Sentences with phrase «weinman at publishers»

An editor also acts as a liaison between author and other people at the publisher.

In late October, for example, an initiative called Yellow Page Mountain dumped dozens of copies of the Yellow Pages at its publisher's Montreal doorstep, as part of a campaign to «hasten the discontinuation of the paper phone directory.»

The shift was elevated when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the platform would embrace mostly video in the next five years, sparking layoffs at publishers — including Vox Media and BuzzFeed.

The upheaval at the publisher of «Grand Theft Auto» and other video games culminated Thursday with the election of a new chairman, the appointment of new directors and the ouster of the CEO.

From her work as a religion editor at Publishers Weekly, to her expansive writing and lecturing career, to her The Divine Hours series, Phyllis has a remarkable ability to speak wisely and prophetically about the future of Christianity while remaining joyfully rooted in its past.

One day I was browsing through the books at a publishers» overstock sale and came across the autobiography of a Pentecostal evangelist who held tent revival meetings in the small Midwestern city where I grew up.

Liberalism is certainly capable of generating lots of ideas, as a look at publishers» catalogues indicated, but is in nonetheless the old, complacent, and established mentality, one that has gone stale.

When an edited version of his diaries, England Have My Bones, became a bestseller in 1936, he leapt at his publisher's offer of a # 200 advance for a yearly book and resigned.

[156] As part of his role at the publisher, Crone had served as the News of the World's chief lawyer and gave evidence before parliamentary committees, that he had uncovered no evidence of phone hacking beyond the criminal offences committed by the royal editor Clive Goodman.

Steve Hiller, of the Centre for Speech Technology Research at the University of Edinburgh, has been working on the tutor for two years with partners in France and Italy and at the publisher Berlitz.

Thanks to the folks at the publisher HeadUp

But the buck stops at publisher Katharine Graham (Streep), who gained ownership of the paper when her husband Phil died.

Surprisingly enough, Jack's motive for hating Christian and Ana is not that Ana became a fiction editor at a publisher and her major contributions, as seen in this film, are finding an author named «Boyce Fox» (could've sworn my accountant worked at Boyce Fox) and increasing a font size by two points.

The other two gentlemen on his sign are producers for the series at publisher Square - Enix.

If anything this is one of Director Hong's more plot - heavy films as a young woman starts a new job at a publishers only to find herself entangled in her new boss's old workplace affair.

While Konami has received community backlash ever since Kojima was fired, it's not that common that a Hollywood director curses directly at a publisher.

Project Soul team producer Hisaharu Tago took to the stage at the publisher's annual Level Up showcase event to reveal a «true sequel» for the fighting game series, set 17 years after the events of SoulCalibur IV.

Don't be mad at the developer be mad at the publishers don't be afraid to go on Facebook and Twitter to voice your displeasure

It can be no mistake that Edith balks at her publisher's suggestion she add a love story to her manuscript — Crimson Peak is the first time del Toro has tackled romance face on, and the result is stilted, hampered by hammy dialogue and a sped - up timeline that gives the relationship little room to breathe.

Schools Minister Nick Gibb announced at the Publishers» Association Conference that all pupils should have access to literary classics such as Great Expectations and Jane Eyre.

At The Salariya Book Company, we pride ourselves on being experts at using all of the tools at a publisher's disposal to design new children's books that will win over reluctant readers.

In his talk at Publishers Launch Frankfurt, Brian will talk about how publishing looks to investors in this time of digital turmoil.

You can order books for the students yourself at the publisher - direct price and invoice the teacher according to your agreed - upon price.

``... Much of what was covered at Publishers Launch BEA... centered on whether or not size will really matter and what the behemoths of the industry, which only seem to be getting bigger, mean for everyone else.»

As I wrote a few months back, you need to look at these publishers as printing services or publishing services, not publishers.

Mark's first position at Publishers Marketplace's # 1 - ranked literary agency, Trident Media Group, was in foreign rights.

I recently interviewed Brower and Marsal, both on the list of top dealmakers for debut fiction at Publisher's Marketplace.

Around this time, a lovely reporter at Publisher's Weekly decided to write a story about me and my success on Wattpad, and because of this, the traditional publishing world came calling.

In 1843, Charles Dickens, mad at his publisher and wanting a greater share of profits from his writing, self - published A Christmas Carol.

Some of those literary agents do have pages set up at Publishers Marketplace.

Taking also into consideration most (but not all by any means) manuscripts arrive at a publishers via a literary agency, who deal with an even vaster backlog.

At her publisher's request, she reduced the protagonist's age in her middle grade book The Eighth Day from 14 to 13, because «age 14 was a No Man's Land as far as book stores... are concerned.

There are many tools at a publisher's disposal that can be used to drive interest and sales for their content.

I have a book that fits this at publishers through my agent now.

However, there are many, many cases of employees at publishers shipping PDF's of the book's print file to reviewers, which appear as a mangled garble of words and punctuation in most eReaders.

«So publishers can do what they want to libraries and libraries are basically at the publishers» mercy.»

So we try working together to promote our work, and it doesn't happen because someone at a publisher can't answer an email.

Seriously, if you work at a publisher, you need to know this: authors are lectured over and over again about not being lazy and being proactive and doing our marketing.

Soon after, I finished reading a book and happened to look at the publisher name, which led me to Balboa Press.

Last, but not least, was Josie Leavitt, one of the bloggers at ShelfTalker at Publishers Weekly.

How to Get Self - Published Books into Stores and Libraries An article at Publishers Weekly explains how indie authors are getting creative — and finding success — in their efforts to get books into libraries and bookstores

Last year at Publishers Launch New York, we debuted our very successful eBooks for Everyone Else conference and speed - dating format.

In all three contract examples, the publisher decides if permission will be granted — and knowing that it's always safer to say «no» instead of «yes,» the authors are at their publishers» mercy on non-compete clauses.

She refers to Michael Cader's report at Publishers Lunch, BN's Big Ask Is Back in the News.

Early in the melee Thursday, Sarah Weinman at Publishers Lunch pointed out the reality of the situation:

This session is targeted at publishers and other attendees interested in learning about the rollout of ePUB 3 enabled reading applications.

At Publishers Launch BEA, you will get near - term practical and strategic solutions and tips to help manage the digital transition.

Add to that how the whole reason they need to champion a book is because the acquisitions boards at publishers look at almost every factor except the book, and it's easy to see that we're all in this frustrating situation together.

by Rachel Deahl with additional reporting from Jim Milliot at Publishers Weekly — October 25, 2013

This session is targeted at publishers and other attendees interested in a general update on ePUB 3.