Sentences with phrase «book against books»

Compare key writing metrics for a manuscript or published book against books that have previously sold well.

Not exact matches

The idea was to create a neutral baseline, protection against charges the government might cook the books.

Against the conventional wisdom of continual digital progress, printed books might very well be with us for the long haul for reasons that aren't entirely logical.

It comes from a book by Edwards» former aide Andrew Young, now a prosecution witness against Edwards (The Politician):

Psychologists tell us this, and so, indirectly, do the countless blog posts and books instructing introverts on how to fight back against this reality.

The U.S. Justice Department filed criminal charges against a unit of Panasonic for falsifying financial books and records to conceal payments to sales agents.

«We use vitamins as insurance policies against whatever else we might (or might not) be eating, as if by atoning for our other nutritional sins, vitamins can save us from ourselves,» Catherine Price, a science reporter, wrote in the book «Vitamania.»

Swan Taxis has announced a 10 per cent discount for the next three months on bookings made through its flat fare app as it continues to battle for market share against Uber.

So what I need to do is look at how markets trade price - to - book against inflation, how markets trade on historical P / Es, what have been the market outcomes.

But instead of paying for a program — as you would a book or movie on Amazon — you'd get an incentive: a credit, maybe, to be used against your health insurance premium, or a free download at Amazon, or a discounted checking account at Chase.

However, Haberman signed the book deal with fellow NYT White House reporter Glenn Thrush, who was suspended less than two months later following a report by Vox, detailing sexual misconduct allegations against him by several women, including by the article's author.

Microsoft unveiled its Surface Book «ultimate laptop» earlier this month, pitting itself directly against Apple's MacBook Pro.

In the book's opening chapter, Holiday describes a typical campaign — an orchestrated protest in 2009 against an upcoming movie by Tucker Max.

Daniel Klier, HSBC's head of strategy, told the FT that HSBC would «disclose [its] carbon footprint and stress test [its] lending book against carbon pricing.»

However, the company does guard against ads that try to dupe travelers into believing they're booking travel on a hotel's actual website when they are really being sent to an OTA, the representative said.

Her books included «Postcards from the Edge,» a satirical account of her struggles against bipolar disorder.

While Steel established the soundness of his suggestions in laboratories (and continues to collect data via free diagnostic tests offered on his website, procrastinus.com), he has always been his own Patient Zero, inoculating himself against his bad habits with life hacks like those outlined in his book.

The American Hotel & Lodging Association believes that the booking companies are monopolistic and is looking to lobby against them, according to Bloomberg.

Rush casts its net wide; there's a macroeconomic argument woven through the book that makes the case against taxation structures that are redistributive to the point of dampening the urge to succeed.

And while some may warn against self - publishing your book, it's still a viable approach, if done the right way.

«It had everything going against it,» said Karl Brauer, executive publisher for Kelley Blue Book and Autotrader.

Comparable sales in Barnes & Noble's retail business, which exclude its struggling Nook digital business, rose 1.3 % in its third fiscal quarter, the company reported on Thursday, as physical books continued to hold their own against e-books at the company and industrywide.

Why It's Worth Reading: This book is largely a reaction to, and against, the conventional wisdom in Getting to Yes.

One alarming theme of the book for a lot of business owners is that once you reach a certain point of success or a certain point of wealth, it actually can work against you and become a disadvantage.

I'm not against mutual funds, but I haven't seen a book that would help in this regard, so I have no mutual fund books to recommend.

With the deal, Indigo has cashed out on an investment that was expected to provide a buffer against the decline of its traditional book - selling business.

How does a book collector protect against becoming a faker's victim?

Wiley launched a lawsuit against 27 «John Does» alleged to have distributed its books through BitTorrent, a peer - to - peer file sharing network.

For my book Disrupters, I spoke with ten trailblazing women entrepreneurs who have learned what it takes to succeed in a world stacked against them.

My company, Against All Odds Productions, has done print on demand, we were the first to do a book with a CD - ROM in the early 1990s, we do custom covers.

Meanwhile, Netflix's success with the Avery case has even paved the way for an Investigation Discovery follow - up television special on the case that aired last month, while former Wisconsin District Attorney Ken Kratz is reportedly writing a book about his experience leading the state's prosecution against Avery and Dassey.

But what I liked best about the book is how it engages with what I see as one of the most important and difficult social - policy questions of our time: How do we unstack the deck and, at the same time, get people to take ownership over improving their own lives and communities even when they reasonably believe that the deck is stacked against them?

Cynthia Tice found that to be the case when she and her co-founder launched Lily's Sweets in 2011, when public sentiment was turning against foods high in sugar (thanks in part to books such as Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health).

Steve's new book, Ditch the Pitch: The Art of Improvised Persuasion, makes the case against a standard sales...

Every president inveighs against leakers and bemoans the kiss - and - tell books; no president, to my knowledge, has attempted to impose such a pledge.

When all the current bookings are measured against supply for 2017 and 2018, First Solar expects to only have 300 to 500 MW of Series 4 supply left over.

In his book «Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk» (1996), Peter Bernstein makes a good point about what's at stake in the debate:

Brian Mulroney is the centerpiece in Stevie Cameron's blockbuster, On The Take and again in The Last Amigo — two books that if erroneous about Mr. Mulroney (given his threats against the government) should have brought libel suits.

Alfie Kohn is the author of four books, including No Contest: The Case Against Competition and the newly published Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes, from which this article is adapted.

Nearby, an elliptical trainer that someone worked out on — or always intended to — was tipped against a mound of waterlogged books and wall board.

The report showed that Cruz had written a racial epithet against African - Americans and a Nazi symbol on his book bag, which his mother had forced him to erase.

This question and more is answered in new book, Survive and Thrive: Winning Against Strategic Threats to Your Business, featuring a collection of insights by strategy professors at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.

Points can be redeemed for a credit against travel purchases, giving you the freedom to book during any season, with any carrier or hotel chain.

Peter Bernstein, author of the fascinating book on risk Against the Gods has noted that historically, low dividend payouts have a striking correlation with low earnings growth over the following decade.

It's competing against rivals Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to become — in the words of Apple's late co-founder, Steve Jobs — the «digital hub» in people's lives, the place they go to watch movies and TV shows, listen to music and read books.

Dollar claws back ground after Beige Book; Canadian dollar sells off after BOC decision Bank of Canada leaves interest rates unchangedThe U.S. dollar edges slightly higher against its main rivals on Wednesday as the British pound falls from a new post-Brexit high on disappointing inflation data, and the Canadian dollar slips as the Bank of Canada left rates unchanged.

The decision has the effect of the removing the fiduciary rule from the books, say attorneys who argued against the DOL rule.

Price - to - book (P / B) ratio is another popular tool for measuring the price of a stock or index against its per - share book value (total assets minus intangible assets and liabilities).

For banks, this was a big cost: the fees were booked as loans, against which they had to hold capital, and which amortized over seven to 10 years.

Although the details of Comey's contract with Macmillan aren't public, most book contracts will give an advance against royalties and then pay a set percentage of the book's list price outlined in the contract.