Sentences with phrase «of used bookstores»

I've seen pictures of used bookstores who built playhouse - sized forts out of stacks and stacks of Fifty Shades books that they can't dump and nobody will buy.

A lot of titles have been undiscoverable outside of used bookstores for decades, if not longer.»

Thankfully, libraries are still alive and well, and we have a wide selection of used bookstores here in Colorado.

It led to me nearly spending $ 75 on a CD set that promised to help me «decode» my baby's cries, and sitting in the aisle of a used bookstore, surrounded by books on newborn sleep, crying in exhaustion.

Stories not seen outside of a used bookstore in decades are now coming to a brand new group of readers.

You trade them, end of use bookstores, you do all that other stuff, but then you have what the romance writers call «keepers», the books that you absolutely love.

Not exact matches

For the bays where the glasses are on display, the company borrows an idea from bookstores, with shelves that often go nearly to the ceiling and sliding ladders that staff can use to grab hard - to - reach pairs of glasses for the customer.

Which might explain why it is trying to get ahead of such confrontations here, in a newly opened used bookstore in the gentrifying Washington neighborhood of Parkview.

If you're looking for a last minute gift... or are already plotting how to use that bookstore gift card you know is waiting in that tiny wrapped box, I'd recommend starting with these excellent reads — my favorite of 2013:

But, during a visit to a used bookstore, my attention was caught by the worn blue spine of a Dorothy Sayers's Gaudy Night.

Library sales, secondhand bookstores, and in the last couple of years the unloading of paper, especially reference books in favor of digital options by all sorts of people and places, means used books of all sorts are available for the picking.

The seminary bookstores are filled with works on therapy, and these studies of psychology and the helping arts seem to be taken very seriously by most ministers; the books in widespread use are thought to represent the «state of the art.»

The Heritage of World Civilizations: I picked up the seventh edition of this college textbook for $ 4 at a used bookstore because I liked the pictures and because it was stressing me out that I was losing to my little sister in the history category of JEOPARDY.

In search of answers, he turned to a resource rarely used in football: the bookstore.

While I adore the community feel and eco-friendliness of public libraries, and the shiny newness and convenience of large bookstores, my current happy medium is the independent used bookstore.

Most online bookstores carry a good selection of Klutz, so use your favorite to get the gift in the mail.

You can find many of them in your local bookshop, or can order them online, new or used, at one of the bookstores such as Amazon UK, or (second - hand only) from Abebooks UK.

A width of 30.75» is slim for a double stroller, however, this stroller is still wider than a single stroller and it may be difficult to use in tight spaces like a subway or small bookstore.

Used bookstores and libraries are known for their musty air and familiar smell — but people with dust allergies can have serious problems in spaces like these when thick layers of dust are stirred up.

It's rare that I am able to purchase a bookstore book and get any new ideas, but I immediately put some of your ideas in to use with my clients.

Unless, of course, it was a shirt from the university bookstore (yes, I used to work at a university).

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I remember the Gino D'Achille covers for the Ballantine run of the books, all eleven of them, and I remember how excited I felt once I finally completed my collection of them at a mildew - smelling (delicious) used bookstore that didn't know what it had.

I'm constantly on the lookout for books from yard sales, thrift stores, used bookstores, and student donations, but last year I discovered DonorsChoose.org, and it has vastly improved the health and appeal of my classroom collection of books.

I know that summer vacation is getting close because I've recently found myself perusing the shelves of my favorite used bookstores and building a stack on my bedside table.

Using standardized test scores to measure teacher effectiveness reminds me of the time I saw a friend at the bookstore.

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.

Promote your book using your best energy and time — evaluate how best to spend the energy and time you have — do you have enough to visit bookstores around the country for a couple of months or your own community for a day, spend an hour each day on social media connecting around the world with book bloggers, librarians, other authors and readers from your PJs in your house?

I bought my copy for $ 1 in a used bookstore, and I love to use this style of prose to teach an essential skill to students — the art of line editing.

With no marketing muscle, no bookstore tours or print reviews or any of the publicity that most top authors use to sell books, she started bringing in staggering profits.

-- 2 % statistics figures is no serious argument or trend indication — all consumer agreements are drafted by selling companies and, thus, hugely favor the latter, it's take it or leave it — quoted Apple provision is standard indirect damages exclusion, any damages cases for consumers using digital text documents are unlikely anyway — printed book is always better but it takes space — some educational piece on drawbacks of ebooks and bookstores would serve better purpose

I'm not a big fan of Kindle ereaders (though the Oasis2 * might * change my mind, maybe) but the Amazon bookstore and KU are great services that you can use with * any * brand of ereader.

If you're willing to do a little hunting, you can find gently read copies of manga at your local used bookstore.

So how do these used bookstores get their stock of pre-read manga?

Once a novel went out of print, you'd have to scour used bookstores or online book resellers to find a moldy copy.

If you are dreaming of having a shelf full of just your book or books in a bookstore (like used to happen ten years ago), you need to change that thinking.

If possible, avoid using your own name as part of the business title, because this will tip off reviewers and bookstore owners that the book is self - published.

But as Amazon becomes just another everyday tool we use for commerce, the importance of actual bookstores comes back around.

If being in bookstores or libraries is on your list of must - tries and your actual name is unlikely to get you an ideal spot on the bookshelf, using a pseudonym might be worth it.

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Judith Chevalier of the Yale School of Management and Austan Goolsbee at the Chicago Business School recently examined this market and found that college bookstores typically buy used books at 50 percent of cover price and resell them at 75 percent of cover price.

What is important to know, and it is the main reason for me to start using Lightning Source, is the availability of hard copy edition AND return policy for bookstores and libraries plus the distribution of your book through Ingram and their own catalogue.

As it happens, the time - honored ways to generate word of mouth for books that are typically available to traditional publishers — such as bookstore signings, traditional media coverage, and critical reviews — don't work as well as they used to.

The bookstore itself features a large selection of free books that use Google Book's large database of scanned public domain library books.

And though I'm usually loathe to use a book's Amazon ranking as a completely accurate barometer of its commercial success, with these books it is the only barometer, as neither work is available in conventional bookstores.

If you plan to approach bookstores to stock your book on their shelves, you'll need a visually appealing bookstore sell sheet, which is what retailers and wholesalers use to get the information they need to order copies of your book.

By Edward Nawotka In our lead article today, Liz Bury writes about the launch of Mills & Boon India, prompted in part by the widespread use of English, globalized communications and the growth of India's middle - class, which likes to shop in the new chain bookstores and supermarket - style outlets in India's metro centers and their newly - built shopping malls.

I'd gotten much of the museum and historical sight seeing out of the way on that trip, so I solicited recommendations from locals, asking for record stores, used bookstores, bars, and comic shops.

OPDS Catalogs, which are easily produced from simple descriptive metadata, can be harvested by search engines and aggregated by online retailers; their design supports independent reading systems, bookstores, the development of portable bookshelves, and other applications facilitating the use of digital materials.