Sentences with phrase «like author events»

Our store offered some great ammenities, like author events, a very knowledgable staff who all loved books, and great customer service.

Not exact matches

Book Description: «In his hugely attended Talk Like TED events, bestselling author and communications expert Carmine Gallo found that audiences wanted to discover the keys to telling powerful stories, inspiring stories that could galvanize movements and actuate global change.

In his hugely attended Talk Like TED events, bestselling author and communications guru Carmine Gallo found, again and again, that audiences wanted to discover the keys to telling powerful stories; inspiring stories that could galvanize movements and actuate global change.

In his new novel «The Leftovers» (St. Martin's), the bestselling author of «Little Children» and «Election» follows a group left behind after something called the «Sudden Departure,» a Rapture - like event in which millions of people suddenly vanished like smoke.

This is not what the church looks like,» wrote blogger and author Rachel Held Evans, prompting a discussion that came to dominate the event's hashtag.

I re-read a book recently, and the author wrote about how she was supposed to speak at an event, and when she asked which topic they would like to here her expound upon, they said, well, just tell us what is saving your life right now.

I re-read a book recently, and the author wrote about how she was supposed to speak at an event, and when she asked which topic they would like to here her expound upon, they said, well, just tell us what...

The setting is important not only for understanding men like the prophet Amos or the Apostle Paul who speak directly to particular problems they face, but it is also vitally important for authors who write about historical events.

The first, The Reformation Project's Regional Training Conference, happens next week in Washington, D.C. Led by friend - of - the - blog and author of God and the Gay Christian Matthew Vines, the purpose of this event is twofold: 1) to provide training and resources on how to talk about the Bible and LGBT issues with non-LGBT-affirming Christians, and 2) to connect LGBT - affirming Christians with like - minded people for support and dialog.

According to a 2013 study of California farmers, factors like exposure to extreme weather events and perceived changes in water availability made farmers more likely to believe in climate change, while negative experiences with environmental policies can make farmers less likely to believe that climate change is occurring, said Meredith Niles, a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard's Sustainability Science Program and lead author of the study.

Events like this occurred in most years once global temperatures reached 1.5 °C and 2 °C warmer than pre-industrial times,» said lead author Dr Andrew King.

The authors suggest that developing greater resilience to extreme weather events must be given greater priority if the socioeconomic impact of storms, like those that have ravaged Britain this winter, is to be reduced.

«Our analysis suggests that such space weather events may prove to be a key driver of atmospheric losses for exoplanets orbiting an active young Sun - like star,» the authors write.

The authors caution that the formula can not account for events like awards a book may receive movie adaptations and celebrity endorsements.

While on the surface, mbg's exclusive wellness event, revitalize, is all about the stellar agenda — from yoga with superstars like Kathryn Budig to Reiki from master Kelsey Patel to talks led by eco-warrior Paul Hawken; best - selling author Kate Fagan; renowned doctors Mark Hyman, Vincent Pedre, and Frank Lipman; and more — in truth, it's only a small part of the three - day event.

«We used a new algorithm to predict brain aging after horrible life events — like divorce or death — and negative life events accelerate brain aging by about one - third of a year for each event,» said study lead author Sean Hatton, a project scientist at the University of California, San Diego.

There's nothing quite like history books that were written not only by those who were there (or alive when an event / period in time transpired), but which were penned when the memories were still fresh in the author's mind.

Playing like a scandal - rag version of events, writer / director Douglas McGrath (working off George Plimpton's biography of the author) concentrates on the clashing of Capote's gossipy, New York City atmosphere with the down home curiosity of rural Kansas as the author tries to earn the trust of folks who can tell him about the murder of the Clutter family.

With experiences as a TA, an event panelist, a presenter at conferences from UofT to Harvard, and a writer of a self - authored film blog, Kamran would like to share with others his profound interest in the profilmic in the hopes of inspiring, in them, a similar love for film.

Nathalie has lectured on costume design (in which she takes a special interest) and the early history of cinema and conducted feature interviews at literary events like the International Festival of Authors and the Toronto Comics Arts Festival.

The store also hosted monthly events with guests like writer / director Peter Jackson, author Ray Bradbury, artist Bernie Wrightson, and composers Danny Elfman, James Newton Howard and Basil Poledouris, to name a few.

In writing about a difficult subject like the Holocaust, many authors sensationalize the topic so that the reader is so engulfed by the sheer horror of the event that the meaning behind it is lost.

He has managed multiple technical instructional design and development projects for various Fortune 500 companies at another eLearning company and also has presented learning sessions at various L&D events like mLearnCon, co-hosted webinars alongside leading industry experts, co-authored an eBook on Mobile Learning, and authored whitepapers on Mobile Learning and Game — based Learning.

Sure there are social media platforms like Goodreads, Wattpad, Facebook groups etc. and then there are the «real» opportunities that are so much harder to facilitate and organize (and pay for e.g. expense vs profit) like community or regional events and networks as you point out above, but I feel really strongly that the most important thing for an author to do in order to build a loyal paying (italics) fanbase / readership is to produce good quality works that are publicized properly and to spend time interacting with those of your readers who you know buy your books because they came to you in the first place.

However, given that we have hundreds of fiction authors registered for the event who would like to be able to apply what they are learning, I want to do whatever I can to make this content accessible to both fiction and nonfiction authors.

The author F. Scott Fitzgerald whose novel, The Great Gatsby was one of the defining publishing events of the decade, labeled the Jazz Age so because jazz as a music form became increasingly popular during this time especially in big cities like New York and Chicago.

Events like BookExpo America, the London Book Fair, and the Frankfurt Book Fair are widely known, but it's easy to overlook the various other international events and book fairs where book publication rights are sold, debut authors exhibited, and other business conducted that brings new titles to mEvents like BookExpo America, the London Book Fair, and the Frankfurt Book Fair are widely known, but it's easy to overlook the various other international events and book fairs where book publication rights are sold, debut authors exhibited, and other business conducted that brings new titles to mevents and book fairs where book publication rights are sold, debut authors exhibited, and other business conducted that brings new titles to market.

Self - published authors are expanding into conferences throughout the world, with some indie - centric events hitting the big time like Author Marketing Live, PubSense Summit, and IndieRecon.

Banding together with other authors as part of group promotions like social media events and box sets can improve sales and lead to long - standing friendships.

And while we believe it's important that publishers and even authors attend publishing industry events like LBF14, sometimes you just can't fly half way across the world.

Like the name implies, the virtual book event allows the author to promote their book and answer questions via an online presence from home or anywhere else they may be.

The level of fuck - uppery at the signing was on par with what I saw in other events — like the RT Pub Crawl, which I helped sponsor, or that I heard about in other author - sponsored parties.

Ask whatever questions you like, and I will provide the answers based on my years of experience in the business, my regular contacts with publishing professionals at writers» conferences and other author events, and my perusal of industry publications.

I have very little respect for the organizers of this event for what looked like an obvious snub to self pub, small press, and independent authors.

I often suggest that authors use inventory they may have printed before switching to Ingram distribution for their own direct sales from their author website, giveaways, and author events, but I also recommend they get broader book distribution by setting up the book through a POD / distribution program like IngramSpark.

With authors who consider blogging to market their book, the chain of events usually goes something like this: First, the author's book nears its publication date.

Or «Author Laureates» of the community that change each year and give that author the responsibility of representing the community, organizing events, giving a talk at the Friends of the Library fundraising events, or something likeAuthor Laureates» of the community that change each year and give that author the responsibility of representing the community, organizing events, giving a talk at the Friends of the Library fundraising events, or something likeauthor the responsibility of representing the community, organizing events, giving a talk at the Friends of the Library fundraising events, or something like that.

The whole key to making it work is that the book and author have an online following and that you can offer something super-cool during the event like direct access to the Author, of course, but also they must be talking about something of intauthor have an online following and that you can offer something super-cool during the event like direct access to the Author, of course, but also they must be talking about something of intAuthor, of course, but also they must be talking about something of interest.

Some authors may still baulk at the gamble involved in an event like this one, no matter how reputable the company may be.

Lyons, who spoke at an Amazon roundtable event at last year's BookExpo in New York brought up the comparison between well - known authors like Dan Brown, who often have as much as a two - year gap between the release of titles.

Set to launch during this year's BookExpo event, BookLife will not only help authors with the usual suspects like vetted professionals for cover design, editing, and formatting, but will also work to offer promotional tools that help authors get their books noticed in front of readers.

It seemed like the author was rushing through a timeline to finish the book, with events more important the the lives of the characters in the story.

Set to launch during this year's BookExpo event, BookLife will not only help authors with the usual suspects like vetted professionals for cover design, editing, and... [Read more...]

Much like the 2011 Spreecast event that Good e-Reader hosted with author HP Mallory for more than one hundred of her fans, this platform basically charges a pittance fee for charity and allows a unique engagement experience between authors and their readers.

Once you've installed the Author Cats software onto your WordPress site, you'll get access to our built in author website template, customizable landing pages, upsell pages, thank - you pages, book showcase pages, joint promotion pages, book delivery pages, events pages, and everything else you need (like your blog, about page, privacy policy, and Author Cats software onto your WordPress site, you'll get access to our built in author website template, customizable landing pages, upsell pages, thank - you pages, book showcase pages, joint promotion pages, book delivery pages, events pages, and everything else you need (like your blog, about page, privacy policy, and author website template, customizable landing pages, upsell pages, thank - you pages, book showcase pages, joint promotion pages, book delivery pages, events pages, and everything else you need (like your blog, about page, privacy policy, and more).

Authors at this event also enjoyed meeting and pitching agents, and panels like «writing diverse characters.»

Imagine traveling to conferences and other events... forming friendships with other book agents and publishing professionals... being treated like a rock star (literally) by authors.

Countdown clocks are also ideal for all types of book promotions and author brand building, including upcoming events like interviews, presentations, teleseminars, webinars, and book signings.

So we did Author Marketing Live virtual simply from the fact that I found out a lot of writers couldn't get on a plane and travel and spend a lot of money so we did this virtual event where you can just log in and watch the videos in a format like this and learn from people.

Where additional royaties paid to the illustrator may occur, is in the event of the author or self publisher choosing to create new products such as merchandising items like t - shirts, for the purpose of financial gain and profit.