Sentence examples for authors off from inspiring English sources

Ben Bernanke, who tweaks the direction of the world economy from his office at the Federal Reserve, has published a book of essays on Depression economics.That kind of company might put most authors off, so Amity Shlaes, a columnist with Bloomberg, should be congratulated for squaring up to them.

Hopeful publishing and bookstore executives attributed the low volume to people's preoccupation with the electoral stalemate, which they said kept readers glued to television news and authors off the airwaves.

By wearing a mask made of his own face, he inflected every interaction with multiple ironies, keeping his guests — including politicians and authors — off balance, and forcing them to be spontaneous.

Meanwhile, the break-out success of multiple indie author stars will grab headlines in 2011, forcing many unpublished authors off the sidelines.

"The Big Four are ahead of most in managing talented women," says Sylvia Hewlett, author of "Off-Ramps and On-Ramps", a new book on the subject (see article).Across bordersGaps in one country can be plugged with people from another.

Sylvia Ann Hewlett, author of Off-ramps and On-ramps: Keeping Talented Women on the Road to Success, notes that employers start such programs because they attract promising employees.

Biggest flaw: In a few places, the authors veer off into some preachy prose that detracts from the book's persuasive thesis.

In fact, the authors write off the role of education, calling it a "shopworn" theory for addressing the needs of displaced workers.

Many would-be children's authors start off with little or no knowledge of the current market - maybe with a nostalgic memory of their own childhood favourites.

Most remarkably, publishers say that sales of the best-selling novels, even by blockbuster authors, are off by 25percentto40percentcent from the level of last year's best sellers.

All authors signed off on the final manuscript.