Sentences with phrase «authors are frustrated»

Not sure how the self - pubbing rage is going to look when the dust settles, only that a lot of authors are frustrated and impatient right now because the «Big Boys» aren't buying as they try to figure out how to respond to industry changes.

Many self - published authors are frustrated by lack of visibility online and this is just one way to get noticed and it won't cost you a thing.

I feel that Jane may be misinterpreted because authors are frustrated with all that is on their plate.

Many authors are frustrated because there are so many options for self - publishing, and they don't know which one to choose or what will be best for their book.

However, we understand that authors are frustrated and worried.

Here's the bottom line, in a nutshell... sorry I just couldn't resist the mixed metaphor: Many first - time authors are frustrated at their inability to get either an agent or a publisher.

Just as authors were frustrated by sometimes waiting almost two years from the date of contract signing to the date of publication, readers have grown to expect the speed of instant downloads and almost monthly content from their favorite writers, even in the form of a stand - along digital novella to fill in the gaps while waiting for the next full - length title.

I should note that, courtesy of some accidental posts on the Lois Bujold mailing list from herself, it seems that Baen's previous royalty rate for ebooks had become perceived as too low by some authors and that authors were frustrated that their books were not available on Amazon etc..

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«It's frustrating, but it's true,» bestselling management author and CNBC contributor Suzy Welch says.

BookFunnel was started in 2015 by fantasy novelist Damon Courtney, who became frustrated when he couldn't create links for free book promotions; it helps authors do giveaways and build readership.

I guess for authors it could be frustrating to sign books then have them go up on ebay later that day for 100's or 1000's of dollars.

Rene Syler, author, speaker and television personality, decided she wanted to pull back the curtain and expose the myths about modern motherhood; it's both terribly rewarding and ridiculously stressful, exhilarating and exhausting, fun and frustrating.

And the authors noted that babies who were held without being fed tended to get frustrated, and required much more time to settle down (Gray et al 2002).

To see your first book short - listed for prizes and showered with praise would be achievement enough for any frustrated writer and self - confessed teenage author of second - rate poetry.

«We all know how frustrating it can be to wake up and find your street has been unexpectedly blocked off for a street fair, a parade or any other event,» said East Side City Councilman Dan Garodnick, who authored the bill creating the map.

As such, the physician may be frustrated in not being able to provide the same level of care as he or she could back home, or by not being able to offer adequate follow - up, or by not being able to treat civilians,» the study's authors found.

«Many transgender youth have experienced uncomfortable and frustrating encounters with doctors, particularly when a doctor isn't well informed about transgender health,» said lead author Beth Clark, a PhD candidate in interdisciplinary studies.

Lead author Dr Richard Massey, in the Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, at Durham University, said: «The search for dark matter is frustrating, but that's science.

Sebastian Gliga, the lead author of the study and Marie Curie Research Fellow at the University of Glasgow, recalls: «The system we have studied is an artificial spin ice, a class of geometrically frustrated magnetic materials.

The first - of - its - kind copper iridate metal oxide — Cu2IrO3 — is one where the natural magnetic order is disrupted, a state known as geometric frustration, said Boston College Assistant Professor of Physics Fazel Tafti, a lead author of the study, titled Cu2IrO3: a new magnetically frustrated honeycomb iridate.

«At extreme levels, entitlement is a toxic narcissistic trait, repeatedly exposing people to the risk of feeling frustrated, unhappy, and disappointed with life,» said lead author and recent Case Western Reserve graduate Joshua Grubbs, PhD, in a press release.

I remember reading that book and being very frustrated by how much the author contradicted himself.

In a world before the internet, in an era where literary agents were scarce, and in a time when stories weren't written on computers, but arduously typed, page after page, on a type writer, my dad had been a frustrated almost - there author too!

It's an intriguing matchmaking exercise, but the pairing of St. Aubyn with Lear seems predestined — who better to reckon with a play about frustrated power and familial resentment than the author of the Patrick Melrose novels, a five - book exorcism of ancestral demons?

Author Aims to Help Children Manage Anger Laura Fox's book, I Am So Angry I Could Scream: Helping Children Deal With Anger, tells the story of a long, frustrating day for a little girl who finally loses her temper.

The fact that these authors failed to follow a standard research convention is curious and frustrating.

www.zigsite.com/PDFs/CompPreschool.pdf Improving Reading Rate of Low Performers Author: Siegfried Engelmann Trying to improve the reading rate of very low performers can be a frustrating experience for both learner and teacher.

Some frustrated authors are calling for a boycott of Amazon and signing an open letter drafted by Douglas Preston.

Literary Agent First Five Pages — One of the things that frustrates authors most, is literary agents who only let writers submit a few pages of a manuscript, and then reject it.

Today another friend of mine was following more of the usual drama over at Dear Author and was so frustrated by the comments of one famous author that she swore never to buy the woman's Author and was so frustrated by the comments of one famous author that she swore never to buy the woman's author that she swore never to buy the woman's books.

Authors need to focus on the big picture first, then follow up with sentence - level work if the problems are severe enough to frustrate an agent or a publisher.

There are many frustrating realities of being a self - published author: unfriendly review policies, managing your own production, stigma, and more.

I can imagine how frustrating it must be for you to acknowledge the fact that other authors have gained exposure from the novels they wrote.

One of the increasingly frustrating aspects of the current publishing revolution is also the very thing that provides authors with a satisfying writing and publishing experience, and that's the need for the once - rigid rules of genre and categories to be thrown out.

According to your Op - Ed — and considering that your own self - published books on Amazon aren't on any bestseller's list — in my opinion, you come across as someone who's frustrated at not achieving the same success as other authors.

Self - publishing used to be the option of last resort for frustrated authors, but more and more authors are abandoning the frustrations of the traditional publishing industry in favor of the immediacy and creative control of self - publishing.

Herman Melville was unknown during his lifetime and died a horrifically frustrated man, therefore, according to this igloo - head's definition, Melville was not an «author».

After all, when you're only making a couple bucks compared to other authors who make six - figures, it can make you envious and / or frustrated.

And as more and more indie authors are picked up by big houses based, not on queries and submissions and the traditional system, but on established sales records, it could be a viable alternative to a frustrating and, at times, broken system.

Self - publishing - paying a printer to run off a few hundred copies - has long been available as a last resort to frustrated amateur authors.

And I'm writing in young adult, a genre many authors feel is particularly frustrating (how do you reach teenage readers?).

New indie authors find it exceptionally frustrating at how much they're ignored by traditional media or outlets.

Frustrated by the exasperating search for a literary agent and publishers, many authors these days are listening to the lure of the heavily - funded - and - advertised Print - on - Demand companies, which promise publication at low fees.

Yesterday, I heard from yet another frustrated author whose publisher is promoting books in the same way as books were promoted 5 years ago: sending out books and media kits to the conventional media, following up, and trying to persuade journalists, reporters, producers, and hosts to choose their story, review their book, or set up an interview with their author.

He's also frustrated by the very medium of dead - tree publishing itself, since when consumers buy a book they're really paying for the author's ideas and a book is «a form that's hard to spread» and electronically he can reach «10 to 50 times as many people.»

Authors walked in to the store each week and Chandler was frustrated by the mistakes she witnessed: lack of editing, amateur cover designs that clearly looked self - published, books priced inappropriately, and authors lacking a marketing plan or an understanding about the publishing inAuthors walked in to the store each week and Chandler was frustrated by the mistakes she witnessed: lack of editing, amateur cover designs that clearly looked self - published, books priced inappropriately, and authors lacking a marketing plan or an understanding about the publishing inauthors lacking a marketing plan or an understanding about the publishing industry.

I'll admit it's a frustrating answer because there are many authors who really hard on their books, yet they don't a high number of reviews in return.

Our Instant Response Media Campaigns fill gaps — which authors always find frustrating and disappointing — left by the old - fashioned approach to book promotion that says «once we've contacted the media, we're finished» or «sorry, but we can't promote you until your book is on the shelves.»

The hardest part of my job is watching our author - clients struggle and get frustrated with their book marketing efforts.

As a reader, I'm always frustrated that the authors I really like don't have more books.