Sentences with phrase «handful of authors in»

If you know for a fact that your books are very similar to just a handful of authors in your genre, go with an approach that's more targeted.

There are only a handful of authors in the world who can make a living writing and passing along those words to someone else and not doing a single other thing.

In the meanwhile, I've been kicking around the idea of how to freelance with a handful of authors in a partnership similar to this... I've worked with several indie authors to create virtual marketing strategies and to teach them about branding themselves and what I've discovered is that often authors whose work I believe in the most generally don't have the time or aptitude for marketing themselves effectively.

«When Amazon first unveiled the Kindle three and a half years ago, I would never have expected to be one of the first handful of authors in the Kindle Million Club,» said Charlaine Harris.

«There are only a handful of authors in the whole world who I try to find and read every last word they've ever written.

Not exact matches

She's released a series of workout DVDs such as Bodyshred and Body Revolution, authored a handful of bestselling books about weight loss, and in 2014 launched a women's and children's activewear brand called Impact.

In an after - hours event at Shedd Aquarium, guests can discuss the book's conclusions and hear from a handful of its authors during a panel discussion, which will include Dr. Chuck Knapp.

The latest study to bolster this argument was presented earlier in the meeting by lead author Courtney Dressing, another CfA astronomer, who measured the masses and sizes of a handful of small transiting planets to estimate the rocky - to - gaseous transition zone.

Currently only a handful of known genetic mutations have been found to account for about 10 percent of glaucoma, says Liu, corresponding author of the study in the journal Human Molecular Genetics.

«The main issue is that there is only a handful of islands in the Southern Ocean and not all of them are suitable to sustain large breeding colonies» says Robin Cristofari, first author of the study, from the Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien (IPHC / CNRS / University of Strasbourg) and the Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CSM).

In it, author Ge Hang advises febrile patients to «take a handful of sweet wormwood, soak it in a sheng [about 1 liter] of water, squeeze out the juice and drink it all.&raquIn it, author Ge Hang advises febrile patients to «take a handful of sweet wormwood, soak it in a sheng [about 1 liter] of water, squeeze out the juice and drink it all.&raquin a sheng [about 1 liter] of water, squeeze out the juice and drink it all.»

«We had expected to see a handful of contradictions in the safe sleeping category, as previous researchers had shown most pictures of sleeping infants in these magazines depicted unsafe positions, but we were surprised at the sheer number and breadth of categories where we found offenses,» said lead author Michael B. Pitt, MD, FAAP, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital.

«In this study, we made the exciting discovery that a handful of amphibian species — some of which were thought to have been completely wiped out — are persisting, and may even be recovering, after lethal disease outbreaks,» study lead author Jamie Voyles, a disease ecologist at the University of Nevada — Reno, said in a statemenIn this study, we made the exciting discovery that a handful of amphibian species — some of which were thought to have been completely wiped out — are persisting, and may even be recovering, after lethal disease outbreaks,» study lead author Jamie Voyles, a disease ecologist at the University of Nevada — Reno, said in a statemenin a statement.

«In just a few short years, by analyzing tens of thousands of samples, our consortium has moved from identifying only a handful of loci associated with schizophrenia, to finding so many that we can see patterns among them,» said first author Stephan Ripke, a scientist at the Broad's Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research and the Analytical and Translational Genetics Unit at MGH.

«There are probably just a handful of objects like this in the whole sky,» says study lead author Dan Marrone, an astrophysicist at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Will it be Martin McDonagh, whose Three Billboards screenplay took a blue - hot blowtorch to some of the most incendiary topics in American life (racism, police brutality, criminal justice, the abuse of women)-- and wound up singing its author, after a handful of critics called the film out for its insensitivity to racial dynamics in the U.S.?

A few respondents made a point of telling me that the majority of their sales came from an unexpected source (Apple in one or two cases, AllRomance eBooks in another), and for a handful of authors, B&N sales far surpassed Amazon earnings.

I've already picked out an author name and in the process of setting up another blog (I'm used to juggling multiple blogs so it isn't really a big deal for me to have a handful of author blogs).

In the afternoon there was a small picnic for authors led by Cynthia Morris, which included Scott and I and a handful of other writers.

Gail Nall, author of Exit Stage Left Cynthia Lord, author of A Handful of Stars Anne Bustard, author of Anywhere but Paradise Change for the Better: The Struggle of Adapting in Middle Grade Fiction 1:00 - 2:30 pm Commons Room, Nashville Public Library

They might be OK for a handful of sales, but in most cases readers will tune them out and those account are mostly followed by other authors anyway.

The library near me is really small and isn't even open 7 days a week, and if they can only afford a handful of authors, they may want to spread out their authors among multiple genres as they want author events to draw in new people because they are «names.»

There's a lot of work involved in successfully selling on these other platforms, but a handful of authors rank Kobo, Google Play, and Apple as a significant source of their income.

While most of the top twenty titles came as no surprise, there were some newcomers this year, as well as a handful of self - published authors who ousted some of the most well - known names in publishing to take high positions.

Stake his claim on the internet by buying a handful of domain names that fit in with his author name and book genres.

In the interests of self - presrvation, perhaps traditional publishers might take a hard look at the wisdom, or lack there of, in focusing all their attention on a handful of authors while the rest languish unattendeIn the interests of self - presrvation, perhaps traditional publishers might take a hard look at the wisdom, or lack there of, in focusing all their attention on a handful of authors while the rest languish unattendein focusing all their attention on a handful of authors while the rest languish unattended.

In June, a letter Amazon wrote to a handful of Hachette authors became public.

I try to do a handful of writing contests or giveaways each year — these could include publishing or book marketing help, cool stuff only authors could appreciate, or bigger things like a free resort stay in Mexico or a month's writing retreat in a castle.

I guess it's easier for big companies to say I'm sorry to a handful of authors who actually monitor their royalty statements than it is to get it right in the first place.

This is something that apparently happened a lot in the early days of indie publishing, when a handful of authors played Amazon like a videogame.

But I'm firmly in the tier just below that, and I think that given the number of books I have available for sale (four full - length books plus a handful of novellas, which is ridiculously small for a self - published author), I'm doing about as well as I can with what I have.

In addition, even though publishing contract terms (including advances, royalties, and rights) are simply awful for 99 % of authors, a relative handful of Big Name Authors do in fact benefit disproportionately from their alliances with Big PublishinIn addition, even though publishing contract terms (including advances, royalties, and rights) are simply awful for 99 % of authors, a relative handful of Big Name Authors do in fact benefit disproportionately from their alliances with Big Publauthors, a relative handful of Big Name Authors do in fact benefit disproportionately from their alliances with Big PublAuthors do in fact benefit disproportionately from their alliances with Big Publishinin fact benefit disproportionately from their alliances with Big Publishing.

I think that, as publishing becomes increasingly concentrated in a few global corporations, we will see a huge gulf open up between a handful of familiar names, often getting deals beyond the time when they have done their best work, and a lot of indie authors.

I've had a handful of did - not - finish titles from new - to - me female authors in the last few months as well.

In the video below, Carol Topp showcases just a handful of authors who have made it big with their published works.

For new or unknown authors, who typically sell a handful of books per month, 500 borrows — earning $ 800 in royalties — would be a windfall.

In a new press release, Amazon reports that one author, who'd sold only a handful of books before joining, has earned $ 36K.

It «s a bold statement that needs quantifying and of course there are exceptions, but in the main this post is aimed at the 95 % of traditionally published and indie published authors who struggle to get more than a handful of reviews for their books.

However, after reading this blog post I looked up a handful of fiction authors on Amazon and see that most print books are indeed in double digits, except for the mass printed authors.

The latter will be perceived as one where readers are heading in droves in pursuit of a great and wonderful story, whereas the former — the book with seven reviews — will be perceived as one read only by the author's mother and a handful of friends.

A couple years ago in Tucson, I had the pleasure of sitting down to supper with a remarkable handful of author friends: Jean Kwok, Edan Lepucki, and Scott Turrow.

«Vanity» Press Goes Digital» in the Wall Street Journal provides a thorough overview of the self - publishing options now available to authors, along with a handful of success stories (which should come with the label «Results not typical» required in advertising for diet plans).

Other than a handful of megabestselling author names, the vast majority of traditionally - published ebook best sellers are regionally limited in their success, and only achieve significant sales in their home country.

It's important to start getting reviews early; if you get a handful of quality reviews you can add them into the front matter of your book — it makes you look more professional, and also gives the author authors a boost in visibility.

The small handful of Big Five authors with Top - 100 UK ebooks who were also selling well in the US were names that would surprise no one: Robert Galbraith, Lee Child, E L James, Michael Connelly, Harlan Coben, Andy Weir, Jojo Moyes, and Paula Hawkins.

And I don't think that because self - publishing is suddenly «acceptable» that that statistic has changed; in fact, I'm fairly certain that it's higher, thanks to the flood of eBooks that are hitting the market as well as the many national media stories touting the success of a handful of authors making millions and making it seem like it's the norm, rather than the exception.

The legitimate publishers who have partnered with Author Solutions make extra money on the side, while the clueless author is happy as the proverbial pig in mud — until he later realizes that the thousands of dollars he doled out to the vanity press has produced at most a handful of sales, and his dream is crAuthor Solutions make extra money on the side, while the clueless author is happy as the proverbial pig in mud — until he later realizes that the thousands of dollars he doled out to the vanity press has produced at most a handful of sales, and his dream is crauthor is happy as the proverbial pig in mud — until he later realizes that the thousands of dollars he doled out to the vanity press has produced at most a handful of sales, and his dream is crushed.

PS) I'm going to be helping a handful of authors build their platform and market their books in my next course launch.

In most cases the publishers give each author a handful or a carton of books to sign to sell to the fans.

As bad as it is to have a publishing world with only five major publishers in it — a monoposony in which a tiny handful of companies converge on terms and practices that are ultimately more to their benefit than those of authors, it's even worse to have a world in which a single company controls the entire market.