Sentences with phrase «seen as vanity»

Poetry.com, in particular, is seen as a vanity press.

If an author pays for a service - it shouldn't necessarily be seen as vanity unless all writing or artistic expression is viewed that way.

That said, if publishers can't find innovative ways to create new markets for an author's content, and if more successful authors shift to Godin's model, we may get to the point where print publishers are seen as the vanity press and high - quality self - publishing is the new professional standard.

Do you think that the self - publishing alternative is taken seriously by the traditional actors (publishers, agents) or still widely seen as vanity publishing?

Not exact matches

Sometimes we refer to those root keywords as «vanity keywords,» because if you do just one search to see who seems to be winning the space, you are likely to pick the single broadest keyword and see who comes up ranked highly.

I really liked it and its true vanity enables you to be seen as an authority too.

The circumstances surrounding his birth enable both Abraham and Sarah to see the permanent truth about parenthood: Children are not man's products or creatures, and thus the pride that human beings naturally take in their own children as their own children is vanity and self - delusion.

He damns the religious structure in which the fervent hymns of praise and the devout symbols of dedication were matched by a fervent immorality and a devout pursuit of vanity; in which Yahwism was enthusiastically endorsed at the sanctuaries but — as Amos saw the Yahweh faith — blatantly violated in business, domestic, and personal relationships.

In fact, it's often seen as a sign of vanity or selfishness if you don't join in on verbally bashing your own body.

They tap not only into evil as seen by the acts of the day, but by the vanity and hatred of motivation that drove these brothers to not only act but plan to continue their reign.

It will be very interesting to see how these two films turn out, and whether or not Dano and / or Elba can establish themselves as viable directors and not just vanity - project dabblers.

De Palma, producer Martin Bregman, and actors Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, and Angel Salazar all participate, as do Julie Salamon (author of The Devil's Candy, the book - length making - of devoted to De Palma's ill - fated The Bonfire of the Vanities), Ken Tucker, Keith Gordon (star of De Palma's Dressed to Kill), Antoine Fuqua, and Eli Roth, who surprises no one with his claim that he saw Scarface 56 times in seventh grade.

The government says free schools will drive up standards and give parents more choice of good schools by putting more power in head teachers» hands, while some critics see them as an experimental «vanity project» which has led to schools being built where they are not needed.

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As authors moved towards circumventing traditional publishers or small presses who required that a book be accepted in order to be published in return for payment (one hopes), we saw the advent of vanity presses and assorted publishing opportunists.

Thank you for the info Vinny, now I think I see, You'd like a blog about marketing from lil» ol' me, Promote only when you are in a happy mood, And never promote your books by being far too rude, Try to make your posts interesting, clever and funny, And try not to part with a large amount of money, Now I feel there is one thing I should stress, Never go and give your cash to a vanity press, Blog, tweet and update your Facebook status as often as you can, Make contact with other authors and befriend your only fan, Be courteous, considerate and always be kind, And you will slowly find, You'll get people interested and make them all see, Especially when you give your book away for free, Sit back, relax and be rather nice, And always think about the price, People will not part with their cash unless the price is low, Particularly for an author they do not even know, Always remember to write purely for fun, Never think that your profit will be a huge great sum, And pray for exposure to the lord above, Because self - publishing is a labour of love,

I would rather see RWA deal with the vanity press as a separate and fundamentally different issue.

In the 1990s, this was seen as the extreme vanity of selfish authors, hence the name «Vanity Press.»

I suspect the «professional» you saw was someone from a vanity press trying to scam you as I know from having had a relative scammed that the movie deal thing is something they say to everyone.

What I've seen with indie - published e-books is that they've taken the place of traditional «vanity» publishers, and as with the typical output of vanity publishers they're filled with typos, grammatical errors, logical inconsistencies, and other things that would have been caught by the editorial chain at a traditional publisher.

No longer seen as a practice in vanity, many self - publishers are now fully aware of the challenges they face, and how best to overcome these challenges.

I first started seriously writing in the mid-1980s when it was still called «vanity press» and saw commercial publication as a form of validation as an artist.

My point is self - publishing these days is no longer seen as a «last resort» or some «vanity» exercise.

Self - publishing, or vanity publishing as it is often called, is the process of printing your own book (see Resources).

It's not seen as «vanity» anymore.

One way for an author to see their book in print is to self - publish, but since that became more acceptable some vanity publishers try to pass themselves off as self - publishers.

The truth is that because a vanity press is not selective in the work that it publishes, books published under a true vanity press are not seen as prestigious or as credible as those published elsewhere.

There was an age when «vanity publishing», as they called it then, was the high - end of the market and the idea that an author can see their book through exactly the way they wanted it, should produce the most beautiful books.

Other authors may see this work published by a vanity press as a stepping stone to get a traditional publishing house's attention for a second work.

PublishAmerica identified itself as «traditional» to distinguish itself from vanity presses, which — historically — charged authors for the privilege of seeing their work in print, rather than paying authors for the privilege of publishing it.

The second booksellers see a vanity press or publishing service name we automatically regard the book as amateurish.

While the works by these artists reveal traditional themes, including impersonation, reinvention, self - consciousness, vanity and the complex game of seeing a mirrored image, the exhibition will also explore how issues of identity and self - portrayal were bent in new directions in the 20th century as if refracted through a prism.

While I suspect some of his former partners will see the book as nothing more than a vanity project and an attempt by Bacal to distance himself from the firm's demise, I think that would be simply sour grapes on their part.

Overall, then, I'm generally pleased with the OnePlus 5, though I'd question the focus on vanity specs like 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage over features increasingly seen as table stakes in the high - end world, like water resistance and a bright 2K display.

Warm metal details, as seen in the gold - leafed nightstand, the vintage chairs and this Murano glass vanity tray, connect the master bedroom to the rest of the house.

The vanity was a great find and you'll see why as you keep reading.

As you can see, we also removed the pedestal sink and replaced it with this vanity that I got on sale from Horchow.

As you can see, for the most part everything is tucked away and her vanity has plenty of space for her to beautify!

I think it works great with both vintage - style vanities (as seen below) and more modern minimal ones to create contrast.

The new master bath is one of the most potent examples of the blending of styles, with clean marble countertops and matching white vanities offset by wood surfaces in natural finish as seen in the framed mirror seen here.

And, as you can see, we had old carpet in the vanity area and vinyl in the water closet.

I had been inspired by a friend who had turned her dresser into a vanity, and then started to see a lot of «different» furniture pieces being used as vanities.

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We achieved both by adding crown moulding (not seen), a large scale floral wallpaper and an antique dresser that was repurposed as a vanity.