Sentences with phrase «reader group do»

I will have my Advance reader group do reviews, but I won't pay for a blog tour.

Not exact matches

When I left school and embarked on my first real business adventure, Student magazine, it was at times a real struggle to keep our small group motivated and make ends meet, though we didn't want our readers to be aware of this.

You can put a «qualifier» in the headline that really doesn't exclude anybody, but makes readers feel like they are part of a group, and that the sales letter is directed to them.

The approach does leave the reader wondering, however, where to find this «church» that is being celebrated, apart from small groups of the like - minded and like - spirited.

The Wirthlin Group, which does most of the national polling for the Republicans, published an article in the Reader's Digest (May 1992) which in effect outlined the Republican campaign strategy.

If I have made errors in the text (a knowledgeable correspondent for the Simon Wiesenthal Center pointed out several which he did not consider «alarming»), they still do not compare with Grossman's assumption that I hoped to convert Farrakhan's minions, Grossman's disregard for my warning to the reader that a lie must repeatedly be refuted, Grossman's invention that «according to him [Friedman], Jews as a group were never rich or powerful enough to control anything,» or the arrogance that informs Grossman's review.

Currently she works at a cute little library doing Readers» Advisory, collection development and running book groups.

Since only a small percentage of my readers would live close enough to you to meet one on one or in a small group, is there anything else they can do to continue benefiting from your expertise?

Roland Fryer Answers Reader Questions About His Police Force Study New York Times, 7/12/16 «My sincere hope is that the type of analysis being done in our paper will lead other police departments and community groups to understand the types of data we need to answer these important questions and work together to be more transparent and make that data public.»

But these standards do not by themselves necessarily account for the gains in achievement by all demographic groups and by our regional vocational / technical high schools (which enroll a disproportionate number of special education students and below - grade level readers).

There's been a lot of research that suggests if you divide strong readers and weak readers into two separate groups and you give them passages based on content that they know and they don't know, actually the degree of knowledge is often a stronger indicator of how well they'll do in comprehending the passage than their reading skills.

To help them be better readers and thinkers, and enjoy puns, say that you'd like them to work together in groups and decide what makes the sentences below puns, looking up words they don't know.

Individual achievement test scores can be misleading at the pre-school and kindergarten levels, if the child is already reading and doing arithmetic — these abilities are not expected in this age group, so precocious readers or mathies will score significantly above their age level, just because they are precocious readers or mathies.

As Vellutino, Scanlon, Zhang, and Schatschneider (2008) note, we could change the futures of roughly one - half of the students who begin kindergarten at risk of becoming struggling readers by providing expert tutorial services; 1st grade teachers could do the same by providing expert tutorials or «very small» group lessons (with three or fewer students).

She didn't know it was a group of struggling readers.

readers will recall, Mandel and his aide, Meghan Lowney, played the pivotal role in the creation of Excel Bridgeport, Inc. the corporate funded education reform advocacy group that supported Malloy's education reform bill, worked to pass Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch's failed charter revision proposal to do away with an elected board of education in Bridgeport and has been the biggest boosters for Paul Vallas and Kenneth Moales Jr, the disgraced former chair of the Bridgeport Board of Education.

One teacher may be conferring with a student about his or her reading; other students do partner reading of a readers» theater text, and a second group is rewriting a children's book by breaking up text into manageable chunks.

If the author wants to spend less on editing because they have such a good group of beta readers, they can do that.

I don't have any novels ready for beta readers, but my critique groups have been so helpful to me with my short stories, I honestly don't know how I lived without them previously.

-LSB-...] how do you find a critique group and / or beta readers?

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.

And do recall that readers are the people who matter here, not some little wannabe «author» angrily shaking his fist at what amounts to a net positive change for all three groups: «authors,» «writers,» and readers.

If you don't have an impartial group of PAID people doing the initial screening of the slush pile, readers are forced to deal with it.

Shelf Media Group is an elite staff of editors and designers from a variety of national and international magazines, book publishers, and independent presses with a mission to create something that hasn't been done before for a new generation of authors and readers.

I do still encourage the use of critique groups and beta readers as a first step in learning the ins and outs of the craft and business of writing, but keep in mind that most of what you hear in a critique group needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

A group of entitled millionaires and Stockholm Syndrome cases don't speak for authors or readers.

I didn't budget nearly enough for professional editing and so now I'm assembling a group of beta readers and crossing my fingers.

-- an active blog (once weekly minimum)-- a book trailer (share on your own site, social media and YouTube)-- participate in memes like # MondayBlogs or chats — meet cool peeps, learn, promote others — interactive social media (not spammy) at minimum Twitter, Facebook and Google + (important for your Google ranking) following readers, book bloggers, book reviewers, book clubs — groups (important to establish connections with peers) Facebook, LinkedIn, Google + — an eBook version (duh) Don't care if you hate eBooks.

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It meant that the price of participating in KU is telling a whole group of my readers that they are not important, that they don't matter.

I've gotten a profile on Goodreads, but I am also scared to jump in because I don't find too many poetry readers / groups there.

Posting promo posts in the wrong group (not your niche) will cause alienation of a whole group of readers, and possibly even some publishing industry professionals you didn't even know were watching.

But don't forget to join my reader group for advance notice of discounts and new releases!

I've all but given up on a genre specific Goodreads group I belong to because that's what the group admin and another reader do.

I love my writer's group, but they are VERY pro-self-publishing (which I may do), but if agents do request your ms, you can gain insights that a beta reader or writing peer may not give.

The whole point of writing is to communicate, and if your wip isn't clear to your critique group, which is composed of folks who are not only writers, but insatiable readers, then you have work to do.

They are seem to be targeting a group of readers who read regularly but are flexible in their choice of reading material and don't have much time for browsing.

I hired an editor, took it through my critique group, used beta readers, did a final polish.

Both Penguin Group and Random House have initiated their own short story digital publishing platforms and, while the programs do meet the needs of customers in terms of a low price - point and a shorter format than novels, the real gain to be made is not just in terms of bringing back readers» demands for a historically - loved format.

I have said that readers (on general, as a group) don't have problems in finding good books (books they enjoy in, not books that you consider good), and then I continued to claim that and I will continue to claim so, despite that you, as a reader, have problem with that (and I can imagine that there's a few of people like you), and despite what «professionals» in their articles claim.

I do not brag for I consider my reading a private affair and I really do not talk about a book unless I think someone would like it or if I am with a group of serious readers

Now, a group has formed a website and a call to action to demand that Goodreads finally step in on this type of behavior, something that the site has long refused to do as it would be a form of censorship on readers» opinions about books.

If you don't have any books in KU, then you are missing out on this group of readers.

As a group indie writers don't have readers» trust, and building business without trust is hard.

Truth is, my books don't sell to the genre masses; my books sell to small sub-genre groups of readers.

While it's important to seek out some reputable endorsers and reviewers who have a large group of readers, I don't think self - published authors realize the number of readers they need to pull off a self - published book that sells more than 25 - 50 copies.

I'm part of many non-book groups: female entrepreneurs, speakers, sexual assault survivors, social media business owners, readers of various genres, mental health advocates... groups that don't have to do with «promote my books, here's a tweet!»

If you don't know, your readers are all part of group 1.

If you don't belong to a writing group, there are online forums where you can find beta readers.

Need to blog, tweet, reach out to book bloggers, readers group, and do daily social networking.