Sentences with phrase «books by unknown»

Several innovative books by unknown photographers are also included, offering an opportunity to discover these overlooked works.

And Matt Cutts has done a tremendous job in distributing books by unknown authors, who in most cases, or at least in my case, could have never done it on their own.

Studies show that bad reviews on books by unknown authors actually result in a spike in sales.

Out of 10 library books by unknown authors, I dump 7 after initial sampling.

However, that made no sense because several picks have been books by unknown authors.

An ancient book by unknown authors, which makes wild extraordinary claims such as snakes talking, a man living in a giant fish for days, the dead rising, and so on.

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.

The theory being readers will take a chance on a free book by an unknown or little known author which they may not otherwise consider.

My reading for pleasure is split between KU, which I like as I can guilt - free pick up a book by an unknown and delete it if it reeks horribly, and buying authors I know and like.

A very special thank you also goes out to reviewers and book bloggers who have taken time out of their busy schedules to read a book by an unknown Indie author like me.

It can take a lot for a reader to part with their hard - earned cash for a book by an unknown author.

«So technically, not a bad launch, for a first book by an unknown author.

Using cover components that are currently on - trend in a genre can catapult a new book by an unknown author into the shopping carts of readers.

I, for one, have never in my life bought a book by an unknown author that turned out to be crap.

Readers can try before they buy, decreasing their inbuilt risk aversion to a new book by an unknown author.

Question: How much does the origin of a new book by an unknown author, whether from a small press, academic press, Big Five publisher, or indie publisher, affect your choice to purchase?

Just think about how a great book by an unknown will compete with a brand name author... Yes, life is tough, but again... why doesn't Amazon address the fact that it makes most of its money off of the same old same old, books that are either «built» by big publishers or by indies who often combine formulaic storytelling with full on marketing.

Not exact matches

A study conducted at Stanford and University of Pennsylvania revealed that when books penned by unknown writers were reviewed in the New York Times, sales of their work increased by a third, even if the reviews were negative.

This standard account has itself been discredited by scholars many times over, but perhaps never so decisively as in Richard Pipes» new book, The Unknown Lenin (Yale University Press).

CIA has been in the book business for several decades: before 1967 it «sponsored, subsidized or produced over 1,000 books,» many of which were put out by CIA - backed cultural organizations whose subsidy was «more often than not» unknown to the writer.

The Bible was written by 40 + authors (some are unknown), comprising 66 individual books, and its writing spanned a period of 1400 years.

Because a book written by unknown authors with absolutely no actual evidence for any supernatural claim, a book the Smithsonian says is not historical, says so?

By this time, the stratification of society into fixed castes, a thing unknown in the Vedas, save in the late tenth book, was complete.

While contextually, some of the Bible has been proven accurate (mostly in terms of a few archeological and geographical artifacts), it is a book primarily written by dozens of unknown authors, some of them claiming to be people they were not.

The unknown author of this book had the temerity to challenge this assumption in a drama in which God agreed to let Satan test the loyalty of Job, a righteous man, by stripping him of his possessions, his children, and his health.

Unknown to him, and unknown to anyone except me, an editor had emailed me that morning and asked if he could publish what eventually became my first book, Deluded by DUnknown to him, and unknown to anyone except me, an editor had emailed me that morning and asked if he could publish what eventually became my first book, Deluded by Dunknown to anyone except me, an editor had emailed me that morning and asked if he could publish what eventually became my first book, Deluded by Dawkins?

Magazine «In a world with so many unknowns, it's a relief to open a book like Sweet and know for certain that following these recipes, step by step, will yield a perfectly moist bundt cake, pillow - y pavlova, or crispy - crusted crostata.

Hello Baby (Seattle Edition) Written by Kathleen Petrich; Illustrated by T. Thomas Seelig; Edited by Sheryn Hara, Laura Z (full last name unknown) Book Publishers Network Silver — Children's Picture Books: Domestic Animals & Pets

Reading new baby books for children is a good starting point for preparing your toddler for the big changes ahead, and may be a way in to talk to your child if she feels threatened by the unknown.

If the other person is a bit of an unknown quantity, your boss may want to start by offering a small interesting titbit of information from your lab - book to see what is given in return.

His latest book, In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World, is published by Basic Books / Profile

And this is the characteristic that unites all the characters in the stories throughout the book is they just were driven by this passion to explore, the passion to understand the unknown; and you know, physical discomfort or, you know, great physical exertion was no obstacle.

I'm hard pressed to remember the last time a movie that is NOT a sequel / prequel / remake / reboot / comic book adaptation, directed by a first - timer, has unknown stars, occupying the top spot.

Z for Zachariah is directed by Craig Zobel (Concussion) and written by relatively unknown writer Nissar Modi, based on Robert C. O'Brien's book of the same name.

Shigehiko Hasumi (Tokyo) Blood Work; Bright Future (Kiyoshi Kurosawa); Dolls (Takeshi Kitano); Ghosts of Mars (John Carpenter); The Man Without a Past; Novo (Jean - Pierre Limosin); Russian Ark; Unknown Pleasures; Women in the Mirror (Kiju Yoshida); Zanjin Zanba Ken (Daisuke Ito, 1929, recently discovered in 9.5 mm print for Pathé Baby) plus one book: La Promesa de Shanghai by Victor Erice (scenario and dialogue of an unrealized project, Areté, 2001, Madrid)

Such lessons include «not judging a book by its cover» or giving into the fear of the unknown or things we simply don't understand, which, the actor insists, are just as prescient lessons today as when the original film was released.

Related Reviews: New: Mad Max: Fury Road • Citizenfour • The D Train • Boulevard • The Runner Written and Directed by Andrew Niccol: In Time Written by Andrew Niccol: The Terminal Ethan Hawke: Predestination • Boyhood • Before Midnight • Getaway • Brooklyn's Finest • White Fang • Dead Poets Society January Jones: Sweetwater • Unknown • Seeking Justice • X-Men: First Class • Mad Men: Season 6 Zoë Kravitz: Divergent • After Earth Jake Abel: I Am Number Four • Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Bruce Greenwood: Eight Below • Flight • Deja Vu • Star Trek Into Darkness • National Treasure: Book of Secrets • Devil's Knot American Sniper • Top Gun • Zero Dark Thirty • Shooter • Red Dawn • Body of Lies

Always dogged by the criticism of excessive caricaturing, the Coens took a leap into the unknown with this Book of Job — like reminiscence, inspired, in part, by their own»60s Jewish boyhoods.

In the case of the fiction series, Flash will act as a teaser for readers who are perhaps not willing to invest in a full - length book by a writer still unknown to them, while also encouraging readers still not convinced by the digital format to try it out.

Says Maria Harrison, whose trade paperback of less than 200 pages was priced at $ 24.95, «Why would anyone want to buy an overpriced book from an unknown author when they can buy a wonderful book by a best - selling writer for less than ten dollars?

The Book of Unknown Americans By Cristina Henríquez Vintage • $ 14.95 • ISBN 9780345806406 Told in alternating first - person voices, Henríquez's poignant novel examines the dreams and challenges of immigrant families who have fled to America in search of a better life.

On that same note, books by relatively unknown authors that attempt to defy genre or other book conventions tend to confuse people, and often get passed over.

1) The Big Five: Since publishing has gone from being a gentleman's business to being owned, run and operated by corporations, you have a much better chance of getting your book published if you are Snooki from Jersey Shore hawking your new diet manifesto than if you're an unknown (or even established but not famous) writer who's written a brilliant work of literary fiction.

Books of gibberish are listed on Amazon.com for thousands of dollars, with one author claiming his name was used to send almost $ 24,000 to a fraudulent seller «Worthless» books priced at up to thousands, of dollars on Amazon.com and which contain only nonsensical text have been identified as possible vehicles for money laundering by an author whose name was, he says, used to send almost $ 24,000 (# 17,200) to an unknown and fraudulent seBooks of gibberish are listed on Amazon.com for thousands of dollars, with one author claiming his name was used to send almost $ 24,000 to a fraudulent seller «Worthless» books priced at up to thousands, of dollars on Amazon.com and which contain only nonsensical text have been identified as possible vehicles for money laundering by an author whose name was, he says, used to send almost $ 24,000 (# 17,200) to an unknown and fraudulent sebooks priced at up to thousands, of dollars on Amazon.com and which contain only nonsensical text have been identified as possible vehicles for money laundering by an author whose name was, he says, used to send almost $ 24,000 (# 17,200) to an unknown and fraudulent seller.

This is true especially if the author is unknown to them or the book wasn't recommended to them by a trusted source.

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez shines a light on the world of the Toro family as they struggle with the realities of immigration and the day - to - day drama of family and love.

How the hell was I going to attract readers to a book offered for sale by a virtually unknown writer?

I've found that readers rush to review books by super-popular writers but won't necessarily write reviews for unknowns.

If your book is unknown, it will, by and large, be gone with the wind.

And both instances were books written by relatively unknown authors.