Day: June 8, 2018

This new Hilton Head cafe is focused on international cuisine

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This new Hilton Head cafe is focused on international cuisine

… get some in the door, the big draw is the Cuban sandwich, Tommy Thompson, restaurant owner said. “It is one of our best sellers,” Thompson said.
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Steven Galloway awarded $167000 after UBC dismissed him from creative writing program

Author Steven Galloway was awarded $167,000 by an arbitrator after he was first suspended from his position as head of UBC's creative writing
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Writers Champion Godine's Re-Launch of Andre Dubus

David R. Godine, Publisher has more than 500 titles in print, including works by celebrated authors whose careers have taken decades to bear fruit,
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Love Connections: Romance Publishing 2018

Authors Rebekah Weatherspoon, Harper Miller, and Adriana Herrera are bringing romance writers of color, and their readers, together online.
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Gujarat State School Textbook Board: Last minute printing order irks publishers

With the Gujarat State School Textbook Board (GSSTB) placing printing orders at the last minute, publishers are burdened to print thousands of
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Humanoids' New Graphic Imprints Add Memoir, Kids, YA

Humanoids, a French-owned, Los Angeles–based publisher of French graphic novels, is expanding its catalogue with three new lines: a
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Suffolk publisher Liz Calder is awarded CBE in birthday honours

Calder worked at Victor Gollancz Ltd and Jonathan Cape before becoming a founder director of Bloomsbury Publishing. Over the course of a long
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US Sen. Bob Casey presses for suspending tariffs on Canadian newsprint

… used by newspapers and book publishers. The senator again asked Ross to suspend the tariffs “to avoid adverse impacts to our newspaper industry
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Wareham Class of 2018 awarded $424000 in scholarships

Joe Cannon Creative Writing Scholarship $316.73. Jaylin Castro-. Wankinquoah Rod and Gun Club, Inc. Cecil Foote Jr., Memorial Scholarship for
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Book Deals: Week of June 11, 2018

Gallery Books' Jennifer Bergstrom inked a four-book deal, with Writers House, to continue publishing V.C. Andrews–bylined books. Andrews (Flowers
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Rallying Cry: Romance Publishing 2018

In an industry grappling with issues of diversity, romance authors of color are banding together and speaking out. By Erin Ailworth. Jun 08, 2018.
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Reporter Monica Velez Joins Valley Public Radio News

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Reporter Monica Velez Joins Valley Public Radio News

After growing up in the Bay Area, Monica moved to Sacramento where she received a degree in journalism and creative writing from California State
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Report: Publishers Should Focus On 'Transformists,' Not Millennials

Both publishers and marketers are chasing after millennial attention, but Jennifer Tonti, director of research at Insider Inc., said competing for this
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Apple To Begin Publishing Global Government App Takedown Requests

Apple To Begin Publishing Global Government App Takedown Requests … Apple will not be publishing information regarding apps it removes or
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Anthony Bourdain's contributions to the culinary world

HarperCollins Publishers announced it would be partnering with Bourdain on a line of books under the company's imprint, Ecco. (HarperCollins
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Fundraiser, charity worker, lecturer and councillor named in Queen's Birthday Honours

Kate Clanchy, an award winning writer who teaches Creative Writing at the University of Reading was also made an MBE. For the past nine years, she
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Many students excel in Young Artist Showcase

Creative Writing (Fiction). Trophy: Melanie Werner. Creative Writing (Poetry). Trophy: Chloe Shaw. Ribbon: Molly Wintz. Oldenburg Academy. Drama.
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EU copyright reform proposal: 3 things businesses need to know

Other countries like Germanyand Spain have tried link taxes before to no avail, and news publishers quickly soured on them as well. The only place to
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Charlie Crist, Gus Bilirakis team up to fight newspaper tariffs

The publishing industry is also mounting an advertising campaign, highlighting the 600,000 jobs it provides. And next week, 50 newspaper executives
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Upscale Atlanta Eatery Should Fork Over Music Copyright Fees, Says Suit

The New York-based American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, better known as ASCAP, has sued upscale Atlanta eatery 5Church
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Residents come together to form Manistee Writers' Group

“From my first meeting, I felt the Manistee Writers Group could make a positive contribution to people interested in writing and publishing. The diversity
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Your guide who's been honoured by the Queen in the Anglia region

Nobel Prize winning author Kazuo Ishiguro, who studied creative writing at the University of East Anglia, has been given a Knighthood. He said he is
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Anthony Bourdain changed my view on the world

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Anthony Bourdain changed my view on the world

It's hard to keep a genuine voice when you have book publishers and television executives constantly giving you notes. It's difficult to keep your edge
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Under Armour Names Brothers & Co. PR Agency

“As we move into a new chapter of storytelling and self-publishing across all of our categories, we were in need of a communications partner with a
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Bourdain's imprint to end after contracted books come out

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Bourdain's imprint to end after contracted books come out

HarperCollins Publishing announced Friday, June 8, 2018, that Anthony Bourdain's book imprint will be discontinued after the remaining works under
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Samsung Galaxy S9 Surpasses iPhone X to Become Best Selling Smartphone in April [Chart]

Samsung Galaxy S9 Surpasses iPhone X to Become Best Selling … Top ten bestsellers are skewed either towards the premium segment or the entry
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Fired UBC prof Steven Galloway awarded damages in arbitration

… temporarily suspended without pay pending an investigation into “serious” allegations brought forward to UBC's creative writing program, Hall wrote.
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Fired author Steven Galloway awarded $167000 in damages from UBC

Steven Galloway, the author and former chair of the University of British Columbia's creative writing program, has been awarded $167,000 in damages
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Anthony Bourdain's books skyrocket on Amazon after death

… “Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly” are up 700,000%, climbing to the #1 spot on Amazon's best sellers with the hardcover
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Ocean's 8: How Official Trailers and User-generated Content Performed Online

Since the movie was announced back in 2016, Warner Brothers, officially-licensed partners, media and entertainment publishers, major influencers,
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Publishers Are Seeing Traffic From More Than Just Facebook and Google

For publishers, the past two years were a lesson in chasing traffic and finding the true value of an audience. Some have shut down and others have
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Amish Tripathi's new book based on King Suheldev, to release on July 16

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Amish Tripathi's new book based on King Suheldev, to release on July 16

But Suheldev is not delaying the book at all. This was the plan with the publishers and we are launching each book according to schedule,” the author
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Celebrate: Books can take you everywhere: Resources at FF Public Library

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly … an online book collection featuring the state's independent publishers and
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Anthony Bourdain's 'Kitchen Confidential' becomes Amazon top seller

The book is widely considered the launchpad for Bourdain's career in the … The article caught the eye of book publishers, and “Kitchen Confidential”
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Santa Clarita Signal Newspaper Bought By Former Publisher

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Santa Clarita Signal Newspaper Bought By Former Publisher

Richard and Chris Budman, who served as publishers from 2004-2007, purchased the Signal from the current owner Chuck Champion and his
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Generation Zero Announced By The Developers of Rage 2 and Just Cause

In development for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, Generation Zero represents Avalanche Studios foray into self-publishing, and is currently slated
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UBC must pay fired author Steven Galloway $167000 for privacy violation

VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia must pay fired creative writing professor and author Steven Galloway $167,000 in damages for
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Instagram In Talks With Influencers, Publishers For Snapchat Discover-Like Video Hub Launching …

After reports surfaced earlier this week that Instagram was eyeing a push into long-form vertical video by expanding its maximum video length from
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'Nobody was going to bite': Publishers score rare victory over Google in GDPR spat

Google's late reversal of a policy that restricted how many vendors a publisher could gain consent for under the General Data Protection Regulation,
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Google bows to publisher pressure to uncap vendor limit for its CMP, Funding Choices

Responding to publisher outcry, Google is reversing its decision to cap the consent gathered through its consent management platform (CMP)
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Solar Power Is the New California Gold Rush

If you haven't realized it yet, 2018 is the year of China. From e-commerce to semiconductors to global trade to politics, China has dominated media
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4 Surprising Facts About Anthony Bourdain's Life and Career

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4 Surprising Facts About Anthony Bourdain's Life and Career

Anthony Bourdain, famous chef, best-selling author, and television personality, passed away today in an apparent suicide at the age of 61 in France.
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Scholarship programs at private schools need change, lawmakers say

The lessons are from three Christian publishers. … The lessons taught at these schools come from three Christian publishing companies whose
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Novelist Steven Galloway awarded $167000 in arbitration with UBC after controversial firing

Steven Galloway, who was fired from his job as chair of the University of British Columbia's creative-writing program after accusations that included
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Historic Guthrie Landmark Gets New Lease On Life

A piece of Oklahoma history is on its way to a new life thanks to a group … the building provided a home for the State Capital Publishing Company.
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Ontario Author Profile: Sylvie Bérard

Of course my day-to-day work doesn't leave me much time to write, but it does keep me close to writing. I'm even able to teach creative writing from
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'Stranger Things' Books Set For Fall Debut From Penguin Random House

EXCLUSIVE: Penguin Random House will partner with Netflix on a worldwide publishing deal for books based on the critically acclaimed Netflix
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Enough fraud, scandal and excuses. 5 ways to clean up Florida's voucher-school mess

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Enough fraud, scandal and excuses. 5 ways to clean up Florida's voucher-school mess

Private schools that take Florida scholarships, or vouchers, are teaching children the Loch Ness monster may be real, God wisely kept Catholics from
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Phoenix Online announces next publishing phase

Phoenix Online Studios is reaching for the skies with its upcoming publishing plans – quite literally, as the next two games to be released will be A Rite
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Jacques Pauw ascribes book success to publicity from 'idiots' Fraser and Moyane

Both Fraser and Moyane launched an attack on Pauw and his publishers to have … He says buying the book then became an act of defiance and civic
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Galaxy S9+ tops the global bestsellers list in April, Galaxy S8 takes 10th spot

Xiaomi's Redmi 5A and Redmi 5 Plus/Note 5 also made it to the bestsellers list with 1.5 percent and 1.4 percent market shares respectively.
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Tickets on Sale for Source's 2nd Anniversary Celebration; Proceeds Benefit Daniel's Table

Framingham Source marked 2 years publishing in Framingham this spring, and we are celebrating in June with a party! Framingham SOURCE is an
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Academy of Continuing Education for adults with disabilities enrolling for July-August classes

The ACE curriculum for the July-August semester includes Lifetime Math 1, 2 and 3; Reading and Creative Writing 1, 2 and 3; Musical Expression;
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Brett Brown serving as interim GM good for Sixers' current players, free agents

Current players on the team are often the biggest sellers of potential free agents on the market. Joel Embiid has tried to influence probable free agent
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Conde Nast Uses Data Strategically To Up Advertisers' Engagement With Users

In an interview in March with Publishing Insider, he stated: “Traditional publishers are focused on aggregating audiences and monetizing them.
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