Sentences with phrase «as the novel earned»

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Marius's novel and shrewd insights earn his biography an honored place alongside such other idiosyncratic but brilliant portraits of Luther as Eric Erikson's and Heiko Oberman's.

His second novel, Clarissa, earned him a reputation throughout Europe as a fine writer.

In 2007, his adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel Gone Baby Gone earned widespread praise and announced Affleck as a directorial force.

Along with Firth and Eisenberg, best - actor contenders are Javier Bardem as a dying father in the Spanish - language drama «Biutiful,» which also is up for best foreign - language film; Bridges as boozy lawman Rooster Cogburn in «True Grit,» a role that earned John Wayne an Oscar for the 1969 adaptation of the Western novel; and James Franco in the real - life tale of a climber trapped in a crevasse after a boulder crushes his arm in «127 Hours.»

The former dancer earned a supporting actor nomination for Douglas Sirk's lush 1959 melodrama «Imitation of Life,» based on Fannie Hurst's novel, as a maid whose light - skinned daughter rejects her and her black roots: «If, by accident, we should ever pass on the street, please don't recognize me.»

Where 99 cent novels seem to be the way to go on Kindle, Kobo doesn't use books as a «loss leader» — eBooks are the ONLY thing we sell, and our prime real estate needs to be dedicated to books that we can actually earn money on.

In other words, you're arguing that someone who — before uploading their novel to Amazon Kindle — had their manuscript professionally edited and formatted; had the subject matter fact - checked by industry professionals; then later had the cover image professionally designed; and who owns all the legal rights to their novel; then unless the person earns a living from the sales of said novel, then they can not be considered as a genuine author.

Books 2 and 3 in that «City of God» series are selling well and earning much better than they did in their first editions as trad - pubbed novels.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

You can earn badges depending on your reading habits, such as competing a novel or reading after 12 am.

Chicago author Henríquez has earned praise from the likes of Sandra Cisneros and Ben Fountain for her previous novel and short story collection, but she's yet to become as well known to readers.

Since the 1993 publication of the first Anna Pigeon novel, Track of the Cat, which was awarded both the Anthony Award for Best First Novel by The Crime Writers Association and the Agatha Award for Best First Novel by Malice Domestic, Barr has earned a reputation as a talented and much admired wrnovel, Track of the Cat, which was awarded both the Anthony Award for Best First Novel by The Crime Writers Association and the Agatha Award for Best First Novel by Malice Domestic, Barr has earned a reputation as a talented and much admired wrNovel by The Crime Writers Association and the Agatha Award for Best First Novel by Malice Domestic, Barr has earned a reputation as a talented and much admired wrNovel by Malice Domestic, Barr has earned a reputation as a talented and much admired writer.

From many years ago — when we became the very first book marketing company to secure a full page feature story about a self - published novel in The New York Times, to the ever - evolving book publicity strategies we continually develop for self - published authors — we have earned the reputation as the premier book marketing agency for self - published books.

As one of only three sci - fi novels to earn the honor, I am especially grateful.

At the same time, Amanda Hocking, the self - publishing phenomenon who recently came to wide attention after reporters learned she'd managed to earn millions of dollars selling her novels mostly as e-books, accepted a traditional publishing contract with St. Martin's Press.

But what I've learned is that as things are presently situated, if you want to earn a living from writing novels, KDP Select provides the best way to do that.

I have to earn this with every episode, something that can easily translate to novels: after all, a reader can decide at any point in a novel to stop reading as well.

It was, naturally, the author's fault that the third novel (which earned two starred reviews) came out in July 2009, in the depth of the Great Recession, as a $ 25 hardcover, and didn't sell terribly well except to libraries.

From the # 1 New York Times bestselling creator of the acclaimed Alex Delaware series comes a tour de force standalone novel that illustrates perfectly why «Jonathan Kellerman has justly earned his reputation as a master of the psychological thriller» (People).

I purposely never wrote to any agents or tried for one of the «big six» as it took me 8 years, $ 8,000 of editing / marketing / other expenses and FAR too much effort to get my 5 - star rated novel out there to wait around for some snobby agent or publisher to decide not to carry my hard earned title.

By the time her first published romance novel was released in 2010, she already had established a career in federal procurement, earned a law degree and a master's degree, and hung out a shingle as a solo practitioner near Hagerstown, Maryland.