Sentences with phrase «book leads readers»

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In today's divided world, this book brings readers a fundamental message to show more love to those we lead, deliver compassion, develop people in a more intentional way (think about how Jesus built up his followers over a deeply committed three - year period), and finally, be willing to forgive.

To illustrate this concept in his book, Kolko leads the reader through a fictional (but realistic and instructive) design task.

My hope is that this book will enable readers to discover their True North, and to stay on course of their beliefs and values throughout their lifetimes, so they can realize the fulfillment of leading others with a common purpose.

My wish for you, the reader, is that this book may lead you to group experiences in which you'll discover new dimensions of this power.

After carefully reading the Quran and examining it based on his many years of study, a leading American theologian has concluded that via the holy book God is speaking to all human beings around the world, a voice that, in his astonishing book, he said he tried to transmit to readers and students, as well to himself, to deepen his understanding.

I have not read the book she is trying to sell but her article would lead the reader to believe being an athiest is an obstacle to being part of AA when it is simply not.

At the same time, he (1) carefully introduces sections which are to come in his book; Revelation 1:12 - 20 prepares the reader for the letters to the churches already mentioned in 1:11; chapters 4 and 5 lead up to chapter 6; and (2) on the other hand, introduces various matters without explaining them until later (the «morning star» of 2:28 is not explained until 22:16; the «seven thunders» of 10:3 are never explained).

What makes this novel approach perfection — and two comments on the book jacket actually employ the word — is the way Ishiguro leads the reader into Stevens's life through his own words, enabling us to feel his pride in being a «great» butler and at the same time experience the pain of personal loss which he is utterly unable to acknowledge.

His provocative book The Society of Mind offers a constructive explanation of thought and action, leading one reader to laud Minsky as «the Bob Vila of consciousness.»

In a book, she suggests, the author leads readers in a given direction.

Lessons from the Fat - o - sphere: Quit Dieting and Declare a Truce with Your Body by Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby»... Harding and Kirby, the leading bloggers in the «fatosphere,» the online community of the fat acceptance movement, have written a book to help readers achieve admiration for - or at least a truce with - their bodies.

Three years ago, The Guardians of the Galaxy was considered the first big risk of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, completely removed from the rest of the Avengers on other planets with characters even avid comic book readers weren't overly familiar with, all led by an actor who was primarily known as the chubby goofball on an NBC workplace sitcom.

«Jimmy's book on the early implementation of NCLB (with Gail Sunderman and Gary Orfield) led him to conclude that we must seek practical, low - cost interventions to address the problems of struggling readers and to close the achievement gap.

Reassuringly, despite what was said a few years ago when children's publishers were beginning nervously to address the prospect of a digital revolution, books have taken on a newfound novelty for young readers, offering a tactile respite from the screens through which many of us now lead our lives.

Using your library hashtag to promote books, to post pictures of students reading, or even to host a book chat will lead to even more engaged and motivated readers.

In a heart - breaking letter to her 8th grade students, Ruth Ann Dandrea wrote, «Here we spent the year reading books and emulating great writers, constructing leads that would make everyone want to read our work, developing a voice that would engage our readers, using our imaginations to make our work unique and important, and, most of all, being honest.

This book gives educators the practical tools they need to develop and lead instruction around complex text across content areas and develop students» abilities to become better lifelong readers.»

Stephanie Harnett's recently released book, Learning Articulate Storyline (Packt Publishing, 2013), works to fill that gap, leading readers through the various functions of Storyline, from basic functionality to advanced features.

And looking at the feelings we hope readers have while reading, as well as our reasons for writing, led us to some new and interesting ideas for the next book in the series!

It's a great way to lead readers from book to book in a series, and can be a useful tool for capturing a dedicated reader and bulking up your author platform.

Kevin Larimer, editor in chief of Poets & Writers, leads a conversation with editors Jeff Shotts of Graywolf Press and Chuck Adams of Algonquin Books and authors Jeffrey Yang and Amy Rowland about what it means to be published by an independent press, the author - editor relationship, and how they work together to reach readers.

A real book is well organized and leads the reader from where they are to where they want to be as quickly, neatly and in as organized a fashion as possible — irrespective of length.

Reviews, especially of books, have been a hotly contested topic for quite some time, with reviews leading to everything from having five - stars stripped for being too chummy to authors and readers alike being accused of bullying behavior.

Dedicated readers were the ones who led me to create my first six - book series, and by the time the last book was published, my office was flooded with mail asking for more.

Self publishing will lead to more better books, and more books that are priced affordably and accessibly to more readers than ever before.

Giving away free or selling inexpensive copies is not expected just because... it's a tactic for getting exposure with the understanding that some of these copies will lead to book reviews, which in turn helps get more exposure and entree into certain marketing programs and options, and which helps prompt actual purchases as many readers are hesitant about buying a book by an unknown, unreviewed author.

Although I admire Amazon for its culture of innovation and superb customer service, I do not consider it beneficial either for society (readers) or any of the entities involved in the book industry (publishers, bookstores, libraries, etc.) to allow one company to take on such a leading position in the cultural world and be able to determine its future at its own whim.

It is possible to see the foundations of the modern eBook from such activity, as the necessity for reflowable text when reading on a Portable Digital Assistant (PDA) led to the formation of the Open eBook Publication Structure (a precursor to the EPUB format) in 1999, and several portable devices such as the Game Boy Advance, PalmPilot and SoftBook had facilities for modems, allowing readers to receive books without using a computer, often seen as one of the core selling points of the original Kindle.

Arcas Publishing, founded in 2013 by veterans of the technology and digital media industries, publishes books on topics of consumer interest and produces extensively researched, high - quality books to help readers lead more fulfilling lives.

Rather than trying to market every book to every potential reader out there, it's in your best interest to focus your marketing efforts on a smaller group of «qualified leads,» or readers who have demonstrated interest in the type of book you're trying to sell.

Through strategic alliances with leading trade publishers, Author Solutions is making it possible to develop new literary talent efficiently and provide authors with platforms to bring their books to readers everywhere.

The straightest path for holding onto readers is to lead them directly from one book to the next.

«We're excited about any program that helps readers discover our authors and their books,» said David Nussbaum, Chief Executive and Chairman of F+W Media Inc. «We think this will lead to more people reading F+W's books, and more profit for our authors.»

Some might argue that having a professional review as part of the book's description on Amazon (and elsewhere) adds a sheen of professionalism and leads to more readers taking a chance on the book.

Other more prolific fiction writers don't have fiction platforms for all their books, but do have writing blogs which they use to lead any interested readers to their works.

Lead researcher Prof Charles Czeisler told the BBC News website: «The light emitted by most e-readers is shining directly into the eyes of the reader, whereas from a printed book or the original Kindle, the reader is only exposed to reflected light from the pages of the book.»

Luckily, we're not limited to the excerpt option, and there are other ways we can lead readers to our other books, as well as ways to encourage them to engage with us.

In 2013 we started focusing more on books promotion and marketing because market changes led to a great opportunity for anyone willing to focus on connecting authors with readers efficiently and smoothly

It can also lead to a wave of new reviews as readers finish the book and leave their thoughts about it on Amazon or Goodreads.

Yes, it IS tough to rise above all the noise, but one book in the hands of an admiring reader, editor, book seller can lead to unimagined success!

A lot has been said in recent times in both self and conventional publishing circles with regard to hooking potential readers utilizing Twitter, Facebook and leading E-zines such as Angie's Diary, plus Goodreads which, despite the fact that it was set up to promote books, in effect is yet another social media site.

I typed up a list of my published books with hyperlinks leading back to each book's page on my site, giving readers their choice of retailer and format for my books... audio, print, ebook, kindle, epub, etc..

Post links leading readers to online publications and to your book's retail pages.

Navigation • The key to how readers get around your site • Clear, easy, obvious • Leads readers and search engines into your site • Buttons for — Mailing list — About us — Main Book page

My Top 5 Favorite Marketing Books (Chad Cannon): «They say that reading is a key habit for success — that our society's leading thinkers, investors, and decision - makers must be readers.

A good cover should draw readers in, egging them into reading the back copy (which will lead to hopefully paging through the book, which will hopefully lead them to buy).

Indie authors are an important part of the Goodreads community and there are several ways authors can engage with readers on Goodreads for free, including sharing what you are reading yourself (Maggie Stiefvater, Rick Riordan, and Roxane Gay are three great examples of authors who do this), using our «Ask the Author» feature, and providing additional content about your books with our Kindle Notes & Highlights on Goodreads feature (see how Emma Chase shared notes on her book, Royally Screwed, which led to some great interactions with her fans — authors should contact our author team if they are interested in doing something like this too).

Dave Thomas, co-founder of Pragmatic Programmers, a leading publisher of programming books, says: «The OPDS Catalogs specification is a major step forward in opening up the distribution of electronic media to a broader world — publishers and readers can interact directly via the web and via reading devices to ensure that the most up - to - date content is available in real time.»

I think business sector require special needs like reading documents using a pen to add handwritten comments send by email or share via cloud... and making it reasonable price will get e ink back to head as a leading standard and technology... just imagine one of the giant software companies acquired e ink what they should do to business... books and stories readers are a very small part of the stake

What initially made Bookish stand out — and ultimately led to the delays that hindered its originally scheduled summer 2011 launch — was the never - before - seen engine that powered book recommendations for readers.