Sentences with phrase «feelings about book publishing»

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This time has been a critical moment of transition and momentum for me: as I look to publish a book this year that God spoke to me about eight years ago, as the church we serve in begins to feel momentum and grace for a new season, as my wife and I close out our seventh year of marriage, and enter what I believe will be our most fruitful season yet.

A denominational press can feel good about sales of 6,000 to 10,000 over the lifetime of a book; HarperSanFrancisco does not want to publish a book unless it is likely to sell at least 15,000 in the first year.

One great thing about being at home revising is having extra time to try out more recipes I do hope that one day you are able to publish a recipe book, I have a feeling it would do very, very well

Brimming with kitchen wisdom, cooking tips, information about domestic and imported ingredients, menus, quotes, and lore, this timeless book feels as fresh and exciting as the day it was first published.

Hi there, felt really strange to read your Blog about Tariku as that's the name of my book I published last year..

That, to me, is a huge step, that a mass - market publisher has published an entire book talking about women's negative feelings in a way that validates us.

With a completely new look - and - feel that makes it even easier for authors to find valuable information about their books and the publishing process.»

Just as the debate once raged about the state of print - versus - digital book publishing, magazines and newspapers are feeling the pinch of that familiar argument.

And it the book sucked, I'm not going to feel better about having wasted my time and money reading it just because it came from a big publishing house.

Oh, and if you're wondering who the hell I am and why I think I know anything about publishing, feel free to browse my books here.

Although I had written the book and felt the information was share - worthy, I had no idea how to go about the process of book publishing.

«I had talked about my children's books for so long and to so many people that I felt I'd better do something about getting published or take the chance of being put into the category of «all talk and no action.»

I was tempted to take an advance for polish publishing rights on one book because I couldn't see how it could hurt — but I just didn't feel like I knew enough about what I was signing away.

After I saw you publishing your ebooks and then NOT publishing on your blog except to publish your kindle books I felt well... better about myself.

I understand how some indie authors feel about putting all their eggs into one basket when publishing ebooks and paperback books in one account.

How do you feel about the evolution of book publishing?

Eloquently exasperated, Smart threw an image of «the long publishing pipeline» up onto the stage's magenta - framed screen and said: «I don't know about you, but this is sometimes how it feels when I look ahead to the commitments we've made for new books.

Thank you for the info Vinny, now I think I see, You'd like a blog about marketing from lil» ol' me, Promote only when you are in a happy mood, And never promote your books by being far too rude, Try to make your posts interesting, clever and funny, And try not to part with a large amount of money, Now I feel there is one thing I should stress, Never go and give your cash to a vanity press, Blog, tweet and update your Facebook status as often as you can, Make contact with other authors and befriend your only fan, Be courteous, considerate and always be kind, And you will slowly find, You'll get people interested and make them all see, Especially when you give your book away for free, Sit back, relax and be rather nice, And always think about the price, People will not part with their cash unless the price is low, Particularly for an author they do not even know, Always remember to write purely for fun, Never think that your profit will be a huge great sum, And pray for exposure to the lord above, Because self - publishing is a labour of love,

I just published my first book over at Amazon and I feel like I have a second job trying to get the word out about my novel.

When you do publish, you wonder why your book isn't selling, why it isn't getting reviews, why you haven't been invited to do interviews, why no one is blogging about your book, why you feel like a failure.

I'm so pleased and feel incredibly honored to be the book publicist who has the privilege to watch Paul Amirault use his book marketing instincts to let people know about his self - published memoir.

Knowing this as a writer, how are you going to feel about publishing your book?

Among the various start - ups that are offering shorter volume works, bestselling authors like Amy Tan and Walter Mosely — to name only two — are enjoying the freedom to publish without feeling the pressure of conforming to rigid rules about the length of a book.

I always feel badly saying something critical about a book as I know how much work it takes to write and how difficult it can be to actually be published.

Polly Courtney first made news on this site earlier this year for abandoning traditional publishing after her self - published titles gained some well - deserved attention from the industry; at the time, Courtney had some strong words for her feelings about the experience, including her embarrassment over her book titles and the way traditional publishing lumped her into genre categories.

So with that introduction to the book, I don't pay attention to whether it's self published or not because it's one that I feel like I already «know» about.

I recently wrote two hubs about the pros and cons of e-readers, but I deliberately didn't include self published books in either category and the reason is because I have very mixed feelings on the subject, ones that must be addressed in their own hub (this one).

The publishing industry has spent the past few weeks reeling from the insights provided by DBW and AuthorEarnings into what book sales data actually feels like for the rights holders involved, if not actually providing meaning discussion and furthering conversations about how accurate comparative sales data can help authors and publishers.

Even now, decades later, with multiple degrees and my 10th book about to be published, I still feel the sting of being excluded from that club — because I was a girl.

It was the day when self - publishing first started to feel real to me — with all the big things that that implied about the future of books.

Finding an agent who is genuinely excited about helping you reach your dreams of getting a book published is a fantastic feeling for a writer.

Are an experienced or aspiring nonfiction writer and feel you have more to learn about writing, publishing or promoting nonfiction books.

What I like best about Kindle publishing is Amazon will do a lot to sell your book — if it feels like readers want it.

From authors who want to have their work available once the physical edition has gone out of print and the rights have reverted, to those whose books we believe in and feel passionately about but couldn't sell — oftentimes, after approaching 20 or more houses — we realized that part of our job as agents in this new publishing milieu is to facilitate these works being made available as e-books and through POD and other editions,» from the DGLM blog.

But, while the future of book publishing is figuring itself out, I think that all book lovers — and, yes, that includes book publicists like me — should feel excited about the potential of doing more with books than simply reading them.

Rather than continue a flame war here, I'll be posting a blog entry today about my feelings regarding reviewing vanity - published books, if anyone is interested.

After following people like Johanna Basford and hearing about what they're doing, the fact that the traditional publishing industry is still following this and is going to publish her book in August, rather than rushing another one out, because I feel like they're rushed out last one and the third one quite quickly.

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And after years of solitary drafting and revising, of silently dreaming and imagining what the pages will look like and what publishing this book will mean for your identity and your future, it's hard not to feel anxious about getting help.

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A good agent will help you edit your book, make sure it fits squarely into the genre it needs to be in, review and negotiate any publishing contracts for you, and pull your head above those rough literary waters when it inevitably feels like you're about to go under.

I've been thinking about how to handle my website when my mystery book is published because right now, my website is branded for romantic suspense and my mystery books have a completely different feel.

I'll probably feel different about this once I have a published book.

Which brings me to another, related question an author recently asked about, which is how do book publicists at publishing houses feel about freelance publicists?

How do you feel about eBooks vs print books and self vs conventional publishing?

I will, however: — write in my blogs about things other than publishing — work on my next novel and story collection — play lots of sims — write and share a short illustrated story, to see if I can — tweet whatever I want — read and review books when I want — make art, if I feel like it — make some new things for my Etsy shop — upload multitudes of unsorted travel photos from this summer — clean my house and get ahead of my laundry situation — help my son learn addition and subtraction — get away from the internet sometimes — experience daylight

«We feel that there is a retro trend about to engulf publishing, including a backlash against eBooks, back - talking about digital audio books, and backstabbing in general towards digital publishing,» McLean said.

I also will kindly admit: I know very little about publishing a book but I do have such a strong passion... a heart filled with words that I still feel are important and can reach others.

I'm looking for 250 - to 300 - word essays on writing and / or self - publishing — feel free to talk about your book and give it a plug and include your website and / or links to your book.

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