Would it look ridiculous
as a printed book because it's less than 15,000 words (ballpark).
Not exact matches
Resources included are
as follows: 3 0 P D F files for you to
print: Key word cards, chapter 2 to read, chapter 2 writing task about finding the key, Story elements, Story board to complete, writing pages, A 4 topic title to introduce the
book, retell the story from another point of view, write a diary entry task, write a postcard, acrostic poem to complete, make words from letters, photo pack, flashcards of character names, character descriptions, my favourite part of the story is — drawing page, I like this story
because writing task, design a new
book cover, draw a garden scene, hand puppet template to draw, draw a family portrait, writing booklet cover to keep pupils project work together, large display items door to the garden and large key, long banner to head wall display, large letters to spell out
book title, display border to edge wall display, story sack tag to keep resources together.
As a side note, this
book is MOST LIKELY to fit his data calculations,
because it's been out for a long time; it's self - published and has been out long enough that there are essentially zero
print sales; I haven't been trying to promote it much, mostly
because I don't control the first two
books in the series, and so there are very few big jumps; and I had a new release about two months ago, so the
book in January is at about the «average» rank in its release - to - release lifecycle.
The exciting news is that small publishers are more likely to change quickly
because they have less invested in the old business model in which publishers kept such a high percentage of the revenue
because they managed the
printing, storage and distribution of
books as well
as offering editing.
Because I've made my living
as a graphic designer, I was able to format my
book and create the
print files myself.
Because of the ever - increasing cost of
books, I don't buy
as many
print books as I used to.
Our
Print On Demand quality is just
as good
because we use the exact same digital
printing process for all of our
books.
There are people who like
print books, and I have no argument with them either,
because they, too, have a right to live their lives
as they see fit, although I would take exception if they choose to «evangelise» their views, much in the same way
as those who choose to sit in their imaginary camps of anti-Troglodytes.
Many authors choose to distribute their titles
as e-books
because the distribution is easier and the price of
printing and shipping your
book is eliminated.
Books are
printed one at a time
as orders come in.This has become a very efficient way of
printing because you don't need to have any inventory sitting on shelves.
Because the reader is able to enlarge the
print and the screen is bright, it makes the reading move along more quickly.I am always pleased when I see ebooks that have been «Recommended» for me
as it makes me feel like somebody is making an effort to select
books that I will enjoy.I appreciate that... Thanks to Halifax Central Libray and Overdrive.
Nowadays, with nearly 30 years of seeing my byline attached to things I've written and having authored a 3 volume encyclopedia and a history
book, I still get that same ethereal shiver every time I look at my name in
print or online
because I know that having it there represents the faith an editor has placed in my abilities
as a writer, or researcher, or reporter...
I've got a thousand or more copies of that
book in my warehouse that I have to sell through before I can do another
print run — and I need to decide if sales are strong enough to warrant another thousand or more
books, or if I need to go to a small digital
print run, in which case, I might need to raise the price (
because small
print runs cost more per unit than large ones, and I have to offer my distributor a 65 % discount
as per our contract).
If the
print publisher has the copyright over the
print publication, partly
because you let it do so
as part of the deal that they «put it together» for you, and has also registered the
print ISBN in their name, this does not stop you making an eBook (so long
as it does not use the creative design work of the
print book) and registering the second and future ISBNs in your own name
as author —
as you should have done anyway.
They are really a true POD
because they
print a
book as it is ordered.
Yes, Italian publishers may well have a lot to learn from what has happened in the US and UK e-
books market, and hopefully the «delayed effect» on
print books sales,
as highlighted by Nielsen's data, will give them some much - needed breathing space to watch, learn and react —
because when change comes it will come quickly.
The demand of hundreds of copies per year times thousands of titles equaled real money to these publishers... not «per
book» but
as a total, and it was money that didn't previously exist,
because these low demand titles before this technology would have simply been «Out of
Print».
As an indie author whose micro-publisher is in bed with Amazon, I can't get my
books into such stores, which refuse on principle
because the telltale barcode and «
printed in» on the last verso page of my
books proves they were
printed by Amazon's CreateSpace — despite an independent imprint with its own ISBNs.
I won't have one for the covers,
because there is only one hard and fast rule to stick to there: If you want to stock your
book in stores, the
book price MUST be
printed on the cover
as part of the bar code.
Knowing I'm not impacting the environment
as much
because one more
book doesn't have to be
printed for me.
POGUEAnd I don't know if people — I think we need to really rethink the entire concept of these prices
because the common man says they should cost less
because they're not — there's no
printing or binding or shipping or storing expenses for electronic
books as there are with
printed books.
Choosing this route saves you money
because you only
print books as readers buy them.
There would not be the same irritation over having to wait for a
print book because we are conditioned to think of that
as an object that must be passed from person - to - person.
With the launch of their third series to incorporate a
print or digital
book — an actual stand - alone title within a series, not an enhanced interactive format — that also happens to include an online gaming world that corresponds to the
book, readers are taking to the series from both sides of the
book: those who love to read and are intrigued by the game aspect,
as well
as those reluctant readers who get drawn into the
books because of their involvement in the online game.
That in turn has been helping some good authors, some published by large houses
as well, get works into the hands of readers who might never have had access to those
books because they would not sell in high enough volumes via traditional
print ways.
I also say this
because I've noticed an emphasis on Createspace and Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) emails and websites highlighting free DIY (Do It Yourself) tools, such
as a Microsoft Word Add - In, to assist authors in creating
print books.
E-books have been with us for quite some time now and although there might be quite a few
book enthusiasts out there that could dislike e-books
because they lack the «magic» which obscurely surrounds a regular
book, I believe that any
book lover should embrace both the e-
book and the old fashioned
printed paper,
as they are both simply mediums through which we can get our portion of literature.
As I shared in an interview with TechNewsWorld.com I think this feature is going to make it tough on eBook - only retailers like Apple, Kobo and Sony
because they don't sell
print books.
Add to that a pervasive DIY aesthetic in my favored genre (Steam / dieselpunk), and it all adds up to eschewing agents and publishers, though I have to admit I'm a fan of
print - on - demand simply
because I love the feel of a good
book in my hands,
as do most of my friends and family members.
Because the technology now exists to produce
books at the same quality
as offset
printing with digital means,
book printers can offer any author the opportunity to create their
books.
As a reader, I don't have an ideological loyalty to
print — a
book is a
book, regardless of the format, and although I personally prefer
print, I imagine that's really just
because it's what I grew up with.
In fact, e-
books may earn authors more money per copy sold
because they can not be purchased second hand,
as print books can be.
In fact, I was recently rejected
as an emerging writer before even getting into the running
because my publisher had a
print run of less than 350 for my last
book.
Printed books,
as much
as I personally love them, will become a smaller, but not totally extinct, segment of the market, simply
because digital reading will be, or already has become, a way of life today.
There are no start - up costs to
print the
books because CreateSpace
prints the
books as they are ordered.
When a market first develops, the early adopters are willing to forgive things
because they're the techies and they know this is new, but
as the market broadens the people who usually read
print books aren't going to stand for this.
I don't know if you can blame it on just technology
because I do the same thing with
print books as well.
They are cheering the fact that
print is holding up when overall
book sales are either flat or declining (in part
because of high prices) even
as other forms of digital content are growing.
Because my two non-fiction
books are for children and have coloring pages in them, I sell most of them in
print form (fewer
as e-
books) I sell a ton of them.
No one buys your
book, it sinks like a stone
because it is a poor story, and eventually (in a couple of years),
as you keep learning, you pull it down and put it out of
print.
GoodEReader.com reported earlier this year on the current state of disarray regarding ebook taxation internationally, specifically in Germany, where ebooks are taxed at more than double the rate of
printed books because they are classified
as software downloads.
Bestsellers have a far higher profit margin
because of the set costs such
as staff and overhead are factored over a lot more
books than a 5,000 copy
print run of a small
book.
Because retailers are no longer discounting
print books as deeply
as they had.
If going with a larger
print run on offset lithographic presses makes sense
because you'll need a large number of copies
as cost - effectively
as possible, then we'll get your
books into production in our offset plant.
I am reading at least 3x
as many
books now I have it
because the price of
print fiction in Oz is so prohibitive.
The actual
printing of a
book, especially mmp, is one of the least expensive parts of the process; the fixed costs don't disappear
because it's an ebook,
as Victoria and others have said.
Small presses, which use
print - on - demand technology rather than cheap offset
printing, can not afford to place your
book in bookstores (
because they have to pay for the high - priced ones that don't sell
as well
as the ones that do).
Clearly, yes,
because Amazon knows that and is thus able to use all of the negotiating tactics it's currently using, such
as cutting off pre-orders and delaying shipments of
print books for weeks.
They may not earn out in the first few years, but the contract will presumably last for the author's lifetime — especially
as books can stay in
print indefinitely
because of
print on demand.
Tags are still in place for
print books because most indies don't release
print versions, so it hasn't been gamed
as heavily.