Sentences with phrase «creating opportunities for authors»

I've always liked creating opportunities for authors to get their books published with a level of service and quality that befits and respects that enormous amount of time and energy authors put into writing their books.

BookSurge was launched in 2000 by a small group of writers who wanted to create opportunities for authors to not only publish their work, but to also retain their content rights and sales profits.

We receive so many positive comments each month that we rarely have a «place» to put them all, so by adding some to my blog, we'll create another opportunity for our authors» wonderful success stories to be shared.

This change is weakening the publishers position vis - a-vis the author and creating the opportunity for authors to take a larger share of the pot.

«Giving authors full control of their pricing creates an opportunity for authors to sell shorter pieces, particularly serialized works, and opens more income options.

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Roberta Matuson, a Boston - based business consultant and author of the 2013 book Talent Magnetism, says small firms need not be bound to rigid formal HR processes, which creates the opportunity for more creative hiring practices.

Enlightened Power was successfully launched into the public's consciousness and created many exciting opportunities including speaking engagements, conferences and additional publishing opportunities for several of the authors.

«The internet has created unique entrepreneurial opportunities, not just for Millennials but for all generations of workers,» said Dan Schawbel, Founder of Millennial Branding and Author of «Promote Yourself.»

As far as creating opportunities for dialog within your faith communities, I'd recommend starting with a book club, perhaps around a book like Trouble I've Seen by Drew Hart, or The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, or Assimilate or Go Home by Danielle Mayfield, or Forgive Us by the authors mentioned above — something that's not directly about this election or this presidency, but that addresses issues related to justice.

The authors of study were clear in their conclusion that, for low - attaining students, group - specific teaching can limit their learning opportunities and create a «cycle of restricted opportunity».

Fortunately, Adobe Captivate Draft is an all - inclusive authoring tool that gives you the opportunity to custom tailor your eLearning course from start to finish, and create unforgettable eLearning experiences for your online learners.

A recent book by Greg Duncan and Richard Murnane, Restoring Opportunity: The Crisis of Inequality and the Challenge of American Education, for example, describes what the authors call «high schools that improve life chances,» pointing in particular to small, nonselective high schools created in New York City by the Department of Education and New Visions for Public Schools.

by Brett Wigdortz, founder and CEO, Teach First; Fair access: Making school choice and admissions work for all by Rebecca Allen, reader in the economics of education at the Institute of Education, University of London; School accountability, performance and pupil attainment by Simon Burgess, professor of economics at the University of Bristol, and director of the Centre for Market and Public Organisation; The importance of teaching by Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor at the Institute of Education, University of London; Reducing within - school variation and the role of middle leadership by James Toop, ceo of Teaching Leaders; The importance of collaboration: Creating «families of schools» by Tim Brighouse, a former teacher and chief education officer of Oxfordshire and Birmingham; Testing times: Reforming classroom teaching through assessment by Christine Harrison, senior lecturer in science education at King's College London; Tackling pupil disengagement: Making the curriculum more engaging by David Price, author and educational consultant; Beyond the school gates: Developing children's zones for England by Alan Dyson, professor of education at the University of Manchester and co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education, Kirstin Kerr, lecturer in education at the University of Manchester and Chris Wellings, head of programme policy in Save the Children's UK Programme; After school: Promoting opportunities for all young people in a locality by Ann Hodgson, professor of education and director of the Learning for London @IOE Research Centre, Institute of Education, University of London and Ken Spours, professor or education and co-director of the Centre for Post-14 Research and Innovation at the Institute of Education, University of London.

The authors further discuss the affordances of the specific technologies used in creating the learning opportunities for these preservice teachers and implications for teacher education.

Based on the FIT Teaching (Framework for Intentional and Targeted Teaching ™) tool kit created by ASCD authors Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, the ASCD Summer Academy is a unique opportunity to learn directly from the experts themselves.

Arguing that teacher preparation must address Mass Incarceration and the systemic violence against Black and Brown bodies, the author recommends a three phase implementation process for a Restorative Teacher Education, including: 1) Creating a vision; 2) Developing strategic partnerships; and 3) Finding apprenticeship opportunities.

The authors are «quick to point out [that] although added time may create the opportunity for increased learning, it is how that time is used» that determines a full - day program's effectiveness.

In addition to allowing our preservice teachers to explore the use of various overlays developed by other educators, we also provide opportunities for preservice teachers to create their own overlays using the Google Earth authoring tools.

Some terrific traditional publishing opportunities have also been created for authors who have successfully self - published.

At HarperCollins Christian Publishing, we are proud to have a world - class Rights and Licensing Division that is positioned to create the broadest possible reach and explore the full array of revenue opportunities for our authors» content.

Because it will force those for whom price is an issue to look at less expensive alternatives, creating more opportunity for authors like me.

The fact that so many authors feel that they were not given the right advice and direction, makes me think that there is an opportunity for publishers to create an «author branding department.»

Although the popularity of online literature means emerging authors have an opportunity to showcase their work to a growing audience, for some writers and readers alike, this new publishing model is creating some unforeseen negative effects.

I did want to provide a networking opportunity for writers and publishers, but I also wanted to create an opportunity for readers to meet authors they might have read as well as discover new authors.

Thanks to the generous support of Foyles» Bristol branch, SilverWood's publishing director and her wonderful team were able to provide the event free of charge, creating a rare opportunity for a valuable learning experience affordable even to the most impoverished aspiring author.

While I'm very excited about the opportunity to use iBooks Author as a single tool to create fixed - format ebooks for the three major retailers that accept them (Apple, Kobo, and Amazon), I'm less sanguine about using the app to create reflowable ebooks — unless I'm creating a separate version for use on B&N, Smashwords, and the rest.

Recent changes in the publishing industry, for example, have created enormous opportunities for self - published authors.

And much like Gutenberg's first press, this latest development has become disruptive and controversial, but it has also created new and exciting opportunities for authors.

This premium feature is a Writer's Relief exclusive, offering self - published authors the best possible opportunity to reach untapped, interested markets and create an audience for their books.

Most importantly, this set of circumstances created a whole new world of opportunity for authors.

Many of our most successful authors report that an audio CD product based on their book has produced more income, created more opportunities for the author and reached people that would have never gotten around to reading their book.

And while this may not have always resulted in resounding change for the publisher, it has kept Sourcebooks at the top of the publishing ladder by keeping themselves prepared to adopt — or create — new opportunities for authors and readers.

And in turn, authors have created opportunities for startups by generating a market wholly nonexistent until the early 2010s: independent publishing services.

In 1998, the emergence of desktop publishing, digital printing and the Internet created another unprecedented opportunity for authors: self - publishing.

The emergence of a vital ebook market with the ability to sell books directly to readers has created vast new opportunities for authors.

He's scouting for digitally savvy authors at non-publishing events, creating cross-media stories with book, app, and animation components, and constantly looking for new ways to connect with global TV and film partners, the web, and other brand extension opportunities.

«We needed a system in place that would help us create opportunities for self - published authors whose work stood out,» said Roncevic.

It comes down to this: We how to secure valuable media coverage to create sales, build personal brands, and create a myriad of opportunities for authors.

Each follow - up book provides additional exposure for the author, building their brand and creating new opportunities for speaking, consulting, and coaching.

Please, help us help authors and the wonderful nonprofit Houston Writers Guild by supporting this initiative AND help us ensure that we are thus able to create the same opportunity for Fantasy writers this fall.

In my most recent post, I published the text of the closing address I gave at the Blue Ridge Christian Writers Conference titled, The 2nd Gutenberg Effect: How self - publishing is creating exciting new opportunities for Christian authors.

For the past five years in my role at Author Solutions, I have been working with our team to build relationships and partnerships in Hollywood and help create events like the Book - to - Screen Pitchfest to expose entertainment executives to self - published titles and give our authors unique opportunities to put their books in front of people who are making decisions about what makes it to the screen.

Wattpad and Sourcebooks have announced a partnership that will create new opportunities across multiple publishing platforms for Wattpad writers and Sourcebooks authors.

That's great news for authors, because it shows that eBooks are creating ever more sales opportunities for their work.

More experienced authors also make use of Amazon owned CreateSpace platform to create «Print On Demand» paperback copies of their eBooks for even more distribution and income opportunities.

The Odyssey Book Shop in Massachusetts, for example, wants to work with local organizations to create opportunities for kids to meet authors and get signed books.

Guest Expert: Phyllis Zimbler Miller If you are traditionally published and your publisher hasn't done this for you, or if you are self - published and didn't know to do this yourself, take advantage now of an Amazon author marketing opportunity by creating an Amazon Authorauthor marketing opportunity by creating an Amazon AuthorAuthor Page.

According to an article in the business section of today's Miami Herald, many authors at mainstream publishing houses have become responsible for creating their own book publicity opportunities.

«We are pleased to have helped the authors bring this exciting new book to the marketplace,» said Keith Ogorek, senior vice president of marketing at Author Solutions, Inc. «Archway Publishing brings a new level of expertise, experience and opportunity for writers, and «THE SPECIALIST» is an excellent example of how we help authors create high - quality self - published books.»

When Archway Publishing attends industry events that we think might bring some benefit to authors, we'll create unique book signing and / or gallery services that extend the opportunity for participation to Archway authors.