Sentences with phrase «book blurbs on»

Go look at book blurbs on the backs of books.

As an avid reader with a Twitter account that chokes on new book links, I've noticed how short my concentration span is when I find myself at a writer's blog or reading a book blurb on Amazon.

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With his impressive head of silver hair, round spectacles and well - tailored suit, Grayling looks every inch the public intellectual that the blurb on the back his latest book The God Argument (Bloomsbury) describes.

Sadly, for me, the blurb on the back of the book comes true «This book belongs on the shelf of every Bible Teacher and Student» and on my shelf it will remain.

The blurbs on the back cover of this book create in the potential reader an expectation of something new» a creative, original approach to the morality of homosexual acts, not just a rehashing of standard....

Check out my blurb on your book at http://collegiatecreative.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/im-a-big-girl-now/

:::::: I also want to mention here, Jeffrey Yamaguchi, author 52 Projects: Random Acts of Everyday Creativity; and Zoe Weil, author of Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times for taking the time to read the book in it's early form, and for so generously sharing their kind words about it in the form of the «blurb» on the back of the book.

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.

Blurb just added an extra promotion to make sure you can still save big on your gift books.

Each of the three blurbs on the jacket of his latest effort, How Children Succeed, praises a different aspect of the book.

«Everything we thought we knew about dietary fat is wrong,» said the blurb on The Big Fat Surprise: Why butter, meat and cheese belong in a healthy diet, an influential book by investigative journalist Nina Teicholz.

I was so excited that I stopped reading another book I was having a decent time with, just to start on this one.The blurb from Stephen King pretty much sums it up — The Godfather, but with cops.

Contents cover: Making predictions based on the cover and blurb How Sachar uses language to establish setting at the start of the book How the author hooks the reader at the beginning Exploration of the theme of destiny Analysis of Stanley Yelnats at the start of the novel Extension questions You can preview the first few slides of Holes — Part One by clicking on the preview image.

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.»

Finally, I had them write a short blurb about their educational philosophy, and list their favorite, most influential books and films on education.

A lot of people seem to have trouble reading the word «comedy» on the cover blurb, so reviews like that help spur comedy lovers to buy the book.

You get the benefit of longer product description directly on BN (400 characters is NOT enough for a good book blurb in my mind), multiple keywords (which so far has been a crock, they haven't gotten it fixed), and the ability to get stuff deal with (usually) much easier than having to go through a third party.

I had great cover blurbs / praises to pitch on my book and across my branding platforms (website & social media) from well - known authors, magazines, and critical reviews from professional editorial sources.

By filling out a form and submitting your book to us for promotion, you agree to give TNL permission to display your book cover and blurb to our subscribers and on our website.

2b) Getting your book on Kindle and B&N and Kobo and all the other places, plus in paperback, with a great cover, good, active blurbs, and written well story... YOUR CONTROL.

Upside # 3: If you are good at blurbs and back cover copy, the editor will see it on your book and be able to use what you have written, which will save them time in writing them (Yes, editors write blurbs and back cover copy).

Fill in the booking form on our site with all the details and blurb for your free or $ 0.99 Kindle book.

Blurb, a company that begin by producing limited print runs of graphics - heavy paper books before expanding into a digital publishing platform for self - published authors with a suite of user friendly tools, has been on a mission lately to acquire key products and support personnel to make their platform even more... [Read more...]

The entire first half of the sample chapter for this book is nothing but promotional testimonials — the kind of blurbs you'd see on the back cover of a paperback.

We've written about blurbs here on The Book Case before, most recently when our editor Lynn Green admitted that in spite of some skepticism, they led to her discover of A Mountain of Crumbs.

If you're just producing a book for fun or for only your family to read, that's fine — you can easily do that on a photobook site such as Blurb or even on your computer printer at home, or you can publish it online as a website or blog.

Trust me, a book with a bad blurb on it won't sell at 99 cents anymore than it will sell at $ 6.99.

«Rocking Book Blurbs» is totally geared to show you how to do the entire process, from start to finish, based on what sells best in your genre.

A title page is usually the very first page of the book — always appearing on the right side — unless blurbs have been placed in front of it.

Your book blurb is often the deciding factor in whether the reader will buy your book, or move on.

Find the guys and gals who review all the books in your genre — you know, you see their blurb on the back of everything you read.

You've published your ebook, done book blog tours, pimped your work on Twitter and Facebook, and you even got such - and - such favorite author to provide a blurb.

After reviewing the information they will create a 100 - 250 word blurb written to sell your book that you can use on retailer websites like Amazon, or the back cover of a print book.

Use something like this: «Hi there, I've got a book I think you'll love, based on the other books I've seen you blurb.

And they write blurbs that are filled with passive verbs, and often focus the subject on something that makes their own books unattractive to buyers.

I'm spending four days with a group of professional writers here on the coast, teaching them how to write blurbs for their covers letters to editors and to give editors help when a book sells.

Most authors selling to traditional publishing wouldn't know a good blurb that would help sell their book if their life depended on it.

You can change the subtitle, rewrite the book and reload it on Amazon, change the cover design, the blurb, the flap jacket and back cover copy, and so on.

The process is exactly the same as writing a blurb for a fiction book, although the blurb will focus on selling the benefits of the book to the potential reader (and how the book will help them if they buy it), rather than trying to hook them into a story.

Yes, there are one - and two - sentence blurbs that either trash a book or proclaim it to be the best ever written... On the whole, however, I found that most Amazon customer reviews aim to provide readers with a reason to either read a book or pass it over.

A dark murder mystery for adults shouldn't have a blurb filled with the corny puns one expects to find on a comedic book aimed at middle schoolers.

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You can also keep a new paper book waiting on your night stand and study the cover art, read the blurbs, and anticipate it in a way you can't with a list of titles on your e-reader.

Whether it's worth tinkering with keywords and changing up blurbs on Amazon to keep a book «fresh» for the search algorithms.

A book blurb isn't just a long paragraph stuck on the back of a book; it's got a certain formula to make it work.

Whether you're a new author or a veteran with dozens of volumes on bookstore shelves, your back cover blurb will always be your best chance to convince a reader to buy your newest book.

Now you can join in conversation on the Kindleboards and your book cover, author profile pic, and a short blurb about your book will show up every time you post.

Get reviews and blurbs from other people on a professional level, ask them to share your book.

A few of us got reviews, all got feedback on our blurbs and covers, but most saw only modest, if any, increase in sales, with the exception of one author who reported enough sales to boost her book well into the top 100 ranking area in several categories.

Pay special attention to the wording in the blurb on the back of your book.