Sentences with phrase «on authors and books»

Reedsy is populated by professionals focused on authors and their books, ready to take you from shore to shore — from the germ of an idea to a published book.

The subscription service buffet is a nice way for readers to experiment on authors and books they might not otherwise give a try.

Literary agents miss out on some authors and books by going through query letters so quickly.

Although every book agent query letter should be slightly different depending on the author and the book genre (or category), there are certain book agent query letter rules or guidelines that should be followed.

Last week, Judith Briles and Kelly Johnson will focus on author and book hiccups that they consistently experience week in — week out with authors.

An informal chat with Deborah Riley Magnus on Author and Book promotion, as well as her upcoming book Author Success 2.0

Not exact matches

Amazon's dominant position in both book publishing and book selling means that it would be incredibly dangerous for the company to start picking and choosing, on moral grounds, which authors it chooses to work with.

But Melissa Dahl, a self - confessed lifelong champion of awkward moments and author of a new book on the topic titled Cringeworthy, would like you to suggest you reconsider your quest to eliminate awkwardness from your life.

Mayer recently elaborated on the practicalities of her philosophy on burnout to author Hanna Rosin for her new book The End of Men: And the Rise of Women.

He is the author of three books on investing and the culture of Wall Street, including his most recent, «My Side of the Street.»

I'm a self - published author, and while writing more books is great, I also need to focus on selling the one that is already out there to as many distribution platforms as possible.

Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile and psychologist Steven Kramer, authors of the incisive The Progress Principle, pored over 12,000 daily work diary entries and were surprised to find out that making progress — even small wins — on meaningful work is the most powerful motivator,» reports the book.

In his book, Navy Seal Training Guide: Mental Toughness (which by the way goes for $ 790 on Amazon), author Lars Draeger says there four pillars of mental toughness: goal - setting, mental visualization, positive self - talk, and arousal control.

And as author David Rock observes in his book Quiet Leadership, advice can be challenged and debated; that's far harder when people reach a conclusion based on their own answers to open - ended questioAnd as author David Rock observes in his book Quiet Leadership, advice can be challenged and debated; that's far harder when people reach a conclusion based on their own answers to open - ended questioand debated; that's far harder when people reach a conclusion based on their own answers to open - ended questions.

But as bestselling author and Oprah - anointed happiness expert Shawn Achor pointed out on in an excerpt from his new book on the TED Ideas blog recently, that sort of praise — well intentioned as it might be — actually does more harm than good.

Itchy Dog Productions Founder: Kirk Werner Website: http://www.ItchyDogProductions.com Facebook Twitter: @olivewoollybugr Kirk Werner, owner of Itchy Dog Productions and author and illustrator of the Olive the Woolly Bugger books appeared on the Small Businesses -LSB-...]

He is also the author of several books on gamification, including Game - Based Marketing (Wiley, 2010) and Gamification By Design (O'Reilly Media, 2011).

In the book Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart Into a Visionary Leader, authors Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli draw on extensive interviews — conducted over the course of their journalistic careers — to depict the life of the Apple co-founder.

David Burkus, best - selling author of three books and an award - winning podcaster, has contributed the first four questions on this list from an interesting article he wrote for Harvard Business Review.

He told the tale to authors Jeannette Hanna and Alan Middleton for their book Ikonica: A Field Guide to Canada's Brandscape, explaining that the staffers didn't have to ask their bosses for the green light because the company's ethics - driven culture puts a premium on do - the - right - thing customer service.

Dalhousie University economist Marina Adshade, author of an upcoming book based on her blog, Dollars and Sex, warns not to expect a windfall of tax revenue from a regulated sex industry.

When I became an author, my first shoestring book tour basically consisted of all the places I had lived on the West and East Coasts as well as the Midwest and South.

Evelyn Jacks is President of Knowledge Bureau and author of 52 books on personal tax and wealth planning, including Family Tax Essentials.

A new book on Trump's White House by author Michael Wolff, Fire and Fury, asserts that almost all of his top staff and advisers believe he is mentally unwell.

Paco Underhill, author of several books on retail including Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping (1999, Simon and Schuster), is one admirer of the business.

In another fascinating interview with Scientific American, Prinstein — who has now moved on to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and authored a book titled Popular — argues that many of us radically misunderstand the concept.

Traditional answers often focus on various sectors and involve more or less hand - wringing about their rise and fall, but according to the author of a forthcoming book on entrepreneurship and economy, there is another, better way to view our economy — as one single ecosystem, a sort of one - sector economy that interacts as a unit much like a forest and which should be nurtured as it grows and recycles itself.

Jim is a popular keynote speaker and the author of the best - selling book, «Great CEOs Are Lazy» - grab your copy to today on Amazon

John Warrillow, who sold his own consulting and services business, and author of the book «Built to Sell,» is offering this intimate, hands - on workshop on building a sellable business.

James Braxton Peterson is a media contributor, the host of The Remix podcast on WHYY, and the author of several books, including Prison Industrial Complex for Beginners.

Turkle is the author of «Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other» and «Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age,» among many other books on human relationships to technology.

When Cory Silverberg, a Toronto - based sex educator and author, decided two years ago to write a kids book on human reproduction called What Makes a Baby, he considered two options.

He then became a credentialed expert on the subject of leadership, authoring four books and joining the faculty at Harvard Business School.

The fact that you can access it doesn't solve that fundamental problem,» Fraser Howie, an independent analyst and the author of several books on China's financial system, told CNBC's «Street Signs.»

Pamela Yellen is a financial investigator and the author of two New York Times best - selling books, including her latest, The Bank on Yourself Revolution: Fire Your Banker, Bypass Wall Street, and Take Control of Your Own Financial Future.

Evelyn Jacks is Founder and President of Knowledge Bureau, a national educational institute for the continuing professional development of tax and financial advisors and author of 52 books on the subject of tax preparation, planning and wealth management for Canadian families.

She has been a regular contributor to Fortune since April 2010 and is the author of two books on corporate governance and valuation.

«The last lawyer working on it does now know what the first one worked out», the author, and friend of Ingvar Kamprad, Bertil Torekull wrote in his book «Historien om IKEA», first published in 1998.

«Conservative pundits all too often sound alarms over an effort to take over America and of undocumented immigration's alleged horrific impact on the U.S. economy,» said Román, who authored a book released last year on immigration.

Cardone has provided sales - training programs to large global companies and authored several books on sales strategies, from closing more deals to dominating your market.

Barry Farber is rated as one of the top speakers of the year by Successful Meetings Magazine and is the bestselling author of 11 books on sales, management and personal achievement.

Patton and Getting to Yes's principal authors, Roger Fisher and William Ury, had earlier collaborated on a book for international mediators, which is of course a rather small audience.

If you're a parent on board with this message, Wharton professor and author of the new book Originals Adam Grant has a message for you — it's time to rein in your Tiger Mom or helicopter dad tendencies.

He is a Fellow at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy and the author of the forthcoming book «Missing OPEC: The History and Future of Boom - Bust Oil Prices,» from Columbia University Press, 2016.

Recently, a video featuring author of the hit book, Start With Why, Simon Sinek, shared a video (that has since gone viral) touching on Millennials in the workplace — and why they are the way they are.

E-mail has become so intrinsic to the way work is done at companies of all sizes, it's where most business records are stored, says Nancy Flynn, executive director of the ePolicy Institute, a Columbus, Ohio, an electronic communications consultant and author of a book on e-mail policies due out in December.

As the CEO of the Author Incubator, Lauria and her team provide aspiring authors with guidance on how to write and publish their own books — whether that's through self - publishing or through her company.

So they pulled out all the stops by experimenting with an in - store cafe, free Wi - Fi, monthly book swaps, a children's play area, entertainment, more than 200 in - store author readings a year and community forums on topics of interest to customers.

Andrew Griffiths is a Cairns, Australia - based serial entrepreneur and the author of 12 books on starting, managing, and growing small companies.

To find out, Cramer spoke with technician Carley Garner, co-founder of DeCarley Trading, author of «A Trader's First Book on Commodities» and colleague of Cramer's at RealMoney.com.