Sentences with phrase «books are the writer»

All rights remain with the author, the completed books are the writer's property, and the writer gets all the proceeds of sales.

The book is The Writer's Digest Guide to Query Letters by Wendy Burt - Thomas.

Not exact matches

As Claire Fallon, the Huffington Post's books and culture writer, points out, there are plenty of other reasons why ebooks may never catch on with a larger crowd.

To read Flash Boys — or really any Lewis book — is to be constantly entertained yet constantly bothered by the nagging wonder of what the writer might have left out.

If you're a writer, your goal is to write a book.

This would be a phenomenal book to gift to any entrepreneur, small business owner or writer.

This collection of short stories by a National Book award - winning writer, «feature telepathic zoo animals, a zealous toy collector and an eavesdropping Abraham Lincoln,» reports the FT.. Other commentators agree it's a whole lot of fun, while still managing to be moving and insightful.

The answer from writers has always been, «The only way to write a book is sit down and type for as long as it takes.»

That's one interesting theory presented in a new book about Snapchat — «How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story» — that came out this week from former TechCrunch writer Billy Gallagher.

We'll take a look at some of them, from renowned fashion designer Vera Wang, who didn't design her first dress until she was 40, to writer Harry Bernstein, who authored countless rejected books before getting his first hit at age 96.

For decades it was dismissed as the desperate refuge of authors rejected by publishing houses, wannabes who paid a fee to a musty vanity press that would dutifully typeset their words and transform them into a few boxes of books that the «writers» could hand out to their friends.

He is the best - selling author of the book Earning Serendipity and contributing writer toHuffington Post and Harvard Business Review.

Her brand new book, The Leadership Gap goes a level deeper than most writers are willing to go.

To me, Nolan's final bow is the cinematic equivalent of a writer - artist team ending a «run» on a particular comic book.

Just a few years ago, self - publishing (a.k.a. «vanity publishing») was an embarrassing last resort for writers unable to secure a «real» book deal.

When Wattpad launched in 2006 as an online — and now mobile — community for readers and writers to share free books, CEO Allen Lau and his team were working out of a drab cubicle farm in Toronto's north end, with bankers and accountants for neighbours.

Austin, who is currently working on a book tentatively titled Not for the Faint of Heart, which focuses on the challenges faced by those navigating the new economy, predicts that psychologists will be the next big class of business writers.

«I was discussing this with a friend, writer Phyllis Eisenstein — I dedicated the third book to her — and she said, «George, it's a fantasy — you've got to put in the dragons.»

In new book «The Obstacle Is the Way,» an exploration of ancient Greek Stoicism put into practice by leaders ranging from Marcus Aurelius to Steve Jobs, writer Ryan Holiday says that anyone can take advantage of Coach Saban's process.

I'm a journalist and a writer, and my new book is called «Collusion,» and it's about Donald Trump and Russia.

But as Jill Lepore recounts in her new book, The Secret History of Wonder Woman, the Amazonian princess was only as empowered as her (male) writers allowed her to be.

«This is one of those books that I've continuously thought about and quoted to people ever since I read it,» relates actor, writer, producer, and activist Naomi McDougall Jones.

He doesn't write the longest books, nor is he the most prolific writer in the world.

The reality is that every woman's pregnancy is different, as science writers Tara Haelle and Emily Willingham make abundantly clear in their meticulously researched book, «The Informed Parent: A Science - Based Resource for Your Child's First Four Years».

A study conducted at Stanford and University of Pennsylvania revealed that when books penned by unknown writers were reviewed in the New York Times, sales of their work increased by a third, even if the reviews were negative.

In his new book, The Food Police: A Well - Fed Manifesto About the Politics of Your Plate, Lusk takes direct aim at Pollan, charging that he and other writers, like The New York Times» Mark Bittman, are «food socialists» who are «slowly leading us down the road to serfdom.»

I soon realized that teaching wasn't for me and I decided to go back to books as a ghost writer.

From there, if the writers like the program, they are invited to join our year - long marketing program to learn how to make the most of their book and coaching program.

How we came to do this is a twisting tale that science writer Maryn McKenna elegantly unspools in her extraordinary new book, Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats, which was published in September.

Yes, another one; but the distinction here lies in the quality of the writers — Vanity Fair contributor McLean co-authored the classic Enron book The Smartest Guys in the Room, while Nocera is a columnist for The New York Times and a staff writer for the paper's magazine — and in the frame they choose for their history.

At the dinner, I was seated next to a sponsor for two hours, and the Chairman introduced us by saying «Neil's a New York Times bestselling author who's sold a million books and Nancy wants to be a writer.

And now, Freeman is sharing some of those secrets in a book he wrote with wife and pastry chef, Caitlin Freeman and food writer Tara Duggan.

Thomas points out that, not only does this natural ebb and flow sound delightful, it also results in an impressive level of productivity (a book a year is a hefty output by any writer's standards).

It's an homage to the bygone era when writers like Charles Dickens published their novels in newspapers one chapter at a time before collecting the work in book form.

His first book, The End of Economic Man (1939) prompted Winston Churchill to call Drucker «one of those writers to whom almost anything can be forgiven because he not only has a mind of his own, but has the gift of starting other minds along a stimulating line of thought.»

You might know Strauss already — the Rolling Stone writer is also the author of «The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists,» a book that's become something of a bible to awkward young men who would like to learn the curious arts of charming women.

You may never write a book or call yourself a writer, but if the majority of your day is spent stringing words together to communicate, then it's worth your time to learn how to do it well.

Judy Robinette was Inc.com's # 1 business book writer of 2014 when she came across an Entrepreneur article written by Matthew on doing a soft sales close.

David H. Freedman ([email protected]), a Boston - based writer and Inc. contributing editor, is the author of several books about business and technology.

This book is far different than the ones preceding it — Lamott delves into the life of the writer, including the trials and pitfalls one must face on the path to finding his or her voice, getting published, or simply sitting down to do the work.

His book On Writing Well is a classic among writers and has sold nearly 1.5 million copies in the 40 years since it was published.

PaidBookReviews.org clearly advertises in a YouTube video that the site «is a team of writers who understand the effect of positive customer reviews on your book sales.»

I always wanted to be a writer and editor — and I am one — and I've been involved with some really cool projects: I wrote a book, acquired a magazine, and even won an Emmy.

Celeste Brash, a freelance writer and guide book writer for Lonely Planet, says price and accessibility is a factor as well.

The teachers: Salvatore Scibona was named to The New Yorker's «20 under 40: Fiction Writers to Watch» and is the author of 2008 National Book Award finalist «The End,» the research for which he conducted while on a Fulbright Fellowship.

Most of the books are supplied by different teams and staff writers.

Writer Roxane Gay, author of numerous books including «Bad Feminist,» discusses the complexities of being a self - proclaimed feminist.

How - to writer Jerry Buchanan once said, «When you sell a man a how - to book, you are not selling him paper and ink; you are selling him a whole new life.»

Something that really hit home for me in the book is you said something like, «Personal finance writers believe that if people would just listen carefully to our advice, everything would be fine.»

Your customer - support team may never write a book or call themselves writers, but if the majority of their day is spent stringing words together to communicate, then it's worth their time to learn how...