Sentences with phrase «for bigger authors»

There used to be a set progression and pricing structure of first releasing a hardcover, for bigger authors.

AG is not known for a reputation of supporting self - published authors, and some commenters see this as a move to provide a cheaper, faster solution for bigger authors and major publishers who want to get swift take - down notices against indie authors who still don't have the means to defend themselves.

As for big authors staying with big publishers, I am confident they are not only laid well, but get a far better deal than any of us will ever see.

Likewise if one's book isn't in the front of the bookstore; no one sees it and within six weeks of sitting hidden on the back shelves (what is called wallpaper for the big authors), most authors books are no longer in the store and won't be reordered.

The savviest agents for the biggest authors don't negotiate contracts in the same way the rest of the world does.

And generally, they're only going to do that for their biggest authors where they've paid the six - figure advance that they need to recoup.

Not exact matches

Rumors swirled in 2014 that the «Lean In» author might be eyeing a political run, perhaps for U.S. Senate or maybe even something bigger, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Leader - Chivée is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for a series on the year ahead, Big Ideas for 2018, where I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big Idea» that companies can take advantage of to get ahead in 2018.

And the amount of muscle you have to put into a book is the biggest surprise for most first - time authors.

In this week's tip roundup, three super stars share their tips for managing staff: Limor Fried of engineering kit - maker Adafruit; Eric Ripert, head chef at Le Bernardin in New York City; and Jeffrey Hayzlett, author of Think Big Act Bigger.

Authors Mark Rovere and Brett J. Skinner found that although Canada is one of the biggest spenders on national health care within the 27 - member Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), it nevertheless ranked below average on most of the indicators measuring availability of medical resources and services.

Finnegan is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for a series on the year ahead, Big Ideas for 2018, in which I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big Idea» that companies can leverage to get ahead in 2018.

He's a serial entrepreneur who had big failures (Rock Star Games) and great successes (Epihpany, sold for $ 329 million in 2005), and a best - selling author in his own right.

The author reminds us to keep thinking big, never be afraid to ask for things, and to not be intimidated when things don't go as planned.

That's how it beat out bigger - spending studios for the rights to The Hunger Games, by letting author Suzanne Collins write the script.

Don't go for the big number when negotiating with investors, says serial entrepreneur Gurbaksh Chahal, founder of RadiumOne and author of «The Dream.»

Fran Hauser is a long - time media executive, startup investor and author of The Myth of the Nice Girl.Best known for her role building PEOPLE.com — one of the biggest media brands online — Hauser made the leap to early stage investing in 2014, funding and advising consumer - focused companies such as HelloGiggles, Mogul, The Wing and Gem & Bolt.

His biography contains elements of an epic novel: growing up the son of a jailed Trotskyist labor leader in whose Chicago home he met Rosa Luxembourg's and Karl Liebknecht's colleagues; serving as a young balance of payments analyst for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamfor David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of MesopotamFor Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.

Garrett Baldwin is the voice of the The Daily Alpha, the features editor for Modern Trader magazine, and the author of The Man with The Big Red Balloon.

This is why Matthew Pollard has teamed up with speaker and author, of «Marketing Works: Unlocking Big Company Strategies for Small Business,» to guide you through the highly confusing, yet absolutely vital world of sales and marketing.

FreedomFest was founded in 2002 by my friend Mark Skousen, then - president of the Foundation for Economic Education and author of several books, including one of my favorites, The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes.

Web content guru Gerry McGovern, author of «Killer Content» — one of the best books on writing copy for the web — says that one of the biggest mistakes companies make in regards to their website content is thinking that customers care one little bit about the company.

8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Bill Child Chairman, R.C. Willey Home Furnishings (a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway) Topic: «How to Build a Business Warren Buffett Would Buy: The R.C. Willey Story» 9:40 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Robert Hagstrom Author and Portfolio Mgr, Legg Mason Growth Trust Topic: «Go Big: The Investment Case for US Multinationals» 10:50 a.m. — 11:50 p.m. Chuck Akre Managing Member and CEO Akre Capital Topic: «Finding Outstanding Investments» 11:50 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. Networking Lunch - Executive Deli Sandwiches in the atrium Sponsored by Morningstar 12:50 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. Pat Dorsey Author, Director of Research - Sanibel Captiva Trust Topic: «10 Years, 100 Analysts and 2,000 Stocks: Learning From Experience» 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Tom Russo Partner, Gardner Russo & Gardner Topic: «Global Value Equity Investing»

-- Alan Paul, author of Big in China «Delivers exactly what a new entrepreneur needs: road - tested, effective and exceptionally pragmatic advice for starting a new business on a shoestring.»

Adam is the author of 7 books including Lead The Field, 21 Ways to Build Your Business with a Book and Book The Business: How to Make Big Money With Your Book Without Even Selling a Single Copy, the # 1 book on marketing for authors that he co-authored with marketing legend Dan Kennedy.

Big win for the author's points, there.

... So all this author was pointing out is that the theory of the big bang in no way refutes or is in conflict with a theological belief of creation, as in, «In the beginning god created the heavens and the earth» or for that matter a Buddhist belief of constant recreation.

The author covered the sex abuse crisis for Newsweek and has produced a big book, mainly about people and events in Boston, that will hold the attention of readers interested in a journalistic account that tries to be fair - minded, although it is not untouched by moments of legitimate, indeed necessary, outrage.

The author's goal is to make sense of the reality which is bigger than we are and of utmost importance for the health of our body and mind.

Almost two decades ago, authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B Jenkins chose a similar premise for their Left Behind series of novels, which sold more than 65 million copies and has now spawned a big screen adaptation starring (almost unthinkably) Nicolas Cage.

Authors and publishers would also testify to her golden touch, Of the 46 works of fiction picked by Oprah for her book club (which she recently closed down), sales averaged 1.5 million in 1999, the club's biggest year.

It is often argued (and I argued this way myself in the past) that if a word is used by a Spirit - inspired author like the Apostle Paul, then rather than «dumb down» the message for our audience, we should educate them about the big words with God saw fit to include in Scripture.

Dr. Brian Wansink, a food psychologist at Cornell University and author of Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life, says, «People who are attracted to meat - shaped veggie foods are vegetarian for health reasons, not animal - rights reasons, and they're the biggest growing part of that market.»

Author Todd Wilbur reveals 150 new secret formulas for duplicating the taste of your favorite dishes from America's biggest restaurant chains including Applebee's, Olive Garden, Outback Steakhouse and many others.

Serving diners a 100 percent plant - based and vegan culinary experience for breakfast, dinner, dessert, and lunch on the go, The Ravens» co-creative kitchen is led by Sid Garza - Hillman, author, certified nutritionist, and long - time vegan, who works in close contact with chef team Sadhana Berkow, Ubaldo Salazar, and Big River Nurseries gardener Clayton Houghland.

This exciting, inviting cookbook by veteran author Nava Atlas brilliantly fills the biggest gap in the vegan repertoire with more than 200 delectable, completely doable recipes for every festive occasion.

For years the author slammed kickers who botched the big one.

i hope the author of this article remembered to touch wood after writing this... Way too many things are taken for granted here... «players like Santi Cazorla and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain are really hitting form and are sure to turn up for the big clash against the Saints.»

To the author of this article, coming from me may not mean anything to you, but I'll say it anyway, you deserve a standing ovation for an exceptional piece of work, big respect to you, please keep up the good work, all true fans must read this piece.

The book has already garnered praise from some big names in the food world including Mark Bittman, Marion Nestle, Jamie Oliver and my personal school food idol, JanPop, aka Janet Poppendieck, author of Free for All: Fixing School Food in America.

If anybody has friends that are authors, the biggest gift you could do is you could go and review this on Amazon for me!

«A year - end meeting with your child care provider is just as important as a parent - teacher conference,» says Michelle Borba, Ed.D parenting expert for the TODAY Show and author of The Big Book of Parenting Solutions.

I've always been a big fan of Mark Bittman, aka «The Minimalist» writer for the New York Times Dining Section, as well as the author of many cookbooks, including the seminal How to Cook Everything.

API Live — The Gift of Being a Flawed Parent: How to Use Our Mistakes, Fears and Anger to Raise Kids with Big Hearts, Emotional Security, and Inner Resilience, with author Lu Hanessian, Founder of Parent2ParentU Have we got a teleseminar for you!

Here at Little Hearts our readers have BIG hearts full of love for little people and have joined together to Give the Gift of Gentle Parenting and Give the Gift of Life, raising funds to donate gentle parenting books and resources in bulk to hospitals for new parent bags, to children's hospitals, and to crisis family centers and also to help with author L.R.Knost's medical expenses as she battles a rare neuroendocrine cancer.

Michele Weiner Davis, author of the book, Sex Starved Marriage explained why a low sex marriage is a major problem in a marriage: «It's when one partner is desperately yearning for more touch, physical closeness, more sex, and the other partner is thinking: «What is the big deal?

Having so much on your plate, author, blogger, neuroscientist, homeschooler, and obviously Big Bang Theory, and with attachment parenting being the most hands - on parenting philosophy, at least the most hands - on I know of, how do you strive for balance?

«A sticker just seems like a really lame reward for a big poop,» says Jamie Glowacki, the author of Oh Crap!

Dr. Cara Natterson, author of Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys, shares the biggest obstacle in getting boys to talk about their changing bodies and puberty.

Pre-orders are a big boost for authors and can really help a new book gain momentum.