Beginning with a new baby gift of a soft fabric book to play with, a child can begin to learn how
a book feels in their hands.
If you had asked us in high school what we thought being a published author would be like, we would have talked to you about the way a hardcover
book feels in our hands, and how satisfying it would be to finally get all the stories dancing around in our heads out into the world.
Not exact matches
As Fallon puts it, «certain
books just
feel more real held
in our
hands and paged through meditatively.»
As you
feel the
book you are reading
in your
hand, the pen with which you are highlighting, the ground under your feet, they all seem to be solid objects.
It is my own belief that the explanation for the enormous sale of Honest to God is simply that great numbers of men and women who wish to be both modern and Christian found
in that
book a presentation of Christianity which on the one
hand they
felt was absolutely honest and which on the other
hand (and for the first time) opened to them the basic meaning of what we may style «the religious question»: what man is, what his world is like, how one can find significance and dignity for living, and the like.
A Methodist preacher
in those days, when he
felt that God had called him to preach, instead of hunting up a college or Biblical institute, hunted up a hardy pony of a horse, and some travelling apparatus, and with his library always at
hand, namely, Bible, Hymn
Book, and Discipline, he started, and with a text that never wore out nor grew stale, he cried, «Behold the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world.»
'' The
book feels like a magic treasure box
in my
hands waiting to be opened only to find, health, magic and love.
I know this first
hand, because sometimes, when I'm
feeling all alone on this side of the world, and it seems as if my friends back home may have forgotten about me,
in the same way that one may forget the title of their favorite literature
book, I'm reminded that it takes two
hands to clap.
Some people still love the
feel of a real
book in their
hands.
I was so excited to read this
book by my mentors Patty Wipfler and Tosha Schore, although part of me
felt like I wouldn't learn anything new since I've been an instructor with
Hand in Hand Parenting for over three years now.
The complexities of pregnancy and infant loss are explored by survivors themselves rendering this must - read
book a first
hand personal narrative that invites people to
feel less alone
in the aftermath of such devastating experiences.
I ❤️ the
feel of a
book in my
hand, too.
I truly
felt better than ever before
in my life and began obsessively researching the benefits of juicing and reading every nutrition
book I could get my
hands on.
This could easily have turned out to be one of those formula
feel good films with their predictable story
book endings but,
In the capable
hands of director Mara Nair («Amelia»), she brings warmth, emotion and an understanding of the Ugandan culture into this lovely and heart warming film.
Sat
in the sunlight flooded bar out front before
hand, watching people browse the Southbank
Book Market while blue skies provided the backdrop to the glorious skyline of London, I
felt lucky to be there, proud to call this city my home and giddy - as - a-10-year-old excited to get inside and start singing along.
The very ending -
in fact - will leave fans of the
book with a knowing smile, whilst those unexposed to the source material will
feel like they were punched
in the stomach (
in a good way), and they'll be scrambling to get their
hands on the third
book.
Students
feel less invested when they're
handed books and told to dive
in.
Rosemary Salomone, professor of law at St. John's University and author of the 2003
book Same, Different, Equal: Rethinking Single - Sex Schooling, agrees: «Many students
in single - sex classes report
feeling more comfortable raising their
hands and expressing uncertainty regarding a lesson or topic without fear of embarrassment or teasing from the opposite sex.»
The M Sport steering wheel is VERY nice, looks great (I stare at it far more than the exterior of the car, so exterior styling ranks very low
in my
book) and
feels nice
in the
hands.
Individuals drawn to these genres tend to appreciate the
feel of a paperback
book in their
hands —
in fact, Midnight Publishing has run into dozens of readers who've told us they wouldn't even read a
book in these genres unless they had a paperback version.
As you cozy up to it
in the weeks and months ahead, you'll immediately notice the reading experience is closest to reading an actual
book, from how it
feels in your
hands to the e-ink experience, and true to the Amazon Kindle line, there's no glare
in the sun.
It
feels substantial
in my
hands and is just about the weight of a good sized hardcover
book.
It's easy to setup (entering a Wi - Fi password is easy thanks to the touch screen),
feels great
in the
hand, slips into my back pocket and holds thousands of
books.
That's not to say I don't still love the
feel of a «real»
book in my
hands.
But for many self - published authors, the ability to sell a paperback
book not only for the awesome
feeling of holding it
in your
hands, but because a lot of people only read paperbacks, make it a really appealing option.
I guess they're hoping to attract people that want to have the
feel of a
book in their
hands but I have serious doubts about this kind of product.
There is nothing like the
feel of a good
book in my
hands.
I am a complete Luddite and relish the
feeling of a
book in my
hands but your confession makes me
feel like I can possibly take the leap.
There isn't a better
feeling than holding your
book in your
hand, or view it
in an ebook reader.
One -
handed operation is very feasible to remind me of how
books felt so right
in my palms.
Without holding my
book in my
hands, signing copies, and seeing it on
book shelves, I would never
feel like an author.
-- nothing will ever replace the
feel of a good
book in your
hands on a rainy afternoon or if you just want to pop yourself up
in a corner some place and get lost
in the pages.
Then came the seven - figure offers: Howey ultimately chose Simon & Schuster exclusively for print because he wanted to retain the freedom to publish on the Internet through Amazon while also reaching readers who prefer the
feel of a
book in their
hands.
In addition to this, there are times when you won't
feel like reading and the only thing you can get your
hands on a
book written by your favorite writer.
It nicely sums up her tone and symbolism
in this
book: «When I plunged my
hands into the black New England soil, I
felt I was touching a rich nourishment that I hadn't had since I was a small child.
I've been afraid to invest
in one — not only because of how expensive they are and I'll admit I love the
feel of a
book in my
hand and I like to read
in bed.
Many readers still prefer the
feel of a
book in their
hands, bookshelf lined with back - to - back volumes of their favorite manga.
A stiff or needlessly heavy
book already suffers harshly from first impressions but this
book is quite the opposite and
feels good
in your
hands.
I enjoy having that printed copy of a
book in my
hands, turning the pages, and know that I have the pleasure of what I
feel is what a
book should be.
Add to that a pervasive DIY aesthetic
in my favored genre (Steam / dieselpunk), and it all adds up to eschewing agents and publishers, though I have to admit I'm a fan of print - on - demand simply because I love the
feel of a good
book in my
hands, as do most of my friends and family members.
Just a note: I don't buy a hardcover
book for «how it looks on the shelf», but instead partially because of durability / hardiness and how it
feels in my
hands as compared to a paperback.
It's a great
feeling to hold a
book you've been working on for a long time
in your
hands!
So do I. I love the
feel of a nice, heavy paperback
book in my
hands and the way that the paper is either smooth beneath my fingers (for thinner paper) or the way that it resists me.
For many readers of crime fiction and other genres, there's nothing quite like the
feel of a good
book in your
hands.
I have a
feeling that right now, Amazon is sort of
hand - picking
books and authors, which currently doesn't include that many Indie authors (if any), but I would be incredibly excited if my
books were to be included
in any way.
I always
feel that I am missing something when I do not have an actual, physical
book in my
hands.
Also, since I started reading more print
books again, I have a new appreciation for the
feeling of holding a
book in your
hands, the tactile sensation of turning the pages, of seeing your progression visually as the pages read become more plentiful and the pages yet unread decrease
in number.
«It was very easy to find
books and find authors and agents who were willing to try e-only because, as with what's going on for self - published authors, they
felt they got the benefit of being with a publisher and they got all the services a publisher provides, and yet they get to try their
hands at selling
books in e-format.
As well as demonstrating that fairly basic digital tools can be used to create powerful stories, our project showed that the digital also makes us appreciate anew those features of the physical
book we may take for granted, the touch, smell and
feel of paper and the special place that a
book handed down from generation to generation has
in the context of family life.
Overall, the Tab, at 7.5 inches tall by 4.7 inches wide by 0.5 inch thick, has a solid, paperback
book feel that can be comfortably grasped
in one
hand.