Sentences with phrase «giving author friends»

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Tentatively titled «Option B,» a reference to a piece of advice she was given by a close friend after the untimely death of her husband David Goldberg, it has been co-written with well - known Wharton professor and author Adam Grant.

«I have no doubt he'd have given up all his championship rings just to have gotten a hug and an «I love you, son,» from the old man,» a friend (unnamed) of Steinbrenner's tells the author.

My good friend musician, speaker, and author Michael S. Tyrrell and I would like to give you — as in for FREE — a copy of Barton Publishing's amazing collection of songs called Wholetones: The Healing Frequency Music Project.

-- Christine Arylo, self - love author of Madly in Love with ME, the Daring Adventure to Becoming Your Own Best Friend «Adventures for Your Soul gives anyone desiring change the tools to create an extraordinary life.

If you've paid any attention to the young adult book market over the past couple of years, you're probably familiar with The Hate U Give, author Angie Thomas «s wildly popular best - seller about a young black woman who becomes an activist after seeing the police gun down her unarmed friend.

I feel when an author gives their books away for free, they're basically turning that phrase around to say something like, «I will gladly give you my book today if you will have a friend come back and buy it tomorrow.»

I'm proud to be a part of this hardworking, passionate, giving community of authors and friends.

Most authors earn less than minimum wage (we are not all J.K. Rowling or Mrs Fifty shades) and have to work second jobs while giving up time with our friends and families to bring you the books you love.

Initially, Smiley agreed to cooperate with the author in writing this book, but after giving two interviews, he withdrew, leaving Blanding to piece together the rest of the narrative through interviews with his friends, business associates and a growing throng of adversaries.

All Book Case readers probably agree that books make the best gifts — here's what a few of our favorite authors are giving to friends and family this year.

Here is how some authors have been gaming self - publishing on Amazon: Write a bunch of short books and get a bunch of friends (or paid reviewers) to give you 5 stars.

If you have author friends who are heading in this direction, you need to give them this information and show them what a scam it is.

The author can expect a dozen or more free copies of the book to give to friends and family.

When I talk to my friends who are agents and publishers, they all say they give authors advice and documents that walk them through the online marketing opportunities and timelines.

This year, instead of promoting your own books as holiday gifts, give back to your author community by working to promote your friends» books.

Or «Author Laureates» of the community that change each year and give that author the responsibility of representing the community, organizing events, giving a talk at the Friends of the Library fundraising events, or something likeAuthor Laureates» of the community that change each year and give that author the responsibility of representing the community, organizing events, giving a talk at the Friends of the Library fundraising events, or something likeauthor the responsibility of representing the community, organizing events, giving a talk at the Friends of the Library fundraising events, or something like that.

Geez, I went with Kobo to try to avoid giving money to Amazon and Barnes and Noble (I have some author friends who think Amazon / B & N have poor business practice, as they undercut the publishers when selling ebooks which affects the publishers» / authors» profits on the books that THEY produced), but now I'm wishing I just caved and bought a darn Kindle like everybody else did.

For that matter, I rarely respond to a good review on GR or Amazon because I was given guidance by several of my friends, who are also NYT bestselling authors, to never respond.

Having toyed with the idea of taking my dabblings to the next level — publishing — and having many published author friends whom I felt might enjoy it, I thought I'd give this a listen.

It's about you, your author brand, and your existing readership or fan base — the elements that make up an author platform and that drive the under - noticed and social media - phobes among us to points of epic frustration, something my friend S. Bear Bergman calls the «f - it» moment, the moment when you decide something's got ta give.

My new friend and fantastic author Wren Emerson gives out tons of advice to new authors on her blog.

The author gives insight in the lives of four men who were lifelong friends.

Best Day Ever by Kaira Rouda This book was given to me by a friend who's an editor, which is one of the perks of being an author.

Nah, give an author the chance to allow each bok to be shared once, you sell a copy and it comes with a code they can give to a friend for a free copy to borrow.....

I look forward to the results and see some of my author friends have given this a try.

Ask the publisher to give you authors» names and contact information, or find them online — make connections through friends, if you can.

You may be able to work out a swap with your author friend that allows them to give out 10 copies of your book and allows you to give out 10 copies of theirs.

If you want to be an author or help authors, don't buy used, and, if you really must buy used because of finances, write reviews of the books and give the good ones word of mouth with friends who can afford a new book.

That is why it is very important for an author to have a website that will not only give his viewers all the information they are looking for, but at the same time will capture their interest and will encourage them to share the site link with their friends, generating even more potential buyers of the author's works.

Hi everyone, It is always exciting when one of my author friends launches a new book, and today, Artist Mili Fay is generously giving her children's book, «Animals In My Hair,» away for free.

After getting rejected by numerous agents and publishers, I pretty much gave up my dream of becoming a published author until about three years ago when a friend mentioned I could just self - publish my books on Kindle.

As a special thank you to all my subscribers, readers, fellow author friends, and all of you that supported my books, I wanted to give you a little treat before the holidays.

bReads, while it is still a Beta version, gives users access to their accounts, ability to view what their friends are reading, search and view information about books (Author, description, purchase links, and reviews), post statuses based on your current progress, sort books you own into shelves, join groups and participate in discussions, and receive recommendations based on books read and rated.

Passion Ignites Dark Kings, Book # 7 By Donna Grant ISBN # 9781250071941 Author's Website: http://www.donnagrant.com/ Brought to you by OBS reviewer Heidi Lexi was on vacation with friends when her friend Christina left a pub with a man that gave Lexi a bad feeling.

My good friend, best selling author Ron Louis and I made some book marketing videos we are giving away.

This allows you to collect fans as well as friends (there is a friend limit of 5,000), gives you access to an author dashboard and, more importantly, allows you to add videos and a blog to your profile.

By Christine Ardigo MSRD As a special thank you to all my subscribers, readers, fellow author friends, and all of you that supported my books, I wanted to give you -LSB-...]

One other friend of mine left he was in the real estate space wrote a book with with a major publishing house and then a few years later stopped he left real estate and went into a really strong personal development business and the publisher went up well you're not promoting this book anymore and they took his book word - for - word and put somebody else's name on the cover of it and just put a new introduction on it no credit to anybody he had worked because he had two co-authors help him with it because he's dyslexic so they essentially were the ones that wrote it and he provided a lot of the content and the publisher gave those other authors no credit took his name off and put somebody else's name on the front and then the publisher was 100 % within their rights to do it so you know there's a lot of things that I challenge people to kind of think about what's important and if you're putting all your expertise into this book you want to make sure that somebody's negotiated a heck out of it giving you a contract that actually makes sense for you and your business.

«An old friend of author gave his photograph as it suited the context of the story.»

Though ARCs are for promotional purposes, some authors may choose to give them to close friends, mentors, or family members.

I have a good friend who's the head of editorial for a major traditional publishing house, and she gave me the low - down on timelines, contractual things, new author expectations, etc..

I've heard great things about this service from my author friends, so I decided to give it a go.

Ask your author friend nicely, and I'll bet they'll give you a 100 % off coupon code to download the ebook in exchange for that great rating / review you're eager to give.

I'll bet your author friend will even give you one of those Smashwords 100 % discount coupons so you'll have an ebook for a giveaway.

Imagine my surprise to see a nasty «revenge» review of a friend's book, after she had given an honest, but unflattering, review of another author's work.

A friend of mine had seen some articles about kindle sensations finding fame and fortune as self - pubbed authors, and having read some of my earlier scribblings, suggested I should give it a whirl — I was entrepreneurial, had a good imagination, didn't mind working hard, and certainly had time to kill.

And if you happen to have a network of author friends and colleagues who write in the same genre, start your own list and give it a catchy name and put a compilation of your books in at and then harness the power of multiple networks when it comes to petitioning fans for votes and exposure!

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If you want to support an author, buy another copy (print, of course) and give it to a friend or library, or buy another book by them — higher sales make it more likely they will get more and better deals.

Steven Saus presents INDIE AUTHOR MISTAKES: Know Your Target Audience (Or Which Groups To Advertise To) posted at ideatrash, saying, «If you really, really want to waste your time and come across as an unprofessional (and continue to give indie authors a bad name), go ahead and flood your Facebook, G +, and author friends with pleas to buy yourAUTHOR MISTAKES: Know Your Target Audience (Or Which Groups To Advertise To) posted at ideatrash, saying, «If you really, really want to waste your time and come across as an unprofessional (and continue to give indie authors a bad name), go ahead and flood your Facebook, G +, and author friends with pleas to buy yourauthor friends with pleas to buy your book.