Sentences with phrase «book less appealing»

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The special approach to the subject and the nature of the book itself combine to give it a less theoretical character than most of the author's work, and it has always appealed to American readers.

It's widely known the author was less than happy with the dreadful thought of having her book adapted to a movie, and the notion of signing the rights over to Disney's team — which wanted to turn it into a musical with animation — was even less appealing.

The result is a tablet experience that will appeal less to experienced tablet users, and more to the casual newcomer who values consuming movies, TV, books, and music above a full - featured tablet.

Many probably feel that they «did» Shakespeare to death during their school years and can think of few things less appealing than reading a book about him on their own time - let alone paying good money to buy it!

If authors are now being encouraged to switch to the ebook format that pays less per book sold, it is no surprise why self - publishing is more appealing.

Traditional publishers are less inclined to take on a book that is topic - specific because they prefer books with mass market appeal.

If you don't share my tastes or you just love, love, love the movies and like to know about everything new - keep reading to the end for an additional 9 movies based on books which hold less appeal for me but maybe just up your alley!

Today, with most of my work being done in the office — and it requires a lot of mental concentration — I find that audio books are less appealing than they used to be.

I've got a hundred books in my Kindle library and the idea of downloading each, ripping off the DRM and then loading it onto a competing e-reader is... less than appealing, particularly as I'll lose all my metadata and bookmarks.

The problem with a business book is it usually is geared toward a niche market and not appealing to the masses which made it less interesting to a publishing company.

I still buy paper, but being able to read samples, & the convenience of buying a book whenever I want makes the purchase of paper versions less appealing.

Booksellers can react by hand - selling to customers and making themselves relevant as Ravenbooks has (I am increasingly sure of finding a pile of relevant books there every time I walk in) and no doubt this will mean concentrating on older books, out - of - print books and second - hand books, books that appeal directly to the customer, and print - on - demand books printed directly on site (though I am less convinced of the economic case for this).

No doubt this will mean concentrating on older, out - of - print, and second - hand books, titles that appeal directly to the customer, and print - on - demand works (though I am less convinced of the economic case for this).

Even if you assume only the more intelligent 2/3 of adults could read for pleasure (which may be less than the real figure), and I would appeal to 1:10 000 — that's still near 16000 readers in the US alone, which if I cleared $ 1 a book (my average through tradition publishing HC, Paperback and webscription) and wrote two books a year — would be a living of sorts.

Finally, so far all the e-readers are black - on - white or possibly gray - scale, which makes them less than appealing for illustrated books, whether children's books or adult non-fiction.

It's very difficult to keep from describing yourself when crafting your ideal reader — after all, you're writing a book that appeals to you, so it's easy to decide your ideal reader is more or less like you

Making the choice even less appealing is the fact that novels priced between $ 2.99 and $ 9.99 now earn 70 % on Amazon, but only 35 % for books below that price.

On the downside, Pentagon Federal Credit Union charges a sizable booking fee for cardholders who redeem points for travel, which drags down the card's overall value and makes it less appealing as a travel rewards card.

Uber vs limousines: UberSELECT is a disruptive innovator as it is less expensive than limousines, has an in inferior product (no advance bookings), and created a new market by appealing to people who didn't usually book limousines.

Sell Your Home with Feng Shui By Christine Ayres & Cindy Coverdale Authorhouse $ 21.50 US It takes less than 100 pages for this book to explain how to use feng shui to create curb appeal, deal with problem stairs, set up welcoming furniture, and even to rehabilitate a home's bad reputation.