Sentences with phrase «debate over author»

Philip Pullman has joined in the debate over author earnings, saying writers could soon be «an endangered species» if publishers fail to deliver on fairer terms.

Philip Pullman has joined in the debate over author earnings, saying they could soon be extinct if publishers fail to deliver on fairer terms...

Not exact matches

And while the coming debate over the guaranteed income will inevitably focus on political and economic viability, in the end the authors believe we will embrace it, as we embraced those others, because it is the right thing to do.

However, contrary to the author's hopes, the abortion debate can not survive over the long term because the anti-abortion movement is based on the political right.

CNN: My Take: It's time for evangelicals to speak up about guns Pastor and author Daniel Darling urges evangelicals to participate in the debate over access to guns, and to acknowledge that there is «no clear - cut Christian position on gun control.»

Written in informed engagement with current debates over the possibility of knowledge and truth, this small book will reward careful reading also by those who may dispute the author's interpretation of biblical texts.

I am no Scholar but, I believe God has the power to change prophecy the way that he did with Hezekiah, his intentions for a perfect people in the beginning changed due to disobedience so who's to say our men or intended leadership has overall been disobedient, and many women have been forced to lead and in that leading women have been more obedient.We all need each other if my husband was a pastor and I'm his help mate if he for some reason can't teach or preach who else other than myself would be the closest to him.I don't believe GOD changes he's always the same but, he does have the power to make changes and he does not need our permission to do so, instead of debating back and forth over our version of the Bible we should be sure we have the Holy Spirit and real relationship with GOD because he will reveal to us his truths but, please know he's not the author of confusion

The author examines the debate in the church over the growth of paid - time religious programs which has centered on several major issues, including the nature of the church, its mission, evangelism, pastoral care and counseling, and the social and political impact, and also the communication aspects: one way versus interactive communication.

Child psychologist and author Larry Balter agrees; he was also on the panel for the debate over crying it out.

Although Churchill and the crisis of May 1940 is a subject almost over written by many authors, David Owen in Cabinet's Finest Hour The Hidden Agenda of May 1940 (University of Chicago Press) uses Cabinet papers as well as private ones to explore the debate over whether to seek a negotiated peace.

«In a recent jointly authored article and book, Nelson has begun to re-articulate the debate over scientists as advocates, arguing that in fact, scientists have a special responsibility to become involved in policy debates.»

«The crisis in Flint brought the true costs of a neglected infrastructure to the nation's attention, but in the finger - pointing there are deeper debates over public and private responsibility and the impact of dysfunctional politics on public health,» said David Rosner, PhD, co-director of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and author of the commentary, «Entry Point: A Lead Poisoning Crisis Enters Its Second Century,» which is available online in the May issue of the journal, Health Affairs.

«There has long been a debate in the medical community over striking the right balance between pain relief and physical function,» said John Markman, M.D., director of the Translational Pain Research Program in the University of Rochester Department of Neurosurgery and lead author of the study.

The authors noted the findings may play a role in the ongoing debate over pre-participation ECG screenings for preventing sudden death in athletes by offering a new perspective on the greatest health risk for runners.

The debate over how to meet the Paris goals «should be broader», the lead author tells Carbon Brief, because there are risks to relying on negative emissions from BECCS.

While America is stalled in a moral debate over cells derived from embryos, other countries are moving apace with the potentially lucrative research that is expected to define medicine's next frontier, say authors Dr. Leo Furcht and William Hoffman.

Report authors acknowledged that their report would not — and should not — settle the debate over GMOs.

In exploring these issues, the author engages deeply in public policy debates over separate versus mixed education, legislative interpretation, and social integration.

Rapid e-learning Creation or Creative Flexibility - There is always a debate between how much easy to use, quick e-learning creation is required vs a full creative control over the course authoring.

Says WILL's Education Policy Director, Will Flanders, Ph.D., author of the study, «The debate over school choice is almost always focused on the so - called costs.

In the #commoncore Project, authors Jonathan Supovitz, Alan Daly, Miguel del Fresno and Christian Kolouch examined the intense debate surrounding the Common Core State Standards education reform as it played out on Twitter over the 32 months from September 2013 through April 2016.

The authors looked to national surveys of charter and private schools and interviews with leading charter and private school networks for their answers to major questions that animate the current debates over teacher pay in public schools.

In order to add necessary context to the recent voucher research — and the debate over the budget — the authors compare the negative outcomes of one of these voucher programs — the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program — to other factors that negatively affect student achievement.

It's been years since the first debates over protecting the interests of authors and publishers, with solutions — albeit often pathetic ones — proposed so long ago... [Read more...]

Publishing industry events have been debating the ins and outs of reaching readers directly for several years, and companies have been exhibiting at these events for that same amount of time, promising both publishers and authors they could reach out to book audiences and seamlessly sell content, wiping out the need to pay fees or argue over how much a book should cost.

The debate over the most recent accusations about how Amazon is destroying the book industry has taken a new turn with some new arguments, all of which — yet again — have nothing more behind them than the insistence that Amazon hates books, hates authors, hates readers, and basically... hates everyone.

Harlequin may be Canadian, but are not really involved in eBooks except for their imprint Karina Press which is all about e-Books but there is a running debate if they screw their authors over with royalties an never give advances.

While piracy and protection are only one half of the equation in the debate over these restrictions, compatibility is the other half; with the sheer volume of choices in the digital reading market, it's also a concern that authors, publishers, and self - publishers need to address.

In the five months since the «discovery» and planned publication of the manuscript was announced, countless pages and social media streams have been dedicated to debates over the 89 - year - old author's agency in the decision and discussions of what the book, written as an early draft of To Kill a Mockingbird but set some 20 years later, might reveal about some of literature's most beloved characters.

Or rather, books about God have, specifically those about whether or not such a thing exists, with ample ink given to how misguided believers or atheists are, depending on which author you turn to.Now Karen Armstrong has joined the debate over religion's sway in modern society.

As the founder of self - publishing platform Smashwords predicted that «indie ebooks will account for 50 % of ebook sales by 2020», and as debate rages over whether self - published writers should be allowed to call themselves professional authors, Berkoff announced that he would be joining the self - publishing «revolution».

Over the years, I've heard self - published authors debate whether to drop their RWA membership or attend the Annual Conference, often because they felt like outsiders within the organization.

Over on Slate, a debate on the topic of the merits of copyright, as well as the ethical and moral implications of digital piracy, has been raging between Slate Business & Economics Correspondent Matthew Yglesias and author and literary scholar -LSB-...]

But taken as a whole, they offer a striking, alarming overview of how profound is the confusion among writers, including authors published many times over, about (a) where they stand in the industry, (b) what the new «freedom» of digital publishing really means for them, and (c) how the core industry is debating the business» future.

The Amazon / Hachette debate over e-book sales prices has finally sucked in some of the nation's best - selling authors, and they're taking the side of their publisher.

Publishers are right when they say there's a role for them in an ebook world... Although authors will continue to self - publish, the debate that matters in the future is what the basket of services will be that authors require and what will be the right price for them... good covers, changing covers, dynamic pricing, constantly improved metadata, monitoring to catch glitch take - downs, as well as developmental editing, line - editing, copy - editing, and proofreading... The lines are drawn for that discussion and the opinions are really all over the lot.

Almost every commentator taking up this debate presses home that essential, inescapable problem, including Michael Cader in the first of two Ether - length posts («It's a quiet «news» day») at Publishers Lunch, The Discussion Over «Author Earnings» (Part 1).

In fact, a great debate is going on now over the advantages New York publishing gives an author.

I should have pointed out to you that an interview with Guy Kawasaki on Konrath's blog has generated more than 60 comments with thought - provoking debate over what authors should focus: marketing or writing.

Although there will be an ongoing debate over which report will be the best to benefit every author in the industry, authors are now equipped with more data and report to draw comparisons in order to decide which publishing method best suits their needs.

And then there's the issue of hypocrisy when, as observed earlier by Judith Curry, «employees of green advocacy groups can participate as authors of the IPCC reports (without apparent criticism), but a non-advocate scientist [like Lennart Bengtsson] can not participate in a (non-green) think tank without censure from scientist colleagues... Honest brokers are to be preferred over advocates; but the real problem arises when advocates seek to stifle scientific and policy debates.»

Since I really don't go anywhere with this and in reality the author is debating Lindzen over an argument or analysis I am not even familiar with, I will leave this alone.

The hearing, «Data or Dogma: Promoting Open Inquiry in the Debate over the Magnitude of Human Impact on Earth's Climate,» featured testimony from three scientists who are skeptical of the case for action to address climate change (Prof. Judith Curry of Georgia Tech, Prof. John Christy of the University of Alabama Huntsville and Prof. Will Happer of Princeton University), one mainstream climate scientist (Prof. David Titley of Penn State University), and talk radio personality and author Mark Steyn.

I don't remember my professors ever saying anything like «this study proves such and such» or «the debate is over» as this author seems to be saying.

Rather than accurately describing the long and on - going debate which genuinely existed over the urbanization bias problem, the chapter authors ignored or dismissed the papers they personally disagreed with and presented the papers they agreed with (and in some cases had co-authored!)

The Conversation wraps up Clearing up the Climate Debate with a statement from our authors: the debate isDebate with a statement from our authors: the debate isdebate is over.

The author starts off by talking about humanitarian issues and makes the specific point about addressing all other angles «other than a debate over whether global warming contributed to the floods» and then promptly spends a whole page quoting those who have done just that.

My co author (Tom Fuller) and I find it very frustrating that the debate over AGW seems to work to preclude or prevent concrete action being taken to address known local problems.

With this rebellious statement, author Nina Teicholz wades into a decades - long debate over whether or not eating fat results in heart disease.

The authors - Professor Michael Greenberg and Heather Barnes Truelove - hope those nuances will better inform the debate, over how to green US energy generation.