Fiction Writing
Unlock the Secrets to Captivating StorytellingYou sit at your desk, staring at a blank page, struggling to bring your ideas to life. What if you could uncover the keys to turning those ideas into compelling narratives? This guide is your roadmap, showing you how to harness the power of storytelling, no matter your experience level.Imagine crafting characters and scenes so immersive that readers feel every laugh, tear, and thrill. With practical strategies, you'll break through creative blocks, develop your unique voice, and make each writing milestone an achievement worth celebrating.In this book, you'll learn how to: Master essential storytelling elements to elevate your writing.Engage readers with compelling characters and immersive sensory detailsDevelop a solid plot structure that enhances emotional and thematic impactDiscover time-tested brainstorming techniques to organize your ideasCultivate a dedicated writing routine that boosts productivity and creativityFind your authentic voice and celebrate your unique storytelling journeyYou'll love this book if you want to unlock your full creative potential and bring your stories to life. Buy it now!
Fiction Writing
Unlock the Secrets to Captivating StorytellingYou sit at your desk, staring at a blank page, struggling to bring your ideas to life. What if you could uncover the keys to turning those ideas into compelling narratives? This guide is your roadmap, showing you how to harness the power of storytelling, no matter your experience level.Imagine crafting characters and scenes so immersive that readers feel every laugh, tear, and thrill. With practical strategies, you'll break through creative blocks, develop your unique voice, and make each writing milestone an achievement worth celebrating.In this book, you'll learn how to: Master essential storytelling elements to elevate your writingEngage readers with compelling characters and immersive sensory detailsDevelop a solid plot structure that enhances emotional and thematic impactDiscover time-tested brainstorming techniques to organize your ideasCultivate a dedicated writing routine that boosts productivity and creativityFind your authentic voice and celebrate your unique storytelling journeyYou'll love this book if you want to unlock your full creative potential and bring your stories to life. Buy it now!
Libraries that Build Business
Libraries have a distinctive role to play in the small business ecosystem and can effectively partner to complement existing business services in the community. A nationwide initiative that launched in 2020, Libraries Build Business (LBB) aims to build capacity in libraries offering programming or services to local entrepreneurs and the small business community, prioritizing low-income and underrepresented entrepreneurs. And libraries have already begun to transform communities, with programs ranging from one-on-one business consultations, classes, and workshops to networking and equipment lending, as the many initiatives spotlighted in this book demonstrate. Serving as powerful models of how libraries and their staff can advance innovation and economic growth on any budget and scale, these examples will inspire you to plug into your own community while guiding you through the nuts-and-bolts of making it happen. You'll learn the value to libraries of getting involved in entrepreneurship development;how libraries are integrating equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) into their efforts, working to create more inclusive business communities and, in turn, cultivate a vision for justice in communities across the country;vivid case studies of more than two dozen programs representing a cross-section of urban, suburban, and rural libraries, such as Entrepreneurship Academy, a training program; a 6-month business incubator targeting the formerly incarcerated; empowering street vendors, a consulting service with local business experts; and a makerspace for business;best practices related to budgeting, partnerships, staff, outreach, evaluation, sustainability, and other core components; andinformation about additional resources to support your work.
Academic Librarianship in Canada
This edited collection of seven critical essays is focused on the changing dynamics of academic librarianship through the lens of Canadian professionals responding to the corporatization of their scholarly workplaces and the erosion of their communities of practice. The contributors' underlying concern is the transformation of academic libraries from sites of collegial scholarly activity into hierarchically led operations driven by values and priorities alien to academia. Consequently, all contributions in this volume reflect on various aspects of this neoliberal turn shaping the political economy of knowledge production and dissemination of information, as well as changes in academic teaching, funding, institutional relationships, and the publishing industry. The unifying core of this volume is the fundamental role of professional academic librarianship in an increasingly techno-global, post-pandemic environment.Jessica E. Shiers is currently the Head of Collections for the Algonquin College library system as well as a Librarian and Coordinator for the Ottawa campus. She has an Honours BSc. from the University of Guelph, an MLIS from Wayne State University and holds a Ph.D. from the Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens is an appointed academic librarian and medievalist at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) in the UTM Library and Department of Visual Studies, and an Associate Scholar with the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. She has an MISt and MA from the University of Toronto, a Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen and a Licentiate in Mediaeval Studies from the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto.Joanna Szurmak is Interim Associate Librarian, Library & Learning Services, and Head, Instruction Services, at the University of Toronto Mississauga Library where she has worked since 2007. Szurmak is a PhD candidate in the Science and Technology Studies program at York University in Toronto and has earned two Master's degrees (Applied Science in Electrical Engineering in 1998; Information Studies in 2000) from the University of Toronto.Meaghan Valant is a Liaison Librarian with the Sociology and Political Science departments at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She completed her Master of Arts in Sociology at McMaster University in 2011 and her Master of Information, Library and Information Science, at the University of Toronto in 2015.
Information Literacy and Autonomy
Information literacy and autonomy have become key values for the image of man in a society that is increasingly shaped by digitalization and artificial intelligence. The purpose of this book is to describe abstraction, analogy, inference, plausibility and creativity as basic skills of cognitive information processing and prerequisites for autonomous informational action.
Researching and Teaching Speech Acts with Young L2 Learners
This book introduces the main concepts of pragmatics as they relate to the young English language learner classroom and research with young second language learners (YLLs). It considers the speech acts which are particularly relevant to YLLs and presents research findings on learners' development of speech act perception and production. It provides pre- and in-service second language (L2) teachers, teacher educators and researchers with an understanding of young learners' pragmatic development and with ideas for research-based approaches and specific classroom activities to help foster speech act development in the YLL classroom. Moving beyond the research methods traditionally employed in L2 pragmatics research, it also demonstrates how participant-centred data elicitation methods can be effective when conducting research with children. This book will appeal to researchers, advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in applied linguistics and TESOL, as well as pre- and in-service primary school L2 teachers and teacher educators.
Building Our Own
Where and who are all the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) community college librarians? BIPOC community college librarians provide unequaled and increasingly necessary support to their institutions. The BIPOC community college librarian is often disembodied and our work runs the spectrum between the visible and invisible. The added labor of being the "only" adds an extra layer of emotional, physical, and cognitive work that often goes unrecognized. The relationship between the library and student success has been thoroughly researched and assessed, however, the role of the community college librarian is often excluded. There is even more exclusion, forced invisibility, and censorship for the BIPOC LIS (library information services) worker.Librarians, library workers, and libraries are part of the student success pathway. Library departments (services) provide distinct face-to-face and online access points for the campus community. Community colleges have long been the setting of fundamental education, workplace development, and life skills across the country for working class communities. Having been seen as a gateway to economic mobility, community college is an equalizer, unifier, and launching pad for student excellence and innovation. However, the student diversity of our campuses is not always representative of staff and faculty. Interestingly, student services / academic affairs units make up more BIPOC workers than instructional units within the institution. Some of the failures in the community college landscape today are the lack of BIPOC workers in the library department, emotional taxation, extra labor, structural racism, and tokenistic legacies. BIPOC librarian faculty have cultural taxation not captured in our tenure or acknowledged institutionally. BIPOC librarians' work and labor in community colleges deserves to be amplified, documented, and valued. Our unity is our shared community of practice now and into the future.Building Our Own provides perspectives in the form of critiques, reflections, narratives, frameworks, and pedagogies from a BIPOC lens. Editors are inspired to gather and curate a collection of work to reveal the realities of BIPOC library workers' contributions, critical insights, and lived experiences in the community college setting. Building Our Own is part of the Series of Critical Race Studies and Multiculturalism in LIS with Litwin Books and Library Juice Press under the series editors, Rose L. Chou and Annie Pho. For more information on how to contribute, read and review the submission guidelines.
Contested Spaces
Contested Spaces is the first comprehensive and critical history of controversial events at Canadian public libraries, and an examination of the real-world impacts of neutrality policies in Canadian public library space use. What events at public libraries in Canada have created controversies and prompted protests? What were the issues at stake? What kinds of outcry or protest occurred? Did politicians get involved? Did the events happen, or did they get cancelled, and why? What kinds of impacts or outcomes resulted? This book answers these questions and brings the Canadian historical context into the ongoing conversations that are critiquing the concept of neutrality in libraries. It considers relevant librarian perspectives alongside critical theories to interrogate the myth of library neutrality, and to seek positive and productive ways for libraries to engage with and serve their communities that honour library values and foster inclusivity, care, safety, and social justice.
Critical Management Studies
Critical Management Studies and Librarianship introduces key concepts in the field of critical management studies (CMS) and critiques dominant theories and concepts in the management field. The aim of CMS is to denaturalize dominant theories in the management field by introducing works and research from other fields (e.g., queer feminist theories, postcolonial studies, critical race theory). This text provides insight through critical perspectives on dominant CMS issues contextualized in LIS management education and practice such as strategic planning, consumer and assessment culture, and management institutes to name a few. In addition, the book includes discussions around approaches to leading using research and literature outside of the business and management literature to redress epistemic injustice in management education and provide inclusive and diverse perspectives on leadership.
Music Information Literacy
Becoming a more equitable librarian is an ongoing process. In the face of the last decade's events and increased public awareness of issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA), we in music libraries can do things to create the space in our teaching for optimal creativity and connection by and with our library users. Music Information Literacy: Inclusion and Advocacy imagines what it would be like to expand our inclusion structures so that we increasingly recognize and accommodate differences in our music libraries.The ways librarians teach and assist students must change to amplify the voices of those who have been traditionally marginalized and create effective and equitable libraries and classrooms. Doing so is a multi-part process, where critical information literacy overlaps with self-reflection as a librarian and a deep understanding that our students have identities and experiences that influence how they navigate their world.Many of our students have experienced trauma from the generational oppression of systemic racism, gender fluidity, invisible disabilities, discrimination, or poverty. Ongoing trauma triggers toxic stress that can rewire parts of the brain and impact one's ability to process information, formulate questions, and feel safe enough to be creative and in the zone of ideas. The chapters in the volume are authored by librarians who have actively been learning and self-reflecting on what is needed to invite users into their libraries and teaching spaces fully. The book is divided into Critical Theories, Concepts, & Reflections, Bringing Underrepresentation to the Forefront, and Supporting Activism. Each chapter includes case studies and discussion questions supporting ideas and concepts. A sample reading guide for each chapter is included as well.
Solving Names
"Solving Names" is the expression given by the American pragmatist philosopher William James for the metaphysical principles of the university that, once found, meant that no further debate or enquiry was needed. The quest for solving names was the quest for power over the universe, but for James such a search was bound to be fruitless, since rather than a solution, such names only indicate that more work needs to be done, that social reality can never be captured once-and-for-all, but must be confronted and chanted.Modern librarianship relies on the construction of solving names as a way to ground debate, discussion, and consensus, but these solving names have the effect of disciplining, structuring, and constraining what is possible within the profession. Rather than being arbitrary, accidental, or contingent, Popowich argues that the metaphysical reliance on solving names serves a hegemonic purpose: the construction, maintenance, and reproduction of racial, settler-colonial, patriarchal capitalism. As an alternative, Popowich takes a broadly Marxist approach, proposing a shift towards "worldliness", the recognition that all concepts are implicated in struggles over power and can never escape the constraints of material and social life. Adopting a worldly, non-metaphysical approach would require reconceiving such notions as freedom, democracy, common sense, and reason in order to confront the reality of power and social and political conflict. Solving Names is a contribution to the political philosophy of contemporary librarianship and an intervention in current debates around cancel culture, intellectual freedom, knowledge, reason, and technology.
Networking for Authors
You're ready to build your author career... ...but how do you expand your network? What's the secret to forging lasting industry connections?In Networking for Authors: Strategies to Supercharge Your Writing Career, Dale L. Roberts delivers a practical guide to mastering networking. Discover step-by-step strategies to connect authentically with industry professionals and elevate your author brand.Inside, you'll find: Proven methods for effective networkingTips for a compelling author bio and online presenceConfidence-boosting advice for introvertsStrategies for making the most of conferences and eventsInsights on leveraging social media and virtual platformsTechniques for using email, podcasts, and videos to enhance your reachReady to expand your reach and supercharge your writing career? Get it now!
Networking for Authors
You're ready to build your author career... ...but how do you expand your network?What's the secret to forging lasting industry connections?In Networking for Authors: Strategies to Supercharge Your Writing Career, Dale L. Roberts delivers a practical guide to mastering networking. Discover step-by-step strategies to connect authentically with industry professionals and elevate your author brand.Inside, you'll find: Proven methods for effective networkingTips for a compelling author bio and online presenceConfidence-boosting advice for introvertsStrategies for making the most of conferences and eventsInsights on leveraging social media and virtual platformsTechniques for using email, podcasts, and videos to enhance your reachReady to expand your reach and supercharge your writing career? Get it now!
Enjoy Self-publishing
I've self-published for over ten years. I've seen the industry start, take off and mature. I've seen tactics, companies and people come and go. However, over that time, a few important principles have always held true, but in the morass of advice of varying quality it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. In 2017, I wrote the Unboxed books, a series of four books about how to publish sustainably, and by that I mean in a manner so that you can keep doing it long-term, and how to use your mailing list to set up a self-perpetuating sales vehicle. While the strategies haven't changed, many of the peripheral situations have. In short: we have far more and better tools, but far more competition, not only from other authors on the sales front, but also from services that entice us to spend ever more money before we publish. This book is my ultimate guide to what you need, what you can try, and what is likely to be a waste of your money and time. Over more than 500 pages I talk about the unvarnished experience of self-publishing and selling books while keeping control of my catalogue and not funding anyone's private jet in advertising costs. I wrote this book to pay it forward to the community. I don't sell courses. I don't do affiliate marketing. I have no vested interest in anyone's self-publishing journey. Except for this: I want you to enjoy it.
Enjoy Self-publishing
I've self-published for over ten years. I've seen the industry start, take off and mature. I've seen tactics, companies and people come and go. However, over that time, a few important principles have always held true, but in the morass of advice of varying quality it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. In 2017, I wrote the Unboxed books, a series of four books about how to publish sustainably, and by that I mean in a manner so that you can keep doing it long-term, and how to use your mailing list to set up a self-perpetuating sales vehicle. While the strategies haven't changed, many of the peripheral situations have. In short: we have far more and better tools, but far more competition, not only from other authors on the sales front, but also from services that entice us to spend ever more money before we publish. This book is my ultimate guide to what you need, what you can try, and what is likely to be a waste of your money and time. Over more than 500 pages I talk about the unvarnished experience of self-publishing and selling books while keeping control of my catalogue and not funding anyone's private jet in advertising costs. I wrote this book to pay it forward to the community. I don't sell courses. I don't do affiliate marketing. I have no vested interest in anyone's self-publishing journey. Except for this: I want you to enjoy it.
Transformative Trends in Language Education
This book provides a deep exploration of technological advancements in language education, tracing its evolution from Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) to Web-based Language Learning (WELL) and Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL). It highlights the importance of personalized, selfdirected learning while addressing the need for expert guidance in autonomous learning scenarios. The chapters identify persistent challenges in technologyenhanced language education and introduce a diverse range of innovative methods, tools, and pedagogies. They thoroughly examine the effectiveness of MOOCs, cutting-edge teaching practices, and resources that support independent learning, including flipped classrooms, digital dictionaries, and Moodle lessons. This interdisciplinary approach bridges fields, integrating courses that combine optics and coding with language learning, as well as collaborative digital dictionaries and Moodle-based instruction for ESP in Criminology. Overall, the book emphasizes the transformative and collaborative role of technology in reshaping how languages are taught and learned.
Ghostwriting Novels
You don't have to have fame or fortune to have an idea for a novel. You do need to know what to do next, and that is where most ideas sputter and die. GHOSTWRITING NOVELS is for any authors thinking of hiring help to get their idea down on paper, and for any writers who suddenly find ghostwriting opportunities opening up for them.Authors will learn how novels are put together, and what they can or should expect of their writer. Writers will learn how to adjust their tried and tested skills to writing from inside the head of another person. From both points of view, this book goes through all the steps needed to ghostwrite a novel: Developing that initial idea into a plot that will make a gripping story.The common mistakes to avoid.The legal, financial and practical aspects to take care of.Above all, this book shows how ghostwriter and ghostwritten can work together in a rewarding partnership to turn that initial idea into the dreamed-of reality - a novel.
So, you think you're a Writer
So, you think you're a writer?Well, quite possibly you are. Indeed you may be a very good one. Or you believe you are reasonably talented, but deep down you're not too sure that you are as 'good' as you'd like to be.Perhaps you don't know if what you're trying to write is the thing you should be writing; perhaps you're feeling disheartened by years of competition and Agent rejections. Or maybe you're simply struggling to finish 'your novel'. Or even put pen to paper at all.And what does 'A Writer' look like, anyway?So, you think you're a Writer? aims to help you understand yourself as 'a writer' and offer ways in which you can gain clarity on your work and help you live your best 'writing life'.
The Write Strategy
Unlock the secret weapon of business growth with The Write Strategy.Are you ready to transform your expertise into your most powerful business asset? The Write Strategy is your no-nonsense guide to turning your knowledge into a book that elevates your authority, attracts ideal clients, and drives real business growth. Drawing on her experience guiding over 200 authors and building her own thriving publishing consultancy, Sam Pearce strips away the fluff to deliver a practical, step-by-step roadmap for business owners, coaches, and entrepreneurs who want more than just a book-they want results.Inside, you'll discover why publishing is the ultimate credibility booster, how to overcome the mindset hurdles that keep most would-be authors stuck, and the proven strategies to plan, write, and launch a book that seamlessly aligns with your brand. Sam's direct, encouraging style and real-world case studies make the process accessible, whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out.Packed with actionable templates, checklists, and insider tips, The Write Strategy is more than a how-to-it's your blueprint for leveraging the written word to amplify your impact and legacy. If you're ready to stop waiting and start leading, this book is your first step.
Fight Write, Round Two
From the author of the Writer's Digest book Fight Write: How to Write Believable Fight Scenes comes Fight Write, Round Two: Crafting Chaos, Combat and Crime. From a medieval siege to a modern murder scene, Fight Write, Round Two has got you covered. Divided into three sections, trained fighter and writer Carla Hoch guides you through the many factors you will need to consider when writing your scenes of chaos, combat or crime. Section one, Crafting Chaos, coaches you through various stages of writing a fight scene including what to consider before you start, which fight moves to block, how to pace the scene, if dialogue is a realistic component and how to kick your reader right in the neurons. Throughout the chapters you'll watch a fight scene take shape. Beware the Muchahuahua! Section two, Combat, hits hard from the medieval battle field to the MMA cage. Learn how to storm a castle, the basics of swordplay, how to best a magical foe and fight alongside an animal companion. Is your character jumping into combat sports? Find out how to write a scene with sparring, how flowing blood impacts combat and how any character might fight if they don't know the first thing about fighting. Section three, Crime, considers what your criminal and crime fighting characters might encounter from the scene of the crime to the crime scene clean-up. You'll learn to write deception, compelling evidence, problematic personalities and get the inside scoop on autopsy. You'll also learn what Bigfoot has in common with psychopaths and sociopaths and how CSI shows have changed juries and readers. Get ready, writer! With Fight Write, Round Two in hand the pages of your manuscript are sure to get feisty.
The Private Library; What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books
The Private Library; What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Printing and the Renaissance; A paper read before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York
Printing and the Renaissance; A paper read before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
The Uses of Italic; A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters
The Uses of Italic; A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
The Printer in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg; An Account of His Life & Times, & of His Craft
The Printer in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg; An Account of His Life & Times, & of His Craft, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
The Printed Book
The Printed Book: Its History, Illustration and Adornment; From the Days of Gutenberg to the Present Time, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Printing in Relation to Graphic Art
Printing in Relation to Graphic Art, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Printing and bookbinding for schools
Printing and bookbinding for schools, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Language Intake
Aimed towards advanced students and researchers in language acquisition and teaching, Language Intake considers the long-debated definition of language intake and its determining factors, and in doing so presents a unique argument for language input and intake.
Situating Language Learning Strategy Use
This book presents the latest research on the role of strategy use and development in second and foreign language teaching and learning. It comprises a wide selection of studies which cover topics such as strategic training of young EFL learners, promoting critical thinking through video gaming, language learning strategies for languages other than English, and the contribution of language learning strategies to the development of the four language learning skills. It will equip scholars and practitioners with the knowledge to help them better appreciate how language learning strategies contribute to and are linked with language learning processes. The contributing authors share research from their various contexts, which range from primary to tertiary education, and discuss the need for fine-tuned strategy categorization, conscious self-regulation and proposed strategy instruction.
Method and Postmethod in Language Teaching
Method and Postmethod in Language Teaching is both an accessible and engaging introductory textbook and a handy reference guide that explores the different ways language teaching methods have been understood and valued.
RDA and Serials Cataloging
Serials and continuing resources present a variety of unique challenges in bibliographic management, from special issues and unnumbered supplements to recording the changes that a long-running periodical can experience over time. Of this book's first edition, the Australian Library Journal declared, "Highly recommended for any situation - technical service departments or library students - where serials need to be cataloged using RDA protocols." Jones, a serials authority in the field and a major contributor to the 3R Project, here updates his authoritative text. Framing the practice within the structure of the IFLA LRM conceptual model on which RDA is now based, and its new modelling of serials, his guide introduces the concept of diachronic work and explains how serials, as a type of diachronic work, can be described using the new attribute element extension plan; explores new developments after the completion of the 3R Project, with references to AACR2 as a touchstone; introduces the new term work group and demonstrates its usefulness in enabling relationships and supporting collocation; demonstrates how serials catalogers' work fits in the cooperative context of OCLC, CONSER, and NACO; and presents examples of how RDA records can ultimately engage with the Semantic Web.
Multilingual Assessment - Finding the Nexus?
A persistent monolingual paradigm still pervades teaching and assessment practices in different educational contexts. How is this paradigm being responded to across regions and (sub)disciplines of language study? In answering this question, the volume draws on insights from the project MULTILA - Multilingual and multimodal assessment, jointly coordinated by the University of Education, Heidelberg, Germany, and the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. This volume is an opportunity to understand practices in both environments and to identify commonalities and differences. While European contributors to the dialogue come from a language education and assessment background, their South African interlocutors approach the subject from a largely applied linguistics perspective. The outcome is an account in ten chapters of multilingual assessment from perspectives that are both disciplinary and regional.
Writing Irresistible Picture Books Workbook
Writing a picture book is not as easy as jotting down 600 words full of cutesy language and calling it a day. Today's picture books are much more than moral stories-and with such a short word count, you can't waste a single syllable! If you want to be competitive in this red-hot kidlit market, look no further ...Straight from a publishing insider, this comprehensive workbook is crammed with craft advice and groundbreaking original research. It repackages its companion, Writing Irresistible Picture Books, into a robust interactive format so you can put theory into practice on your idea.You can confidently internalize and write character, theme, plot, conflict, voice and structure for young readers. You will get answers to the most common questions about picture book revision, illustrations, submission strategies, query letters, and more from an industry insider and former literary agent at one of the top children's book agencies in the nation.If you're looking to get your work traditionally published, the Writing Irresistible Picture Books Workbook is the resource for you. It's everything you need to get your ideas out of your head and onto the page.
Irresistible Query Letters Workbook
Query letters are an essential step in the book publishing process, but it can be tough to write an irresistible one. You can perfect your pitchcraft, though. All you need is the right advice from a former literary agent who has personally seen hundreds of thousands of pitches-the good, the bad, and the ugly. Aspiring writers are often in the dark about what their peers in the slush pile are doing, so let this comprehensive workbook to Irresistible Query Letters: 40+ Real World Query Letters With Literary Agent Feedback guide you to your own winning query.The Irresistible Query Letters Workbook takes you through the query letter, synopsis, and submission process step by step, so you're never alone during this exciting and high-stakes time in your book's lifecycle. In addition to going step-by-step on your query letter and other pitch materials, you'll be treated to insider advice on literary agent and publisher research, comparative titles, submission best practices, and more.The Irresistible Query Letters Workbook is a must-have resource for any writer hoping to get their work traditionally published. Buy it today and learn how to craft a successful query letter that will get you noticed by literary gatekeepers, so you can get one step closer to your writing dreams.
Advertising for Books
You've published your book......but how do you get noticed?Mastering Amazon Ads is crucial for boosting visibility and sales.In this comprehensive guide, Dale L. Roberts offers a deep dive into practical, actionable strategies for making the most of your advertising on Amazon. Learn how to set up and manage various ad types, from Sponsored Product Ads to Sponsored Brand Ads, with clear, step-by-step instructions. Discover how to analyze performance, optimize bids, and troubleshoot common issues to drive real success for your book.Why are Amazon Ads so tricky?It's all about managing expectations and understanding relevance.You'll learn: How to set up and manage various ad types on AmazonEffective bidding strategies and campaign optimizationHow to analyze performance and troubleshoot common problemsTips for maximizing book sales through targeted ads...and much more!You'll love this helpful and informative book because it provides a clear roadmap to mastering advertising on Amazon. Dale's touch of humor and expertise make this guide both educational and engaging.Get it now!
Advertising for Books
You've published your book......but how do you get noticed?Mastering Amazon Ads is crucial for boosting visibility and sales.In this comprehensive guide, Dale L. Roberts offers a deep dive into practical, actionable strategies for making the most of your advertising on Amazon. Learn how to set up and manage various ad types, from Sponsored Product Ads to Sponsored Brand Ads, with clear, step-by-step instructions. Discover how to analyze performance, optimize bids, and troubleshoot common issues to drive real success for your book.Why are Amazon Ads so tricky?It's all about managing expectations and understanding relevance.You'll learn: How to set up and manage various ad types on AmazonEffective bidding strategies and campaign optimizationHow to analyze performance and troubleshoot common problemsTips for maximizing book sales through targeted ads...and much more!You'll love this helpful and informative book because it provides a clear roadmap to mastering advertising on Amazon. Dale's touch of humor and expertise make this guide both educational and engaging.Get it now!
CVs and Freelancers
Considering that in the linguistic market some translators and interpreters without corresponding university degrees are active, it is easy to understand the demand of agencies for quality evidences. On the one hand, the stated requirements very often don't in any way prove that the agencies do indeed offer the necessary quality, and on the other hand must offend qualified linguistics with a university degree. Nobody asks a lawyer, architect, or surgeon for a CV before engaging him for a service. Besides, agencies try to pay the same (lowest) rates to any subcontractor, and this doesn't make the situation any better. Some agencies let non-professionals do the work or service required just because they offer best rates. This book explains the author's point of view.
English as a Medium of Instruction on the Arabian Peninsula
This edited volume features chapters covering how teachers are negotiating the linguistic challenges posed by EMI; issues of ownership, choice and agency; the scaffolding of academic literacies; how to support the development of content teachers' pedagogical content knowledge in EMI settings as well as the benefits of a bilingual education.
Interdisciplinary Practices in Academia
This volume addresses the implications that academic interdisciplinarity in the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) has for research and pedagogy with a global reach.
Reference and Information Services
Written as a textbook for LIS students taking reference courses, this fully updated and revised seventh edition of Reference and Information Services: An Introduction also serves as a helpful handbook for practitioners to refamiliarize themselves with particular types and formats of sources and to refresh their knowledge on specific service topics. The first section grounds the rest of the textbook with an overview of the foundations of reference and an introduction to the theories, values, and standards that guide reference service. The second section provides an overview of reference services and techniques for service provision, establishing a foundation of knowledge on reference service and extending ethical and social justice perspectives. The third part offers an overview of the information life cycle and dissemination of information, followed by an in-depth examination of information sources by type as well as by broad subject areas. Finally, the concluding section guides the reader through the process of developing and maintaining their own vision of reference practice. This textbook is essential reading for all preservice and working librarians, particularly those concerned with ethical and social justice perspectives on reference work.
Illiteracy in the Library?
The author examined 2500 OCLC bibliographic records for monographs published in the languages of Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam in an effort to determine to what extent the cataloging was based on an examination of the book or a surrogate for the book, and whether or not the cataloger could read and understand the languages involved.
Smartphones, Current Events and Mobile Information Behavior
Smartphones and Information on Current Events provides unprecedented insights into young people's news consumption patterns and the ecology of mobile news. Advancing our knowledge of mobile behaviour, the book also highlights the ways in which mobile news impacts the lives of the general public.
Archival Science in Interdisciplinary Theory and Practice
Archival Science in Interdisciplinary Theory and Practice brings together scholars, practicing archivists, and records managers to discuss key issues in the conceptual and theoretical frameworks of the profession. The contributors examine the state of archival studies as a discipline and practice, placing it within an international, interdisciplinary, forward-looking context. Topics include: the identity of archival science as a discipline, the authenticity and trustworthiness of archives in various forms, archival practice around the world, and new directions for archives in the 21st century. Many of these topics were originally articulated or strongly influenced by Luciana Duranti's international and interdisciplinary InterPARES projects (1998-2026). The book's themes (theoretical concepts about trustworthiness of records, interdisciplinary research, archival education, and the archival profession) are particularly relevant in today's environment when governments and institutions are questioning the trustworthiness of records and attempting to combat disinformation. The book will fill a unique niche by presenting scholarship, practice, and pedagogy influenced by Duranti.
Writing Irresistible Picture Books
Writing a picture book is not as easy as jotting down 600 words full of cutesy language and calling it a day. Today's picture books are much more than moral stories-and with such a short word count, you can't waste a single syllable! If you want to be competitive in this red-hot kidlit market, look no further ...Straight from a publishing insider, this comprehensive picture book guide is bursting with craft advice and groundbreaking original research. Writing Irresistible Picture Books unpacks a survey of 1,000 upcoming picture book deals, a breakdown of 80 modern and marketable picture book topics, and in-depth analysis of over 150 published picture books.You can confidently internalize and write character, theme, plot, conflict, voice, and structure for young readers. You will also get answers to the most common questions about picture book revision, illustration, submission strategies, query letters, and more, from an industry insider and former literary agent at one of the top children's book agencies in the nation.If you're looking to get your work traditionally published, Writing Irresistible Picture Books is the resource for you. Dive in and learn the best strategies to get your picture book noticed by literary agents and publishers, and to leap into the hearts-and onto the shelves-of amazing young readers everywhere.
Irresistible Query Letters
Previously published as Successful Query Letters by Mary Kole. Query letters are an essential step in the book publishing process, but it can be tough to write an irresistible one. You can perfect your pitchcraft, though. All you need is the right advice from an industry insider, and the context of real world sample queries. Unfortunately, aspiring writers don't get to peek into the slush pile to see what their peers are doing. Until now. Irresistible Query Letters pulls together more than forty authentic letters that worked (and some that could use revision) and breaks them down line by line with comprehensive feedback from Mary Kole, a former literary agent, freelance editor, author of Writing Irresistible Kidlit, and IP developer with over a decade of publishing industry experience. In addition to the queries and feedback, you'll be treated to insider advice on query, literary agent and publisher research, comparative titles, submission strategy, and more. Irresistible Query Letters is a must-have resource for any writer hoping to get their work traditionally published. Buy it today and learn how to craft successful queries that will get you noticed by literary agents and publishing houses.
Foundations of Library Services and Programming for Children
Foundations of Library Services and Programming for Children This book provides required foundational practices, both theoretical and practical. It gives students and working librarians the nuts- and- bolts foundation in providing programming and services for children. The book covers critical important elements needed for today's librarian, thereby benefitting even the seasoned youth librarian. Chapter coverage includes: The Value of Library Services to ChildrenProgram Evaluation: Planning for Desired ResultsChildren's ProgrammingServices and Resources for ChildrenThe Library as a Safe Space for AllAdministration of Children's ServicesLooking Ahead: What's Next in Library Services for Children?An Appendix provides practical resources such as a storytime format, programming planning outline, and program assessment tools. Special topics include issues of censorship attempts, the importance of providing library services to a diverse population, and the need to examine evaluative techniques for program offerings. Each chapter in this text includes multiple opportunities for learning and reflection as well as case-based learning that facilitates problem-solving and experiential learning opportunities.
Foundations of Library Services and Programming for Children
Foundations of Library Services and Programming for Children This book provides required foundational practices, both theoretical and practical. It gives students and working librarians the nuts- and- bolts foundation in providing programming and services for children. The book covers critical important elements needed for today's librarian, thereby benefitting even the seasoned youth librarian. Chapter coverage includes: The Value of Library Services to ChildrenProgram Evaluation: Planning for Desired ResultsChildren's ProgrammingServices and Resources for ChildrenThe Library as a Safe Space for AllAdministration of Children's ServicesLooking Ahead: What's Next in Library Services for Children?An Appendix provides practical resources such as a storytime format, programming planning outline, and program assessment tools.Special topics include issues of censorship attempts, the importance of providing library services to a diverse population, and the need to examine evaluative techniques for program offerings.Each chapter in this text includes multiple opportunities for learning and reflection as well as case-based learning that facilitates problem-solving and experiential learning opportunities.
Writing Interiority
Writing Interiority: Crafting Irresistible Characters is not just another writing guide-it's an invitation to transform your approach to character creation and storytelling. Its unique focus on interiority, combined with practical insights from a former literary agent and freelance editor, makes it an indispensable resource for writers at any stage of their career.Master Interiority: Delve into the art of interiority, the heartbeat of compelling fiction and memoir writing, ensuring your characters resonate deeply with readers across four levels of depth. Explore your protagonist's thoughts, feelings, reactions and interpretations, expectations, and inner struggles to create a rich, immersive experience.Create Multidimensional Characters: Uncover the essentials of crafting a character's backstory, objective, need, internal tension, worldview, and growth arc to explore profound themes and add human resonance to your plot.Enrich Your Story: Gain invaluable advice on integrating secondary characters, turning points, stakes, and world-building.Raise Your Voice: Explore how writing voice intertwines with interiority so that your personal style stands out on crowded shelves.Engagement and Connection: Learn the secrets to making readers care deeply about your characters through groundbreaking original analysis of over sixty contemporary novels and memoirs.Whether you're an aspiring writer, an established author, or somewhere in between, this guide will empower you to create characters who live and breathe on the page, fostering an unbreakable bond with your audience. If you're ready to transform your creative writing, deepen your characterizations, and perhaps change your writing skill set forever, explore the depths of what's possible with Writing Interiority: Crafting Irresistible Characters today.
