His biomorphic shapes inspired by nature hugely influenced generations
of authors working with abstraction.
This survey has run for over five years and has information from a variety
of authors working with a variety of houses.
Last week a few
of the authors we work with received their first cover concepts from their designers and we had a great time pouring over each design.
Rather than describing a situation in which publishers withheld great books from consumers (which is what it sounds like on the surface of his argument), Byng feels that publishers should cut their titles — and therefore the number
of authors they work with — and instead focus all of their efforts and attention on a few titles that they deem worthy.
In support
of authors we work with, if we lend or give a book to someone, we insist they post a review on the author's website, Amazon.com, or even on their Facebook page.
Most
of the authors we work with have poured their heart into their book.
Many
of the authors I work with — including some of my biggest selling authors — either started out self - publishing, or still self - publish certain works as part of their overall strategy.
One
of the authors I worked with found huge success with a Facebook campaign to promote her novel and sold 70,000 - plus copies.
Of the authors I work with, the ones who profit from book sales are the ones who sell books at workshops and keynote speeches.
The majority
of authors we work with do not enroll in KDP Select, but please be sure to make an informed choice for yourself and your goals.
One
of the authors I work with tried the funnel book approach on a small scale for a local nonfiction book about how a city park was created.
Most
of the authors I work with — even most of those I publish — pursue traditional as a first choice, and then come around to the idea of self - publishing.
Not exact matches
-- Garrett J. White, founder
of Wake Up Warrior, CEO
of DKW Styling,
author and podcaster who has
worked with thousands
of men to transform their lives
«An unforgettable cast
of small - town characters copes
with love and loss in this new
work of fiction by number one bestselling
author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout,» explains Amazon.
Josh Steimle is the
author of Chief Marketing Officers at
Work, a TEDx speaker and the founder
of MWI, a digital marketing agency
with offices in the U.S., Asia and Europe.
If you show gratitude
with a gift, Joey Faucette,
author of Work Positive in a Negative World, suggests relating it to life beyond the business walls.
Also driving the trend is a collective cultural disgust
with «obscene comp programs — the Monopoly money, the pay schemes that screw the little investor» — that have been proffered in recent years, says Charles A. (Chuck) Coonradt,
author of The Game
of Work and CEO
of a consulting company by the same name in Park City, Utah.
«The biggest mistake I see these days is thinking that a business idea will automatically turn into a viable business model,» says Terri Lonier, president and founder
of Working Solo, a New Paltz, New York - based business strategy consultancy, and
author of Working Solo: The Real Guide to Freedom and Financial Success
with Your Own Business.
But along
with the relationship experts and married couples the
authors interviewed, the economists themselves are often a source
of valuable insight into making romance
work.
Dr. Sean Khozin, one
of the
authors on the study and a senior medical officer at the FDA, told Business Insider that Flatiron is just one
of many companies the agency is
working with to check out how alternative sources
of data can be used to better inform the agency.
-- Dan Gregory, speaker,
author of Selfish, Scared and Stupid and co-founder
of The Impossible Institute, an innovation think tank that has
worked with large organizations including Coca - Cola and the United Nations
While the research was aimed at eventually developing treatments for those suffering from PTSD, the study
authors said these initial findings were also useful for those
of us who just have to deal
with normal negativity like marital spats and nasty
work disagreements.
Devora Zack,
author of Networking for People Who Hate Networking (Berrett - Koehler, 2010) says introverts can still enjoy holiday parties by understanding and
working with, rather than against, their natural temperament.
The television personality,
author, psychologist, and host
of the «Dr. Phil» show suggests that, before you submit any
work, you should ask yourself if you'd be OK
with it being the only thing someone used to form an opinion
of you.
Tim Ferriss,
author of the bestselling «4 - Hour» series, has dedicated his podcast to finding the best performers in their field and
working with them to break down their techniques and thought process.
In 2014 I interviewed Bill Treasurer,
author of Courage Goes to
Work, about how to hire courageous people, and he suggested asking a job candidate, «Describe a time when you had to disagree
with someone in authority and stand your ground.
Eric Abrahamson, a professor
of management at Columbia Business School and
author of The Perfect Mess, adds that order comes
with a cost: «If you stop to tidy up every time something becomes disordered you'll continually interrupt yourself and never get any
work done,» he says.
The
authors of the study — professors Jorge Walter (George Washington University School
of Business), Daniel Z. Levin (Rutgers Business School), and J. Keith Murnighan (Northwestern University's Kellogg School
of Management)-- studied what happened when more than 150 executives interacted
with old ties about an important
work project.
That's the contention
of Carson Tate,
author of Work Simply, who claims to have pinned down four distinct productivity styles along
with ideas on how each type
of worker can best contribute to his or her team.
Fredrick Petrie,
author of «The End
of Work: Financial Planning for People
With Better Things To Do,» recommends «taxing» yourself in order to get more money out
of your wallet and into the bank — this way you'll make savings a priority from the get - go, rather than budgeting everything else first and then seeing what is left over for savings.
Penelope Trunk, the
author of Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success, argues that one
of the advantages
of the
work spouse relationship is its no - strings - attached vibe — it offers the closeness and support
of a marriage,
with out any sexual ties, commitment, or other relationship baggage.
Dan Schawbel,
author of «Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success» says the photo makes her seem like she is on vacation while her staffers toil at
work — an unfortunate message, he says, for someone who's done away
with flexible schedules.
Writing for Quartz,
author Richard Koch argued that history has shown that greater amounts
of time spent at
work do not correlate
with greater prosperity.
According to David and Jonah Stillman, the father and son
authors of GenZ @
Work, the differences between millennials and gen Zers have everything to do
with the different generations that raised them.
International Hall
of Fame business speaker, trainer, and bestselling business
author Michael Kerr shares how one restaurant serves up the fun and connects
with their customers, plus a great fun at
work tip that helps companies give back to the local community, a quote
of the week from Sir Richard Branson, and some wacky food truck names that are hilariously punny.
But that strategy
works a lot less smoothly than it used to, says green marketing expert Shel Horowitz,
author of eight books — most recently the Amazon Environmental category bestseller Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green (
with Jay Conrad Levinson).
About the
Author: Stephen Walsh is the director
of Lightship Digital and
works with ecommerce stores and SME's to improve their conversions and drive improved value from their marketing spend.
Based on 25 + years
of experience
working with bestselling
authors that include Steven Pressfield, Bill Murray, David Mamet, Robert Crais, Scott Patterson, Robert McKee, Michael Connelly, James Bamford, Ian Rankin, Mo Hayder and scores mores, the Story Grid reveals what bestselling books share in common and how professional writers write.
He is the
author of a motivational book, «Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose,» and is much taken
with the
work of the Harvard economist Edward Glaeser, whose writings promote cities as incubators
of creativity and profit and who proposes an ideal density - to - productivity ratio
of 100 people per acre.
This is why Matthew Pollard has teamed up
with speaker and
author,
of «Marketing
Works: Unlocking Big Company Strategies for Small Business,» to guide you through the highly confusing, yet absolutely vital world
of sales and marketing.
In Saudi Arabia, there is no incentive for boys to
work hard in school because the government will provide most men
with jobs when they grow up, explains Madawi Al - Rasheed, the
author of A Most Masculine State: Gender, Politics and Religion in Saudi Arabia and a visiting professor at the London School
of Economics.
During his time
with Ad Age, he has been recognized
with the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award for best range
of work by a single
author, as well as a Best in Business award for a feature story from the Society
of American Business Editors and Writers.
I'm a copywriter and communications strategist, and I've had the privilege
of writing for or
working with some
of the most powerful voices in leadership and business including New York Times bestselling
authors Michael Hyatt, Jeff Walker, Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen (Chicken Soup for the Soul) and Tony Robbins.
I've
worked with people like Timothy Sykes (celebrity stock trader), Lewis Howes (NYT bestselling
author), Neil Patel (co-founder
of Crazy Egg, Quicks Sprout, etc.), Gerard Adams (co-founder
of Elite Daily), and helped companies like Whitepages, Qualaroo, 24option, Qualaroo, and Xenon Ventures (a VC firm in Silicon Valley).
IP assignments are common in the tech industry and usually indicate that any inventions, ideas,
work product or other developments conceived or
authored, during the course
of the employee's engagement
with an employer, will be owned by the employer.
Reading novels can improve empathy and understanding
of social cues, allowing a leader to better
work with and understand others — traits that
author Anne Kreamer persuasively linked to increased organizational effectiveness, and to pay raises and promotions for the leaders who possessed these qualities.
CAROL LOOMIS: In the conclusion
of a book, Dear Chairman, which you recommend in this year's annual letter, a new book you recommend, the
author argues that «the life's
work of great investors is inevitably reabsorbed into the industrial complex
with little acknowledgement
of their accomplishments.
Reconnect
with contacts from college or previous jobs to let them know you need
work: «Everybody finds jobs through networking,» says Lori B. Rassas, an employment attorney and
author of «Over the Hill But Not the Cliff.»
Next week we speak
with Steven Pinker, Professor
of cognitive psychology at Harvard, and
author of How the Mind
Works.
While this strategy
works just fine for large publishers that already have established brands and get thousands
of shares on any new article they publish (such as Mashable or TechCrunch), a more pragmatic approach is needed for just about every other business.It's true that getting quality inbound links starts
with great content on your client's website, but the missing link is getting journalists, contributors,
authors, and editors at quality publications to become aware
of that content so that they can link to it when writing relevant stories / articles.