Teaching a Special Child. | Sevier County News

Teaching a Special Child. | Sevier County News: For "Billy", the smaller things that most children take for granted, pose a greater challenge. Billy is 5-years- old and suffers from a borderline case of Asperger’s Syndrome, a milder form of autism. The condition is a developmental disorder that makes the child extremely sensitive to light, sound and touch. He resists cuddling and becomes agitated with the smallest change in his schedule or routine.

Video interview: Heather Killough-Walden, author of 'The Phantom King' - USATODAY.com

Video interview: Heather Killough-Walden, author of 'The Phantom King' - USATODAY.com: "She skyrocketed to success with her self-published books and was approached by a literary agent who then sold her to a New York publishing house. Hear how this dynamic author puts a little of herself into every book she writes and why she isn't afraid to write about werewolves, angels or vampires — oh my!"

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UTA alumna Tammara Webber makes New York Times Best Seller list with latest novel ‘Easy’

UTA alumna Tammara Webber makes New York Times Best Seller list with latest novel ‘Easy’: "She self-published Easy and had it land on the New York Times Best Seller’s list several times in June and July. But it’s the combination of the list and self-publishing that she said is why other writers are beginning to care.

Easy is a mature young-adult fiction novel about a college-aged woman exploring college life after a break-up with the boyfriend she followed to college."

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What Is the Future of Publishing? - Forbes

What Is the Future of Publishing? - Forbes: "There has been a great deal of handwringing in the book publishing world for the last decade or so over what the Internet is going to do to traditional publishing.  And in the last few years, experimentation has increased, with successful authors like Seth Godin by-passing traditional publishing, new ventures like NetMinds from Tim Sanders and team, and the explosion of various kinds of self-publishing.  Amazon has become, of course, a huge presence in the book world, now paying advances just like traditional publishing, as well as trying out print-on-demand books and of course the Kindle."

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