Sentences with phrase «author by self»

If you want the roadmap on how to become a successful author by self publishing then «Become a Real Self - Publisher» by Michael N. Marcus is the book for you.

About The Author Training Manual: Two hundred million Americans want to transform themselves into published authors by self - publishing or traditionally publishing a book.

Be aware that royalties paid to authors by self - publishing platforms for bookstore distribution can be lower than other sales channels.

This collection of articles contains comprehensive, thoughtful advice for self published authors by self published authors.

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Amazon is causing trouble again, this time by changing how it pays self - published authors via its Kindle Direct Publishing Select program.

The study's authors say that getting people to think favourably of your accomplishments might be better achieved «by modest self - representation, or even self - denigration, than by outright bragging about one's positive qualities.»

In his book, Navy Seal Training Guide: Mental Toughness (which by the way goes for $ 790 on Amazon), author Lars Draeger says there four pillars of mental toughness: goal - setting, mental visualization, positive self - talk, and arousal control.

It seems like not a week goes by without some new story about a self - published author achieving great success this way.

Today, thanks to ebooks and Amazon (amzn), self - publishing is a global phenomenon — an independent route intentionally chosen by more and more authors — that has spawned not only mega-bestsellers like Fifty Shades of Grey, but also hits in other realms, such as the movie version of The Martian.

But there's a downside as well: self - published authors don't get the marketing materials provided by the Big Six, and have to work very hard in order to rise through the ranks, establish their personal brand, and attract the necessary readership to succeed.

Lehder, considered handsome by men and women, was regarded as intelligent and charming, but given to excess and probably lacking self - control, Ron Chepesiuk, author of «Crazy Charlie: Revolutionary or Neo-Nazi,» told Vice.

Amazon, Barnes and Noble and WH Smith were just a few of the e-book retailers found by The Kernel, an online muckracking website based in the United Kingdom, to be selling e-books from self - published authors glorifying such topics as rape, incest and bestiality.

Related: Website Creates Author Community for the Self - Published Behance was founded in 2006 by Scott Belsky and Matias Corea, a graphic designer.

But whether Bitcoin can actually replace gold (let alone traditional government - backed currency) has been a matter of fervent debate — quite literally, as evidenced by an event last week entitled «Gold Versus Bitcoin,» held at a New York comedy club, in which well - known gold proponent (Jim Rickards debated James Altucher, a self - help author now peddling Bitcoin investment advice under the moniker «crypto - genius.»

The authors unveil a step - by - step program for increasing your emotional intelligence via 66 proven strategies that target self - awareness, self - management, social awareness, and relationship management.

It is also playing catch up with Amazon by selling more and more books from self - published authors, both on - line and in its retail outlets.

After excluding portfolios managed by professional asset management firms, the authors perform content analysis on leader trading comments to measure the difference between first - person pronouns and third - person pronouns as indicators of self - enhancement and self - protection biases.

The author has a baseless story, and it really doesn't matter, because by her saying such thing is a persecution by it self.

By lumping all persons who act out of a sense of duty and obligation derived from membership in a reference group together in their normocentric orientation, the authors fail to distinguish those who act from the standpoint of a reflective and self - chosen set of commitments (i.e., in accord with a reasoning approach) from those whose membership is a matter of fate and socialization (i.e., out of a fear of group exclusion, disappointment, or exclusion).

Like a bipolar magnet, the Christian author today feels the pull of both forces: a fervent desire to communicate what gives life meaning counteracted by an artistic inclination toward self - expression, form and structure that any «message» might interrupt.

For the authors in this volume, as it was for Tocqueville and Nietzsche before them, a homogeneously democratic epoch would be one permeated by narcissistic self - satisfaction and moral degradation.

Most tantalisingly of all, the author proposes an analogy between the way the soul / self is shaped by the decisions we make, and the way constraints in a system shape that system.

We could argue that their books were written by several different authors over a period of several decades, all of whom had competing interests and goals, most of which involve self - advancing propaganda and fictional tales of the supposed author's life and ideas.

Careful, here: Frank does not mean by «prevail» what many self - help authors do.

Being that he is the author of life, he has set down guidelines for our happiness, so that we can be free of our selfish, self absorbed ways, and become true lovers by putting others first.

Another rhetorical strength lies in the authors» avoidance of the self - righteous tone that pervades some books on the family by conservatives and liberals alike.

These led me to his earlier works, which consistently vindicated Kass's self - description in his justly acclaimed Towards a More Natural Science: «The author of this book is by reading a moralist, by education a generalist, by training a physician and biochemist, by vocation a teacher» and student» of philosophical texts, and by choice a lover of serious conversations, who thinks best when sharing thoughts and speeches with another.»

About Xlibris Publishing Xlibris Publishing, an Author Solutions, LLC imprint, is a self - publishing services provider created in 1997 by authors, for authors.

To facilitate continued access by those readers who regularly utilize it, the authors decided to self - publish in electronic and print formats and provide open access to the bibliography.

A baby should be able to self - soothe by the time she is 6 months old, according to Patty Wipfler, author and founder of the Hand in Hand website.

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber This bestselling classic includes fresh insights and suggestions as well as the author's time - tested methods to solve common problems and build foundations for lasting relationships, including innovative ways to: · Cope with your child's negative feelings, such as frustration, anger, and disappointment · Express your strong feelings without being hurtful · Engage your child's willing cooperation · Set firm limits and maintain goodwill · Use alternatives to punishment that promote self - discipline · Understand the difference between helpful and unhelpful praise · Resolve family conflicts peacefully Enthusiastically praised by parents and professionals around the world, the down - to - earth, respectful approach of Faber and Mazlish makes relationships with children of all ages less stressful and more rewarding.

The imaging changes also strongly correlated with the number of head hits (self - reported by the athletes in a diary), the symptoms experienced, and independent cognitive tests, said lead author Jeffrey Bazarian, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of Emergency Medicine at URMC.

Thirdly: If a book doesn't acknowledge point number two then it is likely to be causing guilt or shame to be felt by those who don't agree with the experiences of the author and is therefore one which I would see as causing readers to lose their own sense of self.

To get a better feel for the specific effects of parenting that is not in line with research, this API Editor's Pick highlights the Psych Central post, «Unloved in Childhood: 10 Common Effects on Your Adult Self» by Peg Streep, a parenting book author from New York City, USA.

Melding the category strengths and bestselling authors of both imprints, TarcherPerigee's core publishing areas include: Self - improvement (such as the runaway successes Start Where You Are by Meera Patel, The Power of Kindness by Piero Ferrucci, Attached by Dr. Amir Levine, and A Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley); Creativity (including interactive books like Adam J. Kurtz's 1 Page at a Time and Me, You, Us by Lisa Currie as well as the multi-million-copy bestsellers Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards and The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron); Parenting (the New York Times bestseller Brainstorm by Dr. Daniel Siegel, Carol Kranowitz's go - to guide The Out - of - Sync Child, and Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids by Dr. Laura Markham); Spirituality (including bestselling titles like Transcendence by Dr. Norman Rosenthal, Goldie Hawn's 10 Mindful Minutes, The Science of Mind by Ernest Holmes, and I Am the Word by Paul Selig); and Gift / Inspiration (such as the Wall Street Journal bestseller Chasers of the Light by Tyler Knott Gregson, the New York Times bestseller Catification by Jackson Galaxy and the James Beard Award - winner Imbibe by David Wondrich).

Authors did say however, «Our primary goal was to evaluate the effectiveness of MI by comparing intent to breastfeed, breastfeeding self efficacy, and duration of breastfeeding between mothers receiving the MI intervention and those receiving attention alone»

Apart from the uncertainty of relying largely on self - reported measurements, she points out, the authors double - dip their data by testing height and weight separately and then again as body mass index, or BMI, which combines height and weight.

In addition, Rotheram - Borus, who was the study's first author, and colleagues found that having mentor mothers visit reduced alcohol use by mothers during pregnancy, based on self - reports by the mothers.

The authors do acknowledge some limitations in their paper, specifically that it relied on self - reporting, and that a selection bias may have been caused by pregnant couples being more willing to respond than disappointed couples.

The paper, authored by New York University's Steven Brams, Wilfrid Laurier University's D. Marc Kilgour, and the University of Graz's Christian Klamler and published this month in Notices of the American Mathematical Society, outlines a pair of algorithms that are based on the self - identified priorities of the parties.

«Criticism and rejection by foster carers increases emotional and behavioural problems of their foster children due to increased strain on the foster carer and the impact on the self - esteem of the child,» explains María D. Salas, lead author of the study and scientist at the institute in Malaga.

In the same study, for those who were sleep deprived, «self - reported hunger and appetite ratings significantly increased by 24 percent and 23 percent, respectively,» noted the authors of the review paper, which was led by Julie Shlisky, a researcher at The New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center at Saint Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center.

«By putting these self - assembling chains into soft robots, we are able to have them perform more complex functions while still retaining relatively simple designs,» says Joe Tracy, an associate professor of materials science and engineering at North Carolina State University and corresponding author of a paper on the work.

In today's world, one way we're able to share self - related information is by using social media platforms like Facebook,» says Meshi, lead author of the paper and a postdoctoral researcher at the Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany.

Dr Lucy Clark, lead author, Queen Mary University of London, UK, said: «We found that a self - help approach to a graded exercise program, guided by a therapist, was safe and also helped to reduce fatigue for some people with chronic fatigue syndrome, suggesting that GES might be useful as an initial treatment for patients to help manage symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome.

For other applications, however, the muscles can be self - powered by environmental temperature changes, said Carter Haines, lead author of the study.

The authors uncover the cellular and molecular mechanisms, as well as the gene network regulated by Sox9 during the early steps of skin tumor initiation and demonstrates that Sox9 controls the long term maintenance and expansion of oncogene expressing cells by promoting self - renewing division and inhibiting differentiation.

«This work demonstrates the unique capability of micro-to-nanoscale topographies of the crumpled graphene - Au nanoparticles — higher density, three - dimensional optically active materials — that are further enhanced by the formation of hot spots, bringing the nanoparticles closer,» explained Juyoung Leem, a graduate student and first author of the study, «Mechanically Self - Assembled, Three - Dimensional Graphene?Gold Hybrid Nanostructures for Advanced Nanoplasmonic Sensors,» published in Nano Letters.

He has written this book to share what he's uncovered — some of which may shock you — and to give you... View Details F*ck Cancer: A totally inappropriate self - affirming adult coloring book (Totally Inappropriate Series)(Volume 4) by Jen Meyers (Author) * A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to support research dedicated to finding a cure for cancer.

The Psychological Science study, «Dietary Self - Control Is Related to the Speed with Which Health and Taste Attributes Are Processed,» was authored by Sullivan and Rangel along with Caltech postdoctoral scholar Cendri Hutcherson and former Caltech postdoctoral scholar and visiting associate Alison Harris, who is now an assistant professor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College.