Sentences with phrase «far less books»

I know I personally am buying far less books since Agency, and I'm a high income high user household.

I think also that the UK might be better for KDP free promos as we have far less books on Amazon UK.

As I've said, the irony is that Macmillan will sell far less books now — the many who've written often that they buy probably 10 times as many books now and are more adventurous when it comes to unknown authors will stop doing that.

Not exact matches

«People I've talked to who have looked at the books — to the extent you can — of the state - owned enterprises and estimated what would be their profit margin if they had to pay market rates for their inputs is that a lot of them would go bankrupt or they would be far less profitable,» Dobson says.

In contrast, when a deal is structured around stock, the assets on the books must be amortized at their value to the seller, which is likely to be far less than the total sale price.

Even a relatively mundane corporate tax return for a Canadian corporation with a few dozen employees and domestic operations can easy run into 100 pages, and frankly our tax legislation and compliance obligations are far less onerous than those of our US cousins (by way of example, our Tax Act is one phone book, the IRC is three, of more or less inpenetrable gibberish).

Thorp's book is chock - full of knotty lessons for investors, thinkers, and business people, but because Thorp is far less well covered than Munger, many of these ideas felt new and let me see them with fresh perspective.

You can make it far easier and less time consuming by having your books in order and not combining business and personal funds.

Similarly, his new (and far less controversial) book steers away from addressing committed Christians.

If this trace of a trend among solid thinkers develops further, the books that result may also be a leaven for those who seek a meaningful spiritual way of life but often have to settle for something that is less than substantial.

It's a pretty good book, though it seemed to me that the further you got in the book the less it became about discussing interesting ideas about applying Christian ideals in the society we find ourselves in and more it became a lot of his personal prescriptions for what needs to be done and a venting of his worst pet peeves, filled with just a bit to much anger.

Checking out the references to Revelation in the Institutes of the Christian Religion, I found that Calvin quoted Revelation far less than any other book of comparable size in the Bible.

In his book God's Lesser Glory, Bruce Ware went so far as to describe the open view of God as a God who «hand wringing deity» who «can do nothing more than hope for the best.»

Glen Stassen points out: «The farther the book goes, the less specific it gets about the ethics of the New Testament Jesus....

«This book is made for need and profit of all good folk,» writes Caxton in his Less Modern English introduction, «as far as they in reading or hearing of it shall more understand and feel the foresaid subtle deceits that daily be used in the world, not to the intent that men should use them, but that every man should eschew and keep him from the subtle false shrews that they be not deceived.»

This high calling was further ennobled by the company he enlisted to help him and them: the Great Books, and lesser but still important ones.

There was some dispute (as early church writers like Eusebius freely admitted) over Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, Jude, and Revelation, but far less than any of the books that were excluded from the canon.

Less notorious but rendered far more successfully in the book is the Losers» Club: the collection of misfit children forced to grapple with Pennywise.

When Agent Keane was in charge I think he had a block booking on flights to Pune, India to meet with the Rao family who own the club through Venky's, but it is not the case for Lambert who has been knocking less and less patiently on the door which still, as far as he is concerned, hasn't been answered.

Traditional sports books with higher juice receive far less volume and their prices are not efficient measures of the true market price.

It enrages me because it is a tacit declaration that it is my (or someone's) job to clean up after him, and the end result is that I have far less «spare» time to spend doing fun things with the kids or working on my career or heck, just relaxing with a good book on a couch that isn't covered with his smelly discarded socks.

In the book, she and the co-authors Maureen Brown and Sarah Miles cite the research that tells us that our individual anecdotal sense that our children have far less free time than we once did is spot on.

While I haven't finished the entire book I feel like the majority of what I have read so far has basically been a very critical piece on what's wrong with hospitals and formula companies, and less on good advice / tips for breastfeeding.

Many parents (and grandparents) make the mistake of giving books to children that are far too difficult for them to read independently, much less in a 15 - minute read - aloud session.

In a soothing, authoritative tone, the guide further assured Lori and Theo that, if they adhered to the book's recommendations, their baby would sleep through the night by approximately 8 weeks of age, cry less than other babies and even have a reduced risk of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and learning disabilities down the road.

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's latest report is a reminder of how much of New York's government is «off the books» — handled by state and local authorities, with far less...

In his first book, popular British paleontologist Hone traces the T. rex lineage from smaller, far less impressive ancestors through a successful range of carnivores that spread from deserts to beyond the Arctic Circle.

Yet neuroscientist Gregory Berns's What It's Like to be a Dog, and other adventures in animal neuroscience (Basic Books) reveals that our understanding of why dogs behave the way they do is far less intuitive than we might imagine.

Personally, we find books to be far more pleasant and a lot less binding.

Kultgen's novel is fairly sexually explicit (though far less so than his other books, just as an FYI... in all seriousness though, go read everything he's written so far.

The movies, far more than the books, do not take expository steps to place Panem on Earth, much less the North American continent, meaning that a division by region that would create that racial makeup is not a factor in audience's minds.

But while the film is marginally better than Renny Harlin's «The Legend of Hercules,» it's rooted even less in the original myth, instead using Steve Moore's comic book series as its inspiration, which suggests that Hercules wasn't a demigod at all, but rather a mortal man whose legend far exceeds his abilities.

So, again, you're starting off with this gap when they start school — you've got your affluent kids and your disadvantaged kids, one of whom has far more exposure to literacy, books, learning, all of those things, and the other has far less, and that's reflected in the results completely.

While the evidence about the past effects of TBA is generally clear, I stress in Charade that we have far less evidence to guide the development of alternatives, and I also emphasize that many of the suggestions I make in in the book may prove wrong or too difficult.

In effect, he devotes this book to affirming James Coleman's 1966 finding that school differences have far less impact on achievement differences than do family characteristics, the mightiest of which, Rothstein says, is socioeconomic status.

«Getting rid of school libraries also risks increasing inequalities and further disadvantaging the most deprived children who are less likely to have access to books or computers at home and will have less access to public libraries since so many are closing.»

In a revealing look at high - stakes standardized admissions tests, a new book called SAT Wars: The Case for Test - Optional Admissions, demonstrates the far - reaching and mostly negative impact of the tests on American life and calls for nothing less than a national policy change.

Book Claims Negative Impact of SATs In a revealing look at high - stakes standardized admissions tests, a new book called SAT Wars: The Case for Test - Optional Admissions, demonstrates the far - reaching and mostly negative impact of the tests on American life and calls for nothing less than a national policy chaBook Claims Negative Impact of SATs In a revealing look at high - stakes standardized admissions tests, a new book called SAT Wars: The Case for Test - Optional Admissions, demonstrates the far - reaching and mostly negative impact of the tests on American life and calls for nothing less than a national policy chabook called SAT Wars: The Case for Test - Optional Admissions, demonstrates the far - reaching and mostly negative impact of the tests on American life and calls for nothing less than a national policy change.

At each point he is further and further from home and less likely to make it back... this set of worksheets looks at the different Thinking Hat approaches to this book.

Thus far, there have been four total books written about value - added models (VAMs) in education: one (2005) scholarly, edited book that was published prior to our heightened policy interest in VAMs; one (2012) that is less scholarly but more of a field guide on how to use VAM - based data; my recent (2014) scholarly book; and another recent (2011) scholarly book written by Doug Harris.

That means that when the enthusiast buff books get hold of it on their test tracks, they'll easily be able to drive it to 60 in less than 4.5 seconds, making the M40i by far the quickest compact SUV in its class.

Because of this increased energy output, FIA rules require the R18 to consume 2.5 percent less fuel per lap; further additions to the rule book limit the team to only five engines per race car for the entire 2015 season.

Were I less computer literate or lacked a clean backup I would be dead in the water as far as my Amazon books were concerned.

However, if you want to make the most money (especially on Amazon, which only allows authors to receive 70 percent in royalties if the book is priced at $ 2.99 or higher — $ 1.99 and $ 0.99 books only allow authors a 35 percent royalty rate), then $ 4.99 appears to be the best price point for selling a good amount of books (though far less than with a lower price point) while making the most in profit.

I've sold far and away more books on Pubit, but that's largely because of the platform I've built and people going to look for me directly THERE for their Nooks (Smashwords is less well known).

The importance of increasing access to books in schools was highlighted in the most recent Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report which found that children ages 6 — 17 from lower - income households are more likely to read books for fun in school and far less likely to read books outside of school than their higher - income peers.

Their books are less expensive and so are far better than what's published and pricey.

Even though Eclipse was a major miss for me, so far the films have made the love triangle much less of a farce than it was in the books (did anyone ever doubt she'd choose Edward?).

It gives you far higher per - book earnings than traditionally published authors are receiving (even those whose ebooks are selling for $ 10 +), it gives the readers a deal when compared to most traditionally published ebooks, and it's often considered a fair price by those who feel that digital books should cost less than the dead - tree variety since paper, ink, and shipping aren't a part of the equation.

And that's why indie writers are making more money in the field than major publishers, because not only are they offering more books that hit more specific tastes, but Internet - savvy writers also charge far less.