It's coming to that time of year again, when the publishing industry seeks to honour
the best of the books published in the last calendar year.
Not exact matches
Independent authors enjoy more creative control and far
better royalties: They keep 50 % to 70 %
of book sales, vs. 15 % to 25 % royalties for traditionally
published books.
Last month, Packer, a New Yorker staff writer
best known for his writing on Iraq,
published The Unwinding, a
book he calls «an inner history
of the new America.»
We find electronic
publishing of books very
good.
Best - selling author (and Inc. magazine columnist) Paul B. Brown's latest
book, Entrepreneurship for the Rest
of Us, has just been
published.
And in even more dire news, the season is likely to be shorter as the Thrones producers begin to wrap up the multiple story threads as
well as while fans
of the original
book series wait for Martin
publish the sixth
book in the series, The Winds
of Winter.
You might know Seth Godin as a sort
of marketing legend, the author
of books such as Unleashing the Ideavirus, «the most popular e-
book ever
published,» according to his marketing materials (I have no idea how I'd check that), and Purple Cow, «the
best - selling marketing
book of the decade» (similar caveat).
IMPORTANT: Jack Canfield (co-creator
of the Chicken Soup series), Jim Hightower populist organizer and speaker,
best - selling author
of many
books, and former Texas Commissioner
of Agriculture, Robert B. Reich (former US Secretary
of Labor), Anne Holland (founding publisher
of MarketingSherpa.com) Ken Evoy (founder
of sitesell / com and siebuildit.com), and several other prominent people endorsed the original, self -
published version, Principled Profit: Marketing that Puts People First, but did not respond to requests to update their endorsements.
In 2015, Spencer co-wrote and
published his first
book, the New York Times»
Best Seller «Zillow Talk: Rewriting the Rules
of Real Estate.»
In 2015, Stan co-wrote and
published his first
book, the New York Times
Best Seller «Zillow Talk: Rewriting the Rules
of Real Estate.»
He has
published 11
books, including The Design
of Business, Fixing the Game, Playing to Win (with A.G. Lafley) and Getting Beyond
Better (with Sally Osberg).
Dr. Loughlin has
published empirical papers in the Journal
of Experimental Psychology, the Journal
of Organizational Behavior, the Journal
of Applied Psychology, and the Journal
of Occupational and Organisational Psychology, as
well as co-authoring
book chapters on work stress, workplace health and safety, and the quality
of youth employment (several
of these publications have been with her students).
This is due to readers enjoying one
book and going to another as
well as publishers, reviewers, and retailers further promoting your slew
of publishing.
Jay Baer has
published five
best - selling
books, started five multi-million dollar companies, and consults for many
of the world's largest brands.
In the following modified
book excerpts from Digital Nomad Guide to Asia — researched and
published by GoToLaunch — we explore the
best places to work in 4 locales in Southeast Asia: Bangkok and Chiang Mai
of Thailand, Ho Chi Minh City
of Vietnam, and the beautiful island
of Bali, Indonesia.
The
book, «Mutav Lehizaher K'dei lo Lehitzta'er» (which translates roughly as «
Better Safe Than Sorry»),
published privately by Ella Bargai and Nitai Melamed, appears to be making significant progress in making the issue less
of a taboo topic within the Haredi world.
The fact that First Things
published a long article on my
book Mercy: The Essence
of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Existence is an honor even when the article is a critique, which — as usual in academic disputes — needs critique from my side as
well («What Mercy Is,» March).
Published in 1966 and still fresh today, Rieff's
book (we particularly recommend the introduction) is the original and
best critique
of our therapeutic culture.
«The most important
book published by the Holy See in this generation for Catholic education,» says Bishop O'Donoghue, «is theCatechism
of the Catholic Church, and its summary, the Compendium
of the Catechism
of the Catholic Church»; he says that «it is vital that both the Catechismand the Compendiumare used by teachers in our schools and colleges, who can guide pupils in how to make
best use
of them»; that «the key to unlocking this treasury
of Church teaching....
I just loved the original Winnie - the - Pooh
books by A.A. Milne and all
of those chapters started with «In which...» I have always hated titling posts — in fact, for a
good long time, I just
published essays without titles, if you can believe it.
In his
book Jerusalem,
published in 1783, he explained how Judaism constituted not a revealed religion but a system
of divinely revealed legislation aimed at strengthening the Jews» grip on the universally accessible principles
of natural religion as
well as the rest
of the world's awareness
of them.
Yet he somehow found time — rather, made time — to
publish hundreds
of books, tracts, pamphlets, and a periodical as
well.
Chesterton's Autobiography is not always a reliable source; but there is corroborating evidence for these protective feelings from his childhood onwards: and since this evidence is virtually unknown, it is probably
best here to take this opportunity to
publish it for the first time (much
of it will appear in my forthcoming
book Chesterton and the Romance
of Orthodoxy, though I discovered some
of it too late for it to be included) rather than repeat old arguments.
This school is one part
of the Rutgers Center
of Alcohol Studies, an interdisciplinary project which engages in wide - ranging research,
publishes the Quarterly Journal
of Studies on Alcohol as
well as a variety
of books and articles, and maintains the «Classified Abstract Archives
of the Alcohol Literature» with over 10,000 entries on punch cards for automatic retrieval by topic.
As you may or may not know, I started a
publishing company almost two years ago, and as part
of the process
of publishing and marketing
books, I wanted to create a «
Book Launch» strategy so that the authors whose books we publish could get a good start on helping people learn about their b
Book Launch» strategy so that the authors whose
books we
publish could get a
good start on helping people learn about their
bookbook.
Author John Charles Cooper, dean
of academic affairs at Winebrenner Theological Seminary, sums up the situation: «People do feel that religion is losing its influence on society, and they may be right — but the majority
of people do not wish this to be true, and so it is an important time to be
publishing good religious
books.
The project brought together an intriguing community
of scholars and encouraged them to make public presentations
of their research, as
well as to
publish their findings as chapters
of this
book.
They started out to reprint important works either out
of print or available in cheaply made and / or expensive copies but then saw the need to
publish new
books as
well.
A denominational press can feel
good about sales
of 6,000 to 10,000 over the lifetime
of a
book; HarperSanFrancisco does not want to
publish a
book unless it is likely to sell at least 15,000 in the first year.
Some
of my
best discoveries in their
best presentations are not in any
of my
published books.
BOOKS BY WHITEHEAD Science and the Modern World, I 925 Religion in the Making, 1926 Process and Reality, An Essay in Cosmology, 1929 (
best read in conjunction with D. S. Sherburne, A Key to Whitehead's Process and Reality, 1965) The Adventures
of Ideas, 1938 Modes
of Thought, 1938 All
published by Cambridge University Press.
Besides, if you are thinking
of self -
publishing five or more
books, their prices are
better anyway.
Perhaps one
good place to try to understand this is the recently
published book, The Birth
of Conservative Judaism, by Michael R. Cohen.
The
book was
published in 1962, but the themes resonate especially
well today, given the current state
of cultural turmoil.
Last year, Katherine Daniels quit her job to edit and
publish her late husband's
book — and it has become something
of a
best - seller among Catholics.
Book Publishing Instructions is primarily written for people who want to self - publish their book, but even if you are pursuing traditional publishing with an established publishing company, this book will provide valuable insight and resources for helping you prepare your manuscript and build your reading audience so that you have a better chance of getting your book picked up by a publis
Book Publishing Instructions is primarily written for people who want to self - publish their book, but even if you are pursuing traditional publishing with an established publishing company, this book will provide valuable insight and resources for helping you prepare your manuscript and build your reading audience so that you have a better chance of getting your book picked up by a
Publishing Instructions is primarily written for people who want to self -
publish their
book, but even if you are pursuing traditional publishing with an established publishing company, this book will provide valuable insight and resources for helping you prepare your manuscript and build your reading audience so that you have a better chance of getting your book picked up by a publis
book, but even if you are pursuing traditional
publishing with an established publishing company, this book will provide valuable insight and resources for helping you prepare your manuscript and build your reading audience so that you have a better chance of getting your book picked up by a
publishing with an established
publishing company, this book will provide valuable insight and resources for helping you prepare your manuscript and build your reading audience so that you have a better chance of getting your book picked up by a
publishing company, this
book will provide valuable insight and resources for helping you prepare your manuscript and build your reading audience so that you have a better chance of getting your book picked up by a publis
book will provide valuable insight and resources for helping you prepare your manuscript and build your reading audience so that you have a
better chance
of getting your
book picked up by a publis
book picked up by a publisher.
Books have always been overpriced, and publishing companies and individual authors who want to control the price of books had better figure out a new way to make money... and q
Books have always been overpriced, and
publishing companies and individual authors who want to control the price
of books had better figure out a new way to make money... and q
books had
better figure out a new way to make money... and quick.
Almost all, I believe, were written
well before the Big
Book was
published in the Spring
of 1939:
Well, every creation «scientist» needs to gain scientific credibility by
publishing papers in refereed scientific journals and
books and the sort
of nonsense Dr Snelling
publishes in Creation Ex Nihilo is unlikely to be accepted in any credible scientific journal.
You find them in both Protestant and Catholic manuals,
best of all in the innumerable text -
books published since Pope Leo's Encyclical recommending the study
of Saint Thomas.
They take a lot
of time to prepare, record, edit, and
publish, and since I have a full time job, a wife, three kids, and am trying to write
books, prepare courses, and run my blog in there as
well, I sometimes wonder if this Podcast is worth the effort.
This wonderful little children's story for grown - ups has become one
of the top
best - selling
books ever
published.
We now see the emergence
of a
better and fuller approach by Pope Benedict, through his newly
published book, Jesus
of Nazareth.
Professor Fraser's Essays in Philosophy, then just
published, was the first philosophic
book I ever looked into, and I
well remember the awe - struck feeling I received from the account
of Sir William Hamilton's class - room therein contained.
Midgley, a retired philosophy professor from Newcastle, has
published many provocative and insightful
books in the past 15 years, combating various streams
of uncritically accepted suppositions in science, ethics, philosophy and modern culture as
well.
The Catholic Herald in September
published a long article by Lord Black, abbreviated from an even longer chapter, which will appear in a
book about the conversion to Catholicism
of a number
of well - known Canadians.
D. T. Suzuki, who has lived much
of his life in the United States and is
well - known for his writings on Zen, has
published many
books explaining Zen to Americans,
of which his Zen Buddhism is representative.
Great
books and
good books are still
published and some even turn a profit, but the
book business is increasingly prey to the bottom line which is enhanced by the reflections
of, and narrations about, celebrities from other media.
It is the case that large - and middle - sized for - profit publishers and university presses as
well as a number
of new small presses now
publish substantial numbers
of books by mainline Protestant writers.
I've got a lot to learn on this front, and I need people to keep me accountable, but I'm convinced that my
best «apologetic» is not an argument or a defense or even a
published book, but a life transformed by the love and grace
of Jesus Christ.