I'd quibble on the idea that indie
authors are in competition with trad publishers.
Not exact matches
In this episode of the Tony Robbins Podcast, you will hear from Renée Mauborgne — professor at INSEAD and co-director of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute, and author of the best - selling book, Blue Ocean Strategy, which has sold over 3.5 million copies across 5 continents and was recently updated and expanded in 2015 — as she discusses how any business can break away from the competition, build a strong brand, and get the world of social media to start talkin
In this episode of the Tony Robbins Podcast, you will hear from Renée Mauborgne — professor at INSEAD and co-director of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute, and
author of the best - selling book, Blue Ocean Strategy, which has sold over 3.5 million copies across 5 continents and
was recently updated and expanded
in 2015 — as she discusses how any business can break away from the competition, build a strong brand, and get the world of social media to start talkin
in 2015 — as she discusses how any business can break away from the
competition, build a strong brand, and get the world of social media to start talking.
He
is the
author of «
Competition in the Distribution of Travel Services — The Future of Travel Agents,» an economic study published by ASTA
in January, 1997, and
authored and edited the ASTA Travel Agent Manual (1990, 1995).
A second issue
is the
authors» assumption that collegiality among pastors, though important,
is inherently limited because «ministers feel unavoidable
competition with each other, which gets
in the way of forming healthy support groups.»
In addition to blogging, she
's a cookbook
author (read my interview with her and get the recipe for her Stuffed Pizza Rolls here) a spokesperson, and you can also catch her on Food Network where she
's often judging cooking
competitions.
Pink
is trending; it
's a heavy trending thing, and I don't see it going away at all,» says sommelier and
author Christopher Sawyer, who recently judged
in the Rosé Today Wine
Competition...
A new podcast has
been published featuring Prof Caron Beaton - Wells (Director,
Competition Law and Economics Network, Melbourne Law School) and
authors of the recent OECD Report on Pecuniary Penalties for
Competition Law Infringements
in Australia, Sean Ennis and Pedro Caro de Sousa.
The Deloitte
authors point out this
was four times more than Atlético de Madrid received
in 2011/12 for winning the same
competition.
Poppinga, a married father of four,
is the
author of The True Spirit of
Competition, an insightful and thought - provoking look at the role of competition in yo
Competition, an insightful and thought - provoking look at the role of
competition in yo
competition in youth sports.
«Such gender differences may reflect the increased
competition female scientists experience, old fashioned academic conventions with male exclusive networks, and / or our evolutionary history
in which particularly male - male alliances
were favoured,» says lead
author Jorg Massen.
Ian S. Pearse, lead
author on the study
in the current issue of the Royal Society journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, says that, «
competition for resources has often
been thought to limit invasions
in diverse plant communities, but herbivory could also limit these invasions.»
«These three alternative responses of plants to light
competition have
been well - documented
in the literature,» says Michal Gruntman, lead
author of the paper.
«While many employers
are interested
in making wellness efforts more social to increase engagement, based on our findings there
is a significant opportunity to go further and improve outcomes by better designing these
competitions,» said senior
author David A. Asch, MD, MBA, a professor of Medicine and Health Care Management and director of the Penn Center for Health Care Innovation.
«While Lisfranc injuries have a reputation for resulting
in poor player performance
in the NFL, our study
is the first to fully assess their career impact, including effect on athletic performance following return to
competition,» said lead
author Kevin J. McHale, MD, a fifth - year orthopedic resident at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
«
In the absence of drug treatment, the only thing that stops resistant pathogens from spreading
is competition with the pathogens that
are sensitive to drug treatment,» said Andrew Read, Evan Pugh Professor of Biology and Entomology and Eberly Professor of Biotechnology at Penn State, and senior
author of the paper.
«What
is more,» as Juan Del Coso Garrigós, one of the
authors of the study who
is also
in charge of the Exercise Physiology Laboratory at the UCJC, explains, «they ran further
in team
competitions, specially at higher intensities, which
is related to sports performance.»
Dina Paulson - McEwen
is the
author of Parts of love (Finishing Line Press, 2018), a 2017 finalist
in the Finishing Line Press New Women's Voices Chapbook
Competition.
Her new film Blindness, which opened the
competition at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday,
is based on a book by Nobel Prize - winning
author Jose Saramango with director Fernando Meirelles, tells the story of humanity
in the grip -LSB-...]
Well, «The Host» has one great advantage,
in that it
's based on source material by Stephenie Meyer, the
author of «Twilight,» which automatically places it a rung or two above the
competition.
Stiff
competition from Pirates and Hangover; the scaled back promotion from the studio; or this
author's hypothesis: Parents
are putting their needs
in front of their kids.
In this environment where student expectations
are high, adult student enrollments
are stagnating, and
competition is intense, the
author argues that universities just entering the online learning market must «Go Big or Go Home.»
The
authors suggested that
competition on quality may
be more salient than price
competition, at least at the tuition levels
in question,
in this market.
Nevertheless, there
is still a story to
be told, and the essential part of it
is that the program that education reformers have tried to promote now for decades — introduce more choices of schools for students, enable
competition among schools, open up paths for preparing teachers and administrators outside schools of education, improve measures of student achievement and teacher competence, enable administrators to act on the basis of such measures, and limit the power of teachers unions — has
been advanced under the Obama administration,
in the judgment of
authors Maranto and McShane.
Kolderie
was its
author, and he summarized it this way: «The proposal outlined
in this report
is designed to introduce the dynamics of choice,
competition and innovation into America's public school system, while at the same time ensuring that new schools serve broad public purposes.»
Andy, who
is credited with
authoring a Brookings white paper that helped inspire RTT, points out that «
In the case of Race to the Top, while it wasn't a disaster, there
were enough problems that some people favorably inclined...
are now asking if the federal government, with all the political and substantive constraints upon it, can really run a reliable high - stakes
competition.»
Alfie Clay, a student at City of Norwich School,
was one of 250 Year 7 students
in Norwich who entered the
competition organised by Future First and judged by Norfolk
author Raffaella Barker.
The
competition marks YPO's sole sponsorship of Roald Dahl Day
in schools across the UK, which
is set to
be the biggest celebration ever of the much - loved children's
author's birthday.
The winning
authors will
be entered into UConn's Connecticut Students Writers
Competition with the hopes of
being published
in Connecticut Student Writers Magazine.
Using one case study from sports (the Vancouver Giants hockey team) and one from education (Hackney Schools Borough
in London, England), the
authors illustrate how the six components of uplifting leadership combine the hard and soft skills that
are often set against each other
in traditional leadership practice: counterintuitive thinking combined with disciplined application; dreaming with determination; collaboration with
competition; metrics with meaning; pushing and pulling people into change; and long - term sustainability with short - term success.
Gone
are the days when 1 to 2 books a year keeps an
author in the public eye, not with all the
competition issuing teasers, serials, advance chapters, etc..
In the few seconds they have to catch the eye of a potential reader,
authors are leveraging the power of an engaging cover design to help the book stand out and rise above the
competition.
Meanwhile, here
's highlights of a few upcoming
competitions that we know have gotten
authors plenty of attention, and
in many cases, lucrative publishing deals!
This just
in... literally as I
'm putting this post to bed: Sue William Silverman —
author of the memoirs Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You and Love Sick: One Woman's Journey through Sexual Addiction — reports that her writing craft book Fearless Confessions: A Writer's Guide to Memoir has received an Honorable Mention
in ForeWord Review's Book - of - the - Year award
competition in the category writing.
In both countries, you'll have the least competition in these directories if you're prepared to edit porn and erotica (unless your author hyphenates science - fiction!
In both countries, you'll have the least
competition in these directories if you're prepared to edit porn and erotica (unless your author hyphenates science - fiction!
in these directories if you
're prepared to edit porn and erotica (unless your
author hyphenates science - fiction!).
The festival
is held
in the fall and has over 200 events for people of all ages, including
author events and readings, as well as writing
competitions, fireworks, talent shows and workshops, including ones for puppetry.
The
author discovered that while Rainey outpaced his American counterparts
in math and language, he
was also subjected to harsh discipline, propaganda and extreme
competition.
As summer unfolds, many
authors who entered their books
in award
competitions this year have gotten news and have
been honored this season as of this writing.
I tell
authors every day that there
's no such thing as
competition in the publishing industry.
Spy on the
competition: Powerful software allows you to focus on bestsellers & money - makers by finding out which books
are making other
authors in your niche rich.
(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 author
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
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 author
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
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 author
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 author
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
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
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 author
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 author
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 author
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.
Let's face it, there
is so much
competition when it comes to attracting readership — especially for new
authors — that anything that puts the
author «above the crowd»
in any way can help sell the right books to the right people.
If the consumer
is the
author looking to get published, then Dellarte
is in competition with other for - fee services, not Harlequin imprints.
Sargent also quoted Scott Turow, president of the
Author's Guild, who recently stated, «The irony of this bites hard: our government may
be on the verge of killing real
competition in order to save the appearance of
competition.
Often times
authors feel like they
are in competition with other
authors, but this isn't the case.
Given the ease of book publishing today, the biggest challenge facing
authors is rarely how to get published, but how to make their book visible and discoverable
in a market with so much choice and
competition.
Competition: through the Website, we propose to run a writing competition in order to find a new, unpublished or self - published author to be called «Search for a Bestseller» (the «Competiti
Competition: through the Website, we propose to run a writing
competition in order to find a new, unpublished or self - published author to be called «Search for a Bestseller» (the «Competiti
competition in order to find a new, unpublished or self - published
author to
be called «Search for a Bestseller» (the «
CompetitionCompetition»).
«Because most people can read more than one book a year, you
're not
in competition with other
authors so you need to start partnering with other
authors, especially other indie
authors that
are in your genre.
«Since most people can read more than one book a year, you
're not
in competition with other
authors, so you need to start partnering with other
authors.»
Not to say that traditionally publishing isn't any worse but
in today's market and with the amount of indie
author's surfacing the
competition is more fierce than the olden days of just traditionally publishing.
The truth
is there
is too much
competition, and unless your publisher
is doing brilliant content marketing, building a genre specific email list, helping you build your amazing
author website and boosting your optin offer, counseling you on social media strategy and long term book sales, you've basically signed away a big chunk of your sales
in exchange for editing, formatting and design.