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Changing the Research Paradigm with a Patient-Powered Network - CCFA Partners: A patient-powered research network

CCFA Partners is an innovative network where patients and researchers work together. Become a part of groundbreaking research: www.ccfapartners.org.




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New PSAs Released as Part of Ad Council and AARP Caregiver Assistance Campaign Supported by NAB, RAB, and OAAA This Mother's and Father's Day - PERSPECTIVES :30

PERSPECTIVES :30




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Strategic Partners, Inc. Launches New Medical Apparel Line with CERTAINTY™ Antimicrobial Technology - CERTAINTY™ Video

Strategic Partners, Inc. has created the next generation of medical apparel using the leading antimicrobial technology of CERTAINTY™.





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Danica Patrick All Smiles as Aspen Dental Management, Inc. Extends Partnership, Doubles Commitment - Danica’s Racecar Honors Veterans

Aspen Dental & Danica Patrick unveil a salute to more than 2,200 veterans at Chicagoland Speedway to honor their service and raise awareness about the need for oral health care.






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YouTube Beauty Stylist Andrea Brooks Reveals Holiday Party Beauty Tips in Latest Colgate® Optic White® Smile Show™ Episode ¿¿ - Video Sneak-Peek

Exclusive sneak-peek of how Andrea gets her #BrilliantSmile holiday ready in Episode 7 of The Smile Show.





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Osteo Bi-Flex® Sets GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Title For 'Largest Merengue Lesson' Led By Celebrity Choreographer Mary Murphy - Mary Murphy partners with Osteo Bi-Flex®

Mary Murphy partners with Osteo Bi-Flex®




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Justice Department drops criminal case against former Trump aide Michael Flynn

The Justice Department dropped its criminal case against former national security advisor Michael Flynn, who admitted to lying to FBI agents about his conversation with a Russian diplomat.




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Parts of Asia that relaxed restrictions without a resurgence in coronavirus cases did these three things

"This is a tough, tough virus," said disease specialist Dr. Dale Fisher. "All it takes is one infected person and it spreads like wildfire."




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NBCUniversal's Peacock has a buffer against ad slowdown with launch partners — here's why they signed up

Peacock is soft-launching as streaming hours are up, but advertisers are pulling and decreasing spend.




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Department stores had an insane week. Here's everything that happened

It was another onslaught of bad news from America's department store chains, including bankruptcy filings and store closures, this week. And that likely will not be letting up anytime soon.




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Over 50% of department stores in malls predicted to close by 2021, real estate services firm says

Department stores still represent about 60% of the anchor space within malls across the U.S. today, according to Green Street Advisors.




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New York City partners with Salesforce on coronavirus contact tracing program, mayor says

Salesforce will deploy a call center as well as a customer relationship and case management system that will help the city track potential cases and isolate people before they become sick, de Blasio said.




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I propose 'shelter in place' approach to fight the coronavirus: Vickers Venture Partners Chairman

Finian Tan, Chairman of Vickers Venture Partners proposes a "shelter in place" approach to combat COVID-19, which involves asking those 50 years and above to stay at home without exception, while allowing the rest of the population to go back to business as usual, including opening of businesses and borders.




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State Department quietly begins reopening amid coronavirus pandemic

The plan, entitled "Diplomacy Strong," includes policies on travel, telework, face coverings, as well as social distancing requirements for common spaces such as cafeterias.




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Coronavirus fallout: Here are the 16 department stores Nordstrom is closing permanently

Nordstrom announced earlier this week it will be permanently closing 16 of its department stores, after assessing each state that it operates in and the hit it is taking because of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Investors are missing out on valuable parts of the stock market, says Mayflower's Larry Glazer

There's a world of opportunity between straightforward index investing and risky private deals, says Mayflower Advisors' Larry Glazer.




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Global growth will benefit after coronavirus: Bokeh Capital Partners CIO

Kim Forrest, founder and chief investment officer at Bokeh Capital Partners, and David Ellison, portfolio manager at Hennessy Funds, join 'The Exchange' to discuss markets.




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Valuations only part of the picture in coronavirus crisis, strategist says

John Bilton, global head of multi-asset strategy at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, discusses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on stock valuations.




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Middle East companies are 'fighting for survival': AlixPartners

Firms in Gulf Cooperation Council countries are facing "very severe liquidity problems" and "very uncertain times" amid the coronavirus crisis, says Gabriel Chahine of AlixPartners.




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Adaptive Biotechnologies CEO on partnership with Microsoft to study Covid-19

The race is on for improved testing, treatment and a vaccine for Covid-19. One company is partnering with Microsoft to decode how the human immune system responds to the virus. Chad Robins, Adaptive Biotechnologies CEO and co-founder, joins "Squawk Box" to discuss ways to make testing more reliable.




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How to build a gaming PC for 2020, part two: choosing a mouse, keyboard and monitor

You’ve bought the perfect PC – now you need to complete your setup to get the best from your games. Here are our suggestions

When you’re buying a new gaming PC from scratch, the machine itself is only part of the picture. To get the very best out of the most demanding modern games, you’ll need the rest of your setup to be working hard too – especially if you ever want to win at Call of Duty: Warzone.

Here then, are our picks for the best gaming monitors, keyboards and mice. Helping me to make the selection are Alan Dexter, senior hardware editor at PC Gamer, Chris Wilson, design director at Cardboard Sword, Al Bickham, communications manager at Creative Assembly, and Nic Claassen, head of product business at Acer UK.

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Finance Department Post Pandemic (COVID-19)

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Temporal Parts

[Revised entry by Katherine Hawley on May 5, 2020. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Material objects extend through space by having different spatial parts in different places. But how do they persist through time? According to some philosophers, things have temporal parts as well as spatial parts: accepting this is supposed to help us solve a whole bunch of metaphysical problems, and keep our philosophy in line with modern physics. Other philosophers disagree, arguing that neither metaphysics nor physics give us good reason to believe in temporal parts....




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Industry expert shares forecast on global 3PL sector: Part II

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How To Tuesday – Halloween Party Toothpicks

I’m having a Halloween crafternoon this weekend, and I wanted to make some toothpicks for spearing finger food that would be easy to make, but still have a great spooky vibe. Even if you are not having a Halloween party this year I think these picks would be great for … Continue reading




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Cat themed party invitations

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Vintage Inspired Halloween Party Hat DIY

Hello October! I am ready to welcome Halloween with open arms! The decorations are up (even the outside ones!) and I’ve got some DIYs planned for this month that I hope you will love. First up is a super easy vintage inspired party hat. Print the file, cut out, and … Continue reading




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The Tiger King and I: Part 2 - The Tour Doesn't Start for Two Weeks

Part 2 of an exclusive look into the madness that was being an employee of 'Tiger King," a controversial zoo that is the subject of a wildly popular new Netflix documentary series.




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The Tiger King and I: Part 3 - Of Kangaroos and Men

Part 3 of an exclusive look into the madness that was being an employee of 'Tiger King," a controversial zoo that is the subject of a wildly popular new Netflix documentary series.




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The Tiger King and I: Part 4 - Chainsaws and Colostomy Bags

Part 4 of an exclusive look into the madness that was being an employee of 'Tiger King," a controversial zoo that is the subject of a wildly popular new Netflix documentary series.




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The Tiger King and I: Part 5 - The Tour Begins

Part 5 of an exclusive look into the madness that was being an employee of 'Tiger King," a controversial zoo that is the subject of a wildly popular new Netflix documentary series.




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The Tiger King and I: Part 6 - Cuba and Other Places Than These

Part 6 of an exclusive look into the madness that was being an employee of 'Tiger King," a controversial zoo that is the subject of a wildly popular new Netflix documentary series.




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The Tiger King and I: Part 7 - Tempers Flare and TimTim shows himself

Part 7 of an exclusive look into the madness that was being an employee of 'Tiger King," a controversial zoo that is the subject of a wildly popular new Netflix documentary series.




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The Tiger King and I: Part 8 - Clowns on The Death March, Tour is Over

Part 8 of an exclusive look into the madness that was being an employee of 'Tiger King," a controversial zoo that is the subject of a wildly popular new Netflix documentary series.




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The Tiger King and I: The Final Part - The Amish Are Not Cool and I'm Coming Home

Part 9, the final installment, of an exclusive look into the madness that was being an employee of 'Tiger King," a controversial zoo that is the subject of a wildly popular new Netflix documentary series.




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Covid and Our Mental Health (Part 1)

Advice about how to treat handling your mental health differently than you would during a normal crisis




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US Justice Department drops case against ex-Trump aide Michael Flynn

The US Justice Department on Thursday abruptly withdrew its case against former White House national security advisor Michael Flynn following mounting pressure from President Donald Trump's political allies on the right, handing the US president a major political victory.










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How Predatory Companies Are Trying to Hijack Your Publisher Search, Part 3


Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware®

In my first post about the ways that predatory companies attempt to ensnare unwary writers who are searching for publishers, I discussed fake publisher-matching websites. In my second, I exposed the scammy Google ad tactics of vanity publisher Austin Macauley.

In this third post, I'll talk about an equally insidious practice: providing misinformation or even outright lies about traditional publishing, in order to make self- or vanity publishing appear superior.

Yesterday on Twitter, someone tweeted this chart, which purportedly compares traditional publishing and self-publishing.


If you're even slightly savvy about publishing, the inaccuracies are easy to spot. Trad pubs often pay royalties on retail price (not "net sales"), or pay a higher percentage (higher royalties are especially common in the small press world). Trad pubs that pay advances don't withhold them from less popular authors, and they don't require authors to make "certain minimum orders" or to buy thousands of copies of their own books. And while it's often true that smaller traditional publishers don't provide much in the way of PR or marketing support, and larger houses invest more marketing in more popular books and authors, they don't simply ignore 95% of their output (this makes no sense; what business markets only 5% of its products?)

As for author rights...trad pubs do license exclusive rights from authors, sometimes for a period of years, sometimes for the life of copyright (with reversion usually happening well before then). But they don't gain ownership of them (as "all rights are with the publisher" implies), because the author retains copyright--plus, authors can often negotiate to keep some of their subsidiary rights. And although self-publishing is typically non-exclusive, allowing authors to publish on multiple platforms if they wish, they do still have to license publishing and distribution rights to whichever platform or service provider they choose--otherwise, the platform couldn't legally produce and sell their books.

The chart comes from this how-to-self-publish article, which is really just a long ad for PublishEdge, which is (surprise!) a paid publishing services provider.


PublishEdge is a "division" of Zaang Entertainment Pvt Ltd, which, unlike the Philippines-based scams I've been covering so much lately, is based in India. The range of services it sells aren't priced as high as some of the scammers', but there are still plenty of warning signs: no information about who is providing the services on offer (so you have no idea who they are or if they're qualified); no cover or website design samples (so you have no idea what you'd be getting for your money); and this pitch for ghostwriting services, which invites you to "Discover the simple secret to how celebrities and busy professionals get their books published without actually writing", courtesy of "our book writing experts", who (judging from the description of the service) basically type up a Skype interview into a chapter book. Most likely these unnamed "experts" are hired on Upwork or Fiverr or a similar jobs site (holy plagiarism scandal, Batman!).

PublishEdge isn't alone in misrepresenting traditional publishing in order to make itself look more attractive. Among other alternative facts, this chart from Morgan James, a vanity publisher with an author purchase requirement, claims that "many major houses" require authors to buy 5,000 copies or more of their own books (doesn't that make MJ's 2,500 purchase requirement seem appealing?), and that trad pubs provide no PR or marketing support for 94% of their books and authors. (Hmmm. Could PublishEdge have borrowed a little something there?)

Here's another misleading comparison, from Union Square Publishing, a self-styled hybrid (read: vanity) publisher. It too borrows heavily from Morgan James's chart, with several of the same dubious claims. Here's another one--this time from Success Publishing, which sells Chicken Soup-style anthology slots.

This one, from "custom" publisher Momosa Publishing (packages start at $5,900), doesn't tell quite so many fibs, but encourages you to believe that trad pubs cap their royalties at 6%, and don't market their books to libraries. And then there's this from Atmosphere Press, another so-called hybrid, which wants to convince writers that a $5,000 publishing fee will save them from the "raw end of the deal" they'd get from a trad pub, "losing not just their royalties but also the rights to their material and to their control over their art." Not addressed: the likelihood of ever making that $5,000 back.

These are just a few examples; there are many more. If you use the internet as part of your publisher search, you're very likely to encounter them (in some cases, disseminated by self-styled experts who ought to know better). It's a great argument for a step that many writers skip: learning about publishing before diving into the quest for publication. As with all aspects of publishing, knowledge is your greatest ally and your best defense: the more you know about the way things really work, the better protected you will be against the disinformation described above.

Final note: I know that many writers have had bad experiences with traditional publishers--I've had some myself. Especially in the small press world, many traditional (at least in the sense that they don't charge fees) publishers engage in nonstandard and author-unfriendly business practices. There's plenty of discussion of that on this blog. I'm not trying to paint trad pub as perfect, or argue that it's necessarily a better choice for any given writer.

But deliberate distortions like those described above don't help anyone, even if you don't take into account their obvious self-serving agenda. Tarring an entire segment of the publishing market with a broad negative brush--especially where some of the supposed negatives are demonstrably false--is as irresponsible as arguing (as some people still do) that only traditional publishing is a worthwhile path.