Sentences with phrase «work of book launches»

Members also get together to share the cost and work of book launches and literary / publishing events.

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«Before the internet and globalization, you could drive a business on a few successful market launches,» says Ken Tencer, CEO of Spyder Works, a Toronto - and NYC - based business consulting firm and co-author of two books on innovation — The 90 % Rule and Cause a Disturbance.

When Wattpad launched in 2006 as an online — and now mobile — community for readers and writers to share free books, CEO Allen Lau and his team were working out of a drab cubicle farm in Toronto's north end, with bankers and accountants for neighbours.

He made $ 1,500 during the launch of his book, «Profit Hacking,» and closed more than $ 17,000 in client work.

The opposition has launched what Lewis describes as «essentially a political campaign» to minimise the impact of his book and the work of IEX.

When I'm in a season of intense work, say launching something new or writing a book, people know they will see less of me.

Speaking at the launch of the book at the British Council on Wednesday, former President John Agyekum Kufour, who is the Senior Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of England stated Freemasonry is charity work.

In December there was the launch of a book of poetry dedicated to his work, written by one of his fans.

So, while it may not have the lure of the multicoloured Epindorff tube, or the glamour of fiction publishing (the life of an academic book editor is certainly not one long launch party), I wouldn't want to do anything else... well, except maybe work with those spotty monsters!

And another interesting thing I noticed was I was working out a lot, especially right before my book launch because I was like, «Oh, I want to look amazing for all of my book launch events and stuff,» so I was doing intense workouts.

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Due to the focus of my work and the accountability I feel toward my clients and community, on top of the fact that I was traveling to New York to launch my book, I certainly wasn't going to go overboard and throw away everything I'd worked so hard for on a wild night out.

In 1984, the Walt Disney Company launched the Touchstone Pictures banner with Splash, a PG - rated romantic comedy / fantasy that handily became the studio's top - grossing work in an otherwise dormant year (reissues of Pinocchio and The Jungle Book were the only other reels sent theaters» way.)

He created Project S.A.M.E. a US - Soviet Youth Exchange that brought students from the US and USSR together to advocate for peace; founded Students Concerned about Bias in Society (SCABS) who fought for implementation of Title IX in Maine schools; directed the University of Maine Aspirations Project and launched 35 statewide student leadership teams to bring students» voices to educational reform; conducted program evaluation research on the effects of the Maine Civil Rights Teams Project whose 50 student teams fought against bigotry and intolerance in Maine communities; founded the Center for School Climate and Learning and worked in hundreds of schools supporting students, teachers and administrators to bring youth voice to school reform in the US; co-authored two books, The Respectful School, and Transforming School Climate and Learning to share what I have learned.

Launched in September 2014, The Pigeonhole has been nominated for the Digital Innovation Awards at the London Book Fair, Future Book's Digital Campaign of the Year for its work promoting Ken Follett's A Column of Fire, and its founding editor Anna Jean Hughes was named as a Rising Star of the publishing industry by The Bookseller magazine.

Before you publish your work or query an agent, there are plenty of things you need to know — such as how to submit to agents properly, what social media to use, how to launch your book right, and much more.

Utilizing my almost two decades of sales, marketing, and training, plus my own experiences in social media and publishing, I learned how to brand myself, what pre-release activities work prior to book launch, all about Amazon, and what it takes to make my five books (Broken Places, Broken Pieces, A Walk In The Snark, and The Mancode: Exposed, The BadRedhead Media 30 - Day Book Marketing Challenge) and the newly released BadRedhead Media's How To Best Optimize Blog Posts For SEO, all Number One bestsellbook launch, all about Amazon, and what it takes to make my five books (Broken Places, Broken Pieces, A Walk In The Snark, and The Mancode: Exposed, The BadRedhead Media 30 - Day Book Marketing Challenge) and the newly released BadRedhead Media's How To Best Optimize Blog Posts For SEO, all Number One bestsellBook Marketing Challenge) and the newly released BadRedhead Media's How To Best Optimize Blog Posts For SEO, all Number One bestsellers!

I parted company with HarperCollins after my last book launch and have since taken back control of not just «brand Polly Courtney» but all the component parts of the publishing process: editing (I use a professional freelance editor as well as crowd - sourced readers) and cover design (I work directly with a designer, who has also worked on the second editions for my first two novels), production and distribution (I use Troubador Publishing) as well as promotion — which I'm finding far easier to do now that I'm proud of the product I'm promoting!

We're going to Canada for Christmas, then back to Taiwan, where I'll work on fiction first — I'll publish 5 books that are «part one» of independent series, do a massive launch, and experiment with all the book marketing hacks I learned this year.

The goal is to get your name and work in front of more readers, to boost the success of your book launch.

Well ahead of your book launch, you should start to work on building relationships with social media influencers.

Shawn and Austin also talked a bit more about what kind of launch services Austin does provide, and how those book launches work.

The first is to try and go to some other book launches and get an idea of what you think works.

Kobo, represented here by Diego Marano, is a generous industry sponsor of ALLi's work — in fact they kindly allowed us to launch ALLi's latest handbook, which I co-authored, on their stand at the London Book Fair earlier this year.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

I'm working on my first self published book, which I intend to launch sometime before the end of July.

In fact, launching a book is such a tremendous amount of work that an entire industry has sprung up to handle the undertaking — book marketing firms with hefty fees that can swiftly run... Continue Reading

The good news is that if you put in the effort from the very beginning, by the time your second, third, or fourth book comes out, you should have a solid base of readers to work from, a base developed from marketing activities associated with previous launches.

In addition to a good understanding of all the work it takes to launch a book, I now carry with me a deep appreciation of how difficult it is to «break through» as a writer and a profound sense of gratitude for my readers.

Writing a book is hard work, but after reading through this thoughtful and detailed post of a successful book launch, the writing looks like a piece of cake.

Determining which publishing option makes the most sense for YOU and your work, making sense of the resources you'll need to engage to publish your book, understanding the marketing efforts required to launch your book into the widest universe of your readers... that's the mission.

Now you know why traditional book giveaways don't work and how you can launch your own campaign to turn contacts into evangelists so word of your book can spread like wildfire.

That served me well when I was launching Outskirts Press in 2002 because I thought nothing of working 20 hours a day; and in the ensuing decade,12 - 18 hours a day helping writers successfully self - publish their books.

This can include writing a new book, successfully launching a new book or working on the promotion of their backlist.

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.

Set to launch during this year's BookExpo event, BookLife will not only help authors with the usual suspects like vetted professionals for cover design, editing, and formatting, but will also work to offer promotional tools that help authors get their books noticed in front of readers.

«TED has mastered the art of launching intelligent conversations about important ideas, and these books will provide TED speakers past and future with the opportunity to go beyond their talks and take readers deeper into their work,» said Jonathan Karp, President and Publisher of the Simon & Schuster Publishing Group.

But we'll also be launching tools to get your book in front of the people who might have an interest in your work on whichever community sites they hang out on across the Internet.

When we both launched books last year, we did a multi-promotional campaign working with a group of authors that we had met and interviewed on the podcast, so though we can't see exact sales from podcasts the by - product has created sales as we have built relationships.

I devoted a ton of time into finding bloggers to review / tour for this book, so both sides worked pretty hard on this launch.

Warning: It takes a lot of hard work, but it has definitely paid off because launching with 10,000 preorders will definitely catapult him to instant bestseller status once the book goes live, which will lead to many more sales.

50,000 true fans means 50,000 people who know your work well, love it, and who you feel certain would buy your book within 6 - 12 months of launch (or even pre-order it before it releases!).

There are a lot of techniques for launching your book successfully, and you have to find the one that works best for you.

One of the talented designers over at Ebook Launch posted a four - minute time - lapse video of the complete book cover design process (from selecting the stock images, fonts, Photoshop work, etc.).

With that in mind, a lot of work needs to go into preparing your book launch.

Plus I personally approve / reject every cover, and my sense for what does and doesn't work is informed by over 100 book launches in the last 9 months and the promotion of over 500 books.

«We are proud to launch this new Kindle store for Indian customers, offering Kindle book purchases in rupees and the ability to buy and read the work of many great Indian authors,» said Russ Grandinetti, vice president of Kindle content for Amazon.

All of these processes work toward the «launch» of the book into the marketplace, and many (sales, publicity, marketing) continue afterward as well to help «sell through» the book — that is, get it out of the bookseller's hands and into the hands of the consumer.

I had the pleasure of working with a Smith publicist on my debut book launch this summer.

Its benefits are two-fold: it helps you establish a presence / brand from which you can later launch larger works (like a book), and it gives you a constant stream of write - and - reaction.