Sentences with phrase «known author contacted»

When I reached # 1 on Amazon UK, a well known author contacted me and said it was time to develop a thick skin.

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But those contacts, conclude the authors, are precisely the ones who can tell you what you don't already know.
Reconnect with contacts from college or previous jobs to let them know you need work: «Everybody finds jobs through networking,» says Lori B. Rassas, an employment attorney and author of «Over the Hill But Not the Cliff.»
In May, Nayfeh resigned over the scandal at his journal, and SAGE contacted the authors of all 60 affected articles to let them know that the papers would be retracted.
Julie Spira, author of The Perils of Cyber-Dating (Morgan James), says many women are drawn to online dating for this reason, but don't know how to initiate contact with a prospect.
Married, Rules dating and relationship coach, author of two best - selling books, «How to Date — Single Girls» Dating Manual» and «Why Men Ask Dumb United Nation Organization William used as SKYPE SCAM A certain DR. DAVID WILLIAM has contacted me in skype, I do nt know about HIM he not in
Signs point to her direct contact working in her former employ of the U.S. government (McGregor, The Men Who Stare at Goats), which leaves her stranded without knowing just whom she can trust other than her famed author father (Paxton, Thunderbirds).
Unless a book has incredible advance sales or the author is very well known (and many times not even then) bookstores are not going to contact an author to do a book event.
I'm contacting you today in the hope that you actually have this e-mail address and because I know you'll be interested in reading [GENERIC TITLE], a stunning debut by [AUTHOR»S NAME] that's available now on Amazon for $ 1.99.
She was contacted by the founders to take over the site when they decided they were ready to move on because they know she is passionate about giving authors the tools they need to grow their readership and is dedicated to helping readers discover the authors they wish they had known about all along.
Best way for a prospect to initiate contact — Jeff Herman's Directory of Agents Visit our website where you can: review sample queries and proposals for works we've sold; query us via email (24 - hour response time); subscribe to our free publishing newsletter; submit your question to our interactive «Ask the Agent» column; read articles by well - known authors and publishing professionals; meet with us at a writers» conference where I'll be speaking.
This 5 - part article series contains everything you need to know about the Association of Authors» Representatives: history, mission, Canon of Ethics, requirements to be a member of the AAR, and contact information for active members.
(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.
When I contacted the author to point this out, they replied in such a way which confirmed they did not know how to use the apostrophe.
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,
I started contacting people whom I knew were authors, or who personally knew an author.
Finding covers, updating websites, contacting authors and their estates — all of this work allowed us to get to know again the amazing depth of the Auckland University Press list,» the press release revealed.
Since we know that a call from DreamWorks is a dream - come - true for an author hoping for a movie deal, we had to contact Holder and Viguié for their reactions to the news.
We do not let the author of a book being considered know who reads it or let the reader have contact with the author as an indieBRAG reader.
First time I only knew as an author contacted me — she thought I'd removed it and wondered why, second time I only discovered when i tried to add a review for an ARC.
Smith Publicity's contacts in all of these fields can help an unknown author get known and spark book sales.
Not long ago, a man contacted me through my personal author website to inform me of a misspelled word: «I thought you would like to know you misspelled the word «likeable».
If you are an author and you would like to feature a book permanently on our site with its own page please use our contact us page to let us know the details of your book and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible.
These authors are able to garner large volumes of reviews from people they don't know, ignoring the fact that the reviewers ARE employees, business contacts, etc of the PUBLISHING HOUSE.
I don't know if this is what was going on in this case, but a traditional scam perpetrated against writers is to put out a call for submissions, and then contact the author saying the submission isn't good enough to be published, but «for X dollars, we can edit the work for you, and then publish it.»
We needed to know more about Footer and her family, so we contacted the author, who lives on a farm in rural Kentucky.
I added it to our list under contact forms and let authors know that paid options were available as well.
While this may raise some eyebrows from people who are concerned about the ethics of working with two distinctly different types of authors, most of Red Adept's clients for both traditional and self - publishing assistance know before they contact the company which route to publication they plan to follow; more and more authors are heading into their writing careers seeing either route as a viable option.
Please let us know in the comments or contact us if you want us to make your author website mobile - friendly, or if you need one from designed from scratch!
If you would like to schedule a book cover or learn more about our services for indie authors, let us know through the contact us page or e-mail us directly at christianbentulan [at] gmail.com
Hi Jo Anne — Thanks for letting us know — I visited the «About» page for site and used email there to make contact and ask if co. was still viable for authors wanting to list books — copied you on that email so hopefully we'll get some good news from them or if not, we'll delete them from our rosters...
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The bookstore also didn't contact you to let you know when those authors released new books.
If you would like galleys sent to your personal media contacts (some authors will have more than others depending on their profession), you should let the publicist know earlier rather than later.
Tony Eldridge, author and creator of the blog Marketing Tips for Authors, recently contacted Lulu to let us know about a project he was working on.
Would the author that posted re the children's book on August 17 / 11please contact me at kootenayvolvo @gmail.com as I would like to know the name of the manager with whom you spoke at Authors Solution.
Nick contacted us awhile back after discovering the BW blog and asked to share some ideas and resources he thought would be helpful to indie authors confronting the digital aspects of their platform (you know, all that fun stuff we're always writing about, websites, SM, etc.)... [Read More]
In addition to explaining how book publicity works, I also discuss practical topics such as publicity costs, timing, and considerations when hiring a publicist; I've found that many authors want to know upfront about fees for services and what steps they should have completed before they contact a publicist like me.
Nick contacted us awhile back after discovering the BW blog and asked to share some ideas and resources he thought would be helpful to indie authors confronting the digital aspects of their platform (you know, all that fun stuff we're always writing about, websites, SM, etc.) especially their author blog.
Just like you can click to request they contact a publisher / author and let them know you would like to read their book on the Kindle; maybe something similiar would work to let the publisher know they missed a sale.
Often we would contact a potential author only to have them say no, take the idea and do it themselves.
Include a dedicated author email, you never know who might be trying to contact you!
I don't know of any authors in my circle who heard about the survey, and I am in contact with and friends of hundreds of traditional and self - published authors
I know that my books have sold well over the past 18 months, so I doubt they contact brand new authors.
As an attorney who represents authors, I have had several clients who self - published and generated good sales, then were contacted by well - known agents who monitor Amazon's best seller lists.
As you well know, an author will often contact you because of one specific design in your portfolio.
The first question we ask any author who contacts us is if they know their book publishing goals.
I don't know how many times I as well as our reviewers have to jump over hoops in order to find out how to contact a particular publicist and / or author.
To know someone in publishing or to become a publishing insider — you will need to widen your circle of contacts, take time for research, and invest in author - publishing events.
If there are specific media you would like us to contact - journals, magazines, or newspapers in which reviews should be solicited - that you haven't yet indicated in the Author Questionnaire, please let us know.
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