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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"book publishing"”.
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The Cycle of Book Publishing through a Queer Lens
… capstone assesses the current landscape of the publishing industry with regard to Queer authors and stories that have been published within the United States. It will start off with a literature review utilizing secondary research upon the current publishing landscape, as well as the rules that …
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Subscription book publishing in the United States, 1865-1930
U of I Only Restriction set for Item 111698 on 2019-07-19T17:08:47Z with date by astein@illinois.edu.
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Publishing and marketing Lebanese children's books in the Arab world
… research seeks to answer is: how and why do the publishing and marketing of children’s books in the Arabic-speaking World differ fundamentally from publishing and marketing in larger western children’s books markets? In 2003, the Arab Human Development Report concluded that the Arab book is a …
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Neurodivergent Narratives: Restorying Neurodiversity in Twenty-First Century Middle Grade Literature
… characters today. By examining the children’s book publishing industry as an exploitative, capitalist enterprise, this study highlights the social, cultural, and political contexts of middle grade literature and how the ways characters are treated in stories mirrors the treatment of …
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Finding Their Chrysanthemum: Linguistic Representation in Children's Literature
… today struggle with finding themselves in the books they read due to societal expectations. From an early age, children are dictated on the correct way to speak and write in “American,” which can leave children and their home languages feeling unseen and dismissed. To help further the …
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Image and Imagination : Creative Photography and the South Wales Valleys
… in photographic practice such as magazine and book publishing, along with the growing institutional advocacy for exhibiting photography are also examined. The study concludes with an evaluation of the current status of photographic practice relating to the Valleys of South Wales.
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The construction of a #national identity' : a study of selected secondary school textbooks in Malaysia's education system, with particular reference to Peninsular Malaysia
… such as the Ministry of Education (i.e. its Textbook Bureau) and the book publishing industry as a whole to see how they relate to the formation in the school texts of the kind of 'national identity' that is largely defined and sanctioned by the State. A group of 150 students were interviewed to …
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A Trail of Stones and Breadcrumbs: Evaluating Folktales Published for Youth in the 20th Century, 1905--2000
… for children's collections in public libraries: Booklist, the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Horn Book, and School Library Journal. Emblematic works addressing cultural authenticity, evaluation criteria, multiculturalism, and other issues places the evolution of the examined …
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Publishing Culture : Commissioning Books in Australia, 1970-2000
… and acquire content in independent Australian publishing houses. My research spans a 30-year transitional period in book publishing from 1970 to 2000 - a period marked by rapid and unstable shifts in publishing culture, reflecting wider social, political, economic and technological change. In a …
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Knygų reklama spaudoje ir jos poveikis Lietuvos vartotojui /
„Book advertising in press and its‘ effect on Lithuanian consumers“ (summary) The main object of this scientific work was the book advertising in press as the one of many ways to promote the book. The purpose of this work was to acquaint with the nonfiction literature on the general advertising and …
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Management accounting and the social construction of reality
… this study was that of a medium-sized English book publishing company. The distinctive culture that developed affects and is affected by accounting procedures. The way in which actors called upon and employed accounting procedures in their everyday projects, and the way in which these projects …
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MOOD: A Zine Exploring the Value of Youth-Oriented Media
… for creators of all ages. The children’s book publishing industry, in particular, is used to exemplify the power these insular companies hold. In contrast, examples of prestige youth media signal the existence of quality youth media works. Ultimately, the comparison of zines and mass media …
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Fashion Bloggers as Human Brands: Exploring Brand Personality within the Blogosphere
… as news media, professional athleticism, and book publishing, little research has focused on fashion bloggers in the fashion industry and how their brand personalities affect consumer engagement. A content analysis method was pursued to analyze fashion bloggers’ blog posts and the number of …
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A study of the elements contributing to the success of regional publishers in Texas, 1975-1985
… policies, marketing strategies, value of their books to future generations; and prizes/honors/awards won. The questionnaire returns were examined, tabulated, and evaluated to find those elements which successful regional publishers in Texas had in common and to which their success could be …
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Material factors affecting the publication of black British fiction
… twentieth century. It argues that a study of the publishing history of black British fiction in this period must take into account wider political and cultural issues, as well as the internal structure and mechanics of book publishing. It therefore explores how shifting cultural, political and …
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Parental Portrayals in Children's Literature: 1900-2000
… sex of author, award-winning status of book, best-selling status of book, race of characters, and sex of characters upon each of the five parental roles was assessed using descriptive statistics, cross-tabulation, and multinomial logistic regression techniques. A survey instrument …