Sentences with phrase «far as the bookstore»

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For although Austen can be legitimately claimed as the formal forerunner of the vulgar romance fiction now clogging whole sections of the world's bookstores, her own novels far transcend the very genre she is supposed to have inaugurated ¯ and precisely because of the moral vision that came from her upbringing and which has now, it would seem, all but disappeared in the wake of Sitcom World.

* If you're lucky enough to live in a city with a Japanese bookstore such as Kinokuniya (or you're visiting such a city), this is by far the easiest way to search out Japanese craft books.

The German - Spanish actor Daniel Bruhl is outstanding as Bose, an idealistic and relatively naïve bookstore operator who makes the cardinal mistake of getting to know some of the hostages, further weakening his already bending commitment to his cause.

Most bookstores haven't gone as far as Village Books in developing their publishing imprints but many do offer writing and publishing programs geared to indie authors.

Go so far as to step outside of her comfort zone of romance, her new book The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook is on bookstore shelves today and her faithful fans will not be disappointed.

For proof, one need look only as far as J.K. Rowling's decision to market Harry Potter eBooks through Google's online bookstore.

Self published authors have to rely on their own resources, be more creative in finding retail shelf space for their books (as a rule, self published authors have far less access to chain bookstore shelves than the big publishers who spend millions on marketing dollars), and have to work very hard to create any sort of buzz about their books.

Following the September 22 New York Times article «The Plot Twist: E-Book Sales Slip, and Print Is Far From Dead,» other media outlets at the national and local levels, as well as internationally, have been sharing the news that print books remain a favorite for readers and that physical bookstores are benefitting.

Now, UK - based publisher Five Leaves Publications is opening an actual brick - and - mortar bookstore in response to the need for more independent book shops, as well as a way to further the discovery of its client list.

But that is a far cry from saying print is being abandoned — and as for the unlikelihood of finding more than the odd graphic novel in the bookstore, I don't know what to make of that.

I'm also one of the residents of «Podunk,» as the man eloquently called it, and not only don't have convenient access to a bookstore OR library, I happen to buy a good number of my household groceries through Amazon because I'm also pretty far from a Walmart!

As far as wanting to be in bookstores, there are some primarily ebook publishers that do occasional print publishing as welAs far as wanting to be in bookstores, there are some primarily ebook publishers that do occasional print publishing as welas wanting to be in bookstores, there are some primarily ebook publishers that do occasional print publishing as welas well.

Independent bookstores may not be quite as far out in their planning, but they will be getting pitches from the book publicists of major houses very soon.

Is the lesson of: «Price your books cheaply» that we have learned from Amazon, going to contribute to the further demise of bookstores as we know them?W

They also feel that this is good practice to moving overseas where indies are far more prevalent, as many countries do not have a dominant national bookstore chain.

As an enormous, multinational corporation, Google has interests far beyond independent bookstores, and the book world at large, and, at times, it has lacked understanding of many basic principles of our industry.

So far, Amazon has only been in talks with current digital commerce mainstays already operating within the country, such as online bookstore Flipkart.com.

(I recently peeked into a used bookstore in Albuquerque and there were no shelves... only stacks of books, as far as the eye could see!

libraries work like bookstores in so far as when a library buys an ebook it has to be requested by customers for the investment to be viable.

As far as buying reviews, legacy publishers bought display space in bookstores and blurbs on book jackets were routinely solicited from their stables of authorAs far as buying reviews, legacy publishers bought display space in bookstores and blurbs on book jackets were routinely solicited from their stables of authoras buying reviews, legacy publishers bought display space in bookstores and blurbs on book jackets were routinely solicited from their stables of authors.

When digital publishing first reached the mainstream, some of the many benefits included the ability to bring books to outlying areas where bookstores and libraries were few and far between, as well as making access to publication a far more viable option for those authors — especially international authors — who did not... [Read more...]

And yet somehow, I'm going to wake up tomorrow morning and find that a story I wrote while working as a bookseller — a story that blossomed into a novel one serialized piece at a time — is now being released into bookstores far and wide.

As far as traditionally published books: Many romances are sold as flimsy paperbacks at newspaper shops and in supermarkets — not in bookstores at alAs far as traditionally published books: Many romances are sold as flimsy paperbacks at newspaper shops and in supermarkets — not in bookstores at alas traditionally published books: Many romances are sold as flimsy paperbacks at newspaper shops and in supermarkets — not in bookstores at alas flimsy paperbacks at newspaper shops and in supermarkets — not in bookstores at all.

It's impossible not to wonder if comments of such grace and sincerity as Ozeki's might not do far more good for independent bookstores than Smith's cutting criticism of the authors on which those stores depend.

The interface is far better than most, and it provides a better shopping arrangement than you get from lesser - known competitors such as Aluratek, Cool - er, and Cybook; for one thing, the bookstore integration via Wi - Fi means that you can buy a book while, say, sitting in an airport and waiting for your flight.

As far as I know at this point, you'll be able to get proof copies, author copies at cost, expanded distribution to bookstores and NON-AMAZON websiteAs far as I know at this point, you'll be able to get proof copies, author copies at cost, expanded distribution to bookstores and NON-AMAZON websiteas I know at this point, you'll be able to get proof copies, author copies at cost, expanded distribution to bookstores and NON-AMAZON websites.

But now authors can also become their own bookstore, so if Amazon and others in the future, near or far, decide, «Hey, this isn't as profitable as we like, we're dropping our royalty rate to 60 % or 50 %, etc.» then authors have some negotiating power of sorts.

While Amazon has grown far beyond its roots as a humble Internet bookstore, it's never forgotten where it came from, and you can now get millions of its titles right on your phone via its Kindle app (or on its Kindle e-reader devices).

According to evidence later presented at an antitrust trial, the publishers feared that Bezos's carnival barking about a $ 9.99 digital price would ultimately reduce the plausible price of a physical book, further undermining large retailers like Barnes & Noble, as well as the many hundreds of surviving independent bookstores on which publishers depended.

It also has a further motivation to lower e-book costs, as this would promote its own eco-system of Kindle e-readers and their tie to the Amazon bookstores.

Far more likely is that most people will buy their books online, at downsized Barnes & Noble stores, mass merchandisers such as Walmart and Target, or the handful of local bookstores that survive.

The modern online bookstore is far more democratic as well.

Also during his residency, Manchee plans to shoot new images of bookstores and of personal photographic archives as a further exploration of how we catalog and preserve our visual history.

Atavist has published 18 e-singles so far, most for $ 2.99, and already sells them through its iOS app (as well as through various digital bookstores).