Sentences with phrase «of times authors»

«A lot of times authors and experts were talking about the mindset that they had to overcome.

A lot of times authors use the word «marketing» to refer to promotion.

Most of the time authors don't need to know how to write a book proposal unless they're trying to find representation for a nonfiction book.

But the contract also has royalty periods where a short time after the end of a certain period of time the author should get an accounting from the publisher of the numbers of books sold against the advance in that period of time.

The $ 9.99 per month subscription will now be divided by the amount of time each author entertains a subscriber, as measured in the number of pages read.

If we are out of stock at the end of that period of time the author can request rights to be reverted.

Of course, the number of times the author had to state that his facts had been denied by one party or another was almost laughable.

Sales data for a week, month, or year ignore the length of time the authors have been publishing.

For the 100 top - selling tradpub books vs. self - published books, what is the average length of time the authors have been published (i.e., building an audience)?

We think that 99 % of the time the author is better off self - publishing than licensing,» she said.

Just think of the time authors will save, and the trouble they will avoid, with this guide in their hands.

None of these costs have taken into account the enormous amount of time an author puts into writing a book.

They also counted the number of times the author used the word love.

Not exact matches

«Canada has a finite period of time to capitalize on this opportunity,» says Lance Mortlock, lead author of a recent report on the industry's opportunities and challenges from advisory firm Ernst & Young.

In a New York Times op - ed, author and performer Mike Daisey, creator of the one - man play The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, wrote that Jobs's magic has its costs.

It's one of the trickiest parts of interviewing, and one Adam Bryant, author of the New York Times» «Corner Office» feature, recently delved into on LinkedIn.

«Overall Americans are using more vacation days,» says Katie Denis, senior director of Project Time Off who authored the report.

Roxane Gay is a bestselling author, New York Times contributor, associate English professor at Purdue University and one of the most prolific writers working today.

Lewis Howes is a New York Times bestselling author of The School of Greatness and The Mask of Masculinity.

In this edited excerpt, the author reveals five ways you can make the most of your time so you stop wasting it.

Best known as the author of Rich Dad Poor Dad — the No. 1 personal finance book of all time — Robert Kiyosaki has challenged and changed the way tens of millions of people around the world think about money.

Pulitzer Prize - winning investigative reporter Charles Duhigg for The New York Times and author of The Power of Habit delves into the science of productivity in his new book Smarter Faster Better.

But after hundreds of years when being a published author meant something, today, anyone with time or money can release one.

This one statistic alone should make all employers more interested in boosting bliss: Truly cheerful employees spend about 80 % of their time at work doing what they're there to do; the least content spend only 40 % of their time on job - related activities, according to a survey by workplace happiness consultant and author Jessica Pryce - Jones.

And the amount of muscle you have to put into a book is the biggest surprise for most first - time authors.

It was also a chance to meet some of my social - media friends in the flesh for the first time, including Entrepreneur Equation author Carol Roth, conversion expert Derek Halpern of Social Triggers, and the Franchise King, Joel Libava.

«The tipping point where boring work becomes detrimental occurs when the mental drain prevents you from experiencing the positives a majority of the time,» said Shawn Achor, happiness researcher and author of The Happiness Advantage, in an email.

«What we found is that people who spent money to buy time reported being almost one full point higher on our 10 - point [happiness] ladder, compared to people who did not use money to buy time,» wrote Elizabeth Dunn, an author of the study and a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia.

Author of «I Know How She Does It,» Laura Vanderkam, explains why the morning is the best time for productivity and exercise.

The three BW authors (Benjamin Elgin, Doni Bloomfield, and Caroline Chen) take us inside the aggressive — and, at times, even combative — sales practices that helped turn a drug that treats a relatively small number of people into a blockbuster.

Time - management expert Laura Vanderkam, author of What The Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast (Portfolio Trade, 2013) says one of the reasons people say they don't like mornings is that they stay up too late.

She is also the author of Dragnet Nation (Times Books, 2014), a deep dive into computer and network surveillance.

Kabir Sehgal is the author of five books including New York Times bestseller Coined: The Rich Life of Money And How It's History Has Shaped Us.

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty first commissioned his own study, authored by University of Calgary tax - policy expert Jack Mintz, then in March initiated a public consultation process, by which time talk of a government - run supplemental pension plan, whether regional or national, began to fade.

In Better by Mistake: The Unexpected Benefits of Being Wrong (Riverhead), Tugend — author of The New York Times» ShortCuts business column — explores the disconnect between what we're told about mistakes and how we feel about them.

He's the number one professor six years running at Wharton, one of the leading business schools in the country; a New York Times bestselling author multiple times over; and a frequent keynote speaker, researcher and consulTimes bestselling author multiple times over; and a frequent keynote speaker, researcher and consultimes over; and a frequent keynote speaker, researcher and consultant.

Then, a few weeks ago, author and academic Sherry Turkle penned a New York Times Sunday Review piece highlighting research along the same lines, including one study that showed simply having your phone out and in view can impede the process of making deep personal connections.

Forensic analysis of Defendants» computers also revealed presentations that Defendants had authored for potential Xapo investors during the time they were employed by Lemon, detailing the bitcoin wallet functionality of the app.

It was there that author F. Scott Fitzgerald spent some time with his friend Rumsey, learning about «the lifestyle of the moneyed aristocracy of Old Westport, Long Island, and their involvement in the movement of eugenics,» according to a 2015 article in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Review.

Professor and author Dr. Barbara Oakley helps readers learn to retrain and reinvent themselves during a time of rapid technological change with her book, Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential.

Ramit Sethi is a New York Times bestselling author and CEO of GrowthLab.com, where entrepreneurs go to launch and grow their online business.

In this video, Greg Rollett invites Linda Zander, author of Super Sized Success, to open up about core drives, core values and finding that one thing that will fuel you through the good times and the hard times.

There's an important quote from Jim Collins, business consultant and author of the New York Times Bestselling book, «Good - to - Great.»

Yesterday, Alan Murray — Time Inc.'s Chief Content Officer and author of the must - read CEO Daily — and I visited the East Village offices of Oscar Health, the hip, data - centric insurer that has found a niche in the ACA exchange market.

The authors also do a fine job unpacking some of the most catastrophic organizational failures of recent times — 9/11, the financial crisis, and the BP oil spill.

«Twitter's search only goes back for a few weeks, so if you want to search further back in time, consider using FriendFeed, advises Tim Frick, author of Return on Engagement: Content Strategy and Design Techniques for Digital Marketing.

One of the more influential Zuckerbergs of all time, Randi is also an impactful author and thought leader in the digital space.

On her own, she is the author of the 2008 - 2009 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller «10-10-10: A Life - Transforming Idea,» a decision - making concept she originally wrote about as a columnist for O: The Oprah Magazine.

Author and researcher Morten Hansen conducted a five - year study of more than 5,000 managers and employees to determine exactly how top workers maximize both their time and performance.

Unfortunately, only a very small number of companies offer full - time working mothers any kind of paid - leave options, which according to Jessica Shortfall, author of Work.