Not
all authors responded to our email queries, so the sample size is smaller than for the abstracts.
Not exact matches
CNN: My Take: Counting the Bible's words doesn't yield a Republican Jesus Stephen Prothero, Boston University religion scholar and
author of «The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation,»
responds to angry
emails he received after writing a Belief Blog post in which he takes issue with evangelicals using Jesus as a political tool
to benefit the Republican Party.
A: As long as you reply
to her
emails by 9:30 a.m. (a reasonable time
to respond after dropping the kids off or running
to the gym), youre in fair - game territory, says Penelope Trunk,
author of Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success.
Curious, I
responded to his
email, asking about his statement, «I will be a * Best Selling *
Author (shortly)» (sic — emphasis his).
Authors Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneide tell women never
to respond to an
email from a potential suitor before 24 hours pass.
Elle (Eva Green)-- whose name, as is often commented on in the film, literally translates
to «Her» — is a supposed super-fan who ingratiates herself into Delphine's life as a «good listener» before gradually moving into the
author's flat and taking over her work, deleting slanderous Facebook posts,
responding to emails, and even attending a face -
to - face gig in her place.
Note
to authors: If you send an
email query outside the open submissions period, I can be very slow
to respond.
When I've attempted
to set up book promotions with the
authors I know, the promotions didn't happen because we couldn't get certain publicists
to respond to our
emails in a timely fashion.
So many
authors dread
responding to emails and spending their time on Twitter that they fail
to forge deeper connections with their fans.
Usually these fake
email scams are easier
to spot, with the
authors making large numbers of silly grammatical errors or giving a strong sense of urgency that you
respond; this one is surprisingly better composed.
Sure they might be a bunch of great guys and
respond to your
emails quickly, but if their sample videos are TERRIBLE, it does not leave a good impression with
authors in general.
If after I accepted the review and that
author never
responded back or never sent the book, I would then transfer the
email to a list I was keeping for
authors who sent requests and never sent the books.
I do not post DNF «reviews» unless the
author refuses
to respond to that question in an
email within 2 weeks.
I love talking
to fans on Facebook and Twitter,
responding to emails that come through my website, and chatting with other
authors on KBoards or other online sites.
So therefore the conclusion must be that mailing list don't work, that people are getting too much
email, because some people
responded to their
emails telling the
author so, and therefore that means list building is a thing of the past.
Because of the amount of
emails we receive and our commitment
to respond within two weeks, we will only
respond to the
authors we are interested in; however, this does not mean you can not reapply in the future.
Battered by rejection letters from well - known publishers (often because the book is not ready for publication), the
author may abandon mainstream or small press publishing
to respond to a magazine advertisement or an enticing
email that promises editing help, distribution, even submissions
to film producers.
While most of the iUniverse staff were courteous and usually
responded promptly, the worst and least responsive manager was Eugene Hopkins, Global Director of
Author Satisfaction, who never answered my later
emails and refused
to provide contact info for the company president.
The
author told me that because I wasn't willing
to demonstrate my commitment
to him by remaining on his
email list, he had
responded in kind by unsubscribing from my book marketing newsletter and disconnecting from me on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
But I wonder if that's just a minority among a sea of struggling writers looking
to somehow leverage lists of readers trained
to respond to email notifications from their fav
authors.
Recently, I was
responding to an
author's
email when he asked me
to google his book.
I've sent out an
email to the lead
authors and overall leaders of the report on the basic science and will update this post when they
respond.