Day: June 29, 2018

GRANT MORRISON Co-Writing SIDEWAYS Annual – And Bringing Back NEW 52 SUPERMAN?

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GRANT MORRISON Co-Writing SIDEWAYS Annual – And Bringing Back NEW 52 SUPERMAN?

Rebirth seems to have done away with that version of the character, but of course Sideways hops through dimensions and affects the space-time
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Microsoft Store Helps Developers With Vastly Improved Publishing Times

One of the stumbling blocks for developers has been the slow publishing process in the Microsoft Store. Whether its updating the price, a description,
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A mass shooting in its newsroom didn't stop the Capital Gazette from publishing today.

On June 28, 2018, a gunman opened fire in newsroom of the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing five people. Among the dead
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SUNY recognizes FLCC employees for excellence

She started teaching at FLCC in fall 1997 and has been active outside the classroom, serving on the college's Promotion, Creative Writing, and Writing
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Penguin Random House acquires respected Hindi publisher Hind Pocket Books

Leading publisher Penguin Random House India has acquired Hind Pocket Books, one of the oldest and most respected Hindi language publishers in
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Publisher's Ink: We have a water problem? Tarzan may be out of luck

Johnny Weissmuller's swimming pool in southern California remains empty 34 years after his death. The actor and former Olympic gold medalist
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Microsoft announces improved publishing times for Microsoft Store

Microsoft Store team today announced that they have improved the publishing times. From today, submissions that make these types of changes
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52 Weeks of #ExcitingSG: Week 20 with Alan Oei

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52 Weeks of #ExcitingSG: Week 20 with Alan Oei

Moreover, we're organising two competitions – instafilm and creative writing – for we want to know about other people's thoughts on heritage.
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Writer gives sell-out fest audience Watching brief

After attending fashion college, Jewell went into the industry but later attended a creative writing class where she was told that she had a “good
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Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol Surprises Military Veteran in Winston-Salem

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Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol Surprises Military Veteran in Winston-Salem

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.– We've all seen the commercials and gotten the mailings from Publishers Clearing House (PCH) that says you don't have to
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Philpot man writes post-apocalyptic science fiction novels

But after self-publishing the book on Amazon, “Surviving” started making up to … Now, he has self-published 26 science fiction books on Amazon.
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Why Insufferable People Love Infinite Jest

But writing is unique in that almost everyone can write a sentence. … Because the whole thing about tattoos is that they're permanent, of course,
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Nativo Latest Web Monetization Format Ups Publishers' Efficiencies

Nativo's platform helps brand advertisers and open web publishers distribute, optimize and measure brand content and native advertising. The latest
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Former Projo reporter commends Maryland paper for publishing despite tragedy

The paper's staffers were resolute Thursday that they would publish the next day despite the tragedy. Capital reporter Chase Cook wrote on Twitter
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Against all odds, St. Thomas woman pens poetry book

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Against all odds, St. Thomas woman pens poetry book

Melissa J. Weiler holds her first poetry book, Emotions, self-published with funding from the Ontario Disability Support Program. Weiler was diagnosed
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CU art academy will introduce teens to college

… middle and high school students develop their passion for artistic endeavors like creative writing, music or theater while potentially living on campus.
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Radford wins Wells Fargo Academics Cup

… categories of magazine, news magazine, newspaper, online news, yearbook, broadcast, theatre, scholastic, forensics, creative writing and film fest.
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SSRN launches Preprints with The Lancet, a new preprint series for sharing early stage health and …

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SSRN launches Preprints with The Lancet, a new preprint series for sharing early stage health and …

In addition to strong publishing and citation data, ACS journals set a new record in 2017 with more than 100 million full-text downloads.
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Hipgnosis Songs hits £200m IPO target

Hipgnosis Songs is to make a second attempt at listing on the London Stock Exchange. The music copyrights investment company has announced
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ToeJam & Earl Drops Adult Swim as Publisher

“Going forward Adult Swim Games is no longer going to be our publisher. Instead we are going back to self-publishing! Adult Swim Games has some
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Fourth-graders write, illustrate and publish book to raise money for cancer patients

Hays put pictures of the book on Facebook, and Neal Minor, who has been mayor of Monroe City and is involved with M. LiClar Publishing Co., saw
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The Secret Lakes on Amazon's bestseller list

Initially, the book was rejected by publishers and it wasn't until 2010 when she decided to look into self-publishing her book through Amazon's
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GLENDA BYARS: Enjoying memories, both real and cinematic

The course would last for so many weeks with participants writing original pieces every day — but for me it lasted a lifetime. We will save the telling of
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Facebook, Inc. (FB) No Longer the News Referral Source Publishers Were Betting On

A year and a half later, however, the flood of Facebook traffic to news publishers has receded dramatically. Google surpassed it as the primary driver
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Video Game Stocks Are Potential Media Company Acquisition Targets

Bernstein analyst Todd Juenger thinks the next media industry mergers and acquisitions will involve video game publishers rather than TV-centric
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Skiatook students attend Summer Arts Institute

This summer, 34 faculty artists teach students in the disciplines of acting, chorus, creative writing, dance, drawing & painting, film & video, orchestra,
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These are the victims of the Capital Gazette newsroom shooting

He also taught, for the first time this spring, an advanced news writing course as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Maryland's journalism college,
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Be More Vader from DK Publishing Will Show You the Power of the Dark Side

Be More Vader by Christian Blauvelt, coming October 2, 2018 from DK Publishing, offers wisdom from a different point of view: that of a Sith Lord.
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ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove on Track for This Fall

HumanNature also announced that they would now be self publishing the title. This comes after the news that Adult Swim Games would be publishing
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Jennifer Lopez's 10-Year-Old Daughter Is Now Taking Business Meetings

It seems Jennifer Lopez is adding a new title to her ever-expanding resume: momager. The successful singer/dancer/actress/etc. shared her busy
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At a Glance: Caring for Senior Horses

She holds a master's degree in English, specializing in creative writing, from the University of Mississippi in Oxford and earned a bachelor's in
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Writing projects helps elders share their tales

Citron had lived in Murphys for two years when she read an announcement in a local newspaper for a writing class series called the Voices of Wisdom
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Ismael Cala on the panel for Amazon's 5th Literary Award

The prize will be available to any author who publishes their book from July 1 to August 31, 2018 through Amazon's self-publishing service.
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Writers bodies defend author earning figures as 'incontrovertible'

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Writers bodies defend author earning figures as 'incontrovertible'

The Society of Authors (SoA) and the Authors Licensing and Collection Society (ALCS) have written an open letter taking issue with the Publishers
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Google Makes Changes to its Ad Offerings, Launches New Ad Extension to Increase Advertising ROI

According to Jonathan Bellack, Director Product Management for Google, this single platform will streamline publishers' way of doing business.
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Fallout New Vegas Director Prefers Crowdfunding Than Being Backed by Publishers

However, it's been a challenge for the established developer to consistently receive the backing of publishers. Due to that, recent games have been
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Capital Gazette journalists focus on publishing Annapolis newspaper

Baltimore Sun Media Group publisher Trif Alatzas and other executives are also deeply involved. Some Tronc executives flew to Maryland to help.
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Microsoft and EY Are Rolling Out Blockchain Technology for Xbox

If Microsoft and EY's blockchain product is successful, it should shape the way video game developers, creators and publishers of all types earn
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Jennifer Lopez's daughter, 10, in talks for a book deal

Emme and I are off to our very first book publishers meeting for an idea Emme had for a book,” Lopez told her followers. “We're excited — we have
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Manga Answerman – What Kind Of Raw Files Do Manga Publishers Work From?

So by “classic raw” – I'm assuming you're referring to what you see distributed online by (ahem) parties who are not the original publisher or creator of
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ITM's Kim Aiello Considers Future Of Newspapers, Advertising

Kim Aiello, executive vice president, ITM Newspaper Media Buying Services, has long been a champion of the newspaper publishing industry with
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IBW 'raised the bar' but publishers 'could do more'

Independent Bookshop Week (IBW) “went up a gear” in 2018, according to Rosamund de la Hey, owner of St Boswell's bookshop The Mainstreet
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Writers and publishers trade blows over plummeting author pay levels

Responding to a survey that found the median author income had dropped to £10,500, Publishers Association said the figures were 'unrecognisable'.
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Capital Gazette publisher: 'We will honor our colleagues' memories by continuing our mission'

… heartbroken colleagues will pay tribute to the victims by continuing to deliver the news, the publisher and editor-in-chief of The Baltimore Sun Media
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Pillars of Eternity Director Would Rather Have the Constraints of Crowdfunding – IGN Unfiltered

director Josh Sawyer elaborates on how the change in the landscape of game publishing has impacted the studio, and how he prefers both the
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Open letter on author earnings

You were quoted in The Bookseller as saying the following: ”Publishers value authors enormously and their entire businesses are dependent on
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Educational Development Corporation and Usborne Publishing, Ltd. Announce Plans to Publish …

Educational Development Corporation and Usborne Publishing, Ltd. Announce Plans to Publish Extensive Range of Spanish Language Titles.
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Writers bodies defend author earning figures as 'incontrovertible'

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Writers bodies defend author earning figures as 'incontrovertible'

The Society of Authors (SoA) and the Authors Licensing and Collection Society (ALCS) have written an open letter taking issue with the Publishers
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Google Makes Changes to its Ad Offerings, Launches New Ad Extension to Increase Advertising ROI

According to Jonathan Bellack, Director Product Management for Google, this single platform will streamline publishers' way of doing business.
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Fallout New Vegas Director Prefers Crowdfunding Than Being Backed by Publishers

However, it's been a challenge for the established developer to consistently receive the backing of publishers. Due to that, recent games have been
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Capital Gazette journalists focus on publishing Annapolis newspaper

Baltimore Sun Media Group publisher Trif Alatzas and other executives are also deeply involved. Some Tronc executives flew to Maryland to help.
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Microsoft and EY Are Rolling Out Blockchain Technology for Xbox

If Microsoft and EY's blockchain product is successful, it should shape the way video game developers, creators and publishers of all types earn
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Jennifer Lopez's daughter, 10, in talks for a book deal

Emme and I are off to our very first book publishers meeting for an idea Emme had for a book,” Lopez told her followers. “We're excited — we have
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Manga Answerman – What Kind Of Raw Files Do Manga Publishers Work From?

So by “classic raw” – I'm assuming you're referring to what you see distributed online by (ahem) parties who are not the original publisher or creator of
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ITM's Kim Aiello Considers Future Of Newspapers, Advertising

Kim Aiello, executive vice president, ITM Newspaper Media Buying Services, has long been a champion of the newspaper publishing industry with
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IBW 'raised the bar' but publishers 'could do more'

Independent Bookshop Week (IBW) “went up a gear” in 2018, according to Rosamund de la Hey, owner of St Boswell's bookshop The Mainstreet
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Writers and publishers trade blows over plummeting author pay levels

Responding to a survey that found the median author income had dropped to £10,500, Publishers Association said the figures were 'unrecognisable'.
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Capital Gazette publisher: 'We will honor our colleagues' memories by continuing our mission'

… heartbroken colleagues will pay tribute to the victims by continuing to deliver the news, the publisher and editor-in-chief of The Baltimore Sun Media
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Pillars of Eternity Director Would Rather Have the Constraints of Crowdfunding – IGN Unfiltered

director Josh Sawyer elaborates on how the change in the landscape of game publishing has impacted the studio, and how he prefers both the
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Open letter on author earnings

You were quoted in The Bookseller as saying the following: ”Publishers value authors enormously and their entire businesses are dependent on
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Educational Development Corporation and Usborne Publishing, Ltd. Announce Plans to Publish …

Educational Development Corporation and Usborne Publishing, Ltd. Announce Plans to Publish Extensive Range of Spanish Language Titles.
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Music Modernisation Acts passes key vote in Senate

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Music Modernisation Acts passes key vote in Senate

The Association of Independent Music Publishers also welcomed the vote. “The AIMP applauds the Senate Judiciary Committee's unanimous
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Penguin Random House India buys publisher of Hindi books

The Indian subsidiary of US-headquartered publisher Penguin Random House has acquired Hind Pocket Books, which specialises in Hindi titles,
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MSU's MFA Program to Host Summer Writing Workshop and Reading Series

The Murray State University MFA in Creative Writing Program is approaching their annual July residency, which will feature various writing workshops
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Dezeen named Best Small Digital Publisher of the Year at Digital Publishing Awards

Dezeen has won the award for Best Small Digital Publisher of the Year at the Association of Online Publishers' annual awards, with judges praising
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Chronicle Gift Publishing at 25: Seeing Things Differently

Though Chronicle Books has been publishing award-winning and distinctive titles since 1967, the San-Francisco-based independent publishing
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The Capital Gazette published today. Damn straight.

The Capital Gazette published the day after a shooting. The current climate may be dicey for journalists, but it won't stop their pursuit of truth.
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Harlan Ellison obituary

In 1953 he entered Ohio State University but was thrown out following an incident when he verbally abused a professor of creative writing who had
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Council says North Road WON'T close after publishing incorrect road closure notice

HIGHWAYS bosses have reassured motorists that a published notice which states a busy road will be closed for two weeks is not correct.
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Capital Gazette Keeps Working, And Publishing, After 5 Die In Newsroom Shooting

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Capital Gazette Keeps Working, And Publishing, After 5 Die In Newsroom Shooting

“Today we are speechless,” reads the opinion page in Friday's edition of The Capital, where the staff is still reeling after five of their colleagues were
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Poetry program helps Lancaster students express themselves

“Being introduced to any type of creative writing when you're younger teaches … in the program complete an enrichment activity to inspire their writing.
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Council says North Road WON'T close after publishing road closure notice

HIGHWAYS bosses have reassured motorists that a published notice which states a busy road will be closed for two weeks does not mean work will
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PRH India buys 'cultural icon' Hind Pocket Books

Penguin Random House India has acquired Hindi-language publisher and “cultural icon” Hind Pocket Books for an undisclosed sum. Established in
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Frontier: “We want to become a third-party publisher”

It's abandoned work-for-hire and launched a self-publishing division, held its own fan expo and has even attracted significant investment from games
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PRH India Buys Hindi-Language Publisher

Penguin Random House India has acquired Hind Pocket Books, one of the oldest and best-known Hindi-language publishers in the country.
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Intermittent fasting: Surprising update

There's a ton of incredibly promising intermittent fasting (IF) research done on fat rats. They lose weight, their blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood
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REVIEW: 'Kickflip Boys,' by Neal Thompson

Kris Bigalk is the author of “Repeat the Flesh in Numbers” and serves as director of creative writing at Normandale Community College.
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