Share your favorite
examples of book titles below, as comments, and ask your questions about choosing book titles.
Not exact matches
For
example,
books reviewed in the first months
of 1910 included Herbert Croly's The Promise
of American Life; Education in the Far East, by Charles F. Thwing; a philosophical study
titled Religion and the Modern Mind, by Frank Carleton Doan; Jane Addams's The Spirit
of Youth and the City Streets; The Immigrant Tide, by Edward Steiner; Medical Inspectors
of Schools (a Russel Sage Foundation study); A. Modern City (a scientific study
of that phenomenon), by William Kirk; The Leading Facts
of American History, by D. H. Montgomery; and Jack London's collection
of short stories, Lost Face.
For
example, one prominent apologist, when commenting on the emerging church, decided to critique Brian McLaren's
book on the basis
of its
title (alone).
In his 1864
book Man and Nature (original
title: Man the Disturber
of Nature's Harmonies), George Perkins Marsh catalogued numerous
examples of changing climate conditions on losing forests and wrote, «When the forest is gone, the great reservoir
of moisture stored up in its vegetable mold [humus] is evaporated, and returns only in deluges
of rain to wash away the parched dust into which that mold has been converted.
Note, for
example, the
title of a
book displayed in Gwen's room: Seabiscuit, a reference to the film co-starring the previous Spidey, Tobey Magiuire.)
Is it less misleading and a better practice to adapt elements
of a comic
book story but not
title it such - for
example, the third Iron Man movie adapting the «Extremis» storyline but going with the
title Iron Man 3?
In the case
of this new venture, only one
of the
books bears any relation to
titles within the Arrow Video catalog; the company doesn't own the rights, for
example, to any
of the Ghost in the Shell films or programs.
At the Newseum, among many other exhibits, they display
examples of communication errors in news headlines (a.k.a. «bloopers»), and they have worked with the Columbia Journalism Review to gather many more
of these into a
book titled, «Correct Me If I'm Wrong.»
She gives
examples of good children's
books and series and suggests how to organize a sequence
of titles through these formats.
For
example, if a student reads a
book about a fish and has a connection to a movie they can draw a character from the movie instead
of writing the
title of the movie.
Here's an
example of how a series
title is displayed, helping customers see that this
book is connected to others.
If you're reading a Rachael Ray cookbook, for
example, tap the bottom
of the screen to pull up other
books by her, along with similar
titles.
So, for
example, you might word your
book title like this: Deadly Heat: Heat Series Book 4 o
book title like this: Deadly Heat: Heat Series
Book 4 o
Book 4
of 7.
Since so much
of finding an audience and selling a
book is about how a
book is positioned in the marketplace, it's also important to get feedback about how your
book compares to other
books in its genre, and whether the way it's presented (for
example, the
book's cover and
title) makes sense to a reader.
Examples include the price
of your
book, the
book dimensions, your Twitter bio, a
book title, an ISBN, the name
of a blog post, and so on.
For
example, using Amazon's pricing on the New York Times Bestseller list for fiction
titles, the first ten average out to $ 13.59 for e-
book versions versus $ 15.31 for printed copies, a difference
of under two bucks a
book.
So for
example, Tim Cook
of Apple Computers, can not sue you if you use the word «apple» in a
book title, but he can file a lawsuit if you try to open up a computer company under that name (Apple).
Another
example of the advantage new
titles have over old: during the 2006 Bologna Children's
Book Fair, our Show; Don't Tell!
Her most hilarious
example of the latter is replicated in the
book's
title, a reference to a wildlife manual with poor punctuation that unintentionally turned a panda into a gun - wielding restaurant diner (you'll have to read the
book for the full joke).
That data can then be compared to the category listing
of the
book, so that a middle grade
title, for
example, would be flagged if there was too much sexual content or mature themes within the story.
The last
example is a typeface in which each letter is a work
of art in itself, making the
title hard to read, yet it might be effective for a historic or Gothic
book cover design.
For each
book I would probably also need a gimmick or case study (which I can do with non-fiction)... for
example in a
book about
book reviews, I would do a test launch
of one
of my own
books, and share my secrets and results, under an exciting
title like «How I got 300 reviews in under 1 hour from no list from total strangers.»
Here's an excellent «real world»
example of how you can test - market your
book's
title before your
book appears.
He used the
example of Susan Page's If I'm So Wonderful, Then Why Am I Still Single — a
book more than three decades old — that was promoted on Amazon China for Valentine's Day, and was coupled with interviews and video, and became a bestselling
title for several weeks.
I changed the numbers to reflect 600,000 and 300,000 potential buyers: For
example, if the monthly fund amount is $ 600,000, the total qualified borrows
of all participating KDP
titles is 300,000, and your
book was borrowed 1,500 times, you will earn 1.5 % (1,500 / 300,000 = 0.5 %), or $ 3,000 for that month.
For
example, an author could trademark the
title of a series, a character, or a world, so that only they can market
books using that name.
Examples of this are The dummies guides and for Fiction would be the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series with each individual
book being accompanied by a unique main
title.
This is directly from Amazon For
example, if the monthly fund amount is $ 500,000, the total qualified borrows
of all participating KDP
titles is 100,000, and your
book was borrowed 1,500 times, you will earn 1.5 % (1,500 / 100,000 = 1.5 %), or $ 7,500 for that month.
For
example, BajaLibros.com has the largest collection
of Spanish - language
books about Pope Francis — all
of which have been written by him — including popular
titles that have become BajaLibros.com's best sellers since the Holy Father was elected.
See several
examples of Authorlink's design, layout and conversion work; THE SECOND SON project transformed an old existing printed
book in two foreign languages into three digital formats and uploaded the finished files into the author's retail accounts; the children's
titles represent some
of our work with complex layout and design and digital conversion.
You'll see
examples of this garbage tactic in
book titles like «Werebear Shapeshift» or «Mail Order Bride.»
For
example, an author whose
Book Country
title sells on Kindle will give 30 %
of the sales price to Amazon, then will give 30 %
of the remaining 70 % to
Book Country.
The way
books are sold on a consignment model, for
example, wherein the
book retailer can return any unsold item for a full refund — with the high price
of the break - out successful hardback print
title subsidizing the wasteful and ridiculous model.
Common
examples include the spelling
of place names, the
titles of artistic works (like
books, movies, and paintings), and the wording
of quotations from notable people.
For
example, the Chicago Manual
of Style states that all
book titles should be italicized and not placed in quotes.
Although I could have pitched some
of my
books to traditional publishers, I didn't want a gatekeeper making a decision about whether readers would or would not be interested.For
example, my Vanquish Writer's Block (originally
titled The Visual Writer)
book is fairly short but packed with tips on using images when you're stuck.
So for
example, if you made a «coloring
book for adults» that contains «pictures
of nature» and is meant to help with «relaxation and meditation», it would be a good idea to include these words and other closely related search terms in your
book's
title as well as throughout your sales page in order to attract qualified traffic.
This is where it is useful to cite comparable
books in the marketplace as
examples of a similar
title that has sold well.
Four Ways to Pre-Write Your Scenes on The Otherside
of the Story with Janice Hardy Five Quick Tips for Better Dialogue in Fiction on The Creative Penn 5
Examples of Misplaced Modifiers on Daily Writing Tips How to Cure the Sagging Middle on Hugs and Chocolate The 100 Best Blogs for the Modern Writer on LiveHacked.com How to Find the Right
Title for Your
Book — A Brainstorming Workshop by Roz Morris Writing an Outline by Sophie Masson on Writer Unboxed Kurt Vonnegut Can Bite Me by Tiffany Reisz on The Other Side
of the Story with Janice Hardy How to Engage Your Reader — A Guest Post by Matthew Turner on Storyfix.com
Chapter 2, Optimizing Your
Book for Online Sales, for example, does an excellent job of describing the relationship between keywords, book titles, and publishing succ
Book for Online Sales, for
example, does an excellent job
of describing the relationship between keywords,
book titles, and publishing succ
book titles, and publishing success.
For
example, if the monthly fund amount is $ 500,000 and the total qualified borrows
of all participating KDP
titles is 100,000 in December and if your
book was borrowed 1,500 times, you will earn 1.5 % (1,500 / 100,000 = 1.5 %), or $ 7,500 in December.
Additionally, the printing
of only one or a few
titles at a time with pod (for
example with the CreateSpace» presses because they told me this) does not allow for the dialing down
of tolerances with the machines that can produce the same quality
book after
book as occurs with offset printing.
For
example, you would write, «
Title of My
Book will be 80 % off as part
of the Super Incredible Red Tuesday Extravaganza.»
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BOOKS, BIG MONEY - A step by step instructions on how to make a living as an Amazon self - publisher - The 3 step process
of finding a category and then confirming if it'll make money or not - How to choose the perfect sub-category for you - The exact Best - Seller ranking table and how you can use this to confirm if a market will make you money or not - Why quantity is as important as quality when you're just starting out - A real life
example of how to analyze BSR - How to pick the perfect
title for your
book (with
examples!)
While there are many different layouts that publishers use for the
title page
of a
book, below is a simple
book title page
example.
For
example, at the point
of sale in a bookstore, the
book and its ISBN are scanned and all related information about the
title is accessed in their sales system — identifying the price correctly and subtracting a copy from their inventory etc..
For
example on the Kindle 3 (keyboard)-- which many readers are still using — the user sees the text
of titles only when selecting a
book saved to the device.
For
example, if the library wants to purchase five
titles of John Grisham's «The Litigators,» then it would have to pay $ 184.95 at $ 36.99 per
book.
One
example of a popular
title with screen reader support, as well as ALT text for many
of the images, is: Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House
Book 1).
An
example of a subtitle would be A Thorough Discussion for a
book titled Manos The Hands
of Fate, A Thorough Discussion.