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    Headline: Heroic Man Lifts Car to Save a Model's Life Event 1: Kristen Hough was known for her work as a model. The recently divorced beauty recently made headlines for her praise of Nick Harris. While Harris was previously just her neighborhood, this Hulk-like hero managed to lift a car off of her body and save her life. As an avid cyclist, Kristen was enjoying her normal bike ride when a Smart Car ran her over. Trapped under the wheels, she was only freed when Nick Harris stepped in. - Insert a picture of Kristen Hough. Event 2: As soon as Kristen was hit, the driver of the Smart Car jumped from the car to see if she was alright. In terror, he flagged down a pedestrian and grabbed his son. Together, they tried to lift the car amid Kristen's screams of pain. Nothing happened. The driver sent his son to call an ambulance while he waited with the terrified figure of Kristen. - Insert a picture of the driver outside his car. Event 3: While the drama was unfolding outside, Nick was inside his home and just leaving his shower. Suddenly, the screams caught his attention. Looking out the window, he saw the group outside struggling to lift the car. Beneath it, he saw a mangled bike stuck between the wheels. Horrified, he realized that there was a person trapped under the vehicle. Without bothering to throw any more clothes on, he rushed outside in just his shorts. - Insert a picture of Nick approaching the driver and the car. Event 4: As the driver explained…

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    The magazine industry is one of the most viable and adaptable markets that provides to consumers, businesses, and professionals. In today’s society they are a guide into the fashion world. Magazines aim to showcase fashion in variety of ways. These magazines target specific age groups, gender, and even social classes by specifically designing the content of the magazines. Especially in an era where printed magazines is declining due to technological advances in the way readers can view…

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    How do I look? “Hey, ugly”, my so-called friends call to me as I’m walking towards the end of the street approaching the bus. I always thought they were my friends because we use to tease each other and call each other names. In seventh grade I was wrong. In fact they were bullying me. They used call me flat chested and made fun of my glasses and teeth. Of course I was as pretty as the other girls in the Glamour magazines. I was made fun of since 4th grade when I got my glasses. I want to…

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    7 Steps Toward Publishing: How To Get Your Book To Print As A First Author Congratulations! You 've finally finished your first book. Or have you? Is it really ready for print? Is it good enough? What do you do now? First off, take a deep breath and give yourself a pat on the back. Next, make a checklist of everything you need to do, beginning with the following seven steps: 1. Polish Your Manuscript Publishers can 't be sold on an idea, even if it 's an amazing one. Your manuscript must be…

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    The Guardian published some of the findings from a survey by the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society showing that independent publishing is becoming a more and more attractive route to publication. According to the survey, “writers were investing a mean of £2,470 in publishing their own work, with the median investment at £500, and typically recouping their investment plus 40%.” It also asked if writers who had independently published would do so again and eighty-six percent said that they…

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    Go Set A Watchman Essay

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    Set a Watchman”. This book has never bared publication until Ms. Lee’s new attorney Tonja Carter recently discovered a copy of the novel. Currently, Ms. Lee stands at 88 years old, and some say her mental capacity to formulate the decision regarding the publication of the book remains inadequate. Tonja Carter claims her client, Ms. Lee, has authorized her to publish the book. “Go Set a Watchman” should be published due to underlying facts embedded with possible remedies, the identity of the…

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    Book Publishing Case

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    In order to research on whether or not my editorial idea would be viable, I will examine my editorial niche from several factors that would impact my book publishing market. First and foremost, the author of the book would be considered as the main factor that decide whether the books would have potential profitability. Woll also demonstrates that the well-known authors or authors with celebrity status are able to gain visibility in the marketplace. (Woll, 2014, p22) I will focus my research on…

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    Glassbook Success

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    Internet and available to read on the Glassbook eBook reader for only $2.50 (Fischer 3). The anticipation for King’s novel was so immense that his readers crashed the server (Guthrie 15). In 48 hours, about half a million copies where downloaded (Striphas 36). In the first 24 hours, 4.62 copies were downloaded per second. Overall, about 600,000 copies were distributed. In publishing Riding the Bullet solely online, King earned $450,000 in net profits in comparison to the $10,000 that he would…

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    Why is Identical Banned there are many reasons books are banned.a good example of a banned book is a book called “Identical”by Ellen Hopkins.this book is banned because of its material you will understand the more i talk about it. a book can be banned for many different reasons violence, foul language, sexual abuses, drugs, rape.By examming this book and researching this book I understand why this book is banned. the first reason this book is banned is because of the sexual content in this…

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    roof. This is just one example of the many uses, or opportunities pen names bring to starting authors, or even authors who are very popular. Many writers use pen names for more freedom of their writing and to bring new opportunities, women would use it for the readers and publishers to take them more seriously, and if a writer would want to change genres without the pressures of their previous writings. Firstly, these pen names allow writers to have more freedom in their writing, and brings…

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