Sentences with phrase «what book editors»

But the other day, Murderati had a post by Tess Gerritsen about what book editors are up against and I thought it was really informative and fun because she took some photos.

The agents know what the book editors are interested in buying these days.

What the word editing connotes to most people — correcting and improving an author's text — is only part of what book editors do.

Not exact matches

As my editor at Penguin told me, «It's not what a book is, it's what a book does.»

Free your mind Don't be afraid to give your product away, Chris Anderson says, you'll figure out how to make money later The secret to success in the digital age is giving people what they want — literally, says Chris Anderson, the editor of Wired and author of the controversial new book Free: The Future of a Radical Price.

In my new book How to get PR for your startup: Traction Jez Walters, Editor, What's New in Publishing.

Daniel Pink, a contributing editor at Wired and author of the blockbuster A Whole New Mind, has made human motivation the subject of his new book, Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us.

He is the million - selling author or editor of 31 books, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers, MOJO and What Got You Here Won't Get You There — a WSJ # 1 business book and winner of the Harold Longman Award for Business Book of the Ybook and winner of the Harold Longman Award for Business Book of the YBook of the Year.

THE FIRST LINE OF THE ARTICLE: Editor's note: Marya Hornbacher's latest book, «Waiting: A Nonbeliever's Higher Power,» explores what spirituality can mean to the recovering person who does not believe in God.

What we do with this difference in the two creation accounts is, first, acknowledge it, and second, explain that they are both there because each was a part of one of the two or three sacred traditions put together by an editor to make up the book of Genesis.

Editor's note: Daniel A. Helminiak, who was ordained a priest in Rome, is a theologian, psychotherapist and author of «What the Bible Really Says about homosexuality» and books on contemporary spirituality.

And what do you say to the multiple books that were left out of the bible because they didn't align with what the editors wanted to say.

Maybe DeRouchie as the editor for the book did not adequately explain to the contributing authors what exactly the purpose of this book was.

Editor's note: Marya Hornbacher's latest book, «Waiting: A Nonbeliever's Higher Power,» explores what spirituality can mean to the recovering person who does not believe in God.

Editor's Note: Philip Carr - Gomm is a writer whose books include What Do Druids Believe?

When the editors of The American Scholar asked him what book published in the past ten years did he find himself going or thinking back to, Brown replied: «I want to name Owen Barfield's Saving the Appearances10 Altizer writes of the same work: «I believe that this book is potentially one of the truly seminal works of our time.

Unknown to him, and unknown to anyone except me, an editor had emailed me that morning and asked if he could publish what eventually became my first book, Deluded by Dawkins?

Our editor came across these books by Ruth Spiro — Baby Loves Aerospace Engineering and Baby Loves Quarks — when her 3 year old started schooling everyone on what a quark is, she knew she wanted to share them with every parent she knows!

-- Emma Bing, lifestyle editor at WhatToExpect.com and daughter of What to Expect book series author Heidi Murkoff

Michael Lemonick, opinion editor at Scientific American, talks about his most recent book, The Perpetual Now: A Story of Amnesia, Memory and Love, about Lonni Sue Johnson, who suffered a specific kind of brain damage that robbed her of much of her memory and her ability to form new memories, and what she has revealed to neuroscientists about memory and the brain.

And in your letter from the editor, you talk about having read Mary Roach's book Stiff, which is a long explication on the subject — and we just had Mary on talking about her Mars book — but in our shorter version we go through skeletally, if you will, you know what happens to your body after you die.

This week on the podcast: We'll hear a little more from Alan Weisman, author of the best - selling book, «The World without Us, which is at its core — gigantic thought experiment, what would happen if human beings suddenly disappeared and we'll talk to Scientific American editor in chief, John Rennie, about some big doings at the magazine.

«It was very difficult for the underwriter to figure out what the odds were» of someone coming up with a valid solution, says Karen Rinaldi, an editor with Bloomsbury USA, the book's American publisher.

Jeffrey Selingo, editor at large at the Chronicle of Higher Education and author of the newly released book «College (Un) bound: The Future of Higher Education and What It Means for Students,» recently told NPR's Morning Edition that while amenities are nice, many are over the top.

Editor's note: This book brings together 97 short stories that seek to answer the question «what will the future look like?»

So, I asked my fellow editors what new wellness book they're packing in their beach bags this weekend.

Health's Medical Editor Roshini Rajapaksa, MD (a.k.a. «Dr. Raj»)-- an assistant professor of medicine at New York University Medical Center and co-author of our book What the Yuck?!

«You might feel uncomfortable filling out these personal questions, but the upside is that you meet someone who meets your needs and what you're looking for,» said Mark Books, editor of Online Personals Watch.

And of course, coming from a fashion editor, it's filled with tips and advice of what to wear when you're there, what to pack and a secret address book of the best places to shop when you reach your destination.

He was formerly Official Sidekick AKA Deputy Editor at superhero / comic book fan - site A Place to Hang Your Cape (www.ap2hyc.com) and has also written for WhatCulture, Yahoo! Movies, and theatre review site What's Peen Seen (now defunct).

And though Hacker and Dreifus, a former Queens College political science professor (and frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books) and a veteran science reporter and editor, respectively, turn in what appears to be a useful essay about the challenges ahead for the CCSS, Peter Cunningham, a former assistant secretary of education, says that Hacker and Dreifus themselves «contribute greatly to the confusion and misinformation surrounding the issue of learning standards.»

Described by Schools Week editor, Laura McInerney, as «a cult must - have among education professionals», the book explores what wise leaders do, and how they can create an environment where staff flourish.

If you have the money, and that's a big «if», but let's say you do, then what's your best guideline for finding an editor who won't make your book worse rather than better?

I'm also an editor, so I had an inkling of what I was in for when I self - published my first book.

And literary agents meet with editors and publishers first (or call them on the phone), to tell them what the book is about.

Curated by Scholastic Book Club editors, this list aims to help families discover new books to add to their home libraries, as well as showcase what kids will want in books when reading for fun.

It cost more than some other professionals with whom I've since consulted (I'm on my 2nd book now... and no, I don't plan to self - publish this one), but then I've heard other friends talk about freelance editors who charge double what iUniverse did.

«For those of you wondering what next,» I told everyone, including my unsuspecting editors from HarperCollins, «I can promise you that there will be more books.

Depending on what your publisher has planned for your book (which an editor often shares with you and your agent 6 months to a year before your book launches), and depending on your budget, a freelance publicist (who usually works on fewer books at any time than an in - house publicist) can supplement or enhance what your in - house publicist will be doing.

What about posts by those who provide services to writers, like editors, cover artists, book videos, epublishing, etc.?

If an agent or editor doesn't want to know what happens, he / she won't read the synopsis until after reading the book.

Although Maxwell Perkins was an editor, not a book agent, I hope this profile has started to give you some idea of what an old school literary agent is all about.

It tells would - be authors what agents and editors look for in book proposals, with advice on how you can tailor your book proposal for the market at which you're aiming.

This is normally what a Proof Editor would do, checking the final «proof» versions of the book, but there's no reason you can't do it yourself and save a little money.

Upside # 3: If you are good at blurbs and back cover copy, the editor will see it on your book and be able to use what you have written, which will save them time in writing them (Yes, editors write blurbs and back cover copy).

Always write what you enjoy reading, don't give up if your first book doesn't take off, and find yourself a good editor!

Kevin Larimer, editor in chief of Poets & Writers, leads a conversation with editors Jeff Shotts of Graywolf Press and Chuck Adams of Algonquin Books and authors Jeffrey Yang and Amy Rowland about what it means to be published by an independent press, the author - editor relationship, and how they work together to reach readers.

Publishers employ editors and artists who have particular notions (based on professional experience with what sells and what doesn't) about how your book should sound and look to appeal to specific reader tastes.

Other top editors, including the venerable Harvey Ginsberg, would squire her books through the process of publication, but while she touches on advances and print runs and marketing plans, Godwin, sadly, doesn't really provide much insight into what she calls the «dance partnership» between author and editor.

Then after working on my first children's book with my editor from California she mentioned that what I need to do is attend a «pitch slam.»