Sentences with phrase «x number of books»

While the POD self - pub services aren't truly self - publishing, they're equally dissimilar to the pre-digital vanity publishers, where you paid a company to print X number of books that were shipped to you and which you then kept in your basement or garage.

Your goals could be to sell x number of books to parents and educators in your school district, create a dynamic website, and then target state or national organizations to expand your readership.

And then, typically, either quarterly, or twice a year, or annually, again, depending on the size of the publishing house and the ability for them to manage their royalty process, they'll do an accounting for you, and say, we've sold X number of books with net sales of X, and therefore, we'll be cutting you a check for say, 10 % of that amount.

They loaded it onto Amazon with the old date and when she asked why, she was told that they could not update the Amazon information to match the new book copyright date until she sold X number of books.

Sells X number of books?

As someone who hopes to buy an ebook reader as soon as the format wars end (or, at least, come to a natural pause), I was hoping to see a different Kindle promotion — say, agree to buy X number of books through Amazon and receive a free (or vastly discounted) Kindle.

If I was dealing with authors instead of engineers looking for work, the mentality would be the same: Can you help me make my monthly revenue quota by selling X number of books?

Regardless of how nice the reader is, its worthless to me as long as I can only get something from «their online store of X number of books».

Perhaps this knowledge could be integrated into publishing contracts, either with a clause for the publisher to commit to x number of books in the series or with a clause releasing rights to completed books immediately upon series cancellation.

food manufacturers have managed to invade what should be a commercial - free zone through vending machines and «pouring rights»; branded foods (like Pizza Hut pizzas) sold in the national school lunch program; the sale of a la carte foods; the use of Channel One television in the classroom; the creation of textbooks replete with math problems that use the products» names; give - aways of branded items like textbook covers; offering their products as rewards for academic performance (read X number of books over the summer and earn a gift certificate to McDonald's); and much more.

Not exact matches

In a sense, it is like saying, the X talked about in the book is exactly the X I describe, regardless of the fact that there are any number of other descriptions of X other have from the same book.

Any program, book, article, or trainer who promises results in X number of days (the smaller the number, the more skeptical you should be)» should raise any number of red flags.

Now for all the goodies that are included in this release, included is a 48 - page hardcover book «Harry Potter Catalogue of Artefacts», a 32 - page «Harry Potter Label Collection» booklet, an envelope containing five wonderfully detailed black - and - white Stuart Craig drawings which are printed on heavy - stock cards, concept art color paintings also on heavy - stock cards, a Holocrux locket replica, a weathered blueprint poster of the Hogwarts castle, a large 24 ″ x 36 ″ cloth map of the Hogwarts grounds (pictured below) and, of course, a numbered certificate of authenticity.

Based on the instant success of the 7 Times Table story Sally wrote stories for more Times Tables (including the 1 x table for under 4's to help them learn their numbers) These stories are available as printed books, downloadable e books.

Book 7 The product of x and some number is equal to the sum of that number and y.

Book 6 The difference of two numbers is x.

, Large title saying «Pancake day» and «Shrove Tuesday» - great for use in your dining hall on pancake day or on displays, Large lettering decorated with pictures of pancakes and frying pans saying» Pancake day» and «Shrove Tuesday», A photo recipe to make pancakes - this can be shown on the whiteboard or printed and laminated to make into a book, A number line to 50 with the numbers on pancakes, All the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds phonics phases on jam pots, Topic words on pancakes relating to Pancake day and pancakes, An A4 wordcard with words relating to Pancake day and decorated with pictures of pancakes - this is great for use when the children are writing, A game to collect all the pancakes from the frying pan first, A board game to print and make (2 x A4 size) to win the pancake race first!

If book «x» is trad published and successful enough to sell, let's say, 20,000 books (or whatever, just a number I grabbed at), and book «y» is indy published and sells the same amount, there is no doubt that the author of the indy book is going to be FAR better off.

Have a number that's quantifiable — such as «drive x people to my author website, and convert y % of those people to buy my book.»

Instead of ordering X books, and warehousing X books, Amazon ordered a smaller number.

In other words, the entity has bought a certain number of «books» in bulk at X discount.

You don't have a contract with Amazon, promising to buy X number of Kindle books over the first year, or Y number of special offers, with some sort of penalty fee if you don't pay up.

Mike's right, there is sometimes a point of confusion for new authors when the «size» of their manuscript changes in physical size from the original word processor trim size of 8.5 x 11 to the more common book size of 8 × 5 or 6 × 9, and this change in size results in a greater number of pages for the final book (which affects the book's pricing).

But with online print and ebook sales, a book might never go out of print under the «not available for sale» definition, and online sales — no matter how limited — can keep the book active under the «x number of sales per royalty period» definition.

As for physical books, I believe they will remain but I believe that self - publishing will make the route to a best - seller more circuitous than it's ever been because there may not be agents / publishers willing to represent / publish an author unless the self - published product has sold more than «x» number of books.

Over time, the numbers tell you how many people go on to buy subsequent books after trying the first, so you've got a good idea how many buyers you're going to have each month if you can get X number of new people to pick up the first book.

Retail Price = (% Distribution Channel Fee X Retail Price) + Handling Fee per Book + (Per Page Fee X Number of Pages) + Desired Royalty per Book

Here's the key line in the accounting from amazon:»... a percentage of the number of times all KDP Digital Books have been borrowed» That's the x factor.

A lot of indie authors and marketers swear that you need X number of good reviews to sell a book.

«We'll promote your book for a fee once you have X number of reviews.»

Your share will be calculated as the number of times that the Digital Book has been borrowed during the month as a percentage of the number of times all KDP Digital Books have been borrowed, multiplied by the fund amount we establish for that month... For example, if the fund for a particular month is $ 500,000, your Digital Book is borrowed 1,500 times, and all participating Digital Books are cumulatively borrowed 100,000 times, your Digital Book will earn $ 7,500 ($ 500,000 x 1,500 / 100,000 = $ 7,500).

I represent a book because I love the author's writing, not because it's sold X number of copies already.

There's a number missing here: 39 % of the sample are aware, X % of them «have an opinion», and 19 % of those with an opinion are buying fewer books.

Description: Paperback Publisher: Ballantine Books Language: English ISBN - 10: 0345477154 ISBN - 13: 978 - 0345477156 Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches Number of Pages: 332

MATTHEW RITCHIE The Bad Need 2001 adhesive - backed vinyl and acrylic paint 36 x 41 inches (92.08 x 105.41 cm) Edition of XVIII Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity in the form of a signed and numbered artist's book.

He scribbled the phone numbers of his friends on them, outstanding debts, take - out menus, names of people and places, lists from reference books, his idea of history» (P. Hoban, Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art, London 1998, p. x).

THIMGS by Lucas Blalock: Unique hardcover artist book; Signed and numbered on last page of book; three sizes: 9.3125» x 7.437» x 437»; 8.437» x 6.625» x.437»; 7.3125» x 4.8125» x.437».

«We discussed a number of ideas with StudioDBD and they suggested the idea of the 30 x 30 book.

Wegman has also published a number of books for adults including Man's Best Friend, Fashion Photographs, William Wegman 20 x 24, The New York Times Bestseller Puppies, Fay, William Wegman: Paintings and the upcoming Being Human, edited by William Ewing and published by Thames and Hudson fall 2017.

HELEN FRANKENTHALER A Page from Book III, from This is Not a Book etching, aquatint, mezzotint and stencil in colors, 1997, on TGL handmade, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 20/60 (there were also 16 artist's proofs), with the Tyler Graphics, Ltd. blindstamp, Mount Kisco, New York, with full margins, pale time staining, traces of pale foxing, otherwise in good condition, framed P. 4 x 17 3/4 in.

HELEN FRANKENTHALER A Page from a Book III, from This is Not a Book etching, aquatint, mezzotint and pochoir in colors, 1997, on TGL handmade, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 12/60 (there were also 16 artist's proofs), published by Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York, with their blindstamp, with full margins, occasional soft rubbing in the margins, a crease at the upper right sheet corner, otherwise apparently in good condition, not examined out of the frame P. 5 x 21 1/4 in.

Helen Frankenthaler Book of Clouds 2007 Aquatint, etching, relief and porchoir with hand coloring # 9 of 30 Signed and numbered 35.75» x 68.25»

HELEN FRANKENTHALER (B. 1928) A Page from a Book II; and III two etchings with aquatint in colors, 1997, on TGL handmade, both signed and dated in pencil, numbered «AP 13/16» and «AP 16/16» respectively (the editions were 30 for both), both with the Tyler Graphics, Ltd. blindstamps, Mount Kisco, New York, both with full margins, traces of extremely minor surface soiling at the margin edges, otherwise both apparently in excellent condition, one examined out of the frame both P. approx. 4 x 17 5/8 in.

Helen Frankenthaler A Page From a Book: I - III (3 works) 1997 Etchings with aquatint on handmade paper; two with mezzotint and stencil # 9 of 60 Each signed, dated and numbered; Tyler Graphics blindstamp Each: 10» x 24.75

HELEN FRANKENTHALER A Page from a Book II etching and aquatint in colors, 1997, on TGL handmade, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 38/60 (there were also 16 artist's proofs), with the Tyler Graphics, Ltd. blindstamp, Mount Kisco, New York, with full margins, apparently in very good condition, not examined out of the frame P. 4 x 17 5/8 in.

HELEN FRANKENTHALER A Page from a Book: Plate III etching with aquatint and pochoir in colors, 1997, on TGL handmade, signed in pencil, numbered «AP 13/16» (the edition was 60), with the Tyler Graphics, Ltd. blindstamp, Mount Kisco, New York, with full margins, small rubbed areas on and below the signature, hinged to the support in places at the reverse of the margin edges, otherwise in very good condition, framed P. 4 13/16 x 21 1/2 in.

George Martin (1926 - 2016) Summer of Love, 2006 The complete portfolio, 2006, comprising a first edition, deluxe copy of the book «Summer of Love», signed and numbered from the edition of 350 in black ink by Martin, a gelatin silver print, signed and numbered from the edition of 350 in pencil by Frank Herrmann, and a limited edition t - shirt by Peter Blake, published by Genesis Publications Limited, Guilford, all housed with the original printed box and drawstring cloth bag, folio, overall size 37 x 29 x 6 cm (14 1/2 x 11 3/8 x 2 1/4 in), George Martin (1926 - 2016), Summer of Love, 2006, The complete portfolio, 2006, comprising a first edition, deluxe copy of the book «Summer of Love», signed and numbered from the edition of 350 in black ink by Martin, a gelatin silver print, signed and numbered from the edition of 350 in pencil by Frank Herrmann, and a limited edition t - shirt by Peter Blake, published by Genesis Publications Limited, Guilford, all housed with the original printed box and drawstring cloth bag, folio, overall size 37 x 29 x 6 cm (14 1/2 x 11 3/8 x 2 1/4 in) Read more

HELEN FRANKENTHALER A Page from a Book II, from This is Not a Book etching and aquatint in colors, 1997, on TGL handmade, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 12/60 (there were also 16 artist's proofs), published by Tyler Graphics, Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York, with their blindstamp, with full margins, occasional soft rubbing in the margins, otherwise apparently in very good condition, not examined out of the frame P. 4 x 17 5/8 in.

HELEN FRANKENTHALER (B. 1928) A Page from a Book III, from This is Not a Book etching, aquatint, mezzotint and stencil in colors, 1997, on TGL handmade, signed and dated in pencil, numbered 42/60 (there were also 16 artist's proofs), with the Tyler Graphics, Ltd. blindstamp, Mount Kisco, New York, with full margins, very minor surface soiling in the margins, otherwise apparently in very good condition, not examined out of the frame P. 5 1/4 x 21 1/4 in.

It feels like the most significant release since the debut of Windows 10, in part because of the number of new Windows devices you'll be hearing about over the next few weeks, from the Surface Book 2 to the Invoke to the Xbox One X. All will involve Windows in some way.