In our rather fast - moving industry, it's important to remember the excellent kindergarten lesson
about judging books by their covers.
I wish there was an adage
about judging books by cover (quotes)....
But the face isn't everything, so I guess what your parents taught
you about judging books is true after all.
It might teach you a thing or two
about judging a book by its cover.
People are always talking
about judging a book by its cover, but for those of us who are obsessed with words, I'd say a title is equally if not more important.
Not exact matches
Each month's
book selections are chosen by recurring and celebrity guest
judges who are passionate
about books, like Ellie Kemper from «Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt» and Josh Radnor from «How I Met Your Mother.»
Citing concerns
about giving Google «a significant advantage over competitors,» a New York federal
judge shot down a settlement that would permit Google to make millions of
books accessible online — the latest setback in the Internet behemoth's six - year - long legal battle over its digital library.
I like reading
books and,
judging by the fact that I've now written 1,400 articles for this column, I like writing
about creative ideas.
At least that way you can manage your own tendency to
judge a
book by it's cover and make clever decisions
about how you present yourself.
Judging from the testimonials — including many well known people — everyone likes this bookThis is more than a be nice or feel good
book, although it did make me feel good
about being nice.
RE: «when you're standing before your judgment being
judged for the things you deny, how
about taking all of those science
books and «reason» with you» So, you're so SURE gawwwwwwd didn't give us science that you forego all medical treatment, and you live like the Amish....
So when you're standing before your judgment being
judged for the things you deny, how
about taking all of those science
books and «reason» with you.
Before you
judge Romney concerning his Mormon religion do yourself a favor and get a
book or two and read
about who founded the religion and what they believe then you can make an intelligent decision.
I have never known a group of people so addicted to
judging other people and finding lines in an old
book to make them feel better
about doing it.
but if you take the
book literally — then you can't forget the part
about not
judging others... plus a bunch of other stuff
about being «nice» to all people regardless of anything...
The
book of
Judges pictures a time when Israel was a loose confederation of tribes, scattered
about in Canaan, oppressed by the Canaanite city - states and by other tribal groups who swept in from the desert or from the seacoast.
and outside your bronze age story
book which is so patently flawed in so many ways, how do you know any of this
about judges and rights and punishments?
The
book of Romans talk
about how all of us have been turned over to sinful ways and because of this no one should
judge another.
But, please, pipe the hell down
about judging the actions of adults who are not harming themselves or others, especially when your judgments are drawn from readings of the myth
book.
I did suggest earlier this week that this season was one
about which to be optimistic — there were a few Doubting Micky Thomases
judging from the posts that followed such thoughts, but after a display of stunning attack, biting midfield (well, kind of, at least the two stayed out of Mike Dean's
book) and innovative defending, surely we are now favourites for the title?
They say you shouldn't
judge a
book by its cover, but if you look scruffy, people will think you won't care
about the job.
To the right, he points out Mount Tabor, where Deborah, mentioned in the Old Testament's
book of
Judges, calls on her general, Barak, to lead an Israelite army 10,000 strong in
about the 12th century B.C..
«Despite the well - known idiom to «not
judge a book by its cover,» the present research shows that such judgments about the cover are good proxies for judgments about the book — even after reading it,» says Zayas, who is chairing a session at the SPSP conference called «When to Judge a Book by Its Cover: Timing, Context, and Individual Differences in First Impressions.&r
judge a
book by its cover,» the present research shows that such judgments about the cover are good proxies for judgments about the book — even after reading it,» says Zayas, who is chairing a session at the SPSP conference called «When to Judge a Book by Its Cover: Timing, Context, and Individual Differences in First Impressions.&ra
book by its cover,» the present research shows that such judgments
about the cover are good proxies for judgments
about the
book — even after reading it,» says Zayas, who is chairing a session at the SPSP conference called «When to Judge a Book by Its Cover: Timing, Context, and Individual Differences in First Impressions.&ra
book — even after reading it,» says Zayas, who is chairing a session at the SPSP conference called «When to
Judge a Book by Its Cover: Timing, Context, and Individual Differences in First Impressions.&r
Judge a
Book by Its Cover: Timing, Context, and Individual Differences in First Impressions.&ra
Book by Its Cover: Timing, Context, and Individual Differences in First Impressions.»
Krauss is an exemplary interpreter of tough science, and the central part of the
book, where he discusses what we know
about the history of the universe — and how we know it — is perfectly
judged.
Let your initial reaction
about physique guide you — you should
judge the
book by its cover in this instance.
I described myself as cool and casual individual, I am highly sophisticated and honest in everything i do, i do care a lot
about my appearance and i always like to look good and smell nice, i don't
judge a
book by the cover and do not consider distance or age as barrier in relationship.
Wow, its always very difficult when i have to talk
about my self, its like telling me to write a whole
book... lol, well one can't
judge the
book by its cover, i am an honest, caring, understanding and romantic woman, i have been hurt before and it took me time before i decided to move on wit...
Remember that lesson you learned
about not
judging a
book by its cover?
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What is important is that when the story does take the inevitable fairy tale turn of having a moral, the one
about not
judging a
book by its cover, it» s completely painless.
A brilliant film
about prejudice,
judging a
book by its cover, alienation, acceptance, told beautifully through fable.
I never read the comic
book, but
judging from what this article says
about the series, I'm picturing part Warehouse 13 meets The Thing.
Full disclosure: I have not read any of the
books upon which this film is based, the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer, so I'm
judging Annihilation entirely on its own merits (though you can read
about the casting controversy HERE).
How
about a
book contest in which the
judges don't read all the entries?
(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness
about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I
judge in self - published
book competitions, and I read the * entire *
book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per
book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.
They say «don't
judge a
book by its cover» — but this is exactly why we love Pinterest, it's all
about the covers!
And my third piece will be to advice
about a good image: the saying «never
judge a
book by its cover» was created by a lazy author who didn't give much thought of what really works in the marketing of both fiction and nonfiction.
You have to think
about the cost of shipping out two copies of each
book to two sets of
judges all over the country, and the manpower that it takes for an event like this is amazing.
A
judging panel, made up of members of the association, will select
about 12
books in the next eight weeks and the public will be asked to vote on the shortlisted works.
I always feel unsure
about how to
judge the writing style when the
book is a translation, but the poetic words and the raw emotions of the characters was thrilling!
I wish they would make this
book into a movie instead of «The Runaway Jury» I loved reading
about judges in jail.
-LSB-...] posted before
about how we do
judge books by their covers, so I could have answered that question with a flippant «a lot,» included a link to -LSB-...]
Along with poetry
books came more commercially successful titles
about coastal North Carolina, including the perennial best - selling
Judge Charles Whedbee
books of folklore.
But rather than segregating self published
books, what I would rather see is an education of the public to differentiate between the terms vanity publishing (which I think most folks agree is generally bad and awful and will never lose its stigma), self - publishing (which often connotes work that has not been properly vetted by people who know how to
judge a good product) and indie publishing, which is a term that those of us who use it are hoping will come to mean quality — work that has been vetted by independent editors and formatted by people who give a damn
about putting out a professional product that rivals anything put out by New York.
Forgot
about that outdated saying of «don't
judge a
book by its cover.»
In tour news, today I am hanging out with Kerry Allen talking
about how you totally
judge a
book by its cover and it better be a good one.
It's a little ironic to
judge Derrick Barnes» Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by its cover, but this picture
book is all
about making a good appearance, so why not?
I do not want to be pessimistic but it will be good at least if we will be reading in the future) I like points on shameless reading though I never
judge about the
book by the cover but by reviews on it.
Arguably,
judging books by pages read means it's
about pleasing the reader, now more than ever.
And then I'll publish those
books and,
judging from past experience, some people will buy and read them and some of those will say good things
about my writing and I'll be a happy artist - author.