Puzo had written two books already that had garnered him critical praise but mid-list sales.
Many mid-list authors have fallen victim to increasingly sophisticated, widely available sales data, according to agents and publishers.
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Publishing independently can allow mid-list authors to make a reasonable living on writing.
Particularly for mid-list authors the burden of writing and marketing a book a year without much assistance can be crushing.
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This has already started to happen among primarily mid-list authors, who do reasonably well and then their books go out of print.
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The mid-sized list, like the rising stars, appears very much to be driven by lifestyle preferences and the proximity of universities to provide raw talent.
The duo joined midfielders Mark Kennedy, Riccardo Scimeca and Tony Capaldi on the mid-term injury list.
So when cost of living is taken into account, richer, higher paid, higher taxed nations like Denmark slip in the pay scale rankings to lower than mid-table in the ECA list of 55.
The on court success of the Mid-Major coaches who made the list was equally impressive.
By mid-March, Iraqis on the list still had no mechanism for applying to immigrate.
For those in mid-career contemplating a change, the list of least stressful careers could yield some attractive options.
British officials also have memories of being tricked over opt-outs: in the mid-1990s they secured an exemption from the social chapter, a shopping list of labour and social-policy measures.
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At a recent professional development retreat led by corporate trainer Dana Brownlee, a woman in her mid-50s stood up and starting citing a laundry list of communication conflicts on her mixed-age team.
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Preston, who hasn't said whether she conceived naturally or with the help of donor eggs or any other form of technology, joins a list of celebrities who became pregnant in their mid- to late 40s.
The deal between Burger King and 3G Capital was finalized in mid-October 2010, which just made the cutoff for the 2010 list.
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In mid-October, jurors spent up to three days driving the short list vehicles back-to-back on the smooth, winding roads near Hell, Mich.
The Daily Post, based in Palo Alto, perused the latest Forbes billionaires list and counted 26 (including Jobs) who live in the mid-Peninsula area between San Francisco and San Jose.
Attached to this e-mail you will find a list of voters in your precinct who regularly vote in presidential elections, but not in mid-term elections.
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