Sentences with phrase «authors surveyed»

A majority of authors surveyed reported that 2016 has been the best year since 2010.

Last year we conducted an extensive author survey to tease out the strategies and tactics successful authors were using to achieve their success.

-LSB-...] When I reported the Digital Book World and Writer's Digest Author Survey annual writing income results for 2013, Hugh Howey, casting the results as indie vs. traditional publishing, demanded a recount: -LSB-...]

[dropcap style =» flat» size =» 5 ″] I [/ dropcap] n every round of author survey results — from Digital Book World's «What Authors Want» last January, to Dr. Florian Geuppert's report to us last week in Frankfurt on his study of 1,800 European authors using his Hamburg - based Books on Demand platform — entrepreneurial authors tell us that creative freedom and control of their business are top reasons for self - publishing.

A survey conducted by The Bookseller further demonstrated that only about one - third of self - published authors surveyed stated that they would consider a traditional book deal.

Digital Book World and Writer's Digest are doing their third annual Author Survey.

The hybrid authors surveyed reported themselves to be more motivated by money than the others and less impressed with publishers» ability to add any value by making a book «more like what the market wants.»

The study authors surveyed 1,285 students with disabilities from 61 U.S. colleges and universities in 2013.

DBW has been conducting in - depth author surveys over the past few years, releasing annual reports on the state of publishing from the viewpoints of these survey respondents.

In fact, a recent survey conducted by The Bookseller noted that only about one - third of the self - published authors surveyed stated that they would consider a traditional book deal.

indie authors surveyed said paid reviews didn't work (those who did had the lowest average number of reviews and lowest revenue)

Among the 4,000 hybrid authors surveyed by Writers Digest, creative control is the most rational factor that ties them to the title.

«I think that is a nonsensical response» that reflects «the religious right's point of view,» says Jon Miller, a science literacy researcher at Michigan State University in East Lansing who authored the survey 3 decades ago and conducted it for NSF until 2001.

(The first author surveyed students in methods courses over a two - year period to collect perceptions while the second author gathered ideas from teachers during a recent Third Coast Writing Project seminar he facilitated.)

Howey rightly points to the need for accurate data in order for authors to make informed decisions about which publishing route would be best for their books, and that data can not come from author surveys alone.

We now have a full suite of results from this survey, 2017 BookBaby Author Survey.

One of the observations Beverley Kendall made in her fantastic self - published authors survey struck me in regards to this issue.

Digital Book World and Writer's Digest magazine announced some of the results of an in - depth author survey at this morning's Digital Book World Conference and Expo in New York.

This has been nowhere more evident than in DBW's own author survey and its longtime scorn for the Author Earnings report.

Approximately 11 % authors surveyed fell into the 100K bucket, so it's a pretty exclusive club but also one that is within reach.

One annual element that directly involves writerly talent is the delivery of the Digital Book World author survey.

Self - Publishing Roundtable: Episode 31 Discussing the Digital Book World and Writer's Digest Author Survey February 6, 2014 View Webcast

No fool she, Friedman, who with Harry Bingham mounted a fine author survey led by The Bookseller earlier this year, goes right to those guys at the zoo — «It's the old parable about blind men trying to describe an elephant» (drink)-- and she then points, as must we all, to that other large animal in the room:

Nearly 2,000 indie authors recently gave a glimpse into their writing and publishing life by participating in an Indie Author Survey, sponsored by successful indie author Marie Force, that asked about how much they wrote and what type of books, the challenges and joys of being an indie author, how to make their business work and a host of other topics.

The publishing world has been abuzz with the results of the 2014 Digital Book World (DBW) and Writer's Digest Author Survey.

1 min readDigital Book World and Writer's Digest are doing their third annual Author Survey.

Or maybe their success is a matter of selection: The hybrid authors surveyed were good enough to break into traditional publishing due on average to some greater talent or marketability that also translates well into the world of self - publishing.

News stories included Amazon's fake review lawsuit, three recent seven - figure publishing deals for indies, the luck factor of publishing, the reasoning behind Oyster's new online book store, and the traditionally published author survey.

The authors surveyed nine of the largest in situ operations, all using SAGD.

The authors surveyed 125 men and women on what they believe makes them authentic leaders, and the answers may surprise you.

In a section addressing promotion of New York Times content — essentially, social media distribution — the report's authors survey the techniques of «competitors» and compare them to the Times» strategy.

Writing for a general audience, the author surveys some of the disputes over whether the public square should be naked, sacred, or civil.

North to Naibor Keju 34 Continuing his assessment of the state of Kenya's game animals, the author surveys an area where he had hunted in 1974 by Robert F. Jones

The authors surveyed 855 patients with breast, gastrointestinal, and thoracic cancers treated at Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale - New Haven.

Of the 38 studies the authors surveyed, which were winnowed down from a pool of thousands, 14 favored Canada, five the U.S., and 19 yielded mixed results.

The research the authors surveyed contradicts nearly all the received ideas about the impact of games.

The authors surveyed 5928 graduate students in the biological and life sciences, chemistry, physics, engineering, and computer science at 39 U.S. universities in 2010 and 2013.

The authors surveyed more than 200 individuals about their personalities then randomly assigned them a role in a mock negotiation between two companies.

Taking an ecological approach that considers the influence of anatomical and physiological features of the human host as well as the microorganisms» impact on both healthy and impaired individuals, the author surveys microbial communities that inhabit healthy humans.

The authors surveyed Department of Veterans Affairs PCPs, including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

The authors surveyed 871 women and men who were members of two online dating sites in the Netherlands.

The authors surveyed the schools» leaders and visited 11 schools, finding them to be «serious, purposeful places: competitive but supportive, energized yet calm.»

For the report, published online Jan. 9 by the National Center for Education Statistics, the authors surveyed teachers on professional - development issues during the 1999 - 2000 school year.