Sentences with phrase «by bookstore owner»

The new NPR Morning Edition book club wrapped up today with a discussion of the first selection, Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free by Hector Tobar (Macmillan / FSG; Macmillan Audio; OverDrive Sample; Oct), picked in December by bookstore owner and author Ann Patchett.

Vanity logos (CreateSpace, Lulu, Author House, etc.) are a no - no, especially CreateSpace, which is owned by Amazon (generally disliked by bookstore owners).

Not exact matches

● SIGNATURE MOVE, by Jennifer Reeder, finds common ground between a closeted Muslim lawyer (Fawzia Mirza) and a free - spirited Chicana bookstore owner in this heartfelt and funny film about how modern romance can arise from a path steeped in tradition.

Linda (voice by Leslie Mann), his owner, is a timid, bespectacled bookstore owner who has never journeyed far from the snowy community where she lives.

«In the game, players will take on the role of roguishly handsome Gabriel Knight, a struggling author and owner of a bookstore in New Orleans, who is investigating the Voodoo Murders for his new book: a series of savage ritual killings surrounded by voodoo trappings.

The Benjamin Franklin Book Awards are administered by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) with help from over 150 publishing professionals, including librarians, bookstore owners, reviewers, designers and editors.

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin The cantankerous owner of a small independent New England bookstore is widowed and sales are lagging but he gets a new lease on life when an exciting package arrives at his doorstep.

Much of the complaining by trad publishers and bookstore owners seems to be fear of change.

New York City bookstore owner Otis Parker is dead, killed by a falling bookcase.

And the Washington Post announced that 2010 will see the publication of Jane Bites Back by Michael Thomas Ford (Random House), the first in an intended three - book series that casts Jane as a vampire bookstore owner (can you hear those cash registers ringing?).

California Bookstore Day, an idea first conceived of by store owner Pete Mulvahill and put in motion with the help of several other dedicated parties, combined the marketing efforts and attention of members of the state's independent bookstore association, and managed to garner the support of many names in publishing.

As brick - and - mortar bookstores struggle to carve out their own unique niches in a market overrun by discounted online book buying opportunities, the UK - based Booksellers Association is hard at work helping their shop owners keep up.

Pride v. Prejudice by Joan Hess «Semi-retired bookstore owner Claire Malloy is back with her signature snark in this witty 20th installment of Joan Hess» series.

«The tax on books and the closure of libraries is an attack on writers, bookstore owners, publishers, and students (who are being hit by this budget six ways to Sunday, through school closures, deep cuts to the university, threats to the tuition freeze, the loss of grants, job losses in the community colleges, and a hike in the price of already - expensive textbooks).

For decades new bookstores have been helped by the return system and the smart owners used the system perfectly.

The IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards ™ are administered by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) with help from over 150 publishing professionals, including librarians, bookstore owners, reviewers, designers and editors.

The awards are administered by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), with help from over 150 book publishing professionals including librarians, bookstore owners, reviewers, designers, publicity managers, and editors.

That suggests purchases by librarians, bookstore owners, or other book vendors.

Want - to - be e-book owners will want to pay close attention to the file formats and digital rights management (DRM) supported by each reader and consider the breadth of online bookstores the e-book reader is bragging about before buying.

I was talking to my used bookstore owner who happens to be the largest seller of independent / self - published books on the West Coast (I'm taking him at his word) and he basically told me that with the Kindle and with Amazon's self - publishing program, they have the power to make or break any author by including them or excluding them from their site.

Permission would have to be granted by the rights - holder to the publisher: the owner of the book does not need permission from the author to own the book, they need the permission of the publisher or publisher's agent (e.g. the bookstore).

Under the First Sale doctrine, once a copy is sold by the rights - holder (e.g. the publisher, initially to the bookstore or distributor), that owner can do whatever it wants with that specific copy, including reading or re-selling (and anying thereafter can likewise).