Sentences with phrase «subsequent book deal»

That's the opening line I used in Erika Armstrong's final query letter that landed her a great agent and subsequent book deal.

Not exact matches

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

In fact, several of our EAP graduates have been offered traditional deals on subsequent books.

A couple of years ago, Amanda Hocking came on the self - publishing scene with several YA ebooks priced at 99 cents (for book 1s) and $ 2.99 (for subsequent books) and had legendary sales that led to a legendary two - million - dollar traditional publishing deal.

Writers accepted into our Emerging Author Program are positioned to land a traditional deal on subsequent books.

While questions of artistic merit and marketing effectiveness are central to the importance of a book cover, and the professional standing of many cover - design providers is all over the map, I'm going to deal with those issues (and more) in subsequent posts.

If your first (and second, third, etc.) book does not sell well, the chances of you getting subsequent deals decrease exponentially.

We will not take any royalties from any sale or subsequent deal as we believe that authors that print their book upfront shouldn't have to pay extra costs if their hard work makes the big time!

Subsequent books... not so much: they drove a harder deal.

When news of the fraud came to light, Berkley Books announced that it would cancel the book's Feb. 3 release, a move which has sent those involved in the book deal as well as a subsequent sale of movie right scurrying to their lawyers to «protect their interests.»