Most authors I work with love to write, but don't necessarily love the process of marketing.
Most authors I work with do, at some point, have their eye on holiday sales.
Most authors I work with have or know maybe one of these.
Not exact matches
But that strategy
works a lot less smoothly than it used to, says green marketing expert Shel Horowitz,
author of eight books —
most recently the Amazon Environmental category bestseller Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green (
with Jay Conrad Levinson).
As an example, I not only agented this book myself to a major NYC - area publisher, I brought in Jay and his famous brand, I brought in Stephen M.R. Covey for the foreword, and even wrote my own back cover (something
most authors never get to do when
working with a major publisher).
In Saudi Arabia, there is no incentive for boys to
work hard in school because the government will provide
most men with jobs when they grow up, explains Madawi Al - Rasheed, the author of A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia and a visiting professor at the London School of Econom
most men
with jobs when they grow up, explains Madawi Al - Rasheed, the
author of A
Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia and a visiting professor at the London School of Econom
Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia and a visiting professor at the London School of Economics.
I'm a copywriter and communications strategist, and I've had the privilege of writing for or
working with some of the
most powerful voices in leadership and business including New York Times bestselling
authors Michael Hyatt, Jeff Walker, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the Soul) and Tony Robbins.
As anyone familiar
with my own
work will expect, I have many serious reservations about this book, the
most inclusive being that I do not think the
author helps either the nonbeliever or the believer to understand the problem of faith and New Testament criticism.
The first duty of every translator is to adopt the
most accurate and reliable text of the
work before him unless he / she to translate an autograph, i.e. manuscripts in the
author's own handwriting.32 Some translations are perverted due to the incorrect choice of text type, and it does not fit
with the style, context and theology of the
author.33 In the case of the early versions, while Palestinian Syriac and Georgian used Caesarean text type, Gothic and Old Church Slavonic used different Byzantine text types (i.e., Gothic used early Byzantine and old Church Slavonic, imperial Byzantine).
Lentricchia, whose earlier
work earned him the epithet «the Dirty Harry of literary theory, is the
author of Criticism and Social Change (1983), which urges us to regard all literature as «the
most devious of rhetorical discourses (writing
with political designs upon us all), either in opposition to or in complicity
with the power in place.»
If
with due attention to this difficulty one were to read through the
works of particular
authors most celebrated for their genius, it might in barely a single instance perhaps be possible, though
with much pains, to discover a little.
You may be familiar
with author Amy Chaplin's
work through her beautiful blog, where she shares some of the
most practical and creative natural foods recipes around.
I hadn't known about this center's
work, and it is highly illuminating and also offers hope for those of us who'd like to see men feel accepted and embraced in that role My only concern is that of the 31 fathers in this study
most were at home
with babies / young children (meaning they probably hadn't been married too long) and the mean number of years spent caregiving was slightly greater than 5; I wish the
authors indicated how many had been doing it for 17 years.
This issue features an exclusive essay by bestselling
author Ann Hood, as well as
work from your favorite Brain, Child writers who once again examine life
with their teens in thought provoking essays designed to provide readers
with different perspectives on what many say are the
most challenging of the parenting years.
«Our
work demonstrates one of the
most advanced designs to date of a self - contained flapping - winged aerial robot
with bat morphology that is able to perform autonomous flight,» explained Alireza Ramezani, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois who is the first
author of the cover article, «A Biomimetic Robotic Platform to Study Flight Specializations of Bats,» appearing in AAAS Science Robotics on February 1.
The
authors, Peggy Aldrich Kidwell and Paul E. Ceruzzi who both
work for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, have attempted to provide readers
with a whirlwind tour of the
most significant developments in computation in less than 150 pages.
Mario Livio is an astrophysicist who
worked for 24 years
with the Hubble Space Telescope and a best - selling
author of popular science books; his
most recent one is Why?
The magnitude of these associations
with suicide attempts was comparable to that associated
with depression, the
most well - known risk factor for suicide attempts,» said lead
author Esme Fuller - Thomson, Sandra Rotman Endowed Chair at University of Toronto's Factor - Inwentash Faculty of Social
Work & Institute for Life Course & Aging.
«One of the
most rewarding aspects of
working in this outbreak response is the connections we have made
with so many extraordinary individuals through open data sharing», said senior
author Pardis Sabeti.
The medical team noticed that almost all the children lived next to a lychee orchard, many lived
with someone who
worked in the industry, and
most had visited the fruit orchards shortly before becoming ill, lead
author Mohammed Islam told VOA.
In an interview
with Seeker, lead
author Michael Palmgren explained that mapping plant genomes has led to exciting new knowledge about how domestication
works on the genetic level, including which specific genes were mutated to create the traits we
most desire in our agricultural crops.
The productivity and impact of Dr. Morrison's published
work is consistent
with an h - index of 28, which is based on the set of the
author's
most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications.
«
Most protein bars should be renamed «carbohydrate bars» because they are loaded
with hidden sugars,» says Kelly LeVeque, RD, a celebrity nutritionist who
works with Jennifer Garner and Jessica Alba, and
author of the book Body Love.
Now the ambitious «Profile of a Writer» series examines Borges's extraordinary life and
work, using dramatizations of his
most memorable stories and rare interview footage
with the
author at his Buenos Aires home.
Though he once described his screenplays as more craft than art, Stoppard's literate film adaptations of various
works by major
authors have matched him
with some of the
most esteemed directors in international cinema, beginning
with Joseph Losey's The Romantic Englishwoman in 1975.
Opening in September: Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher take a turn in the comic bridesmaid well in «Bachelorette» (Friday); Bradley Cooper is an
author whose stolen
work becomes a hit in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its
most popular films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope
with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28).
You cant help wondering what the
author would be more startled by seeing her
most famous
work hosed down
with gore, or the Elizabeth / Darcy relationship handled so bloodlessly.
[The
author] argues that these two extremes persist today in modern Hollywood, where actors... must cope
with and
work around such limited options... These men are rewarded for their portrayal of the stereotypes
most needed to put America's ongoing racial anxieties at ease.»
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express — a story which was first visited onscreen back in 1974
with Sidney Lumet's Oscar - winning all - star cast interpretation — is perhaps one of the
author's
most known and notable piece of literary
works.
Most authors have been willing to
work with me if I didn't have the funding.
Positive comments from some recent users of this book include:
Most schools are full of documents and data... Dr Slater is among the first to show how they can be used to compare what is said on paper and in interviews... The results will shock you... Dr Slater is a successful high school teacher and an award winning
author... and here's why... Fantastic little book, punches well above its weight... Makes it seem so simple... the art of the genius... As an advocate of the What
Works agenda, I think this book really is a wake - up call... A fantastic insight into the potential for using documents in research... Nails twenty years of research in twenty minutes... Worth every dime... Every student in my class (6th form) has been told to buy this book... and it's easy to see why... Shines a great big light on the power of documents in research... Surely this is the best book in its field... First class... I kept referring to this book in my presentation last week and the audience was ecstatic... Education research, usually has little effect on me... Until now... This book is formidable... Crushes the concept that education research is rubbish... fantastic insight... Blows you away
with its power and simplicity... Huge reality check, senior school managers at good schools tell the truth, other's don't, won't or can't, and their students suffer.
An
author of more than 40 publications, Brian's
most recent book, «School Leadership that
Works: from Research to Results,» an ASCD publication is co-authored
with Robert Marzano and Tim Waters.
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Most writers in that position exchange
work with other
authors in an «I'll give you feedback if you give me feedback» beta - reading arrangement.
Most of the
authors that I
work with have day jobs paired
with evenings at home trying to cram in as much marketing as they can after an exhausting day at the office.
Most distributors would prefer to
work with a publisher who carries a variety of titles instead of an individual
author.
At HMH she
worked with some of the world's
most esteemed
authors including, Umberto Eco, Amos Oz, Gunter Grass and Alice Walker.
Knowing I was
working full time in the equestrian field, as do
most of their
authors, my publisher was generous
with their deadline — I had 14 months to deliver my 90,000 word book.
Most of the
authors who
work with me in my 1 - on - 1 coaching programs ask me that question.
This webinar will arm
authors working with or without an agent
with the knowledge and negotiating skills to get the
most out of their book deals before, during, and after signing.
But for
most of the indie
authors and small publishers I
work with, money is at a greater premium than time.
If you're like
most authors (including my coaching clients who
work with me to find a literary agent), you probably already know it can be difficult to get an agent.
In the meanwhile, I've been kicking around the idea of how to freelance
with a handful of
authors in a partnership similar to this... I've
worked with several indie
authors to create virtual marketing strategies and to teach them about branding themselves and what I've discovered is that often
authors whose
work I believe in the
most generally don't have the time or aptitude for marketing themselves effectively.
Sure there are social media platforms like Goodreads, Wattpad, Facebook groups etc. and then there are the «real» opportunities that are so much harder to facilitate and organize (and pay for e.g. expense vs profit) like community or regional events and networks as you point out above, but I feel really strongly that the
most important thing for an
author to do in order to build a loyal paying (italics) fanbase / readership is to produce good quality
works that are publicized properly and to spend time interacting
with those of your readers who you know buy your books because they came to you in the first place.
In my career, I have
worked with many
authors, many of them
with large social followings, but the thing I have noticed
most is the number of followers don't seem to impact the sales as much as you may think.
All My Puny Sorrows is the latest novel from Miriam Toews, one of Canada's
most beloved
authors — not only because her
work is rich
with deep human feeling and compassion but because her observations are knife - sharp and her books wickedly funny.
«We are delighted to
work with Scribd and Oyster to offer this exciting new model for readers to find and read eBooks, and to do so in a manner that respects the value of our
authors» creative endeavors and supports our mutual goals of selling the
most possible copies of their books.»
Most authors earn less than minimum wage (we are not all J.K. Rowling or Mrs Fifty shades) and have to
work second jobs while giving up time
with our friends and families to bring you the books you love.
The books aren't bestsellers,
most have been top downloads, I consider myself an
author as do the thousands of other
authors who are familiar
with my
work.
And right now, they want to incentivize
authors to supply KU
with more of what readers are downloading the
most — longer
works — instead of the shorter
works that readers are downloading the least.
She is passionate about technology, innovation and product design, has a deep love of reading and
works with the
most talented kids book
authors and illustrators.