The problem with this passion is that
books take up a lot of space.
Not exact matches
And the navigation bar at the bottom
of the screen, which lets you move from one section
of the
book to another, uses thumbnail pages, which
take up a
lot of space; a simple slider bar would do just fine without covering
up part
of the page.
A
lot of self - published authors use print on demand after their initial first run has sold, and they want to have X-amount
of books on hand, without
taking up a ton
of space in their homes.
Long trips have always given me an excuse to bring a
book along and enjoy the trip, and the Kindle has provided me with a means
of bringing several
books with me without
taking up a
lot of space, but also permits me to read at night without disturbing the driver.
You may think you have gotten a great unit price on your
book, but unless you start selling them, they are just going to
take up a
lot of space.
I wouldn't be able to have my whole library (not only
books but technical documents as well and images that
take up a
lot of space) with me without a massive SD card.
That was why I chose the sony too — a
lot of the
books I have are technical and
take up tons
of space.
Overall, be selective about the
books you keep as they do
take up a
lot of space.
And if
space is an issue, as it often is when living in London or any other city, the Kindle helps you save on room —
books, while awesome, do have a habit
of taking up A
LOT of space.
Most
of us who have been writing for a while are sitting on a
lot of content and a
lot of older
books that are
taking up virtual shelf
space on Amazon.
A thousand
books can
take up a
lot of space and unless things go very well they could be there for some time
A thousand
books can
take up a
lot of space in your house and unless things go very well they could be there for some time.
One other friend
of mine left he was in the real estate
space wrote a
book with with a major publishing house and then a few years later stopped he left real estate and went into a really strong personal development business and the publisher went
up well you're not promoting this
book anymore and they
took his
book word - for - word and put somebody else's name on the cover
of it and just put a new introduction on it no credit to anybody he had worked because he had two co-authors help him with it because he's dyslexic so they essentially were the ones that wrote it and he provided a
lot of the content and the publisher gave those other authors no credit
took his name off and put somebody else's name on the front and then the publisher was 100 % within their rights to do it so you know there's a
lot of things that I challenge people to kind
of think about what's important and if you're putting all your expertise into this
book you want to make sure that somebody's negotiated a heck out
of it giving you a contract that actually makes sense for you and your business.
When it comes to clutter around the home,
books tend to
take up a
lot of space that could be better put to use storing other items.
Whether gathering around the massive suarwood dining table, sunbathing on the poolside deck, curling
up with a good
book in the elevated pondok, watching a film in the air - conditioned TV lounge, or
taking an alfresco bath on the private bathroom terrace, guests have
lots of space to socialize as well as quiet places to escape for «me» time.
I was a fan
of e-
books because it meant I could have a ton
of books that would not
take up a
lot of physical
space, however the downsides
of e-
books are shifting my preference back to printed copies.