I have read and heard many times about the thrill that accompanies a new discovery and the excitement
of seeing your name in print, and to a certain extent I have found this to be true.
We've come a long way since the days when authors had no other option but to knock on the doors of agents and publishers — or failing that, from paying «vanity publishers» for the glory
of seeing their name in print, along with 500 unsold copies languishing in the basement.
But, if you self - published your book just for the sake
of seeing your name in print, that is fine too.
So if you or your firm still haven't started blogging, perhaps the prospect
of seeing your name in print, identified as an industry expert, will motivate you to start.
Not exact matches
Vanity press publishing is just a fancy
name for self - publishing, and there are thousands
of self - publishing companies that offer aspiring authors the chance to
see their work
in print... for a fee.
It is gratifying to
see one's
name in print in a magazine or newspaper; the faces
of half a dozen scientists have graced the cover
of Time
in the last year.
To get to the point
of this, you must remember one thing: that every time one
sees the word LORD
printed in capital letters
in our English bibles, what
in fact stands
in the Hebrew is the divine
name YHWH.
Since children love
seeing their
name in print, there are tons
of personalized books on the market.
In the early stages of beginning writing, children may make letters incorrectly, but this improves as your child sees his name in print and is offered opportunities to write his name in fun way
In the early stages
of beginning writing, children may make letters incorrectly, but this improves as your child
sees his
name in print and is offered opportunities to write his name in fun way
in print and is offered opportunities to write his
name in fun way
in fun ways.
And, if you're one
of those who is tired
of seeing Paladino on TV, or
seeing his
name in print, he says don't blame him.
In the early 1930s a Duke University botanist
named Joseph B. Rhine began testing students for clairvoyance, the ability to
see things hidden from sight, by making them guess the design
printed on the back
of a card pulled randomly from a stack.
As they reflected on the rewards
of writing this book, the editors offered several benefits, which for the students included the opportunities to: Have their voices heard;
see their
names in print; realize they can have an impact on school practices, and; enjoy and learn from the collaborative writing process (p176).
But then I
see new books — good books — by writers
in the region whose
names I'm just beginning to recognize, and others by authors long familiar to me, and still others by people I've never heard
of, and my confidence grows that no matter where the rest
of the country is heading with the
printed word, the South is moving
in the right direction, and picking up speed.
Vanity is when somebody is so anxious to
see his / her
name in print that they publish work which is not worthy
of any reader's time except their mother's.
Nowadays, with nearly 30 years
of seeing my byline attached to things I've written and having authored a 3 volume encyclopedia and a history book, I still get that same ethereal shiver every time I look at my
name in print or online because I know that having it there represents the faith an editor has placed
in my abilities as a writer, or researcher, or reporter...
If you have the money, want to
see your
name in print, aren't particularly entrepreneurial and don't want to do a lot
of work to promote your book, you probably fall into that solid 35 %
of the vanity press model.
It is little wonder that, even at FutureBook, two
of the presentations came from
print - on - demand publishers (Lost My
Name and This is Your Cookbook), and I expect to
see more use made
of new technologies for
print in the years ahead.
I'm still a huge fan
of print books — for an author, there's nothing more amazing and humbling than holding your own book
in your hands,
seeing your
name on that shiny black cover, running your hands over Jimmy Thomas's bare chest....
Every writer dreams
of getting a huge publishing contract,
seeing their
name in print and earning enough money to live on.
There's also the glory
of the byline, which refers to the immensely satisfying feeling brought about by
seeing your
name in print.
I don't yet
see evidence that
print publications are much interested
in serials; if they are, it makes total sense they would tap a well - known storyteller like Smith — since then the cachet
of his
name helps with marketing and promotion
of their product.
Not just because it has a been a life long dream
of mine to publish a book and
see my
name in print, but because years
of talking have finally been replaced with DOING.
As a big fan
of Jo Chen's artwork (Guilt Pleasure is her group
name for her boys» love work), I'm thrilled to
see In These Words coming to print in English with some wider distributio
In These Words coming to
print in English with some wider distributio
in English with some wider distribution.
, spruce it up a little bit, change the
name to Dragon Warrior, and
print a heck
of a lot
of copies
in preparation for the massive sales we're going to
see.
Speaking
of looking, one New York gallery run by an unnamed German had the title
of the gallery
printed in giant, boldfaced lettering on its wall labels while you had to squint to
see the
name of the artists.
The period
saw continued rising prosperity for Britain and British artists: «By the 1780s English painters were among the wealthiest men
in the country, their
names familiar to newspaper readers, their quarrels and cabals the talk
of the town, their subjects known to everyone from the displays
in the
print - shop windows», according to Gerald Reitlinger.
This is usually how it goes: politician wannabe gets campaign contributions from private sector guy, gets into office, legislates
in favor
of private sector guy, private sector guy contributes more, politician guy takes vacation
in Italy (or goes for a hike on the Appalachian trail)... gets re-elected, the word gets out that he «plays,» more private sector guys contribute to his campaign, voters are pleased to
see the
name of their representative
in print, like the new wardrobe, the new hairstyle, believe all change is good and re-elect the politician again... politician feels the power, creates agency to watch over private sector guy, agency takes fact - finding trip to France... raises taxes on private sector guy, writes legislation that taxes private sector guy if his plant emits CO2 while producing widgets... voters are
in awe and re-elect the politician... private sector guy whines, politician makes him ambassador to Taiwan, limits how much the new private guy taking his place can earn, and taxes all widgets so new private guy will make more environmentally friendly ones... voters swoon, pay more for widgets, lose job
in widget factory, hate private guy, re-elect their pol... politician buries $ 5 billion aid to Taiwan
in next appropriation bill...... kind
of makes a case for term limits, doesn't it.
I don't know if all REM participants know that if you tap on the red
print commenter
name the smartphone mobile screen flips to the Disqus profile i.d.
of the commenter, and from there you can
see other posts the commenter has made
in other forums, sometimes with interesting results, such that here it shows a link to the URL for Matterport, that then provides a screen that says Matterport is not IOS mobile friendly,