Sentences with phrase «learn about the book industry»

Owning a book store was a tremendous opportunity to learn about the book industry.

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Of course, you can learn much more about Airbnb's history, trials, tribulations and triumph in my new book, The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions... and Created Plenty of Controversy.

Learn a lot more about financing in the book Start Your Own Cannabis Business: A Step - By - Step Guide To The Marijuana Industry.

Take the time to learn about the industry as a whole, how to think like a publisher, and what steps to take to create a successful book.

That way, book marketing, promotion, and learning about the industry I've become avidly interested in, becomes much more fun.

We've learned a lot about this business and figured we would offer our collective mistakes and wisdom as a compass to guide aspiring authors through the tricky, sometimes treacherous seas of book publishing and decipher the industry's mumbo - jumbo jargon.

«Visiting China and learning about the Chinese book industry changed my perspective in publishing and production.

Welcome to Write Good Books, a blog dedicated to helping new writers improve their craft and learn about the industry.

Twitter is ideal for networking and it's a great place to learn more about the publishing industry and meet partners who can help you promote a book.

Attending publishing industry events, such as the upcoming 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, are good ways for publishers to make new connections, learn about new trends, and keep a firm grasp on their territory and the rapid innovation of the publishing world.

To learn more about the New York Book Show, hosted by the Book Industry Guild of New York, please visit www.newyorkbookshow.com or www.bigny.org.

It was about so much more than just writing a book, I became a perpetual student of publishing so I could learn everything possible about the industry and then share it with others.

To learn more about the New York Book Show, hosted by the Book Industry Guild of New York, please visit

I blog regularly at Write Good Books, a site dedicated to helping new writers improve their craft and learn about the industry, which also includes the bi-weekly Write Good Books Podcast with fellow author, Scott Michael Childers.

But that was 2 years ago, and I've learned a TON of things about the industry, my genre, and marketing since then, and I now realize that I could have done better with naming my books.

Aspiring writers and authors will learn from industry experts tips and tactics and all about the tools and technology to help them self - publish a print book or an ebook.»

In Part 1 of his report on the London Book Fair Digital Conference, Alastair Horne discovers what we can learn about digital content and business models from those outside the publishing industry.

By learning about what goes on behind the scenes with your publisher, and in the industry as a whole, you will be better equipped to understand the environment in which you are trying to sell your book.

Since I typed the END to my first manuscript to the release of my 10th traditionally published book on August 15th (The Assassin's Kiss, if you're interested) I've learned so much about the business and industry we're in.

You will meet fellow book lovers, make new friends, have fun with authors and learn about the industry.

What did you learn recently about the book publishing industry that made you say, «I had no idea!

Learn the hottest buzzwords in the publishing industry; what publishers are buying; successful book templates; titles that sell; all about proposals, and much more.

You'll learn about the various aspects of publishing your book and how to boost your book sales, while connecting with authors who know the ropes and industry insiders who can give you the tips you need to succeed as a self - published writer.

It can serve as an introduction to industry insiders so they can learn something about your book — and you — at a glance.

Our goal is to help indie authors and publishers learn about the industry and inspire them to create successful audio editions of their books!

Authors are also using the site to organize their drafts, market their books with boards about plot and characters, and to learn what other industries are doing to make their products surprising and appealing.

For me, my first book (Life, Liberty, and Pursuit) was about the thrill and experience of being published and learning how the industry works.

At the end of the day the job of getting my books sold fell squarely on my shoulders and I have had to learn a lot about marketing and the industry as a whole in the process.

Read my blog here (I share everything I've done — the good and the bad), come to my weekly #BookMarketingChat * (on Twitter, every Wednesday 6 pm pst / 9 pm est) to learn from me (and people far smarter than me) who know a lot about book marketing and the publishing industry, and then start interacting and asking questions.

And essentially, that first book, I wrote it, and then I started to learn about the publishing industry, discovered how long it would take to get a book deal, decided I was not interested in waiting, or asking permission to do anything; I started to learn about self - publishing, started blogging, and that kind of started me on the journey of writing.

It may not have quite the same resonance as William Goldman's infamous line about the movie business — «nobody knows anything» — but Carolyn Reidy's comment, made at a recent Book Industry Study Group meeting held in New York, that «the more we know, the more we have to learn» is an excellent reminder that, as the redoubtable chief executive of Simon & Schuster Inc also noted, publishing has its own «peculiar logic».

At the All - New uPublishU at BEA (formerly known as DIY Authors Conference & Marketplace), aspiring writers and authors will learn from industry experts tips and tactics and all about the tools and technology to help them self - publish a print book or an ebook.

In my small unique book «The small stock trader» I also had more detailed overview of tens of stock trading mistakes (http://thesmallstocktrader.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/stock-day-trading-mistakessinceserrors-that-cause-90-of-stock-traders-lose-money/): • EGO (thinking you are a walking think tank, not accepting and learning from you mistakes, etc.) • Lack of passion and entering into stock trading with unrealistic expectations about the learning time and performance, without realizing that it often takes 4 - 5 years to learn how it works and that even +50 % annual performance in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following it

Employees should be encouraged to learn about caring for pet birds by talking with experienced staff, reading books and taking courses available through a number of resources, such as the Pet Industry Distributor Association's PetStorePro and NexPet's FlexQuiz programs.

Learn from industry leaders, research new projects, better understand the technology, network with peers in the industry, and read books about decentralization, game theory, distributed systems, and the history of money.

The list includes industry groups, books and websites to help you learn more about the profession and develop the skills you need to enter the field.

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The association is planning to publish a book celebrating the past 100 years, and through our research for that book, I've learned quite a bit about the foresight shown by leaders in this industry.