Sentences with phrase «blurb telling»

A short blurb telling the hiring manager what you want from the company, and in terms of how it will help your own career.

A short blurb telling the hiring manager what skills, knowledge, and abilities you have that will help the company achieve its goals.

I have a «PS» blurb telling readers they can order my entire blog in print to read at their own leisure.

«Each woman is unique,» the blurb tells us.

Taking clear design cues from the Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone, think of the Note 2 as a kind of super-sized version of the flagship handset, swapping straight lines for sleeker curves and a white paint job «inspired by «nature», so the marketing blurb tells us.

This little blurb told the reader all about the type of position and company you were hoping to find.

Not exact matches

You can listen to a news anchor tell the news, while at the same time, reading the scrolling news blurbs along the bottom of the screen.

I'm a big fan of Le Billon's work (see comments on her previous book) and also blurbed this one, as you can tell from the cover.

From Facebook to Twitter, candidates running for City 60 - second blurb, Chain tells listeners that, if elected, her motto would be «how can we help» and that she plans on having a constituent hotline open 24 hours -LSB-...]

PR blurb will tell you that the game has been rebalanced and that lighting has been improved, but unless you play the Xbox 360 and PC versions side by side I doubt you'll tell a difference.

Quit reading this blurb, watch the trailer already and then leave us a comment telling us what you think about it!

Many people rapidly found their way to the lessons posted on YouTube, including Bill Gates, who, his blurb for the book tells us, «used these incredible tools with my own kids.»

The title (or subtitle or blurb) tells us this is an x (writing form) text.

Look at the blurb and yep, there's nothing at all to tell readers it's a sweet Christian romance.

Several authors told me that they often don't cite them because they feel their name won't lend the kind of credibility that they want from the blurb.

I told them I wondered if they'd consider blurbing my book.

I would look and see how passive my blurb is and if it tells about the novel instead of the plot of the novel.

The homepage blurb states that «100 % of profits in 2011 go to charities promoting childhood literacy» and in one section of their Guide it tells the lender to enter «the amount you'd like to see a borrower contribute to charity for this book.»

Hi there, can you please tell when you self - publish an ebook, do you only need to make a cover do you not need to put the back cover of it meaning the blurb and stuff?

Then we're told the fault lies with the blurb or the cover or the lack of reviews.

If someone in that process had bothered to tell me the synopsis or blurb, I would've known what I was dealing with, but I'd even been told the wrong genre — which had led me to think the narrator was a child.

I've even contacted some authors about making changes, but I've learned that most authors don't like being told they need to fix their blurbs, so I gather they aren't taking into account the potential readers they're losing.

Every time you say that about blurb that tells the whole plot I think of Mercedes Lackey.

Blurbs are lead - ins to the novel, not telling the reader the plot of the novel.

Your book Blurb is like a dedicated sales person, standing outside the door of your store, ready to tell any passer - by the most exciting, intriguing and fascinating things about your book...

The reader wants to read the book, not be told what is in the book in the blurb.

I recently had to point out to an acquaintance that his Amazon blurb didn't make sense and, when I asked what his story was about, he couldn't tell me.

Cover blurbs — testimonials and endorsements — from relevant, influential, or important people tell us that the book we're thinking about buying is a safe purchase.

Traditional book trailers acted much like back cover blurbs, telling the inciting moment for the story and what's at stake.

So the blurb will tell us all the cool things about the setup of the initial push to action in the book, the inciting incident often known as the beginning of Act 2.

A large peak there would tell you that your placement is fubar — your title, your blurb, your cover, your category, something is off such that the «wrong» (meaning not your market) people are discovering your title.

Create an image gallery that showcases your book's cover image, book blurbs, book reviews, and of course tell them how to buy the book at the end!

It is full with amazing people who check your cover, read your blurb and tell you what to change.

I can't tell you how to write a winning query letter, scintillating synopsis, or can't fail cover blurb because I don't know how.

Is it from a designer or marketing company that tells you your cover or your blurb is simply not up to par?

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To be honest, the blurb and the way the book is pitched on its information page tells me a lot about whether it's the kind of thing I want to read.

And heed the words of a prominent publishing lawyer who told me: «They got ways to screw you you haven't even thought of yet --» Let me (start) to count the ways: lousy cover, awful blurb, pathetic print order, no coop, forget a tour & if you do get one be prepared to be exhausted & sick — and worst of all not to sell enough books to warrant the misery of being on the road.

Information about your book (include that blurb — tell the reader why they want to spend time reading YOUR book!)

And there is no description of the book (like the blurb on the Amazon website)- so there is no way other than the title (and the unhelpful category) to tell her what the book is about before she downloads and starts to read it.

Colleen — Those «magic» blurbs from big name authors don't happen because some charlatan charges money to tell the gullible that big name authors love to work as slaves 24/7.

Begin with a cheesy line to break the ice, tell you about the book like word count, POV, and genre, or rather get straight to the point with a tagline and the blurb of the book?

For more complicated visual books, we would certainly advise the latter option: just tell your designer you're printing with Blurb and they will format your book to fit their standards.

«We are volunteers, we want to tell you about our fabulous city» they said as they handed me some blurb.

The teaser trailer above doesn't give away much more than that but thankfully we've got the blurb that tells us a bit more: «The Cinema Rosa is an immersive PC exploration game set in an abandoned cinemaThe game explores themes of:...

So, to speed along the process of telling you about it, here is the official blurb about the game that I received from Suba Games:

While the Netflix blurb — «The witcher, Geralt, a mutated monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts» — doesn't give away much, an official synopsis revealed by executive producers Sean Daniel and Jason Brown tells us a little more, indicating that the show follows an unconventional family that «comes together to fight for truth in a dangerous world.»

A resume objective is basically a short blurb that tells the recruiter what skills, qualifications and experience you have that will help a company achieve its goals.

The blurb on the Kickstarter page tells you all you need to know: «The Hypnos Hoodie is a beautiful, comfortable and practical hoodie designed for creatives, travellers, commuters and anybody who has a moment to take a rest.