Sentences with phrase «about quality of books»

A lot of us worry about quality of books in the self - publishing arena; could you break down what you foresee the editor's role will look like in a few years, if you think they will freelance, and whether the world will come back around to trying to guarantee that e-books available for sale will, if nothing else, have proper grammar and sentence structure and punctuation?

Most people have to pay vanity presses to have their books published in print, and there are no guarantees about the quality of the books, both in terms of content or production.

Otherwise, I can generally make a pretty accurate judgment about the quality of the book by reading that.

What did you think about the quality of the book the Expresso Book Machine produced?

Amazon is clearly trying to keep its reviews objective by weeding out reviews from friends and family who may be more interested in supporting the author than in being honest about the quality of the book.

The assumption here is that starting to read a book in the middle (on page 99) will give you more information about the quality of the book and whether you are going to like it or not, than starting at the beginning.

If authors don't care about the quality of their book cover, it's easy to assume they also didn't care about the quality of their writing.

My only caveat: the blurb about the book is just from Amazon, so it doesn't give much real information about the quality of the book.

And I wouldn't even introduce that question to their minds until they're signing you, as it's not necessary in the early stages — they'll just care about the quality of the book.

Or is it the unethical behaviour of lying about the quality of the book?

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The lawsuit alleges that Barclays «knowingly securitized defaulted, delinquent, and defective» loans «to get them off Barclays» books» and then lied to investors and ratings agencies about the quality of the loans.

With all of this in mind, I'd love for you to try to tackle this question, which was asked of me in an interview for the Inspy Awards: Tell us about a book that epitomizes quality [Christian] faith - driven lit.

I've never heard of N.T. Wright and maybe he's a quality guy, but it's so typical of scholars to write books containing hundreds or even thousands of pages about a topic the God covered in five to ten chapters.

In writing about Ali's sublime qualities and counting his virtues, one can agree with what was said by one of his followers, «To describe your qualities, it would not suffice to wet the finger with all the water of the seas in order to leaf through your book of virtues.»

Recently I assigned a class Gustavo Gutierrez's A Theology of Liberation, a book that to my mind combines at a fairly systematic level many of the qualities I have been speaking about, most notably the insistence on the relation of Christian belief and life style.

Men who write books about their enemies make much of their sins and failures, and gloss over their good qualities.

This is a book about women who have resisted the ideology of quality control and the paradigm of perfection.

Tell - all books targeting consumer audiences have raised public concern about the quality of our food and viability of our food system.

total failure... Can you believe Wenger spent 32 millions on 2 average players (Chambers and Welbeck) and is penny pinching when is sbout real class players?What is in his mind?Pay a fortune in salary for mediocre players live Walcott, Ramsey and Wilshere and have hesitations about increasing Sanchez wages... keeping on books failures like Sanogo... The truth is - I say it for years and years - until the «British core» disapears, we are not going to be succesful.The low quality of British players is dragging the team back.Last time Arsenal was a powerhouse NONE of the first 11 was British.Wanna see how the British quality looks like in a football team - look no further than national sides of England, Scotland, N Ireland, Wales, even Ireland (not British but same style)- all mediocre teams «able» to be defeated by any team coming to mind.And you are asking about Chambers?He is in the same mold like Wilshere,Walcott,Ox,Ramsey,Gibs,Jenkinson - mediocre overpriced and overpaid players.The world is full with hungry, ambitious and skilled players living in poverty and dreaming of moving to the top at any cost or sacrifice (did you see the poor house - if you can call that house, looking more like an old tent - in which Alexis Sanchez grew up?Or Suarez?)

In addition, research has shown that men who find infant care books unappealing (as will be the case when they can not read them easily) miss out on important information about parenting and child development, and that this lack of knowledge is likely to impact negatively on the level and quality of their involvement with their children (Lewis, 1986).

Barefoot Books started in 1993 with the beliefs that it's never too early to teach children about other cultures, that kids should be given the opportunity to appreciate high - quality art just like adults, and that children should be able to enjoy the music and meaning of language from an early age.

We received the Barefoot Book of Classic Poems as a gift last Christmas and I can not say enough about the quality of poetry selections, the illustrations and the feel good nature of -LSB-...]

From appreciating the machine - like qualities of the human body to resurrecting long - extinct creatures, two books about bones make colourful reading

A book entitled Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force, by Allan Franklin [American Institute of Physics, 1993], makes interesting reading about the types of issues that bear on the quality and repeatability of experiment, as well as the interpretation of data.

Still, one can get a good idea of the quality of the book from the following table which summarizes his conclusions about the hominid fossil record:

This is a book I would gift to anyone I care about in hopes they'd adapt their food choices to improve their health and quality of life.

The reality is that we're a busy bunch of people, and if we're truly serious about maximizing our quality of life, slamming down a quick protein shake so we can get to the office a little earlier might mean we can leave earlier, too, and get home in time for a date with the significant other, a hike at dusk, or an extra couple chapters on that great book we've been meaning to read.

I'm super happy because one of my favorite book authors replied me a tweet and that make me happy, but I don't want lost the way about this post, today I want share with you gorgeous dresses from Chicomate and IDoDress two gorgeous stores with a huge and very good quality products about wedding dresses, prom dresses, evening dresses, cocktail dresses and more, and wow the designs are so amazing and gorgeous seriously for me was hard decide what model I should show you in this post.

You can create a more engaging and attractive dating profile by grabbing an artsy friend of a professional photographer and taking high - quality pictures of yourself at a dog park, reading a book, playing a sport, or just going about your day.

What the Savvy Gal knows about attracting quality men and loving from a position of power, you'll quickly learn in her revealing book Is He a Keeper?

Watertown, MA About Blog Charlesbridge publishes high - quality books for children, with a goal of creating lifelong readers and lifelong learners.

There's been a lot of talk about comic book movie fatigue these days, but the people at Marvel Studios clearly aren't letting that affect their productivity, because just like fellow Disney - owned company Pixar, they've continued to deliver the same high - quality films as when they started.

For the longest time I wanted to write a book about John Frankenheimer, the crux of which would be a closer look at the relationship, if there was one, between the declining quality of his work and the assassination of his buddy Bobby Kennedy.

The graphics in Book of Memories are of about the same quality as Origins or Shattered Memories and looks great on the Vita.

In a review of his book Teach Like a Champion for Education Next, I noted Lemov's approach promised to change the conversation about classroom practice from «teacher quality» to «quality teaching.»

He's also the co-author of Practice Perfect, which illuminates the qualities that make a champion, and of a forthcoming book about reading and the Common Core standards.

«Inspectors should not grade an aspect such as teaching, unless circumstances are exceptional, without considering the broad range of evidence that they can gather during a visit to a lesson — for example, the behaviour of the students and how well they are managed, subject knowledge, the standard of work completed in books, the quality of marking and so on — and use this to come to a view about what teaching is like for those students and its impact on their learning over time.

``... The unexamined believe that test scores describe some form of reality about learning is creating a national crisis,» reads «Cognitive Capital: Investing in Teacher Quality,» a book by Arthur Costa, Robert Garmston and Diane Zimmerman.

The premise of this book is that school is not working — not for students, who are more bored and disengaged; not for teachers or administrators, who are worn down from serving more purposes; not for college professors, who need to do more remediation with incoming students; and not for employers, who are more deeply concerned about the quality of prospective applicants than ever before.

It's possible that Success students are very good at taking standardized tests, but in my book, the true test of a quality education is the ability to write coherently and analytically about topics covered in the curriculum.

«Easy to read and logically organized, this book can assist teams to deepen their knowledge of assessment literacy, strengthen conversations about using data, and guide them through the process of developing quality common formative assessments.»

Taking a page out of her mother's book, Nikki is passionate about teaching students the importance what a quality education can provide.

Debbie Young, a co-author of the Opening Up to Indie Authors book from the Alliance of Independent Authors («ALLi»), has posted a piece about quality in self - publishing, as the new book becomes available to Amazon Kindle readers: Opinion: Spotting the Elephant in the Self - Publishing Room.

If they were only taking books of high quality without charging fees no one - absolutely no one - would complain, even about the commission.

Giving your best work away for free might seem counterintuitive but it's a great way to 1) reassure buyers your books are high - quality, 2) get the right people to tell their tribe about your book and 3) gain the ability to communicate with prospective readers in hopes you can convert them to buyers of your book.

We care deeply about your book and will give it the same attention of quality and professionalism that we give our own best - selling books.

I must honestly admit first and foremost that this is a book I read many years ago and as such I can not offer properly any views about the quality of

The one - and two - star reviews for this book are filled with paragraphs on what's wrong with this title (and I'm relieved to see that these people had almost the same problems I had with it, minus the lazy «ripped from the headlines» quality of the story line and my deranged conspiracy theory about King simply highlighting other methods of killing people), but if you look at the five - star reviews, they are frighteningly identical.

I won't go into another tirade about how smashwords is a den of inequity and one of the worst places online to find «quality» books.

Many writers I knew were still confidently repeating legacy publishers» talking points about how self - published books are of low quality, nobody makes any money at it, you would ruin your chances of ever landing a «real publisher,» etc..