Hogwarts Legacy comes out next week. It is, bar none, the biggest video game to ever use the ever-popular Harry Potter license. A Dragon Age-style open-world RPG, made by Warner Bros. Games and Avalanche Software (recently of the scuttled Disney Infinity), it’s kind of a huge deal. The game been sitting at the top of the Steam sales charts even as a pre-order. Even so, the game has become controversial. Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has been a lightning rod of controversy for several years, and while it doesn’t appear that she has any direct involvement in the game, it’s hard to deny that buying it means supporting her financially. Plenty of Harry Potter fans aren’t willing to do that, for reasons that are both well-known and beyond the scope of PCWorld’s coverage. But neither Warner Bros. nor Rowling have an exclusive on the idea of teenage wizards and witches. So if you need to scratch that Harry Potter itch and you don’t want to buy the game (or go see increasingly terrible spin-off movies), I’ve got a humble suggestion: watch a bunch of nerds play Dungeons and Dragons instead. Misfits and Magic, a Kids on Brooms actual play Okay, some qualifications. The bunch of nerds in question are professional actors, comedians, and other masters of improvising in front of a camera. And the game they’re playing isn’t Dungeons and Dragons, though the actual play format is certainly inspired by it. No, in the Misfits and Magic mini-season of long-running... Continue reading at 'PC World'
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The top 45 honorees in running for the 'Publishers Weekly' PW Star Watch 2017 award have been announced. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US actor Neil Patrick Harris, star of hit TV series "How I Met Your Mother", is writing “a magical middle grade series” for Egmont. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Regulator rules publishing photos of the prince with Meghan Markle on private beach was unjustified intrusionPrince Harry’s privacy was breached by the Mail Online publishing photographs of him wearing swimming shorts on a private beach in Jamaica, the Independent Press Standards Organisation... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At a time when premium publishers have pulled out of Facebook Instant Articles, Apple is showing that it is open to creating custom units for publishers. The post For Axios, Apple News beats Google AMP and Facebook Instant Articles appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charlie Higson and Joanne Harris are headlining the Society of Author's ScotsWrite conference this September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The longtime publishing innovator talks about libraries, publishing in the digital age, and his forthcoming book with Center Street, 'The Book of Mistakes'. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On this episode of the Visionaries Podcast, we sat down with Gretchen Tibbits, COO, and president of uplifting content publisher LittleThings to talk Facebook Live, Snapchat, distributed publishing, and duopoly. Sponsored content by GumGum The post Podcast: LittleThings’ Gretchen Tibbits on... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nominations for Publishers Weekly’s third annual Star Watch program will be accepted until June 15. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Good-bye, ibid.; hello, tweet. “3-D” or “3D”? “Fewer” or “less”? “Hi Mom” or “Hi, Mom”? If you’re a writer, editor, or simply an unreconstructed grammar nerd, there’s a good chance that at some point you’ve sought an answer to such questions in The Chicago Manual of Style. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The software-development kit for Facebook's Instant Articles media-rich, quick-loading stories from publishers now supports Google AMP, and the social network said support for Apple News is on the way. Partner engineering director Piyush Mangalick said in a Facebook Media blog post that an... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In its bid to make the mobile web faster--and more profitable--Google is adding more capabilities to its accelerated mobile pages to help publishers make more money and users waste less battery power. At its annual I/O developer conference this week, Google unveiled several updates for its AMP... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While living and working as an account executive for D Magazine in Dallas in 2009, she was diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and underwent chemo treatments for six months, and was then declared cancer free. “It taught me not to take anything for granted. And made me realize that... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Every weekday, we bring you the Ad Age/iSpot Hot Spots, new and trending TV commercials tracked by iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention analytics from 10 million smart TVs. The New Releases here ran on TV for the first time yesterday. The Most Engaging ads are ranked... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stripes’ publisher Jane Harris is to step down from running the list after 12 years with the Little Tiger Group fiction imprint, triggering a restructure. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Miriam Robinson takes a look at Serpent's Tail's plan for the paperback of Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Publishers Weekly' and Frankfurter Buchmesse have opened nominations for their third annual PW Star Watch program, which celebrates up-and-coming members of the U.S. publishing community and recognizes them on a global stage. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The PW Star Watch program provides its annual Superstar with a trip to Frankfurt Book Fair and a network of contacts in the world publishing industry. The post Publishers Weekly and Frankfurt Book Fair Open Nominations for 2017’s PW Star Watch appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'I think we're starting to recover,' says one of 15 Brazilian publishers who are preparing to travel to next month’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The post Rights Watch: A Brazilian Mission to Italy Eyes Bologna appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Another celebrity is set to move into kids’ publishing, after Faber Children’s snapped up a series by comedian Harry Hill. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With activities scheduled to begin in June, this program for promotion of British authors and literary organization is in its second annual round. The post LBF Watch: UK’s International Literature Showcase Names 2017 Participants appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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