Sentences with phrase «history as a published author»

«Tim LaHaye's history as a published author is intertwined with the entire history of Tyndale House,» stated Mark D. Taylor, chairman and CEO of Tyndale House Publishers.

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Blake's advice was not exactly neutral, as he was a member of the Conservative Party, author of «The Conservative Party from Peel to Churchill», a history published in 1970, and had been given a place in the House of Lords by Heath in 1971.

Stephen Hawking publishes children's book Stephen Hawking, wheelchair - bound physicist and author of A Brief History of Time, this week published his first children's book in an expected trilogy, designed, he told reporters, to make «real science as exciting as science fiction.»

Western Pygmies I love population genetics for its ability to peer back into human history through the medium of DNA's ATCGs.One of the stars of this discipline is Sarah Tishkoff, a standout in African genetics, someone who will readily haul a centrifuge into the bush in Cameroon.Tishkoff of the University of Pennsylvania is lead author on a paper published online July 26 in Cell that details whole - genome sequencing of five individuals each from three extant hunter - gatherer groups — the Pygmies of Cameroon as well as the Hadza and the Sandawe of Tanzania.

DeBoer is the author of A History of Ideas in Science Education: Implications for Practice (Columbia University Teachers College Press, 1991) and The Role of Public Policy in K - 12 Science Education (Information Age Publishing, 2011) as well as numerous articles, book chapters, and reviews.

«History suggests that, so far, Amazon has not used any of their terms in a way that unduly impacts self - published authors, so I believe I will probably not suffer from them as well.»

Last week, for the first time ever, a major author — or, in many minds (as though it's a matter of opinion), THE world - premiere author of the # 1 best - selling series in publishing history, J.K. Rowling — has decided (with her publisher) to release the ebooks directly.

Sourcefabric has a history of developing award - winning platforms, primarily in journalism and news publication, but the launch of the book publishing platform has already been put to use by organizations such as a South African collective of teachers developing textbooks together; Internews used Booktype to publish its how - to guide on thwarting internet censorship, and the 400 - plus page title Cryptoparty, which was written with the help of over twenty authors.

Not someone who has ever worked in publishing, who knows what publishers do behind the scenes, or what the issues are, or how the distribution works, or what the boots - on - the - ground challenges are, or how the industry is changing, or what publishers do to help authors build long term careers, or the differences between large and small presses, or the history of returnable books or what it's like to work with major distributors such as Amazon... a sociologist, armed with some numbers.»

Like more and more publishers, Amazon Publishing is taking a gamble on authors who've already enjoyed self - publishing success, a far cry from only a handful of years ago when a history of self - publishing pretty much sealed an author's fate as far as traditional publishers and literary agents were Publishing is taking a gamble on authors who've already enjoyed self - publishing success, a far cry from only a handful of years ago when a history of self - publishing pretty much sealed an author's fate as far as traditional publishers and literary agents were publishing success, a far cry from only a handful of years ago when a history of self - publishing pretty much sealed an author's fate as far as traditional publishers and literary agents were publishing pretty much sealed an author's fate as far as traditional publishers and literary agents were concerned.

As stated above, nearly all fiction authors do require representation of a literary agent if their book is to be produced by a traditional publishing house, and that is also true with some forms of general non-fiction too (such as histories, memoirs and biographiesAs stated above, nearly all fiction authors do require representation of a literary agent if their book is to be produced by a traditional publishing house, and that is also true with some forms of general non-fiction too (such as histories, memoirs and biographiesas histories, memoirs and biographies).

Ackroyd's published poetry consists of three collections, and he is also the author of works of literary criticism, as well as a book about the history of transvestism.

He's also a restaurant critic, literary blogger, and the author of «The Play's The Thing,» a complete YA guide to the plays of William Shakespeare published by Pentian, as well as more than 30 YA biographies and histories for Chelsea House publishers.

The history of publishing and literary criticism has some fairly egregious examples of authors whose greatest work was underappreciated in their lifetime, such as Melville, who couldn't sell 3K copies of Moby Dick.

Topics included: my personal history and motives as a writer; the elements of fiction that I find easiest, and hardest; where I get my fiction ideas; the role that feedback from others has in my writing process; which writers have most influenced me; why I chose to self - publish; what it means to be a «vigilante author»; how to promote indie books; and my advice for other writers.

Her unique life experiences in overcoming adversity as a child to become an educator in the public schools and a successful traditionally published author offers you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the rich history of the logging community of early America.

Gary Smailes is the author of several history books for children published by Hachette, and also has a wide experience of the publishing industry working as a freelance writer, historian and researcher.

The proprietor of the Dear Author blog is Jane Litte and the post for which she is being sued discusses the history of the publishing house as well as current issues that have continued to plague the well - known erotic romance publishing house.

Try explaining that to a self - published author who has finally typed up the story of her family, as heard from her mother, had it bound and made available through a community history website — and in the process been found by long - lost second - cousins in Canada.

Here at America's Press, we saw a transition from printing manuals for big organizations like NASA, to working with smaller publishing companies and authors on books such as novels, self - help guides, inspirational books, family histories, and graphic novels.

We need people like Hugh Howey espousing Indie First, as a counter to the weight of history that said indie publishing was the death - knell of an author career.

Three years later, the Kindle Gold Rush is history, but there's even more pressure to write fast — not only for authors who self - publish, but for traditionally published authors as well.

As I have mentioned before, (see microcerpt) there has never been a time in history where author and reader can communicate at such crucial points in the writing, publishing and promotion process.

The article was not published in a Journal I have learned to trust, such as JAVMA, CJVR or the BVJ and in reviewing the brief history of this journal, it is overloaded with articles touting the benefits of products produced by the various authors» companies.

The article was not published in a Journal I trust, such as JAVMA, CJVR or the BVJ and in reviewing the brief history of this journal, it is overloaded with articles touting the benefits of products produced by the various authors» companies.

She has also authored several books on China's contemporary art scene and its history including As Seen 2011: Notable Artworks by Chinese Artists (Beijing World Publishing Corp., 2012 / Commercial Press 2012) and Nine Lives: The Birth of Avant - Garde Art in New China (Scalo, 2006, Timezone 8, 2008).

She is the author of the reference book Metalworking Through History: An Encyclopedia, published by Greenwood Press, as well as numerous other scholarly articles.

Her first artist monograph «Sketches of Universal History Compiled by Many Authors», published by Book Works and edited by Rike Frank will launch as part of the opening of Monogamy.

Lesson from History I: America's Founders and Framers During the years 1787 - 8, the anonymous author Publicus — in real - life Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay — published the series of essays that today are known as The Federalist Papers.

OA advocate Sandy Thatcher gave a thorough overview of the history of OA publishing, the different types of OA, and various OA publishers such as The National Academies Press and Athabasca Press, and various funding models for OA including revenue from print, author fees, foundations, endowments, subscription, patronage and advertising.

He is the author of nine published books on topics such as history, martial arts, poetry and fantasy fiction.