Sentences with phrase «quality authors like»

Featuring high quality authors like Andrew Brodie, Alistair Bryce - Clegg, Sue Cowley, Ross Morrison McGill and Terry Deary, Bloomsbury Education provides fantastic ideas, practical help and inspiration for every teacher from student to senior leader.

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A decorated Harvard economics instructor, a former White House policy adviser, and the author of bestsellers like Market Shock and New Ideas from Dead Economists, Buchholz found himself surrounded by people he deemed to be seeking tawdry material gain at the expense of real quality of life.

The author of «How Children Succeed,» Paul Tough argues that the qualities that matter most have less to do with cognitive skills and more to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self - control.

Like psychologist and author Madeline Levine, whose recent book Teach Your Children Well instructs otherwise well - intended parents to value character ahead of achievement, Tough finds evidence that children of the well - off are often denied the hard life experiences that would allow them to develop the qualities that breed success.

A spokesman for TheLadders did not confirm or deny that Cenedella authored the posts in question, which included headlines like «Sexy vs. Skanky,» «Dating Advice for Girly Girls,» «He Stole My Weed» and «High Quality Dope.»

My point is, if you heed the authors» recommendation to stop acting like a trainee, remember that — while it makes sense to consider your attitude and self - assurance — you shouldn't lose the qualities that make science trainees so awesome in the first place.

Remarks like «The data presented in figure 8 are meaningless,» can be replaced with «The quality of the experimental data in figure 8 needs to be improved before the interpretation of the authors can be accepted.»

The Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology core team would like to thank the original authors, in particular Joerg Huelsken and Ilaria Malanchi, for generously sharing critical information as well as reagents to ensure the fidelity and quality of this replication attempt.

The authors would like to thank the referee for valuable comments that helped to improve the quality of the paper.

Certainly the Stateside glimpse at the 10 - episode anthology series that draws from The Minority Report author's works had a dream - like quality to it, but also a hard look at a very human future.

On the third page of the study, the authors write: «Negative voucher effects are not explained by the quality of public fallback options for LSP applicants: achievement levels at public schools attended by students lotteried out of the program are below the Louisiana average and comparable to scores in low - performing districts like New Orleans.»

We offer nearly 200 accredited e-learning courses (and growing), Open Elms is a Learning Management System that works like Netflix and Jackdaw Cloud is our e-learning authoring software which combines ease of use with unbelievable quality of delivery.

Like the authors of «The Test Matters,» Polikoff used MET data to investigate whether large - scale standardized state tests «differ in the extent to which they reflect the content or quality of teachers» instruction» (i.e., tests» instructional sensitivity).»

Drawing upon the expertise and leadership of PBL educators across the country, authors Tom Vander Ark and Dr. Emily Liebtag share what an ideal preparation program and early career professional learning for teachers ought to look like if we want to develop high - quality PBL teachers.

We partner with expert authors to develop and publish superb core programs, and we support implementations with essential services like high - quality professional development, digital and print materials, manipulative kits, and integrations with LMS systems.

The idea of charter schools received another boost in November 1988, when the Citizens League, a community policy organization in Minnesota, issued an influential report Chartered Schools = Choices for Educators + Quality for All Students.26 Like Shanker, the committee that authored the report argued that charter schools should be guided by two central tenets: empowering teachers and promoting diversity.

It's a shame, because D Publishing could have been enthusiastically embraced by Australian authors and could have positioned Dymocks to grow into something like an Australasian Amazon, but I don't see how they are going to attract a lot of quality content with their new Publishing Agreement.

While it's easy to get a manscript thrown together and printed through a service like CreateSpace, this author wanted it to be the same quality of a traditional publisher.

Sure there are social media platforms like Goodreads, Wattpad, Facebook groups etc. and then there are the «real» opportunities that are so much harder to facilitate and organize (and pay for e.g. expense vs profit) like community or regional events and networks as you point out above, but I feel really strongly that the most important thing for an author to do in order to build a loyal paying (italics) fanbase / readership is to produce good quality works that are publicized properly and to spend time interacting with those of your readers who you know buy your books because they came to you in the first place.

My definition of a professional author is one who writes, finishes a WIP, and then goes through the laborious steps to publish a quality book folks would like to read.

Hi JD, I agree with you that Indie Authors can produce a quality work and many, like you, do.

Predictions from industry experts like Mark Coker have stated that the number of indie authors may decrease, but that the quality of content and business activity of the remaining authors will increase.

I've always liked creating opportunities for authors to get their books published with a level of service and quality that befits and respects that enormous amount of time and energy authors put into writing their books.

If you'd like to learn more about how IngramSpark supports authors and publishers, like you, produce quality publications, achieve global distribution, and access free resources to help you publish successfully, please visit their website.

Literary Agent Undercover is only for authors who understand the benefits of traditional publishing: no financial risk because someone else is paying for the privilege of publishing your book; a higher quality product thanks to a top - notch editor and cover designer; more profit due to better sales, distribution, and publicity; subsidiary rights opportunities like merchandising, translations, TV, feature film, etc; increased credibility and more book reviews; and the ability to spend more time writing, promoting, and doing what you love.

What about a co-operative or collective of like - minded authors who had quality novels, believed in beta readers, using social media, full editing and proof reading, and would help each other produce the best possible novel and promote it?

Most authors struggle because they simply don't realize how important the little things are, like getting top - quality, five - star reviews and creating beautiful and compelling book descriptions, titles and covers.

A number of clever coders (people who understand Internet stuff really well) have created software that help authors like us cut back on the labour intensive work behind collecting good quality reviews.

But that can be torn down, with enough quality proof like these authors.

I don't believe quality self - published novels, like mine, will be taken seriously until their authors price them at respectable prices.

But now you sound like you are saying indie authors can't write quality books.

«Authors» understanding of the publishing process and their expectations of the quality of elements like formatting, cover design and metadata have sharpened up a lot over the past 12 to 18 months,» he said.

I may actually change the «free book» tweet to something more exciting, like «Help an indie author give away 100,000 FREE books,» though that may sound too desperate: the important thing will be communicating quality, so I hope the graphic elements with the cover will get sent out with the message.

«Her success demonstrates how publishing models like WestBow Press make it possible for any author with a quality book to become traditionally published.»

With that in mind, I also like helping authors publish their books cheaply if they can't afford a designer (and hiring an expensive cover design doesn't always mean you'll get the best quality work).

Inexpensive access to print - on - demand uploading has allowed authors to have a bookstore - quality edition of their titles in print, and platforms like KDP and NookPress have made it possible to list self - published ebooks alongside their bestselling, traditional counterparts.

«Authors, like artists, want two things: Control over their product and process, and fair compensation for their quality work,» said Eileen Gittins, founder and CEO, Blurb.

I like to ask successful authors what qualities they think are most important for any aspiring writer.

The authors I'm interested in hearing from already know they want a book trailer — but you're struggling with a few things, which are most likely these: cost, quality, concept (what should go in it, what it should look like) and cost...

Getting involved in author groups and learning from other people's mistakes like mine can help the new author have a positive experience and produce a quality product.

Where they excel, and what makes them like the other two models above, is that they understand publishing and put out quality books that their authors can be proud of.

Joanna Penn differentiates between «self - published» and «independent» authors — whereas self - publishing has an amateur, hobby - like character, Penn defines independent authors as writers who treat their writing like a business and do everything it takes to ensure their books are just as high quality as those being published by a publishing house.

The disadvantage for independent authors is their lack of knowledge about what professional quality is or looks like.

I mean, companies like Smashwords actually actively discourage authors from creating proper eBook files by not allowing them to upload individual files and instead forcing their Meatgrinder upon everyone, a technology that — in its current state — does nothing to improve eBook quality and typically makes things incomprehensibly worse.

As Amazon works to find ways to offer more and more distinctive, high - quality Kindle content at prices that will continue to support the decisions of millions of avid readers to invest in Kindles, it is high time for the company to provide all its authors with the opportunity to come up with innovative ideas like this one.

If you've been working hard to create an effective marketing and promotion campaign, then you've no doubt spent a meaningful amount of time on the essential elements an author must have to build a strong reputation: quality writing, great branding, networking, social media presence, author website, promotional items (like mailers, writing conference goodies, and other materials), and more!

The problem with the first scenario is that, like it or not, many authors lack the technical proficiency to aesthetically design the interior of a high - quality book.

A self - published book can mean almost anything... from what gets spilled out of the fingers and mind of the author to the presentation from the local printing shop and sometimes looking like it was put together at the kitchen table with a glue - stick; to a vanity press like a LuLu, AuthorHouse / Solutions (known to many as publishing predators); or any of the pay to publish operations that claim to offer different types of packages / templates for the author to select from as well as claiming to do more personalization and hand - holding than a vanity press operation; to Amazon's CreateSpace and the Ingram Spark (higher quality); to the author doing the publishing himself with his name or a «looks like a publishing company» name on it (always recommended).

It seems that the author of that piece sorely neglected to consider that segment of the indie author population who aren't the break - out superstars, but rather the mid-listers and below mid-listers, like the indomitable Joe Konrath, who are dedicated to their craft and increasing their presence as authors, dedicated to building a loyal readership by publishing good quality books; those indie authors who are proud to be authors — and are reaping the rewards of their considerable efforts, both in sales and in loyal followers.

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