By POC, According To …

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There Are More Diverse Books Than Ever — But Too Few Are Being Written By POC, According To …

The industry may be talking a lot about the need for more diversity in book world, but it seems like few publishers are putting their money where their
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Minister rebuts report on reviewing books from China

Cheng said that a law requiring publishers to receive approval to publish books from China in Taiwan has long existed and the ministry is simply
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In 'Mother's Milk,' a young Mormon writer makes the idea of a Heavenly Mother feel as everyday as …

I just know that I needed to write it and finish it. …. Perhaps because of her training as an academic writer, Steenblik says she had to call upon Mormon
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Your 2018 Atlantic Book Award winners

Thirteen awards were handed out last night at Paul O'Regan Hall to the authors, illustrators and publishers representing the best of the past year in
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Regents Approve MS in Cybersecurity, BA in Writing, Academic Program Deletions

In addition, the Board today approved a Bachelor of Arts with a major in writing and options in creative writing and professional writing. The program is
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Edinburgh's hidden spaces provide a creative backdrop

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Edinburgh's hidden spaces provide a creative backdrop

Edinburgh's hidden spaces provide a creative backdrop … in different creative fields – theatre, spoken word, drama, creative writing and visual art – as
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Artisphere Features New Artists, Kidsphere South Attractions

There are 13 workshops, ranging from painting to creative writing. There's wine, beer and food from local restaurants for sale. Kids can make Mother's
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Ten year old contest winner gets book published

Frasier worked with Alison Brown, an illustrator, and a children's book publisher Little Tiger to turn his story into a book, which will be on sale from The
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Annotation in the scholar and publisher workflows

Utilising the browser extension or bookmarklet, they need not be dependent upon a publisher integration to take notes and collaborate in groups.
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'Life Is Strange' Writer Says Publishers Are Investing More In Quality Stories

Still, it's good to see that not every business name in the industry has the same thought process as the mega publisher, and one Life is Strange writer
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Audiam Brings Its Tech for Hunting Unclaimed Royalties to Writer, Publisher Clients

“How can a music publisher expect to collect all of their money if they don't have a list of all the things making it for them?” asks Audiam CEO and
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Father, daughter get Temple University degrees together

He graduated with a Bachelors of Arts degree in film and media arts, and she graduated with a dual major of linguistics and creative writing.
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Open-access model is a return to the origins of journal publishing

The oldest continuously published scientific journal Philosophical Transactions was launched in 1665, but didn't start making a profit for its publisher,
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Pulitzers, MIT Investigate Díaz

The Pulitzer Prize board has launched an independent review of allegations of sexual misconduct by Junot Díaz, who has since announced that he
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10 Unintended Consequences of the GDPR

What I have been shocked by, in the run up to GDPR, is the way publishers have been approaching it. The majority of them believe legitimate interest
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'Godman To Tycoon: The Untold Story Of Baba Ramdev': Publication, Sale Of Controversial Book …

The Delhi High Court has stayed the publication and sale of book on yoga guru Ramdev titled Godman to Tycoon: The Untold Story of Baba Ramdev,
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Discover Budapest & join rare booksellers at the next fair in September!

Hungary's tradition in book culture goes as far back as the 10th century … In 1998, the Hungarian Publishers' and Booksellers' Association (MKKE)
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Audiam Brings Its Portal for Hunting Unclaimed Royalties to Writer, Publisher Clients

“How can a music publisher expect to collect all of their money if they don't have a list of all the things making it for them?” asks Audiam CEO and
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Norwich submits bid to attract Channel 4 ahead of deadline

… being home to England's National Centre for Writing, the UEA's renowned creative writing course, and a host of existing TV and media companies.
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What steps has Google taken ahead of the GDPR deadline?

Marketers and publishers have raised concerns about Google's advertising rules under GDPR. Google updated CookieChoices to include new
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Endocrine Today wins silver ASHPE publishing award

Healio's editorial staff has garnered seven awards in the annual competition of the American Society of Healthcare Publication Editors (ASHPE).
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Photon: Insolvency proceedings underway on publisher's assets

While the implications for the solar-industry magazine Photon are unclear, there are numerous ties between the publishing activities and insolvent
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PCON wins health care publishing award

Primary Care Optometry News has garnered a bronze award for its PCON Reports print column in the annual competition of the American Society of
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BY THE BOOK: Moraa Gitaa

Gitaa is also the author of a number of books among them Hila – Storymoja Publishers, The Shark Attack – Moran Publishers, The Con Artist – Kenya
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Feral House publisher Adam Parfrey, RIP

Adams' publishing house, Feral House, published a wide variety of books about subcultures, cults and mass movements, crime, sexuality, political
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Special Sauce: Smitten Kitchen's Deb Perelman on the Perils of Publishing

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Special Sauce: Smitten Kitchen's Deb Perelman on the Perils of Publishing

The second installment of Ed Levine in conversation with Smitten Kitchen's Deb Perelman.
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SC Black Newspaper Publishers Hear Why Smith Should Be Governor

By Barney Blakeney. Columbia Rep. James Smith told S.C. National Newspaper Publishers Association newspaper publishers he's best qualified to
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FX, HBO In Publishing Partnerships

Two different cable networks had made alliances with publishers. In the first announcement, which arrived by email on Thursday at 11:14 a.m., FX
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Battles Of Free Comic Book Day 2018: Riverdale Vs (A Brief History Of) Tank Girl

Riverdale has been a surprise teen drama, subverting the wholesome old Archie comic books by updating it in surprising ways. Tank Girl started out in
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'Giant of trade publishing' Peter Mayer dies

Publisher Peter Mayer, former c.e.o. of Penguin, has died at the age of 82. Penguin Random House US said in a statement: “We are deeply saddened
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Dartington launches 'individual course' programme

As in previous years, a limited number of 'individual course' places have just … In addition, there are opportunities for aspiring writers, with courses in
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Learn A New Language In Your Spare Time

A busuu subscription awards you full access to 12 different language courses, each one covering the four main language skills: reading, writing,
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Gothic author's inspiration for college students

Elisa, who is currently a PhD student at Kingston University studying creative writing, gave a talk about her first novel, Darkling Park, a Gothic
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Lorrie Moore: See What Can Be Done — why read book reviews?

Moore, as well as being a professor of creative writing, is one of America's best-loved practitioners of the short story. Also one of its least productive
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Songtrust Now Administers 150K Songwriters, 1M Copyrights, 20K Music Publishers

Songtrust announced that is now administers 50,000 songwriters, 20,000 music publishers and more than 1,000,000 copyrights. That's up from
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Everything you need to know about Sky Atlantic drama Patrick Melrose

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Everything you need to know about Sky Atlantic drama Patrick Melrose

The first book Never Mind was published in 1992 and is set over the course of one day at a house party in Provence, and includes scenes of a
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Former student accuses UVa professor Casey of sexual assault

… great relationship with the university, but couldn't wait to leave UVa when she graduated, and has avoided Charlottesville and creative writing since.
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Reselling your digital games will soon be a reality, but what does that mean?

So far, Fargo has managed to persuade a small number of publishers to get on board, including 505 Games, Paradox and THQ Nordic. More are
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Publishing supremo (and council leader's mum) cuts ribbon on new school buildings

PUBLISHING powerhouse Gail Rebuck cut the ribbon at a new front entrance to a Camden Town secondary school. She officially opened the
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No plans to scrutinize books from China: Culture Minister

Culture Minister Cheng Li-chiun (鄭麗君) said a law has existed for many years that requires publishers to receive approval to publish books from
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Will we fall apart when the robots take our jobs? We don't have to

Newspapers – like book publishers, the music industry and other parts of the knowledge economy – are feeling the pressure of “disruption”. And, as
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Morning MediaWire: Better questions = better journalism

Díaz, a professor of creative writing at MIT and the author of the Pulitzer-winning “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” had been elected incoming
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Video Game Publishers Investing Into Better Stories, Says Life is Strange Writer

Usually when a sequel or spin-off is being made, the developers strive to stay true to the most notable elements of the first game. Back at the GDC,
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Google issues updated GDPR guidance to publishers on how to gain consent from users

Google has updated its cookie guidance resource, CookieChoices, to include new tips and suggestions to advertisers and publishers in advance of
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Devolver Digital Publishing New Game For Super NES, All Profits To Charity

Nintendo may not be delivering a Virtual Console for the Switch, but companies like Devolver Digital are keeping the retro dream alive for Super
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University Prizes Support Post-Grad Year for Students With Passion and a Plan

As a communications officer for the New Citizen Program, Liang will work on development and research and will lead creative-writing and visual-arts
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Outskirts Press Offering Awards Submission Service to Self-Publishing Authors

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Outskirts Press Offering Awards Submission Service to Self-Publishing Authors

The top-rated self-publishing company has a long tradition of award-winning books, thanks to high quality production and marketing services.
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'The Perfectionists' manages to make precision engineering fascinating

It was a quiet bit of boasting from a mild-mannered man who'd managed to make a New York Times bestseller out of an almost-700-page historical
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Sales Charts: Some Legitimate Bestsellers Make the Charts Look Better – DC vs. Marvel vs. Image …

And finally, the comparison chart of DC, Marvel and Image. So we can see where the biggest sales sit on the Direct Market Landscape. Standard
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GVPL hosts fourth Emerging Local Authors Collection

Scott has self-published her first title, an illustrated children's book called The Monster in the Basement through self-publisher, First Choice Books.
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Things to Do

Current best sellers and DVD collection. Ongoing book sale. Adult recreational basketball, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Messiah Christian Church, Route 1, Wells.
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Writing 101

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Writing 101

l Trade Publisher: A trade publisher is a publisher who publishes books for a general audience most often books that are sold through bookstores.
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Children's literature stars line up for Festival of Words

… with the aims of bringing star writers to the Island, providing a welcome fillip to home-grown creative writing and supporting education, heritage and
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Memoir Meets Cultural Commentary in 'Undoing'

… elementary school, evading high-school bullies, or writing an op-ed for the Prince on why the creative writing program was too restrictive after being
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Rowan University Paleontologist Wins Prestigious Nautilus Book Award

Considered by the nation's top publishers as a major book award, past winners include the Dalai Lama, Deepak Chopra, Prince Charles, Desmond
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Siesmic Shift Ahead

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Siesmic Shift Ahead

However, the age of digital is a relatively recent one in our history. … and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of this publishing house.
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Innovations TV Series With Ed Begley Jr. Highlights Advances in American Sign Language …

SAN DIEGO, May 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Local San Diego Media and Publishing House, DawnSignPress, will be featured in an upcoming episode
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Header bidding for video: how to maximise ad revenue from every impression

Header bidding in video is the latest buzzword for publishers in JAPAC regions (Japan and Asia-Pacific). The term comes from display advertising,
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2009 Miss America returns to hometown to talk to girls, promote new book

She decided to go the self-publishing route with Esther Press Publishing, named … A few weeks ago, she had her first published book, “Merely Moving
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Read My Book: A guide to self-publishing

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Read My Book: A guide to self-publishing

“How to Self Publish Inexpensive Books and Ebooks: U.S. Edition is a very thorough guide which will walk you through the process carefully, step by
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Ebury to publish parenting book to tackle social anxiety

Ebury Publishing imprint Vermilion has acquired a new coaching book for parents called Why Will No One Play With Me in a mid-five figure deal.
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Happy Campers Wanted for Summer at the Dub

A writer, a teacher, a scientist – no matter your child's future career aspirations, … and operated by UNCW's esteemed department of creative writing.
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Finalists Announced For The 2018 Wicked Young Writer Awards

These finalists and their stories, poems and essays reveal a very high standard of creative writing amongst both the younger and older categories.
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