Publishing Industry

In the late 1950s, Random House editor Jason Epstein would talk jazz with Ralph Ellison or chat with Andy Warhol while pouring drinks. By the 1970s, editors were poring over profit-and-loss statements. The electronics company RCA bought Random House in 1965, and then other large corporations purchased other formerly independent publishers. As multinational conglomerates consolidated the industry, the business of literature—and literature itself—transformed. Dan Sinykin explores how changes in the publishing industry have affected fiction, literary form, and what it means to be an author.

I show you my experiences selling 100,000 copies of my own children’s books to help you master: - Social Media and Advertising - Increasing Visibility - Book Prices and Profits - And Much More! I left my job in 2018 because I made more money writing and self-publishing children's books (picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels) than working full time for someone else. I wanted to write books from home full time for years but was stuck in a life working for other people. Determined to change my life, I set out on a path to live the one I always imagined for my family. I tell you ...

How to Succeed in the Music Industry in 2025 and Beyond is your ultimate guide to thriving as an independent artist, producer, or DJ in today’s digital landscape. This audiobook breaks down the essential steps to build your brand, market your music, and create multiple income streams while staying true to your artistry.

Inflammation is the body’s ancestral response to its greatest threats: injury and foreign microbes. But as the threats we face have evolved, new science reveals simmering inflammation underneath the surface of everything from heart disease and cancer to mysterious autoimmune conditions. In A Silent Fire, gastroenterologist Shilpa Ravella takes us on a lyrical quest across time, around the world, and into the body to reveal hidden inflammation at the root of modern disease―and how we can control it.

Depending on which doctor you speak with or which websites you read, cannabis could be an appealing, low-risk medicine—even an aid to wellness—or an insidiously addictive drug rotting the brains of our youth. This dissonance confuses young people, distressed patients, and paralyzes politicians, all while inviting dubious sources of information and resulting in uninformed choices, enhanced polarization, and a fragmented national policy.

Editing is an invisible art where the very best work goes undetected. Editors strive to create books that are enlightening, seamless, and pleasurable to read, all while giving credit to the author. In What Editors Do, Peter Ginna gathers essays from 27 leading figures in book publishing about their work. Representing both large houses and small, and encompassing trade, textbook, academic, and children's publishing, the contributors make the case for why editing remains a vital function to writers - and readers - everywhere.

Designed with the modern, busy individual in mind, this comprehensive audiobook transforms your daily routines—be it commuting, exercising, or managing household chores—into productive study sessions, seamlessly integrating learning into your lifestyle.

Written by the world's top commercial real estate broker coach, Dominators of Commercial Real Estate Brokerage explores how several of North America’s top-producing commercial real estate agents adapt to market cycles and continue to enhance their leading market positions. This book is a revisit of Rod Santomassimo’s prior best-selling books Brokers Who Dominate and CRE Teams Built Dominate. It examines how several of the top producers previously profiled adapted to one of history's most dramatic declines in market velocity. As our commercial real estate markets continue to fluctuate, ...

The Real Anthony Fauci details how Fauci, Gates, and their cohorts use their control of media outlets, scientific journals, key government and quasi-governmental agencies, global intelligence agencies, and influential scientists and physicians to flood the public with fearful propaganda about COVID-19 virulence and pathogenesis, and to muzzle debate and ruthlessly censor dissent.

The numbers are dismal: only 20% of beauty school graduates continue in the field after five short years. What accounts for such high turnover? In Mentored by Failure, Tye Caldwell pulls from his personal journey—many wins and quite a few losses—to share five points that he believes are the basis for a long and successful career. Along with a few tell-tale stories, he debunks industry myths and offers truth and wisdom about how to survive and truly thrive in the beauty industry. Mentored By Failure will save you time and missteps. Within these pages are valuable lessons that act as an ...

Justin Smith is a commercial real estate broker who has helped his clients close more than 500 real estate transactions worth roughly half a billion dollars in consideration. In Industrial Intelligence, he shares the benefit of his experience to help you make your own expansion a success from beginning to end.

After losing his mother to cancer at age 12, best-selling author Mark Sloan has conducted a historic and monumental investigation into the cancer industry to find out why she died such an agonizing death. I’m here to ask the difficult questions. Did my mother die of cancer? Or was she murdered for profit by an industry that cares more about making money than saving lives?

Wayne, also known as El Primo, offers an intimate glimpse into his life. Born into poverty in Detroit's Black Bottom neighborhood, Wayne turned to drug dealing at a young age under the guidance of notorious crime figures in the city such as Larry Marlow Chambers of the notorious Chambers Brothers. Implementing the knowledge he acquired, his drug empire expanded across multiple major cities in six states. While managing a drug empire Wayne also was a businessman who had an intricate involvement in the Atlanta music scene being in the studios with artist and record executives such as Usher, ...

In Blind Spots, Dr. Makary explores the latest research on critical topics ranging from the microbiome to childbirth to nutrition and longevity and more, revealing the biggest blind spots of modern medicine and tackling the most urgent yet unsung issues in our $4.5 trillion health care ecosystem. The path to medical mishaps can be absurd, entertaining, and jaw-dropping—but the truth is essential to our health.

Wayne, also known as El Primo, offers an intimate glimpse into his life. Born into poverty in Detroit's Black Bottom neighborhood, Wayne turned to drug dealing at a young age under the guidance of notorious crime figures in the city such as Larry Marlow Chambers of the notorious Chambers Brothers. Implementing the knowledge he acquired, his drug empire expanded across multiple major cities in six states. While managing a drug empire Wayne also was a businessman who had an intricate involvement in the Atlanta music scene being in the studios with artist and record executives such as Usher, ...

Feeling overwhelmed by the ATI TEAS exam? Looking for a flexible study solution that fits your busy schedule? Your search ends here! This meticulously crafted audiobook is your ultimate companion for ATI TEAS success. Whether you're commuting, exercising, or multitasking, absorb essential exam content effortlessly through professional narration.

It is time to turn the page and end the chapter called COVID-19 once and for all. We have all suffered enough in our own personal ways. In this audiobook, I will expose the truth about COVID-19, the vaccines, and other dangerous drugs, providing many solutions to help everyone heal and become healthy again.

Keith Moon wasn’t just The Who’s drummer—he was their chaos engine, their comic relief, and their most volatile liability. Known for explosive performances and even more explosive offstage antics, Moon’s life was a whirlwind of fame, destruction, brilliance, and heartbreak. Keith Moon: The Last 24 Hours is an unflinching rock and roll biography that reconstructs the final day of this iconic musician's life, diving deep into the real events that led to his tragic death on September 7, 1978, at the age of 32. This book provides a blow-by-blow account of Moon’s last hours, based ...

Rockefeller was the quintessential industrialist. He created an industry out of nascent oil and gas start-ups during a time when none existed. His strategies and tactics may not have been approved by all, but he was certain he was doing God’s work. We live in a world today that is based on the actions of John D. Rockefeller. Everything we do and how we live are the result of oil and its power. This inherent structure is based on what one man did when the oil industry was just starting off.

Wayne, also known as El Primo, offers an intimate glimpse into his life. Born into poverty in Detroit's Black Bottom neighborhood, Wayne turned to drug dealing at a young age under the guidance of notorious crime figures in the city such as Larry Marlow Chambers of the notorious Chambers Brothers. Implementing the knowledge he acquired, his drug empire expanded across multiple major cities in six states. While managing a drug empire Wayne also was a businessman who had an intricate involvement in the Atlanta music scene being in the studios with artist and record executives such as Usher,...