Sentences with phrase «little control authors»

(I take no responsibility for the immodest title; those of you who have written op - eds know how little control authors have on that score.)

As I have several other books published «traditionally,» I am very aware of how little control an author usually has over these aspects.»

Not exact matches

Kudo's to the blog author for thinking outside of the little box that those who seek to control people are trying to put him into.

Lead author, Dr Michael Singer from School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at Cardiff University, said: «In drylands, convective (or short, intense) rainfall controls water supply, flood risk and soil moisture but we have had little information on how atmospheric warming will affect the characteristics of such rainstorms, given the limited moisture in these areas.»

«You'll boost your self - esteem and happiness by gaining control of your situation,» says Richard Wiseman, author of 59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot.

«While evidence from a recently completed [randomized controlled trial] suggested that statin use is of little benefit to COPD patients, this population - based analysis showed that statin use reduced all - cause mortality among COPD patients,» wrote the study authors led by Adam Raymakers, from the University of British Columbia.

«If you have too much sodium and too little potassium, it's worse than either one on its own,» said Dr. Thomas Farley, New York City's health commissioner, who has led efforts to get the public to eat less salt... «Potassium may neutralize the heart - damaging effects of salt,» said Dr. Elena Kuklina, one of the study's authors at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... The research found people who eat a lot of salt and very little potassium were more than twice as likely to die from a heart attack as those who ate about equal amounts of both nutrients.

Over time, authors who wanted to maintain complete creative control over their books began to create their own small presses, which really only involves starting a business and little else.

Self - publishing came out ahead, and I believe it's because self - published authors gain so much (specifically, monetary rewards and control over every aspect of their work) and sacrifice so little by way of media recognition, credibility, and distribution / sales potential.

We suggest paying a little extra to own your domain so your author has complete control of their website.

Many authors (myself included) set up their own website, which is a little more work but offers more control.

People are beginning to notice that big publishers are not really all that interested in authors or readers; they are interested in consolidating control of distribution channels so that the only participants in culture are creators who work for little or nothing and consumers who can only play if they can pay.

«In doing this, the creators have little control over the comic itself, and the storytelling aspects are tied to whatever the app can perform or whatever the creator wants to pay to have authored for a particular device / platform.

It happens all the time, and can be even more demoralizing since the author has little to no control over title, cover, blurbs, marketing, pricing, etc..

While the author has ultimate and final control of who they publish with — we own the copyrights, after all — we have very little control and only slightly more influence over who wants to publish with us.

However, the other side of the coin is that authors then have little to no control over their work and the editor's changes that the author may not agree with.

I think authors are going to Frankfurt more and more to make their own connections in the industry and meet people that they wouldn't otherwise get to meet, especially as authors are taking a little bit more control over their careers.»

Interestingly, as more authors begin to exert their control over their work by turning to self - publishing, cover design remains one of the areas where traditionally published authors often have little to no input.

The author has little control over the appearance of the book: physical size, typeface, jacket, etc..

Smashwords allows a little bit of control to authors.

Authors who have taken a dive into hybrid publishing were able to keep more of their money (little to no fees paid to a third - party vs traditional publishing fees), have more control over the publishing process, and had more time to devote to writing.

When a book is traditionally published, its author may have very little control over the fate of the manuscript.

For indies this is a possibility; for authors whose books are being uploaded by a publisher, not so much, since they have little control.

Critics saw this program as an effort to control the industry on Amazon's part, but indie authors saw things a little differently.

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Likewise, awards are not included in these criteria, because awards are a completely arbitrary and external measure over which an author has little or not control.

In traditional publishing models most authors had very little control over the creation of their book.

Legendary author Tom Robbins says he knew little about self - publishing until a young author he's been mentoring convinced him that avoiding the traditional route was the best choice for getting her work out quickly and under her own control.

As any indie author who's been around for a little while will tell you, the indie publishing freeway is fraught with all kinds of perils and detours that are beyond an indie author's control.

This is highly different from traditional publishing wherein the author is given little to no control of book creation and marketing.

Trad authors have too little control.

In his mind, he has more respect for hybrid authors who «self - publish for a little bit more control.»

Voith believes as many as 75 % of the pit bull identifications made by shelter workers, animal control or law enforcement are wrong. She is the author of Shelter Medicine: A Comparison of Visual and DNA Identifications of BREEDS of Dogs.  As DNA testing becomes more reliable, it is proving that many of the dogs identified as pit bull are actually a mix of dozens of breeds with little or none of the DNA of pit bull type dogs.Â

Authors Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez and Monique Tilford provide actionable tips on how to gain full control of your financial situation, rather than just making little changes here and there that might not last.

These serum lipid parameters seem to be little influenced by smoking.32 However, other authors found a clear association of cigarette smoking with low levels of TC and LDL - C.33 In the present study, lower levels of HDL - C were associated with smoking status in men after controlling for several confounders.

«Although mate choice studies in humans have routinely recorded pill use during the last decade to control for its confounding effects, little effort has been invested in understanding the consequences of such effects of the pill,» said study author Alexandra Alvergne from the University of Sheffield.