Sentence examples for a hefty publishing from inspiring English sources

They leave the impression, in some cases, that the writers were thinking less about spiritual enlightenment than a hefty publishing deal: Gilbert's expedition was funded by a $200,000 advance.

But producers such as Nadir Khayat (RedOne), the Moroccan who co-wrote Lady Gaga's hits "Poker Face" and "Bad Romance", are rewarded with hefty publishing cheques for songs which live on in adverts and soundtracks long after they leave the charts.

A hefty and recently published book, "101 Classic Cookbooks," not only lists what some consider the most important cookbooks in a century, but also features the best recipes from each one.

Last year, Tomlin published a hefty volume on the Bloomberg tablets.

While keeping up with a hefty performing schedule, she published short stories in The New Yorker and wrote a best-selling thriller — the "G-String Murders" — which was made into an immensely successful film, "Lady of Burlesque".

One time, when he was contracting to publish a hefty hardcover book with my name on it as author, I asked him for an advance, and he said, "Fuck you".

And, as if to add a capstone to their days as up-and-comers, Rizzoli published a hefty leather-bound monograph devoted to the pair last month titled "Roman and Williams Buildings and Interiors: Things We Made".

Mr. Mahmoud, the president of Egypt's National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, publishes a hefty book of tables that lists the precise time and location that the Ramadan moon will appear in various cities throughout the Islamic world.

Profanity also crops up in McPhee's recollection of his negotiations with his longtime book publisher, Roger Straus, which were conducted without an agent: One time, when he was contracting to publish a hefty hardcover book with my name on it as author, I asked him for an advance, and he said, "Fuck you".

Back in the '90s, in the midst of the so-called culture wars, Republican moralist William Bennett published a hefty collection of stories and fables and poems called the Book of Virtues.

Postal workers, refuse collectors, crossing patrol attendants and the local branch of Sainsbury's could also play pivotal roles, according to Connected Communities, a hefty new piece of research published today by the RSA.