Novel text analysis uses PageRank to identify influential Victorian authors

Novel text analysis uses PageRank to identify influential Victorian authors
Ars Technica
Network software was then used to categorize and rank this data—Jockers began with a network consisting of 12902464 rows and three columns, with a source book allotted to the first column, a target book to the second and the third used to calculate ...

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Google Books judge lets librarians, EFF weigh in on Authors Guild ...
By Jeff John Roberts
The ruling will serve to draw further attention to fair use issues. Google E-Books Icon photo: Google. The judge presiding over the long-running book-scanning case between the Authors Guild and Google has issued an order letting scholars, ...
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Hunger Games Book Trilogy Outsells Potter Series On Amazon ...
By Frank DiGiacomo
Hunger Games trilogy outsells Potter series. Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy is now Amazon's top-selling book series. In just four years, the author's fan-generating output has outsold J.K. Rowlings' seven-book Harry Potter series, which was published over a more than 10-year span. The online retailer announced that the milestone takes into account sales of both e-books and print copies. Deadline reports. New New York Times CEO making much less than predecessor ...
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In case of emergency
Chicago Tribune
I own 78 books that I have yet to read. In a typical year, I read between 60 and 70books, so we're looking at a good 13-month backlog if I were to not buy a single bookuntil I cleared it, which isn't going to happen because I buy new books just about ...

Chicago Tribune

Book Review: Soul to Soul Parenting: A Guide to Raising a Spiritually ...
Blogcritics.org (blog)
Annie Burnside's Soul to Soul Parenting is a very informative and inspiring book written by a soul nurturer. The reader will be moved to be more nurturing to others after reading this wonderful book, and experience a conscious connection with one's ...

Weekend books picks: Lippman, Semple, MacMahon
USA TODAY
USA TODAY's picks for book lovers include a provocative novel about a suburban mom/madam, and an exciting thriller set during the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.Book jacket of 'And When She Was Good' by Laura Lippman [Via MerlinFTP Drop] ...

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Family pushed Penn State football coach Joe Paterno to read Sandusky report
Christian Science Monitor
Joe Paterno had to be prodded by his family to read the grand jury report regarding Jerry Sandusky and did not understand some of its graphic terminology, according to a new book. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories. In Pictures: Fallout from the ...

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Five Essential Poker Books
Yahoo! Sports
Speaking of Brunson, aka the "Texas Dolly," his book is considered the Bible of poker by those who have been in the game for a while, although with the surge in online poker in recent years, some of the information is a bit dated. But how can you go ...

Book Review: Is Edward Conard's Unintended Consequences a Scary Preview ...
Forbes
Indeed, the publicity surrounding Unintended Consequences seems to have completely missed the point of the book, and it speaks to how few reviewers and reporters actually read the books they're reviewing and reporting on. Unintended Consequences ...

Forbes

The legendary author tells Salon about Obama disappointments, growing old ...
Salon
But it is also the story of how marriages decay and love is reborn, of discovering sex and feeling desire evolve, of falling for books and channeling the creative impulse over decades. And it extends a tremendous and prolific late-career run for the ...

'Hunger Games' overtakes 'Harry Potter' as best-selling books on Amazon (Video)
Examiner.com
While the record for the book sales only counts those bought through Amazon, it is still an impressive mark. However, there are other numbers to take into account for the “Harry Potter” books, including eBook devices such as the Nook and Kobo, as well ...

Book review: 'Book of Mormon Children' teaches valuable lessons
Deseret News
In the new release, “Book of Mormon Children: A Collection of Stories Set in Book of Mormon Times,” author Merrilee Browne Boyack uses fictional characters and stories intermingled with truth and real characters from the Book of Mormon to help relate ...

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Big B enjoyed Indian theme at book launch
New York Daily News
Mumbai, Aug 19 — Designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla, known for rediscovering and reviving ancient Indian arts such as chikan and zardosi, launched their book "India Fantastique", and Amitabh Bachchan says he was overwhelmed by the "sea of ...

Publisher pulls Jefferson book after backlash on its claims
The Courier-Journal (blog)
Thomas Nelson Publishers has canceled and recalled “The Jefferson Lies,” a bestseller by controversial author David Barton, due to historical errors in the book, according to the Tennessean. Barton – who has been influential in church and political ...

Lauren Conrad's disappointing craft, destroying vintage books
Examiner.com
Thanks to the net, The Hills star, shocked book-lovers everywhere when she made a craft video where she dissected multiple volumes from the Series of Unfortunate Events series. She then glued the individual book spines to cover the front of a plain ...

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Oak Park's Book Beat marks 30th birthday
Detroit Free Press
The store's broad and eclectic selection of literary, art and children's titles is highlighted by a reading series that has brought hundreds of authors from around the nation to interact with local readers first-hand. ... Book Beat. 26010 Greenfield ...

Nazi Era Book Left in Illinois Library Book Drop | LISNews:
By birdie
From The Chicago Sun-Times: LaGrange Park Public Library officials are brimming with curiosity over who dropped off a rare book stamped “Secret!” from notorious Nazi Commander Hermann Goring, which is now under study at the U.S. ...
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Digital books may not be for everyone. But for blind people, they're a ...
By The Guardian
The point of this latest diatribe against the rise of the ebook was that physical books leave a trace, can be passed on, enhance a room, rekindle (no pun intended) a memory. And yet for most of my life, voracious and indiscriminate book reader ...
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Nude with Book — Zinaida Serebriakova | biblioklept
By Biblioklept
biblioklept · About Us · About You · Interviews · Reviews. « The Dog — Francisco Goya | Phi (Very Beautiful Book Acquired, 8.08.2012) » ... 2 Comments to “Nude with Book — Zinaida Serebriakova”. karlo mikhail · August 19, 2012 at 2:53 am ...
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languagehat.com: WHO WROTE THE FIRST BOOK ON PUSHKIN?
By languagehat
A couple of years ago I wrote about Mikhail Gronas's superb book Cognitive Poetics and Cultural Memory: Russian Literary Mnemonics; now the Pushkin Review has published an article of his on a subject perhaps of more specialized interest, ...
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What is a Book Shop? - Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
By Marilyn Thiele
Reading groups, either sponsored by the shop or using the space to gather, are both social andliterary forums, providing an opportunity to share ideas focused on one book, but often leading to discussions of other books and authors. Author ...
Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the...

Jen Hadfield wins Edwin Morgan International Poetry Prize | Books ...
Edinburgh International Book Festival badge .... Search all (title, author or ISBN) ... Guardian Edinburgh Books Festival podcast: Translation and Metaphor ...
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Ballwin, MO Literary Arts: Children's Author Party, An Anniversary ...
Chris Stuckenschneider, author, columnist and book editor at the ... Sign up for your daily Patch.com Newsletter & receive a Patch tote bag to carry your books!
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Look Book-Pastels
Look Book-Pastels. Photo of Bobbi Rees Bobbi Rees · 69 followers, 56 pins. Repin Like Comment ·favim.com · Repin Like Comment. Coral Blazer and heels ...
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How many for his pleasure books are there - 15 ebooks - free ...
What were your favorite books growing up? Chances are, there is a series book on your list. ... reading pleasure. "Series books minimize the risks of reading," ...
www.getbookee.com/how-many-for-his-pleasure-books-are-th...

Book Review: 'The Heroes' By Joe Abercrombie
Forbes
Honorable commanders with decent heads on their shoulders are quickly replaced by the most ambitious sycophants and book-lickers regardless of merit. Meanwhile, the chess pieces of politics, power, and warfare are all moved about by powers outside of...

Home offers look into writer's life
Jackson Clarion Ledger
The late Nobel Prize laureate William Faulkner's primary writing tool, his portable typewriter, sits on a desk in his office that overlooks the stable at Rowan Oak, his home in Oxford. / Rogelio V. Solis/The Associated Press. More ... Scores of ...

Top 10 Tools That Are Better in the Command Line
Lifehacker
Also note that not every tool comes preinstalled on every system, so you may need to install some of them separately before you can use them. ... Despite all the fancy writing tools out there plain text is still one of the most useful ways to manage ...

Iowan Rachel Aukes: Renaissance woman
DesMoinesRegister.com
An evolving author. It took Aukes almost a year to write “Knightfall.” “You can't just write a book,” Aukes said. “You have to figure out the process. I know people think they all have a book in them. But not all of them should probably write a book ...

Calligra Author, A New Writing Tool For Authors And Novelists ...
KDE office and productivity suite has announced a new application that will ship with the next version of the suite – Calligra Author. This tool is different from a ...
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eBook Creation Tool In Development for Linux | OMG! Ubuntu!
“We have seen a lack of dedicated writing tools to create eBooks that at the same time support the Wysiwyg model,” Inge Wallin, one of the driving forces behind ...
www.omgubuntu.co.uk/.../ebook-creation-tool-in-developmen...

What online tools are good for teaching writing? | Thinkfinity
Has anyone used Inklewriter to create an adventure-style, interactive story? On Inklewriter, students write each paragraph (or less) as an independent piece that ...
www.thinkfinity.org/thread/8479

4 Free Photo Editing Tools You'll Love | Author Media
4 Free Photo Editing Tools You'll Love ... There's no shame in using photo editing tools. ... What Every Author Needs To Know About Alt Text August 10, 2012 ...
www.authormedia.com/.../4-free-photo-editing-tools-youll-lov...

SquidQuest: Gotta Have It Tools
Your lens can be about a writing tool, a garden tool, a kitchen tool, a handyman's tool, a teachingtool, an occupational tool, a tool found in your garage, a tool ...
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This Is My Secret: Writing Tools (Bright and Dark)
Each book is different and requires its own unique tools. *** That being said, I've finally come to accept that one particular unenjoyable aspect of writing is going ...
kristincashore.blogspot.com/.../writing-tools-bright-and-dark.h...

Create great written visuals with "The Snapshot Writing Tool ...
The Snapshot Writing Tool is designed to put students in a specific moment in time using a visual prompt such as a photo or video and then write about what you ...
www.edgalaxy.com/.../create-great-written-visuals-with-the-sn...

Lulu Blog » writing tools
As writers, we're known to seek comfort in the form of tea, complaining, and well, more complaining. It's part of the process, which as of late has been somewhat ...
www.lulu.com/blog/tag/writing-tools/

Does Your Book Promotion Toolkit Have the Right Tools for Success ...
In today's publishing environment, writing and publishing a book isn't enough. ... If you have the righttools in your book promotion toolbox, you'll be able to build ...
www.matilijapress.com/publishingblog/?p=2152

analytical tools « Bare Knuckle Writer
Posts about analytical tools written by bareknucklewriter.
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8 Content Production Tools to Help Marketers Transform into Publish...
They can either write in the Contently interface or upload via their writing tool of choice. Through a Facebook-style messaging platform, publishers can manage ...
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Writer's tools by LikeTheDew Webservant | LikeTheDew.com
Writer's tools. ... Find a Story by Author. Select Author... Adam Peck (1), Alan Gordon (6), Alex Kearns (61), Alex Seitz-Wald (3), Alice Murray (5), Allison Korn ( 1) ...
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Writing a blog #5: Six tools to help your blogging. | Social Media Today
It took me a few months to find and trail reliable tools that I now use almost every day to help me with my blogging. I hope these tools below help you assist you ...
socialmediatoday.com.au/.../writing-a-blog-5-six-tools-to-help...

Songwriting Tool: Random Generators And Writing Prompts | All ...
Here are a list of these online random word generators and (song) writing prompts ... You'll notice that some of these tools are a bit tongue in cheek but there are ...
www.allaboutsongwriting.com/.../songwriting-tool-random-ge...

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