Sentences with phrase «book is less of a risk»

If your book is less of a risk (is successful, is part of a successful series), that's good to state in your pitch in the «additional comments» section.

Not exact matches

(See Good Calories Bad Calories, by Gary Taubes, and Chapter 9 of my book, Deep Nutrition) The chance of this woman, who has no other risk factors for heart disease aside from high LDL cholesterol (a poor predictor by itself), benefitting from Crestor's ability to prevent heart attacks is less than one in a thousand.

«Mr. Pip,» a lower profile adaptation of a less famous book, doesn't carry the same risks as «The Lovely Bones» did, but this gimmicky story set during Papua New Guinea's civil war is similarly overblown, reaching for emotional effect in a fatally hamfisted fashion.

«Getting rid of school libraries also risks increasing inequalities and further disadvantaging the most deprived children who are less likely to have access to books or computers at home and will have less access to public libraries since so many are closing.»

Self - publishing can be tricky, given that an author risks less pay and potential to write books of lesser quality.

Authors like Judith Glynn who took the risk on an investment of that size are still struggling to put their books in front of Spanish - speaking readers, largely because less than half of the reported Spanish speaking population in the US reads books in Spanish, according to a post by Publisher's Weekly.

There's much less risk involved with POD than if you were to printing advanced copies of your book.

However, there are significant dangers with the FNI basket, including: (1) 37 % exposure to information technology and 14 % exposure to telecom may put one directly in the line of fire for a «tele - tech» implosion, (2) A price / book of 7 and price / earnings of 45 looks lofty in the best of circumstances, and (3) Indirectly investing in the China / India boom via the tigers (Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea) and the iShares MSCI Australia Fund (EWA) could prove more lucrative with less risk.

Whether you want to experience risk directly or live it vicariously, Sukel's research - grounded book remains accessible for a general audience who's interested in the subject of living a less staid life.

Yet this kitchen - sink approach does have downsides: The inclusion of some books which are little more than collections of postcards stretches the definition to the point of snapping, and, books that are merely catalogues of visual artists» works are, for the most part, distractions, risking little and accomplishing less.

While Mukasey never mentioned John Yoo or anyone else by name, he referred extensively to Harvard Law Prof. Jack Goldsmith and his «indispensable» book, The Terror Presidency, to argue that, in the aftermath of Sept. 11, government lawyers were under pressure to be less «risk - averse.»

For example, compared to older mothers, teen mothers display lower levels of verbal stimulation and involvement, higher levels of intrusiveness, and maternal speech that is less varied and complex.47, 48 Mothers with fewer years of education read to their children less frequently25, 49 and demonstrate less sophisticated language and literacy skills themselves, 50 which affects the quantity and quality of their verbal interactions with their children.2 Parental education, in turn, relates to household income: poverty and persistent poverty are strongly associated with less stimulating home environments, 51 and parents living in poverty have children who are at risk for cognitive, academic, and social - emotional difficulties.52, 53 Finally, Hispanic and African American mothers are, on average, less likely to read to their children than White, non-Hispanic mothers; 54 and Spanish - speaking Hispanic families have fewer children's books available in the home as compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts.25 These racial and ethnic findings are likely explained by differences in family resources across groups, as minority status is often associated with various social - demographic risks.