Sentences with phrase «of the old book publishing»

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Now, most books are published outside of the old traditional models, and most non-fiction books are not monetized directly.

The 90 - year - old «Queen of Suspense» has published more than 50 books, and she told CNBC recently it's still a thrill.

Selling copies of your book, no matter how old it is, how or when it was published - or preparing the groundwork for your phenomenal success in the future - begins with the decision to do so.

«If you take it off company - wide, you're taking off things you need,» says Jeff Olson, 43 - year - old co-founder of Velocity Business Publishing, a book and e-book publisher in Bristol, Vermont.

A few years ago when the number of languages into which it had been rendered was approaching the one thousand mark, it was decided to publish a volume in celebration of that event, to be called The Book of a Thousand Tongues, based doubtless upon the old hymn, «O, for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise.»

Chesterton's Autobiography is not always a reliable source; but there is corroborating evidence for these protective feelings from his childhood onwards: and since this evidence is virtually unknown, it is probably best here to take this opportunity to publish it for the first time (much of it will appear in my forthcoming book Chesterton and the Romance of Orthodoxy, though I discovered some of it too late for it to be included) rather than repeat old arguments.

There is something of a boom going on these days in Melville studies, with Kelley's book and at least half a dozen other major academic monographs appearing from university presses, and with two new full - length biographies published last year: Laurie Robertson - Lorant's relatively unimportant but informative Melville: A Biography (Potter, 752 pages,, $ 40) and the first volume of the endlessly detailed Herman Melville (Johns Hopkins University Press, 941 pages,, $ 39.95) by Hershel Parker, the grand old man of Melville studies.

But this rejection, in turn, prompted Hamann to compose and publish a piece called To the Witch at Kadmanbor, a «letter» supposedly written by Nicolai to an old sorceress, asking her to translate Hamann's Monologue from the Chinese of the «Mandarin» who wrote it» a letter that, midway through its course, suddenly becomes a delirious monologue of its own (in which the witch now appears as the Fury Alecto, but with two faces, «a calf's eye like Juno's, and the watery eye of an owl») before concluding with the recommendation that Hamann be forced like his illustrious ancestor Haman — from the book of Esther — to mount the scaffold.

This book is now published only after two of my colleagues, Professor Julius A. Bewer and Professor James E. Frame, one an authority on the Old Testament and the other on the New, have read the manuscript with painstaking care.

The Total Woman (Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revel, 1973), Virginia R. Mollenkott, Women, Men, and the Bible (Nashville: Abingdon, 1977); Helen Andelin, Fascinating Womanhood (Santa Barbara, Calif.: Pacific Press, 1963); Don Williams, The Apostle Paul and Women in the Church (Van Nuys, Calif.: BIM Publishing Co., 1977); Larry Christenson, The Christian Family (Minneapolis: Bethany Fellowship, 1970); Gladys Hunt, Ms. Means Myselj (Grand Rapids: Erdmans, 1972); Letha Scanzoni and Nancy Hardesty, Al1, We're Meant to Be (Waco: Word Books, 1974); Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman (Wheaton: Tyndale House, 1976); George W. Knight, III, The New Testament Teaching on the Role Relationship of Men and Women (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1977).

T. R. Hobbs in A Time for War (Wilmington, Del.: Michael Glazier, 1989) half - humorously criticizes the title of a book by his fellow Canadian Peter C. Craigie, The Problem of War in the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1978).

Regrettably, repeated references to liberation from «the system» of nationalism, consumerism, imperialism, etc. lack the specificity and subtlety that might enable readers to know what biblical faithfulness means in their lives, if they do not happen to be Old Testament scholars publishing books.

Editor's note: Since 2004, Shmuel Herzfeld has been the Rabbi of Ohev Sholom - The National Synagogue, the oldest and largest Orthodox synagogue in Washington, D.C.. His first book will be published within a year, titled: The Relevance of the Torah for our Modern Lives.

In celebration, I decided to revisit an old fave of mine from this list of the Banned and / or Challenged Books from the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century.

We hear it from our family members, our schools, our pediatricians, our politicians, parenting books that continue to be published influenced by this old - fashioned thinking despite the mountains of research to the contrary — ideas of how children should be raised, based on personal opinion rather than research - backed fact, subtle revelation of how our society is still scared of giving «too much» nurturing to our children.

My second book Handmade Home: Simple Ways to Repurpose Old Materials into New Family Treasures followed a year later, and the most recent, written together with Steve, was released in August 2011, The Rhythm of Family: Discovering a Sense of Wonder Through The Seasons (all published with the lovely folks at Roost Books).

The book, to be published by Biteback in October, is the West Dorset MPs take on the central themes and ideas of the modern Conservative party from the time of his old boss Margaret Thatcher to Theresa May's tenure in Number 10.

It was written by Robert Hooke, then a 30 - year - old hunchbacked, cantankerous, neurotic hypochondriac who was also a brilliant natural scientist, polymath and an original fellow of the society that published the book.

John Leland is a Metro reporter for The New York Times and the author of Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a year among the oldest old, which was recently published by Sarah Chrichton Books.

This kids book was originally published in 1948 and every bit of looks that old.

Huisman will take on the role of Steven Crane, the oldest Crane sibling and a published writer of supernatural books — including a memoir about his family's time living at Hill House.

A generous section of full - screen Galleries is divvied up into numerous sub-sections - «Production Stills» (55 pictures); shots of an Old Yeller comic book under «Publishing» (13 stills); «Biographies» (43 frames) for Tommy Kirk, Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Kevin Corcoran, Beverly Washburn, and Chuck Connors (strangely, the remaining cast member, Jeff York — who also played with Parker in the «Davy Crockett» series — is not included); lobby cards, posters, and merchandise in «Advertising» (17 stills); fan letters to Fred Gipson and invitations for early movie screenings found within «Documents» (30 stills).

In addition to the Carroll and Mozart volumes, Turning the Pages displays the personal notebook of Leonardo da Vinci; the Luttrell Psalter, an illuminated book created in the early 1300s that offers fascinating depictions of medieval life; a sixteenth - century medical anatomy text filled with exquisite engravings; the first atlas of Europe, assembled by Mercator in the 1570s; the dazzling Lindisfarne Gospels, the «pinnacle of Anglo - Saxon art»; and the oldest printed «book» in the world (actually a scroll), the Diamond Sutra, published in China in 868 and discovered in near - pristine condition in 1900.

The old vanity publishing offered authors who could not attract the interest of a traditional publisher an opportunity to get their books published.

Publishing expert Alan Rinzler explained in an interview at Forbes, «By definition, the old model of the author platform was the writer's public visibility and reputation that the publisher's publicity department used to promote and sell the book... We insisted on a stellar track record in book sales and appearances on radio and TV.

According to the terms of the deal with Simon & Schuster, Locke — a 60 - year - old former businessman who says he became fascinated by the e-book revolution and decided to start self - publishing fiction in 2009 — will continue to publish and sell his e-books himself, under his own imprint (John Locke Books), but printed versions of those books will be marketed and sold by Simon & Schuster through its distributionbooks himself, under his own imprint (John Locke Books), but printed versions of those books will be marketed and sold by Simon & Schuster through its distributionBooks), but printed versions of those books will be marketed and sold by Simon & Schuster through its distributionbooks will be marketed and sold by Simon & Schuster through its distribution arm.

So if you want to read a project that flat would not have been possible in old publishing, or modern traditional publishing, but happened because of the new world of publishing, head to your favored book dealer and order Anniversary day and get set for some fantastic summer reading.

We agree that self - publishing (1) can be a means of getting your words in print, (2) it will let you can control your tome's contents and design, (3) if you can market well, by self - publishing you can sidestep the big - house foot - dragging, (4) when your book is complementary to your greater purpose of displaying your expertise (as, for example, using your book to secure related speaking engagements), or (5) when self - publishing is the best (and perhaps only) way to get your words and ideas past the older, established houses so potential readers and buyers have a chance to see and decide about the merits of your independent offering.

The 24 year old amasses millions of views on each video she posts on Youtube and has just published her first book.

Older comic fans should consider Québécois comic - book artist Guy Delisle, who has published a series of superb travel - based books, including his latest, Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City.

Despite the fact that Fifty Shades of Grey is old news — at least the book, the film doesn't release until Valentine's Day next year — and the door to free publishing of adult content has been thrown wide open since EL James» book took newsstands by storm, critics are still claiming the downfall of human society due to... [Read more...]

Despite the fact that Fifty Shades of Grey is old news — at least the book, the film doesn't release until Valentine's Day next year — and the door to free publishing of adult content has been thrown wide open since EL James» book took newsstands by storm, critics are still claiming the downfall of human society due to the abundance of explicit content.

There are a lot of old books (let's say more than 25 years old), that are no longer of any interest to their authors (if still alive) or the publishing companies.

They notified major publishing companies in writing last Friday that it will stop asking Nippon Shuppan Hanbai at the end of June to secure relatively older books if they are out of stock at the time of order.

Additionally, because traditionally published books tend to sell for a higher price, they tend to draw an older audience whereas indie and small press books draw younger audiences (and since teens and those in their early twenties are the biggest group of readers right now, this isn't a bad thing).

Of particular significance was that the nominated book I edited, Brain School by Howard Eaton, was the first ever self - published book nominated for this 33 - year - old award presented by the Editors» Association of CanadOf particular significance was that the nominated book I edited, Brain School by Howard Eaton, was the first ever self - published book nominated for this 33 - year - old award presented by the Editors» Association of Canadof Canada.

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She also describes the joy and thrill of holding the first copy of a book which never gets old no matter how many books you publish.

Most (but not all) of the people I've met who have vanity published their books have been older people.

I self published because I wanted to inspire my oldest bipolar daughter to write, which was an epic failure, but my indie book has won a contest and nabbed the attention of a screen writer.

Old - school thinkers in the publishing industry will lament the slap - dash nature of self - published e-books, and sniff that books are no longer published with the quality and care that they used to.

Today every new traditionally published book is available as an ebook (and many of the older ones are out there too), and there are tens of thousands of self - publishers adding their titles to the virtual stores.

In old - school publishing, a backlist is a portfolio of older books, or for self - publishing, it means a author who has one or more older books to promote.

That smacks of the old vanity presses that would «publish» you but you then had to buy scores of the book and sell them yourself.

There are several ways the strategic role of software plays out in the book publishing industry but the first one that comes to mind ties in with a point made by Joel Spolsky in an old blog post, «smart companies try to commoditize their products» complements»:

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So like dominoes, the major publishers are falling in line to continue their old publishing strategy of initial high price (hardback), price drop 1 (trade paperback) and price drop 2 (mass market paperback for digital books.

In the bad old days of self publishing, authors often had to purchase large quantities of physical books from «vanity» publishing houses.

This is not the self - publishing of old, where vanity presses convince you to buy boxes of books that sit in your garage which you end up giving away at garage sales.

None of these books are brand new, and a lot of new shiny platforms and gadgets have sprung up since they were published, but each of them is far more relevant, insightful and timely than the majority of the cashing - in - on - a-trend books that have been published since, perhaps none more so than the oldest of them, Cluetrain.