Sentences with phrase «hitting authors right»

Not exact matches

I hit it off with both women right away, and learned that they are the authors of a fairly new cookbook, Almost Meatless.

Fourth, it hits the the left wing blogs, who take the opportunity to gloat a little and trash the study's authors and all the uncritical right wing blogs.

Writing in Salon, Glenn Greenwald hits on an aspect of the Larry Craig story that ought to raise questions about the intellectual honesty of certain segments of the right - wing blogworld — the vast disparity between many authors» comments 10 months ago and today.

The Full Ridiculous author Mark Lamprell's The Lovers» Guide to Rome may not hit bookstores until April, but the ensemble romance is setting fire to the rights market.

Keep in mind that three sources of pent - up works hit the market all at once: long - queried manuscripts, manuscripts sitting in drawers, and rights that reverted to authors back when this was more likely to happen.

Either is completely legitimate, and yes, some indie authors hit upon the right combination of fabulous writing, great design and savvy book marketing and make it to the big leagues.

If the author believes the work is likely to become a smash TV hit or the next big Christmas toy, the derivative rights could be the plum of the book contract.

This feels like many questions, but I think the TL; DR version is probably, «Is a book's success all luck, even if «luck» includes hitting the right subject matter at the right time, or is it marketing — and can an indie author in any way compete with a publisher?»

Authors can find themselves to close to their story to know how to write a blurb effectively so it hits the right notes, without revealing to much of the story or waffling on.

But surely those authors hitting the bestseller lists, like the New York Times, have hit the big time — right?

The authors of the New York Times bestselling Wicked series sold the movie rights to the five - book saga back in October (we talked to the authors about that deal here on The Book Case), and book one in their new Crusade series hits stores on September 7.

Certainly, there are more indie than Big Five authors earning above minimum wage in this daily snapshot (486 vs. 302), but to know the probability of hitting the right place on the list, we would need to know the distribution of publisher types across all of the ebooks in the selected genres.

Is a book's success all luck, even if «luck» includes hitting the right subject matter at the right time, or is it marketing — and can an indie author in any way compete with a publisher?

When the indie author digital revolution hit, Kelly got the rights back to her historical romance series and put them out herself.

And make sure your author bio hits all the right notes.

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But I hit a few in a row that were three stars and it just didn't feel right, even though they were big name authors and not someone I knew.

Really hits home for me right now (and always), as I'm constantly comparing and measuring myself against other authors.

It's hard not to when you hear about the latest seven - figure book deal or read about an indie author hitting the bestseller lists or selling their film rights.

Most recent book contracts, for example, have a minimum units or dollar figure to hit before rights revert to the author.

Simon & Schuster Acquires Print Rights to Self - Published Ebook Hit Series Wool — Hugh Howley is the second author that makes a print only deal, keeping the ebook rRights to Self - Published Ebook Hit Series Wool — Hugh Howley is the second author that makes a print only deal, keeping the ebook rightsrights.

We have electronic publishing totally tied up by lawyers before the products even hit the ground on the one hand, and on the other, the internet generation who really do not care about copyright restrictions and the implications down the track of not protecting the author's rights of ownership.