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      • Edinok

        Edinok is an editorial platform that links editorial professionals and authors. With this tool everyone can publish their book in an accessible and professional way. Edinok offers solutions for the entire English, Portuguese, Spanish, French and German speaking community. Edinok’s mission is to help everyone, without exception, achieve their dream of publishing their book. In the world there are hundreds of thousands of people who do it in the form of self-publishing and even more those who can’t do it because they don’t know the right solutions, they lack the means and are rejected by publishers. Edinok aims to respond to the difficulties experienced by those who intend to publish their first book, and even those who have already done so, in order to overcome the editing stages. At Edinok the authors find the necessary professional services for editing the book, such as proofreading, translation, pagination, illustration, editorial evaluation, printing and distribution. The differentiation that Edinok offers, besides concentrating all services, is to give the author the power of choice and control over the entire process. It is the author who asks for quotes from the professionals, decides on acceptance, chooses the services he wants, controls the times of the process, validates the good execution, decides the printing quantities, where he wants to sell and also the price. Edinok monitors the process, regulates and guarantees the execution. Edinok also provides other services: the possibility of managing the whole process, in the form of a complete package, freeing the author of this work; differentiated services for companies; an urgent translation service, aimed at translating documents for companies and institutions. The different services are provided by independent professionals. Edinok, through privileged partnerships with distributors, bookstores, and online sales sites, provides the distribution service, offering everyone the possibility to publish and sell their book.

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      • XO Editions - OH ! Editions

        Publication of works geared toward a mass-market audience An intentionally small number of titles (15 to 20 titles per year) so as to give a maximum of attention and means to each work and thus optimise their sales potential, both in France and abroad. An ambitious strategy aiming to discover new talent and put French authors back at the top of bestseller lists around the world. In 20 years: 421 titles published, 302 made it on the best-seller lists, 250 have been widely sold abroad.

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        August 2015

        Buyi Ethnic Group: The Bull King Festival

        by Tang Sulan, Chen Xunru

        Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups was co-authored by China's well-beloved authors of children's literature including Fang Suzhen, Tang Sulan, Wang Yimei, and was illustrated by celebrated Chinese illustrators such as Cai Gao, Chen Yadan and Zhu Xunde. This series covers intriguing, outstanding and poetic folk tales on festivals and customs from China's ten most representative ethnic groups. Showcasing their courage, gentleness and indomitable will, these delightful stories allow readers to learn more about the distinct and charming characteristics of these ethnic groups. Recommended as parent-child reading by CCTV during the Dragon Boat Festival, this series has won the Most Beautiful Picture Book 2017 prize given by China Library Journal. It was also nominated for the top picture books prize in China for the Chinese Government Award.

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        August 2015

        Han Ethnic Group: Celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival

        by Xiao Mao, He Xu

        Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups was co-authored by China's well-beloved authors of children's literature including Fang Suzhen, Tang Sulan, Wang Yimei, and was illustrated by celebrated Chinese illustrators such as Cai Gao, Chen Yadan and Zhu Xunde. This series covers intriguing, outstanding and poetic folk tales on festivals and customs from China's ten most representative ethnic groups. Showcasing their courage, gentleness and indomitable will, these delightful stories allow readers to learn more about the distinct and charming characteristics of these ethnic groups. Recommended as parent-child reading by CCTV during the Dragon Boat Festival, this series has won the Most Beautiful Picture Book 2021 prize given by China Library Journal. It was also nominated for the top picture books prize in China for the Chinese Government Award.

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        August 2015

        Man Ethnic Group: Flowers of Nian xi and the May Festival

        by Xiao Mao, Zhu Hong

        Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups was co-authored by China's well-beloved authors of children's literature including Fang Suzhen, Tang Sulan, Wang Yimei, and was illustrated by celebrated Chinese illustrators such as Cai Gao, Chen Yadan and Zhu Xunde. This series covers intriguing, outstanding and poetic folk tales on festivals and customs from China's ten most representative ethnic groups. Showcasing their courage, gentleness and indomitable will, these delightful stories allow readers to learn more about the distinct and charming characteristics of these ethnic groups. Recommended as parent-child reading by CCTV during the Dragon Boat Festival, this series has won the Most Beautiful Picture Book 2023 prize given by China Library Journal. It was also nominated for the top picture books prize in China for the Chinese Government Award.

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        August 2015

        Dai Ethnic Group: Water-splashing Festival in the Peacock Country

        by Fang Suzhen, Zhu Xunde

        Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups was co-authored by China's well-beloved authors of children's literature including Fang Suzhen, Tang Sulan, Wang Yimei, and was illustrated by celebrated Chinese illustrators such as Cai Gao, Chen Yadan and Zhu Xunde. This series covers intriguing, outstanding and poetic folk tales on festivals and customs from China's ten most representative ethnic groups. Showcasing their courage, gentleness and indomitable will, these delightful stories allow readers to learn more about the distinct and charming characteristics of these ethnic groups. Recommended as parent-child reading by CCTV during the Dragon Boat Festival, this series has won the Most Beautiful Picture Book 2020 prize given by China Library Journal. It was also nominated for the top picture books prize in China for the Chinese Government Award.

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        Children's & YA

        Different Spring Festival

        by Gao Jing

        The story happens in an ordinary Chinese family. It features the extraordinary scene of the Chinese Lunar New Year in 2020 under the sudden attack of the COVID-19 pandemic, answering the question asked by the little protagonist, "Why can't we hang out?" The book is both informative and humanistic, for it not only incorporates COVID-19 pevention knowledge into the story, such as what the novel coronavirus is, how it spreads, and what control and prevention measures should be implemented to fight against it, but also touches readers' heart by demonstrating family affection, friendship, and true love among people with elegant watercolor images. It guides children and even their parents to develop a sense of cherish and respect for the ordinary lives.

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        October 2015

        Chinese folk traditions:Folk Festival couplets

        by Ma Fang, Xiao Li

        Chinese Traditional Folklore series consists of six volumes, including Folk Festive Paper-cutting, Folk Dragon and Lion Dance, Folk Manual Embroidery, Folk Festival Lantern Riddles, Folk Festival Couplets, and Folk Traditional New Year Pictures. This series of books gives a detailed introduction to the tools, techniques, categories, customs, legends and applications of Chinese traditional folk culture in the form of pictures and texts. It is a set of folk craft activities readers that integrate ornamental and practicality.

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        December 2020

        Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups·Lisu: The Knife-Pole Festival

        by Yan Xiangjun, He Xu

        This book mainly describes the origin of the Lisu Knife-Pole Festival. February 8th of the lunar calendar is an important day for the Lisu people to celebrate the Knife-Pole Festival. Regarding the origin of the Knife-Pole Festival, there is a legendary story of a hero Wang Ji circulating in the Lisu tribe. According to legend, Wang Ji was a rare talent at the time who was proficient in the art of war, was courageous and strategic, and cared about the people. At that time, other ethnic groups often invaded the border of Yunnan, and the Lisu people living there were unable to resist. Wang Ji led the defence and defeated intruders with the assistance of the Lisu people. In order to commemorate the hero Wang Ji, the Lisu people named the day when Wang Ji was dead — February 8th as the “Knife-Pole Festival”.

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        Geography & the Environment
        August 2022

        Festival and Event Tourism

        Building Resilience and Promoting Sustainability

        by Anukrati Sharma, Jeetesh Kumar, Bakhodir Turaev, Priyakrushna Mohanty

        Festivals and events vary from small, neighbourhood celebrations through to mega gatherings, and both can be attractive to tourists. They come with their own unique challenges and opportunities however, which means destinations must carefully consider their responsibility to local people, and host them in a sustainable manner. Divided into four sections, this book covers the sustainability, community involvement and destination marketing aspects of festivals and events. It: - Reviews the common trends, trajectories and competition in the event tourism market; - Discusses the role of event organizers in ensuring the sustainability of events and their destinations, including green activities and cultural preservation; - Considers the role of the community in achieving sustainability through volunteerism, heritage conservation and ensuring events boost community spirit. Also covering important issues such as the marketing, branding and promotion of events, this book unravels the opportunities and challenges associated with sustainable festivals and events. It uses an array of case studies and a global author team to provide an important resource for tourism and event researchers and professionals.

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        December 2020

        Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups·Nu: The Flower Festival

        by Yan Xiangjun, Zuo Hanzhong

        This book mainly introduces the origin of the Nu ethnic group's Flower Festival. A beautiful Nu girl used her ingenuity to help the Nu people solve the problem of crossing the river. Later, the wealthy bully wanted to marry her because of her beauty and intelligence. She fled to the cave but was killed by the bully on March 15th of the lunar calendar. Later, when people went to worship her on March 15th, they found that the cave was full of flowers. Thus, people called that day the “Flower Festival”.

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        December 2020

        Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups·Dong; The King Lin Festival

        by Yan Xiangjun, Xuan Sen

        This book mainly describes the origin of the Dong ethnic group's King Lin Festival to commemorate the Dong's hero Lin Kuan. According to the legend, Lin Kuan was born with supernatural power. In order to resist the tyranny at that time, Lin Kuan called the poor and young people in the Dong village to revolt, but eventually died when he tried to protect his people. Lin Kuan became a hero of the Dong people. His story has been handed down by generations of the Dong people. Every year on the first day of June of the lunar calendar, the Dong people gather together to spend the “King Lin Festival”. This book also describes the various activities of the Dong’s King Lin Festival and introduces an overview of the Dong people in China.

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        December 2020

        Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups·Yi: The Torch Festival

        by Yan Xiangjun, Chen Anmin

        This book mainly introduces the origin of the Yi ethnic group's Torch Festival. It tells the story of a Yi youth Heitilaba fighting a decisive battle with the son of a god for his sweetheart. In the duel, the son of the god Sireabi was defeated and died. In order to punish the world, the god threw locusts on the world to eat crops. In order to save the crops, Heitilaba led the people to burn the locusts with torches, and finally fell to the ground and turned into a big mountain. In order to commemorate him, June 24th, when he turned into a mountain, was designated as the Torch Festival.

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        October 2015

        Chinese folk traditions :Folk Festival Lantern Riddles

        by Ma Fang, Xiao Li

        Chinese Traditional Folklore series consists of six volumes, including Folk Festive Paper-cutting, Folk Dragon and Lion Dance, Folk Manual Embroidery, Folk Festival Lantern Riddles, Folk Festival Couplets, and Folk Traditional New Year Pictures. This series of books gives a detailed introduction to the tools, techniques, categories, customs, legends and applications of Chinese traditional folk culture in the form of pictures and texts. It is a set of folk craft activities readers that integrate ornamental and practicality.

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        December 2020

        Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups·Qiang: The Waerezu Festival

        by Yan Xiangjun, Chen Xunru

        This book mainly introduces the origin of Qiang ethnic group's Waerezu Festival. Long long ago, a young girl came to Mao County, Sichuan Province, where the Qiang people lived. She was Sister Shalang and loved to sing. In order to seize Sister Shalang, the local chieftain burned up the azaleas where village women danced and sang. While azaleas were burned, Sister Shalang was dying. The people in the village then got to know that Sister Shalang was the goddess of azaleas! To commemorate her, the Qiang people started to gather dew, sing and dance, and worship the mountain gods every year on May fifth of the lunar calendar when azaleas bloom. Over time, this event has evolved into a festival for Qiang women -- that was how the Waerezu Festival has initiated.

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        December 2020

        Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups·Xibo: The Face-blackening Festival

        by Yan Xiangjun, Gui Runnian

        Every year on January 16th of the lunar calendar, the Xibo people celebrate a unique festival -- the “Face-blackening Festival”. This peculiar festival that features with smearing each other's faces has a magical origin. This book uses the unique legends of the Xibo people to describe the origin of the “Face-blackening Festival”. Behind that legend is the Xibo people’s yearning for a bumper harvest, their resistance to natural disasters, and their praise of the virtues of diligence and thrift. They use a vivid and interesting story to express their best wishes and safeguard notes to future generations while planting the seeds of kindness and frugality in the details of life.

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        Humanities & Social Sciences
        August 2019

        Eternal Pursuit of Peace in Zhijiang

        15th Anniversary of Peace Culture in Zhijiang

        by Tian Junquan

        Zhijiang, in Hunan province, is the place where China and Japan negotiated for the affairs about Japan surrendered in the World War Ⅱ. It plays an important role in the history of world peace. Zhijiang focuses on peace culture and has held "China Zhijiang · International Peace Festival" for five times since 2003, which makes peace culture a calling card for Zhijiang to go global. Due to the influence of this festival and further research of peace culture in Zhijiang, more and more attention both at home and abroad has been paid to Zhijiang so that people hope to know more about Zhijiang in a more comprehensive and thorough way. This book collects lots of scholar articles on the study od peace culture in Zhijiang, and gives a detailed introduction to "China Zhijiang · International Peace Festival", which reflects Chinese people attach importance to history and peace.

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        December 2020

        Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups·She: The Black Rice Festival

        by Yan Xiangjun, Liao Zhenghua

        This book mainly introduces the origin of the She ethnic group's Black Rice Festival. While areas of the She ethnic group suffered from pests, the land owners increased rents and fees. As a result, the She people were in shortage of food. Lan Tianfeng led people to the land owner's house to steal food. After being found out, Lan Tianfeng stepped forward to protect others and was imprisoned on March 3rd. There was no food in the prison for him. Later, some She people used black rice leaves to cook rice. The jailers did not dare to eat the black rice and passed the rice to Tianfeng. Over time, Lan Tianfeng slowly recovered. Three years later, again on March 3rd, Lan Tianfeng was rescued. In order for future generations to commemorate the feat of Lan Tianfeng and remember how hard to have rice, the Black Rice Festival is celebrated every year.

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        December 2020

        Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups·Shui: The Duan Festival

        by Yan Xiangjun, Chen Anmin

        This book mainly describes the origin and changes of the Shui ethnic group's Duan Festival. Through the evolution of folklore of this unique festival of Shui ethnic group, this book tells that Shui people have the courage to move away from the barren old homeland and open up new places of residence by hard work. In the beautiful and fertile new hometown, people were united to defend the fruits of their labor and finally built a peaceful new life. The Shui people leveraged the customs of festivals to pass on the good wishes and construction experience of their ancestors from generation to generation.

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