Sentences with phrase «driving more and more authors»

One of the major issues in the traditional publishing industry that is driving more and more authors to pursue independent and digital self - publishing is the dreaded slush pile, the much - abhorred gateway to a traditional publishing contract that all begins with getting an agent to even look at an author's manuscript.

In today's Publetariat Dispatch, independent bookseller Bob Spear looks at some of the bad publisher business practices that drive more and more authors to go indie.

Not exact matches

The authors suggest that human activity may even be driving a similar Lilliput - like pattern in the modern world, as more and more large animals go extinct because of hunting, habitat destruction, and climate change.

«The good news is that it's much more difficult to drive mutations in the stalk, but it's not impossible,» said David J. Topham, Ph.D., study author and the Marie Curran Wilson and Joseph Chamberlain Wilson Professor in the department of Microbiology and Immunology at URMC.

The authors found that driving performance degraded regardless of secondary texting task type, but manual entry led to slower reaction times and significantly more eyes - off - road glances than voice - to - text input using both smartphones and Google Glass.

«Knowing the mutations that are driving a tumor over time could help us predict the genetic course of the disease, so that we can intervene in a more specific fashion,» said the studies» senior author Dr. C. Ryan Miller, a member of UNC Lineberger and associate professor in the UNC School of Medicine.

The authors go on to speculate that internet use is driven by more than just the short - term excitement or joy of the technology, but that over-use can produce negative physiological and psychological changes that may drive people back onto the internet, even when they do not want to engage.

One implication, say the authors, is that despite existing recommendations that drivers take 8 hours between shifts, the trucking industry may need to allow more flexibility in sleeping and driving schedules.

The authors say emission certification tests, both prior to sale and by vehicle owners, could be more accurate if they were to simulate a broader variety of speeds, driving styles and ambient temperatures.

«Although we did not find the overall traffic - related fatality rate to predict policy adoption, the size of the population ages 15 to 24 years — the group most at risk for death and injury from impaired driving — was associated with first time policy adoption, suggesting that states might be initially more receptive to regulation when it involves protecting younger populations,» said study author Diana Silver, associate professor of public health at NYU Steinhardt and NYU College of Global Public Health.

Study authors called for more research to assess the association between self - estimated BrACs and driving behavior in different contexts, and to investigate how altering drinking environments could improve individuals» ability to self - estimate their BrACs and avoid driving after drinking.

This is our dream for personalized cancer therapy, so we're not just guessing any more about which drugs will work but can choose drug targets based on what's driving that patient's cancer,» said Josh Stuart, the Baskin professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, director of cancer and stem cell genomics at the UCSC Genomics Institute, and a senior corresponding author of the paper.

And the movie does have its flaws: for such a supposedly important author, Eiffel's work sounds like it has more in common with Oprah's Book Club than Saul Bellow, those two boobs from the Sonic Drive - Thru commercials are inexplicably cast as co-workers (perhaps to contribute to the entire atmosphere of unreality), and the whole thing plays like Charlie Kaufman Lite... blurring the lines of reality and unreality, but without the messy cyniciAnd the movie does have its flaws: for such a supposedly important author, Eiffel's work sounds like it has more in common with Oprah's Book Club than Saul Bellow, those two boobs from the Sonic Drive - Thru commercials are inexplicably cast as co-workers (perhaps to contribute to the entire atmosphere of unreality), and the whole thing plays like Charlie Kaufman Lite... blurring the lines of reality and unreality, but without the messy cyniciand the whole thing plays like Charlie Kaufman Lite... blurring the lines of reality and unreality, but without the messy cyniciand unreality, but without the messy cynicism.

It seems fairly obvious what roles each thesp will take with the promise of a character driven period drama featuring the two highly exciting considering what Crowley was able to do with «Boy A.» We're not familiar with the source material, but it sounds more melodrama than her usual thriller (the author, of course, was the writer of «Strangers On A Train» and «The Talented Mr. Ripley «-RRB-.

Specifically, where most AAA action games simply fake a sense of character growth through inexorably expanding ability trees — simulating player - authored progress by really just rationing off game systems - Destiny and God of War aim to more specifically bridge the gap between straightforward action game and proper, player - driven, stats - powered RPG, delivering the (optional) depth of the latter without having it dominate the experience.

Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers are the authors of more than 40 books and professional articles for educators, including, most recently, Teaching Students to Drive Their Brains: Metacognitive Strategies, Activities, and Lesson Ideas (ASCD, 2016), Smarter Teacher Leadership: Neuroscience and the Power of Purposeful Collaboration (Teachers College Press, 2016), Positively Smarter: Science and Strategies for Increasing Happiness, Achievement, and Well - Being (Wiley Blackwell, 2015), Five Big Ideas for Effective Teaching: Connecting Mind, Brain, and Education Research to Classroom Practice (Teachers College Press, 2013) and Flourishing in the First Five Years: Connecting Implications from Mind, Brain, and Education Research to the Development of Young Children (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2013).

Read more Watch the study come to life in a webinar as two of the school leaders featured in the case study and the author of the study discuss how they used the assessment to drive improvement.

Furthermore, the authors note, as the charter movement gained momentum and other states passed similar laws, a more market - driven vision of charter schools emerged that emphasized competition as an incentive for traditional public schools to improve, rather than the idea of charter - tested innovations that could boost public school practices broadly.

-- Andy Hargreaves A new report, Data - Driven Improvement and Accountability, authored by Boston College professors Andy Hargreaves and Henry Braun, offers recommendations for establishing more effective systems and...

BMW, Mercedes, and Audi constantly duke it out to see who can pack the most tech, power, and luxury into every car they sell, and while this author is certainly okay with more fun - to - drive alternatives out there, what's left for the buyer who wants nothing to do with lap times and everything to do with swaddling comfort?

We're stepping out of running every promotion as a monthly stint, and driving the site to more of a community, where readers and authors have more interaction, bloggers and reviewers can connect and choose books based on availability, and education spans every aspect of self - publishing, from harnessing the power of social media to creating strong websites and platforms, and effective book marketing.

With our large e-Book catalog, Vistaar's technology will enable us to be more market and data driven in our pricing approach and in turn increase sales for our authors and our partners.

Projects like Hugh Howey's Author Earnings are already maximizing on the available information to help authors make sound decisions concerning publishing route, ebook pricing, and more, but traditional publishers are also slowly coming along in terms of looking at all the possible pieces of information surrounding a book or author, and using that information to drive consumer engagAuthor Earnings are already maximizing on the available information to help authors make sound decisions concerning publishing route, ebook pricing, and more, but traditional publishers are also slowly coming along in terms of looking at all the possible pieces of information surrounding a book or author, and using that information to drive consumer engagauthor, and using that information to drive consumer engagement.

I'm not sure I'll make it out alive if I admit that I a) don't know the names of the members of boy - band One Direction, b) saw a picture of the band and didn't realize they were all boys, and c) don't understand what is driving fan fiction authors to write volume after volume of fan fiction surrounding the pop... [Read more...]

That feeling of satisfaction is what drives a lot of authors, especially self - published authors, many of whom are in it for the creative effort more than the likelihood of fame and fortune.

Hopefully my meager addition will drive more authors and readers your way!

She delivers high - quality, results - driven strategic processes and programs to help authors sell more books.

As technology improves and trade publishers become even more dollar driven, more and more of our reading material will come from author - publishers.

The startup is nearing 3 million members, drives more than 1 million e-book sales every month and generates revenue in the «seven figures» from commissions on sales and fees paid by publishers and authors to be included in the newsletter.

More importantly may be the data that shows that, despite criticism from the industry, self - published and indie published titles did not destroy book pricing with their 99 - cent books; however, the fourth trend did demonstrate that book prices have taken an overall drop, but this is largely due to high - volume online retailers who can negotiate these prices, not just indie authors who strategize on low pricing as a means to drive book sales.

Meanwhile, your Facebook Page can support your author website by allowing you to share updates in real time with links to recently published works, driving directions to readings, new book signing dates, and more.

They sometimes feel agents drive up an author's advance, or that having agents act as intermediaries in a negotiation and during the publishing process prevents them from building a more personable relationship with their author.

Author Facebook Page marketing: Discover how to drive traffic to your Facebook Page and your books with meaningful connections, original content and photos, ads, contests and more.

Bottom line: There are many, many ways to engage readers on your Facebook author page and drive more traffic to your author website and your book events.

Horner also addressed the affiliate program, specifically in terms of how affiliate status can help authors in maximizing revenue by driving their readers towards the Nook site to purchase their ebooks, mostly by making the process simpler and more streamlined.

James Sallis is the acclaimed author of more than two dozen volumes of fiction, poetry, translation, essays, and criticism, including the Lew Griffin series, Drive (made into the movie of the same name), Cypress Grove, Cripple Creek, and Salt River.

Good e-Reader sat down at the Frankfurt Book Fair today with Theresa Horner, Vice President of Digital Content at Barnes and Noble, to talk about the current state of the Nook division, the associated Nook Press self - publishing platform, and the upcoming affiliate drive to help authors receive an additional benefit for... [Read more...]

I have always been more than a little character driven in my reading choices, and this author creates true to life, two - dimensional people.

Nonfiction tends to be more idea - driven and therefore is actually highly reliant on author platform (number of social media followers, etc.), as opposed to fiction.

The publishers both said that they are collecting more and more data to help drive marketing, but the agent said that she has still yet to see this trickle down to authors.

I deliver high - quality, results - driven strategic processes and programs to help authors sell more books.

The other authors will appreciate the support, and if you drive more sales your book might start showing up under the «also boughts» of the books you're recommending (I usually include a list of recommended books to read at the end of my own books).

You might find, as these pioneering authors did, that a Skype book tour provides even more opportunities than a standard book tour to foster intimacy and connections with your readers... and you might find yourself trading in traditional book tours for Skype - driven book tours for good.

Audra North is a contemporary romance author of more than twenty romances, including the Stanton Family series from Entangled Publishing, the Hard Driving series from St. Martin's Press, and the Pushing the Boundaries series from Samhain Publishing.

Part of an effective author platform strategy, is to be driving visitors to your author website to find out more about you and hopefully consider purchasing your book.

Plus, if you drive any and all traffic you have to Amazon then as a new author you can take advantage of Amazon's internal sales algorithms to have your book rank higher for more exposure, without the need to worry about delivering the e-book.

The rest, as far as I can tell, is information that's more closely guarded that the Hope Diamond — and perhaps rightfully so, since authors and publishers can drive themselves crazy by staring at those numbers, hour after hour, and trying to figure out how to change them for the better, and then how to maintain their rankings.

BookZio is a free service that helps our readers uncover great deals on much - admired ebooks while offering publishers and authors with a way to drive sales, receive more reviews and find new fans.

Only writing more books and creating more content will drive my author business forward.

Author Erik Davis (also a writer for Wired, Bookforum, and The Village Voice) had remembered that in the mid-90s, «I got paid pretty good for a youngster — generally much better than I get paid now, when my career sometimes looks more and more like a hobby...» But he also noted that his career is «less driven by external measures of what a «successful» writing career looks like,» and he'd enjoyed spending his time writing about off - beat topics like mystical and counter-cultural threads in both technology and the media.