Sentences with phrase «by average readers»

But a good one - to two - page outline that consists of brief, pithy phrases can be readily perused by the average reader.

With regard to his comment that the lower prices will make it harder for «unknowns» to price their titles low enough to be discovered by the average reader, wrong again.

Not exact matches

It is not clear to the average reader how this data collection is covered by Facebook's privacy policy.

A reader asked on my post, The Average Savings Rates By Income, whether I consider paying down debt part of my personal savings rate calculation.

By the end of the book, I think your average reader will be brimming with anger toward the religious right and fired up mostly about progressive politics.

The average Bible reader sits down for about 30 minutes for each reading, and that number doesn't vary by...

Interestingly enough, I don't always write my recipes to reflect that, because the average reader is turned off by the extra step of grinding their own meat.

Many readers may be wondering how there could ever be value betting the under when the average runs per game have been higher than the average total in each of the past 12 seasons, but there's a finite number of runs by which the game can go under, while there is no limit to how many runs can be scored in a game.

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Those RSS followers are loyal readers, too, since the average article will ultimately be opened by roughly 30 - 40 % of subscribers to the feed.

For instance, one of Treffert's patients is a 3 - year - old boy, an above - average reader fascinated by the solar system.

OBP books are accessed by an average 30 000 readers per month.

* Because it contains no literature review, the MET report largely ignores many of the serious concerns about value - added established by this literature — these issues may not be well - known to the average reader (for the record, there are citations in the study, but no formal review of prior research).

Harvey Silver, Richard Strong, and Matthew Perini have collaborated on a number of recent best sellers in education including So Each May Learn: Integrating Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences and Teaching What Matters Most: Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement, both published by ASCD; Reading for Academic Success: Powerful Strategies for Struggling, Average, and Advanced Readers, Grades 7 — 12 for Corwin Press; and Thoughtful Education Press's Tools for Promoting Active, In - Depth Learning, which won a Teachers» Choice Award in 2004.

This article finds that the literature webbing strategy lesson was significantly more helpful in improving below - average readers» comprehension as measured by miscues in oral reading and answers to comprehension questions than was a directed listening / reading thinking approach.

I agree with Rebecca that the average reader is hungry for quality, affordable fiction that they can sink their teeth into, whether it be by a traditional or indie author.

If you self - publish with Nook Press or Kobo Writing Life, there is a difference in how many sample pages are available for the reader, then your average mega title published by Penguin.

You can learn a lot by observing the books your book will be rubbing shoulders with, including the average price readers expect to pay for the type of book you've written.

A separate list, «Most Read,» claims to reveal which titles people actually read by tracking the «average number of daily Kindle readers and daily Audible listeners each week.»

According to Noll's metrics and based on an average of what consumers would have paid before the price increases, he estimates that the publishers overcharged readers by $ 307,808,414.

published book [by a new author] is almost certainly going to end up on the digital slush pile, with fewer readers than the average blog post.»

Even Neal Pollack, a New York Times journalist who wrote an article in support of self - publishing, said he wouldn't recommend self - publishing for a first time author, as «a self - published book [by a new author] is almost certainly going to end up on the digital slush pile, with fewer readers than the average blog post.»

The average eBook reader read 24 eBooks last year, compared with only 15 books read by those who read only print.

The Top 20 Most Read list ranks books by the average number of daily Kindle readers and daily Audible listeners each week.

In addition, those who read e-books read more books than those who don't have the devices: The average reader of e-books says she has read 24 books (the mean number) in the past 12 months, compared with an average of 15 books by a non-e-book consumer.

Once again, Kozlowski's argument is to infantilize the reader and whine that they need to be «protected» from the scourge of indie authors, as if the average reader can't tell a poorly written, sloppy book from the crisp and beautiful books produced by trad publishers.

Blog reader Jacob Young sent me this link for a free Kindle book (thanks, Jacob), called The Reformed Faith by the late Lorainne Boettner which received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars...

A Pew study, released in April of this year, found that «the average reader of eBooks says she has read 24 books (the mean number) in the past 12 months, compared with an average of 15 books by a non-eBook consumer.»

By pricing books between 2.99 to 4.99 we make our books far more attractive to the average reader.

Whilst on one level it makes sense that Smith would want to keep up with Jones (he says, trying to spin a combination «keeping up with the Joneses» / Alas Smith & Jones crack out of the shaky assumption that everyone will understand Amazon also goes by the name Jones, which it doesn't), e-readers on the whole aren't exactly the kind of thing that Smith's regular customers would likely go for, by its own admission: CEO Kate Swann describes the chain's base as «lighter book readers», with figures showing the average Smith customer buys just three books a year, with particularly strong showings from non-fiction and children's books.

Overall I improved sales by reaching 48 % new readers however I lost 82 % of the average royalty.

Amazon's Most Read charts rank titles by the average number of daily Kindle readers and Audible listeners each week.

They would do this by receiving their royalty on a higher average price that readers might pay for a more useful ebook — because royalties ultimately are based on what a book will sell for — and from the extra sales made to readers who want this specific feature.

All the average reader knew was that a book by one of the authors they liked to read was no longer easily found for purchase and they'd have to either go to the library or to the second hand bookstore for a copy.

My best sales period (tripled my monthly average) was immediately after: (1) Last year's Labor Day Sale, organized within this group, which had very few books on it, so potential readers weren't overwhelmed by the sheer number of books, plus it was widely shared.

If it becomes a common practice (i.e. well - known enough that the average reader knows about it), all it will do is undermine honest reviews left by well - meaning people.

On the other hand, I have noticed that my sales have not only increased since they are in KU — if I add the average number of KU readers (easy to calculate by dividing the total number of pages read by the actual number of KENPC pages), I have almost doubled the number of «sales».

While this is likely a negative development for readers, indie - authors are likely positioned to benefit from higher average ebook prices (especially when this average is skewed by titles coming from Big Five publishers).

However, I've also made plenty of fans out of readers who were intrigued by all the bitching that gets done over your average «Liz Book.»

It's a weekly set of Top 20 bestseller rankings that's created «by looking at the average number of daily Kindle readers and Audible listeners.»

Amazon's Most Read Charts rank titles by the average number of daily Kindle readers and Audible listeners each.

I would argue that the last thing your average romance reader actually wants is to be interrupted by a video add - on of a writer explaining the scene, making an aside about the setting, or — gasp — offering tips on better sex with live action visuals.

Blog reader Jacob Young sent me this link for a free Kindle book (thanks, Jacob), called The Reformed Faith by the late Lorainne Boettner which received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars on the Amazon website.

A library that's buying a book from a little known author is not going to be deterred by a mere technicality and the average reader doesn't care.

Neither Scribd nor Oyster divulge a great deal in the way of statistics, but in January, Scribd said that since the launch of the subscription service in October 2013, the subscriber base has grown by an average of 31 % a month, with readers spending over 17 million hours reading 500,000 ebooks.

Eight per cent of UK adults have paid money for an electronic book since Christmas, with the average reader getting through 5.75 titles by the end of January.

Many readers were surprised when I answered a recent Ask the Spud question by suggesting you're usually better off investing a lump sum rather than using dollar - cost averaging (DCA).

Responding to a recent article on mutual funds by Rob Carrick, a Globe and Mail reader rehashed a common refrain: «Perhaps mutual funds were once a great way for «average Canadians» to invest, but they have been totally subverted by the greed and mediocrity of the financial institutions who dominate the field... Canadians are generally far better served by ETFs.»

Responding to a recent article on mutual funds by Rob Carrick, a Globe and Mail reader rehashed a common refrain: «Perhaps mutual funds were once a great way for «average Canadians» to invest, but they have been totally subverted by the greed and mediocrity of the financial institutions who dominate the field...

Now, I'm sure that many readers are now saying, «Yes, but if the stock market goes down and bond prices fall due to rising interest rates during that time, I'll take a bigger hit by going immediately to my target allocation than I would by dollar - cost averaging to it over time.»