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both authors and book industry professionals an at - a-glance method by wh...
If used appropriately, the checklist gives both
authors and book industry professionals an at - a-glance method by which to gauge the professional presentation of a book.
Her post is part of Rebecca's Bare Necessities series, «in which
authors and book industry professionals share annotated reading lists of books they love.»
Not exact matches
Dalhousie University economist Marina Adshade,
author of an upcoming
book based on her blog, Dollars
and Sex, warns not to expect a windfall of tax revenue from a regulated sex
industry.
Leigh Gallagher, Fortune Magazine
and «The Airbnb Story,»
author talks about how Airbnb has transformed the way travelers
book rooms
and disrupted the hotel
industry.
«Oil
industry companies would do well to be cautious
and stop assuming that good relations with PDVSA can last forever due to a common interest in pumping oil,» Raul Gallegos, associate director with the consultancy Control Risks,
and author of Crude Nation, a
book about how oil ruined the Venezuelan economy, said in an interview with Reuters.
He is the
author of The Recession - Proof Business: Lessons from the Greatest Recession Success Stories of All Time, Extreme Revenue Growth: Startup Secrets to Growing Your Sales from $ 1 Million to $ 25 Million in Any
Industry,
and Bookmercial Marketing: Why
Books Replace Brochures in the Credibility Age.
Independent Publisher Magazine Groundbreaking Indie
Book (Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green), Apex Award for Best
Book in the PR
Industry (Principled Profit),
and Foreword Magazine
Book of the Year Finalist (Grassroots Marketing)--
and author of six
books that have been translated
and republished abroad
Richard is the
author of two
books and numerous academic
and industry papers.
Our
industry leading website (FamilyOffices.com), a weekly podcast on iTunes, newsletter, webinars, quarterly events,
and authored the bestselling
book in the
industry is what drives membership.
In the prologue of their 2013
book entitled Happy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending,
authors Elizabeth Dunn
and Michael Norton state: «When it comes to increasing the amount of money they have, most people recognize that relying on their own intuition is insufficient, spawning an entire
industry of financial advisors.
Today this apolitical avant - garde has found its ventriloquist
and prophet in Marshall McLuhan, an
author who admittedly lacks any analytical categories for the understanding of social processes, but whose confused
books serve as a quarry of undigested observations for the media
industry.
While I am on the subject of the publishing
industry, let me make one little tiny suggestion to publishers
and book agents: Please, out of respect
and courtesy to the
authors who submit
books to you, don't you think it would be wise to create a little form letter that you send to
authors whose
books you reject?
The James Beard Foundation, the culinary
industry's most prestigious recognition program, has announced the winners of the 2016 James Beard Foundation
Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards, honoring the nation's top cookbook
authors, culinary broadcast producers
and hosts,
and food
industry journalists.
David Sax,
author of The Tastemakers, a
book about the
industry and complexity of food trends, specifically points to a 2010 flavor forecast by McCormick that spotlighted pumpkin spice as a holiday flavor.
In Episode 57, Asha
and I talk about
and share my interview with Nicole Feliciano, fashion
industry veteran turned online media rock star, blogger (MomTrends.com),
and author of the new
book Mom Boss - a start - up manual for mom entrepreneurs.
She is the
author of six prize - winning
books: Food Politics: How the Food
Industry Influences Nutrition
and Health; Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety; What to Eat; Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics (with Dr. Malden Nesheim); Eat, Drink Vote: An Illustrated Guide to Food Politics;
and Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (
and Winning).
In Episode 57, Christine
and Asha talk about
and share Christine's interview with Nicole Feliciano, fashion
industry veteran turned online media rock star, blogger (MomTrends.com),
and author of the new
book Mom Boss - a start - up manual for mom entrepreneurs.
Professionally involved in the Arts & Crafts
industry for over 25 years, she has
authored over 50 «How To» craft
books on a wide variety of subjects as well as feature columns in both national
and international magazines.
An educator, lecturer, researcher,
and health food
industry consultant, he is the
author of more than 30
books, including his newest
book The Complete Book of Juicing, Revised and Updated (Clarkson Potter, January 20
book The Complete
Book of Juicing, Revised and Updated (Clarkson Potter, January 20
Book of Juicing, Revised
and Updated (Clarkson Potter, January 2014).
She has been a publicist in the
book industry for many years
and coaches other writers aspiring to be bestselling
authors.
With over a decade of personal experience
and expertise,
authors of the
book already known as «the Kombucha bible,»
and founders / directors of the
industry trade group, you'll know with certainty that you're buying Kombucha products from people with a passion for changing the world, one gut at a time.
He is the
author of the most acclaimed
book on the movie
industry, Hollywood Economics: How Extreme Uncertainty Shapes the Film Industry, and of the book on the Evolutionary Fitness diet we are introducing today — The New Evoluti
industry, Hollywood Economics: How Extreme Uncertainty Shapes the Film
Industry, and of the book on the Evolutionary Fitness diet we are introducing today — The New Evoluti
Industry,
and of the
book on the Evolutionary Fitness diet we are introducing today — The New Evolution Diet.
She's a prior Senior Lecturer in Kinesiology at Iowa State University, an international fitness
industry presenter, speaker
and author of four
books, including the most recent, You Still Got It, Girl!
An
industry journalist
and author, today we talk to Hanna Crum,
author of The
Book Book of Kombucha.
FAST COMPANY — Jan 26 —
Author Dan Slater, who is writing a
book about the online dating
industry, attended the iDate Conference in Miami
and took a look at the way technology is influencing the way we date online.
Furthermore, Reggie is an
author of the
book TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS OF AN ONLINE DATER
and has over 17 years overall experience in the International marriage
and dating
industry.
PRESS RELEASE — May 28 — Patti Stanger, star of the Bravo TV series «The Millionaire Matchmaker,»
author of the bestselling
book «Become Your Own Matchmaker»
and CEO of"www.MillionairesClub123.com,» will discuss how TV can be utilized to positively impact the online dating
and matchmaking
industry at the Internet Dating Conference in Los Angeles on June 25th.
«There are over 100 ways to gain an upper hand in the online dating
industry,» says Joe Tracy, publisher of Online Dating Magazine
and author of the
book Web Marketing Applied.
The project began when
author, journalist, television veteran,
and filmmaker David Stenn was working on a
book about star Jean Harlow, who died mysteriously at 26,
and stumbled upon the story of Patricia Douglas, a Douglas with a much more tragic relationship to the film
industry than Last Vegas star Michael.
Also the
author of The New York Times best - selling
book «Suck It Wonder Woman: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek,» Munn
and five other women in November accused film producer
and director Brett Ratner of sexual misconduct,
and she has become an active supporter of the Times Up Initiative, led by women in the entertainment
industry to provide legal defense funds to help less privileged women protect themselves from sexual misconduct.
Young Adult (& Kids)
Book Central
Book reviews,
author interviews
and bios,
industry news,
and more related to children's
and young adult
books.
The inspiration for the film comes from the
book Making the Grade, by
author Todd Farley, who spent his career working in the standardized testing
industry and confirmed Hornberger's suspicions that high - stakes testing not only stifles the creativity of teachers
and is harmful to students, but it's ultimately fraudulent, too.
I talked with one
author last month, someone who's very experienced — like, they are not new to the publishing
industry —
and they wanted to know why they weren't seeing sales in like the hundreds of copies per day,
and their
book had only been out a week.
With the growth of the indie publishing
industry, more
and more
authors are choosing to sell their
books directly or through online retailers.
Under the leadership of Ken Michaels, President
and COO of Hachette
and Chair of the
Book Industry Study Group, the company is focused on better providing value to
authors by investing in services, capabilities,
and agility, rather than relying strictly on volume
and size.
And that
author — in the person of Penn (whose self - published
books are written under the name J.F. Penn)-- was with us on the panel to respond to what she was hearing from these
industry - leading agents.
Given the transformational changes taking place throughout the
industry, very desirable
industry professionals (agents, editors, many others) will find ways to offer high - quality services that can make a perceptible difference to an indie
author's
book marketing
and sales.
As always, Amazon still dominates both the market place
and the discussion, with its ever - expanding reach into different aspects of the publishing world, but keep in mind the eBook
industry is international,
and current events in foreign countries will also play a role in the success of a
book or
author.
The event is both a learning
and pitching opportunity;
authors receive training, practice time
and a critique before pitching their
book ideas to entertainment -
industry insiders.
The
Book Blueprint: Expert Advice for Creating
Industry - Standard Print
Books I'm happy to announce we've just published The Book Blueprint, 252 pages of tips, advice, and plenty of guidance for authors who want to create print b
Books I'm happy to announce we've just published The
Book Blueprint, 252 pages of tips, advice,
and plenty of guidance for
authors who want to create print
booksbooks.
Independent Publisher
Book Awards The «IPPY» Awards were conceived as a broad - based, unaffiliated awards program open to all members of the independent publishing
industry and are open to
authors and publishers worldwide who produce
books written in English
and intended for the North American market.
Beyond Paper Editing provided technical expertise
and insights into the publishing
industry that were essential to getting our
book to market, knowledge that we as first - time
authors did not have.
Attending
and / or participating in trade shows
and conferences, etc. (see below) Reading
industry newsletters
and blogs Publishers Marketplace Publishers Weekly Monitoring media World news
and trends National news
and trends Niche news
and trends Reading
books / articles about the
industry and / or craft of writing Reading
books in genres the agent represents, written by
authors he or she doesn't represent
Each year,
Author Solutions
and our imprints head to some of the biggest
book fairs, trade shows
and industry events in the nation.
Written by a publishing consultant
and author, with plenty of advice from other
industry professionals, this
book offers an objective analysis of the processes
and companies involved in self - publishing.
Ingram opens up distribution of their
books nearly worldwide, including on Amazon,
and offers
industry - standard discount rates to
book buyers — the LSI
author has total control of his / her
book pricing
and can set the discount sales rate to standard 55 % with returns allowed.
If you have an existing social media presence, follow reviewers, reporters who regularly cover
books, bloggers,
and publishing
industry folks...
and make connections with other
authors.
Advances, promotion
and book tours will remain the domain of the publishing
industry,
and they'll always be the first choice for almost any
author.
The awards are open to all members of the independent publishing
industry,
and to
authors and publishers worldwide who produce
books written in English
and intended for the North American market.