Sentences with phrase «days as a published author»

In my early days as a published author, this meant my mother, and anyone else with Pamela, Fagan, or Hutchins anywhere in their name, regardless of relation to me, or our and their protestations to Amazon.

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«We determined the weather on these alien worlds by measuring changes as the planets circle their host stars, and identifying the day - night cycle,» said Lisa Esteves, a PhD candidate in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics at the University of Toronto, and lead author of the study published today in The Astrophysical Journal.

As a best - selling author, he has published several books: Ten Years Younger, The 30 - Day Heart Tune - Up, Smart Fat, and his latest book, The Better Brain Solution, plus numerous scientific articles.

I invite local writers — including newspaper reporters, published authors of books, poets, songwriters, bloggers, and journalers — to spend the day talking with and teaching students about their lives as writers.

Maybe one day, I'll be able to invite a former student for a virtual visit as a published author.

I like knowing that on this day a war ended or a book was published, and though the author thought the book had failed, we all know it as one of the great works of American literature.

Suffice it to say for now, we heard many times during the day Monday at FutureBook about a new awareness of the author as the central, or at least essential, component of new publishing configurations.

In the days of digital technology, e-books, tablet reading devices and Kindle Direct Publishing (to name one distribution platform), paperback for indie authors was the one «as yet unconquered» land for self - published authors everywhere until about four years ago, when Amazon - owned print - on - demand company CreateSpace built traction and changed the playing field for indies everywhere.

As an indie author with a finger on the pulse of the self - publishing world and bookseller industry in general, I was surprised when I received a text from my decades - older father a few days ago:

Not only was I able to publish them as books, I also sent her into the village school as guest author on World Book Day, where she was very well received.

As more bloggers and authors see the ease of publishing with Scrivener and Kindle Direct, they'll begin migrating toward Indie publishing since their profit margins will be higher per sale and there are many top notch tools that make it easy to publish on your own these days.

I tell authors every day that there's no such thing as competition in the publishing industry.

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 fansAs 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 fansas 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 fansas 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).

Besides authoring books such as How to Write Format Publish Promote Your Book Without Spending Any Money, he builds tools to make publishing easier and shares his tips on building profitable online businesses through his 21 day author platform, video courses and blog.

If your dream is to one day strike it rich as an author, you may wish to publish a Premium Paperback version of your book with an ISBN for wide distribution and publish another version without an ISBN using Lulu's Standard Paperback format.

These days, authors whose books are being carried by major houses as well as those who are self - publishing, need to know how to promote and market their books.

Yes the stigma against self - publishing can be very disheartening at times, but as long as your book is for sale you ARE a published author and should strive to make the best book possible because at the end of the day, that's what it's really all about.

But he's an author, too, having published last year the memoir Portrait of an Addict as Young Man and this April the follow - up Ninety Days: A Memoir of Recovery.

Many authors (and companies) who are publishing an eBook treat the day the book goes live on bookseller sites as a publication date.

As we writers go about our days, it's my hope that we recognize one thing first and foremost when we speak about publishing: being a successful author is fucking difficult.

Just completed my first full year (plus 11 days) as a published sci - fi / romance ebooks author (2 pubs, Vol I, 12/19/13; Vol II, 6/9/14) in the 10 - book The Spanners Series, on Amazon, Smashwords, iBooks, nook and Kobo (and Smashwords» affiliates).

Although the self - publishing alternative becomes more valid and tempting every day, many traditionally - minded authors still fail to consider author publishers as their peers, and often disregard all independent publishing efforts as vanity publishing.

Of course, more and more genre fiction authors are bridging the gap every day by becoming hybrids; but non-fiction genres such as cookbooks are still pretty much in the hands of traditional publishing, essentially due to the high production costs.

He and the other parties involved in creating Author Earnings stood a very real chance of violating those terms, and as Howey himself stated, he worried about pressing publish on the website and finding all of his books removed from Amazon the very next day.

For a traditionally published author to give away numerous copies of his book — and as of Day Two of the Tour, over 700 comments have been posted to the various blogs involved, meaning 700 copies to readers and an additional number to soldiers — would be impossible on this scale.

As the technology behind digital comics advances, such as with the recent release of the DC Comics New 52 re-launch which included day - and - date stamping to allow tablet readers to have same - day access to new releases of the print editions, the door will be flung wide open for indie authors to digitally self - publish their graphic novels to more and more deviceAs the technology behind digital comics advances, such as with the recent release of the DC Comics New 52 re-launch which included day - and - date stamping to allow tablet readers to have same - day access to new releases of the print editions, the door will be flung wide open for indie authors to digitally self - publish their graphic novels to more and more deviceas with the recent release of the DC Comics New 52 re-launch which included day - and - date stamping to allow tablet readers to have same - day access to new releases of the print editions, the door will be flung wide open for indie authors to digitally self - publish their graphic novels to more and more devices.

A number of classics were actually published in serial form in periodicals in their day, with dedicated readers eager to purchase the next installment as the author wrote it.

Just as a recent HuffPo piece trashing self - published authors and their works has demonstrated, it seems that everything about the industry is working towards a backwards slide to the days when vanity press authors desperately struggled for acceptance.

NYT article on indie bookstores shared with millions of Twitter followers; SFWA announces 2014 Nebula Award nominees; Poets & Writers introduces mobile app; PEN releases 2015 Literary Awards calendar; Young people prefer print books to digital, Washington Post reports; May 2 announced as first Canadian Authors for Indies Day; Lerner Publishing Group acquires Egmont USA's list

Every day your prospects are bombarded by hundreds, or thousands of blogs and other self - published authors sharing articles, posts and books about similar topics as yours.

http://www.thebookwright.com — a blog where I talk about writing and publishing and showcase my day job as a writer's and author's unblocker and catalyst

As a new author or a writer waiting to self - publish your books, this guide will get you set up, and emailing within a day.

But, as SellBox reports, fewer authors these days feel the need to hire Author Solutions to publish their books.

Your friends, family, and publisher will do everything they can to spread the word about your work, but at the end of the day, with more books than ever being published and read, authors who think their work is done after the finished manuscript is in simply won't be read as widely as an author who (respectfully) continues to do everything he or she can to get their book into the hands of readers.»

If responsible indie authors want to put themselves out there in a smart way, I think in this day and age, it's not fighting against traditional publishing so much as making our own paths to personal success.

As much as I embrace the digital revolution that's transforming the publishing world seemingly by the day, I feel sad for authors of the future whose books may never appear in physical forAs much as I embrace the digital revolution that's transforming the publishing world seemingly by the day, I feel sad for authors of the future whose books may never appear in physical foras I embrace the digital revolution that's transforming the publishing world seemingly by the day, I feel sad for authors of the future whose books may never appear in physical form.

Since day one, D2D has focused on providing as many free and powerful resources as we can, to help make publishing easy for authors of all stripes and at all levels.

The day - long free event consisted of numerous readings and workshops on writing as well as the publishing and business side of running an author business.

I'll be building resources to help indie authors publish and market their books, such as a «21 Day Bestselling Author Platform» course, and genre - specific book marketing guides (I've already added a few of them to www.marketingforwriters.com; I'll announce those more formally once I've got more genres completed.)

In a climate where so much of our lives ends up on the internet, it can be hard to distinguish between «John Doe the self - published author» and John Doe's day job as an insurance salesman, since aspects of both of his professional lives may be equally accessible online.

We receive submissions from independent authors, small publishers, and publishing giants such as Random House, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster, with contestants that range from the first - time, self - published author to New York Times bestsellers like J.A. Jance, James Rollins, and # 1 best - selling author Daniel Silva, as well as celebrity authors like Jim Carrey (Bruce Almighty), Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek) and Henry Winkler (Happy Days).

ORNA ROSS TO SPEAK AT FIRST FUTUREBOOK AUTHOR DAY The Bookseller Author Day welcomes both independent and traditionally published authors, as well as figures in the industry who work withAUTHOR DAY The Bookseller Author Day welcomes both independent and traditionally published authors, as well as figures in the industry who work with thDAY The Bookseller Author Day welcomes both independent and traditionally published authors, as well as figures in the industry who work withAuthor Day welcomes both independent and traditionally published authors, as well as figures in the industry who work with thDay welcomes both independent and traditionally published authors, as well as figures in the industry who work with them.

I'm sorry, two days of Kindle sales over a two month period — as brilliantly crunched as the data is — doesn't demonstrate that an indie - published author will make as much money as traditionally published author.

The end result of that email was AuthorEarnings.com, which revealed the startling fact that self - published authors were making as much as a cohort every single day as all the Big 5 authors combined.

Dougie Brimson New Generation Publishing The other day, whilst talking about the subject of publishing, I was referred to as an indie - author and then asked if I was comfortable with the label... I have actually given it some consideration and eventually I goggled the obvious question; what is an indPublishing The other day, whilst talking about the subject of publishing, I was referred to as an indie - author and then asked if I was comfortable with the label... I have actually given it some consideration and eventually I goggled the obvious question; what is an indpublishing, I was referred to as an indie - author and then asked if I was comfortable with the label... I have actually given it some consideration and eventually I goggled the obvious question; what is an indie author?

His flagship ebook «How To Write and Publish Your Own eBook... in as little as 7 Days» — newly revised and updated with V2.0 — has been helping book and ebook authors create their own best - selling ebooks since 2001!

Day One: Building Your Book From the Ground Up (step - by step instruction of the self - publishing process) Day Two: Building Your Literary Business from the Ground Up (teaching authors and writers how they should be operating as a business) Day Three: Turning Your Book Into a Business (teaching writers / authors how to earn money beyond book sales by creating multiple streams of income).

I think it's important to remember that publishers, authors, and readers are all in this together... the book industry isn't and never has been truly profitable for anyone, and I for one (as a reader) hope that the future doesn't leave us without committed publishing people willing to work 60 hour weeks at $ 35K / year (or whatever crap salaries the publishing world pays these days!)

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We put up with it because if an author wants to monetize her work, she usually needs to cede some rights to a third party, such as a publisher or, these days, a self - publishing platform.