Sentences with phrase «editors is good for readers»

I think extra attention to detail by editors is good for readers and authors alike!

Not exact matches

I lived for praise from my editor and readers, and I was constantly on the lookout for a better - paying, more prestigious position.

«Good» single parents are supposed to sacrifice for their kids, or so says single mom Shoshana Alexander, a founding editor of the Utne Reader.

Send a note to the Book Review Editor indicating why you believe the work would be of interest to Science readers, and, for prospective authors, why you are well - positioned to write the review.

DiChristina: Yeah, I mean I think one of the things we don't realize working on the insides of Scientific American all the time is that the editor is not just working with the scientists but also they're reporting and going out to meetings and doing other things; they're [scouring] the world for the best science that matters for readers, have a lot of expertise themselves and it just seemed to me that this would be the kind of thing that readers might really find fascinating — what the editors of Scientific American [are] thinking based on all their conversations with the experts of the day covering the various areas of science and technology and how it affects our lives; and this was the genesis of this story.

As editor of Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School, Pollock brought together 64 real - life tools and techniques for strategizing classroom practices and work space politics, as well as best practice for readers trying to be constructively conscious and open about race and racism.

Many examples will be familiar to readers of the «best practices» literature (Southwest Airlines, New York City Police Department, Long Beach Unified School District), but the book's nearly 500 pages allow its editors to delve into details that will be fresh for most.

Recognizing that the SEMA Show is difficult for their readers in Australia to attend, Street Machine's editors did their best to cover the entire event.

Hidden Shadows is a Winner in the Fiction category of the 2016 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement award; Winner 2016 Global Ebook Awards, Popular Literature Fiction; Short - Listed for the Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize; finalist for the Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award; Honorable Mention, General Fiction, Eric Hoffer Award; Finalist, da Vinci Eye Award; Finalist, Debut category: WFWA (Women's Fiction Writers Association) Star Award Contest; Finalist, Literary Fiction, NIEA (National Indie Excellence Awards); Finalist for the Will Rogers Medallion Award in the Western Romance category; Finalist in the NERFA contest (National Excellence in Romance Fiction Awards), sponsored by First Coast Romance Writers, for «Novel with Romantic Elements;» Finalist in the Long Contemporary category for the Aspen Gold Reader's Choice Contest (Heart of Denver Romance Writers) and Top Ten finisher, Best Other Novel, Predators & Editors Readers» Poll 2015 as well as other awards and accolades.

I agree with you about how agent / editor rejections can be a good training ground for reader reviews.

I parted company with HarperCollins after my last book launch and have since taken back control of not just «brand Polly Courtney» but all the component parts of the publishing process: editing (I use a professional freelance editor as well as crowd - sourced readers) and cover design (I work directly with a designer, who has also worked on the second editions for my first two novels), production and distribution (I use Troubador Publishing) as well as promotion — which I'm finding far easier to do now that I'm proud of the product I'm promoting!

An Indie writer is an author because s / he cares about the readers, is never satisfied with the quality of his production, works with proofreaders and editors until his eyes bleed in search for a better word, a better flow, a proper scene, and a credible dialogue.

That does not make you an author... You are in fact Editor for the Editor in Chief of Good E Reader.

Good for readers to see a book has been edited, good for editors, and good for authors who should see their work sell more if this idea takes Good for readers to see a book has been edited, good for editors, and good for authors who should see their work sell more if this idea takes good for editors, and good for authors who should see their work sell more if this idea takes good for authors who should see their work sell more if this idea takes off.

Even avid readers of fiction don't know how to structure a book, so for the first book, [it's a good idea to use a] structural editor.

So, you now have better access to editors for selling books, better access to overseas publishers, no need for agents on contracts and negotiations, and a way to get your books directly to readers when you decide that's a good way to go with a project.

I guess my first novel was just good enough in its first revision — I had been through beta readers but probably needed a developmental editor anyway — that the people who didn't like it managed for the most part to say WHY.

If they can't define what that is and what the characters» central plot conflict is, then that usually is a good indication that you're not quite ready for an editor, and it's a good idea to get beta readers just to start things out.

The truth is that the best way to sell books is write a lot, work on learning how to be a better storyteller constantly, get your work in front of editors or readers or both, and plan for the long haul.

Unfortunately, it's rare for a beta reader or critique partner — or even an English teacher — to have the necessary skills to be a good line editor.

It is annoying for readers to spot typos or errors while reading a book and that's why even the very best authors in the world need editors and proof - readers.

One of the purposes of hiring an editor is to turn out the best book possible so that your readers will keep coming back for more.

In fact, given that indy authors tend to pay editors and proof readers, and want value for money, whereas editors in traditional houses are involved in a large number of projects, and are well - known to spend the bulk of their time in meetings rather than editing, and proofing is contracted out - often to the same proof - readers as many indies use (and some editors care how good it is, and some don't) the standards may well be higher in indy bestsellers.

Some companies are automatically providing access to editors, copy - editor, proof - readers and self - publishing (for a price, often through an outfit linked to self - publishing), and this may work well for many — but for TLC, it's important to keep being honest with people about what we really think of the work, rather than just immediately saying «oh why not self - publish it's so easy now.»

If your muse can't produce a good enough query letter to sell you on the project, it's going to be hard for you and your muse to sell the project to an editor, or to readers.

«We hope to capture a set of readers who perhaps don't read on paper, as well as a new generation who will grow up reading and writing on computer screens in school and will have different reading habits,» said Maru de Montserrat, agent at International Editors Co. and president of ADAL, «It's important to meet that demand, rather than waiting for readers to take matters into their own hands and create a black market of scanned books.»

If you want to ensure good reviews and a good reader experience, then planning to pay $ 250 - 500 for an editor should be in every author's launch budget.

An overview won't be exactly like jacket copy (remember you're pitching an agent / editor, not a reader), but it's a good starting place for setting out the scope of your book.

one of those essays, «Gray Area: Thinking With a Damaged Brain,» by Floyd Skloot, was reprinted in Utne Reader and selected by Robert Atwan for «The Best American Essays 2000» and by editors James Gleick and Jesse Cohen for «The Best American Science Writing 2000.»

It's still the best pick for the vast majority of readers, and remains our Editors» Choice.

I think agents can assist authors with self - publishing in exchange for 15 % — connecting them with editors who match the author's style (this is huge), vetting copy - editors and proof - readers (this is huge), finding good cover artists (again, important) and formatters.

The Paperwhite is the best ebook reader you can get for the price, and an easy pick for our Editors» Choice.

You'll get the best bang for your editing buck if you give your editor a manuscript that's already revised, proofed and read by a few key readers.

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults Top 10 An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Readers A 2005 Booklist Editors» Choice A Kirkus Best Book of 2005 A 2005 SLJ Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age «What sets this novel apart is the brilliant, insightful, suffering but enduring voice of Miles Halter.»

Because they can get beta readers for free (and by beta readers, they really mean alpha readers), they think that editors are dirt cheap as well.

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For a piece of journalism, the next stage is newsroom filters, through which a writer and editors shape — in this case — a long, thorough and marvelously reported article and trying to find a «front - page thought» able to catch the attention of speed readers immersed in other matters that better fit their «near and now» filters.

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