Sentences with phrase «even book shelves»

We can also paint a few things like picture and mirror frames, end tables, and even book shelves.

Not exact matches

Even now, my prized possessions are rare first - and - early editions of L.M. Montgomery books, each one showcased on our dining room's shelves similar to how other people display fine heirloom china.

The book isn't even on the shelves yet, and people are being just plain nasty toward him.

I don't even buy cookbooks anymore - all the recipes are on line, or I check the books out from the library and copy down the few recipes that i like - but I took the gamble that yours would truly be worth owning and having on the shelf.

Up on a shelf in my office, gently tucked away between my favorite candle and a picture frame that doesn't even have a picture in it, are nestled four baby books.

Books, potted plants and vases on shelves and windowsills are all common things found in homes that can fall and injure a baby, and they're so commonplace that many parents don't even think about them.

Don't Praise; Encourage When kids have contributed to the family by setting the table, taking out the garbage, sorting laundry, walking the dog, or even putting a book back on the shelf after they've finished, express your gratitude with words of encouragement instead of praise.

Even the most avid collector of books eventually confronts the limits of physical space: There is no more room on the bookshelf, no room in the house for more shelves.

I might add, you know, there are so many things that Martin Gardner did that are so important to me, but I should mention his first, the first book of his that I ever saw, which was Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science, which I remember very clearly running into at age 14 in a friend's book [shelf] and that book just, what's the word, the scales fell from my eyes I think is the expression; meaning that I, up until age 14, even though I had grown up in a family, my father was a physicist and I was very exposed to science, I never really thought too much about, I mean, things that, sort of, you might say superstitions or just, sort of, I don't know, mysterious [forces] in the world, you know ESP and paranormal things and predicting the future and such things.

Hundreds, even thousands of diet and exercise books can be found on bookstore shelves.

Even the books on Skeeter's shelf make a statement: To Kill a Mockingbird, Huck Finn, Native Son, and Gone With the Wind.

With off - the - shelf shootout and showdown scenes that differ from any other over-the-top action fare only in their gloomy lighting, «The Punisher» can't begin to measure up to the popcorn vengeance of Mel Gibson's Payback or the moody, provocative, primal reprisal of Steven Soderbergh's The Limey In fact, even the cheap, cheesy 1989 B - movie adaptation of the same Marvel comic book (with dramatically lumbering Dolph Lungren in the title role) was more entertainingly bad than this picture.

Even veteran teachers can benefit from having this book on their shelf as a resource and flipping through its pages to refresh their memories about methods and activities they have not recently used.

Well, hopes are that it means even an indie author could make it to those shelves if their book is selling well enough.

Back when my first novel was published in 1997, authors went on book tours, scheduling talks and signings at bookstores, groceries, and even stopping at drugstores and big - box retail stores to sign books on the shelves.

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.

Now, before the first book even hits shelves, comes the exciting news that Universal has snapped up film rights to the series with Saturday Night Live's Amy Poehler on board as star and executive producer.

So in celebration of the start of summer, three lucky Book Case readers can enter to win a free copy — even before it officially hits the shelves.

You are competing against the other 5 million books currently in print to get a space on that shelf, and even then only if existing stock is dumped to make room for you.

I don't read digital books, and I buy every single light novel I see translated into English on the book shelf and even order it online if I have to.

Anyway regardless of your thoughts on libraries, indie bookshops or even big bookshops, I hope this helps explain to trad and self - pubbers alike why they may not see their book on our shelves, ever.

She has a talent for sharing what the surroundings look like, describing even the tiniest detail of the books on a shelf in a college office or the look and feel of a religious icon.

And that is not counting that it might take three or four months for the book to even reach those Australian shelves through all the systems.

No matter how wonderful your book might be, it won't sell itself... and it's highly unlikely for a new author's (and even many well seasoned one's) book to jump off bookstore shelves without some help.

It isn't just books by Amazon publishing imprints that Barnes & Noble and most indie bookstores won't stock... they don't even want CreateSpace - printed indie books on their shelves, because CreateSpace is owned by Amazon.

On one front, this is essential material for the first - time author pursuing a traditional publishing deal, as publishers are well known for sticking quite rigidly to genre requirements, for the purposes of selling their products (our books) to the even more hide - bound book shops, who aren't interested in buying a book unless they know where to shelve it.

Therin is professional to work with and my books look great - very high quality and professional looking even nicer than some of the books you might find published on the bookstore shelves!»

(On some book sites you can tell that a reviewer has already tagged, keyword - ed or shelved thousands of books things like TBR, to - be-read, to - read - have - bought where even if they receive yiur book clearly they will not get to yours in a timely fashion.)

My shelves, floors, attic and Kindle are loaded with literally hundreds of books: books bought on a whim; books from charity shops; books from as - yet - unread authors; hell, even books I pre-ordered months in advance and then failed to actually read.

Now understand, I had a book hit # 1 on the electronic bestseller list done by Peanut Press in 2000 and even have an award on my shelf proving it.

I like printing a few hardcover versions through Lulu (because it's easier and cheaper to set up than Lightning Source) and taking some media kit shots of me in a bookstore (doesn't have to be an official «book signing» — you can even put a few on the bestseller shelf and take pictures of them there).

While many school districts and libraries have a policy honoring parents» wishes that their own children be given alternate assignments for class readings that conflict with their morals or religious beliefs, in far too many instances schools cave in to parental outrage and simply remove a book from class reading lists; when the angry mob gets loud enough or politicians up for re-election on the «family values» ticket need to make some noise, they've even resorted to pulling the access to the book, removing it from school and public libraries and classroom borrow shelves.

I'm one of them and even though I own six different e-reading devices (yea, I know) I have shelves full of printed books.

With independent bookstores closing at an alarming rate and even libraries facing door - shuttering budget cuts, authors have lost a lot of the champions who once sold books by hand, who knew the titles on their store shelves and recommended them to their customers.

With lots of self - help, humor, and even a healthy supply of manga on its shelves, Cook & Book is a not necessarily the most literary of bookstores.

Even if a book has steady sales, if they're not in the millions, your book will be removed from bookstore shelves after a few months to make room for new fare.

That doesn't mean the author's or publisher's books will sit on the shelf of most (or even a few) bricks - and - mortar bookstores in the country — just that the book can look and appear like any other when viewed in an industry database.

Even if bookstores do better than he anticipates, it's pretty clear that many stores will have to close shop, and all of them will have to reduce their shelf space for books, in an attempt to widen out and sell other products that will keep them in business.

Books that received great reviews from editors, but as you say, were to cutting edge to find their way onto the very limited genre / shelf space of traditional publishing, can now see the light of day and find their readership, even if it IS only a small readership, they can and will be read, and THAT is refreshing.

Where the playing field is not even is when we look at how print books get sold and purchased in advance of publication, then stocked on physical store shelves.

So, today we're really fortunate to have with us Lauren Charles, who is the National Account Manager at Ingram, to talk about what she does in helping authors and even publishers get their books onto these major chain store shelves.

Make sure you have an understanding of where your book fits into that store's collection, even down to the point of what shelf it may be on.

Robin Cutler [00:01:10] Tons, because you know, even though this is the digital age, most authors would love to see their books on the shelf of a major store.

Robin Cutler [00:05:54] I tell authors when they're thinking, even before they finish writing their book they should think about where it would be placed on a shelf in a bookstore or in a library, and really go and look at those books like where exactly you think your book would be shelved.

And don't even think you're going to be the one self publisher who's able to convince the brick - and - mortar stores (other than a stray independent bookstore here or there) to carry your book on their shelves.

Add that to the whimsical system of traditional publishing and even if you have written a great book your chances of getting it on the shelves isn't very good.

It's discouraging to me to see tons of paranormal and genre romance books popping off the digital shelves while I'm having a hard time giving my book away on Snashwords this week, even after using all my skills in social networking and learning one or two more.

From saving work on several different flash drives, emailing copies of works - in - progress to several email accounts, and even stashing hard copies of their manuscripts along their book shelves, losing all or part of a lengthy novel is a nightmare that many writers fear.

In 2017 Amazon will open around 50 - 100 stores because it is very cheap to have a very small retail location and even cheaper to have books delivered and keep the store shelves fully stocked.

They even get to tag the author's books — all of them, including books the reviewer has never read — on shelves with ugly, childish names that suggest that the author is a misbehaving crybaby who hates free speech and deserves to have felonies committed against him.