Sentences with phrase «great writers and publishers»

«I just think we're great writers and publishers over here» in the UK, «and we like to award ourselves prizes,» Jones said — and with a look of blithe innocence on his face.

[pullquote cite =» Philip Jones on the number of book awards in the UK» type =» right»]» I just think we're great writers and publishers over here» in the UK «and we like to award ourselves prizes... It's highly consistent with our greatness.»

Not exact matches

Reading it, you can see why Williams was, as well as being a writer and a publisher, a teacher of great renown.

There are plenty of people who are positive and nice who have bad and unfortunate things happen to them and there are negative complaining people who always have great luck so yeah not sure if I buy in to The Secret, though it earned it's writers and publishers a lot of money.

Packed with great interviews with all sorts of former National Lampoon employees — from publisher Matty Simmons and co-founder Henry Beard to writers P.J. O'Rourke, Anne Beats, and Al Jean — Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead provides a «warts and all» portrait of why the magazine was so damn great, as well as why it was doomed to flame out relatively quickly.

As DIY-esque hustle is infusing publishing and writers become publishers, they must make sure they're making something great.

Michael Pietsch, the CEO of the book publisher Hachette, called it «great news for writers,» and said that the new deal «will benefit Hachette authors for years to come.»

Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference Take your writing to the next level with guidance from educators, industry professionals, literary agents and publishers focused on the craft...

If you want to learn about writing, if you want to meet writers and agents and publishers and have a great time, this is the conference for you.

Traditional publishers claim better copyediting, but that's just a laugh and indie writers find great copyeditors.

In addition to being a columnist with Publishers Weekly and a professor with The Great Courses, Jane maintains an award - winning blog for writers at JaneFriedman.com.

Let's not forget that some of our greatest authors and writers and poets in the past were self - published before they were accepted by a publisher or agent.

Another great story is about Hugh Howey, a writer that every self publisher should meet and hear.

There's a whole bunch of great quotes on what writing actually involves, and why most writers can't sell manuscripts to agents or publishers.

These events are fantastic places to build relationships with potential readers, other writers, and publishers who can serve as great resources.

From the company's website: «FeedARead is a leading independent publisher, established with Arts Council / Lottery Arts funding with two grants in 2008 and 2009 to offer great opportunities for all writers.

Speculation runs from laziness by legacy publishers to too many people thinking they are the next great writer waiting to be discovered and who are taking advantage of the ease of self - publishing digitally.

Le French Book is a digital - first publisher whose function is to take the French - language bestsellers being written by some of the greatest contemporary writers in France and translate those books for international audiences.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareThere is a natural law in writing and publishing (as elsewhere): where need and desire are greatest, moneymaking enterprises follow.Vanity publishers are an easy (and long - standing) example of this law, prese... -LSB-...]

While this process could result in a great product, working with raw HTML files and CSS is not necessarily attractive to Every Writer or even every small publisher.

But after checking out the link this agent provided, the book looked great, the writer looked solid and the publisher looked reputable.

Benjamin Ludwig is the author of Ginny Moon, which was a Barnes and Noble's Discover Great New Writers selection, one of Amazon.com's 20 Best Books of 2017, and received starred reviews from Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal, BookPage, and Booklist.

We know this movement is great for all writers, whether or not they choose to self - publish and ALLi members are proud of our indie status and carry that pride into all our ventures, negotiations and collaborations, with publishers, services and other authors.

I've had the great pleasure to work with writers as an editor and publisher for many years.

I have watched in horror as indie writers (making great money) have fallen for this myth by suddenly turning and selling to traditional publishers, even though they would make more money and get to more readers just by continuing on what they were doing.

The book features not only the collective wisdom of many literary greats (Twain, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Lebowitz), but also many working writers, editors, and publishers.»

It was the latest in a long line of publishers offering greater author control in response to growing demand from writers and agents for more revenue transparency.

Jane, a Great Courses professor and contributor to Publishers Weekly and other outlets, has created a blog and website brimming with resources for writers, with links to her publications, classes, and related services.

And there's one way the iPad is great for writers, readers and publishers: The iBooks store will provide an e-book alternative to Amazon's growing monopoAnd there's one way the iPad is great for writers, readers and publishers: The iBooks store will provide an e-book alternative to Amazon's growing monopoand publishers: The iBooks store will provide an e-book alternative to Amazon's growing monopoly.

Sexton — under whose direction F+W Media's springtime Writer's Digest Conference in New York will be staged April 5 - 7 (information to come soon)-- told us that self - publishing authors were the ones who, on the WD / DBW survey, demanded from publishers the highest royalty rates on e-books and the greatest advances on royalties.

In the statement, Byliner publisher John Tayman said «we increasingly hear from our readers and writers that they would like our stories available in print as well as digital form,» and he believes the partnership with Ingram will provide «the expertise and unmatched distribution channel to deliver our writers» stories to all of the great neighborhood brick - and - mortar bookstores.»

Mr. Pietsch insists that a publisher's «essential work» is «identifying, investing in, nurturing, and marketing great writers.»

I do see a lot of writers write about writing, which is great if writers are your audience (wow, that was a lot of alliteration), so if you're an editor, book manager, publisher, or someone who is in the business of helping authors (i.e., I write about social media, book marketing, and branding, so my articles are geared toward authors / bloggers).

However, 300,000 downloads per month are more than enough to drive digital content sales and energize publishers and independent writers who have great potentials.

That said, publishers need authors, and the notoriously passionate people who work in book publishing still get excited about great writers — especially those with proven and / or good sales potential.

Whether you're a newbie looking for advice or an established pro who'd like to pay it forward, this community is a great place to support and learn from other writers, as well as editors, publishers, agents and more.

Here's a great article by writer and publisher Joel Friedlander on the meaning of ISBNs, who needs them, and how to get them.

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers AwardRoughly sixty books are handpicked for the program each year from the thousand - plus submissions from publishers of all sizes, and from those, an independent panel of distinguished writers chooses the winner of our annual Discover Writers AwardRoughly sixty books are handpicked for the program each year from the thousand - plus submissions from publishers of all sizes, and from those, an independent panel of distinguished writers chooses the winner of our annual Discover writers chooses the winner of our annual Discover Awards.

But the reason why getting the services of an agent / publisher remains popular among writers is because it eliminates a great deal of the difficulties and complexities that usually come with book publishing.

Though the Great American Novel trope includes the fantasy of wowing a publisher, getting a huge advance, shooting to the top of the New York Times bestseller list, getting a movie deal and retiring in Tuscany, the fact is, to be a successful writer, you don't have to run the gamut of submissions and rejections, expensive production and distribution costs and constant second - guessing of your ability to succeed.

The great translator Constance Garnett introduced English - speakers to more than 70 books by the great Russian writers, and when much of her work fell into the public domain it was a great boon for publishers who were unable or disinclined to pay translators to work on 800 - page books.

Anderson co-founded The Hot Sheet for traditionally publishing and self - publishing authors with his longtime colleague Jane Friedman, former publisher of Writer's Digest and an instructor with The Great Courses.

Like I said, this business model is fantastic for Amazon and the other digital publishers and while better, it's not so great for the writers.

«Simon Lipskar, a literary agent with Writers House Literary Agency suggests that when a publisher has paid a modest sum to publish afirst novel, it's foolish, no matter how great one's fantasies, to hopethat the publisher will print 50,000 copies in hardcover, run anexpensive (and often pointless) ad campaign, send the author on anexpensive (and often pointless) author tour, etc.» http://www.scribd.com/doc/24174468/How-Lucky-Can-You-Get-by-M-J-Rose Dennis Hopper: The Wild Ride of a Hollywood Rebel

Writer's Digest is a great magazine for people that are really focused on getting their works published in by main stream publishers, and some really good books out there, The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published.

Events like the Writer's Digest Conference (our favorite, BTW) are a great way for authors and publishers to connect and learn more about the ever - changing world of publishing.

With this monopoly or near - monopoly they can dictate terms to publishers or dictate what gets published: Amazon is great at selling certain kinds of books but not others (trade paperbacks, lit fiction that needs «discovery»; mid list from writers who lack a social media or publicity «platform»), and the more Amazon dominates the market, the less viable it becomes to publish books in those categories.

I would argue that it is Amazon by a landslide, thanks to the Kindle platform and related features — many of which provide writers with a far greater share of the proceeds from their work than any traditional publisher has ever dreamed of paying.

Largely, this is on the back of paying writers a lower percentage of profits, and keeping a larger percentage of those profits for the publisher (thus, the push for a greater royalty share on ebooks, which I think will eventually happen...).

If publishers disappeared tomorrow, writers would continue to write great works of fiction and non-fiction.