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I like the idea of a content management system for an elementary school, so students can write and publish in a clean system with a back-end database. Help me understand the dimensions of the idea.
Currently students at the school (about 500 students)...
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You can easily setup areas by subject/year group, have teachers publish resources and assignments for collaboration and discussion....
Another starting point is moodle; it's specifically designed for education, and has.
Is tweaked) is ignored.
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Quote: : Mori Going through those credentials:
- Jessica Tilles's novel 'Anything Goes' was published by Xpress Yourself Publishing. I haven't heard of this publisher before. From their website, it doesn't look too different from a self-publishing outfit...
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Xpress Yourself Publishing is not a self-publishing "outfit." Firstly, I was expressing I am not familiar with....
Or form, charge authors to publish and we pay royalties that are competitive with the publishing are incorrect.
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Thinking about a career switch, and a lot of publishers seem to be looking for sales reps. Should I regard that as a warning? What's the field like? I'm looking mostly at textbook publishing, but just about anything would be ok. Please share any knowledge...
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I can ....
You don't say what sort of publishing (books, magazines in medical publishing.
I spent 20 years in the publishing industry and have recently made the switch out of it to financial that's clear is that it will be smaller.
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There's a lot of good information in Peter Suber's Google+ feed , among other places, but the gist of things is that the major scientific publishers are supporting a bill in congress whose main effect would be revoking the NIH's open access publishing...
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For instance, increasing the power of the ....
Research is ~2.5, and is a position I find repugnant due to my libertarian / pro-education leanings, but I believe.
Than the Department of Education's budget / Department of Homeland Security.
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I have a primary school aged daughter. She wrote a poem and gave it to her teacher, who sent it off to "Write4Fun", a poetry competition.
The mail delivers a letter to my daughter, telling her that she was good enough to be in the 2006 competition, which...
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HI all,
I actually have a non-fiction book pretty much ready to go, and am seeking some advice on its content. I have no degree in any of the fields talked about in the book. Almost anything in this book can be found on the net, and I even to be more ...
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Once you publish....
The time to get permission and pay for same is before you publish, not after ...
Get off, before you can 'figure' them in...
The time to get permission and pay for same is before you publish, not after ...
Them in...
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Most will recognize what they are: http://www.victorygraphicsandmedia.com/publishing.php
But, this is how I found them: http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsSt...d=24771&cat=14
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Experienced with book publishing who are committed to helping authors and speakers self-publish quality Website:
M3 Publishing was founded with a passion to discover and publish unknown authors of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
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Http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012...?newsfeed=true
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And? We have a member would go right back to ... .
Stars are leaving the e-publishing world for mainstream publishing.
Shocker, BUY BOOKS! I own a Sony e.
People who buy books...
Will it hurt the publishing model? Not really.
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Apple today is holding its education-focused media event where it is widely expected to introduce a new push into digital textbooks. The event is scheduled to kick off at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City at 10:00 AM Eastern / 7:00 Pacific.
Apple...
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As an educator and a parent I am: : The problem with....
Don't think Apple can fix that.
The problem with eduction in US is the education system.
ICyclopedia maybe.
IText book store.
This is an education event.
An education tool.
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Quote: Apple has announced a new event to take place on January 19 at the Solomon Guggenheim museum in New York City, where the company is expected to discuss its digital textbook strategy for 2012. Rumored earlier this month to be taking place, as always...
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It'll be interesting to....
DK Publishing will also launch with several.
These publishers make up 90 percent of the textbook market.
HodgkinsJan 19th 2012 at 10:38AM
Today is Apple's big education event and the company kicked off its.
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