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Serving the Underserved
Afterword by Nicole A. Cooke and Aisha Johnson Focusing on needs and services outside the library walls, this book outlines a fresh approach to how libraries can think about and effectively reach underserved populations. Readers will discover strategies for identifying information needs where underserved populations are and learn about many successful services, programs, and partnerships. Underserved populations frequently do not have access to a library--or they may even be unaware that they have an information need. How can we as a profession effectively reach them? This text, geared to both graduate and undergraduate LIS students as well as practicing librarians and library staff, provides contextual information on historically underserved populations as defined by the ALA Office for Diversity, Outreach, and Literacy Services (ODLOS), explores information use behaviors for these groups, and presents examples of successful strategies and programs. Readers will understand the history, background, and demographics of ALA-identified underserved population groups, which include refugees and immigrants, rural or isolated communities, historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic groups, LGBTQAI+ teens, people with mental health challenges, and those experiencing homelessness; find ideas from real-world practice for effectively serving those population groups in their community; learn about concepts such as Reijo Savolainen's everyday life information seeking (ELIS) and Elfreda Chatman's small world lives and life in the round, theories that consider how a person's circumstances affect their information needs, searching habits, and information authorities; see why misconceptions, stereotypes, and implicit biases about underserved populations can act as barriers to people accessing the information they need; be introduced to the concept of the "community information liaison," a librarian who addresses information-seeking of their community outside of the library walls; and have information about support organizations and additional resources for further learning. The text features contributed chapters from noted authorities such as Paul T. Jaeger, Ana Ndumu, Helen Chou, Bharat Mehra, Jeanie Austin, Emily Jacobson, Julie Hersberger, Carrie Scott Banks, Barbara Klipper, JJ Pionke, Nicole Dalmer, and Vanessa Kitzie, plus an afterword by Nicole A. Cooke.
Bestseller By Design
Turn your life story and career experience into a revenue stream - in only eleven minutes per day! Everyone thinks writing a bestseller is about telling the right story. It's not just about telling your story... it's about selling it. Travis Cody spent over a decade in Hollywood, working as a successful screenwriter for major movie studios - and hacking the secrets of the billion-dollar movie industry: learning how studios turn a simple idea into long-term financial success and passive revenue streams. Putting those same tips and tricks to work in publishing, Cody became a bestselling author, then turned that success into a seven-figure business, teaching others how to do the same. Now, he wants to share his secrets with you - teaching you how to create your own Bestseller by Design, and how to then turn that bestseller into leads, sales, speaking engagements, and more! Using his six-part "M.O.V.I.E.S." method, Cody will teach you how to... - Position yourself as a top-tier thought-leader in your industry- Access elite media and PR professionals who need an expert like you- Create high-converting leads and future business opportunities FREE- Turn your story into passive revenue streams- And do it in only eleven minutes a day! From preparing the groundwork for a bestseller to the sales techniques needed to turn that bestseller into multiple passive revenue streams, Cody has fine-tuned and perfected these methods... then used them to turn himself into a USA Today bestseller, build success on success in the competitive publishing industry, and even get featured on major media outlets like the History Channel and Ellen DeGeneres Show. Now it's your turn. Join thousands of his students who have found their own success and gone from "thinking about" their book to becoming bestselling authors. Hack the secrets... ...and become a Bestseller by Design. From new writers trying to break into self-publishing... to seasoned professionals who want to turn past success into future leads and revenue streams... to bestselling authors looking to take their publishing success to the next level... Bestseller by Design will teach you the secrets you need to succeed in today's markets. Grab your copy now, and start your bestselling journey today!
Writing Interiority Workbook
The Writing Interiority Workbook is not just another writing how-to-it's an invitation to transform your approach to character creation and storytelling. Its unique focus on interiority, combined with practical insights from a former literary agent and freelance editor, makes it an indispensable resource for writers at any stage of their career.Master Interiority: Delve into the art of interiority, the heartbeat of compelling fiction and memoir writing, ensuring your characters resonate deeply with readers across four levels of depth. Explore your protagonist's thoughts, feelings, reactions and interpretations, expectations, and inner struggles to create a rich, immersive experience.Create Multidimensional Characters: Uncover the essentials of crafting a character's backstory, objective, need, internal tension, worldview, and growth arc to explore profound themes and add human resonance to your plot.Enrich Your Story: Gain invaluable advice on integrating secondary characters, turning points, stakes, and world-building.Raise Your Voice: Explore how writing voice intertwines with interiority so that your personal style stands out on crowded shelves.Engagement and Connection: Learn the secrets to making readers care deeply about your characters through groundbreaking original text analysis and dynamic writing exercises.Whether you're an aspiring writer, an established author, or somewhere in between, this workbook will empower you to create characters who live and breathe on the page, fostering an unbreakable bond with your audience. If you're ready to transform your creative writing, deepen your characterizations, and perhaps change your writing skill set forever, explore the depths of what's possible with the Writing Interiority Workbook today.
A Deaf Take on Non-Equivalence in Written Chinese Translation
A Deaf Take on Non-Equivalence in Written Chinese Translation examines the issue of lexical non-equivalence between written Chinese and Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL) translation, describing its theoretical and practical implications.
School Libraries Supporting Students with Hidden Needs and Talents
Together, librarians and specialists can create experiences to reach all learners in their buildings, including those with hidden needs and talents. While school librarians are experts at collaborating with classroom teachers, too often they overlook the specialists in their buildings as key collaborative partners. Focusing on the many specialists who work with students, Karla Bame Collins provides information about their roles and responsibilities and discusses how school librarians can collaborate to improve learning for all students, including those with hidden needs, disabilities, and talents that are not easily detected and may go undiagnosed. Because librarians work with every student, but may not always be informed about each student's particular needs, it's important for them to know whom in the school to turn to for information. Librarians will gain ideas for working with students to provide the best possible learning environment for each. This practical book looks at the whole school library environment-collection, instruction, space, and programming-and offers many ideas for librarians to collaborate with other educators and specialists for the good of all students.
Six Steps to a Long-Range Preservation Plan
This nuts-and-bolts approach prioritizes needs based on urgency and feasibility to ensure that the best use is made of valuable resources. The result is a practical document that will guide preservation activities and aid in fundraising for years to come.
Proficiency-Based Instruction
Unlock the secret to seamlessly integrating grammar into proficiency-based world language classrooms!Many world language teachers struggle with how to approach grammar in a proficiency-based classroom. This book provides clear, concrete, and easily applicable guidance on how to redefine your relationship with grammar and ensure it supports a proven proficiency-based approach to language learning.Using real-world exercises and examples, Proficiency-Based Instruction: Teaching Grammar for Proficiency gives you applicable strategies to incorporate grammar into your lesson plans. Discover how to integrate grammar seamlessly into your teaching and support proficiency-based language learning. Let's go!
The Essential Guide for Self-Publishing
Diving into the world of self-publishing can be confusing and daunting. This guide can help springboard you forward, turning your dream into reality.Bryony Best released her first five books within two years, and three of them hit the bestseller list on Amazon. Bryony Best will guide you through the practical steps and technical requirements needed for self-publishing.Sit back and soak in the knowledge, tools, and techniques Bryony shares with you to help you reach your goal.Bryony usually supports both new and seasoned authors through her workshops and one to one coaching for attaining author success.Topics covered throughout this book include legal requirements, writing tips, technical tasks, social media platforms, and marketing strategies.As a bonus, Bryony will share the secret to what she feels is her winning recipe for success.
Fiction Writing
Unlock the Secrets to Captivating StorytellingYou sit at your desk, staring at a blank page, struggling to bring your ideas to life. What if you could uncover the keys to turning those ideas into compelling narratives? This guide is your roadmap, showing you how to harness the power of storytelling, no matter your experience level.Imagine crafting characters and scenes so immersive that readers feel every laugh, tear, and thrill. With practical strategies, you'll break through creative blocks, develop your unique voice, and make each writing milestone an achievement worth celebrating.In this book, you'll learn how to: Master essential storytelling elements to elevate your writing.Engage readers with compelling characters and immersive sensory detailsDevelop a solid plot structure that enhances emotional and thematic impactDiscover time-tested brainstorming techniques to organize your ideasCultivate a dedicated writing routine that boosts productivity and creativityFind your authentic voice and celebrate your unique storytelling journeyYou'll love this book if you want to unlock your full creative potential and bring your stories to life. Buy it now!
Fiction Writing
Unlock the Secrets to Captivating StorytellingYou sit at your desk, staring at a blank page, struggling to bring your ideas to life. What if you could uncover the keys to turning those ideas into compelling narratives? This guide is your roadmap, showing you how to harness the power of storytelling, no matter your experience level.Imagine crafting characters and scenes so immersive that readers feel every laugh, tear, and thrill. With practical strategies, you'll break through creative blocks, develop your unique voice, and make each writing milestone an achievement worth celebrating.In this book, you'll learn how to: Master essential storytelling elements to elevate your writingEngage readers with compelling characters and immersive sensory detailsDevelop a solid plot structure that enhances emotional and thematic impactDiscover time-tested brainstorming techniques to organize your ideasCultivate a dedicated writing routine that boosts productivity and creativityFind your authentic voice and celebrate your unique storytelling journeyYou'll love this book if you want to unlock your full creative potential and bring your stories to life. Buy it now!
Libraries that Build Business
Libraries have a distinctive role to play in the small business ecosystem and can effectively partner to complement existing business services in the community. A nationwide initiative that launched in 2020, Libraries Build Business (LBB) aims to build capacity in libraries offering programming or services to local entrepreneurs and the small business community, prioritizing low-income and underrepresented entrepreneurs. And libraries have already begun to transform communities, with programs ranging from one-on-one business consultations, classes, and workshops to networking and equipment lending, as the many initiatives spotlighted in this book demonstrate. Serving as powerful models of how libraries and their staff can advance innovation and economic growth on any budget and scale, these examples will inspire you to plug into your own community while guiding you through the nuts-and-bolts of making it happen. You'll learn the value to libraries of getting involved in entrepreneurship development;how libraries are integrating equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) into their efforts, working to create more inclusive business communities and, in turn, cultivate a vision for justice in communities across the country;vivid case studies of more than two dozen programs representing a cross-section of urban, suburban, and rural libraries, such as Entrepreneurship Academy, a training program; a 6-month business incubator targeting the formerly incarcerated; empowering street vendors, a consulting service with local business experts; and a makerspace for business;best practices related to budgeting, partnerships, staff, outreach, evaluation, sustainability, and other core components; andinformation about additional resources to support your work.
Academic Librarianship in Canada
This edited collection of seven critical essays is focused on the changing dynamics of academic librarianship through the lens of Canadian professionals responding to the corporatization of their scholarly workplaces and the erosion of their communities of practice. The contributors' underlying concern is the transformation of academic libraries from sites of collegial scholarly activity into hierarchically led operations driven by values and priorities alien to academia. Consequently, all contributions in this volume reflect on various aspects of this neoliberal turn shaping the political economy of knowledge production and dissemination of information, as well as changes in academic teaching, funding, institutional relationships, and the publishing industry. The unifying core of this volume is the fundamental role of professional academic librarianship in an increasingly techno-global, post-pandemic environment.Jessica E. Shiers is currently the Head of Collections for the Algonquin College library system as well as a Librarian and Coordinator for the Ottawa campus. She has an Honours BSc. from the University of Guelph, an MLIS from Wayne State University and holds a Ph.D. from the Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens is an appointed academic librarian and medievalist at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) in the UTM Library and Department of Visual Studies, and an Associate Scholar with the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. She has an MISt and MA from the University of Toronto, a Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen and a Licentiate in Mediaeval Studies from the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto.Joanna Szurmak is Interim Associate Librarian, Library & Learning Services, and Head, Instruction Services, at the University of Toronto Mississauga Library where she has worked since 2007. Szurmak is a PhD candidate in the Science and Technology Studies program at York University in Toronto and has earned two Master's degrees (Applied Science in Electrical Engineering in 1998; Information Studies in 2000) from the University of Toronto.Meaghan Valant is a Liaison Librarian with the Sociology and Political Science departments at the University of Toronto Mississauga. She completed her Master of Arts in Sociology at McMaster University in 2011 and her Master of Information, Library and Information Science, at the University of Toronto in 2015.
Information Literacy and Autonomy
Information literacy and autonomy have become key values for the image of man in a society that is increasingly shaped by digitalization and artificial intelligence. The purpose of this book is to describe abstraction, analogy, inference, plausibility and creativity as basic skills of cognitive information processing and prerequisites for autonomous informational action.
Researching and Teaching Speech Acts with Young L2 Learners
This book introduces the main concepts of pragmatics as they relate to the young English language learner classroom and research with young second language learners (YLLs). It considers the speech acts which are particularly relevant to YLLs and presents research findings on learners' development of speech act perception and production. It provides pre- and in-service second language (L2) teachers, teacher educators and researchers with an understanding of young learners' pragmatic development and with ideas for research-based approaches and specific classroom activities to help foster speech act development in the YLL classroom. Moving beyond the research methods traditionally employed in L2 pragmatics research, it also demonstrates how participant-centred data elicitation methods can be effective when conducting research with children. This book will appeal to researchers, advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in applied linguistics and TESOL, as well as pre- and in-service primary school L2 teachers and teacher educators.
Critical Management Studies
Critical Management Studies and Librarianship introduces key concepts in the field of critical management studies (CMS) and critiques dominant theories and concepts in the management field. The aim of CMS is to denaturalize dominant theories in the management field by introducing works and research from other fields (e.g., queer feminist theories, postcolonial studies, critical race theory). This text provides insight through critical perspectives on dominant CMS issues contextualized in LIS management education and practice such as strategic planning, consumer and assessment culture, and management institutes to name a few. In addition, the book includes discussions around approaches to leading using research and literature outside of the business and management literature to redress epistemic injustice in management education and provide inclusive and diverse perspectives on leadership.
Music Information Literacy
Becoming a more equitable librarian is an ongoing process. In the face of the last decade's events and increased public awareness of issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA), we in music libraries can do things to create the space in our teaching for optimal creativity and connection by and with our library users. Music Information Literacy: Inclusion and Advocacy imagines what it would be like to expand our inclusion structures so that we increasingly recognize and accommodate differences in our music libraries.The ways librarians teach and assist students must change to amplify the voices of those who have been traditionally marginalized and create effective and equitable libraries and classrooms. Doing so is a multi-part process, where critical information literacy overlaps with self-reflection as a librarian and a deep understanding that our students have identities and experiences that influence how they navigate their world.Many of our students have experienced trauma from the generational oppression of systemic racism, gender fluidity, invisible disabilities, discrimination, or poverty. Ongoing trauma triggers toxic stress that can rewire parts of the brain and impact one's ability to process information, formulate questions, and feel safe enough to be creative and in the zone of ideas. The chapters in the volume are authored by librarians who have actively been learning and self-reflecting on what is needed to invite users into their libraries and teaching spaces fully. The book is divided into Critical Theories, Concepts, & Reflections, Bringing Underrepresentation to the Forefront, and Supporting Activism. Each chapter includes case studies and discussion questions supporting ideas and concepts. A sample reading guide for each chapter is included as well.
Solving Names
"Solving Names" is the expression given by the American pragmatist philosopher William James for the metaphysical principles of the university that, once found, meant that no further debate or enquiry was needed. The quest for solving names was the quest for power over the universe, but for James such a search was bound to be fruitless, since rather than a solution, such names only indicate that more work needs to be done, that social reality can never be captured once-and-for-all, but must be confronted and chanted.Modern librarianship relies on the construction of solving names as a way to ground debate, discussion, and consensus, but these solving names have the effect of disciplining, structuring, and constraining what is possible within the profession. Rather than being arbitrary, accidental, or contingent, Popowich argues that the metaphysical reliance on solving names serves a hegemonic purpose: the construction, maintenance, and reproduction of racial, settler-colonial, patriarchal capitalism. As an alternative, Popowich takes a broadly Marxist approach, proposing a shift towards "worldliness", the recognition that all concepts are implicated in struggles over power and can never escape the constraints of material and social life. Adopting a worldly, non-metaphysical approach would require reconceiving such notions as freedom, democracy, common sense, and reason in order to confront the reality of power and social and political conflict. Solving Names is a contribution to the political philosophy of contemporary librarianship and an intervention in current debates around cancel culture, intellectual freedom, knowledge, reason, and technology.
Building Our Own
Where and who are all the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) community college librarians? BIPOC community college librarians provide unequaled and increasingly necessary support to their institutions. The BIPOC community college librarian is often disembodied and our work runs the spectrum between the visible and invisible. The added labor of being the "only" adds an extra layer of emotional, physical, and cognitive work that often goes unrecognized. The relationship between the library and student success has been thoroughly researched and assessed, however, the role of the community college librarian is often excluded. There is even more exclusion, forced invisibility, and censorship for the BIPOC LIS (library information services) worker.Librarians, library workers, and libraries are part of the student success pathway. Library departments (services) provide distinct face-to-face and online access points for the campus community. Community colleges have long been the setting of fundamental education, workplace development, and life skills across the country for working class communities. Having been seen as a gateway to economic mobility, community college is an equalizer, unifier, and launching pad for student excellence and innovation. However, the student diversity of our campuses is not always representative of staff and faculty. Interestingly, student services / academic affairs units make up more BIPOC workers than instructional units within the institution. Some of the failures in the community college landscape today are the lack of BIPOC workers in the library department, emotional taxation, extra labor, structural racism, and tokenistic legacies. BIPOC librarian faculty have cultural taxation not captured in our tenure or acknowledged institutionally. BIPOC librarians' work and labor in community colleges deserves to be amplified, documented, and valued. Our unity is our shared community of practice now and into the future.Building Our Own provides perspectives in the form of critiques, reflections, narratives, frameworks, and pedagogies from a BIPOC lens. Editors are inspired to gather and curate a collection of work to reveal the realities of BIPOC library workers' contributions, critical insights, and lived experiences in the community college setting. Building Our Own is part of the Series of Critical Race Studies and Multiculturalism in LIS with Litwin Books and Library Juice Press under the series editors, Rose L. Chou and Annie Pho. For more information on how to contribute, read and review the submission guidelines.
Contested Spaces
Contested Spaces is the first comprehensive and critical history of controversial events at Canadian public libraries, and an examination of the real-world impacts of neutrality policies in Canadian public library space use. What events at public libraries in Canada have created controversies and prompted protests? What were the issues at stake? What kinds of outcry or protest occurred? Did politicians get involved? Did the events happen, or did they get cancelled, and why? What kinds of impacts or outcomes resulted? This book answers these questions and brings the Canadian historical context into the ongoing conversations that are critiquing the concept of neutrality in libraries. It considers relevant librarian perspectives alongside critical theories to interrogate the myth of library neutrality, and to seek positive and productive ways for libraries to engage with and serve their communities that honour library values and foster inclusivity, care, safety, and social justice.
Networking for Authors
You're ready to build your author career... ...but how do you expand your network? What's the secret to forging lasting industry connections?In Networking for Authors: Strategies to Supercharge Your Writing Career, Dale L. Roberts delivers a practical guide to mastering networking. Discover step-by-step strategies to connect authentically with industry professionals and elevate your author brand.Inside, you'll find: Proven methods for effective networkingTips for a compelling author bio and online presenceConfidence-boosting advice for introvertsStrategies for making the most of conferences and eventsInsights on leveraging social media and virtual platformsTechniques for using email, podcasts, and videos to enhance your reachReady to expand your reach and supercharge your writing career? Get it now!
Networking for Authors
You're ready to build your author career... ...but how do you expand your network?What's the secret to forging lasting industry connections?In Networking for Authors: Strategies to Supercharge Your Writing Career, Dale L. Roberts delivers a practical guide to mastering networking. Discover step-by-step strategies to connect authentically with industry professionals and elevate your author brand.Inside, you'll find: Proven methods for effective networkingTips for a compelling author bio and online presenceConfidence-boosting advice for introvertsStrategies for making the most of conferences and eventsInsights on leveraging social media and virtual platformsTechniques for using email, podcasts, and videos to enhance your reachReady to expand your reach and supercharge your writing career? Get it now!
Enjoy Self-publishing
I've self-published for over ten years. I've seen the industry start, take off and mature. I've seen tactics, companies and people come and go. However, over that time, a few important principles have always held true, but in the morass of advice of varying quality it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. In 2017, I wrote the Unboxed books, a series of four books about how to publish sustainably, and by that I mean in a manner so that you can keep doing it long-term, and how to use your mailing list to set up a self-perpetuating sales vehicle. While the strategies haven't changed, many of the peripheral situations have. In short: we have far more and better tools, but far more competition, not only from other authors on the sales front, but also from services that entice us to spend ever more money before we publish. This book is my ultimate guide to what you need, what you can try, and what is likely to be a waste of your money and time. Over more than 500 pages I talk about the unvarnished experience of self-publishing and selling books while keeping control of my catalogue and not funding anyone's private jet in advertising costs. I wrote this book to pay it forward to the community. I don't sell courses. I don't do affiliate marketing. I have no vested interest in anyone's self-publishing journey. Except for this: I want you to enjoy it.
Enjoy Self-publishing
I've self-published for over ten years. I've seen the industry start, take off and mature. I've seen tactics, companies and people come and go. However, over that time, a few important principles have always held true, but in the morass of advice of varying quality it can be hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. In 2017, I wrote the Unboxed books, a series of four books about how to publish sustainably, and by that I mean in a manner so that you can keep doing it long-term, and how to use your mailing list to set up a self-perpetuating sales vehicle. While the strategies haven't changed, many of the peripheral situations have. In short: we have far more and better tools, but far more competition, not only from other authors on the sales front, but also from services that entice us to spend ever more money before we publish. This book is my ultimate guide to what you need, what you can try, and what is likely to be a waste of your money and time. Over more than 500 pages I talk about the unvarnished experience of self-publishing and selling books while keeping control of my catalogue and not funding anyone's private jet in advertising costs. I wrote this book to pay it forward to the community. I don't sell courses. I don't do affiliate marketing. I have no vested interest in anyone's self-publishing journey. Except for this: I want you to enjoy it.
Transformative Trends in Language Education
This book provides a deep exploration of technological advancements in language education, tracing its evolution from Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) to Web-based Language Learning (WELL) and Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL). It highlights the importance of personalized, selfdirected learning while addressing the need for expert guidance in autonomous learning scenarios. The chapters identify persistent challenges in technologyenhanced language education and introduce a diverse range of innovative methods, tools, and pedagogies. They thoroughly examine the effectiveness of MOOCs, cutting-edge teaching practices, and resources that support independent learning, including flipped classrooms, digital dictionaries, and Moodle lessons. This interdisciplinary approach bridges fields, integrating courses that combine optics and coding with language learning, as well as collaborative digital dictionaries and Moodle-based instruction for ESP in Criminology. Overall, the book emphasizes the transformative and collaborative role of technology in reshaping how languages are taught and learned.
Ghostwriting Novels
You don't have to have fame or fortune to have an idea for a novel. You do need to know what to do next, and that is where most ideas sputter and die. GHOSTWRITING NOVELS is for any authors thinking of hiring help to get their idea down on paper, and for any writers who suddenly find ghostwriting opportunities opening up for them.Authors will learn how novels are put together, and what they can or should expect of their writer. Writers will learn how to adjust their tried and tested skills to writing from inside the head of another person. From both points of view, this book goes through all the steps needed to ghostwrite a novel: Developing that initial idea into a plot that will make a gripping story.The common mistakes to avoid.The legal, financial and practical aspects to take care of.Above all, this book shows how ghostwriter and ghostwritten can work together in a rewarding partnership to turn that initial idea into the dreamed-of reality - a novel.
So, you think you're a Writer
So, you think you're a writer?Well, quite possibly you are. Indeed you may be a very good one. Or you believe you are reasonably talented, but deep down you're not too sure that you are as 'good' as you'd like to be.Perhaps you don't know if what you're trying to write is the thing you should be writing; perhaps you're feeling disheartened by years of competition and Agent rejections. Or maybe you're simply struggling to finish 'your novel'. Or even put pen to paper at all.And what does 'A Writer' look like, anyway?So, you think you're a Writer? aims to help you understand yourself as 'a writer' and offer ways in which you can gain clarity on your work and help you live your best 'writing life'.
The Write Strategy
Unlock the secret weapon of business growth with The Write Strategy.Are you ready to transform your expertise into your most powerful business asset? The Write Strategy is your no-nonsense guide to turning your knowledge into a book that elevates your authority, attracts ideal clients, and drives real business growth. Drawing on her experience guiding over 200 authors and building her own thriving publishing consultancy, Sam Pearce strips away the fluff to deliver a practical, step-by-step roadmap for business owners, coaches, and entrepreneurs who want more than just a book-they want results.Inside, you'll discover why publishing is the ultimate credibility booster, how to overcome the mindset hurdles that keep most would-be authors stuck, and the proven strategies to plan, write, and launch a book that seamlessly aligns with your brand. Sam's direct, encouraging style and real-world case studies make the process accessible, whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out.Packed with actionable templates, checklists, and insider tips, The Write Strategy is more than a how-to-it's your blueprint for leveraging the written word to amplify your impact and legacy. If you're ready to stop waiting and start leading, this book is your first step.
Fight Write, Round Two
From the author of the Writer's Digest book Fight Write: How to Write Believable Fight Scenes comes Fight Write, Round Two: Crafting Chaos, Combat and Crime. From a medieval siege to a modern murder scene, Fight Write, Round Two has got you covered. Divided into three sections, trained fighter and writer Carla Hoch guides you through the many factors you will need to consider when writing your scenes of chaos, combat or crime. Section one, Crafting Chaos, coaches you through various stages of writing a fight scene including what to consider before you start, which fight moves to block, how to pace the scene, if dialogue is a realistic component and how to kick your reader right in the neurons. Throughout the chapters you'll watch a fight scene take shape. Beware the Muchahuahua! Section two, Combat, hits hard from the medieval battle field to the MMA cage. Learn how to storm a castle, the basics of swordplay, how to best a magical foe and fight alongside an animal companion. Is your character jumping into combat sports? Find out how to write a scene with sparring, how flowing blood impacts combat and how any character might fight if they don't know the first thing about fighting. Section three, Crime, considers what your criminal and crime fighting characters might encounter from the scene of the crime to the crime scene clean-up. You'll learn to write deception, compelling evidence, problematic personalities and get the inside scoop on autopsy. You'll also learn what Bigfoot has in common with psychopaths and sociopaths and how CSI shows have changed juries and readers. Get ready, writer! With Fight Write, Round Two in hand the pages of your manuscript are sure to get feisty.
The Printer in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg; An Account of His Life & Times, & of His Craft
The Printer in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg; An Account of His Life & Times, & of His Craft, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Printing and bookbinding for schools
Printing and bookbinding for schools, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Printing in Relation to Graphic Art
Printing in Relation to Graphic Art, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
The Printed Book
The Printed Book: Its History, Illustration and Adornment; From the Days of Gutenberg to the Present Time, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
The Uses of Italic; A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters
The Uses of Italic; A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Printing and the Renaissance; A paper read before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York
Printing and the Renaissance; A paper read before the Fortnightly Club of Rochester, New York, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
The Private Library; What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books
The Private Library; What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
Language Intake
Aimed towards advanced students and researchers in language acquisition and teaching, Language Intake considers the long-debated definition of language intake and its determining factors, and in doing so presents a unique argument for language input and intake.
Situating Language Learning Strategy Use
This book presents the latest research on the role of strategy use and development in second and foreign language teaching and learning. It comprises a wide selection of studies which cover topics such as strategic training of young EFL learners, promoting critical thinking through video gaming, language learning strategies for languages other than English, and the contribution of language learning strategies to the development of the four language learning skills. It will equip scholars and practitioners with the knowledge to help them better appreciate how language learning strategies contribute to and are linked with language learning processes. The contributing authors share research from their various contexts, which range from primary to tertiary education, and discuss the need for fine-tuned strategy categorization, conscious self-regulation and proposed strategy instruction.
Method and Postmethod in Language Teaching
Method and Postmethod in Language Teaching is both an accessible and engaging introductory textbook and a handy reference guide that explores the different ways language teaching methods have been understood and valued.
RDA and Serials Cataloging
Serials and continuing resources present a variety of unique challenges in bibliographic management, from special issues and unnumbered supplements to recording the changes that a long-running periodical can experience over time. Of this book's first edition, the Australian Library Journal declared, "Highly recommended for any situation - technical service departments or library students - where serials need to be cataloged using RDA protocols." Jones, a serials authority in the field and a major contributor to the 3R Project, here updates his authoritative text. Framing the practice within the structure of the IFLA LRM conceptual model on which RDA is now based, and its new modelling of serials, his guide introduces the concept of diachronic work and explains how serials, as a type of diachronic work, can be described using the new attribute element extension plan; explores new developments after the completion of the 3R Project, with references to AACR2 as a touchstone; introduces the new term work group and demonstrates its usefulness in enabling relationships and supporting collocation; demonstrates how serials catalogers' work fits in the cooperative context of OCLC, CONSER, and NACO; and presents examples of how RDA records can ultimately engage with the Semantic Web.
Multilingual Assessment - Finding the Nexus?
A persistent monolingual paradigm still pervades teaching and assessment practices in different educational contexts. How is this paradigm being responded to across regions and (sub)disciplines of language study? In answering this question, the volume draws on insights from the project MULTILA - Multilingual and multimodal assessment, jointly coordinated by the University of Education, Heidelberg, Germany, and the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. This volume is an opportunity to understand practices in both environments and to identify commonalities and differences. While European contributors to the dialogue come from a language education and assessment background, their South African interlocutors approach the subject from a largely applied linguistics perspective. The outcome is an account in ten chapters of multilingual assessment from perspectives that are both disciplinary and regional.
Writing Irresistible Picture Books Workbook
Writing a picture book is not as easy as jotting down 600 words full of cutesy language and calling it a day. Today's picture books are much more than moral stories-and with such a short word count, you can't waste a single syllable! If you want to be competitive in this red-hot kidlit market, look no further ...Straight from a publishing insider, this comprehensive workbook is crammed with craft advice and groundbreaking original research. It repackages its companion, Writing Irresistible Picture Books, into a robust interactive format so you can put theory into practice on your idea.You can confidently internalize and write character, theme, plot, conflict, voice and structure for young readers. You will get answers to the most common questions about picture book revision, illustrations, submission strategies, query letters, and more from an industry insider and former literary agent at one of the top children's book agencies in the nation.If you're looking to get your work traditionally published, the Writing Irresistible Picture Books Workbook is the resource for you. It's everything you need to get your ideas out of your head and onto the page.
Irresistible Query Letters Workbook
Query letters are an essential step in the book publishing process, but it can be tough to write an irresistible one. You can perfect your pitchcraft, though. All you need is the right advice from a former literary agent who has personally seen hundreds of thousands of pitches-the good, the bad, and the ugly. Aspiring writers are often in the dark about what their peers in the slush pile are doing, so let this comprehensive workbook to Irresistible Query Letters: 40+ Real World Query Letters With Literary Agent Feedback guide you to your own winning query.The Irresistible Query Letters Workbook takes you through the query letter, synopsis, and submission process step by step, so you're never alone during this exciting and high-stakes time in your book's lifecycle. In addition to going step-by-step on your query letter and other pitch materials, you'll be treated to insider advice on literary agent and publisher research, comparative titles, submission best practices, and more.The Irresistible Query Letters Workbook is a must-have resource for any writer hoping to get their work traditionally published. Buy it today and learn how to craft a successful query letter that will get you noticed by literary gatekeepers, so you can get one step closer to your writing dreams.
Advertising for Books
You've published your book......but how do you get noticed?Mastering Amazon Ads is crucial for boosting visibility and sales.In this comprehensive guide, Dale L. Roberts offers a deep dive into practical, actionable strategies for making the most of your advertising on Amazon. Learn how to set up and manage various ad types, from Sponsored Product Ads to Sponsored Brand Ads, with clear, step-by-step instructions. Discover how to analyze performance, optimize bids, and troubleshoot common issues to drive real success for your book.Why are Amazon Ads so tricky?It's all about managing expectations and understanding relevance.You'll learn: How to set up and manage various ad types on AmazonEffective bidding strategies and campaign optimizationHow to analyze performance and troubleshoot common problemsTips for maximizing book sales through targeted ads...and much more!You'll love this helpful and informative book because it provides a clear roadmap to mastering advertising on Amazon. Dale's touch of humor and expertise make this guide both educational and engaging.Get it now!
Advertising for Books
You've published your book......but how do you get noticed?Mastering Amazon Ads is crucial for boosting visibility and sales.In this comprehensive guide, Dale L. Roberts offers a deep dive into practical, actionable strategies for making the most of your advertising on Amazon. Learn how to set up and manage various ad types, from Sponsored Product Ads to Sponsored Brand Ads, with clear, step-by-step instructions. Discover how to analyze performance, optimize bids, and troubleshoot common issues to drive real success for your book.Why are Amazon Ads so tricky?It's all about managing expectations and understanding relevance.You'll learn: How to set up and manage various ad types on AmazonEffective bidding strategies and campaign optimizationHow to analyze performance and troubleshoot common problemsTips for maximizing book sales through targeted ads...and much more!You'll love this helpful and informative book because it provides a clear roadmap to mastering advertising on Amazon. Dale's touch of humor and expertise make this guide both educational and engaging.Get it now!
CVs and Freelancers
Considering that in the linguistic market some translators and interpreters without corresponding university degrees are active, it is easy to understand the demand of agencies for quality evidences. On the one hand, the stated requirements very often don't in any way prove that the agencies do indeed offer the necessary quality, and on the other hand must offend qualified linguistics with a university degree. Nobody asks a lawyer, architect, or surgeon for a CV before engaging him for a service. Besides, agencies try to pay the same (lowest) rates to any subcontractor, and this doesn't make the situation any better. Some agencies let non-professionals do the work or service required just because they offer best rates. This book explains the author's point of view.
English as a Medium of Instruction on the Arabian Peninsula
This edited volume features chapters covering how teachers are negotiating the linguistic challenges posed by EMI; issues of ownership, choice and agency; the scaffolding of academic literacies; how to support the development of content teachers' pedagogical content knowledge in EMI settings as well as the benefits of a bilingual education.
Interdisciplinary Practices in Academia
This volume addresses the implications that academic interdisciplinarity in the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) has for research and pedagogy with a global reach.
