Here's what I mean: There seems to be a trend in the publishing business: aspiring writers who want to be
known as published authors, but who don't actually want to write their books themselves.
Not exact matches
You might
know Seth Godin
as a sort of marketing legend, the
author of books such
as Unleashing the Ideavirus, «the most popular e-book ever
published,» according to his marketing materials (I have no idea how I'd check that), and Purple Cow, «the best - selling marketing book of the decade» (similar caveat).
As an
author, Neal is best
known for his definitive book on social media strategy creation, implementation, and optimization «Maximize Your Social: A One - Stop Guide to Building a Social Media Strategy for Marketing and Business Success» (Wiley) but has also
published two other award - winning and critically acclaimed social media books:» Maximizing LinkedIn for Sales and Social Media Marketing» and «Windmill Networking: Maximizing LinkedIn.»
As an
author, he has had 27 books
published by 7 different U.S. publishers, including his
NO B.S. book series, now in its 12th year at Entrepreneur Media, which also
publishes Entrepreneur Magazine.
Little did she
know that
published authors are just
as insecure and jealous and frightened
as unpublished
authors, sometimes even more so.
As you may or may not know, I started a publishing company almost two years ago, and as part of the process of publishing and marketing books, I wanted to create a «Book Launch» strategy so that the authors whose books we publish could get a good start on helping people learn about their boo
As you may or may not
know, I started a
publishing company almost two years ago, and
as part of the process of publishing and marketing books, I wanted to create a «Book Launch» strategy so that the authors whose books we publish could get a good start on helping people learn about their boo
as part of the process of
publishing and marketing books, I wanted to create a «Book Launch» strategy so that the
authors whose books we
publish could get a good start on helping people learn about their book.
Feuerbach is well
known as the
author of The Essence of Christianity, first
published in German in 1841.
In 1908 a book was
published in France entitled La Folie de Jésus (The Insanity of Jesus), in which the
author said that in modern Europe Jesus would have been put into an asylum,
as a megalomaniac afflicted with mystical hallucinations of a kind well
known to clinical medicine.
What's interesting is that though both these reports by independent and secular organisations (NSPCC and JJC) either state or imply that child sex abuse is part of a problem in society
as a whole and not a particular problem for the Catholic Church, in other words that Catholic priests are
no more likely than anyone else to be involved in it, Dr Pravin Thevathasan, the
author of the third document on this subject
published around the same time, «The Catholic Church & the Sex Abuse Crisis»,
published by the CTS, is not inclined to deploy this fact to get the Church off the hook.
«Organisms can deal with these stressful transitions from warm to cold by either acclimating - think about dogs putting on their winter coats - or by populations genetically evolving to deal with new stresses, a phenomenon
known as rapid climate adaptation,» said Alison Gerken, a post-doctoral associate with UF's Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and the lead
author of a new study,
published this month in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Yin is the corresponding
author of a study
published in the peer - reviewed academic journal Nature Communications, which shows those interactions depend on a pair of genes
known as BES1 and RD26.
«We've
known for some time that sleep deprivation is associated with weight gain and obesity in the general population, but this study shows that getting enough sleep — even just two hours more — may be
as important
as a healthy diet and exercise for new mothers to return to their prepregnancy weight,» says Erica Gunderson, an investigator at Kaiser Permanente Divison of Research in Oakland, Calif., and lead
author of the study
published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
A study
published in the 27 September edition of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, examined how bias impacts the peer review process of medical journals by comparing what happens when study
authors are identified for reviews,
known as a single - blind review, and when the identity of study
authors is kept from reviewers,
known as double - blind reviews.
«No one
knows how much carbon from permafrost soils will be released to the atmosphere
as carbon dioxide, but to answer that question, we have to
know how it's going to happen,» said Rose Cory, an aquatic chemist and lead
author of the study,
published in Science in late August.
«The Merelani district has been famous since the late 1960s for the blue gem variety of zoisite
known as tanzanite, but this is really a mineral collector's paradise and an exciting place to look for new minerals,» says John Jaszczak, a physics professor at Michigan Tech and the lead
author on a new study
published in Minerals that describes the new mineral.
At a recent conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of that paper,
known as B2FH for the initials of its
authors (Geoffrey and Margaret Burbidge, now at the University of California, San Diego, along with the late Willy Fowler of the California Institute of Technology and Hoyle), Clayton said that of 30 major nucleosynthesis papers
published between 1960 and 1973, 18 cited B2FH and only one gave the nod to Hoyle's 1954 paper.
CRYAA, CRYAB, and similar proteins are
known as «undruggable» because their activity can't be measured, says Jason Gestwicki, a biochemist at the University of California (UC), San Francisco, and a senior
author of the new study,
published online today in Science.
This paradox is
known as the «climate - development conflict», explains Prof Klaus Hubacek, a researcher at the University of Maryland and lead
author of the new research
published in Nature Communications.
The
authors of a study
published November 4 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences now conclude that between 14 and 30 out of every 100 stars with a mass and temperature similar to the sun may host a planet that could support life
as we
know it.
It pains me a little to be so critical, especially
as I
know some of
authors listed in Nic Lewis's post, but better to say this now, and give the IPCC
authors some opportunity to think about it, than after the IPCC report is
published.
Known as a prolific
author of more than eighty books with twenty - two New York Times best sellers in both fiction and non-fiction, his works have been
published in more than forty languages.
In addition, he is the
author of the best selling book,
No Grain
No Pain,
published by Touchstone (Simon & Schuster) Dr. Osborne has served
as the executive director and the vice president for the American Clinical Board of Nutrition.
All great
authors know that a killer first line is almost more important than the first few pages, and
authors put in hours of work just to get Following is a list of the 100 best first lines from novels,
as decided by the American Book Review, a nonprofit journal
published at the Unit
The Entire Universe About Blog We're a group of
authors and
publishing professionals (formerly
known as Let the Words Flow) who blog about all things reading, writing, books, and occasionally booze.
I like
knowing that on this day a war ended or a book was
published, and though the
author thought the book had failed, we all
know it
as one of the great works of American literature.
Paul Peterson (well
known to readers of Education Next
as its editor in chief), director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance and professor at Harvard University, and his fellow
authors have
published a short book that quantifies this reality.
As soon as you hit «publish», the authoring tool sends out a message to your LMS to let it know that it has a special delivery waiting for i
As soon
as you hit «publish», the authoring tool sends out a message to your LMS to let it know that it has a special delivery waiting for i
as you hit «
publish», the
authoring tool sends out a message to your LMS to let it
know that it has a special delivery waiting for it.
Judith Briles is a book
publishing coach and
known as The Book Shepherd (www.TheBookShepherd.com) and the Founder of
Author U (niversity (www.AuthorU.org), a membership organization created for the serious author who wants to be seriously succe
Author U (niversity (www.AuthorU.org), a membership organization created for the serious
author who wants to be seriously succe
author who wants to be seriously successful.
Finally, weighing in changes in the industry
as a whole and the respect self -
published authors are starting to garner, the fact that many well
known authors including Steven King and J.K Rowling are self -
publishing now, and the ease of publication companies like CreateSpace are providing, my choice was obvious.
I
know that when I communicated with
Author Central a few years ago, they were much more responsive to me as the author than they were to my publishing house (I'm guessing because they're courting authors to use them directly for print - on - de
Author Central a few years ago, they were much more responsive to me
as the
author than they were to my publishing house (I'm guessing because they're courting authors to use them directly for print - on - de
author than they were to my
publishing house (I'm guessing because they're courting
authors to use them directly for print - on - demand).
Women's Memoirs welcomes
author Linda Hoye back
as she shares more information you'll need to
know if you decide to self -
publish your memoir.
The fact that Amazon doesn't care what price you set
as long
as they get the lowest price tells you
as a self -
publishing author everything you need to
know about Amazon's business model and how Amazon makes money.
Remember that
as a self -
published author you don't «need to
know» instead you need to have a near vertical learning curve to be successful with your project.»
«Please
know that we are doing everything in our power to find a solution to this difficult situation, one that best serves our
authors and their work, and that preserves our ability to survive and thrive
as a strong and
author - centric
publishing company,» he wrote.»
Most indie
authors know that, for all its problems, traditional
publishing does offer certain benefits we don't have, or at least not easily,
as indies.
Publishing Perspectives has been provided with a translated transcript of the session, and at an especially fortuitous moment:
as our regular readers
know, Macmillan
author Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House has triggered a cease - and - desist letter from Donald Trump along with the president's talk of taking a «strong look» at US libel laws.
As you likely already
know... it's extremely difficult to get an agent or publisher for a novella... short story... or collection of short stories... unless you're already a well -
published and / or award - winning
author.
As we wrote at the time, this example makes the point that authors already have a lot of the tools for marketing their work, and in some cases — as with Hocking, Locke and other self - publishers such as J.A. Konrath — this can make them so self - sufficient that they no longer need the support of a traditional publishing dea
As we wrote at the time, this example makes the point that
authors already have a lot of the tools for marketing their work, and in some cases —
as with Hocking, Locke and other self - publishers such as J.A. Konrath — this can make them so self - sufficient that they no longer need the support of a traditional publishing dea
as with Hocking, Locke and other self - publishers such
as J.A. Konrath — this can make them so self - sufficient that they no longer need the support of a traditional publishing dea
as J.A. Konrath — this can make them so self - sufficient that they
no longer need the support of a traditional
publishing deal.
As an
author, I
published my book about a month ago and am pleasantly surprised to find a hand full of copies are selling to people I don't
know, with little marketing effort by me.
This hurts the indie
author movement, trying to validate themselves
as financially viable, hurts the journalism industry (how do we
know just how well self -
publishing is vs trade
publishing) and the bookselling industry
as a whole (if it doesn't have its own ISBN there is no way we can order the book for our stores)
I
know «Professional
Authors» who are happy to make $ 10,000 a year from their traditionally
published books and they'd be much better off
as soon
as they recover their rights and go Indie.
Just
as self -
published authors were accused of slapping poorly - written tripe onto Amazon in order to make a quick buck, more than a few companies launched a website and lured in
authors in order to capitalize off of their lack of
know how.
I only point this out because a professional
author — such
as yourself — would never
publish anything with so many mistakes in it, of course,
knowing it would appear to be absolute bollix, so you must have intended to appear utterly inept at the craft you propose to be so knowledgeable about, right?
But one organization in the UK, the Society of
Authors, has stated in an interview with its head Nicola Solomon that the validity of the traditional publishers is questionable and goes so far as to state the traditional publishing as a whole is no longer the most viable option for a
Authors, has stated in an interview with its head Nicola Solomon that the validity of the traditional publishers is questionable and goes so far
as to state the traditional
publishing as a whole is
no longer the most viable option for
authorsauthors.
In this regard, then professional keeps its current accepted meaning of making money, because both
authors and writers can then either be professional or not according to whether they make money at their craft, and even self -
published or DTB -
published can then continue with the meanings
as we
know them.
I would likewise suspect that
authors will continue to exist even if the
publishing - industry -
as - we - currently -
know - it ceases to exist.
there are thousands of
published authors faring little better (if at all) than your average self -
published author trying get a foothold in that saturated market
known as Amazon.
But does the typical self -
published author with two ebooks on Amazon stand to benefit from selling his books through his own website, also
known as the online equivalent of setting up a sales booth from the back of their car?
As a traditional and mainly self - published author whose books have sold over 850,000 copies worldwide, I think that I know a little bit of what it takes to be a success as a write
As a traditional and mainly self -
published author whose books have sold over 850,000 copies worldwide, I think that I
know a little bit of what it takes to be a success
as a write
as a writer.
When I opened Book Launchers, and started helping people write,
publish and sell a brand - boosting book, my first ten
authors were people who
knew me
as a real estate expert.