Today I want to give those of you interested
in authoring a book a fair warning: GET READY FOR A LONG WAIT!
What works to get me interested
in an authors books and work isn't a blog where they talk about and try to sell their work.
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Not exact matches
Amazon's dominant position
in both
book publishing and
book selling means that it would be incredibly dangerous for the company to start picking and choosing, on moral grounds, which
authors it chooses to work with.
In addition to her two memoirs, Bush also
authored two
books while she was first lady, both written from the perspective of her dogs.
The Pulitzer Prize - winning investigative reporter and
author of «The Power of Habit» delves into the science of productivity
in a new
book
She is arguably the most
in - demand career and internship expert and the
author of two
books; All Work No Pay and Welcome to the Real World.
Pulitzer Prize - winning investigative reporter Charles Duhigg for The New York Times and
author of The Power of Habit delves into the science of productivity
in his new
book Smarter Faster Better.
«
In the middle of the 20th century, it was the most famous, the most admired, the most widely respected company in the world,» says Quinn Mills, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School and the author of «The IBM Lesson» and other books about the company's history and cultur
In the middle of the 20th century, it was the most famous, the most admired, the most widely respected company
in the world,» says Quinn Mills, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School and the author of «The IBM Lesson» and other books about the company's history and cultur
in the world,» says Quinn Mills, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School and the
author of «The IBM Lesson» and other
books about the company's history and culture.
In fact, Gates and his wife enjoyed both
books so much they even invited the
author to come discuss his work with them, posting the conversation to their blog.
According to Jeffrey Augustine,
author of the blog The Scientology Money Project, the church has a
book value of $ 1.75 billion, about $ 1.5 billion of which is tied up
in real estate, mostly at its headquarters
in Clearwater and
in Hollywood, Calif..
In his
book, Navy Seal Training Guide: Mental Toughness (which by the way goes for $ 790 on Amazon),
author Lars Draeger says there four pillars of mental toughness: goal - setting, mental visualization, positive self - talk, and arousal control.
A heart - rending look at the shockingly common experience of eviction among the poor
in Milwaukee (and across the country), this
book also won praise from Bill Gates (whose foundation is now supporting the
author's research).
And as
author David Rock observes
in his
book Quiet Leadership, advice can be challenged and debated; that's far harder when people reach a conclusion based on their own answers to open - ended questions.
As a professor and
author of the
book, «Microaggressions
in Everyday Life: Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation,» Sue uses his research to educate businesses and corporations about the intervention trainings they can do to prevent these issues from reoccurring.
But as bestselling
author and Oprah - anointed happiness expert Shawn Achor pointed out on
in an excerpt from his new
book on the TED Ideas blog recently, that sort of praise — well intentioned as it might be — actually does more harm than good.
How This Ghostwriter Got the Idea for a $ 2.3 Million Company That Allows Aspiring
Authors to Write
Books in a Castle
In his second
book, Your Retirement Income Blueprint,
author and financial advisor Daryl Diamond challenges this and other misconceptions about retirement income planning.
He is the
author of two
books: BIG LIKE: CASCADE INTO AN ODYSSEY, a travel memoir of an almost regular guy who gets totally unstuck
in Tokyo — a «funny as hell non-fiction
book about wanderlust and traveling abroad»; and TESTOSTERONE PIT, a short, edgy, humorous novel about car salesmen, their customers, managers, and shenanigans at a large Ford dealership.
According to Robert Cialdini,
author of best - selling
books Influence and Pre-Suasion, social proof is one of the critical elements to creating influence and trust
in minds of others.
«We're living
in what I like to call the «Thank You Economy,» because only the companies that can figure out how to mind their manners
in a very old - fashioned way — and do it authentically — are going to have a prayer of competing,» says social media expert and
author of the
book The Thank You Economy Gary Vaynerchuk
in a recent Entrepreneur.com column.
A
book about the prince written by US
author Sally Bedell Smith claims that when travelling to America
in first class — naturally to reduce his carbon footprint — he reportedly complained that the upper class deck was «incredibly uncomfortable.»
In fact, many
authors wait until their
book is at the rough draft stage to finalize what they will use as hook material.
Most
authors think the purpose of the introduction is to lay out and explain everything the
author will talk about
in the
book.
In the
book Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart Into a Visionary Leader,
authors Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli draw on extensive interviews — conducted over the course of their journalistic careers — to depict the life of the Apple co-founder.
Work Teams That Work: Skills for Managing Across the Organization
Author Anthony R. Montebello includes more graphs, diagrams, and flow charts
in his
book (from Best Sellers Publishing, 612-888-7672, 1994, $ 24.95) than should really be allowed by law.
«Do not suppress them and become like a balloon that's poking itself
in and will eventually burst,» says Weiss, the
author of the new
book «How We Work.»
«Ask yourself: would we have retained this document the old - fashioned way,
in a file cabinet,» says Nancy Flynn, executive director of the ePolicy Institute, a Columbus, Ohio, electronic communications consultant and
author of numerous email
books.
In the
book The Millionaire Next Door,
authors Thomas Stanley and William Danko discovered that self - made millionaires diligently tend to the ebb and flow of their bank accounts.
Authors under contract with Hachette publicly complained about a drop
in their
book sales, causing them to worry about a loss of royalties.
In July, Amazon tried to make peace with Hachette authors by offering them 100 % of digital book sales for as long as talks with Hachette dragged out — a proposal that Hachette had already turned down in negotiation
In July, Amazon tried to make peace with Hachette
authors by offering them 100 % of digital
book sales for as long as talks with Hachette dragged out — a proposal that Hachette had already turned down
in negotiation
in negotiations.
Schroeder is the
author of Startup Rising, a
book that documents entrepreneurship
in the Middle East.
In Noam Wasserman's blockbuster success
book, The Founder's Dilemma, the
author chronicles the journeys of some of America's most successful founders.
From my experience as an
author coach, another big hurdle to overcome is that little voice
in our head that keeps asking «Who am I to write a
book?»
Whether you're unemployed,
in transition or looking to completely change the direction of your career, inspirational speaker and
author Adam Markel will help you do just that through his
book, Pivot: The Art and Science of Reinventing Your Career and Life.
If that sounds like Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, that's not surprising: Annis has teamed up with John Gray, the
author of that vociferously debated 1992 bestseller, on a new
book that explores «gender blind spots»
in the workplace.
Publishers will have to explore how to listen to
authors, observe what sells
books and find a way to adapt and be useful
in that scenario.
«Diary of a Wimpy Kid» best - selling
author Jeff Kinney talks about the tenth installment
in the middle - schooler's
book series, brick and mortar
book - selling and the global phenomenon of growing up a wimpy kid.
BookFunnel was started
in 2015 by fantasy novelist Damon Courtney, who became frustrated when he couldn't create links for free
book promotions; it helps
authors do giveaways and build readership.
And they use the
author's name as a verb that can refer either to purging or meticulous folding: «Waiting for kettle to boil... So I Kondoed my recipe
books,» Elaine Colliar, a family - finance columnist for Scotland's Sunday Mail, proclaimed
in a recent Facebook post,» reported the WSJ recently.
That's what
author Susan Cheever says
in her new
book «Drinking
in America: Our Secret History.»
The latest
book in this vein, by Harvard professor and The Wealth of Networks
author Benkler, is a worthy addition.
How much have I invested
in learning to be an
author, promoting and leveraging my
books?
If the biggest
author in the world isn't too vain to publish her own
books, then no one else can be, right?
Miller dismissed both Bannon and Wolff's credibility, saying the
author was a «garbage
author of a garbage
book,» and that claims
in the
book were «a pile of trash.»
Author and London Business School professor Lynda Gratton, along with her coauthor, Andrew Scott, had a simple premise
in mind for their 2016
book, The 100 - Year Life: What is going to happen to us all, when everyone starts living to 100?
In another fascinating interview with Scientific American, Prinstein — who has now moved on to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and
authored a
book titled Popular — argues that many of us radically misunderstand the concept.
In his
book, The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses,
author Eric Ries highlights how «startup success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught.»
In his new
book, The Business of Sharing,
author Alex Stephany explains that the sharing economy has produced literally millions of micro-entrepreneurs.
In fact, authors Thomas Stanley and William Danco found in their book «The Millionaire Next Door» that a majority of millionaires reached that goal by spending less than they earne
In fact,
authors Thomas Stanley and William Danco found
in their book «The Millionaire Next Door» that a majority of millionaires reached that goal by spending less than they earne
in their
book «The Millionaire Next Door» that a majority of millionaires reached that goal by spending less than they earned.