Sentences with phrase «author relations at»

Mark Lefebvre, director of self - publishing and author relations at Kobo, stresses the importance of genre - specific writing that appeals to your particular audience.

I also spent six years as the Director of Self - Publishing and Author Relations at Kobo, where I created and launched their hugely successful Kobo Writing Life self - publishing platform and team.

With a wicked sense of humor, an affinity for the supernatural realm, a preternatural interest in books, and a proclivity for storytelling that began in his youth, Mark Lefebvre has capitalized on his talents as an author, and, more recently, as the Director of Self Publishing and Author Relations at Kobo.

Today, Mark Lefebvre, horror writer and the Director of Self - Publishing and Author Relations at Kobo, joined us for his second time on the show.

Well, I had a short email exchange with Mark Lefebvre, Director of Self Publishing and Author Relations at Kobo, and he mentioned that their Canadian Merchandiser likes to see (and might even give preference to, insofar as showcasing indies goes) books with normal looking prices (i.e. $ 4.99 instead of $ 4.92).

Today we chatted with Mark Leslie Lefebvre, a horror author who also happens to be the Director of Self - Publishing & Author Relations at Kobo.com.

In January at Village Books in Bellingham, Washington, Mark Lefebvre, director of self - publishing and author relations at Kobo, talked about Kobo Writing Life's services and was followed by two authors who published their titles through the Village Books publishing program.

Mark Lefebvre the Director of Self - Publishing and Author Relations at Kobo told Good e-Reader that, «Cover art isn't just necessary, it's critical.

Update, 9/2/17: Dan Wood, director of author relations at D2D, has chimed in on the KBoards thread to say they're «working on» the problem.

Mark Leslie Lefebvre Bio: Mark Leslie Lefebvre is the Director of Self - Publishing and Author Relations at Kobo.

Not exact matches

Consultant and author Kim Skildum - Reid to conduct sponsorship workshops for the Public Relations Institute of WA, March 2 to 3 at the Hyatt Regency Perth.

Joseph Blasi is the J. Robert Beyster Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University's School of Management and Labor Relations and author of book, The Citizen's Share and the Third Way think tank policy report, Having a Stake.

To clarify this issue the authors compare the involvements of rescuers with non-rescuers in relation to four situational variables: 1) information about Nazi policy toward Jews and comprehension of need; 2) the particular risks involved in providing help; 3) the material resources at their disposal; and 4) the presence of a precipitating event.

Last month I participated in a conversation with Andrew Bacevich, a professor of international relations and history at Boston University, and the author, most recently, of Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War (2010) and The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism (2008).

Brandon Scott gets at the interactional character of meaning when he writes, «Even for an author, meaning is not in the mind but is a relation between imagination and text.

The author looks at Niebuhr's typology of various possible relations between Christianity and the culture and shows their relevance for our present time.

My point in calling attention to use of the term «values» in Notre Dame documents is not to criticize the anonymous author of a public relations brochure, but rather to point out the depth of the confusion concerning ethics at Notre Dame today.

But however their relation turns out, it's likely to dovetail with the show's overarching premise — the idea, at once old - fashioned and subversive, that human history has an Author.

Melanie Young (New York, NY)-- Chief Connector and Creative Strategist at The Connected Table, a New York - based public relations and events business, Melanie is a speaker and author of Melanie Young — Getting Things Off My Chest: A Survivor's Guide to Staying Fearless and Fabulous in the Face of Breast Cancer, which provides tips for women on how to manage their diagnosis and stay focused and in charge of their health.

Seth A. Johnston, MPhil, DPhil (Oxf) is a Major in the United States Army, recent assistant professor of international relations at West Point, and author of «How NATO Adapts: Strategy and Organization in the Atlantic Alliance since 1950.»

Avi Shlaim is a professor of international relations at the University of Oxford and the author of Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations.

Basile has owned his own business for more than a dozen years, is a published author, has taught at Fordham University, and was also managing director of a New York City - based public relations firm.

The public relations campaign to sell a healthcare plan to replace ObamaCare kicked off in earnest today with top House GOP authors saying the new plan was aimed at cleaning up «a pretty big wreck.»

«It is quite remarkable that a system as complex as a rotating neutron star can be described by such a simple relation,» declares Prof. Luciano Rezzolla, one of the authors of the publication and Chair of Theoretical Astrophysics at the Goethe University in Frankfurt.

«Although binge drinking has been studied in relation to a variety of different health risk behaviors, there has been comparatively little research undertaken on the association between binge drinking and problematic eating behavior,» said Andrew Stickley, a researcher at Södertörn University in Sweden and corresponding author for the study.

Professor Sanjeev Gupta, lead author from Department of Earth Science and Engineering at Imperial, said: «The findings challenge our current understanding of how urbanisation in many ancient civilisations began and grew in relation to natural resources.

«Our study found that the relation between fluid intake and kidney stones may be dependent on the type of beverage consumed,» explained Gary Curhan, MD, ScD, a physician in the Channing Division of Network Medicine at BWH and senior author of this study.

Erin Anderson, lead author of the study and a graduate student in psychology at Northwestern, said, «We know that by four years of age, children can detect and use relations like same and different.

The authors — David Victor, a professor of international relations at the University of California, San Diego, and Charles Kennel of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography — argue that 2 °C is both scientifically and politically meaningless.

«What the authors of [this study] did is carefully quantify the incidence of vestibular sensations and their relation to symptoms traditionally labeled «psychiatric,»» Peter Brugger, a psychologist at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, told Live Science.

When academics choose to litigate speech disputes with colleges and universities, they end up losing nearly three - quarters of the time — a finding that points to the growing tension between academic freedom and campus speech codes, said Michael LeRoy, a professor of labor and employment relations at Illinois and author of the paper.

Joann Ellison Rodgers, science journalist, author, editor, and communications consultant, was executive director of Johns Hopkins Medicine's science communications, media relations and public affairs division, and currently is a part - time faculty scholar and strategic communications adviser at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and other affiliates of Johns Hopkins University.

Over the summer, she gained experience in marketing and public relations at Square One Book Publishers, composing interview questions for authors and performing sales research.

The author, a professor at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, analyzed 260 cases in which teachers were charged with incompetence or conduct unbecoming a professional.

In «The Logic of Interdisciplinary Studies,» a research report by Sandra Mathison and Melissa Freeman presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in 1997, the authors wrote, «Interdisciplinary, integrated, and integrative studies represent an opportunity to have more meaningful relations with students; teach cognitive skills associated with «real life» (e.g., cooperation, problem solving, ability to see connections); motivate students; increase student achievement; promote positive attitudes toward subject matter; create more curricular flexibility; diminish scheduling problems; and integrate new and rapidly changing information with increased time efficiency.»

Author Bio: Tyson Eberhardt is online editor and external relations manager at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute.

Author Bio: Vann W. Prime teaches Advanced Placement (AP) economics, AP European history, and international relations at Mt. Hebron High School in Howard County Public Schools in the suburban Washington, DC / Baltimore metro area.

[dropcap] A [/ dropcap] fter I initially reached out to the folks at Pearson and Penguin for comment on their recent acquisition of Author Solutions, I received a very short non-response from Erica Glass, the Media Relations Manager at Penguin Group USA.

The panel was moderated by Jon Fine, former director of author and publisher relations at Amazon, and included Robin Cutler, director of IngramSpark; Jim Blanton, library director at the Louisville

We will spare no effort to resume normal business relations with Amazon — which has been a great partner for years — but under terms that value appropriately for the years ahead the author's unique role in creating books, and the publisher's role in editing, marketing, and distributing them, at the same time that it recognizes Amazon's importance as a retailer and innovator.

The panel was moderated by Jon Fine, former director of author and publisher relations at Amazon, and included Robin Cutler, director of IngramSpark; Jim Blanton, library director at the Louisville Free Public Library; award - winning author L. Penelope; and Allie McKinney of Bibliolabs and SELF - e.

«Hachette Book Group offers many of the most beloved authors and series in the world and we're thrilled to be able to offer them to our OverDrive network,» said Erica Lazzaro, director of publisher relations at OverDrive.

Also on the panel, Piers Blofeld (an agent at Sheil Land), Catriona Troth (Author), and Steven Williams (Co-founder of Midas Public Relations).

Kobo launched its new self - publishing dashboard at this morning's BookExpo event, and the Director of Self - Publishing Services and Author Relations was on hand for an interview with GoodEReader to talk about what Writing Life offers both traditional publishers and self - published authors in terms of real - time sales... [Read more...]

The term «self - publishing» may have outlived its usefulness, according to Jon Fine, director of author and publishing relations at Amazon... When asked at a recent past conference what «self - publishing» looked like in ten years, Fine... said that it probably won't be called that anymore.

Book publishers might not appreciate the power libraries and librarians have to help avid readers find new authors they may not otherwise pick up, said Denise Raleigh, marketing and public relations director at the Gail Borden Public Library District.

The full set of manifestos looks at everything from author - publisher relations and ebooks» relative viability to print, to democratisation and the distributed marketplace and «smart content» that can tell a publisher «where it's been» — who has used it and how, out in the wild.

The panel will be moderated by Jon Fine who spent many years as the director of author & publisher relations at Amazon.

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If Jon Fine, Amazon's Director of Author and Publisher Relations, uses that line — with his vaudeville - caliber timing — in Frankfurt when he appears in the CONTEC town - hall session on «Self - Publishing and Its Implications for the Industry,» it just may get a bigger laugh than it did at Writer's Digest West.