Sentences with phrase «as bookstores go»

As bookstores go away, «we need more powerful book reviewers online,» said Matthew Baldacci, VP and associate publisher at St. Martin's, in a panel on discovery.

Not exact matches

A friend of mine went into a local Christian bookstore to find a book that might be helpful for him as a husband.

I remember you mentioning at the bookstore that you were trying to go fully began — big huge congrats on doing so and glad you found Nutramilk as I remember you saying milk in your coffee / tea was hard to replace!

In case you'd like to get started now and try this out, but feel overwhelmed, look for a story - based children's yoga book at your local library or bookstore, such as Jasper's Journey to the Yoga - Animals, and go from there.

Lorello had been working in the bookstore, operated by the Friends group, as recently as Wednesday but was let go upon a directive that came from the highest levels of the DMNA, said the person briefed on the decision, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak for any of the parties involved.

But there was nothing that a regular person could go to their bookstore and buy a book that discussed fasting as a therapeutic option in a serious manner.

One benefit of using the Expanded Distribution option at CreateSpace is that the book then goes into Baker & Taylor (a distributor used by many, many bookstores), and from Baker & Taylor to places such as Powell's, Mysterious Galaxy Books, B&N, etc..

He went on to outline a number of grievances, from Amazon's use of Luxembourg as their European headquarters, a status which allows them to charge just 3 % tax on purchases vs. much higher rates had they been based elsewhere in the EC, to the fact that they are encouraging customers to showroom — to browse in bricks - and - mortar bookstores but shop online.

With no bidders interested in keeping the bookstore chain as a going concern, Borders chose to cancel the planned July 19 auction, and instead announced plans to submit a liquidation plan from Hilco and Gordon Brothers to the bankruptcy court for approval.

Now, as a lover of bookstores, this saddens me in a way because there is something about going in and browsing.

Most bookstores haven't gone as far as Village Books in developing their publishing imprints but many do offer writing and publishing programs geared to indie authors.

When Borders, then the nation's second - largest bookstore chain, went bankrupt and liquidated all its stores in 2011, it seemed as if it could be good news for Barnes & Noble, which would have a chance to grab former Borders customers.

This has resulted in a number of companies to go out of business such as Blinkbox Books and the Sainsburys digital bookstore.

Go so far as to step outside of her comfort zone of romance, her new book The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook is on bookstore shelves today and her faithful fans will not be disappointed.

Joanna: When I think of bookstores as well, I'm one of those terrible people, of which there are many of us who go into bookstores a lot.

All afternoon and evening — as Spain's national football team dismantled their Irish rivals on the pitch in Poland — Google Play Spain had been uploading new banners at their online bookstore, but nothing indicated that they were going to go live quite so soon.

Publishers are focused on selling as many copies as possible right after the book goes on sale to avoid returns from bookstores.

Really good advice in this podcast, especially to do impromptu book signings at airports when traveling (using Twitter to get the word out) and going into non-traditional book stores such as airport bookstores, spas, hotels and other places that sell books and talk to the manager.

As a small press author for a press I adore (Hadley Rille Books), the promotion road is hard going, as I, and my books, are viewed as «less than» by other authors, bookstores, and the publishing community at largAs a small press author for a press I adore (Hadley Rille Books), the promotion road is hard going, as I, and my books, are viewed as «less than» by other authors, bookstores, and the publishing community at largas I, and my books, are viewed as «less than» by other authors, bookstores, and the publishing community at largas «less than» by other authors, bookstores, and the publishing community at large.

Barnes & Noble reporting slight gains in comparable sales in its core book selling business after years of declines that had led many to wonder whether the largest remaining bookstore chain might suffer the same fate as Borders, which went out of business four years ago.

Once you are satisfied that this book looks like what you want on bookstore shelves and other readers are used to seeing... go ahead and pick your book's birthday (also known as a publication date) and celebrate.

If you are not sure about what size is appropriate for your book, go to a bookstore or the library and look at a number of books in the same genre as your book and make notes on the range of sizes and see what you y like best.

When you think of book discovery in the past, it normally involved going to your local bookstore and seeing what they were promoting, in other cases you may consult a newspaper such as the New York Times.

It is going on sale today in the B&N bookstores and college bookstores, as well as on the Barnes and Noble website, and will retail for $ 119.00 in the US without cost - savings measures like advertising.

Complain as you will about B&N's website and customer service [I experienced excellent customer service when I went into a B&N bookstore w Simple Touch questions]- the Nook Simple Touch was and is a good piece of hardware.

But paper books are alive and well, and indie pubbing writers who are on the ball and paying attention to the industry are selling them — online, yes, but also here and there in bookstores, more and more as time goes on.

Even though most of your sales are going to be online and you may not actually put the book in many bookstores, or do many life events, you want your book to look as «normal» and professional as possible.

Publishers are focused on selling as many as possible right after the book goes on sale to avoid returns from bookstores.

When you're making your marketing materials or you're making your title sell sheet or any of this information, you're going to be using to present your book to other folks such as a bookstore or a library, you're always going to list Amazon as a place to buy your book.

As such, bookstores need to be pretty sure the book is going to be purchased before they buy it.

I did a lot of research about self - publishing and saw that, though it may not matter as much now, a year or two ago it seemed important that authors NOT be limited to Kindle with their work, or, in print, to a CreateSpace imprint that would be a no - go for libraries and bookstores with antipathy toward Amazon.

Your first step should be to go to your local bookstore or browse around online through Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com for books that discuss the same topic, tackle similar issues, or are within the same genre as your own.

Finding a reputable publisher can be as easy as going to the bookstore and seeing what's on the shelves.

Is the lesson of: «Price your books cheaply» that we have learned from Amazon, going to contribute to the further demise of bookstores as we know them?W

I started up a little, part - time, used bookstore on the internet and for a couple of years, business was okay, but what I found as I tried to stock up on inventory was that it was not fun going to used book sales and stepping over other book sellers blocking the aisles with their hand - held scanners and boxes of «don't touch these, their mine» used books.

More importantly, as authors and publisher look for ever more creative ways to attract the attention of readers who already have large amounts of content to choose from, books are going to have to have a way to stand out from the crowd on the bookstore shelves.

With e-books you will be able to purchase as many books as you want without a necessity to go to the library or buy books in the bookstores.

As it is, physical bookstores risk being made irrelevant because readers are increasingly getting used to not finding the title they want in stock so they just go to Amazon or BN.com and order it for home delivery.

If these writers are simply satisfied with their current situation... I'm wondering how long that's going to continue being true as advances decrease and bookstores close.

You go to a bookstore and someone there recommends it, known as «handselling».

For inspiration and good examples, check your favorite books, go to a bookstore or just search «beautiful covers» (as you most certainly already did).

However, just as the music industry managed to destroy itself fighting the advance of new technology, I'm really concerned that the big bookstore chains and publishers are going to fight this model.

As part of ABA's Day of Education, at the Javits Convention Center on Thursday, May 28, in Room 1E12 in the Javits Center from 1:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., a panel of e-content experts will discuss trends in digital content, including e-books and audio books, and their impact on independent bookstores in «Going Digital: An Industry Discussion on Selling E-Content.»

If they try and go it on their own, they will face stuff competition from Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Kobo and the Sony bookstore, which have years of content on their side, as well as a loyal customer base.

And yet somehow, I'm going to wake up tomorrow morning and find that a story I wrote while working as a bookseller — a story that blossomed into a novel one serialized piece at a time — is now being released into bookstores far and wide.

For a time the specialty bookstores in science fiction and mystery kept many smaller publishers alive, but those stores are mostly gone now as well, leaving the large traditional publishers in almost complete control of any sort of distribution.

It's still a good idea to go to publishers / agents as they have more resources and can get you into bookstores more easily, but if you are are not patient enough to wait, or the rejections get to you, or you want to skip publishers altogether, then self - publishing is a great option

Fortunately for my wallet, all it took was going with him to the university bookstore and then to the off - campus used bookstore once to compare prices for his textbooks to get him to understand the need to buy used as often as possible.

And as more and more brick and mortar bookstores go out of business, you know, that «distribution the publisher is promising seems less and less interesting.

Interface issues such as these may go away with updates over time, but right now they make the Libre Touch a poor competitor to other readers offering wireless access to Web bookstores.