Sentences with phrase «on writers and publishers»

Ultimately, the excitement over this partnership will rest on the writers and publishers of online content.

Not exact matches

Well today I have the chance to be at one of those conferences — Big Tent Christianity — primarily because I'm a poor writer from a small town whose publisher took pity on her and paid the way.

I made the very difficult decision to leave working in my dream job with Jamie and branch out on my own to tell my story in food so I quit my job, went freelance as a food stylist and recipe writer and within a year I was fortunate enough to have been spotted by my amazing publisher Louise Haines and was offered a book deal and from there my blog, newspaper and magazine columns all organically followed on.

I just went to the Writers Digest weekend event a couple of months ago and there was a publisher that would publish your book every time someone purchases it on Amazon and you can order a bunch so that if someone orders from your site you can send them as well.

The publisher, writers, contributors and the entire personnel of Prenatal Yoga Center can not be held liable for misuse of any products, remedies or methods discussed on this website.

Alex Hamby has been a lot of things in life: a former comic book publisher, writer, critic who now blogs on the subjects of life and yoga.

We analyze not only comic books from publishers like: Marvel Comics, D.C. Comics, IDW, Dark Horse Comics, and more, but we will focus on the independent comic book / graphic novel publisher and the artists and writer that work to bring us original material.

Legendary sci - fi writer Richard Matheson, best known for I Am Legend and The Shrinking Man, died Sunday at the age of 87, the publisher Tor / Forge reports.Matheson's daughter Ali Marie first announced the news on Facebook, writing: «My beloved father... Read more

Chaz Ebert, President of The Ebert Company and Publisher of RogerEbert.com will welcome panelists John Sloss of Cinetic Media; Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, and Anne Thompson of Indiewire and Thompson on Hollywood for a free - wheeling conversation about why empathy should be encouraged in the works of emerging writers on film and filmmakers.

The writer relates how he sold the book based on a 100 - page sample, and had Hollywood throwing money at him within two days of its acceptance by a publisher.

And so, with a fifth child on the way and Italian interior decorators to pay, the writer decides to dash off and self - publish a novella about Christmas — after, of course, being rejected by his publisher, whose dismissive comments about the holiday partly inspire the old cheapskate ScrooAnd so, with a fifth child on the way and Italian interior decorators to pay, the writer decides to dash off and self - publish a novella about Christmas — after, of course, being rejected by his publisher, whose dismissive comments about the holiday partly inspire the old cheapskate Scrooand Italian interior decorators to pay, the writer decides to dash off and self - publish a novella about Christmas — after, of course, being rejected by his publisher, whose dismissive comments about the holiday partly inspire the old cheapskate Scrooand self - publish a novella about Christmas — after, of course, being rejected by his publisher, whose dismissive comments about the holiday partly inspire the old cheapskate Scrooge.

They include Emily Callahan and Amber Jackson, who are using their skills and intellect to turn oil rigs into coral reefs; Nate Parker, the activist filmmaker, writer, humanitarian and director of The Birth of a Nation; Scott Harrison, the founder of Charity Water, whose projects are delivering clean water to over 6 million people; Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, who has dedicated his life to protecting the liberties of Americans; Louise Psihoyos, the award - winning filmmaker and executive director of the Oceanic Preservation Society; Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental social scientist who focuses on large - scale cooperation dilemmas and is the author of «Is Shame Necessary»; Brent Stapelkamp, whose work promotes ways to mitigate the conflict between lions and livestock owners and who is the last researcher to have tracked famed Cecil the Lion; Fabio Zaffagnini, creator of Rockin» 1000, co-founder of Trail Me Up, and an expert in crowd funding and social innovation; Alan Eustace, who worked with the StratEx team responsible for the highest exit altitude skydive; Renaud Laplanche, founder and CEO of the Lending Club — the world's largest online credit marketplace working to make loans more affordable and returns more solid; the Suskind Family, who developed the «affinity therapy» that's showing broad success in addressing the core social communication deficits of autism; Jenna Arnold and Greg Segal, whose goal is to flip supply and demand for organ transplants and build the country's first central organ donor registry, creating more culturally relevant ways for people to share their donor wishes; Adam Foss, founder of SCDAO, a reading project designed to bridge the achievement gap of area elementary school students, Hilde Kate Lysiak (age 9) and sister Isabel Rose (age 12), Publishers of the Orange Street News that has received widespread acclaim for its reporting, and Max Kenner, the man responsible for the Bard Prison Initiative which enrolls incarcerated individuals in academic programs culminating ultimately in college degrees.

As well as being one of the least expensive assessment instruments, the publisher provides software to help write IEP goals based on the assessments, called Goals and Objective Writers Software.

Following a decade of staff writer and columnist positions on daily newspapers, he's worked as an independent writer, editor and publisher since 1987.

Drawing on university training and journalism experience as a copy editor, as well as more than twenty - five years as a professional writer, editor, photographer, designer and videographer, I can give you the assistance you need to self - publish your book or get your manuscript ready to submit to agents and publishers.

Several folks commenting on these various blogs have pointed out that Amazon doesn't care about the writers and readers any more than the big publishers do.

Children's Writers and Illustrator Market (current year) Provides directory of publishers and magazines focused on the children's market as well as helpful articles and interviews.

Now I could go on and on about the illusionary «support» traditional publishers and agents say they give writers, but anyone who has dealt with that system for any length of time knows that's just gotten worse as well in the last ten years.

The indie writers who are now wanting to go with a traditional publisher because — duh — they will get this huge advance and will be sent on tours to sign their books and will soon be playing poker with other best selling authors ala Castle.

This site, co-founded and maintained by award - winning author Victoria Strauss, is sponsored by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and has a wide array of information on all forms of scams, ranging from vanity / subsidy publishers and literary agencies to red - flagged clauses and contractual agreements authors should steer clear of.

From their website: «A scalable and cost effective solution for publishers to re-purpose books as apps... specifically designed to help publishers, writers and content owners to package books as interactive apps that run on multiple devices.»

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.

Forums for authors with traditional publishing aspirations have long been peppered with threads about the query grind, the rejection letters and emails that pile up from agents and publishers, and the desire to quit and give up on the hopes of ever making it as a writer.

Joanna Penn (The Creative Penn), Porter Anderson (The Bookseller), Mark Lefebvre (Kobo), Cevin Bryerman (Publishers Weekly), Andra Miller (Algonquin), Shari Stauch (Where Writers Win), and Kristina Radke (NetGalley) gave Bryan their expert insights on the latest developments in self - publishing.

Joan is a former indie publisher who makes her living now as a freelance writer, editor and book consultant while she continues to work on her own writing projects.

Greater Los Angeles Writers Conference Take your writing to the next level with guidance from educators, industry professionals, literary agents and publishers focused on the craft...

Because writers have the tools and the readership, they're relying less on traditional publishers — and they can make much more money than they ever could have through traditional publishers.

This hurts publishers because they make less money, it hurts writers because they can not share their passions through the largest outlets, it hurts readers because it could have chilling effects on the quality of writing in the long run, and it will almost certainly cement Amazon's long - term dominance.

And — the thing I'm probably best known for — I collect and share data on author earnings from various publishers, so that writers can make more informed decisions about their careeAnd — the thing I'm probably best known for — I collect and share data on author earnings from various publishers, so that writers can make more informed decisions about their careeand share data on author earnings from various publishers, so that writers can make more informed decisions about their careers.

I like (and will continue to use) the term «indie publisher» or «indie writer» to talk about writers striking out on their own into the publishing world and starting their own presses.

The Author Earnings Reports shine a light on what is really happening and that light is amazing for us indie writers and scary as hell to traditional publishers.

Yes, I know that all you writers want to concentrate on your craft and leave marketing to your publishers.

Excellent post, Rebecca — thank you for speaking out on behalf of indie writers and publishers.

But of course, since traditional publishers only pay attention to their big blockbuster writers and leave newbies to do their own marketing, one might as well go ahead on one's own and reap the (70 % royalty) benefits instead of the standard 8 % on nothing once «costs» have been paid...

As the weekend moved on, writer after writer slowly came to realize that the myth that publishing is hard (and only major traditional publishers can do it) is flat wrong.

As if in echo of the forthright debate about self - publishers» balance - sheet woes that London author Roz Morris opened (see the «provocation» on it at Writer Unboxed)-- and naming an issue we'll be taking up on 30th November at The FutureBook's Author Day — McLaren is ready to talk of a glutted marketplace, of lower unit sales, dwindling revenue... and yet of an optimism not always encountered in this discussion: «Hard work will be rewarded.»

Authors, writers, publishers of eBooks, audiobooks and short texts can... A) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii - without author contract - in real - time, without technical skills - with an own authorpage and online shop - enter all information such as description, tags, cover, price... - upload an eBook in one or multiple formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls... - high royalties per download - consolidated real - time sales reports - keeping full editorial and copyright control or B) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii and additionally on major eBook retailers - we convert eBooks to the ePub and mobi format for free - we distribute to the leading eBook - shops all over the world for free - we provide consolidated sales reports Readers have... - the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories and genres - an easy access to a huge variety of content - can instantly download after purchase - have the opportunity to rate and comment on eBooks

I gave you advice based on 45 years in all sides of the publishing industry, based on being published since 1967, based on being a writing teacher, based on working with writers who get on the NYT best sellers lists, and based on working on issues involving online promotions including in regard to Amazon with Amazon and with publishers I have worked with, about how you should and should not send out these requests.

Another source of info on agents, publishers, etc. is the Absolute Write website's «water cooler,» where writers trade information and experiences, good and baaaaaad.

Here are my suggestions based on advice from cover designers, publishers and the staff at CompletelyNovel's experience with self - publishing writers.

I, like Joe, have a large backlist of titles, have had agents, several, and have published with maybe eight of the publishers in NYC and guess what - there are legitimate writers publishing ebooks every two hours right now and soon I hope to have every book I ever wrote — around fifty on ebooks.

As the writers make the jump, they ask basic questions on how to do it, how to be treated with respect as a publisher, and even how to do simple things like setting up a publishing business.

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On the one hand, there should be more and better opportunities for writers to see their works produced and brought to an audience; maybe aspiring authors should start querying book app companies like Smashing Ideas and Padworx right alongside agents and publishers.

For the last four years I have presented an annual address on eBooks to the Publishers and Writers of San Diego, a 300 + member organization focused on the business of publishing and an affiliate of IBPA.

«This partnership will greatly benefit writers and publishers who've been sitting on their back catalogs simply because the idea of digitizing the books themselves by hand was overwhelming,»

The book my co-writer and I are working on right now, due to be published later this year, is going to be a self - edited affair we think — two of the four writers are publishers in their own right, you know Mark Williams and Saffi I presume?

For RWA to dictate the terms of a contract between a commercial publisher and a writer, RWA has to have some leverage on either or both parties to that contract.

There's a whole bunch of great quotes on what writing actually involves, and why most writers can't sell manuscripts to agents or publishers.

A former indie publisher (she was the founder / president of GreyCore Press), she makes her living as a freelance writer, editor and book consultant while she continues to work on her own writing projects.