Sentences with phrase «about bookstores as»

I'm not as pessimistic about bookstores as either of you, but it's worrying to contemplate how the economics of it all might shake out.

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When speaking about starting Amazon, Bezos explained that he did not know he was ready to leave his job as a software developer on Wall Street when he came up with concept of an online bookstore.

That afternoon in the bookstore concluded as that man I met whispered hopefully, «I want that God that you are talking about,» while awkward tears filled his eyes.

As one reader posted on the on «line bookstore, Amazon.com, «Ms. Walker is truly one of the most daring writers of the twentieth century... [but] I found the details of the lesbian lovemaking to be more than I ever wanted to know about lesbian relationships» and the assumption that my dead relatives spy on me in my bed quite revolting.

However, most people are confused about how to eat, as bookstores and the internet are crammed with seductive - sounding diets such as Paleo, The Zone, Atkins, and others.

We cover all of the best - selling books about love as they are released online and in your favorite bookstores.

The contrast between the 8 mm home - movie footage that opens the film and the subsequent scene showing Murray's bookstore in its final throes sets the thematic stage: Fading Gigolo is intended to be as much about aging as it is about love and sex.

In this Reverse Shot Talkie, director Matías Piñeiro browses the aisles of a Greenwich Village bookstore with host Eric Hynes to talk about adaptation as an art of taking liberties, the beauty of mess, and his ongoing relationship with William Shakespeare, whose plays have inspired many of his films, including his latest, The Princess of France.

In this Reverse Shot Talkie, director Matías Piñeiro browses the aisles of Greenwich Village bookstore Mercert Street Books with host Eric Hynes to talk about adaptation as an art of taking liberties, the beauty of mess, and his ongoing relationship with William Shakespeare, whose plays have inspired many of his films, including his latest, The Princess of France.

As a project it could be part of a larger discussion between local writers and community bookstores about mutual interests, and who knows what other projects might come from that.

Most paperbacks found in bookstores and Walmart (which have about the same quality as you can expect with a CreateSpace - printed book) are $ 8.99 or even less, and those are for full novels — 80,000 words or more.

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

Spend as much time in bookstores and online learning everything you can about your market and your book category.

Less worrying about ourselves, less focus on the bookstore as our customer, and more about bringing writers and readers together.

I see Singles as creating a space — a prominent bookstore window, really — that allows writers a way to explore and readers the chance to enjoy the rich storytelling opportunities that fall between the lengths of a magazine piece and a book, between about 5,000 and 30,000 words.

They tell nothing about the story line or plot, they're almost all the same length, they're all overexcited and peppered with exclamation points; even more interesting is the fact that they are all «Verified Purchase,» as if no one received a copy of the book as a gift or bought it at Walmart or even an airport bookstore.

As with the recipe, this means that if you see an image of a book that looks interesting, you can click on the image and be linked back to an online bookstore or the author's website to find more information about the book.

Considering I average 1 — 2 books a week (minimum — that gets as high as five some weeks), not having to carry around books, no longer forgetting to bring a book when I'm in a hurry, no visiting bookstores or libraries every week (only visit when I want to, about once per month or so), no return deadlines or late fees, and having access to any book I want even at 2 a.m. in the morning is AWESOME!

Self published authors have to rely on their own resources, be more creative in finding retail shelf space for their books (as a rule, self published authors have far less access to chain bookstore shelves than the big publishers who spend millions on marketing dollars), and have to work very hard to create any sort of buzz about their books.

A fiction platform is more about the books as readers will find you on the online bookstores, whereas a non-fiction platform can be more integrated with blogging, podcasting and social media.

We know that some authors have strong feelings about some bookstores, as do consumers, and publishers.

And at libraries as well as bookstores, you might read your book during a reading hour or make a presentation about writing that includes reading your book.

You know, as a relatively newcomer to the bookstore business — I mean, my wife and I only acquired Politics & Prose about a year ago.

With big bookstores such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble listing your e-book you might wonder why you should even bother about setting up your own e-book store.

This means when a bookstore (including online bookstores) looks for your print book, they search the Ingram database, find it under «Publisher = CreateSpace», and if they are sensitive about Amazon as a competitor they may refuse to carry it.

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.

Christine — As a bookstore manager, you probably know more about what titles actually sell than that robot does, so don't take it too seriously.

I can't get into details right now, but i find it interesting just as Diamond digital stops giving coupons and codes to bookstores is about the same time marvel is developing their own app.

As much as people talk about the «death of the bookstore,» the problem is mainly contained to North America, Australia, and New ZealanAs much as people talk about the «death of the bookstore,» the problem is mainly contained to North America, Australia, and New Zealanas people talk about the «death of the bookstore,» the problem is mainly contained to North America, Australia, and New Zealand.

The survey of 2,045 UK book buyers found that while young people felt (or at least admitted to feeling) guiltier than older shoppers about using bookstores as showrooms, they were actually more likely to do so.

The curtain is about to fall for the last time as the flagship bookstore in the Toronto area will be closing in the next few months.

As if brick - and - mortar bookstores didn't have enough to worry about, Amazon has introduced a whole new way to rise above the rest and lure customers: Sunday delivery.

«You've got Amazon opening brick - and - mortar bookstores and their goal is to open, as I understand, 300 to 400,» said Mr. Mathrani in response to a question about mall traffic.

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.

In the short - term Kobo does not have much to worry about as Amazon is not providing any marketing material to sell the e-readers in the bookstores.

Regardless of their decision about carrying your book in their stores, your book will be available in the Chapters.Indigo.ca online bookstore as well as other key online book retailers.

Also, as we were talking about earlier, sending sales to bookstores by directing your readers to IndieBound and allowing them to purchase from independent bookstores that they may not be walking in themselves, you are creating sales records at these independent bookstores.

I will, as I have said before, talk about some ideas on selling electronic books to independent bookstores, and maybe even into other stores.

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.

A lot of my efforts are spent working with bookstores and helping them implement programs such as these that we're talking about, and whether it's implementing a printing and publishing program for local authors, I also talk with stores who want to offer more education.

«We are working with Brazilian publishers and closing sales agreements with retailers, as well as a large chain of bookstores to distribute the eBook readers,» said Humphrey, which was excited about the digital book market in Brazil, «In over 5 years, 50 % of digital books will be in Brazil «bet.

One positive note about B&N: its bookstore employees were very helpful with my questions about my Nook, such as the SD card.

On the bookstore front, sales of independent booksellers were up almost 8 % as compared to 2011, based on reports from about 500 bookstores.

As a customer at The Curious Iguana said, «We need intimate, small places like this that care about the books they pick... This isn't just a bookstore.

With her superb third novel about to arrive in bookstores, does Ruth Ozeki think of herself as creating a body of work, an oeuvre, so to speak?

The questions we want to ask, as authors decide how they want to publish to maximize their chances of making a career is: Should authors worry about giving up bookstore sales by self - publishing?

You can't tell an editor how to write the interview, or tell a reviewer what to say about your book, just as you can't insist that a bookstore owner keep a poster of your event beside the register for two months.

Forget about Lightning Source, it isn't worth the time and effort, and expanded distribution on Createspace works about as well (I've had bookstores order my books in bulk through Createspace), and I've also sold international translation rights.

As the publishing industry and its experts watched the slow collapse of the Borders chain of stores, the only recommendations to come about involved first embracing digital reading and second, making bookstores become more than just a bookstore.

I'm not concerned about the Nook reader, but as a bookstore (online and otherwise) B&N appears to be failing.