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With more and more authors hitting the bookshelves and less money becoming available for publicity purposes, authors of every genre and publishing style need to use all of the tools at their disposal for book promotion.

Not exact matches

The study's authors found that on days when participants hit the gym, they reported managing their time more effectively, being more productive, and having more cheerful interactions with colleagues.

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.

Chris Martenson, economic researcher, trend forecaster, The Crash Course author, and founder of Peak Prosperity, discusses the eight forms of capital you need to become resilient to crisis, how the financial system scams hapless investors, and why gold will get much more valuable once the next oil crisis hits.

The author finished a Hugh mug of 100 % Kona Coffee and bam blurted out the whole song; realizing it would be a hit and blaming it on the Kona coffee he then went online to shop for more American grown Lion Kona beans.

«It hit me that we've been calculating chlorophyll profiles from surface measurements for more than thirty years, but we don't know what the depth profiles of other biogeochemically - important materials look like,» said Barney Balch, a senior research scientist at Bigelow Laboratory and lead author on the paper.

Not the American science fiction writer whose novels spawned hit films such as Blade Runner and Total Recall — he died more than 20 years ago — but a state - of - the - art robot named after the author.

When you get big hits of wow — from buying a new pair of shoes, for example, or eating crème brûlée — the brain releases the reward chemical dopamine, but over time you need more and more of those hits to get the same effect, explains Robert Lustig, MD, author of the forthcoming book The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains.

Opening in September: Kirsten Dunst and Isla Fisher take a turn in the comic bridesmaid well in «Bachelorette» (Friday); Bradley Cooper is an author whose stolen work becomes a hit in «The Words» (Friday), a thriller co-starring Jeremy Irons and Dennis Quaid (see story on Page 17); Pixar adds another dimension to one of its most popular films in «Finding Nemo 3 - D» (Sept. 14); Milla Jovovich returns for one more zombie slaughter in «Resident Evil: Retribution» (Sept. 14); Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña are Los Angeles cops in «End of Watch» (Sept. 21), which aims for a realistic look at inner - city law enforcement; Elizabeth Shue and Jennifer Lawrence are mother and daughter, discovering a horror - tinged secret in «House at the End of the Street» (Sept. 21); Karl Urban plays «Dredd» (Sept. 21), a helmeted avenger who cleans up the futuristic Mega City as its judge, jury and (wait for it...) executioner; In the animated «Hotel Transylvania,» Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) struggles to cope with his daughter's new non-vampire love interest (Sept. 28).

To date, the series of four books by author Jeff Kinney has sold more than 25 million copies worldwide, and his website receives more than 100,000 hits per day.

Keep in mind that three sources of pent - up works hit the market all at once: long - queried manuscripts, manuscripts sitting in drawers, and rights that reverted to authors back when this was more likely to happen.

For over 10 years, I've trained more than 450 authors, consulted with top publishing houses, and helped clients hit the New York Times bestseller list three different ways, including new fiction, new non-fiction, and backlist non-fiction.

From the very beginning the personalities of the characters and the texture of the book's settings leap out from the pages and like the rest of the trilogy, McCarthy hits his stride cleanly and effortlessly from the very beginning and this author easily eclipses (for me anyway) many more fashionable and better known writers.

After more than 35 years as a school librarian, Pat Scales is a freelance writer and children's literature advocate and the author of the forthcoming revised edition of Books under FIre: A Hit List of Banned and Challenged Children's Books.

Johnny is also the bestselling author of the Fat Vampire series and the co-author of cult hit Unicorn Western, the political sci - fi thriller The Beam, and many more.

The more your book pops up in «3 star and up» searches, category searches, topic searches, author searches, etc., the more likely it is to hit the Top 100 list for your category.

With so much talk in recent news about the poor quality of indie authors» works and data that shows that only about 59 % of self - published authors go so far as to pay a professional editor before hitting that publish button, it's easy to forget... [Read more...]

The traditional publishing industry no longer seems to want to «nurture» /» guide» new authors and accompany them on a long and hopefully successful career; instead, they want writers who will hit the «bestseller» list with their very first novel and sell more than 20 000 copies in a flash (I may be exaggerating with the numbers but I don't think I'm that far off!).

If you have an active blog with commenting followers and an even more active lurker community (reflected in stats for your site hits), blogging is a resource that can be especially useful to the self - published author, the aspiring author trying to get their name out, and the pubbed author with «out of the box» promo objectives.

After more than 35 years as a school librarian, Pat Scales is a freelance writer, children's literature advocate, and the author of the revised edition of Books under Fire: A Hit List of Banned and Challenged Children's Books (2014).

Authors have used tools from Bibiocrunch marketing classes to hit the top 100 list, reach # 1 in their category, substantially increase the number of reviews, and ultimately sell more books.

Smashwords published more than 275,000 titles in 2013, up 45 % from the year before, and authors» sales hit $ 20m (# 12.1 m), while Wattpad said visitors to its website spent a total of 41 billion minutes on the platform in 2013, doubling engagement from the year before.

You reach more readers 2) You have a chance of becoming a genre bestseller 3) Your Author Rank also increases This increase in ranking and increased visibility makes 15 Day Max Push great for 1) New Releases - run your book with us anytime during the first few months after release for best results 2) Attempts to hit the NY Times Bestseller list or the USA Today bestseller list 3) Attempts to become a genre bestseller 4) Promoting the discounted first or second book in a series to increase sales for the remaining books.

But there are so many moving parts when it comes to self - publishing... it can be overwhelming for a newbie author to do anything more than hit «PUBLISH», cross their keyboard - cramped fingers and hope for the best.

I'm thinking that in the future, we're going to see more authors like David Dalglish, who hit it big in indie and then got picked up by Orbit.

I'd travel around the world — at my publisher» expense, of course — and hit the major bookstores, where I'd do readings and signings for standing - room - only audiences,» says Jackie Morse Kessler, the author of a four - book YA... [Read more...]

A slew of posts have hit the blogsphere following more of the anti-Amazon campaign coming out of the NY traditional media (which reached orgiastic levels this weekend with a Patterson ad and a NYT hatchet job), and volleyed by Amazon calling on indie authors to email Hachette's CEO in an emailed missive I first suspected might be a practical joke.

It's easy to forget that the early work of every writer, no matter how gifted, is usually mediocre at best... (in the past) the publishing industry was a lot more receptive to writers who hadn't yet mastered their craft... Writers tended to stick with a single publisher as well, so an editor like Max Perkins could nurse budding authors like Hemingway and Fitzgerald through their early, less masterful works, knowing they would stick with Scribners once they hit their stride.

But I can guarantee this: unless you're an author who has already hit a major bestseller list and / or your book is the most important book being published by that traditional publishing house's imprint and / or you got paid an advance of $ 50,000 or more (in small genres like sf or westerns) or $ 100,000 or more (in larger genres like romance and mystery), your book will not get a single title ad.

I notice more and more traditional authors are self publishing as well, especially books that traditional publishers don't feel are big enough to hit the sale numbers they want.

Amazon has been good for all authors, best - selling and non, self - pub and partner pub, because, for a few, A) Amazon helped replace part of the wholesale market, which shrank in the 1990's, and really helped open up online book - selling; B) Amazon has increased international publishing by expanding into numerous countries, allowing more international authors to hit the big English markets, English authors to hit new markets and transnational publishers to do multi-country launches more easily; C) by launching the Kindle, Amazon juiced the small e-book retail industry into a much larger, fast - growing market, which helped replace mass market wholesale sales, etc..

We wanted to take the hit, so that authors could make more on each and every sale.»

Smashwords does a great job of partnering with other sites to push the best sellers - who are already best selling and don't necessarily NEED a push (beyond the fact that everyone can always use more advertising), meanwhile there are midlist authors who have no hope of hitting that best seller list (often because they were not traditionally published before, so didn't come with a fan base already established) and who have a great book, with good reviews, who could really use the push / spotlight.

Authors who leverage the book launch formula have even more content to write and the same applies to any business owner doing an online marketing — between the emails, sales page and social media content you have to write, you might consider that you've hit your quota of content creation.

By the time that book hits the market, odds are very good that the legacy author has invested significantly more time (and lost opportunities in indie sales) getting there.

As more and more books hit the market, readers are deluged with choices and authors are struggling to get in front of new readers and even existing fans.

Joining my cohost J. Craig Williams and me to discuss the latest developments in divorce, alimony and child custody are Sherri Donovan, principal of the law firm Sherri Donovan & Associates and author of the recently published book, Hit Him Where It Hurts: The Take - No - Prisoners Guide to Divorce — Alimony, Custody, Child Support, and More, and Daniel E. Clement, principal in the Law Offices of Daniel E. Clement and author of the blog New York Divorce Report.

I am often asked by executive level clients, «Is it more beneficial to author executive resumes that are detailed in nature or quick - hitting and to the point?»