Sentences with phrase «author at the library»

A partnership between Library Journal and BiblioBoard, SELF - e is an author discovery platform that lets patrons at participating libraries enjoy your eBook through the BiblioBoard app and helps feature authors at library events.

I've definitely discovered more (20x more at least) authors at the library than gone to the library knowing about an author and looking for his / her books.

Not exact matches

G. E. Lessing (1729 - 81), a leading figure in the German Enlightenment, found the manuscript in the library at Wolfenbüttel, on his appointment there as librarian in 1770, and published parts of it as «Wolfenbüttel Fragments by an Unnamed Author» between 1774 and 1778.

I'm in PDX right now at the lovely Heathman hotel, having a «drinkable chocolate» (as decadent as it sounds) for lunch and cruising the stacks of their amazing library of books signed by authors that have stayed here.

Authors like Sandra Boynton, Eric Carle, and Lois Ehlert are just a few you can look for at your local library, bookstore or yard sale.

«Most software programs rely, in part, on code in external «libraries» to perform some of their functions,» says Chris Parnin, an assistant professor of computer science at North Carolina State University and senior author of a paper on the work.

Libraries, freed from subscription charges, could also chip in on behalf of authors at their institutions.

«After screening a natural compound library, we developed an unbiased look at combinations of nutrients that have a better effect on prostate cancer than existing drugs,» says corresponding author Stefano Tiziani, assistant professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Dell Pediatric Research Institute at UT Austin.

Delving deeper, Gopalkrishnan Saroja Seethapathy, a graduate student in pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of Oslo, and colleagues randomly chose 3300 papers by Indian first authors from 350 journals flagged as predatory by Jeffrey Beall, a library scientist at the University of Colorado in Denver.

The USC Libraries will announce the winning authors and screenwriters at a black - tie ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018 in the historic Edward L. Doheny Jr..

We also looked at the authors that are popular in our library and tried to get some of those in,» Sorensen says.

Penguin USA books (In Their Own Way, 7 Kinds of Smart, The Myth of the A.D.D. Child, Awakening Your Child's Natural Genius)- (for author appearances at schools, libraries, and institutions only), call 1-866-206-5865.

The authors pointed out some of the advantages of low poverty noting, «Children whose parents read to them at home, whose health is good and can attend school regularly, who do not live in fear of crime and violence, who enjoy stable housing and continuous school attendance, whose parents» regular employment creates security, who are exposed to museums, libraries, music and art lessons, who travel outside their immediate neighborhoods, and who are surrounded by adults who model high educational achievement and attainment will, on average, achieve at higher levels than children without these educationally relevant advantages.»

An autopsy reveals the cause of death: «They didn't really plan and create a makerspace that's authentic to their community,» said Laura Fleming, library media specialist at New Milford High in New Jersey, and author of Worlds of Making: Best Practices for Establishing a Makerspace for Your School.

Our authors are frequently featured guests and speakers at bookstores, libraries, book clubs, conferences, festivals and other rewarding events.

Author affiliations are particularly important in the academic world — if a professor at University X writes a book, chances are high for course adoption or at least that the library will purchase a few copies.

It's a historical novel set in the medieval period (telling the story of the real King Richard III), so I'm booking stalls at every appropriate medieval festival; it's a book aimed primarily at children aged 10 and up, so I'm making overtures to local schools about author visits and to libraries; I'm attending events at my first literature festival next week to meet and network with local authors and hand out some leaflets (maybe even sell a copy or two).

She will be featured at the United for Libraries Gala Author Tea.

Libraries across North America will host local events, then come together at 2 PM EST USA for a digital gathering that will offer inspiration, information and advice for authors.

At the end of every interview, we asked each author to tell us a favorite library memory, and some of the answers almost made me tear up.

They were inspired by a talk given by academic and author David Vinjamuri at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, where he noted that libraries were paying $ 84 for books that patrons could buy for $ 14.

Although many authors do library talks at no charge, you can charge for library programs.

The panel was moderated by Jon Fine, former director of author and publisher relations at Amazon, and included Robin Cutler, director of IngramSpark; Jim Blanton, library director at the Louisville

It's quite true that, at least many authors don't believe that libraries boost sales.

Do you believe that libraries are important for book and author discovery, and do you believe that library borrows yield platform - building benefit that has value to you not measured by your theoretical earnings per borrow (if your book is borrowed only once ever, then your earnings per borrow = the price you sold the book at.

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 bLibraries An article at Publishers Weekly explains how indie authors are getting creative — and finding success — in their efforts to get books into libraries and blibraries and bookstores

Last night I had the extreme pleasure of moderating a panel of five authors at our local library.

There's been a trend in library circles lately to focus on encouraging community content creation and building local collections, so authors might stand a chance at getting their book added to libraries in their local area, especially if they offer to do a reading or similar library program for free.

SELF - e, one of the Indie Author Day partners, is a collaboration between Library Journal and BiblioLabs designed to cultivate robust local writing communities and keep libraries at the center of the indie book movement.

I'll be one of 25 authors at the Anaheim (CA) Central Library, one of the larger libraries in Orange County, for what the library is calling an Indie Author Fair.

The library can be a magnet for ebook discovery and a distribution platform for helping authors self - publish... The article mostly broadens our awareness of how a library and its expert staff can help ensure that the right title finds the right reader at the right time — and how the considerable research expertise can help deepen and strengthen the research in the book.

If every bookstore and library had a section like this that someone cared about maintaining, it would give tens of thousands of aspiring authors at least a small chance of being discovered.

An invitation to speak at a local library, a handout asking for authors with interesting books and interesting stories to appear on either a regular or Internet radio show, teachers eager to bring their book into their school library, not to mention the opportunity to learn ever so much about book promotion from the more seasoned authors.

I'm guessing the staff and technology to pull that off at scale is pretty daunting for all but the biggest library systems, though, but I'd love to see the AAP and / or Authors Guild make figuring it out a priority.

John Sinn, a librarian at the Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries, said bluntly: «Why don't the editors, who are generally faculty, and the reviewers, who are generally faculty, and the authors, who are almost always faculty or government researchers — why don't they just [publish] on their own and not deal with the publishers?»

Interview (Starts at 16:48)-- Eric Hellman, president of Gluejar and the author of the Go To Hellman blog, explains how unglue.it is attempting to help libraries manage the challenges of the digital age.

«If selected via Library Journal's SELF - e curation process, the author's ebooks will become part of a unique discovery platform for participating public libraries across the United States that enables patrons to read ebooks on any device, at any time.

We have all these authors at Smashwords who are pro-library, and want to serve libraries.»

Librarians simply do not stand at their circulation counters all day, browsing some mythical massive catalog of book titles; even if an author has opted for a publishing route that will include his work in viewable catalogs for library distribution, that simply isn't how librarians discover titles.

Unlike in the US where an author is only paid when a library purchases a particular title for lending from its catalog, under the UK law Public Lending Right, authors are compensated at each patron checkout, as well.

The fact that two major book industry organizations are making it possible for library patrons and self - published authors to come together at all means they recognize the worth of many indie titles.

Some libraries contacted prior to this article won't even let a local author have a book signing at the library if he self - published, despite long - standing policies of renting out their space for events.

With independent bookstores closing at an alarming rate and even libraries facing door - shuttering budget cuts, authors have lost a lot of the champions who once sold books by hand, who knew the titles on their store shelves and recommended them to their customers.

Peter Brantley will be leading a stellar panel exploring how libraries and publishers can work together to make digital reading and lending a win for all parties involved (including authors), and we'll be taking a look at the importance of copyright with the brilliant William Patry.

In April, I was honored to participate in a panel discussion on indie authors and libraries at the Public Library Association's annual convention in Denver.

Authors often panic when they run into this, but it's actually a way of allowing people to sample your work for free, just like they do at the library, or when you offer a free book on freebie run days if you're in Select.

The panel was moderated by Jon Fine, former director of author and publisher relations at Amazon, and included Robin Cutler, director of IngramSpark; Jim Blanton, library director at the Louisville Free Public Library; award - winning author L. Penelope; and Allie McKinney of Bibliolabs and SELF - e.

Robin Cutler [00:05:54] I tell authors when they're thinking, even before they finish writing their book they should think about where it would be placed on a shelf in a bookstore or in a library, and really go and look at those books like where exactly you think your book would be shelved.

«When people are training to be library supervisors, there is very little out there to help you learn to do that job and with today's economic conditions, school districts are cutting back and people who have no background in library [science] are now in charge in libraries,» says author Cynthia Anderson, also associate superintendent for educational services at Shawnee Mission (Kansas) School District.

Schools, libraries, writing groups, booksellers, and writing conferences often invite groups of authors to speak at a single seminar as part of a panel.