Sentences with phrase «published authors a voice»

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Whereas The Broken Covenant was the voice of a prophet crying in the wilderness, alternately denouncing and lamenting for his people, Habits and its successor volume The Good Society, written by the same five authors and to be published in 1991, speak as one group of citizens to our fellow citizens, criticizing some things but also encouraging, offering examples of effective citizenship and church membership, and looking forward, if not with optimism, at least with hope.

Many of them condemned the journal for giving Nowak a voice and suggested that the paper was published only because its authors came from Harvard.

Additionally, Mr. Chavous is an accomplished author, having published four books, including Serving Our Children: Charter Schools and the Reform of American Public Education; Voices of Determination: Children that Defy the Odds; and Building a Learning Culture in America, as well as his first novel, The Plan, a political thriller.

Lapp is coeditor of Voices From The Middle, published by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and has authored, coauthored, and edited numerous articles, columns, texts, handbooks, and children's materials on reading, language arts, and instructional issues.

Coeditor of Voices From The Middle, published by National Council of Teachers of English, Lapp has authored, coauthored, and edited numerous articles, columns, texts, handbooks, and children's materials on reading, language arts, and instructional issues.

The rise of the independent book publishing industry has given a voice to hundreds of thousands of authors, more than 16,000 of which, from more than 120 countries, have realized their dreams of publication through Trafford.

Whether through a U.S. or international imprint, self - publishing helps authors be recognized and, in rare circumstances, potentially acquired by a traditional publisher or film producers, some of whom have turned to Author Solutions to uncover new talent and emerging voices.

The awards that Bologna Children's Book Fair gives to publishers, authors and illustrators are some of the most coveted international prizes in the publishing world — for excellence in graphic style, innovative format, artistic strength, balance, and with voice and narrative for young people to engage in.

During that process, I'm able to bring to bear all the institutional memory I possess, knowing which editors and which publishing houses have a penchant for a certain subject, or a different voice, or a particular kind of author.

Smashwords» success means that a lot of self - published authors, such as wiz kid Amanda Hocking, now have a voice.

Follow her on Twitter, peruse her informative site, and read author guest posts (including previously mentioned Chuck Wendig and Hugh Howey) to learn from this remarkable voice in the self - publishing field.

«The main thing was really to bring writers and readers together more and to offer a place where we can hear more of the voices of self - published authors in the retail setting.

Simon's an author and voice talent and audiobook narrator, as well as a podcaster, running the very popular — RockingSelf Publishing Podcast.

Finding the perfect book idea and taking it from idea to published book means a months - long process and beating the self - defeating voices that snag even the most experienced authors.

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Unable to tolerate a move toward democratic literature, where any voice is free to publish, where authors are paid 70 % of list price instead of a mere 17.5 %, they rely instead on appeals to litigation, on a public relations campaign within the press, and on collusion.

Indeed, when self - publishing is spoken about as the only way some diverse authors can get their voices in print, there is something wrong with the system.

Watch what the self - published authors do now that they can have their voices heard.

Author Solutions also partners with other companies: Archway Publishing (Simon & Schuster), WestBow Press (Thomas Nelson), Balboa Press (Hay House), Inspiring Voices (Guideposts), Abbott Press (Writer's Digest).

At the same time, as technology makes self - publishing ever easier, the industry will hear new voices from around the globe and from places that have been underrepresented in the past, giving readers a greater variety of indie titles than ever before, but making it more vital for authors to find a way to stand out from the pack.

Since 2013, the team at Firebrand Publishing has helped independent authors publish their books, so they can have their voices heard without wasting hundreds of hours learning to master every, single aspect of book production!

Believing there is a place for the fresh author's voice, she not only publishes but coaches others who wish to publish their work independently.

Like many other authors who are discarded or ignored by mainstream publishers for one reason or another, I had found a voice in the writing community and had discovered the confidence to self - publish, which up until that point, would have found it difficult to do so.

It doesn't matter whether these voices bubble up from independent publishing houses per se, or directly from self - published authors.

We need bloggers like Dear Author because many authors don't get a voice to highlight important topics and aspects in publishing.

One of the voices of reasoned disagreement with Wendig has been that of self - publishing author Hugh Howey, who does support that «self - expression tier,» if you will, as a valid part of the community of self - publishing.

And incidentally, these publishing routes tend to have a keen interest in the midlist authors, niche genres, and minority voices traditional publishing is struggling to support.

I'm not a lone voice in the publishing wilderness crying out the truth to authors.

Synchronized eBook and audio titles provide access to the professionally recorded voice of the author or narrator as if the eBook and audiobook were published together.

That doesn't mean mainstream publishing editors aren't open to new authors with an original book or voice.

Some will only consider publishing well - known successful authors, while others are looking for rising stars and voices in the wilderness.

Then you're lying in bed for a while, watching television because it's a fantastic distraction from the horrible current state of your life, your manuscript untouched for days, and then a quiet little voice whispers in your ear the scariest words to any self - published author:

But editors still become smitten with a new author's voice and writing, whole publishing -LSB-...]

In the self - publishing industry, however, aspiring authors can finally get their voice heard and their work is accepted.

News items include Overdrive celebrating an historic milestone, Smashwords and Findaway Voices partner up, how authors can gain insight into Canadian readers, the rise in popularity of «Up Lit» novels, why Britain's Book Industry Communication organization is calling for authors to stop using promotional content in subtitles, and how Amazon is making it a little more difficult to find reviewers and land publishing deals.

But when you look closer at ebook sales, the percentage controlled by self - published authors is much higher... These indie authors are becoming, every single year, a more potent voice in publishing.

I found out about a company called Word Branch (http://wordbranch.com), who describe themselves as «an independent publishing company that represents talented new and up and coming authors who need a venue to make their voices heard.»

J.A. Konrath in particular has become the voice of the indie author through a dedicated campaign of publishing his many backlist titles, promoting his books through social media, and blogging on all things self - publishing.

Fiction River publishes stories in many genres from all kinds of writers, with New York Times bestselling authors published alongside some of the best new voices in fiction.

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Karina is doing all the right things for her projects, and we hope to amplify her already prominent voice in the marketplace as a result of what we're able to bring to the table that's just out of her reach as a self - published author.»

Findaway Voices will be launching in the first quarter of 2017 and the new service will be aimed at small boutique publishing companies and indie authors.

Obviously Findaway Voices was developed to focus on self - published and indie authors, but they have also will appeal towards boutique and smaller publishing houses who want to create audiobooks of their frontlist and backlist titles.

As a budding writer myself, I wanted to be a voice for self - published authors in the library, a proponent of new ways of enjoying the written word.

This is a natural tendency in traditional publishing but it is one restrained by the voices of its authors who are free to put their work first and entrepreneurship a distant second.

The CAP Awards is also a reader's guarantee of quality, offering readers fresh, new voices and vision only available from independent authors combined with professional, high - level standards of publishing.

There, he guided coverage of independent publishing, focusing on amplifying the voices of publishers and authors representing marginalized communities.

A relatively new voice in publishing, Kate has been serving authors behind the scenes since 2010.

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There was then an equal response thrown together by Hugh Howey, Joe Konrath, et al, (independent publishing's loudest voices) suggesting authors take a good look at what exactly is being fought over and realize that the only thing at stake is authors rights.