Sentences with phrase «readers against self»

As many of us know there continues to be a bias by many in the media, book retailers, and readers against self - published books.

Not exact matches

I want to once again remind readers that self - defense — including defense against tyrannical government — is more than a right guaranteed in the Second Amendment to our Constitution; it is a duty assigned us in Nature by our Creator.

I'm coming up against a dilemma here: stick to my self - imposed deadlines and into the hands of beta readers or keep going to make sure it's in the best shape possible before handing it off.

As authors and business owners, self - publishers need to toe that line between acquiring new readers while also maintaining a high perceived value for their books — so Midnight Publishing cautions against pricing a book that low unless it's for a limited time and coincides with another type of discount or special, like Amazon's Kindle Countdown Deals.

Here's proof: a somewhat irreverent, even off - putting author, who revels in knee - jerk unconventionality and self - styled religious kitsch, and is prejudiced against Jesus «for being a man,» actually manages to convince her readers that she may indeed be well on her way to becoming a committed Christian.

Instead of spending time trying to convince bloggers who may have a prejudice against self - published books that time can be spent connecting with readers who don't!

As a self - published author of course I'd be against it, but I'd also be against it as a reader.

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It's not just having to arrange for your own editing via the trad publishing route — when I read arguments against self - pubbing, I always hear about how hard it is to market your books and find your readers.

There are many possible reasons why literary fiction has fewer examples of successful self - published works, but perhaps the simplest answer is that readers of the genre are served sufficiently by traditional publishers (This is a powerful argument against self - publishing literary fiction to make money which means I'll have to do it to make art)

One of the hardest things about being an author — and that's not discriminating against traditionally published, indie published, or self - published — is reaching an audience of readers with your work, and book fans have spent the last three days sharing the love for Readioactive.

Conversely, the dystopian dream of going against the traditional prosperity cruelly presents self - publishers with stressful pressure to make ends meet while maintaining the stellar communicative skills with readers to make sure their independent distribution will not falter or fade into oblivion after the hyped promotional period.

The author wisely omits the more gruesome aspects of the pit to keep readers from closing the book, but without sparing them completely, because Stauss» self - imposed mission in writing this book is «to shock people into taking action against dog fighting and at the same time change negative perceptions about the breed.»

In a competing situation aspects of REBBA would make your point moot against Michael's and you know this, so you've limited the context in a self - serving attempt to try and impress novice readers.