Sentences with phrase «traditional authors write»

Traditional authors write books in the hope that they will get published and sold by big publishers.

Traditional authors wrote lots of articles critical of independents.

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About five years ago, Malcolm Gladwell, author of bestselling books like The Tipping Point and Blink, made this prediction, basically writing off the power of social media for businesses: «In about five years, everyone will head back toward traditional advertising.»

The evangelists are genuinely authors, authors using traditional material but nonetheless authors: they write for a definite purpose, they give their work a distinct and individual structure, they have thematic concerns which they pursue, the characters in the story they each tell function as protagonists in a plot, and so on... If the...

Indeed, in a response to another author's summary of Barth on creation, Midgley wrote, «This sounds to me quite simply mad, and mad for entirely traditional reasons.

The traditional view is that the authors of the Bible needed no sources because God simply inspired them, that is, revealed what they should write.

The evangelists are genuinely authors, authors using traditional material but nonetheless authors: they write for a definite purpose, they give their work a distinct and individual structure, they have thematic concerns which they pursue, the characters in the story they each tell function as protagonists in a plot, and so on... If the evangelists are authors, then they must be studied as authors, and they must be studied as other authors are studied.

But it is not primarily a question of what their authors knew and wrote down, but of older traditional material which they incorporated in their books.

The traditional funding system could be run in parallel, the authors write.

For example, Senegal has «switched virtually its entire population from traditional stoves to modern ones, so it can be done,» climate scientist Drew Shindell of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, lead author of the study, wrote in an e-mail.

Mother to 3 healthy children, blogger, and best - selling author, she writes about the practical application of Traditional Diet and evidence - based wellness within the modern household.

Mother to 3 healthy children, blogger, and best - selling author, she writes about the practical application of Traditional Diet and evidence - based wellness within the modern household.

Whether you're a multi-published author or just taking the first steps in your writing career, ACFW is the place for you to learn more about the craft and expand your knowledge of the traditional publishing industry.

Newbery Medal - winning author Kwame Alexander shows how to shake up the traditional writing workshop to make writing fun again.

«The mythical failure of public education has been created and perpetuated in large part by political and economic interests that stand to gain from the destruction of the traditional system,» the authors write in the book's intro.

«This finding about the importance of tutoring is in line with other recent evidence pointing to dramatic gains from intensive tutoring on its own, suggesting a good place to start for effective and practical reform at traditional public schools,» wrote the authors, Julia Chabrier of J - Pal North America, Sarah Cohodes of Teachers College Columbia University, and Philip Oreopoulos of the economics department at the University of Toronto.

The author proposes a better model for achieving excellence, which is to focus on excellence for all students in not only the traditional three R's (reading, writing, and arithmetic) but also the other three R's (reasoning, resilience, and responsibility).

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At least they can if an author is careful about how her contract is written with first her agent and then her publisher — if she goes the traditional route.

A work of that length written by seven authors, many of them unknown, did not fit the traditional publishing model.

As we've written a number of times at GigaOM, the traditional book - publishing business continues to be disrupted, with some self - published authors such as Amanda Hocking making millions of dollars without using a traditional agent or publisher, by selling their own books through Amazon's (s amzn) Kindle platform.

If the author has a possible best seller or at least a great novel, and can obtain a stellar agent, all while continuing to produce more of the same quality writing (Pubs love an investment); Traditional publishing is the way to go.

These can include, but are not limited to, an author panel featuring traditional, hybrid and self - published authors from the community; presentations from local indie authors about writing, marketing and more; book readings and / or signings from local authors; presentations from local industry leaders; writing workshops and informative presentations and workshops about tools available to the writing community through the library.

As we wrote at the time, this example makes the point that authors already have a lot of the tools for marketing their work, and in some cases — as with Hocking, Locke and other self - publishers such as J.A. Konrath — this can make them so self - sufficient that they no longer need the support of a traditional publishing deal.

I believe you would best be described as a «hybird» author, i.e. someone who has written well enough in the past to have work survive the traditional vetting process and be professionally published.

They frequently cite that most of the Amazon bestsellers are written by indie authors and that they are earning more money than writers who get a traditional publishing deal.

This is why self - published authors decide to not send manuscripts to traditional publishing house, because it's easier to make a living with your craft and write full - time.

But that argument doesn't make any sense, because, many traditional authors don't «make a living from their writing».

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Whether you're an independent self published author or you go the traditional route, a big part of your writing job is going to be marketing your book after it's published.

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He engages his readers on so many social media platforms that it is hard to imagine he has any time to write his bestselling novels, and yet he has sold nearly 1 million copies of his books and recently achieved a feat few traditional authors have...

Just to make sure everyone's up to speed on basic definitions, here's a blog post I wrote awhile back on what we mean by the terms «indie authoring» and «traditional publishing.»

Years ago, when I still worked for a traditional publisher, I wrote a blog post about the No. 1 disappointment of all published authors: the lack of marketing support from their publisher.

Force, a New York Times and USA Today contemporary romance author who has written more than 50 books, was at the forefront of the indie publishing wave in 2010 when she self - published books that had been rejected by traditional publishers.

Traditional publishers often can't handle all the books that an author can write, and this is a huge problem if there are option clauses or no - compete clauses in place.

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After writing a post on the 3rd pointing out ways that my publisher, Penguin - Random House, and other traditional publishers could improve, I was surprised to see something new in my email inbox: an author newsletter.

How a Traditional Publisher Could Harm a Writer's Career: Mark Coker of Smashwords writes, «Does Pearson think that Author Solutions represents the future of indie publishing?

For as long as I've been writing, some authors have been announcing the death of traditional publishing.

So knowing that, you're on the same playing field as traditional publishers, and the books that authors are writing for them.

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Literary Agent Undercover is only for authors who understand the benefits of traditional publishing: no financial risk because someone else is paying for the privilege of publishing your book; a higher quality product thanks to a top - notch editor and cover designer; more profit due to better sales, distribution, and publicity; subsidiary rights opportunities like merchandising, translations, TV, feature film, etc; increased credibility and more book reviews; and the ability to spend more time writing, promoting, and doing what you love.

We told guest and I quote my EXACT words, repeated every 10 guests «traditional authors to your left, indie / ebook authors to your right ladies and gentleman» if someone asked and hundreds did, what indie meant, it was explained you write and sell your own work.

The founders were largely authors who wrote traditional Western fiction, but the organization swiftly expanded to include historians and other nonfiction authors, young adult and romance writers, and writers interested in regional history.

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Authors who write for niche markets or whose work is defined in traditional publishing as «non-commercial» have the same opportunities for their work.

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