Sentences with phrase «on behalf of authors at»

Libraries, freed from subscription charges, could also chip in on behalf of authors at their institutions.

Not exact matches

The fact that the author of a major new book asserting that breast - feeding «enslaves» and «undermines» women also personally holds controlling interest in the agency of record for the three companies that collectively control much of the infant formula market share in the United States is glaringly disturbing... Publicis has been charged with marketing Nestlé to the public since at least 1984, and has been promoting infant formula on behalf of Abbott Laboratories since 1997.

As a professor at Fordham Law School, the author of important books on political and economic policy, a key figure in Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign, and a visionary organizer on behalf of banking and business reforms, she understands that the Democratic Party must move toward progressive populism in order to become more than a tepid alternative to Republican extremism.

Harrison G. Pope Jr., MD, MPH, director of the Biological Psychiatry Laboratory at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, and Professor Rolf Ulrich from the University of Tübingen in Tübingen, Germany, together with an international group of seven other authors, conducted the study on behalf of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in 2011.

Coming in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision to uphold race - conscious admissions policies at the University of Texas at Austin — a case in which Garces authored briefs on behalf of 444 social science researchers — the Schuette case will rule on changes to the admission system at public postsecondary institutions in the state of Michigan.

The actual losses vary across a teacher's career, but at no point in any of the states the authors studied would the teacher finally surpass what was contributed on her behalf.

«At Amazon we are missionaries when it comes to inventing on behalf of authors and readers.

Founded in 1933, Combined Book Exhibit is a book marketing resource that showcases published books at trade shows and book fairs internationally on behalf of publishers and authors.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

An overview of my talk about self - publishing, given on behalf of the Alliance of Independent Authors, at last week's Cambridge Literary Festival.

And I can wholeheartedly join you in saying that I think publishers — when functioning at their fullest capacity on behalf of an author — can add, as you put it, «inestimable value to the process for most writers.»

JF: While we have a long standing tradition of not focusing on our competition, what I can say is this: books are in our DNA at Amazon, and we're constantly working to not only innovate on behalf of our book - loving customers, but also help authors find the right audience for their book.

Well, see, this is where a REAL authors association could be useful, by filing on behalf of all its» members as a class action, and obtaining a standard of editing, say «more than three errors and the publisher can re-print at their expense and make sure the purchasers get the replacements.»

As Director of Foreign and Subsidiary Rights at The Book Group, she negotiated translation, film, and audio deals on behalf of bestselling authors such as Joshua Ferris, Paula McLain, Celeste Ng, and Helen Simonson.

The second Poets & Writers Live event was held on June 21, 2014, at Scandinavia House in New York City, and featured agents, editors, and authors engaged in panel discussions and conversation about how to sustain the writing life, the many reasons why we write, the author - agent relationship, and how agents and editors work together on behalf of writers.

In this position, Sarah contacted editors at publishers around the globe to offer the works of Trident authors and negotiate deals on their behalf.

Now large publishers - the only ones who still hold collective bargaining power on behalf of the world's bestselling authors - tip toe around Amazon, fearful that if they look at Amazon cross-eyed their preorder buttons will disappear and their authors will blame the publisher for not keeping their books on Amazon's virtual shelves.

In his latest post at WUWT http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/02/13/the-law-lawsuits-and-climate-change/ Tim Ball mentions that GS was involved in the sue - them activities of the Greens: «I say this because I wrote the Foreword to the book Green Gospel and the author received a lawsuit filed on behalf of Gavin Schmidt in Washington State.

My SF has mainly been at the philosophical end of the spectrum, but I am trying to hammer out some more commercially orientated stuff at my writing group (though sadly — very slowly) Hope your wife enjoys (but if not you can compensate her by saying you'll complain to the author on her behalf!)

submitted on behalf of the group by William R. Moomaw, a professor of international environmental policy at Tufts University and a leading IPCC author... [link in the original]

NOTE: This package is maintained on behalf of the CEF authors by the CefSharp project at http://github.com/cefsharp/cef-binary

On behalf of Parenting SA, Jodie Benveniste, Adelaide psychologist, parenting author and Director of Intuitive Parenting, provides parents with tips that reduce personal, family and household stress so that parenting is more enjoyable and parents can be at their best.