Not exact matches
Laura, the
author of the post, is a
kind, witty and brilliant friend who is
doing some
of the hardest pastoral
work there is and sometimes must lovingly serve others who would hate her.
«The results position TRPV4 as a new target for preventing and treating sunburn, and probably chronic sun damage including skin cancer or skin photo - aging, though more
work must be
done before TRPV4 inhibitors can become part
of the sun defense arsenal, perhaps in new
kinds of skin cream, or to treat chronic sun damage,» said Steinhoff, co-senior
author of the study.
You'll need to
do the
work to determine how to submit to each individual organization, but this is the
kind of thing successful
authors are willing to
do.
The SPFBO is just one example
of the community
of authors and reviewers
working together to spread the word about great books that don't have the
kind of exposure you'd see with a traditional bestseller.
«Not too far in the future, the
author comes to the Pubslush site,» Ioannou says, «gets a checklist
of the steps that the book needs; gets to choose an editor who has lots
of experience with that
kind of book or a young editor just starting out who will
do the
work more cheaply; sees samples
of the
work of a lot
of cover designers and picks one; sees an array
of publishers who might be interested in publishing the book — or gets various options to self - publish; and gets help to pay for it all» with crowdfunding «or can just pay for it all on the spot if that option appeals more.»
And that's why I wonder if some sort
of liaison doesn't need to be devised, able to engage with any platform - based contingency
of this
kind and
work to mitigate the damage that every
author - businessperson experiences when caught in the crossfire.
Hybrid - publishing superstar Hugh Howey,
working with an anonymous «data guru,» has just mined the bestseller lists
of Amazon to compile stunning statistics about what
kind of books are selling there, how well, which
authors are
doing best, and much more.
One other friend
of mine left he was in the real estate space wrote a book with with a major publishing house and then a few years later stopped he left real estate and went into a really strong personal development business and the publisher went up well you're not promoting this book anymore and they took his book word - for - word and put somebody else's name on the cover
of it and just put a new introduction on it no credit to anybody he had
worked because he had two co-
authors help him with it because he's dyslexic so they essentially were the ones that wrote it and he provided a lot
of the content and the publisher gave those other
authors no credit took his name off and put somebody else's name on the front and then the publisher was 100 % within their rights to
do it so you know there's a lot
of things that I challenge people to
kind of think about what's important and if you're putting all your expertise into this book you want to make sure that somebody's negotiated a heck out
of it giving you a contract that actually makes sense for you and your business.
Working with indie
authors does mean that we're privy to all
kinds of emotions and fears and raw human neuroses!
I don't like to use the term «guru,» but Chris is my favorite marketing «guru,» because I totally connect with the way she teaches
author marketing — a very «common sense» approach to marketing that's based more on strategy than tactics, and a common sense, «
do the
work,»
kind of an approach.
Sadly, not everyone feels this way about their
work and prefer to
do things on the cheap which has spawned all
kinds of hair brained schemes which could harm an
author's career.
I think
authors should study grammar enough to
do that mundane job on their own, or run their
work past a person who has a sound grip on that subject so that those
kinds of mistakes are eliminated for the typesetters.
And while Cornwell tries «to take the high road,» she says, and is graciously measured when speaking to the question
of the UK publishing industry's relationship with Amazon, she
does point out that there's a different
kind of disruption at
work — between
author and reader — when booksellers decline to offer titles to their customers.
CTV.CA (Canada) reported that»» While the vaccine
does work and we still recommend that it be used, it
does not demonstrate the
kinds of efficacy levels we have reported,» according to the report's lead
author Michael T. Osterholm.
I don't know how the IPCC process
works in regards to the workload and people's regular day jobs, but it seems to me that major contributors like Lead
Authors should be given a paid sabbatical
of some
kind while they're on the IPCC job.