Sentences with phrase «first get into book»

Before that, he outlines the differences between working for a publisher and working directly with an independent author; and explains how a lousy cover first got him into book design.

Not exact matches

I would say to any person commenting on your 10 Ways the Non-Violent Atonement Changes Your Theology blog, to read your book first (its not an expensive purchase) before launching into any detailed discussion or disagreement.It answers many of the potential concerns people have and gets the reader to reflect very strongly on what they have been taught about the atonement and to put on a new set of glasses when reading scripture.

I'm concerned about Tony's theology, whose philosophical foundations I criticized pretty consistently while I was involved in EC in 2004 - 7 before bowing out because Tony seemed more into pushing with some arrogance a pomo philosophy he never really studied in school than he was into fostering dialogue (I went back to just reading the wonderful books of Brian McLaren which is how I got involved in the first place).

Her first book, #Stolen, dives into a world where social media has told us who we are - and shows us how we can fight to get our identities back.

Szczecny who can not get into the Polish first team is still on the books, Right?

At the other end of the field Dybala was getting dispossessed like it was going out of style, and one loss of the ball forced Marchisio into taking out Mandragora going the other way for the game's first booking.

Unfortunately as is often the Arsenal way we managed to conspire to make the game difficult for ourselves, with a few minutes of the first half remaining Ox found himself with the ball on the edge of Everton's area, Hector available to his right and players closing, if he had managed to get a shot off first time then we would not have been chasing back towards our own goal five seconds later, instead Ox chose to shoot after a couple of touches in to a mass of Everton bodies when there were better options on, the ball broke to Delofeu who managed remarkably to stay on his feet for twenty or so yards before releasing Barkley, Koscielny had been dragged wide by Lukaku and Ox and Hector were in hot pursuit, they both probably had a chance to take the booking but allowed Barkley to continue, he took a speculative shot which would not have troubled Cech until it took a big deflection off of Gabriel and drifted into the gaping net.

However, he was a little hot - headed in the first half and went into the book but the Frenchman battled hard with Dembele and Dele Alli with his usual strength and tenacity, before getting his second booking just ten minutes after half time.

The Jacksonville Jaguars went into their game this week against the Buffalo Bills hoping to play spoiler to their playoff chances, and get in a win in the books for the first time in five weeks.

I bought the book when it first came out, but for whatever reason, I couldn't get into it.

Week.1: as your baby gets more comfortable with sitting on their own, you may notice them start to reach forwards to grab toys or books; soon they will start to learn to get into the position to crawl and this is the first step.

An avid reader since her childhood, Alicia dove head first into any book, article, blog, or scientific journal she could get her hands on that dealt with public health and nutrition.

IF you buy the minicourse first, which is simply a deep dive into starting at birth, you will get a 30 % off coupon for the book inside the course.

In my book «Safe Food: The Politics of Food Safety,» I explain how Salmonella gets into eggs and how it got into them in the first place.

Getting into the book, the first main thing she disclaims right off the bat is that calories do indeed ultimately matter — and again, they certainly do — but that physiology (and psychology) can obfuscate things.

This then led me into doing... My first book I got to live at CERN, the big physics lab outside of Geneva and I watched 150 extraordinarily smart physicists discover non-existent elementary particles on my watch.

Be sure to come back on Friday for my first book excerpt about how I got out of my mom rut and into my groove!

Her new book, cleverly titled «Single - Minded,» is about a newly single woman trying online dating for the first time and getting into all sorts tricky situations.

I was 12 years old when I first read «Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,» and I got so into it that I finished the book in less than a day.

The screenplay by Gideon Defoe (based on the first two books in his series about these characters) gets far more mileage out of these characters when they are simply mucking about — getting into arguments about the best part of a pirate's life, sailing while leaving behind red dots in the water so that their progress can be seen on a map, and otherwise doing very silly things for no reason more than that they must.

So he stuffs $ 2 million into a locker on the other side of the country, selects a group of randoms from his casino floor to go after it, and opens a book on who'll get there first.

Lady Bird explores the plurality of this relationship from the first scene where tight - laced mother and liberal - leaning daughter share a tear over an audio book of «The Grapes of Wrath» before getting into an argument over culture and city college and jail, which leads Lady Bird, a nickname Marion uses mostly with distain, to chuck herself from the moving vehicle.

If you've seen the first one, or read the books, then you know what you are getting into, but if not, please note that this series of films are not for the feint of heart and strict attention should be placed on the rating.

Knightley would likely play Marina Thwaite, the beautiful daughter of a social activist and journalist who is struggling to finish her first book, titled The Emperor's Children Have No Clothes (you says the title, you wins the prize), while Bana is most suited for Ludovic, an ambitious Aussie who woos Marina to get himself invited into Manhattan's high society.

First we get a featurette ««Colton Goes to Heaven»», which takes us behind - the - scenes into the task of bringing the book to the big screen.

A faithful adaption of Marvel's comic book property in spirit if not in tone (we'll get to that in a bit), first - time feature director Tim Miller and producer / star Ryan Reynolds's long - in - gestation love - child is a unique, welcome entry into a genre about to explode in what some would argue is over-population.

First Book works to get quality literature into those communities.

In fact, this is not Pfeiffer's first time getting into the comic book movie world.

More than a first - ever research synthesis, this highly accessible book brings math difficulties into clear focus, helping educators and psychologists get inside students» heads so they can devise the best way to help children learn.

On Monday, News Corporation announced that it had signed an agreement to buy 90 percent of Wireless Generation for $ 360 million in cash, its first foray into the for - profit world of education since its book publishing arm, Harper Collins, got out of the textbook business in the mid-1990s.

I've published two books, marketed them well the first couple of months and was pleased with their sales, but then, well, I just couldn't get into that «checking out my stats every day and promoting frequently» kind of thing.

And I think that's where a lot of confusion comes into play, because authors get advised to build a platform before they even have a first book out.

Praise for the First Edition of The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published (Previously published as Putting Your Passion Into Print)

He quickly segued into Kindle book pricing because it was a hot topic when he was first getting started...

Making sure an author's book gets into stores is also a matter of marrying the book to the right publisher in the first place.

Beyond Paper Editing provided technical expertise and insights into the publishing industry that were essential to getting our book to market, knowledge that we as first - time authors did not have.

It's getting easier and easier for successful digital - first authors to move into print and even bookstores without the help of a publisher, and the spread of e-book reading from dedicated devices such as the Kindle to tablets and smartphones (22 percent of Americans age 18 to 29 read books on their phones, according to the Pew survey) seems to offer new opportunities for those who get the format and pricing right.

Unless you're the offspring of Stephen King or JK Rowling, there's a good chance the first book you write will not be the one that gets you into the literary hall of fame.

Getting your book into the ebookstores and print - on - demand is pretty simple, but there's a learning curve, and you may have to invest a few hours the first time.

Lam's first book, a collection of interconnected short stories, opens with «How To Get Into Medical School, Part 1, a story which at first glance treads familiar territory - an Asian girl of first generation immigrant parents finds herself torn between her budding love for fellow medical student Fitz (an unsuitable boy by dint of him not being Asian) and her drive to succeed at the highest level as a medical student.

Before he gets there is the heart of the book, a quest of sorts, including an invisible dog, a first sexual encounter, a plane crashing into the airport right where Justin had been standing moments before, and an almost fatal disease.

Your giveaway could consist of the first chapter of your book, the first few chapters, or the entire thing if you're hoping to entice people into a series or get them to spread the word.

My tentative conclusions are these: 1) ebooks are «leveling» the playing field for female authors since, for the first time in publishing history, authors do not have to wait for the largesse or permission from publishers to get our books into the hands of readers, and traditional publishing has always favored males (to date).

The one limitation I wish hadn't been in the book is that we never got deep into Bryn's head — because the book was written in first person from Dennon's point of view.

And when it comes to translations another common question is - would it help to get into certain markets if I had my book translated first?

And do sales and special promotions on that first book to get readers into the series.

First of all, I knew that the content in my book was powerful and I had hoped to find a company that had the expertise I needed to support me in getting it into the marketplace.

* Top literary agents can help you find the perfect title / subtitle for your book, turn your book into a series or brand, decide which book you should pitch first, edit your book and / or book proposal, build your author platform, identify your competition and differentiate you, get you more publicity, and help build a business around your book (with multiple streams of income).

Once an author has a few books out and earning, justifying the expense of self - publishing becomes a little easier, but how do you get that first book into the market without robbing the kid's college fund or dining on ramen for a year?

Like many self publishing authors, when I was getting my first book ready to birth into the world, I realized that I had no platform, no support and very little marketing ability.