Sentences with phrase «more and more authors chose»

The stigma surrounding self - publishing is slowly fading away as more and more authors chose to be in control of their own work and take the reins with self - publishing.

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Today, thanks to ebooks and Amazon (amzn), self - publishing is a global phenomenon — an independent route intentionally chosen by more and more authors — that has spawned not only mega-bestsellers like Fifty Shades of Grey, but also hits in other realms, such as the movie version of The Martian.

The study's author found that the men who saw male models were more likely to choose the risky bet compared to the men who were shown images of female models and average individuals.

There are more publishers to choose from now than ever before, and many authors make rushed decisions that result in poorly - produced products that don't sell.

This popular scientific author goes on to say that physicists will eventually understand the basic laws of the universe, and then, «the existence of the universe will hold no more mystery for those who choose to understand it than the existence of the sun.»

However, since control trapping is decidedly more concrete and specific, the author has chosen to evaluate CAR's opposition to coyote (Canis latrans) trapping for simplicity.

Almost two decades ago, authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B Jenkins chose a similar premise for their Left Behind series of novels, which sold more than 65 million copies and has now spawned a big screen adaptation starring (almost unthinkably) Nicolas Cage.

William Camann, MD, and Kathryn Alexander, MA, have authored a book titled «Easy Labor - Every Woman's Guide to Choosing Less Pain and More Joy During Childbirth» which every pregnant woman should read prior to delivery!

The authors of this study examined all races, but white women account for more than 90 % of women choosing home birth, and the neonatal death rate for white women is much lower than that for all races.

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Select from among parenting advice books, baby development books, baby nutrition books, and more, or simply choose books written by the parent's favorite authors or give them a gift certificate to a bookstore or a favorite magazine subscription.

«Our results demonstrate that if we find the right molecular context, more appropriate therapies can be chosen that improve outcomes,» says John Carpten, Ph.D., TGen deputy director of basic science and director of TGen's Integrated Cancer Genomics Division, and the study's senior author.

Honduras's failure highlights the importance of carefully tailoring the model to specific regions and choosing more resilient assets, the authors say.

Consumers are more likely to seek variety when choosing from single rather than bundled products,» write authors Mauricio Mittelman (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella), Eduardo B. Andrade (Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration, Fundação Getúlio Vargas), Amitava Chattopadhyay (INSEAD, Singapore), and C. Miguel Brendl (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University).

«We chose to evaluate the device in patients who had their first stroke six months or more in the past because not a lot of gains are happening by that point,» said co-senior author Thy Huskey, MD, an associate professor of neurology at the School of Medicine and program director of the Stroke Rehabilitation Center of Excellence at The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis.

Sydney's Chris Maher, who is an author on the exercise and drug studies, suspects that the particular kind of exercise you end up choosing may be much less important to solving the problem than simply finding a way to be more active.

This is our dream for personalized cancer therapy, so we're not just guessing any more about which drugs will work but can choose drug targets based on what's driving that patient's cancer,» said Josh Stuart, the Baskin professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, director of cancer and stem cell genomics at the UCSC Genomics Institute, and a senior corresponding author of the paper.

«The patient gets a simplified schedule, slightly more control over his daily life, the convenience of eating whenever he chooses and the opportunity to share the cost - savings with his insurance company,» said study lead author Dr. Russell Szmulewitz.

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One of author Suzanne Collins's most potent and disturbingly plausible ideas is barely mentioned here — that of the «tesserae», a system by which poorer citizens can choose to have their name entered into the Hunger Games ballot more times, thus increasing their chances of being picked, in exchange for extra food.

More than 10,000 musicians, filmmakers, authors, managers and labels have chosen the Topspin platform to market their work directly to fans, including: Kevin Smith, Beastie Boys, David Byrne, Edward Burns, Sigur Ros, Cory McAbee, Paul McCartney, Arcade Fire, Eminem, Linkin Park, Interpol and Metric.

If you have a team with minimal programming experience for example, it is best to choose an eLearning authoring tool with more basic functions and pre-made eLearning templates.

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By making connections with other texts and / or the outside world, students will more easily be able to figure out the overall theme of a text and why the author chose to write about that topic.

The event, sold out a week prior to the date, was attended by close to 300 people who chose between more than 21 workshops, nine seminar sessions, a battery of agent - pitching sessions, all set up with free author photos, and a welcome reception at the end of the day.

With the growth of the indie publishing industry, more and more authors are choosing to sell their books directly or through online retailers.

We're stepping out of running every promotion as a monthly stint, and driving the site to more of a community, where readers and authors have more interaction, bloggers and reviewers can connect and choose books based on availability, and education spans every aspect of self - publishing, from harnessing the power of social media to creating strong websites and platforms, and effective book marketing.

Blogs are usually specifically themed hubs, rather than broad general interest platforms so I would have to say that choosing early on what it is you are actually selling and / or promoting and then sticking with it is how the more successful bloggers and authors build their lists.

With authors like James Patterson, Debbie Macomber, Sandra Brown, Danielle Steel, Isabel Allende, and many more, you'll have plenty to choose from!

Modern authors often choose the present tense to add edginess and immediacy to a story, but the more traditional use of past tense is generally better loved by big publishing companies, who are increasingly risk averse for financial reasons.Tales abound of authors instructed by commercial publishers to rewrite an entire book to change the tense from present to past, before thy'll consider publishing it.

Based on a pick - and - choose menu of services that includes more than just editing — which right away is a departure from the standard, as too many «author services» companies require all or none expensive packages — the platform is delving into things like review services that will send out copies of an author's book to their channels, along with talks of translation (an ungodly expense for indie authors that can easily cost upwards of tens of thousands of dollars per language) and audiobook services.

This would be far more understandable a concern if most consumers knew how much an author's work is stripped away in the editorial process by major publishers, and then understood that self - published authors often chose to pursue indie authorship because random gatekeepers had deemed their book wasn't fit or worthy enough for mass market publication.

The Big 5 or any traditional publisher will give the author no say and choose an illustrator who can imagine what no one else could possibly imagine from the words, and they might draw a child bouncing on a bed with crumpled sheets as waves, and the pet dog, representing the shark, jumping in the bed as well — creating a far more rewarding reading and visual literacy experience for the reader.

Sadly, this author is older and disparages the self publisher though his prolific nature would lend itself to faster and more profits if he chose to adapt and go that way.

This is both a thrilling and confusing time for authors, so I think it is more important than ever for authors to be informed and choose the best option for getting published based on their goals, skills, patience, and budget.

D2D authors can distribute to any or all of our distribution channels, including Amazon's Kindle platform, Apple iBooks, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and more — or choose only one or two distribution channels at will.

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If local business models are researched well and chosen judiciously, authors will earn more money, their works will reach new readers, and both publishers and authors can gain intelligence along way to better adapt their next decisions.

Between the return of Author Earnings to the creation of Bookstat, from Createspace closing down its editing, marketing and design division to more idiocy at SFWA (and elsewhere), how could I choose just one topic?

She says she chose them because of their «long and profound experiences in e-publishing,» and «because it gives me the freedom concentrate completely on the program and the authors... I could have simply worked with a distribution partner, but that would have meant concentrating more on things like distribution, accounting, production, etc..»

More and more authors are choosing to go Indie and publish themselMore and more authors are choosing to go Indie and publish themselmore authors are choosing to go Indie and publish themselves.

With traditional publishing houses picking up ever fewer authors, more and more writers choose to take matters into their own hands and publish their books themselves.

Whilst this blog post has been a harsh one and quite a difficult one to write, I do believe that there will be more authors who choose to self - publish who will go on to sell as many books as Mark Lawrence, Brent Weeks, Kameron Hurley, Wesley Chu, etc..

This book contains all the fundamentals from creating your author website, to choosing your route of publishing and much more!

If you choose to use an author services company to help you do these tasks, it's likely to cost a lot more, so weigh up what your goals are and what you're willing to learn to do yourself before you commit.

«We believe that publishers and authors shouldn't have declining revenues as a subscriber chooses to read more and our royalty model accounts for this idea.

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When publishers and agents choose to blur the lines between the two sides of the industry, opponents begin grasping at straws to discredit the professionals who are working to put more books into the hands of the readers and to further the careers of the authors.

This platform allows authors to easily create a free version of their books — with or without DRM and reader watermarking, as they choose — in order to... [Read more...]

Couldn't agree more — that Amazon chose to punish authors and even Amazon's own customers over a business dispute tells you exactly where their priorities are.