Sentences with phrase «want out of a publishing»

The onus is really on authors to insist on what they want out of a publishing contract.

Jennifer Joel, whose clients include Chris Cleave, Joe McGinniss Jr., Evan Osnos, and Shonda Rhimes, talks about the difference between selling fiction and nonfiction, what inspires her to go the extra mile for her authors, and what writers should really want out of publishing.

i believe knowing what you want out of the publishing process is the first step to being successful, and for each of us that goal is different.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

I want to be able to really go out there and set a clear vision for the future of this type of publishing.

«The publishing companies have to get into this area if they want to stay competitive,» says a spokesperson for Hayden Book Co., which bought out Programma International, publisher of the Apple Pie word - processing program.

GORDON T LONG: Right now I am pretty well restricted to my work because I am retired, I'm an investor, I just manage my own money and I do this work to really narrow in on where my investing should be, but I publish and put all of this at www.matasii.com and there's a subscription service for it depending on what kind of detail you want to go down to, but a lot of it is right out on a public page.

If you want us to publish One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, merely cross out this one problem line.

Books have always been overpriced, and publishing companies and individual authors who want to control the price of books had better figure out a new way to make money... and quick.

I simply want to thank you for publishing a book that speaks to me at this time in my life, giving me an example of someone who has made a major, and ultimately fulfilling, life decision and has come out on the other side!

I could have easily posted my own smoothie recipe, but wanted to publish one of theirs because I have used their books for years and wanted to give them a shout out.

AST publish survey results that show the percentage of Arsenal fans who want Wenger out has risen from 78 % to 100 % Gazidis does not listen.

You don't want to get your care from some unprofessional idiots who leave you to labor on your own with 1 cm dilation * that stretches to 4 cm with a buldging bag * with contractions (the mom edited this fact out of her current story, but forgot to delete it from her originally published story).

Cameron has made it clear that he wants to reduce the cost of politics and has set out plans to make the House of Commons «smaller and more efficient» by cutting the number of MPs by 10 % and publishing details of their expenses online.

That is why I didn't want the media to come out to announce it, just to protect the image of the school and the town as well, nothing else,... I don't want anything to go against the school that was the reason why I was trying to prevent journalists from publishing the story», he revealed.

I think that may be for want of space, Punch could only publish a few of the comments that trailed that most awful outing by Mr President.

Like many young scientists these days, after embarking on a research career, I realised that although I was fascinated by all aspects of science — especially my own field of ecology — I did not want to spend the next 30 years writing grant proposals, carrying out experiments, and publishing technical articles.

Szilágyi uses the same kind of strategy — deciding first where he wants to be and then figuring out how to get there — to publish his research.

This study, published in Springer's Journal of Business and Psychology, wants to find out how perceptions about leaders» power bases might explain why angry leaders are considered to be more powerful than sad leaders, yet still score lower on their leadership report cards.

Attendees at Burning Man, the famously free - wheeling yearly Nevada art gathering, don't usually take note of new genomic sequences, but they may want to check out a paper published today in Genome Biology.

Eisen still wants to see free access to alternative archives as well: «I remain absolutely convinced that the real future of publishing, five years out, is one in which nobody controls the literature.»

Lauren is also the author of Maybe It's You: Cut the Crap, Face Your Fears, Love Your Life (published by Hachette Book Group, April 2017), a no - nonsense, practical manual that helps readers figure out not just what they want out of life but how to actually get there.

According to a study published in the Hellenic Journal of Psychology, there are three main reasons you could be unmotivated: either you lack the skills or competency to carry out the activity, you can not see the link between the activity and the end goal, or you don't want to act because you see no value or interest in the activity.

In a review published this month in the journal Current Directions in Psychological Science, Galak and his co-authors examined previous research about commonly held gift - giving beliefs, including how much a gift should cost, whether a gift should be a surprise, and what people on both ends of the exchange really want out of it.

In a Tuesday statement published on the center's website, NCOSE executive director Dawn Hawkins called out «multiple scenes where a dog character must have its private parts inspected, in the course of which the dog is uncomfortable and wants to stop but is told to go to a «zen place,»» content expected to raise film executives» eyebrows in the #MeToo era.

More Muriels goodness: I confess I still haven't had a chance to read everything that was published during the epic «ceremony» (February 16 - March 6), but I know you'll want to check out Dennis Cozzalio's appreciations of Nicole Holofcener's «Please Give» and Emma Stone, Kent M. Beeson on watching «Toy Story 3» with his three - year - old daughter; Kenji Fujishima on «Vertigo»; Ali Arikan on «The Ghost Writer»; Alison Willmore on David Fincher; Adam Lemke on «Everyone Else; Marya Murphy on «True Grit»; and much, much more...

They'd been out of touch for years, but Edward wanted to share his lifelong dream of getting his novel published.

When I asked my children and other students their thoughts, none of them objected to the idea of their work being published — but said that if after a student was given the details, they still wanted to opt - out, they hoped, and felt a teacher should, respect their wishes and not publish the work.

The article did make reference to studies that question the benefits for students of Success for All, but if you would still like to learn more you might want to check out an article recently published in Education Week.

A highly structured bureaucracy controls teacher certification and training, says C. Emily Feistritzer, president of the National Center for Education Information (NCEI) in Washington D.C. «Anyone who wants to make more new teachers available can begin by dismantling this elaborate system, which locks out potentially highly qualified teachers while accrediting many who don't belong in the classroom,» Feistritzer says in a story, («The Truth Behind the «Teacher Shortage»»), originally published by the Wall Street Journal in January.

Let us explain a brutal reality of the publishing biz in the 21st century: Like almost every other agent or publisher out there, we don't want to see your manuscript.

The world of Lulu to print out your masterpiece and PDF files easily made and a paypal system on your website would make quick work to someone who wanted to «self publish» their work without much overhead.

I talked with one author last month, someone who's very experienced — like, they are not new to the publishing industry — and they wanted to know why they weren't seeing sales in like the hundreds of copies per day, and their book had only been out a week.

I'd say each self - publisher should decide for themselves whether traditional publishing is the way to go; everyone is different in what they want out of their career.

Opting Out of Sales on Amazon.com If you're a self - publishing author you need to make sure you're visible to people who want to find you on the internet.

And since both fans and Kris wanted to see more Retrieval Artist books, Kris sold the out - of - print Retrieval Artist books to WMG Publishing Inc. and the books all came out with new covers that branded them to science fiction and as a series.

Wilson: I came out of a corporate publishing background and felt that some of the things I'd wanted to do were difficult to do in a corporate context.

In today's world, there are too many companies that are trying to take the self out of self publishing and I really encourage all authors to remember that when you make the decision to self publish, you have decided that you want to make it about you and your choices.

EL: There are many people out there who want to become published but are never hit by that lightning bolt of acceptance.

When selecting these 10 titles, I wanted to offer titles that are 1) in print, and (relatively) readily available at reasonable prices (so I tried to avoid out of print titles, and anything that hasn't been published in English); 2) showed the variety of shojo manga stories and styles; and 3) offered options for tweens, teens & twenty - something shojo manga readers.

However, as publishers make a grab for perpetual e-rights, etc., and as they screw up publishing of ebooks, I then wonder if I want to hold off on traditional publishing until I see how things settle out in terms of authors keeping or getting back rights.

Also, I want to be clear to all of you traditional - published old - timers out there who keep telling writers this isn't a problem.

doesn't that list get broken out to various types of membership depending on whether a member is actively pursuing a writing career, is already published, or just wants to support the industry

If I just wanted to run a digital publishing house I could do it with four or five employees and freelance all the services out of house.

«Beta read is the idea that before I get this out there, I want some feedback, so a lot of self - published authors, myself included, will actually hire a story editor to give feedback.

Unfortunately, there's a lot of misinformation out there, and because of this whole new explosion of self - publishing and stuff, there are people that kind of want to take advantage of authors.

If using someone out of house, tell her as much as you can about your publishing business, and let her know who your competitors are so she can check out what they are doing — you'll want to differentiate yourself from them, while making sure your book fits into its genre.

Colbert even spoke out in support of Hachette and its authors on his show by calling for a boycott, saying that Amazon «wants to control book selling, book buying, and even book publishing, and that is a national tragedy... if this is to be the new American way, then maybe it has to be changed, by law if necessary, immediately, if not sooner.»

They usually pick out of indie published authors, not agent - submitted; don't call them, they'll email you asking you to accept a call if they want you.

There is a ton of fantastic information out there and everything you could possibly want to learn about publishing, but the volume of it is difficult to weed through.