Sentences with phrase «than successful authors»

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Rhonda Abrams, author of The Successful Business Plan and founder / CEO of The Planning Shop says that if you haven't met your potential investor face - to - face, your business plan is more important than ever.
-- Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of Drive and A Whole New Mind «In this valuable guide Chris Guillebeau shows that transforming an idea into a successful business can be easier than you think... You are in charge of which ideas deserve your time, and this book can help you wake up every morning eager to progress to the next step.»
To make sure most disagreements end in resolution rather than shouting, tears and a huge slice of parental guilt, Eric Barker, author of Barking Up The Wrong Tree, a book of science - based advice for leading a more successful life, offers four tips for successfully tackling confrontation with your child.
The authors wrote, «It is critical to understand how people react to evidence of bias in order to implement successful interventions designed to decrease it, particularly given mounting evidence that non-stigmatized group members (i.e., White men) may respond differently than other individuals.»
The authors say: «Celebrations were something to look forward to; they gave a feeling of unity and the brief illusion of being at home... Perhaps this emphasis on religious observance was less a sign of innate piety than an intuitive psychological insight on the part of the more successful leaders.»
Authors of the paper are optimistic that they have demonstrated a successful head transplant technique that assumes substantially fewer risks than those attempted in the past.
At least in these older women, weight maintenance and fitness, rather than weight loss, «may be a more successful strategy for optimizing both bone and metabolic health,» the authors concluded.
So, rather than encouraging negative emotional associations with food, here are some suggestions from a few of my favorite experts: Dr. William Sears, author of The Successful Child, Dr. Cathryn Tobin, author of The Parent's Problem Solver, and Dr. Jane Nelsen, author of Positive Discipline A-Z.
Dr. Okiror authored and co-authored successful grants of more than $ 1.5 million for programs at UAPB that support student success and faculty development.
He is the author of more than 24 books, including two New York Times number one best sellers and two of the most successful books of the 1990s.
HB 674 (Johnson / Garcia)-- TCTA was successful in persuading the bill's author to include the school campus behavior coordinator (in current law due to previous TCTA - initiated legislation), in a school district positive behavior program, and to make annual staff training on the program permissive rather than mandatory.
The report's authors call on admissions officers to emphasize that they expect successful students to perform community service in high school and focus on the quality, rather than number, of extracurricular activities.
Blogs are usually specifically themed hubs, rather than broad general interest platforms so I would have to say that choosing early on what it is you are actually selling and / or promoting and then sticking with it is how the more successful bloggers and authors build their lists.
I'd submit that there's a reason Amazon is more successful than B&N — more respect for their customers and their authors.
You Can Publish Yourself and Be Successful In this book, the author explains the methods he's used to successfully publish e-book and print books which are selling better than any of his traditionally - published books.
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Although so far crowdfunding has proven more successful in funding films and music, rather than book projects, it could provide an answer to authors» funding and publicity conundrums.
Successful self - published authors tend to promote themselves more effectively than the average trad pub author.
While some argue that the growing mountain of books makes it harder than ever for any single title to succeed, people like Keith Ogorek, author of 7 Secrets of Successful Self - Published Authors, say that this time, our time, is the best time ever to be an author.
It's both inspirational and depressing to watch someone else sell more books than you are (I'm often in that position, with the crazy successful indie authors I hang out with)-- but that the most important thing is to keep writing, keep improving, keep putting out your best work, and keep finding ways for your audience to find you.
They may know the publisher and editor of the New York Times Book Review, but how many authors can get a New York Times book review other than the authors who are already successful?
You won't find a simpler explanation of the writer's toolbox than Stephen King's On Writing, not to mention it's a great peek into the writing process of one of the most successful authors of our times.
She was a bestselling author there, and they tried to make the terms in the contract of her second book series worse than the terms for her first very successful series.
With more than a million books sold to date, Adam Croft is one of the most successful independently published authors in the world, and one of the biggest selling authors of the past year.
It might not have the flashiest of designs, but they've done more than 1,100 successful tours over 5 years, and they have many successful authors using their services.
Then last week, author Eden Baylee sought Spreecast's help in hosting a wrap up party for the hugely successful IndiesUnite4Joshua campaign on IndieGoGo.com; the two hour event was simply a fun show of gratitude to everyone who supported author Maxwell Cynn's son in his struggle with leukemia, and the archived Spreecast event has had well over 2,000 page views so far in addition to helping the campaign more than meet its goal of $ 10,000.
It is much easier for Amazon to steal successful authors than find new ones.
I know there are dozens of other Indie authors doing the same or much better than I am, so I think there is a bright future for any good author to strike out on their own and be successful.
The traditional publishing industry no longer seems to want to «nurture» /» guide» new authors and accompany them on a long and hopefully successful career; instead, they want writers who will hit the «bestseller» list with their very first novel and sell more than 20 000 copies in a flash (I may be exaggerating with the numbers but I don't think I'm that far off!).
Okay, the definitions sound simple enough, but the truth is, most authors would rather write an entire novel than struggle over these few words that are critical to successful marketing.
The Master Communicator's Writing Services also recognizes the importance of a successful book project to a first - time author and it gives us no greater thrill than to see you proudly adoringly hold your first book «baby.»
I also set up a blog on wordpress.com, where I thought I would post a lot about historical fiction, but it ended up almost exclusively being about my journey as a self - published author (which turned out to be much more successful than I could have ever predicted.)
Authors are more aware than ever that being successful requires the mindset of running a small company — distribution, branding, publicity, exposure, social media interaction.
It's like saying, «the average successful indie author makes much more than $ 1000.»
Successful authors take charge of their sales, rather than just write, hope, and pray.
More than three - quarters of Lulu's most successful authors dedicated 10 hours or less to the marketing of their book each week.
It has gotten to the point where agents are recommending their authors self publish, rather than go through a publisher, and many publishers are snatching up successful self published authors and signing them to contracts to keep themselves relevant.
From the initial planning stages through the book events themselves, perhaps no other group has the range of insight into what authors do to create successful appearances than bookstore event coordinators.
The difference in income between successful traditionally published authors and successful self - published authors is getting narrower each day, with many self - published authors now making much, much more than their trad pub counterparts.
This shift in mindset is key for successful authors and if you do the same, it will make you a better business author than 90 % of those other authors out there.
In other words, for Michael Port, as for many other successful authors, book publishing is primarily a means to an end rather than providing a major part of his income.
From the initial planning stages through the events themselves, perhaps no other group has the range of insight into what authors do to create successful appearances than bookstore event coordinators.
In an account better than spy fiction, Jennet Conant shows Dahl progressing from reluctant diplomat to sly man - about - town, parlaying his morale - boosting wartime propaganda work into a successful career as an author, which leads to his entrée into the Roosevelt White House and Hyde Park and initiation into British intelligence's elite dirty tricks squad, all in less than three years.
And you'll learn why having a successful author blog is easier than you think.
HA HA HA HA HA That's why you hate successful indie authors, you envy those that have are having more success than you.
It's both inspirational and depressing to watch someone else sell more books than you are (I'm often in that position, with the crazy successful indie authors... Read More
Authors at Outskirts Press are statistically more successful selling books via wholesale channels (like Amazon) than authors from other self - publishingAuthors at Outskirts Press are statistically more successful selling books via wholesale channels (like Amazon) than authors from other self - publishingauthors from other self - publishing firms.
Judith has authored and published more than 28 books, won multiple awards and has converted her expertise into savvy, doable strategies for authors who want to create, achieve and be financially successful.
Mark Coker, CEO and founder of the hugely successful ebook distribution platform Smashwords, wrote a blog poston how the sales figures for an indie author versus those of a traditionally published author can demonstrate something that not many in the industry know: a traditional publishing deal might actually do more harm than good for an author.
And I think you can't stress enough that although new authors tend to think in terms of their publisher (singular) if you are successful you are likely to have more than one publisher, at least eventually if not soon, and you need somewhere that brings together all your books.
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