Sentences with phrase «because authors do»

Comparing numbers is challenging because the authors don't always list all the assumptions.

Note 2: Because authors do not have control over user settings as to how text is rendered (for example font smoothing or anti-aliasing), the contrast ratio for text can be evaluated with anti-aliasing turned off.

Some of those KDP - generated covers will be godawful because the authors don't have the sense to make anything better.

This is especially true in the digital realm because authors don't even need to buy a print proof anymore — just click upload and before you know it a new collection of incoherent rambling is unleashed onto the world.

While the application wouldn't be that hard to create, it will pretty much render Kindle Blog publishing dead, since why would anyone want to pay for each individual blog when they can just pay for an app (even if it will be a recurring monthly subscription because of the amount of Internet traffic it will generate) and get all of the blogs including ones that are not available in the Kindle Store because their authors don't want / care / can't or just plain wouldn't put them on there.

They are things that authors can not do for themselves, because authors don't have access to the sales channels of the book trade.

Joanna often says that she prefers the term «indie author» as opposed to «self - published author» because authors don't actually work in isolation.

I hate designing a winning cover that never gets seen, because authors don't know how to build a platform or get any visibility for their books.

This is probably because authors don't have the time, money, or inclination to put a lot of effort into a good website design.

Because agents get so many submissions, and rarely have competition (because authors don't know how to do it) it's easy for agents to treat you as though you're lucky to be working with them.

The reviewer, furthermore, seemed to charitably imply that the author was not enough of a Barthian (because the author used abstract principles) or not enough of an N.T. Wrightian futurist (because the author didn't focus enough on hope).

Some eel researchers have criticized the study because the authors didn't use larval eels, but rather juveniles captured in in an estuary in the U.K., which had already completed their Europe - bound migration.

As pointed out by Eric, there's no quantitative analysis, simply because the author does not like the stats:» statistically, «averages» do not mean anything»; and the author prefers to do some peremptory «affirmations».

I say this because the authors did not control for the school a child attended when they assessed the association between teacher value - added and long - term outcomes.

A lot of stories I dropped was because the author didn't understand the basics of storytelling.

Of course sometimes books are also rejected not because the book itself is bad, but because the author didn't follow directions.

I've had to focus on spelling and sentence structure before I've done content editing because the author didn't do his job before submitting.

We do our tours for 90 days, but generally that's because an author doesn't want to hire a PR firm forever (though I would love that:)-- but if you're doing this on your own, keep going!

Reading has always been a great education — as well as a great enjoyment — for me because authors didn't undersell my ability to pick up new information from context or look something up.

Because the author doesn't know about parables, he is confusing people by applying the wrong label.

I don't want to leave on a negative note, because the author did have some intriguing ideas that he implemented well.

When I first started reading this book I thought one would have to be Catholic to identify with this story but that was because the author did such a fantastic job with the tone and the setting.

If the authors scammed by this person are as inexperienced as all that, perhaps P&E didn't get any complaints because the authors didn't know of its existence?

I say that because an author doesn't have to be an Amazon affiliate in order to have a book - buying link to Amazon on his or her web site.

Joanna Penn countered over on Futurebook that Social isn't a magic bullet, but it can sell books, while Mike Shatskin argued Just because the author does a lot of marketing doesn't mean the publisher can't help.

The time spent on redoing a project because the author didn't do their part or because they changed their mind after getting the printed book is time I could have spent on someone else's project or making more pre-designed covers.

Author U — Your Guide to Book Publishing is featuring host Judith Briles of The Book Shepherd as she dives into the back of the book — called «Back Matter»... it's all the items that should be in the back of the book that sometimes don't because the author didn't know that they should; that he could; or the author just plan forgot.

Just because another author did something that worked well for them does not mean it will work well for you.

There will be some great best sellers from the indie author space, but will an indie published book go viral because the author did all the tasks in this book?

One final note: sometimes I like to pick on the concept of Dow 36,000 because the authors didn't get the concept of risk premia, or, margin of safety.

Just because the author does not know of a good use for such a device in his life does not mean that others do not have useful applications.

Some of the questions were badly worded and analysis was wrong because the authors didn't know climate science.

Their model found that the unprecedented increase in monsoon activity over the past 30 years is «due possibly in part to» the rise of CO2 in the atmosphere, but they said the result could be an overestimate because the authors didn't consider the impacts of aerosols, which cool the atmosphere.

Not exact matches

If a particular author's book is just one of thousands available to a subscribing reader, for example, the idea of a refund doesn't apply anymore because there's no individual purchase being made.

This could be because the original article leaves the author enough wiggle room, including the use of a question mark headline, to say, «I didn't say we knew for sure.»

«We're living in what I like to call the «Thank You Economy,» because only the companies that can figure out how to mind their manners in a very old - fashioned way — and do it authentically — are going to have a prayer of competing,» says social media expert and author of the book The Thank You Economy Gary Vaynerchuk in a recent Entrepreneur.com column.

He told the tale to authors Jeannette Hanna and Alan Middleton for their book Ikonica: A Field Guide to Canada's Brandscape, explaining that the staffers didn't have to ask their bosses for the green light because the company's ethics - driven culture puts a premium on do - the - right - thing customer service.

It's good to give employees these options because «one thing you don't want to do is require people to report only to their supervisors, because unfortunately that may be the person who they have a complaint about,» says Lisa Guerin, an attorney specializing in employment law and the author of The Essential Guide to Workplace Investigations: How to Handle Employee Complaints & Problems.

The late author David Foster Wallace called it a «noxious puff - word [because] it does nothing that good old use doesn't do.»

As I recall the headline read, more or less, «Women Don't Negotiate Because They're Not Dumb,» and the author went on to cite research to make her point that when women do ask for more money, people tend to hate it, and «pushy» women end up paying mightily in terms of career progression and opportunitiedo ask for more money, people tend to hate it, and «pushy» women end up paying mightily in terms of career progression and opportunities.

New York Times bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell wrote extensively about Kenna in his 2005 book Blink, arguing Kenna's music - a cross between rap and the British new wave music of the 1980s - failed to gain widespread acclaim in the U.S. because it didn't fit into any familiar category.

Not surprisingly, Wylie's venture has angered affected publishers, and Random House has said it will do no new business with Wylie because, said a spokesperson, Odyssey «undermines our longstanding commitments to and investments in our authors, and it establishes this Agency as our direct competitor.»

«We suspected that the young are most vulnerable because of their immature immune systems, but we didn't have a lot of hard evidence to show that before,» said study lead author Bo Hang, a Berkeley Lab staff scientist who previously found that thirdhand smoke could lead to genetic mutations in human cells.

Part of the reason the report's authors believe executives aren't doing enough to protect their companies is because they are procrastinating on security - related projects and initiatives.

The New York Times bestselling author and radio show host of The Cardone Zone also talks about how he looks and feels younger than he did 20 years ago — because he stopped trying to please everyone and started living his life for himself.

«Your staff will be very adept at making it a well - kept secret because they will do everything to keep their job security intact,» says Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job.

«This is because people, other than very close friends and relatives, don't seem to relate well to those who constantly share photos of themselves,» lead study author David Houghton, of Birmingham Business School, said in a release.

And that's because what you have done with the above approach is displayed an empathy towards the other party, which, according to Kevin Du, author of Split - Second Persuasion: The Ancient Art & New Science of Changing Minds, is key to properly managing differences.

Charles Koch, the chairman of Koch Industries, the $ 115 billion leviathan of 100,000 employees, and author of Good Profit: How Creating Value for Others Built One of the World's Most Successful Companies, says the most compelling reason to focus on profit is because you'll do more good in the long run.

According to podcast host and Tribe of Mentors author, Tim Ferriss, «ayahuasca is like having a cup of coffee here... I have to avoid people at parties because I don't want to listen to their latest three - hour saga of kaleidoscopic colors.»