Sentences with phrase «audience for a book about»

For example, the audience for a book about how to select a long - term care facility isn't going to appeal to all baby boomers, but it will appeal to baby boomers with elderly parents who are struggling to live independently.

Some said they just couldn't envision a broad audience for a book about one unknown woman's cells and how they changed medicine forever.

Agents and publishers alike told the unknown author the audience for a book about Alzheimer's disease was too small.

Not exact matches

«His books for the public seemed to show great respect for his audience, assuming that, even if they didn't fully understand him, they still would be interested in what a cosmologist had to say about the universe in all its wonder and strangeness.»

Gibbs, a former pastor who talks to young audiences about bullying and life choices, says Shipp's opening doors for him has produced 90 percent of the 40 - plus engagements he has booked so far this year.

Comic fans are one of the hardest - to - please audiences imaginable for popular adaptations of their favorite books, so even getting a passing mark makes Disney look better than just about anyone else.

Sure, I love to read books about automation and new ways to segment and target an audience, but if it doesn't lead to a behavior change in that audience, it's all for nothing.

Some historians, such as Jonathan Phillips or Thomas Asbridge, have even written books for a general audience, seeking to bridge the gap between what historians know and what most people think about Christianity's holy wars.

Reality The reference: Secret Papers of Pope Benedict XVI by Gianlugi Nuzzi, There have been articles about the contents and revelations made in the book available only in Italian that indicate that audiences were made available for 10,000 Euro.

These diverse writers each had very different target audiences, disparate life circumstances and specific agendas for their work; so we don't approach each book the same way — for the same reason you wouldn't read a poem about leaves the same way you read a botany textbook.

For purposes of American audiences, we do not have to think about a third creed which is found in the Prayer Books of all the other branches of the Anglican Communion, the Athanasian Creed, which has the misfortune of being neither a creed nor by Athanasius.

It's so nice to eat freshly made food instead of pulling everything out of the freezer... and trying to remember to do that about an hour before lunch to bake on time... So here is another audience who would appreciate this book: stay at home parents who are having lunch alone at home or a parent plus one or two small appetites for the second portion.

Charlie and Mary began discussing the idea of a glossy, coffee - table book about corals for a general audience, «to open the eyes of the world to what was emerging as an urgent need to conserve corals,» he tells the audience.

About Blog The Perfect Day is dedicated to helping you prepare for an audience with the Savior - the central theme of the Book of Mormon and Temple narrative.

Her new book, The Facebook Era: Tapping Online Social Networks to Build Better Products, Reach New Audiences, and Sell More Stuff (Prentice Hall) just released on March 30th, talks about the cultural transformation underway thanks to social networks like Facebook and Twitter, and what that means for people's behavior, interactions, and relationships — both with one another and with businesses.

In adapting Fowler's book, Robin Swicord, who also directs, slips in just enough about Austen's classics for the audience to understand the references without necessarily having read the books.

Based on the daring 1952 rescue of the oil tanker Pendleton by a Massachusetts - based Coast - Guard crew — or, rather, based on the book about that rescue — The Finest Hours does its best to immerse the audience in the derring - do of its heroes — and succeeds for a while — before merely submerging us in the overflow of its melodramatic waters.

At the film's recent press day, McKay, Lewis, Bale, Carell, Gosling, Hamish Linklater, Jeremy Strong, producer Jeremy Kleiner, and screenwriter Charles Randolph talked about turning the book into a movie and adapting it to the screen, why McKay was the right person to direct, what drew them to the project, how the actors met their real - life counterparts in preparation for their roles, the decision to combine a cinema verite documentary approach with other stylized elements, breaking the fourth wall, and using celebrities and pop culture figures as an entertaining storytelling device to explain complex financial concepts to the audience.

At a recent roundtable interview, Anderson and production designer Adam Stockhausen talked about how the project first came together, what inspired the story, the influence of Viennese writer Stefan Zweig's work on the multi-layered storytelling approach, their collaboration on the vision for the movie, how they created this rich, lush cinematic world and brought the audience into it, how Anderson cultivated a communal atmosphere on set and made available a large selection of books and films to the cast during production, Stockhausen's favorite day of shooting, and the challenge of using different aspect ratios.

The discussions here offer a haven for engaging film beyond history, but Jones» doc proves to have an ugly, specific idea about its audience that the book doesn't.

«This is for an upscale, older audience that's interested in great books and great writers,» said Roadside co-president Howard Cohen earlier this week about the title.

But in order for the film to be compelling the audience needs a reason to care about what's happening to the character, which is the key missing in Kill Your Friends, a pitch black comedy based on the book of the same name by author John Niven.

Before Ready Player One screened to a packed audience in The Paramount last night, Steven Spielberg took the stage and talked animatedly about how much he loves Ernie Cline's book, and how he knew this was the right movie for him to make because, «I've been a gamer since 1974, when I played Pong on Martha's Vineyard while filming Jaws.»

Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, and writer - director Ramin Bahrani spoke to IndieWire about updating Ray Bradbury's classic book for modern audiences.

Brill gets very worked up about the fact that Diane Ravitch, a distinguished historian of education who wrote a book renouncing her previous embrace of charters and merit pay, may have subsequently received payment for speaking to teachers» union audiences.

Gardner spoke to an audience of 2,000 attendees about his well - known theory of multiple intelligences and about his book Five Minds for the Future, which concerns the types of skills needed to succeed in the 21st -LSB-...]

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I learned about this because I was at a bookstore presentation for another author and after she spoke, the book events coordinator told the audience to come back next week to hear this author.

They don't want to be constantly posting on social media, attending book fairs, or looking for opportunities to talk about their books before an audience.

I repeat: Sharing information about your book is a public service for your audience.

For this hometown audience, she spoke about how Nashville is a city that needs a bookstore, how she wanted to strangle Michael Feldman after he gave away the ending to State of Wonder on Whad «Ya Know and how she does not have a «secret author answer» to interpreting her books.

Supporters of the app have stated that this is simply allowing choice for the readers, and that audiences who would have avoided the author's work entirely for its word choices can now support the author and take part in the dialogue about the book.

Involving my audience in the production and promotion of my book wasn't about getting services for free; it was about the incredible engagement that happens because readers are so excited about and invested in the book.

One thing I learned from the two nonfiction anthology proposals I wrote is that it taught me to think about the target audience for my book and also to look at the competition and see what the heck was out there already.

For example, if your book is on health and fitness and you have identified your audience as other like - minded fitness enthusiasts, you may already know several websites these enthusiasts regularly visit to learn about fitness and to make purchases.

Since so much of finding an audience and selling a book is about how a book is positioned in the marketplace, it's also important to get feedback about how your book compares to other books in its genre, and whether the way it's presented (for example, the book's cover and title) makes sense to a reader.

You tell the audience you are available for personal appearances, public speaking events, book signing engagements, consulting and coaching; and then direct them to your internet pages to read about you, your book and your professional specialty.

We begin with a conversation about your goals for the book, your design preferences, and your target audience.

Using the marketing strategies you're about to learn, I was able to get the book ranked # 1 for the term Lifehack in less than 1 week even though websites with much bigger audiences than mine like Lifehacker and Lifehack were going after the same term.

There is another reason to ask your audience (and potential readers) to contribute to the discussion about your book cover — and yes I realise I am telling you this as I am about to ask you for feedback on the cover options but this series is supposed to be an honest peek behind self - publishing so...

I have continually been stunned at some of the responses — or lack thereof — when I question authors about the audience for their books.

As we've discussed, book marketing is no longer about lonely book signings and time - consuming schlepps to beg every store in town to carry your book — taking your marketing online (while not appropriate for EVERY book / subject matter) offers you the opportunity to reach a wide audience with only a moderate input of time and effort.

Nonfiction books about miscarriages or infertility (I am so sorry you have struggled with this, my heart breaks for you, but I am not your target audience.)

Below, Rebecca offers her advice for starting a book blog; if you've ever wondered about sharing your love for reading with a larger audience, you've come to the right place.

Susann Cokal talks about the inspiration for her book, Mirabilis, the research she undertook in order to write the book, and whether she feels that she writes for a particular audience.

I'm always shocked when I ask authors about the audience for their books and they don't have a clue.

Before creating a book cover design, it's important for the author and graphic designer to discuss the overall design goals, the audience and what the book is about so that a design concept can be created.

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They want stuff to write about, so if you approach them about doing an internet / guest post / promo for your book, they may be pretty receptive and that is a new audience that you can reach with your book!

Even if it is all about the host, or the blogger, perhaps they do book reviews — which is still a great opportunity for you to get your content in front of a new audience.