#Top 10 publishers

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Top 10 Publishers to Consider this Exam Season!

As the exam season approaches, students across the globe are gearing up for one of the most crucial periods in their academic journey. With the pressure mounting and the stakes high, it's essential to have the right study materials at hand to ace those exams. Thankfully, there are several top-notch publishers out there dedicated to providing comprehensive and reliable resources to help students succeed. Here's a rundown of the top 10 publishers you should consider this exam season:

Arihant Publishers: Known for their extensive range of study guides, practice papers, and reference books, Arihant Publishers have been a trusted name in the educational publishing industry for years. Their well-structured content and thorough coverage of various subjects make them a go-to choice for students preparing for competitive exams.

2. S Chand & Co Ltd: With a legacy spanning over seven decades, S Chand & Co Ltd has established itself as a leading publisher of educational books and materials. Their diverse catalog includes textbooks, guidebooks, and reference materials catering to students across different academic levels and disciplines.

3. Disha Publication: Disha Publication is synonymous with quality study materials and exam-oriented resources. From entrance exams to board exams, their books cover a wide array of subjects and topics, helping students build a strong foundation and excel in their exams.

4. Ramesh Publishing House: Ramesh Publishing House is renowned for its comprehensive study guides and practice sets for competitive exams. Their books are meticulously crafted to cover the syllabus effectively, making them an invaluable resource for aspirants preparing for various government job exams.

5. Lucent Publication: Specializing in general knowledge and objective-type questions, Lucent Publication is a trusted name among students preparing for competitive exams like UPSC, SSC, and banking exams. Their books are known for their clarity, conciseness, and relevance to exam patterns.

6. Upkar Prakashan: Upkar Prakashan is a leading publisher of study materials for competitive exams in India. With a focus on current affairs, general knowledge, and aptitude tests, their books help students stay updated and well-prepared for a wide range of exams.

7. Prabhat Prakashan: Prabhat Prakashan offers a diverse range of educational books covering subjects like history, geography, science, and mathematics. Their well-researched content and student-friendly approach make them a preferred choice among students and educators alike.

8. Mtg Learning Media: Mtg Learning Media is known for its comprehensive study guides and question banks for school exams, board exams, and competitive entrance exams. Their books are designed to enhance conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills among students.

9. Oswaal Books: Oswaal Books is synonymous with excellence in educational publishing, offering a wide range of study materials, question banks, and sample papers for CBSE, ICSE, and various competitive exams. Their books are crafted to provide students with a competitive edge and help them achieve academic success.

10. Dhanpat Rai Publications: Dhanpat Rai Publications, popularly known as D. R. Gupta Publications, is a trusted name in the field of educational publishing. Their books cover a wide range of subjects and are tailored to meet the specific requirements of students preparing for school exams, board exams, and competitive entrance exams.

As you embark on your exam preparation journey, consider these top 10 publishers to access high-quality study materials and resources that will help you succeed. Remember to choose materials that align with your exam syllabus and study preferences, and don't forget to supplement your preparation with regular practice and revision. With the right resources at your disposal, you'll be well-equipped to tackle any exam with confidence and achieve your academic goals.

[u5an5]

Just watched Deadpool & Wolverine with polish subs based on dub and I have to be honest, there's much more funny stuff than I expected, considering that the rest of it made me glad I'm not watching it with actual dub

So, things that picked my interest:

Instead "207 when I watch Gossip Girl" he straight up says "207 when I watch porn" (Gossip Girl isn't especialy popular show here so reference wouldn't mean anything for majority of audience anyway, but to straight up say it instead replacing it?)

"Ok peanut, 'guess we're getting that team-up after all" got replaced with "Okej ptysiu, nie ma to jak seks grupowy", which translates to "Okay cutiepie, nothing better than group sex" (??? we're still in the first 5 minutes of the movie)

"you know what they say, when one door closes, your locker at work opens" translated to "Jak to mówią… Jak zamykają od przodu, to ładujesz się od tyłu" which translates roughly to "Like they say... when they close the front, you get in the behind" which I find kinda funny

Peters line about seeing Wade in suit comes of gayish cause he doesn't say he wants to see him in the suit again, he wants to LOOK at him in it again, you know what I mean

intead "This guy looks ready to throw it all away for me" he says "This cutie would gladly get hugged by my bowels" which is a lot more straightforward than I expected

Wades spiel to comic acurate height Wolverine is much more insulting and instead being all "what a cwute short king you awe" translates to "Oh fuck, a furball dwarf? Was there even dwarf like that? Furballs mommy drank lots of booze when she was pregnant? Maybe daddy was a ratferret? Don't even come near me, 'cause you surely have ticks"

"I need you to come with me, right now" to "Zapraszam cię na randke, i to natychmiast" meaning "I invite you to a date, and I mean right now" (Logan replies with "Złotko, nie kręci mnie to" which translates to "Sweetie, I'm not diggin' it" and by "it" I'm honestly not sure if he means Wade himself, the fact that Wade said he's only here because he's the Wolverine just a second ago, or because his suit looks like fetish gear)

"It's quite common to Wolverines after 40" to "It's normal when going trough menopause, I get it"

they replaced "peanut" to different endearments to not be repetive but the most often used one is "ptysiu" (ptyś is a choux pastry; if I had to translate it as english endearment, I'd go with cutiepie). its cute imo

Logans "bub" also got replaced by endearments/insults losely fitting situation but the stupidest one has to be Logan calling Johnny "misiu", which translates to "little bear" and let me tell you, it's HILARIOUS cause it's equvalent of calling a random guy "sweetie" but in the "your grandma asking if you want seconds (yes you do, no you don't have any say)" way

"my boy's wicked strong" is translated to "mój chłopak zna się na rzeczy". It's slightly like the papi situation from spanish dub cause yes, "chłopak"'s direct translation is often "boyfriend" but it is also used as "boy", "guy" or "dude", usualy towards guys younger/about the same age as you. However, the addition of "mój"/"mine, my" makes it much more angled towards boyfriend, wherever they wanted to or not. There are at least three different ways to translate it and make it less gae I know and the've still chosen this one.

They made, in my opinion, the "its a common curtesy to ask" "Its good thing I don't give a fuck" lines better by translating them to "you shoud've ask, thats polite thing to do" "and you can politely fuck off"

they replaced Star Trek reference with Star Wars one, using Han Solo instead Spock and idk. on one hand they did it to THE spirk moment but on the other they made, and I may be reaching, but it seems like covert reference to "I know" scene so ??? (star trek is nowewhere near as known as star wars here so they would probs replace it either way but it also can be just "star trek and star wars sound so much alike, they have to be basically the same, right?" haha joke)

them instead innuendos using the most over the top forms of insult that no one ever heard is kinda funny but only because I only had to read them; if I ever heard somone call somebody "kutasina" irl I would find a way for at least one of us to not be able to hear anything ever again ("cockleter" is my best attempt to recreate this horseshit)

If you guys want to share some treasures from your native dubs/subs, feel free to

[r0semultiverse]

The Edge of Sleep was and still is on the top 10. The problem is that not everyone can run it in the background constantly or wants to rewatch it as we approach the 18th. What exactly does “it just needs to reach the top 10” mean? It did that already. I think we are due for an update with more transparency if the NDA allows or if Amazon communicated that at all.

[bisupergirl]

clark is dangerously close to surpassing kara as my top read character i need DC to DO something (publish more kara comics that i can read) !!

[meganechan05]

Gonna get a replacement soon bc my "Details of Super Sentai" Book got heavy ass water damage. Like it's so bad that i picked up the package and it just fell apart. No plastic covering on the book, either, which I find fcking insane bc iirc, they tend do cover books for shipping?

Anyways, got another source to put on the list in terms of Rita's Gender Identity:

PapillonOhger is the first Purple character to be one of the original members in the Super Sentai Series. Believing in 'Neutrality', Rita's gender is undisclosed and also makes PapillonOhger a gender neutral hero.

Veteran Hashisuka Yuichi returns as a regular warrior since "Tokumei Sentai GoBusters" as Yellow Buster.

Do note that they specifically used 「リタは性別が公表されておらず」 and 「ジェンダーニュートラル」 in the blurb so there's really no way of mistranslating. I'd say it's similar to the one in Uchusen 180 as the book doesn't dive into as much detail as previous books as we mostly have blurbs and the book is all about the suits and mecha (and Moffun!)

But yeah. Rita's Gender Undisclosed. (Yes, this means you shouldn't be calling them a man or a woman bc that's assuming and they had a whole fcking episode where you're not supposed to assume things about them)

[rhyme-thinks-stuff]

Watching The Good Place a second time and I still think Simone Eleanor and Chidi should've been a throuple together.

WHY IS THERE ONLY ONE FIC FOR THAT ON AO3???

[rebeccaberry]

My Top Ten Tips For Writing Horror!

Hello all! As people who've seen almost any of my posts will know, I am a horror writer, and I always love seeing people try their hand at it, so here are my top ten tips for writing horror:

Write what you know scares you. Writing what you know isn't going to be helpful in horror writing for a lot of it, instead, if you focus on writing what scares you, then you're more likely to scare others. Of course, writing what you know when it comes to making characters realistic is still good advice.

Use foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is one of the best tools in any type of writing, but I find that it works especially well when writing horror.

Write longer sentences than you usually would. This makes the reader feel uncomfortable, because the natural pauses that are usually included in sentences are absent, you build more tension this way. Example: I noticed that the doorway to the house was slightly ajar, somebody was already inside, I pushed open the door and it creaked loudly as the rusty hinges strained, moving inside I noticed two things immediately, a thick stench in the air that reminded me of rotting flesh and the fact that everything in the house was coated in layer upon layer of dust. Make sure not to overdo it because then the reader will become used to the longer sentences.

Don't show everything straight away (or at all). If you show the reader everything about the monster/event early it takes away a lot of the mystique that leads to it being scary, and even revealing everything at the end can be a bad idea, because then nobody wants to reread your piece of writing.

Don't fall into cliches. I'm not saying you shouldn't have cliches in your story, they wouldn't be cliches if people didn't use them. But if you're using them, use them with purpose, make sure it fits, and don't overdo it.

Use vivid descriptions... But don't tell the reader everything. When it comes to descriptions too much is often worse than nothing at all, because a lot of the time when nothing is left to the imagination, things stop being scary.

Don't rush the payoff. Have you ever seen the opening to scream where Casey Becker gets the call from Ghostface? He's toying with her, there's that building sense of unease as Casey realises that something is horribly wrong, and so does the audience. Well, that scene wouldn't have worked nearly as well as it did if Casey had picked up the phone, been asked what her favourite scary movie is straight away, and then stabbed in the back. The payoff is always going to be better if the buildup is good.

Have some downtime between the doom and gloom. If it's always scary and your characters are always running for their lives, then eventually the reader is going to get desensitized, nowhere should be entirely safe, and they should always be on their toes, but having (even small) moments of respite, will be good for when you want the reader to actually be scared.

Practice. I know, it's cliched, but practice does make perfect, over time. If you give up because your writing doesn't match your expectations, then you'll never be able to meet your expectations, in fact, I recommend never letting yourself quite reach your expectations, always have a goal in mind that you are working towards.

The most important one... Have fun, I know, I know, this is the most cliched thing here, but it's still the most important, if you aren't having fun, then you're doing something wrong.

And there you have it! Those are my top ten tips for writing horror, if anybody sees this and wants me to do a top ten tips for writing mystery I'd be happy to give that a go. Bye now!

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Hello everyone! We’ve hit more than 100 responses (specifically 103)! 😳 Thank you so much to everyone who’s taken and shared the ship survey. Seriously, this is already more than I could’ve hoped for.

Since we’re at 100+ responses, I’m thinking of sharing more specific things than just pictures of various graphs. I may or may not do all of these things eventually, but please vote below to let me know what you’d prefer to see!

[tonymarias]

Finding blogs for dead fandoms that haven’t posted anything in years is one of the most devastating things one can experience

[ktsphere]

I missed the actual anniversary but I published my first fic a year ago this month, and since then I've published 8.5 more fics (and a podfic)!

I'm so grateful for everyone who has read/listened to anything I've published, left a comment or a kudos, said literally anything nice in tags etc.

I love you all <3

[notjanine]

spent the summer prepping for and taking the worst exam of my life, riding out the lease at the worst place i've ever lived,* then being temporarily kinda homeless,** and getting dozens and dozens of job applications rejected. i had some fun in there, but my anxiety has been through the fucking roof on top of my regular summer depression.

then the last two weeks of august happened 😳

everything happens so much. somehow, i managed to find the perfect apartment for a reasonable rent, and now me and Books are living (together!) in a fantastic and charming new home- lots of space, big kitchen table, a balcony facing undeveloped woods, just off one of the major roads in the city that has my favorite grocery store and our favorite sandwich shop (where we were already regulars). plus, i've gotten not one, not two, but three (three!) job offers- and i can take them all!!! one is with a hospital where i did my favorite internship rotation, and i'm so excited that i get to go back there and get paid to do that job, it was a blast. another is right by my new place and it's similar to the other hospital, but it's slightly bigger and sees more complex cases, so i'll be comfortable and confident, but i'll still get some new, specific clinical experience in areas that i'm interested in.

and the third position is... literally my dream job. it's the job that's been the end goal since the moment i chose my field of study. grad school and the internship made me rethink all of my professional goals and push them back, thinking i wouldn't be able to get to them for so long because i'd need ~more experience~. but now i'm. uh. i did it. i did it??!

the two hospital jobs are just part time, but they both pay well. the other won't start for a few months bc my boss*** has to get insurance approval to add me to her private practice,**** but that's okay, because i have a lot of reading and learning i want to do in the meantime to prepare! and then it will start as part time working up to full time as i build up my case load, but i'll also get to decide my own hours and do some work from home. i'll get to work with my favorite kinds of patients! and i'll get fantastic professional development opportunities for specialization, if i want to. the other dietitians in the practice seem lovely, so i'm excited to work with them. and the pay is realllly good, gosh, for being fresh out of the internship, it's nuts.

so things will pick up as i go through orientation and onboarding for the two hospital jobs next month. but it'll get calmer again after that, so i'll have the time and energy to prepare for the more challenging work that starts later, which is really nice.

and in the meantime, i'll be tending the wee garden on my balcony and playing board games with the love of my life 💗

[helenreddy]

the story of how i changed majors from physics to linguistics is lowkey wild

for context, i was taking an intro linguistics class as a gen ed - i figured it'd be at least a somewhat interesting way to fill the social science requirement, and an easy A since i'm good with languages. anyway. one lecture, the professor was going over affixes and saying how english doesn't have infixes except for one thing... and asked if anyone could give an example.

sitting front and center in a lecture hall filled with almost 500 students, i knew this was my time to shine. my hermione granger ass shot my hand up and confidently said, "abso-fucking-lutely, expletive infixation." the professor responded, "looks like we have a linguistics major here" - mind you, i wasn't yet!! but that lecture... that short interaction changed the course of my college career. looks like we have a linguistics major here echoed in my head to the point where i submitted my major change application within a week and never looked back

[poranek]

really funny seeing all the riverdale is ending posts while im on s2

[rs-hawk]

Okay so this blew up more than I expected. Here’s the thing guys-

When you’re new to the game, you write things that aren’t “in”, you write anything that could be considered “political” or “woke”, it makes it hard to break through the noise. I’ve gotten agents, and then been told to “tone down” my stories (especially if I have a trans MC). I, a freaking Anthropology major with a focus in Human Culture and Pop (yes, weapons are a HUGE part of this) have been told that guns didn’t exist in the 1500s and I need to “do my research”. I have been told that my work wouldn’t reach a wide enough demographic, that I prattle on, that I get too off topic with my “side quests”.

I could go on about all the things that agents and publishing houses tell you when you’re new. Yes, I have published a couple works through writing apps. Yes, I do currently have an agent. And it’s been HARD. I can’t just write what I want. “The Great American Novel” isn’t something we get to decide. It’s what the Trad Pub Houses think will sell.

If you want to write what you want, self publish. I’m in the process of using Kindle. I just want to be able to be proud of what I’ve put out and know that I didn’t compromise. I like giving “too many” details, and based on the interaction I’ve gotten on my posts, y’all do too. I have resigned myself to the fact I’ll never be a big name author, and you can’t go into writing thinking you’ll be the next Stephen King. I’m okay with that.

I’m not saying this to dissuade you. I think you SHOULD write. You SHOULD try! I just also think to avoid the pain of rejection or being faced with reworking something you loved that I myself have been dealing with this for 15+ years), acknowledge and be okay with the fact that you’ll have to choose, and be okay if your work only makes you happy.

Working on my novel and couldn’t figure out why it felt so empty. I didn’t have any filler. It was all 100% plot. The characters only interacted when necessary. I didn’t prattle on about the scenery or how the birds sounded. I had all my fuller stuff that I loved saved in another file because I “didn’t need it”.

Y’all, I knew this existed in TV shows but it didn’t hit me until this that everything is being whittled down. We are so starving for filler that we snap up anything. I unload all mine on Tumblr or keep it in a massive Google Docs. It SUCKS.

Honestly? Death to plot necessity. Revive filler. Revive unnecessary interactions. Revive just vibing with characters sometimes. I don’t want to just consume the plot and I don’t want to just create the plot either.

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Top 10 Bestsellers for October 2024 from Outskirts Press

This is the bestselling book in October 2024. Congratulations! Every month, Outskirts Press reviews book sales to identify our bestselling authors! This impressive list showcases the wide range of genres and readership that our authors reach. Above is October’s bestselling book from Outskirts Press and below are the rest of the Top 10 Bestsellers for the month. Click on the book covers for more…