Sentences with phrase «with subsequent books»

I've read that self - publishing is a «long - tail» game... revenues often increase with subsequent books, adding to an author's never - vanishing catalog, assuming readers like them.

Make the connections you'll need to consistently grow your author brand and see increased sales with each subsequent book you release.

Not exact matches

MarketCap / GVA is better correlated with actual subsequent S&P 500 total returns than price / forward earnings, the Fed Model, the Shiller P / E, price / book, price / dividend, Tobin's Q, market capitalization to GDP, price / revenue and every other valuation ratio we've developed or examined in market cycles across history.

It was in Kindleberger's book that I also first learned about the impact of the Franco - Prussian War of 1870 - 71 and the subsequent reparations payments on global financial markets (which I discuss extensively in a February blog entry) and in unleashing the final stage of a global liquidity bubble that ended with the various panics of 1873.

As to whether or not we must affirm that the flood encompassed the entire orb of the earth, the text would seem to teach this and subsequent texts would tend to corroborate this, but there is some flexibility with regards to the first eleven chapters of the Book of Genesis, as expressed in the encyclical «Humani Generis» of Pope Pius XII:

One hopes that subsequent books on faith and aging will engage the social research, allow the old to speak more for themselves, and moderate prescription with description.

In my book Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation, I point out that in the original Hebrew version the word for «the Lord» that calls Abraham to sacrifice his son is very different than the word for the angel of God (YHVH) who tells Abraham to NOT GO THROUGH WITH IT, and that the reason we Jews celebrate Abraham as the father of our people is NOT because of his faith in being willing to carry out this violent and bloody act, but rather because he was able to hear the voice of God as a voice that allowed him (and through him all subsequent Jewish and Muslim believers) to NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE OF GOD.

His idea of a «new synthesis», proposed mainly in his book Catholicism: A New Synthesis and developed in his many theological and philosophical essays, was an attempt to grapple precisely with the issues we have spoken of: the post-Cartesian «turn to the subject» (that is: the loss of faith in the objectivity of knowledge and the subsequent exclusive concern of philosophy with the self and the subjective idea as the norm of «truth») and the philosophy of evolution with its implications for a dynamic rather than a static universe.

With his subsequent usher textbooks, autobiography (There Is life Beyond Name Tags, Dude Books, 2001), magazine (Badge and Bulletin, the only ushering magazine including a centerfold portrait) and cultlike following, Glibface had almost singlehandedly brought ushering into the sunlight of ecclesiastical celebrity ~ To his fame are credited such innovative strategies as parhug valets; tour guides, computerized seating readouts - for latecomers, and Roy Dude University's School of Usherology.

This scenario repeated itself over the next few years as each subsequent Lucado book connected like wildfire with readers in our university town.

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.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

I think what is being discussed in the article and subsequent book have a lot to do with mutual respect more than anything else.

Her subsequent books on postpartum depression, The Postpartum Husband: Practical Solutions for Living with Postpartum Depression (xlibris, 2001) and What Am I Thinking?

The book might look intimidating to read at first, being almost 400 pages in length, but it's nicely broken up into the stages of a subsequent pregnancy, starting from the days and weeks following the initial loss with questions to consider, then covering, a future pregnancy.

According to Lester Brown, author of the 2003 book, Plan B (and three subsequent updates) and founder of the non-profit environmental think tank, Earth Policy Institute, the plan is based on replacing the fossil - fuel - based, automobile - centered, throwaway economy with a new economic model powered by abundant sources of renewable energy.

The author wrote about her breakup with her former long - time love in her book, along with the subsequent relationships that followed.

A random comment or question about a book a woman's reading or the fact she's drawing in a sketchbook has led to many hour - long conversations and subsequent dates with women I've sat next to in coffee shops.

[One could read this story as a symbolic tale of Eden like the early chapters of the Biblical book of Genesis, with its prototypical Adam and Eve characters, the natural bounty of God's generous gifts, the biting of the apple, temptation, sin, and subsequent banishment from «heaven» by the coming of a fiery «hell.»]

Further, there is difficulty in the poetic license granted by the viewer to the gifted writers Collee and Amiel, whereby they crafted a carefully woven story - line around three main events in Darwin's life: 1) the problem of publication of the book by Darwin tied in with 2) his own struggle with his ailing health (possibly psychosomatic) as a result of the 3) subsequent trauma due to of the loss of his firstborn, Annie Darwin, for whom he had great affection.

The Wizard of Oz hit that with the Judy Garland version; I believe all subsequent versions have either been based on different books in the series (Return to Oz) or had a radically different take on it (The Wiz).

The plot of the book, of course, has little to do with the subsequent tale (Tolkien made cosmetic changes to the novel to align it better with the sequel — nothing too drastic), but The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug goes out of its way to connect these long - winded cinematic adaptations to the ones that preceded it.

The subsequent pages of A Little Pigeon Toad, and the other books by Fred Gwynne, are filled with distinctly American expressions such as that one.

The first episode, available free for iPad (subsequent episodes are about five dollars), has more in common with Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) books than your usual zombie video game.

In urban schools learning is offered in disconnected jolts.The work of the day is unconnected with the work of preceding days or subsequent ones.Life in urban schools is comprised of specific periods and discrete days each of which is forced to stand entirely on its own.If homework is not done, or books not taken home (behaviors which are universal for males and almost so for females by the completion of the upper elementary grades), everything students are taught must be compressed into isolated periods of «stand alone» days.Teachers and principals, as well as students, survive one day at a time.

Subsequent chapters in this book will be aimed at providing you with tools for helping students gain meaningful access to deeper comprehension and analysis of what they read.

Jane Friedman, too (http://janefriedman.com/) has also suggested that in much genre fiction (Romance in particular), authors spend their energy being prolific — they assume that each subsequent book will be better than the last, because we improve with practice.

It succeeds as a standalone read, as a prologue brings readers up to date with a concise description of Saville's alternative world, while an intriguing author's note explains the very real history behind the book: a Nazi plan to «quarantine» Jews in Poland beginning in 1939, and the subsequent unsuccessful Nazi «Madagaskar - Projekt,» hatched by SS leader Heinrich Himmler in 1940.

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.

Working with a book publicist prior to the launch of your first book is a smart move, because if you know how to hire a publicist, and then learn from her on your debut release, you'll be well positioned to self - market your subsequent releases.

With the «no royalty» option limited to your first book and demand for subsequent books you've written increasing, libraries are more likely to buy subsequent books through the only channel you've made available for those books — the one that pays you a royalty.

Content concerns, for which I dearly wish there was a rating system, or something, as well as with indie books, I am tired of the subsequent books in the series being half or less the length of the first.

I sold zero books when I launched my first book back in 2008 but became an Amazon bestseller with my first and subsequent novels after I applied everything I had learned.

The subsequent books have been a rollicking, eccentric saga, full of wicked humor and clever charm, as with book # 10, Six and a Half Deadly Sins.

The journey is full of an overwhelming number of doors, books, bags and unfamiliar faces, and with each subsequent illustration the viewer feels the gnawing apprehension that engulfs the rabbit's heart.

With the release of each of her subsequent, well - received books — Man of My Dreams, American Wife and, now, Sisterland — she has stumped those wanting to relegate her to any one category of writers.

This report is part of the first phase of that Gates Foundation - funded research: an analysis of the way people read in the digital era — especially the way they read books.8 Subsequent reports will cover how librarians and patrons perceive the situation with e-books and other digital content, and how people in different kinds of communities (urban, suburban, and rural) compare in their reading habits.

But I didn't go ahead with that for the subsequent books because they were looking for world English rights.

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.

Because we are with Kindle Direct Publishing, and our book is available in Kindle Unlimited, over the 10 days subsequent to the promotion, we averaged just over 20,000 pages read per day.

the norm for a new author, especially one with a series (like O'Connell's) is I'll try it at $ 0.99 or $ 1.99 for the first book of the series and if I like it, buy subsequent books in the series for a higher price.

I suspect also that the print books will become more collectible, possibly even more expensive (and rare), with a subsequent increase in quality.

And I've sold the books more quickly with each subsequent release, and only three of them are available on Amazon.

Don't let anxiety over what might happen with the first book interfere with the writing of subsequent books.

He also helped me with a suggestion for my first books synopsis, achieving a far better result than I, which I subsequently used, the basis of which has helped me with other synopsis written for subsequent books.

Authors working with me on their subsequent books in a series can enjoy negotiated rates.

Interwoven with Laura's first - person narrative is the text of the book she's writing: an account of her grandparents» meeting and subsequent romance in Aleppo, Syria, set against the backdrop of the Armenian genocide and the last days of the Ottoman Empire.

Though in a few cases this helps an author get reviews for subsequent books, most reviewers said they decide whether or not to read new books by previously reviewed authors based on the content and quality of the book, and not by their relationship with the author.

Lots of fiction writers reel in readers with series, often by pricing their first book lower, then subsequent books higher.

Other authors with whom I was not familiar but followed this model of «first book free, subsequent books reasonably priced» have earned my following and the loyalty of my pocketbook (Evan Curry, for one, comes to mind).