Sentences with phrase «book in a few words»

The headline should sell your book in a few words.

As an author you should be able to summarize your book in a few words that can take the listener into the deepest part of the plot.

Not exact matches

While some rights holders have argued that the standard for a substantial is very low (the National Post recently argued in a case that «even the reproduction of a small number of words in a newspaper article can be an impermissible reproduction»), the Copyright Board says that its preliminary view is that «copying of a few pages or a small percentage from a book that is not a collection of short works, such as poems, is not substantial.»

I offer a few simple questions: — How can we possibly believe the words written in a book 2000 years ago; or 200 hundred years ago; should be taken with so absolute faith as to be blind to the inconsistencies.

In his book, In the Grip of Grace, Lucado wrote a few words which snatched my attention and they remain with me today.

Why would he require our help to pen a few words in a book?

Why would he need human assistance to write a few words in a book?

I consider it an incredible privilege and honor to write a few words in support of this superbly written and enlightening book.

But within a few days, you had written blog posts, started an Amazon petition, coined the term «Vaginagate», created «Team Vagina» t - shirts, called a bunch of Christian bookstores, and pleaded with me to stick to my guns and keep the word «vagina» in the book.

In other words, since Moses began writing the Pentateuch (Genesis — Deuteronomy) around 1400 B.C. and since the last book of the Bible was written around 400 B.C., are we to believe that throughout all history and around the entire world, God was only whispering to a select few individuals for only a few brief centuries?

They grow up believing in an Eternal Hell of fire and brimstone, talking snakes, the Doctrine of Original Sin, animals in an ark, a Young Earth paradigm, the notion that people lived to be hundreds of years old a few thousand years ago, patriarchs that practiced child sacrifice and committed genocides, books that are supposed words of gawd that contradict real world observations, deities that kill their own children (human manifestations of their own selves) for the sake of sins that they never committed, the symbolic cannibalism and vampirism of a deity... I could go on for days.

And a heartfelt word of thanks to all of you who have come out to my book events in the past few weeks.

No other boxer, no other sportsman for that matter can lay claim to having so many words spoken and written about them over their lifetime, very few books have got to the heart of the contradictions in Ali's life.

Similarly, each party uses only a few words to sell its doctrine, principles and morals, and this is reflected in the book.

America's obsession with the Kennedy's has inspired countless books, movies and TV specials depicting the family's triumphs, tragedies, and scandals, but few have solely focused on Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis or as most refer to her, «Jackie O.» One of the most beloved first ladies was often overshadowed by her husband and his brothers, however, in the new drama, Jackie, the famous first lady takes center stage, and we see the rise and tragic ending of the Kennedy White House through her eyes and words.

The Journey Told from the perspective of a young child, this 2016 book set in an unspecified region uses lush illustrations and few words to present a family's migration as an allegory.

The books, we told them, can be fiction, non-fiction, humor, mystery, biography, pedagogy; for teachers, about teachers, for children, for parents; long, short, old, new... in other words, any book at all that you have enjoyed or learned from within the last few years.

His indispensable new book, Language at the Speed of Sight, lays out in clear, readable English much of what we have learned over the past several decades about reading; he labors to «cheerfully destroy a few myths» about how we process and make sense of the printed word, but Seidenberg is no happy warrior.

Kids in Lexington, Kentucky, enjoy sharing their favorite books too, but they aren't limited to passing the word to a few close friends.

My comment to WGBH Innovation Hub can be stated in few words: Before interviewing pro corporate reformers read Diane Ravitch's book «Reign of Error»

The students had opportunities to discuss the books, hear the words explained in the context of the story, and hear the words used over the next few days.

Research shows that they hear about 30 million fewer words, they have significantly lower exposure to books, and their impulse control and self - regulation — often called executive function — tend to be less developed than in higher income children.

In other words, for a relatively stable book with very few jumps, in income — a book that's MOST LIKELY to be correct under this analysis — the model is off by 44 In other words, for a relatively stable book with very few jumps, in income — a book that's MOST LIKELY to be correct under this analysis — the model is off by 44 in income — a book that's MOST LIKELY to be correct under this analysis — the model is off by 44 %.

The deal was finalized during the Word Book Fair held in New Delhi a few weeks ago.

The book is too rich and complex to sum up in a few words, so I'm lazily going to crib from the blurb: «Detective Gabriella Versado has seen a lot of bodies.

And yet one night a few weeks back, as I walked home in the dark from a book club engagement, one of those New - Agey words popped into my head: shaman.

In other words, charge 99 cents for your book, and sell it to a few hundred million people, and you're going to do alright.

While writing a book report, one should summarize a considerable amount of information, ideas, and views in a few words.

Kindle books can be uploaded in a few formats including Microsoft Word.

In other words, it only takes a few minutes to read a picture book that's 1,000 words or less, while most agents take many weeks or months to read longer books and decide if they're going to offer representation.

If they are flipping pages to get to the line or paragraph to discuss it the first person reads a few words and you just type that in to search while having the book open.

Yes, keywords are a great tool that you have in your toolkit as an author, and so we actually, the approach that I always talk about when I talk about keywords is I call it a 360 approach to keywords, and what I mean by that is you want to choose, and we'll talk in a moment about how to choose those keywords, how to identify the ones that will be most relevant, but so you want to choose a few words or phrases that apply to your book and that customer, your readers would use in searching for your title.

The devil is in the details — and coming up with those brief few words to grace the cover of your book can be a painstaking process.

The authors mentioned in Fringe Fiction won't be household names and their books aren't New York Times bestsellers but each of them have fans, a few of them followings and all could use extra word - of - mouth.

Among all American adults, the average (mean) number of books read or listened to in the past year is 12 and the median (midpoint) number is 5 — in other words, half of adults read more than 5 books and half read fewer.3 Neither number is significantly different from previous years.4

1) Sales & Downloads 2) Increase in Sales Rank and further visibility 3) Some of our readers will buy your other books, if they like your book 4) A few of our readers will review your book, if they like your book 5) Word of Mouth - our readers will tell their friends and family about your book, if they like your book.

There's an animated version of Le Petit Prince in movie theaters, and I love the book excessively, so I bought it at a Fnac store and have been reading it to the boys, first in French, then in a spontaneous, slightly awkward English translation afterwards, in the hope that they'll at least pick up a few words.

I wrote fewer words in July because I was primarily editing the words I had written in June (my June goal was to complete the first draft of my upcoming book).

When people use a search box on a book site, they will type in a few words to describe the book they are seeking.

If you can write your book into a Word Document, and follow a few, simple formatting instructions, you can make your book available to millions of readers, or just a few, in no time at all!

As the above examples show, in as few as 5 words, and with a maximum of 20 words, it's possible to describe describe the 5 most important characteristics of a book:

The author bio on the back cover of your book needs to cover a lot of ground in a few words: publishing credits, writing degrees earned, perhaps something fun about yourself.

In other words, if you are an author on Twitter and are already engaging in a conversation with others on Twitter, and if the Book Tweeting service sends a tweet once every few days, then it's likely to not be considered spaIn other words, if you are an author on Twitter and are already engaging in a conversation with others on Twitter, and if the Book Tweeting service sends a tweet once every few days, then it's likely to not be considered spain a conversation with others on Twitter, and if the Book Tweeting service sends a tweet once every few days, then it's likely to not be considered spam.

(Many traditionally published books put the first few words in CAPS in e-books, instead of using drop caps, as drop caps can format improperly on some devices.

If the blogger wasn't kind in their review or hated the book and posted this on their page (very few bloggers do this) then keep off of that page and don't say a word.

I know I'm way more inclined to sit down and bash out a few hundred or a few thousand words at a clip when I know it's going to make a big dent in the current book I'm writing.

If you plan carefully and stick to a steady writing routine, it's possible to knock out a finished draft of your book in a matter of a few weeks — even if you only write 500 words a day.

MAYBE once or twice a year I'll pan a book that should NEVER have seen the light of day, but the other 18 or more reviews I'll submit will embody reading recommendations (along with a few encouraging — I hope — words to authors, from time to time, about problems they could correct in future work).

In other words, authors using their services were selling very few, if any, books.

In the beginning, to boost your reviews, ask friends and family to log on and say a few words about your book.