Sentences with phrase «big named authors in»

Some of the big named authors in attendance included Margaret Atwood, Dan Brown and Nicholas Sparks.

Big name authors in the trad pub world have lots of incentives to stay (they get lots of marketing $ and support).

Find the biggest name authors in the genre and check out their Amazon author profiles.

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Brands: Many big names in media have suffered «sudden deaths,» as the authors put it.

The Bitcoin name was tainted in my mind then, but my good friend Steve Patterson, the author of What's the Big Deal About Bitcoin?

The biggest names in women's ministry — from Hatmaker to authors like Shauna Niequist — remain intimately involved in their own local churches, and most have Bible college or seminary degrees.

The book has already garnered praise from some big names in the food world including Mark Bittman, Marion Nestle, Jamie Oliver and my personal school food idol, JanPop, aka Janet Poppendieck, author of Free for All: Fixing School Food in America.

Pamela Redmond Satran, author of numerous books on baby names, including Beyond Ava & Aiden: The Enlightened Guide to Naming Your Baby, has a theory about why Tinseltown plays such a big part in the baby - namingNaming Your Baby, has a theory about why Tinseltown plays such a big part in the baby - namingnaming game.

Some political communications companies on both sides do specialize in outreach to the authors and audiences of the big - name political bloggers, but this exercise is not for the empty of pocket.

Chef and cookbook author Anna Jones has worked with some of the biggest names in food, from Jamie Oliver to Yotam Ottolenghi.

With some of the biggest names in the food world attending (think Melissa Hartwig, founder of the Whole30; cookbook author Jasmine Hemsley; McKel Hill of Nutrition Stripped; and so many more) and more dietary restrictions than have ever sat down at a table together, it was, I'm sure, a challenge to prepare a menu that was equal parts healthy, memorable, and delicious — but the revitalize chefs seem to have accomplished just that.

It doesn't rely on franchise or household names to get butts in the seat, it's as organic as it can be with author Jesse Andrews adapting his personal novel to the big screen.

In a recent Ed Week blog post from Larry Ferlazzo, author Zaretta Hammond stated that a big myth (about Culturally Responsive Teaching) is that it's about motivating students of color by mentioning cultural facts or naming famous people of color.

The article, «Models for Value - Added Modeling of Teacher Effects,» is authored by Daniel McCaffrey (Educational Testing Service [ETS] Scientist, and still a «big name» in VAM research), J. R. Lockwood (RAND Corporation Scientists), Daniel Koretz (Professor at Harvard), Thomas Louis (Professor at Johns Hopkins), and Laura Hamilton (RAND Corporation Scientist).

I've already picked out an author name and in the process of setting up another blog (I'm used to juggling multiple blogs so it isn't really a big deal for me to have a handful of author blogs).

A recent article in the New York Times entitled «New Publisher Authors Trust: Themselves» reveals that even big name authors have chosen to self - pAuthors Trust: Themselves» reveals that even big name authors have chosen to self - pauthors have chosen to self - publish.

Be ready to go head to head with the big - name authors and the major houses, because «success» is soon going to mean something completely different from what it means today, and once we get there, the genie will never go back in the bottle.

In fact, I'll devote endless space on my vast social media platforms to advancing its agenda, and I'll gladly rub shoulders with a bunch of venerated big name authors whose opinions are aligned with mine.

, Shriver goes on to admit that she sometimes has trouble including female writers when asked to name her favorites, in part because «The big names in the literary pantheon are repeated over and over again... [I] n the glare of a spotlight and frantic to remember any author's name at all, even women like me are going to remember Philip Roth — just as, asked to name a soft drink, I'm going to remember Coca - Cola.

While the rest of the industry battles it out to be the biggest names with the flashiest systems and lure the most authors or books, Wattpad has quietly been amassing a user base of forty million registered users who actively engage in the site's content and communities.

Not true... some big name authors are going in the other direction, deciding against taking the contract a publishing house is offering and self - publishing instead.

«Author Marketing Club comes as a boon to those who wish to be independent authors in the already overloaded tough world of literature, competing with big name publishers with deep pockets to promote their stable of established writers.

globalReach distribution is essential for any author looking to increase their readership in stores because it enables your book to be available through the wholesaler, Ingram Book Company, which is the preferred go - between of most big - name retailers.

Hindsight is 20/20 — perhaps RT should have placed the «big names» in the Mardi Gras room — it had more «breathing room» plus it would drive more traffic to it (whereas their location in the other ballroom created havoc for the rows of authors in alphabetical order).

The newly self published authors were afraid of limiting their sales to only Kindle, and the big name authors, such as King, were shaking fingers at Amazon for being the biggest beast in the jungle and utilizing their powers (and prowess!)

Simon & Schuster isn't the only major publisher to sign up with Oyster and Scribd, but it is still a major «get» for both services thanks to the number of big name books and authors in the publisher's catalog.

PubSmartCon, a writers» conference held in Charleston, SC, next month, has shifted the focus away from desperately seeking an agent or publisher and chosen to focus instead of building in time for authors to network, both with big names in the industry and with their fellow in - the - trenches writers to uncover their keys to success.

Big Sky, the first book by BookLogix author C. J. Pagano, was named a finalist in the Indie Excellence Awards.

I spoke with Brad on February 20 via Skype about his plan for the book, whether Kirshbaum will succeed in landing a big - name author for Amazon, and more.

Hello, I am a new Author at amazon.My book on Paperback is called Desire Of Obsession12, its about a women Emlya, who is desperately in love with a man named Jason.Emlya finds out that there is a big secret after secret.With twists and turns, and about true happiness.

Now for big name authors, their books» Amazon ratings may not matter so much — they have such a reputation and presence in bookstores that the average Joe will just buy the book off the shelve without doing research first.

Which may be fine with you (I don't know, obviously) bit strikes me as an unfortunate perspective for a reader to adopt, as the majority of fiction published and the vast majority of «name» authors published are in trade from the big six.

We've got some big - name authors in it and some newer authors in it.

Book signings for self published books may do little to create buzz in the media since signing events are rarely on the media's radar except for possibly a BIG name author.

It's amazing how many authors, big name authors do not have videos of themselves out there in the world.

However, two of her neighbors and acquaintances are big - name TV people who have interviewed authors in the past, and the subject matter / themes in my novel are ones they're interested in.

Samhain has had some terrific success getting prequel and mid-series novellas from fairly big - name authors where the rest of the series is in print from a more, shall we say, traditional publisher.

Some of the latest big name fanfic authors are, in fact, plagiarists.

While bigger names from some of the bigger publishers often get some help in the PR department, authors generally have a lot of work to do in order to get their books in front of audiences.

Large publishers can't compete against that (a traditional mass market paperback sold for $ 8.00 earns the author about 40 cents), which is one of the reasons I firmly believe the future of publishing lies in the hands of indie authors and small publishers, and in the years ahead we'll see more and more big - name authors go indie.

The Site Which Shall Not Be Named will not be the only site left standing as many readers are returning to the bookstores in droves, and many authors are beginning to sell from their own sites instead of sticking with any of the big online stores.

In the summer there is always a lull with big name authors releasing their books.

It also makes it possible for authors to do smaller book signings in towns that aren't large enough to garner big name authors for a book event, reaching fans literally anywhere via online and radio book signings and blog tours.»

Do you think a true indie author co-operative spearheaded by the biggest names in the industry as a chance of success?

Singles has exploded in recent years now that they are almost exclusively publishing big name and well known authors.

Julia Sommerfeld then took on the role of editor of Kindle Singles in the US in October 2016 and she is the one primarily responsible for not taking unsolicited manuscripts anymore and focusing on big name authors.

New novels are regularly published by big name authors such as Jeffery Deaver, Dean Koontz and James Patterson, but indie authors have no way to get involved in the program unless they use a secret email address to get in touch with the editorial team.

Kit de Waal's striking debut, My Name is Leon, has inspired this big, long, complicated question: Have you ever read a book about a character that is very unlike you, yet the author has succeeded in making him so relatable that once you've seen the world through his eyes you will never look at it the same way again?

Amazon's substantial (some would say near - monopolistic — the company commands at least 65 % of the ebook market) market share has blocked its access to big name authors and crucial markets and prevented it from running a more traditional publishing house, but that same size has allowed it to create a publishing ecosystem in its own image.

35 % of KU readers cite romance as their favorite genre, but genres dominated by traditionally published big - name authors like James Patterson in Mystery / Thriller are less likely to be in KU.