Publishing

the illusion of competition in the digital marketplace. Due to eBooks’ intangibility, digital commodities were viewed as goods with unlimited supply because they could easily be reproduced. There were no additional charges for the used resources, publishing, and distribution of eBook copies like there were…

OPO appealed against Justice Bean’s refusal to grant him an interim injunction in the high court, which would prevent MLA and STL from publishing a book. Appeal allowed by Lady Justice Arden and others, in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division). There are no dissenting judgments within this case, as they all come to the same conclusion within the rights of OPO. MLA has written a book “The Work” based on his career, including descriptions of his molested childhood, which he believed would…

As both a reader and writer, this article brought up some interesting points about writing and editing. It highlighted features I personally enjoy in a good novel and the types of tools the author can use to create tension, suspense, and mystery. I agree that it is important to end a chapter with a cliffhanger to keep the reader interested, but a superfluous presence of cliffhangers would be disappointing. While the article did make some good suggestions, some tips felt a bit redundant. One…

Online Textbooks When I was in the K-12 school system, I remember at the beginning of every year, the teacher would call us students up by name to sign for an old, hardcover, seven to ten-pound textbook with horrible illustrations on the cover. Then, as the year went on, I was expected to lug this book all over the school building until the end of the year. If I somehow lost track of the textbook, I would be hit with a seventy-five dollar to a two-hundred-dollar bill. I thought I would have to…

would write. When you bring it to the publisher you would always go to, but this time they tell you they fear less selling because of the genre change. You are appalled, so you take up a pen name just to have your book published, and it works the publishing company publishes your book, and it sales go through the 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…

Introduction This paper evaluates resources using three pieces of literature. All three literature works are on the topic of single parent families. It focuses on the emotional, physical, and mental effects between single parents and their children. The first evaluation is an article from a website. The title is “Single-parent families” and has no author. The second evaluation is on a magazine article, “Understanding Single Parent Families” by Kirsten Schuder from Lifestyle magazine. The final…

Pen Names There have been many pen names used by many famous authors in history. There many benefits to it and its very common in literature. publishing used to be different back then and things like being a girl writer or publishing more than one book per year per author were frowned upon so authors used fake names or, pen names, to hide their identity. A lot of authors like Stephen King, J.K Rowling, and Charlotte Bronte have used pen names for many different reasons like, to publish more…

the original untouched copy of the manuscript online or another outlet so that anticipating fans of the original could at least see what idea Harper Lee had for a sequel. Her family would probably better receive this method because I wouldn’t be publishing for release and making profits, also no one would be editing/changing the original message of what Lee was trying to convey. In conclusion, I believe that my decision is ethical based off my ideals and values and fully believe that it would…

Gone are the days when magazine media resisted change, magazine professionals today embrace it with endeavors, creativity and better knowledge. As we learn new practice, metrics and analytics tools, advancements in digital technology open up new opportunities to extend, enhance and rethink magazine brands everyday. From examining the constantly changing magazine industry, through editorial and business lens, I believe pursuing the following four areas will allow magazine media to remain relevant…

“A business model reflects management’s hypothesis about what customers want, how hey want it and what they will pay, and how an enterprise can organize to best meet customers needs, and get paid well for doing so.” Do you agree with this statement? Why? Be specific. Feel free to use examples. A business model defines how a business creates, delivers and captures economic, cultural, social or other forms of value. The business model provides information and direction on how the organization…