Sentences with phrase «books were worth less»

And since all writers are insecure, beginning writers decided their books were worth less and thus, because they were suddenly given the control, priced their books less.

Not exact matches

Entergy Corp. cranked up the heat Friday in its negotiations with the state on the future of the FitzPatrick nuclear plant in Oswego County, telling investors that the plant is such a money - losing stinker that the nuke is worth almost $ 1 billion less than what it showed on the company books.

If it seems less impressive to anyone that Scorsese's source this time around is a four - year - old movie rather than, say, a Nicholas Pileggi book, it's worth noting that the stylistic lexicon from which Infernal Affairs drew was written largely by Martin Scorsese.

John Kremer's Answer: Self - published books once carried a stigma of being less good, poorly designed, not worth the money.

A: Self - published books once carried a stigma of being less good, poorly designed, not worth the money.

Length matters less with me, a book who's plot is delivered perfectly could be a novella and worth more, as I view it.

Yes, I've read some 99 cents books that are worth more, and some that are worth less.

(Libraries outside the US are certainly also welcome to inquire about buying the print books, but shipping outside the US is more expensive, and that'll make it less worth a non-US library's time, most likely.

-- you sell your books for more than $ 2.99 (any less than this and PayPal fee's would be too much and wouldn't be worth it).

For me, no book is worth reading on Goodreads with a rating less than 3.9.

Further, e-books * ARE * worth less than physical books for the very fact that they are not physicARE * worth less than physical books for the very fact that they are not physicare not physical.

And Lori, here's my issue with e-books: Publishers can come up with all sorts of reasons why they charge what they do, but if people perceive an e-book as worth less than a paper book — and people do, for very valid reasons — then they won't be willing to pay as much.

If you really want to get your book onto a specific list you have to ask yourself is it worth paying a company with a less - than - transparent reputation $ 150,000?

That's why people are so upset and largely why ebooks are perceived as worth less than print books.

For authors whose books are in the higher price brackets, though (i.e. over $ 2.99), the situation is much less clear because a borrow is worth less than a purchase.

The future with an enforced «everybody selling at our selected price» future means Amazon and B&N sell less Kindles and Nooks because the book lovers are going to see the discounted HC at $ 18 and compare that to an eBook at $ 15 (plus cost of device) and deem it not worth buying a Kindle or Nook edition with its limitations.

You may make more money selling your books at less than your ideal price (i.e. what you feel the book is worth).

These days, reversion of rights are getting less likely, because books are worth more for a longer period of time.

I agree they should cost less than printed books, but to say there is no design involved with ebooks is completely wrong, and I don't see Germaine Greer offering e-versions of her own books for pennies, so it looks like she is just talking crap in an attempt to get a few more seconds worth of fame (again).

Its very ebook - ness must have negative worth if people are only willing to buy it in the case where it costs less than any dead tree edition of the book.

Marketplace can give you a higher margin but it looks less professional and you have little control over your book's listing information (you can pay for a month's worth of Professional so you can edit it but there are no guarantees).

(Obviously, I try to keep up - to - date with Barnes and Noble's online book promotion offerings to which, while less robust than Amazon's, are still worth checking out.

In other words, the reviewer is less concerned with convincing a reader of a book's worth, and more concerned with making the book available for the reader's own judgment.

If your wholesale cost per book is so high that it makes it difficult to sell at a competitive price, it may be worth considering republishing through a less expensive publisher (CreateSpace for black and white interior or Ingram Spark for color interior).

Excellent advice — I remember getting an email from a reader asking if my book would be available on a lesser known site, one that I'd skipped with that release because sales didn't seem to be worth the effort.

After a sufficient barrage of such statistics, the authors will usually decide it's not worth spending $ 1,000 on editing a book that will probably make less than $ 500; and so they self - publish their books unedited.

(Some of that, perhaps interestingly, is that these titles were free or $ 0.99 or $ 1.99, meaning I suppose that I had less to «lose», sunk cost analysis wise, in tossing it aside when it became apparent it was not a book worth reading.

Before today, the stock was 11 percent below its book value of $ 18.92, implying investors view RIM as worth less than the net value of its cash, inventories, real estate and intellectual property.

On the one hand it reinforces the idea of ebooks being «worth» less than physical books and on the other, the price of physical books is too high, why else would retailers be selling them at such large discounts.

Book Creator is not a free app ($ 4.99 as an individual and less with volume purchasing) but I think that it is well worth the money that I spent on it.

Some comments say that certain books are worth more than $ 9.99, even if they are read on an e-reader, but most complain that Amazon promotes the Kindle and Kindle 2 by saying it has many thousands of for that price or less.

It's also worth stressing that less than 7 % of e-book readers stated they have read fewer books than before.

If you're an author (and you get a 17.5 % royalty), and I say you can sell 100K books at $ 12.99 and make $ 227325, or you can sell 130K books at $ 9.99 and make $ 227272, is that extra $ 53 dollars worth 30K less readers (and their potential buys of your books) to you?

His basic response is why should he pay that much for a single book when he can go to Baen and get a month's worth of releases for less than $ 20?

To the consternation of much of the book industry, the online giant is again offering digital titles for less than major publishers think books are worth.

«Your rabid romance reader who was buying $ 100 worth of books a week and funneling $ 5,200 into Amazon per year is now generating less than $ 120 a year,» she said.

The online giant is again offering digital titles for less than major publishers think books are worth

«[W] ith advertising in the mix, a book downloaded 100,000 times but never read... may be worth less than one downloaded 50,000 times and read cover - to - cover.»

The latest reader from the online retailer, the new Kindle is thinner and lighter than its predecessors, and though it's less capacious too - 2 GB of book storage - you can still get a lifetime's worth of e-books - downloaded over Wi - Fi - onto it.

It's also worth noting that the vast majority of authors fall short on best practices (witness the low adoption of ebook preorders, even though preorders are proven to sell more books, or witness the large number of self published authors who design amateur - looking cover images despite the dearth of low - cost professionals who for $ 200 or less can make their cover look amazing).

In that case, each point could be worth more versus having to use less of them to book a somewhat less expensive room.

Hoard it and keep it in treasury with no intention of deploying it anywhere, in which case, again value is being destroyed and the cash on the balance sheet is worth less than its book value.

In fact, according to The Points Guy valuation chart, these card valuations are both currently valued at 2.1 cents each, even though they are worth less if you use them to book travel directly with Chase instead of through its travel partners.

Thomas Stanley and William Danko, in their fascinating behavioral finance book, The Millionaire Next Door, surprised many of us with their research suggesting that visible affluence may actually be a sign of lesser net worth, with the average American millionaire exhibiting surprisingly few outward displays of wealth.

This being the case, I don't see how, once the award is confirmed, the value of the business is worth less than book value less a 10 % discount.

As a consolation, you do get a 25 % point redemption bonus when you book any travel through Chase making your points worth 1.25 cents each; most rewards points are only worth 1 cent (or less) for other credit cards.

Given the convenience, it's worth the cost and it will be less expensive than trying to book a taxi yourself at the airport.

The miles may be worth less but have more utility since you can use them to book award for your family or to get a premium experience in first or business class.

If you take into account AASaver Off - Peak however, you may book flights for as low as 40,000 miles (45,000 after March 22nd 2015) which means you are spending 50,000 miles instead which is worth $ 680 - only $ 5 less than the tax.

When you trade in rewards for cash or a statement credit, they're generally worth less than if you used them to book a plane ticket or hotel room.