Sentences with phrase «author leads readers»

Using numerous couples» real stories, the author leads readers through seven «Conversations» beginning with discovering the communication patterns and negative cycles in which couples get stuck.

In a book, she suggests, the author leads readers in a given direction.

In the sections on Martha Stewart and Scooter Libby in particular, the author leads the reader through fateful events in something close to real time.

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To avoid obscuring the text or leading the reader away from the mind of the author, the interpreter must practice moderation and «lucid brevity.»

In the meantime, the bemused reader must first grasp where the authors wish to lead him before he will fully understand their analysis of the past.

This highly interactive wellness session, led by Michelle Dudash, registered dietitian, Cordon Bleu - certified chef, media personality and author of Clean Eating for Busy Families, * will discuss consumer trends and offer bloggers fresh content ideas to help inform their readers of science - based nutrition information, and how food and health can deliciously co-exist.

McGraw - Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Dr Vivian Vignoles, Reader in Social Psychology at the University of Sussex, Principal Investigator of the Culture and Identity Research Network, and lead author on the project, explains:

These absurd yet simple images devised by the authors to illustrate this distinction between conscious human and unconscious computer led us to the idea of a contest in which readers could contribute their own examples of pictures that might fool a machine.

I am privileged to have this opportunity to lead the journal and serve our prospective authors and readers, and am looking forward to your contributions and support.

Principals» Classrooms Visits Help Build Better Readers When principals and literacy coaches understand what students are learning and teachers are teaching — and participate in literacy lessons — they set a positive tone for the school that can lead to improvement in reading, say author and educator Dr. Beth Whitaker.

Rather than suggesting a one - size - fits - all approach, the authors acknowledge the unique context of individual schools and urge readers to engage in self - assessment, reflection, and coordinated action to learn together and lead together, with rubrics and planning templates provided to guide the process.

In this live, interactive session, Dr. Douglas Fisher will lead an exploration of the types of learning that ensure students become better readers who persevere through complex (strength) or long (stamina) texts while thinking critically about what the author is saying.

Amazon currently controls ~ 90 % of the e-book market, has the largest e-book library, the best author search and discovery tools, the most e-book readers / buyers, the best e-book pricing, and the leading e-book applications and hardware with the kindle, kindle touch, and kindle fire HD.

So use Twitter to lead readers (including me) to your author brand on Facebook and gather the Likes that will follow.

It's a great way to lead readers from book to book in a series, and can be a useful tool for capturing a dedicated reader and bulking up your author platform.

Kevin Larimer, editor in chief of Poets & Writers, leads a conversation with editors Jeff Shotts of Graywolf Press and Chuck Adams of Algonquin Books and authors Jeffrey Yang and Amy Rowland about what it means to be published by an independent press, the author - editor relationship, and how they work together to reach readers.

Reviews, especially of books, have been a hotly contested topic for quite some time, with reviews leading to everything from having five - stars stripped for being too chummy to authors and readers alike being accused of bullying behavior.

While speed is not always an author's friend — as it can lead to grave mistakes in the writing, editing, and even cover art — there is a growing number of authors who've recognized that sitting on a manuscript only alienates readers.

Giving away free or selling inexpensive copies is not expected just because... it's a tactic for getting exposure with the understanding that some of these copies will lead to book reviews, which in turn helps get more exposure and entree into certain marketing programs and options, and which helps prompt actual purchases as many readers are hesitant about buying a book by an unknown, unreviewed author.

As part of the program, a leading panel of library and publishing experts will discuss the best ways that libraries can bring together authors and readers in the digital age.

Through strategic alliances with leading trade publishers, Author Solutions is making it possible to develop new literary talent efficiently and provide authors with platforms to bring their books to readers everywhere.

Authors, writers, publishers of eBooks, audiobooks and short texts can... A) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii - without author contract - in real - time, without technical skills - with an own authorpage and online shop - enter all information such as description, tags, cover, price... - upload an eBook in one or multiple formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls... - high royalties per download - consolidated real - time sales reports - keeping full editorial and copyright control or B) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii and additionally on major eBook retailers - we convert eBooks to the ePub and mobi format for free - we distribute to the leading eBook - shops all over the world for free - we provide consolidated sales reports Readers have... - the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories and genres - an easy access to a huge variety of content - can instantly download after purchase - have the opportunity to rate and comment on eBooks

The survey was jointly conducted by DCL, an industry leader in organizing and converting content into digital formats, and Bowker, the world's leading provider of bibliographic information, connecting publishers, authors and booksellers with readers.

That's one of the reasons why I became a writer myself, because I wanted to at least try to take readers on the kind of journey that I want authors to guide me through, the kind of ride Ben Dobson just led me on.

«We're excited about any program that helps readers discover our authors and their books,» said David Nussbaum, Chief Executive and Chairman of F+W Media Inc. «We think this will lead to more people reading F+W's books, and more profit for our authors.»

In 2013 we started focusing more on books promotion and marketing because market changes led to a great opportunity for anyone willing to focus on connecting authors with readers efficiently and smoothly

Indie authors are an important part of the Goodreads community and there are several ways authors can engage with readers on Goodreads for free, including sharing what you are reading yourself (Maggie Stiefvater, Rick Riordan, and Roxane Gay are three great examples of authors who do this), using our «Ask the Author» feature, and providing additional content about your books with our Kindle Notes & Highlights on Goodreads feature (see how Emma Chase shared notes on her book, Royally Screwed, which led to some great interactions with her fans — authors should contact our author team if they are interested in doing something like thisAuthor» feature, and providing additional content about your books with our Kindle Notes & Highlights on Goodreads feature (see how Emma Chase shared notes on her book, Royally Screwed, which led to some great interactions with her fans — authors should contact our author team if they are interested in doing something like thisauthor team if they are interested in doing something like this too).

In that vein, Wattpad rethought the entire concept of what a published story means, giving authors and readers a way to connect on works in progress that has since led to a publication discovery model that lets content creators benefit from their online fan base.

While Amazon might seem to be retail - centric on this one, complete with a reader hashtag for social media that they can use to share what they're reading, the company also reached out to individual indie authors in the weeks leading up to the event, inviting specific authors to take part in the month - long event.

Ahn went on to describe some of the processes which Korean ebook publishing platforms employ, notably a very user friendly drop - and - drag system which he compared to the ease of using Power Point, a factor which may lead to greater numbers of self - published authors, even as greater numbers of readers go digital.

The rapid growth of the ebook market, along with persuasive voices encouraging authors to price everything at 99 cents (in part to make spammy books less profitable), has led to a huge discount mentality among readers.

Although Amazon is on the right track, and of course you don't want fake or misleading book reviews (because they lead to MORE negative reviews from disappointed readers), as a professional author you also need to do what you can to counteract Amazon's overzealous review removal policies.

Authors who design their own covers often run into trouble because their close connection to their books lead to covers that confuse readers rather than invite them.

Even then, money, fame and fortune were not guaranteed because even though you had many authors and hundreds of thousands of books available, the reader market was not that great and publishers were really not focusing on new authors, but instead continued to support established and well marketed books.With the introduction of new technology and the drive to store lot of books electronically in case of certain disaster lead to the eBook phenomena.

And if you are going to explore email, you may want to check out Paul Teague's Indie Author Fringe session: INSTAFREEBIE LEADS EXPLOSION: HOW TO ADD 100s OF TARGETED READERS TO YOUR EMAIL LIST.

Readers are very often delighted to help an author out, and of course, this input into the creative process further cements the relationship, leading to greater sales and goodwill.

In 2016, I created BookSweeps.com, the premier book giveaway & lead generation site for fiction authors, with an email list of over 100,000 readers.

In the six weeks leading up to the publication of Nightshade (Oct. 19, Philomel), a teen novel by debut author Andrea Cremer, readers can watch one of the main characters come to life in 12 webisodes.

Kickstarter's publishing «lead», Margot Atwell, wants to make it clear that the site «definitely doesn't supplant the role of editor, publicist or publisher» and is really «just one more tool an author or publisher can use to connect with readers and spread the word about their book».

Bowker is the world's leading provider of bibliographic information, connecting publishers, authors, and booksellers with readers.

Past presenters include Leigh Cunningham - Executive Director of the Association of Independent Authors (AiA), Dete Meserve - president of Wind Dancer films (Home Improvement, What Women Want with Mel Gibson), Steven Spatz - President of BookBaby (industry leader in author services), Burke Allen - CEO of Allen Media Strategies (industry leading P.R. and media firm for authors), Eddie Price - marketing expert and successful self - published author, Darlene Chan - Hollywood publicist that specilizes in promoting independent authors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers AssocAuthors (AiA), Dete Meserve - president of Wind Dancer films (Home Improvement, What Women Want with Mel Gibson), Steven Spatz - President of BookBaby (industry leader in author services), Burke Allen - CEO of Allen Media Strategies (industry leading P.R. and media firm for authors), Eddie Price - marketing expert and successful self - published author, Darlene Chan - Hollywood publicist that specilizes in promoting independent authors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers Assocauthors), Eddie Price - marketing expert and successful self - published author, Darlene Chan - Hollywood publicist that specilizes in promoting independent authors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers Assocauthors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers AssocAuthors and Publishers Association.

The group, led by thriller author Douglas Preston, even took out an ad in the New York Times to protest Amazon's tactics and ask readers to email Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos with complaints.

Once the author sets up his book, whatever it «s a physical book, e-book when that is well fit into the Market place, it «s at once taking the shape, the background, the suitable form, main writing themes and axes of projects that are leading and targeting the readers through an atmosphere of his taste for his own culture and collective use.

First - time authors in this genre will sometimes leave room in the plot for sequels, and often a reader can guess from the various loose ends where subsequent books will lead.

Generally, romance authors are plowing 10 % of their earnings back into promotions and lead generation activities to find new readers.

The details provided — author, title, publisher, year of publication, web url etc — should be able to lead readers to the listed reference, one way or another.

As an author and entrepreneur, you'll need to create landing pages for your readers and followers to take action on everything from downloading your lead magnet to buying your books and courses.

Many readers purchase through Amazon.com, the leading online bookseller, after seeing coverage in the media, on the web, and on social networking websites, leading to increased book sales for the author.

A «Meet the Authors and Illustrators» section will no doubt lead readers to more books.