Sentences with phrase «figure author books»

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«We're living in what I like to call the «Thank You Economy,» because only the companies that can figure out how to mind their manners in a very old - fashioned way — and do it authentically — are going to have a prayer of competing,» says social media expert and author of the book The Thank You Economy Gary Vaynerchuk in a recent Entrepreneur.com column.

Written by Peter Schweizer, a regular Fox News guest and author of controversial bestseller Clinton Cash, the book will reportedly «expose vast corruption by top Washington figures who leverage their political power to enrich their family members and friends, often by helping grease deals with foreign entities,» according to Axios.

Free your mind Don't be afraid to give your product away, Chris Anderson says, you'll figure out how to make money later The secret to success in the digital age is giving people what they want — literally, says Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired and author of the controversial new book Free: The Future of a Radical Price.

«The retailers need to know how much of the beacons they want to use and figure out whether they should crawl, walk or run (with the technology),» said Schafer, who is a director at the National Retail Federation in the U.S. and author of Branded, a book about retailers and social media.

Susan Harrow (me) has coached authors through the complete book proposal process including Rich Fettke, the Simon & Schuster golden boy whose first book went to auction and got six figures.

He has authored several books, including «Point & Figure Charting,» «Thriving as a Broker in the 21st Century» and «Tom Dorsey's Trading Tips.»

This excerpt is a taste of what you need to know to build a platform so a top New York Publishing House will consider you an author who deserves a six - figure book advance.

Its depressing that the two good figures that the author picked for islam was an individual who although was very talented and entertaining, was still definintly a racist while cat stevens is a tool who thought it was ok to kill a man for writing a book, thats pretty damn scary.

In the book I'm reading, The Year of Living Biblically, author A.J. Jacobs is trying to figure out how to handle the Bible's capital punishment laws, and has taken to tossing pebbles at adulterers and Sabbath - breakers.

Books have always been overpriced, and publishing companies and individual authors who want to control the price of books had better figure out a new way to make money... and qBooks have always been overpriced, and publishing companies and individual authors who want to control the price of books had better figure out a new way to make money... and qbooks had better figure out a new way to make money... and quick.

Not only that, I've sort of figured out that Alexis de Tocqueville, author of the best book on America, thought that the French Catholic Pascal taught the truth about who we are, and that the psychology of Pascal more than the History of Rousseau (or the ambiguously natural / Historical Locke) explains to us best of all who we are.

You're the one saying you've got it all figured out, because a human - authored book that you read says so.

Since Arya enjoyed reading a different book by the same author, I figured she might like Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert as well.

As a professor at Fordham Law School, the author of important books on political and economic policy, a key figure in Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign, and a visionary organizer on behalf of banking and business reforms, she understands that the Democratic Party must move toward progressive populism in order to become more than a tepid alternative to Republican extremism.

Lauren is also the author of Maybe It's You: Cut the Crap, Face Your Fears, Love Your Life (published by Hachette Book Group, April 2017), a no - nonsense, practical manual that helps readers figure out not just what they want out of life but how to actually get there.

Beverley Smith is an award - winning journalist and author who has already written four best - selling figure skating books.

Bordwell, as all film students know, is the author of such books as «Planet Hong Kong: Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment,» «Figures Traced in Light:» and «The Way Hollywood Tells It.»

A number of important figures in Georgia's life just happen to be there, including a Louisiana senator (Giancarlo Esposito), the douchey author of motivational books and owner of her place of employment (Timothy Hutton), and the legendary chef she idolizes (Gerard Depardieu).

The famous Asian Americans included on the work sheet are: Michael Chang — tennis player Sarah Chang — violinist Daniel K. Inouye — U.S. senator, Hawaii Duke Kahanmoku — Olympic swimmer, «Father of Surfing» Michelle Kwan — Olympic figure skater Maya Lin — architect, designed Vietnam Memorial (Washington, D.C.) Seiji Ozawa — conductor, Boston Symphony * Allen Say — children's book author Vera Wang — fashion designer Yo Yo Ma — cellist * Many consider Seiji Ozawa to be Asian - American because he is such a part of the American cultural fabric.

Meeting of the Minds: Students will select characters from a book, historical figures, or any author, inventor, scientist, or individual whom they've been studying.

Jim Grant, author of several books on looping, says no figures exist for how many U.S. schools loop, but he estimates the number to be as low as 1,000.

Since the mid-1990s, in addition to Sir Ken Robinson and Heidi Hayes Jacobs, several key figures have stoked the discussion of integrated studies through their own work and influential books, including James Beane, author of Curriculum Integration: Designing the Core of Democratic Education; Julie Thompson Klein, author of Crossing Boundaries: Knowledge, Disciplinarities, and Interdisciplinarities and Mapping Interdisciplinary Studies; and Robin J. Fogarty, author of How to Integrate the Curricula and Integrating Curricula with Multiple Intelligences: Teams, Themes, and Threads (the latter coauthored with Judy Stoehr).

Google Scholar Score: This figure gauges the number of articles, books, or papers a scholar has authored that are widely cited.

In the recent book, Pathways to the Common Core, Accelerating Achievement, authors Lucy Calkins, Mary Ehrenworth, and Christopher Lehman state that, «In the end, the most important aspect of the Common Core State Standards is the part that has yet to be figured out: the implementation.

On the other hand, you have to think about what your own time is worth; if you are a perfectionist (which every author should be when it comes to their book), you could spend hours or days figuring out the software to make your book look «just right,» and even then, without the training required to understand book design, you may never be entirely happy with the results.

«Dr. Judith Briles» latest book, Author YOU, is a truly helpful, step - by - step guide on figuring out what an author platform IS and then making it happen in a biAuthor YOU, is a truly helpful, step - by - step guide on figuring out what an author platform IS and then making it happen in a biauthor platform IS and then making it happen in a big way.

I know so many pro self - published authors now who have made six - figures + from their books that I know traditional publishing is NOT the path for me (at least not'til they make it worth my wild)

Now she wasn't complaining, just sharing the reality of being an ordinary working author and the cold hard facts of the figures for her first few books — for every $ 10 paperback, she earns around $ 0.50

by D'vorah Lansky As you may have figured out by now, my area of expertise, and the focus of the Book Marketing Challenge is on book marketing for nonfiction authBook Marketing Challenge is on book marketing for nonfiction authbook marketing for nonfiction authors.

I don't think that authors should «outsource» marketing of their books — but should try to bring a marketer onto their team, define the goal, and figure out what crossing the finish line looks like — and this is important: together hand - in - hand with the marketer.

This is unfortunate because indie authors already have a tough time figuring out what makes a «Good Cover» — and if book cover contests like this give prizes to fairly ordinary or even pretty ugly book covers, the bar will not be raised.

Sue explained that in traditional publishing, authors don't have much say in certain aspects of marketing — the title, layout of novel, interior design — but authors have to figure out how to market their book all on their own.

Earnout figures are over a book's lifetime, and pre-tax (though I suppose some authors might have reported them otherwise).

This Guide to Finding a Literary Agent will help you: 1) Locate the most reputable literary agencies, 2) Figure out which book agent is the best fit for you, and 3) Discover the best way to introduce that author representative to your work.

It was these lead times and publishing figures that encouraged us in 2006 to create tredition and give every author the opportunity to publish their own book.

According to the deal announcement, the book will take readers «on a romp through history and literature with dignity for few and cookies for all, with comic strips about famous authors, their characters, political and historical figures, all drawn in Kate Beaton's pared - down, excitable style.»

Why is there so much animosity still being levied from the legacy industry towards the self - published authors, and why are self - published authors still trying to uncover even approximate figures on books sold?

We're trying to figure out the timing and technical challenges behind releasing the marketing dashboard we built with Macmillan to any author or book publisher.

After decades of clashing with her strong - willed mother, the best - selling author of Surrendering to Motherhood decided to write a book about how she finally came to terms with this formidable figure in her life.

The UK has long experienced a greater level of transparency in terms of actual sales figures than the US market, and several authors have come forward to outline exactly what they've earned from the sales of their books.

The vast majority of earn out amounts on her site are over $ 1000, so even if an author publishes only one book a year, they'd still beat that DBW figure.

Now if I could only figure out how to get my revised, updated editions of my books included under my author name, I could actually try out some of your suggestions!

Publishing Game author Fern Reiss has been offered six - figure advances for several of her books.

Independent authors who sell their e-books for less than $ 2.99 (# 1.84) receive 35 % of that figure, taking 70 % for books selling for above that price threshold.

How To Write Your Book — Most authors can figure out (without help) that they need to write a bestselling book to become a bestselling autBook — Most authors can figure out (without help) that they need to write a bestselling book to become a bestselling autbook to become a bestselling author.

While it's sometimes tempting to link to your author website, if potential buyers have to hunt around to figure out how to buy your book, they're likely to give up.

Many authors price on the low end because they figure no one will be willing to try them if their books are too expensive.

I want to cry when I hear from authors who spent 5 figures to get a book produced.

Whether you are a brand new author just trying to figure things out or a veteran self - publisher, one of the most important decisions you will need to make about your books is how to distribute them.

Authors, publishers, and others craving their daily fix of Amazon sales ranks may well overdose on Sales Rank Express, a next - generation rank checker that delivers sales ranks, customer ratings, availability info, stock figures, promotional pairings, and much more, all in a compact and convenient display with up to 10 books per page and 400 pages per search.