Sentences with phrase «bite out of authors»

Taking a bite out of authors is neither a long term answer nor an acceptable one.

Not exact matches

«If people know that their fellow co-workers are watching out for theft, they will think twice before stealing because there are higher odds they will be caught,» says Terrence Shulman, founder of the The Shulman Center for Compulsive Theft, Spending & Hoarding and author of Biting the Hand that Feeds: The Employee Theft Epidemic (Infinity Publishing, 2005).

The contemplations of the author can be a bit rambling at times and sometimes seem to focus on random things like what Mary thought of Joseph's home and workshop, and what the house was like, did the workshop look out onto a busy road, was Joseph well known for his carpentry skills etc..

The banner picture with him smiling and hugging a cute little piglet does creep me out a little bit, but his bread book is quite amazing — it's filled with a variety of regional recipes, and the author has travelled around the country, interviewing and observing bakers in their own homes.

The last one (AR4) was pretty out of touch with the latest research before it was even published, and for all its merit as a weighty contribution to the fight for a safer planet (its authors fully deserving of their Nobel prize), it hardly contains the snappy top - lines and sound bites we need this year.

Personally, I feel a bit insulted when I read something insinuating that the author knows more than I do about what should come out of my mouth.

An adaptation of the Nobel Prize - winning author José Saramago's novel «The Double» (and not the thematically similar Dostoyevsky book of the same name which confusingly, features elsewhere on this list) this psychological thriller sounds a little bit more damaged and arthouse than Villeneuve's aforementioned studio film and given uncompromising nature of that picture, we're rather psyched to see how «Enemy» turns out.

While in the conclusions section of this article authors stretch this finding out a bit, writing that «Overall, this study finds that there is promise in teacher evaluation reform in Chicago,» (p. 114) as primarily based on their findings about «the new observation process» (p. 114) being used in CPS, recall from the Review of Article # 4 prior (i.e., # 4 of 9 on observational systems» potentials here), these observational systems are not «new and improved.»

Chalk it up to either this author's addiction to horsepower or the Trailhawk's hefty curb weight, but the base 3.6 - liter V6 — while capable of doing the job — feels a bit strained at times out on the road.

These sites work by filling out a little bit of information about both the book and about the author.

So for a few gifted authors / creators all books have to be locked up until 80/100 years after the creator's death; Just so their heirs can get a bit of money out of it.

As it turns out, most of them are either by authors who have never been a part of the program and are speculating about whether it's a good idea or not, or by people who are blogging their epic quest to get as many nominations as possible during the 30 - day window (which I think is a bit silly, since the decision is mainly based on the publishing team anyway — Beauty's Songbook scraped by with only two days in «Hot and Trending» and pretty much no support from my fans).

Takes a little bit of pressure off some of the authors who do have quality work out there because they may be awesome authors but not so good at marketing, and publicity is the biggest thing holding them back.

I think maybe the fact that self - published authors need to spend more time on the stories rather than market is perhaps to balance out the fact that under traditional publishing, there'd be a team of editor / copyeditor / agent / etc helping with the writing bit, but self - published authors, unless they outsource, are on their own for all of that.

According to Bella Andre, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling LET ME BE THE ONE (The Sullivans # 6) and the upcoming COME A LITTLE BIT CLOSER (The Sullivans # 7), due out this winter, «Cover art is one of the most crucial elements for an ebook to first, gain visibility, and second, sell well.

If you are an established author, you could cast your net a bit farther if there are out - of - state booksellers who've carried your past books.

While we authors are no stranger to self - publishing or writing, when it comes to art, particularly graphic novels, we can feel a little bit like a fish out of water.

Many ebook companies that allow authors to market their manuscripts directly make it difficult to weed out «writers» who are looking for a bit of extra cash or who don't keep their readers in mind.

And, I had just gotten a bit of advice from author Steve Hamilton, who advised me to keep an eye out for contests I could submit my book to (since he had hit it big through a contest as well).

Announcements have been made over the course of the last two months detailing how readers can get ebooks for their favorite devices, as well as find out a little bit about some great authors at the same time.

The power of digital is that a publisher or author can carve out a very specific niche — tall Norwegians who like fuzzy bunny slippers, Winnebago owners with bumper stickers, Windows Surface owners who drive Volvos (ok, I'll admit that last one is a bit of a stretch).

It's a bit of an author's dream to have a book coming out so soon after publisher acceptance — in this case, the book will be in stores by November 29th!

That's changed a bit since, but my main point is that there are plenty of hard - working, dedicated, and above all else HONEST self - published authors out there.

Picking up from Tucker in that last bit about embracing differences — and knowing that the IndieReCon team is now going into a period of evaluation to map out the way forward — I might offer this, too: at our Author (R) evolution Day conference (#ARDay) in New York, debuted by O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing on February 12, it became evident that the concept of an «entrepreneurial author» may be more germane to what we're seeing now than that of an «indie» or independent or self - publishing or traditionally publishing or hybrid aAuthor (R) evolution Day conference (#ARDay) in New York, debuted by O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing on February 12, it became evident that the concept of an «entrepreneurial author» may be more germane to what we're seeing now than that of an «indie» or independent or self - publishing or traditionally publishing or hybrid aauthor» may be more germane to what we're seeing now than that of an «indie» or independent or self - publishing or traditionally publishing or hybrid authorauthor.

Many items on the plan will focus on low cost ways to get the word out about your book, however, authors are encouraged to set aside a bit of money for marketing their book including e-book promotions, contest entries, and online ads like Facebook and Instagram.

As to what this all means for me, or for anyone interested in publishing directly to readers, it means that prices will stabilize a bit more, affording independent authors a better chance to figure out what their own products are worth in the marketplace of ideas.

Just when we were thinking that Anne Rice, author of the Vampire Chronicles and other bestselling novels, might be seriously considering bringing out her next book as a Kindle exclusive, she's thrown us a bit of a curveball with the announcement by her literary agency that she'll be releasing, through Vook, a multimedia edition of «The Master of Rampling Gate,» a vampire story published in Redbook magazine in 1984 and set in an England mansion in the 19th century.

Just when we were thinking that Anne Rice, author of the Vampire Chronicles and other bestselling novels, might be seriously considering bringing out her next book as a Kindle exclusive, she's thrown us a bit of a curveball with the announcement by her literary agency that she'll be releasing, through Vook, a -LSB-...]

These authors have essentially been offered free, positive advertising that could directly benefit their sales if they only made a little bit of effort to reach out and help promote their own work.

It's hard to recommend Daley enough — an author who's adept at blending laugh - out - loud black comedy with a bit of something all his own.

As you've pointed out Hachette is every bit as much in it for their own interests as Amazon and routinely and burn authors in a heartbeat if it's in the interest of their bottom line.

Because while there are lot of sites out there geared to writers in general, in my experience as an indie author I found that they're tended to be quite a bit of bias and stigma against the self published authors at some of the those other writer sites which were really mostly populated by people interested in pursuing a traditional publication path.

In this particular press release, the bit about the authors is a snarky aside in reference to the authors who have come out in support of them.

But if after uploading, Amazon spits out a cover design for the low price of $ 20 let's say, which will be a fraction the quality of Alberto's work but exponentially better than what the author would have done themselves I could see them biting on that.

Continuing our week with JoMarie DeGioia we find out a little bit more about this saucy Regency romance author... JoMarie writes historical romances with a touch of mystery for Lachesis Publishing.

I see self - published authors who refuse to invest a bit of money into sending out a print version of their book and only have a pdf version to send for review (rather than an epub version which is easier to read).

At this point, I still hadn't figured out how to zoom — I'm definitely a late adopter where technology is concerned, so there was a bit of a learning curve with touch - screen navigation — so I thought I'd check out some shoujo, which is known for its teensy asides and author - talk sections with small text.

Here's a bit more from Dr. Hoffert, who was a lead author of a widely - cited paper in Science in 2002 laying out the scope of the global energy gap:

I reached out to the lead author, Alexandra Jahn, an assistant professor of atmospheric and ocean sciences at the University of Colorado, for a bit more:

It's very interesting but it tends to reinforce the impression that the very able author William Kay is a bit of a Torquemada, aiming to root out environmentalism as a heresy, rather than persuade people of its silliness.

«In big seizures, there's a very strong tendency to ship ivory out of a different country than where it's poached... It's a bit of a red herring,» said Samuel Wasser, director of the University of Washington's Center for Conservation Biology and the lead author of the study, published in this month's issue of Conservation Biology.

Visit the Take a Bite Out of Climate Change website to learn more, or contact the author at [email protected].

As was said in a recent glowing tribute to Judge C.G. Weeramantry, Lord Diplock said, «Judges make law in bits and pieces; Authors write entire texts and make law out of whole cloth».

We wanted to dig a bit deeper into introversion as it applies to social change leadership, so we reached out to Susan Cain, author of QUIET: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking.

About Blog Official page for Max Thompson, author of The Psychokitty Speaks Out blog, as well as numerous books, including the bestselling memoir, «Bite Me.»

Mark Nash, broker - associate and author of Starting and Succeeding in Real Estate (South - Western Publishing, 2004) and co-author of Reaching Out: The Financial Power of Niche Marketing (Kaplan Publishing, 2003), breaks the sale down into bite - sized pieces.