Sentences with phrase «copy out of the library»

I checked the hard copy out of the library and never got around to reading it, which means I'll probably never get around to purchasing the e-copy either, unless it gets marked down significantly.

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Caleb read this who recommended it to Joshua, who passed it on to Hope... who has asked for it to be signed out of the library so many times, I really needed to buy her a permanent copy.

Buy a copy or check it out of your local library.

P.S. I just checked with the County library here and every single copy of your cookbook is checked out and there's a big waiting list.

I checked it out form the library, but he also now has his own website, where you can buy copies of all his cookbooks that are still in print.

«He opened it with the key which he had kept on his chain, and its contents began to slide out - a Penguin on Mediaeval Customs, a collection of statistics for exports in 1946, a speech, carefully typed and tabulated, which he had failed to deliver because he hadn't been called, a library book on constitutional government, an unopened letter from an eccentric who used to write to him every day, a few newspaper cuttings, three copies of Hansard, a United Nations report, a grey tie, a clutter of invitations to Mr and Mrs Michael Erskine, and a powder - compact which Jane had once left in the House.»

Printed copies of the journal go out to libraries and individual subscribers worldwide; at the same time, the magazine goes live on the Web.

Did you know that most local libraries have copies of digital books to rent out for free?

When it works, it works well enough, but it's doubtful that the many hardcore fans of the original Mike Nichols film will out this quasi-sequel next the their copy of The Graduate in their video libraries.

She pulls out a copy of Kafka's The Metamorphosis on loan from the library.

It's a historical novel set in the medieval period (telling the story of the real King Richard III), so I'm booking stalls at every appropriate medieval festival; it's a book aimed primarily at children aged 10 and up, so I'm making overtures to local schools about author visits and to libraries; I'm attending events at my first literature festival next week to meet and network with local authors and hand out some leaflets (maybe even sell a copy or two).

Currently out of print, so we recommend a used copy or library.

So, the reason for buying an ebook even if it's available to borrow from the library is the same reason you would want to buy a print book rather than check it out — you want to re-read it or you want to have your copy — whether physically on the bookshelf in your home or on the shelf of your ereader.

As libraries are responsible for their own check - out systems for digital copies, libraries have the power to purchase and own as little as a single copy of a title, while having the option to decide to purchase additional copies if the demand is greater.

I might have to get future installments out of the library and make a copy or scan of the puzzle page so I can «play along».

My local library has OverDrive, and I never use it, because they treat e-books like print books: The library buys a limited number of copies, and each book can only be checked out by one patron at a time, so when I go to look for a book, it's never available.

Section 108 allows a library to make a copy of an e-book and lend it out to the library's members.

To begin with, she says, e-books never wear out so libraries may not feel the need to buy new copies of a title.

You can try borrowing the book through the library again, however, if the book has already been checked out and the library has a limited number of copies, you may have to take a number on a wait list.

So a library could get added copies of the first 33 books in J.D. Robb's In Death series, but when the 34th book comes out in February, libraries won't be able to get it.

Instead of physically walking out of a library with book copy in hand, all is done at home, or anywhere else, with a digital device.

According to the Washington Post this past Sunday, the Fairfax County Library System had a waiting list of 288 patrons waiting to check out a new John Grisham title; the library system had only 43 copies.

So, if your library only has one electronic copy of the new John Sandford book, only one person can check out the book at a time.

However, unlike the Amazon Prime Lending Library (we'll be visiting Amazon again by the time we're done), people can only check out as many copies of an ebook as your library owns.

Even if you stand outside your local library and hand out copies of your book, you'll be promoting your book.

Since ebooks are checked out similarly to books (only the number of copies that the library owns can be «out» at a time), I think the publishers have less to worry about than they think.

«But almost 75 percent of the world's books are out of print and unavailable except to the lucky few who can find old copies in libraries.

* About the Don Camillo books: Starting in 1946, Giovannino Guareschi wrote more than 300 stories about the hot - headed parish priest Don Camillo, and his battles with the communist major Peppone, all set in the Po Valley of Northern Italy - if you're not familiar with these stories I do suggest you look them up, all appear to be out of print now but you can find plentiful used copies at Addall.com and Amazon, and probably in your local library).

The library can offer an unlimited number of checkouts during the one - year term for which it has purchased a copy, although each copy may only be checked out by one user at a time.

When people outside the city wanted some of the scrolls the library would charge them a copious amount of money as a down payment and originals would be copied and sent out.

This is of course not the case with ebooks and other companies like Harpercollins implemented a cap on the number of times a book can be loaned out before the library has to order additional copies.

To renew your out - of - state membership, please send an e-mail to [email protected] with your library card barcode and copy of acceptable ID.

Libraries can simply purchase replacements for damaged or lost books, eliminating the delay in ordering new copies; patrons can also opt to purchase books instantly if they wish to forgo the wait time for a book that is currently checked out, leading to increased sales and the development of the library as a point of sale for books.

Libraries often have to stock multiple copies of best sellers when they are in demand to be able to satisfy more number of patrons though the multiple copies become redundant once they go out of favor in a year or two.

If the library gets a lot of people checking them out they will want to order additional copies.

It's great because not only are you getting the word out about your book... you are getting reviews by bloggers... and libraries are receiving it so that instead of one person buying your book... hundreds will have the opportunity to read it... and perhaps love it enough to buy a copy... a win / win / win situation.

Then, those publishers make the libraries buy a new digital copy after a specified number of readers have checked them out.

In addition, due to restrictions placed on them by publishers, libraries can only loan each copy of an e-book they've purchased out to one person at a time.

They are also working on «patron apps» which will break the business out of the US and allow global libraries to purchase titles with patrons loaning copies using universal apps.

The reports don't indicate if anyone pointed out that library budgets already impose a great deal of «friction» into the process, limiting the number of copies of ebooks libraries can buy.

Patrons at the library can check out all ebooks / digital copies of Simon & Schuster book titles but — this program will also allow library patrons to purchase the eBooks.

-LSB-...] across librarian Bobbi Newman's really cool blog and am absolutely intrigued by the notion of checking out your local library's electronic copy of a book on your reader.

So if you've got a library of books at 20,000 - words or less, and you're selling a few copies per day or more on most of them, I really think you're missing out on a pretty substantial side revenue stream.

«Checking Out» Library Books from Home Using eBook libraries such as the one in the Aldine (Texas) Independent School District, teachers and students can «check out» online copies of library books from their home or school computeOut» Library Books from Home Using eBook libraries such as the one in the Aldine (Texas) Independent School District, teachers and students can «check out» online copies of library books from their home or school computeout» online copies of library books from their home or school computers.

The library purchases copies of the titles much like they do for physical books for the majority of titles in OverDrive so they do not pay per download or check out so you can borrow as much as you like.

For library sales, the author earns 45 % of the list price (library purchases one copy, lends out many times, one at a time).

Just remember that like physical books, libraries have a limited number of copies they can check out, so you will likely be wait - listed for popular titles.

Each library can offer an unlimited number of checkouts during the one - year term for which it has purchased a copy; each copy may only be checked out by one user at a time.

If you live in a city other than Tulsa, you should contact the city attorney, animal shelter or police department (or check to see if the local library has a copy of the city ordinances) and find out exactly how many pets you are allowed.

His older half - brother introduced him to the Super Nintendo — Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, Earthbound — and Eric checked out copies of Nintendo Power from the library.