Not exact matches
Personally, I find it rather ironic that you're lecturing the blog author on the rigor
of language, when, faced with the need to support the claims made by a documentary that has faced absolutely no real standards
of intellectual rigor or merit (the
kind of evidence you apparently find convincing), you have so far managed to produce a study with a sample size
too small to conclude anything, a review paper that basically summarized well known connections between vaginal and amniotic flora and poor outcomes in labor and birth before attempting to rescue what would have been just another OB review article with a few attention grabbing sentences about long term health implications, and a review article
published in a trash journal.
Two new studies
published in Science Advances suggest that certain
kinds of meditation can change social and emotional circuitry,
too.
Thank you for the info Vinny, now I think I see, You'd like a blog about marketing from lil» ol' me, Promote only when you are in a happy mood, And never promote your books by being far
too rude, Try to make your posts interesting, clever and funny, And try not to part with a large amount
of money, Now I feel there is one thing I should stress, Never go and give your cash to a vanity press, Blog, tweet and update your Facebook status as often as you can, Make contact with other authors and befriend your only fan, Be courteous, considerate and always be
kind, And you will slowly find, You'll get people interested and make them all see, Especially when you give your book away for free, Sit back, relax and be rather nice, And always think about the price, People will not part with their cash unless the price is low, Particularly for an author they do not even know, Always remember to write purely for fun, Never think that your profit will be a huge great sum, And pray for exposure to the lord above, Because self -
publishing is a labour
of love,
For that reason when it became possible for me to try more than traditional
publishing, I did, but I also kept my foot in the door in the traditional area because the market is
too volatile to turn down opportunities
of any
kind.
I
too am a newbie to self -
publishing and know upfront I'm going to put up with all
kinds of nut - balls who enjoy throwing crap around.
I
too often hear folks in the
publishing world make comments implying that eBooks don't matter — that hard copy sales are the legitimate
kind of sales... and eBooks sales are just a nice byproduct.
The background on one looked
too generic and the font was self -
published looking (
kind of a scroll - y, calligraphy look) whereas my previous books had a more modern font.
With a revolving lineup
of offspring driving the RV and her one - eyed Boston terrier in tow, Hutchins will be traveling around the country hosting author events at bookstores, meeting with book clubs and writers groups, and presenting on topics ranging from «Deliberate Creativity» to «What
kind of idiot indie
publishes, and how can I be one
too?»
SkipJack
Publishing author Pamela Fagan Hutchins delivered the keynote speech — What
Kind of Loser Indie
Publishes, And Should I Be One
Too?
Along with three books in the Kate and Annalise series (including this year's Finding Harmony), Hutchins wrote the popular how - to What
Kind of Loser Indie
Publishes, and How Can I Be One,
Too?
What
Kind of Loser Indie
Publishes, and How Can I Be One,
Too?
Right now Agatha Christie and Charlie Chan are battling it out, but this is the
kind of community - based activity that could also work for online fiction writers, unknown writers, etc. (At least until an astroturfing PR firm or
publishing company starts gaming the system, which probably won't take
too long.)
And thanks,
too, for your pro tip about ISBN numbers and creating a
publishing company with the right
kind of name.
«Not
too far in the future, the author comes to the Pubslush site,» Ioannou says, «gets a checklist
of the steps that the book needs; gets to choose an editor who has lots
of experience with that
kind of book or a young editor just starting out who will do the work more cheaply; sees samples
of the work
of a lot
of cover designers and picks one; sees an array
of publishers who might be interested in
publishing the book — or gets various options to self -
publish; and gets help to pay for it all» with crowdfunding «or can just pay for it all on the spot if that option appeals more.»
But, for those who want to follow a trend, I think that's okay
too because in this day and age with self
publishing, it's highly possible to get work out there while readers are still looking for a certain
kind of book.
It's just that I don't see the independent
publishing trend line moving toward «paper,
too» over the short or long term with any
kind of velocity.
She's available for all
kinds of publishing projects and spends
too much time on Twitter at @abbieheadon.
She's writing here about the
kind of developmental editing work, the need for which can be
too easily overlooked in self -
publishing settings by writers who may not have the experience, or perspective on their own work, to be able to recognize.
That
kind of troubles me, because I feel a little bit like when
publishing does get round to direct - to - consumer it will already be
too late.»
The other problem is that there are
too many books and
too little time, and frankly, if you are not
published by Knopf or Simon & Schuster, you just won't command the
kind of attention you need to get into one
of those classic publications.
And more and more, what I seem to see in newcomers to writing — which tempts them to
publish too quickly because digital has made that possible — is a real lack
of understanding
of how much they may need to have the
kind of guidance you're talking about.