Thomson Reuters sells Intellectual Property & Science arm for $3.5bn

Thomson Reuters has agreed to sell its Intellectual Property & Science division to Onex Corp and Baring Private Equity Asia for $3.55bn (£2.73bn). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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6 Science Fiction Books About Space That Are Out Of This World

Earth can be an exhausting place, so let's look beyond our planet and explore these science fiction books about space and other worlds. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-09-24 10:35:51 UTC ]
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Caroline Criado Perez's gender data gap 'exposé' takes £25k Royal Society Science Book Prize

Feminist campaigner Caroline Criado Perez’s "exposé" on the gender data gap, Invisible Women (Chatto & Windus), has scooped the £25,000 Royal Society Science Book Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-23 14:17:51 UTC ]
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5 Great YA Science Fiction Series

If the idea of saying goodbye to epic sci-fi worlds fills you with sorrow, check out this list of great YA science fiction series and read on! Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-09-17 10:31:05 UTC ]
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The Testaments smashes records to sell 103k in first week

Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments (Vintage) has soared into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, with 103,177 print copies sold in its first week on sale.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-17 01:57:31 UTC ]
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Science fiction offers a useful way to explore China-Africa relations

Science fiction writing often serves as a thought experiment that explores shared and hidden beliefs whose material and political reverberations lie further in the future. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2019-09-16 11:39:25 UTC ]
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Visions of the future: five dark warnings from the world of classic science fiction

Science fiction is fast becoming science fact, which should be cause for concern. Continue reading at The Conversation

[ The Conversation | 2019-08-27 17:03:06 UTC ]
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Royal Society Science Book Prize 2019 shortlist revealed

The Royal Society Science Book Prize shortlist for 2019 has been revealed with nominations for indies Icon, Bloomsbury and Atlantic.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-27 01:50:28 UTC ]
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Using Facts As the Base of Science Fiction

Miracle Man and The Austin Paradox author William R. Leibowitz tells how to base science fiction on fact so that stories seem plausible—without boring the reader. The post Using Facts As the Base of Science Fiction by William R. Leibowitz appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest

[ Writer's Digest | 2019-08-23 14:00:14 UTC ]
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Reuters Connect to Offer End-to-End Productivity Suite with Partners

Reuters today unveiled plans to enhance its digital content platform Reuters Connect with ‘end-to-end’ production apps offering creation, production and Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-08-20 15:02:57 UTC ]
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More than 'story, bonking, story': why you've never heard of Australia's best-selling authors

In pushing the romance genre aside, Australia’s publishing industry sent its most successful writers to pursue their careers abroadNalini Singh is trying to convince me to read a love story starring bears. The tiny author is tucked up under a huge scarf in a cafe on a freezing August day in... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-08-17 22:00:54 UTC ]
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How to Write a Science Fiction Novel

In this post, learn how to write a science fiction novel from beginning to end, including 4 approaches for the first chapter of your novel, tips for writing about fictional technology, writing dystopian fiction, writing a science fiction series, and more. The post How to Write a Science Fiction... Continue reading at Writer's Digest

[ Writer's Digest | 2019-08-13 22:00:55 UTC ]
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3 Publishers Share a Page From Their Experiential Marketing Playbooks

Home of the original Shake Shack and lined by food carts and the sprawling Eataly marketplace, it’s not difficult to find a good meal in Manhattan’s Madison Square Park. Nor is it easy to stand out. Taste of Home found a way, when, last December, it offered passersby a chance to win a dinner... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2019-08-13 15:42:27 UTC ]
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Walmart removes pro-gun T-shirts and Verizon sells Tumblr: Tuesday Wake-Up Call

Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here.   Walmart removes pro-gun T-shirt listings Walmart has removed T-shirts with pro-gun slogans from its website... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-13 10:25:56 UTC ]
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Verizon to Sell Tumblr to WordPress Parent Company

Verizon started looking to offload Tumblr since at least May. Now it's found a taker. Automattic Inc., the software company behind the online publishing platform WordPress, has agreed to scoop up the blogging platform both companies said Monday afternoon. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2019-08-12 21:22:39 UTC ]
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How to Publish Your Science Fiction Novel

Each genre of fiction has its own rules for getting published. In this article, we cover how to publish your science fiction novel, including successful queries and synopses as well as literary agents and book publishers open to science fiction submissions. The post How to Publish Your Science... Continue reading at Writer's Digest

[ Writer's Digest | 2019-08-11 18:33:57 UTC ]
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Science Fiction Book Publishers Open to Submissions

Here are science fiction book publishers open to submissions from previous Market Spotlights on the Publishing Insights blog. This list will be updated regularly. The post Science Fiction Book Publishers Open to Submissions by Robert Lee Brewer appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading at Writer's Digest

[ Writer's Digest | 2019-08-09 14:50:53 UTC ]
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25 Universe-Expanding Science Fiction Books for Kids

From time travel to galaxy-spanning journeys to scientific experiments gone interesting, there are so many fun science fiction books for ... Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-08-09 10:35:25 UTC ]
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The anthropologists who upended the ‘science’ of white supremacy

In the early 1900s, Franz Boas and his followers challenged the idea that some people were inherently ‘primitive.’ Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-08-02 11:39:45 UTC ]
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Amazon opens way for apps on Fire TV to sell ads with The Trade Desk, Dataxu

Amazon has struck a deal with The Trade Desk and Dataxu, two sources of online advertising, to deliver commercials to Fire TV. On Friday, Amazon announced the new arrangement developed for media companies that stream video on Fire TV. The video publishers can now set up what are known as... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-27 00:05:42 UTC ]
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Bluemoose sells Hession debut to US in three-way auction

Bluemoose Books has sold Ronan Hession’s debut Leonard and Hungry Paul to Melville House in America following a three-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-24 14:13:37 UTC ]
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