Sentences with phrase «name authors become»

Brand name authors become an asset that publishing houses tend with some care.

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My name is Joel Libava, and I'm the author of Become a Franchise Owner!

The author loves wine as well as cycling therefore he named his blog «The Drunken Cyclist» as he thought he would write about wine and cycling but, not too far along, his focus became almost exclusively on wine.

It started to become a really popular concept once a Florida - based trainer named Ken Hutchins (author of «Aerobics is Dead» and «Why NOT Aerobics») patented the name and really started promoting the idea.

«Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus» became a popular phrase following the release of the 1992 book of the same name by American author and relationship counselor John Gray.

The author loves wine as well as cycling therefore he named his blog «The Drunken Cyclist» as he thought he would write about wine and cycling but, not too far along, his focus became almost exclusively on wine.

Surprisingly enough, Jack's motive for hating Christian and Ana is not that Ana became a fiction editor at a publisher and her major contributions, as seen in this film, are finding an author named «Boyce Fox» (could've sworn my accountant worked at Boyce Fox) and increasing a font size by two points.

The film tells the story of a teenager named Sidney Hall played by Logan Lerman with dreams of becoming a well - known author.

Umberto Eco, an Italian academic who became an unlikely best - selling author of novels like 1980's «The Name of the Rose,» died Friday in Milan, according to a spokesperson for his American publisher, Houghton Mifflin.

Henry (Billy Crudup), possibly named after the author of Call It Sleep, threatens, like the real Roth, to become a one - book wonder.

In 1974, she joined the faculty at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and became vice president of Radcliffe College and also dean of what became the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study; took 1977 - 79 off to direct the National Institute of Education; authored seven books along the way; and in 1982 made history: Graham became the dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (1982 - 91), the first woman at the University to be named dean of a whole faculty.

Guidebooks about how to get into prestigious Ivy League schools have become instant bestsellers in the country, with the authors and subjects becoming household names, such as Yiting Liu, whose parents wrote Harvard Girl in 2000.

(On a few occasions, a middle initial or name was used to avoid duplication with authors who had the same name, e.g., «David Cohen» became «David K. Cohen.»)

If you want to attract more readers to sell more books, the logical choice then becomes to brand your author name as the most direct link to those books.

I don't have any sympathy for people who refuse to use the already available tools (all the retailers have search function and filters with which you can single out publishers by name and then filter the books by genre) and prefer to waste their time by whining «The slush pile is indeed my problem as well as it is for any discerning reader» and stating: «published» author and literary scholar have become as diminished as today's Mercedes Benz automobile — cheapened and mass marketed so that everyone can own one.»

Bestselling author Augusten Burroughs became a household name after his first memoir, Running with Scissors, became a runaway bestseller in 2002.

Once an author becomes recognized as an authority, he or she benefits from people buying the book based on the author's name.»

As authors become known, their names rise to the top of the cover.

On the title page and copyright notice, the names of the publisher and authors should become clickable links pointing to the relevant parties» websites.

Back when BEA was ABA, the Book and Author programs mixed big name authors with emerging authors, who often became the buzz of the show.

Social networking has become an integral part of book promotion, and the more frequently authors» names turn up on the social networks, the happier they ought to be... unless they turn up in social networks in the wrong context, at the wrong time.

Books sold into bookstores is becoming something only reserved for the brand name authors or big, breakout books that are getting a lot of buzz.

If Harlequin removes its name from Horizons, stops promoting Horizons on its website and its rejection letters, and stops suggesting that Horizons authors have a shot at becoming Harlequin authors, then will you acknowledge it?

As readers become more savvy at identifying indie published work (and perhaps avoiding it), an imprint name can be a point of assurance that the author is a professional.

To date she has not «broken out» and become a big name the way other regional mystery authors, such as

To date she has not «broken out» and become a big name the way other regional mystery authors, such as Tony Hillerman and Archer Mayer or Wyoming's own CJ Box and Craig Johnson, have done.

More recently, I've become friends with another Florida Keys, action / adventure, indie author by the name of Michael Reisig.

He is the author of three books on writing: Blueprint Your Bestseller (Penguin / Perigee), which was named one of 2013's best books about writing by The Writer magazine, Book Architecture (2015) which became an Amazon bestseller, and Finish Your Book in Three Drafts which was released in June of 2016.

Since our foundation at London Book Fair five years ago, we've built a global membership of authors interested in ethics and excellence and have become one of the most trusted names in self - publishing.

You probably know it already but wouldn't believe it still, but many big - name authors whose work have gone on to become classics or bestsellers have experienced rejection, the same way you're experiencing it now.

I want to become a brand - name fiction author.

Vook became a turnkey solution for digital publishing that allowed users — from major name companies down to self - published authors — create and market ebooks without having to have the technological know - how to create a new digital product; this translates into a greater savings across the board, but especially for companies who are not interested in investing in new manpower just to create ebooks.

It's almost become a job title, a name tag, if you will, that I wear when I go from the sedate, 8 - 10 hour day at the keyboard with little human contact to the plane - jumping, speech - giving, always - smiling publicity hound that is what most readers see when they meet their favorite authors.

When self - published authors like Amanda Hocking became book industry names, it was for reaching incredible sales figures on the fairly new Kindle e-reading platform.

That's when you as an author becomes renowned by your name only — think J.K. Rowlings.

For other authors, though, the best way to become a household name is to pull a stunt so vile that it causes a firestorm of rage on author and reader sites.

Janet Evanovich (born Janet Schneider, 1943, in South River, New Jersey) began her career writing short contemporary romance novels under the pen name Steffie Hall, but became a # 1 New York Times bestselling author writing a... (more)

When JK Rowling created her online interactive world of Harry Potter, aptly named Pottermore, it became a portal for wizarding fans to gather, learn new material from the creation of the books, and interact with both the author and her fans.

I think that, as publishing becomes increasingly concentrated in a few global corporations, we will see a huge gulf open up between a handful of familiar names, often getting deals beyond the time when they have done their best work, and a lot of indie authors.

You could become a brand name author.

Fitzgerald describes a worst case scenario when a writer becomes known and an online casino, or worse, steals the name before the author can reserve it.

Winner of the prestigious national book award, the RITA ®, and published by both the Dell and Spectra imprints of Bantam Random House, science fiction romance author Linnea Sinclair has become a name synonymous for high - action, emotionally intense, character - driven novels.

Joanna names the title of her latest blog something that might not be what most authors typically expect to hear; that is, becoming a speaker.

Many of these are by big - name authors who have become complacent and take their audience for granted.

Smashwords has grown to become the leading ebook distributor serving indie authors, small presses and literary agents and The Wall Street Journal has named Mark one of the «Stars of Self - Publishing.»

It used to be that the way you became aware of an author as anything but a name was by reading that author.

If you end up using Cindy M. Jones as your author name for fiction, then I usually recommend a 1 - site approach until it becomes problematic.

The whole idea of the book blog tour is for you to become more than a name; it is a way for readers to get to know the name behind the book and to find out more about the author as an individual.

Many of the published authors I know have sought representation elsewhere, such as the US or UK, or have attracted the attention of editors via competitions and only become agented once they have a publisher's interest, and yet several of these have become internationally best - selling authors — though their names continue to be barely recognised in Australia, except by devoted fans.

(Of course the key is to become well - known (Author Brand) and then everyone will know your name... but that's another topic.)