Sentences with phrase «at a library sale»

So if you can position your book so that it's a «the only» title — the only book on cooking whole meals in a fondue pot, the only book on how to have a six - figure career without ever leaving your house, the only book on how the world might have been different if JFK hadn't been shot — you have a strong shot at library sales.

, I bought this book at a library sale and it sat on my shelf for over a year before I read it.

one of the first science fiction paperbacks I ever bought, at a library sale on Rockcliffe Airbase in 1978.

I have plenty of library books I've purchased at library sales.

Not exact matches

Folks at the library helped me create fliers with tags, like you see for garage sales,» Gori says.

Consult Gale Research's Encyclopedia of Associations at your library for trade associations that collect sales, labor, and overhead statistics.

Found it at a library book sale for $ 1.

A long time ago, at my library's book sale, I bought a signed copy of this book from a Chinese bistro that was once located in San Francisco, but I've never made a single recipe from it.

When we went to our local library the other day they were having a book sale, and at.25 a book I just couldn't help myself!

«I don't think we can build the whole building at once, but we do want to have some space to move into,» Park District Board Vice President Mary Wright said, noting the project is to be constructed in phases by using available bond funds, reserve money and any money gained from the sale or lease of property to the library.

I recently got a bag of baby name books from a library sale for a $ 1 a bag and was thrilled to have had fit over 15 books on the subject in this bag to peruse at home.

Authors like Sandra Boynton, Eric Carle, and Lois Ehlert are just a few you can look for at your local library, bookstore or yard sale.

So why do some books that aren't) of obvious (at least to me) interest to most high school students placed on reading lists, and why are others of much greater interest (as judged by sales and / or library borrowings) ignored?

The event will also feature Gravitational Bull, a comedy juggling act, at 11:30 a.m. Friends of the Collins Library will be hosting a bake sale in the library.

The Brooklyn Public Library will receive $ 52 million from the sale, about $ 40 million of which will fund improvements at other branches, according to David Woloch, the library's executive vice president for external affairs.

It struck me then that I was not in any kind of great library at all but rather in a sort of remainders bin, the geological equivalent of a basement clearance sale at the local library.

The reintroduction process is a bit complicated to outline in a blog post — but I have instructions in my patient education handouts (for sale $ 85 — with much more than just the re-introduction phase), OR in my book, the 21 day tummy — which you may be able to find at your library or via kindle.

Students were motivated to produce a professional quality CD - ROM because the teachers had arranged to have the discs placed in Portland's elementary school libraries and to be on sale at the Children's Museum of Portland.

They also have a direct sales division made up of nearly 18,000 independent sales consultants who sell their books to schools and libraries, and at home parties, fundraising events and school book fairs.

Much like the headache of licensing ebooks to libraries stateside, Japanese patrons and librarians have been frustrated by the lack of bestselling and new release content available for digital lending, for many of the same reasons that publishers in the US have balked at making their entire catalogs available to libraries, namely fears that print sales will decline.

Earlier this year, digital content distributor OverDrive partnered with publisher Sourcebooks in an experiment aimed at establishing concrete data on how readers respond in terms of book borrows and book sales to digital titles they check out from their libraries.

The large argument at the time was that if ebooks were given away for free at the library, it would cannibalize the physical and digital sales.

Speak at libraries The more speaking you can do at libraries, the better your library sales are likely to be.

KDP Select and the 90 - day exclusivity deal means that your eBook is not available at libraries either, or at Barnes and Noble (B&N), or on Kobo (the largest overseas eBook distribution and sales platform).

Some book publishers, fearful that library ebook lending will cannibalize retail sales of books, are reluctant to supply ebooks to libraries at the very time that library patrons are clamoring for greater access to such materials.

But libraries can't look at the first page of an ebook before they buy it, and under the sales rank system they can't even choose according to the professional review publications they have on file.

It's quite true that, at least many authors don't believe that libraries boost sales.

(Also, the more speaking you do at libraries, the better your bookstore sales will be, because at least some of the patrons who come hear about your book at your library talk will then go out and purchase the book at their local bookstore.

An experienced and highly - respected sales rep, Riley has an over 82 % success rate at getting books placed in the bookstore and library market.

Large publishers seem to be at an impasse, unsure whether giving libraries the rights to their books will drive down sales.

Friday 3/23 & Saturday 3/24 9:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.: Friends of the Pierson Library Book Sale: Join the Friends of the Pierson library at their book sale in the Historic Town HSale: Join the Friends of the Pierson library at their book sale in the Historic Town Hsale in the Historic Town Hall.

Book lovers everywhere can find great deals, expand their book collections, and support their local libraries by shopping at MCLS book sales this spring!

At this point in time (since most e-books can't be resold), e-reader owners miss out on things like garage sales, rummage sales and library sales; places where a box of paperbacks could be picked up for ten bucks.

My cards with paintings of local scenes are on sale at the library and some neighborhood stores.

Their decision to withhold library ebook sales, at least until per - lend prices rise to close to sale prices, is entirely rational.

Publishers seek to ensure that sufficient copies of their content are being licensed to service demand of the library's service area, while at the same time balance the interests of publisher's retail partners who are focused on unit sales.

At this stage the site offers ebooks for sale and soon will provide subsidised book rentals to help libraries fulfil their role,» said Tim Coates, Bilbary founder.

«OverDrive's network has grown to 27,000 libraries and schools in 36 countries, providing tremendous discovery opportunities for readers around the world,» said Claudia Weissman, VP of International Sales at OverDrive.

Your book is positioned, prepared, read and sold in by many layers of representatives, at the publishing company — editorial, publicity, design, marketing and sales, printers, shipping, and then in the marketplace with press, book retailers, library buyers and more.

If you're at a library event, they might have a bookseller on hand, but more likely you'll be expected to handle sales yourself.

Some visitors didn't stop at the tables because they were heading to the book sale that the library was offering the same day.

-- Social media pages geared toward providing readers with discounted books — Newsletters geared toward providing readers with discounted books or reviews of books at any price — Blogs that feature books from specific categories, discounted books, or book reviews — Any print publication that reviews books — Email lists that provide libraries with information about books, either with or without reviews — Distributor catalogues that provide bookstores and libraries with information about books, either with or without reviews — The algorithms that trigger «you might like» and «buyers also considered» recommendations on internet sales sites — Consumer reviews Notice the emphasis in most of these areas on reviews.

The sales and merchandising teams at Bibliotheca can use these buylists to share purchase recommendations with collection development managers at libraries.

The second is a per unit sale, where multiple copies of the e-book are sold to the OverDrive library partner at a reduced rate, with an access period as short as 30 days.

But major publishers, including Penguin, concerned that free downloads at the library were costing them e-book sales, have scaled back their books» availability in recent months.

Sales, setup, and customer service will be handled through library wholesaler Brodart Company, via a partnership also announced at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference 2013 in Seattle.

It may mean readings at the public library, talking to friends about leaving reviews on Good Reads, Amazon and other ebook sales and review sites.

«All of us at Kobo are thrilled to be adding Dark Horse's amazing titles to our library,» says Michael Tamblyn, EVP Content, Sales & Merchandising.

The book went on sale on July 31st at midnight and bookstores and libraries in Canada and the United States hosted midnight parties this past Saturday night.

The seeds of my personal library were the 50 - odd volumes of the Harvard Classics, which I bought in a cardboard box at a library book sale for four dollars when I was in my mid-20s.