O'Reilly Donating Millions to Tech Education

O'Reilly Media and Safari Books Online are donating over $100 million in "educational content and tools" to K-12 schools across the U.S. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Writer, editor and translator Daniel Hahn is donating half his winnings from the International Dublin Literary Award to help establish a new prize for debut literary translation - the TA First Translation Prize.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: South Korea’s Ridibooks Raises $20 Million; Quarto Distributes Zest Books

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertelsmann boosts education business with WhiteCloud acqusition

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Educational Publishing Execs at HMH, Cengage Leaving

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Bill O'Reilly's Publisher Standing by Their Man

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Compelling' story about organ donation wins £30k Wellcome Book Prize

Maylis de Kerangal’s Mend The Living, which explores the emotional and physical complexities of organ donation, has been named as the £30,000 winner of the 2017 Wellcome Book Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan backs Bill O'Reilly after Fox News sacking

American TV host Bill O’Reilly's US publisher Macmillan is to stick by him after he was sacked from his Fox News talk show following the revelation that he has settled several sexual harassment cases. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bill O'Reilly's publisher stands by him after Fox sacking

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[ The Guardian | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chandler ed-tech company moves into larger office, expands by 60 percent, and continues hiring

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[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fate of the Furious breaks Star Wars box office record with $700 million opening

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[ Stuff | 2017-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: Overleaf at Virginia Tech; WIPO and IPA at Frankfurt

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Facebook, live tech shows are hot

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[ Digiday | 2017-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“SNL” And John Oliver Pulled No Punches In Putting Bill O’Reilly On Blast

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PRH Buys Spain's Ediciones B for Rumored €40 Million

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March Religion Bestsellers: Bill O’Reilly Breaks Top Four; Wm. Paul Young Dominates

The paperback release of 2013’s ‘Killing Jesus’ lands Bill O’Reilly at #4 on PW’s Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list. Plus, Wm. Paul Young takes three spots in Fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertelsmann acquires stake in Indian ed-tech company Eruditus

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The $100 million wall: Digital media’s scale struggles

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