Sentences with phrase «few more print books»

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It is quite possible to question it, all the more so as the change of view has taken place more rapidly in the oral teaching of lectures (which are much more numerous and livelier than printed textbooks), than in printed books, which are few and always voice the views of only a small number of theologians.

But when Barnes and Noble's Nook Press division announced last year that it was expanding what it can do for its authors by offering new services such as editing, artwork, and print - on - demand, more than a few industry watchers had immediate concerns: Barnes and Noble is the largest bookselling chain left in the US, so where did they find the talent pool to shift into book creation?

The normal customer is not going to rip off your ebook any more than lending a print book to a few friends.

FISHERAnd, Brad Graham, will we find fewer print books on your shelves in a few years and more of an appeal to e-book readers?

Taking a risk on a previously unknown author may mean gambling a few dollars on an ebook, but there is significantly more money invested in purchasing a print edition, so readers want to know that the book has been carefully screened for quality.

Maybe it will take few more years for the e-book sales to be in level with the print book sales.

The price gap between the print and e-versions of some top selling books has now narrowed to within a few dollars - and in some cases, e-books are more expensive than their printed equivalents.

Amazon has always kept a few copies of popular print - on - demand books literally in stock in their warehouses, so it may actually be worse for books that are slightly more popular.

If your kid throws it in the toilet, it costs a few dollars to replace a print book and about a hundred dollars to replace an e-reader (or more, depending on the e-reader).

The loss of Borders in the past year means fewer retail outlets for print editions to be sold, as well as more people turning to online retailers and e-reading in the absence of a local book store.

Both Barnes and Noble and FastPencil have their companies» names at stake and will select books of the highest caliber for physical placement; where taking a risk on a previously unknown author may mean gambling a few dollars on an ebook, there is significantly more money invested in purchasing a print edition, so readers want to know that the book has been carefully screened for quality.

I agree they should cost less than printed books, but to say there is no design involved with ebooks is completely wrong, and I don't see Germaine Greer offering e-versions of her own books for pennies, so it looks like she is just talking crap in an attempt to get a few more seconds worth of fame (again).

One very interesting aspect of this book in particular is that Amanda wrote it not much more than a month ago, final edits were done in late September, and it is now up for sale at Amazon with print to follow in a few short weeks.

News & Notes is a weekly Saturday post featuring book - and publishing - related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Slightly fewer Americans are reading print books, a new Pew survey finds (Pew Research Center) Check the article out; there are more detailed graphs... Read more&rabook - and publishing - related news, links to interesting articles and opinion pieces, and other cool stuff Book News Slightly fewer Americans are reading print books, a new Pew survey finds (Pew Research Center) Check the article out; there are more detailed graphs... Read more&raBook News Slightly fewer Americans are reading print books, a new Pew survey finds (Pew Research Center) Check the article out; there are more detailed graphs... Read more»

They do it to make a subsistence wage from their work, retain copyrights, circumvent censorship laws, get books into print within months instead of waiting years, keep their books in print forever instead of a few months, make revisions rapidly, fight political oppression, maintain creative control, get paid in a more timely manner, be able to distribute their works globally, publish highly specialized works that may not prove profitable, and take a chance on making something daringly different.

Predictably, these businesses have responded by trying to fight e-book adoption, trying to protect their print book business for as long as they can, and squeeze out a few more profitable quarters.

That's not to say that awful print books don't exist, but it costs more money for a publisher to produce a print book, so far fewer ever see the light of day.

Whereas there are few joys to compare with holding the first copy of your freshly printed book, or seeing the figures stack up as your new ebook whizzes around the world, the process of getting to «Go» can be much more problematic.

This can be dangerous — it's easy to get tricked by the savings and order more books than you could possibly sell — but if you have serious plans to hit the con circuit or otherwise know you can regularly move a small number of books, increasing your print run by 100 or 150 copies can be worth it if it lets you bring the cover price down, even if selling through them takes a few years.

Christmas 2014 saw high - street booksellers sell more print books than the year before, but those that stocked e-readers sold far fewer of them than in 2013.

Unless you want to print no more than 500 or fewer books, don't want interior color, and are willing to accept inferior quality AND a much higher per - unit cost, you really don't want print on demand.

Originally published in 1967 by Kulchur Press in an edition of 1,000, and out of print for more than 40 years, Bean Spasms is a book many have heard about but relatively few have seen, and which — until now — has been consequently shrouded in legend.

Over recent years the role of print books has diminished as online services become more comprehensive and fewer resources are required to maintain a viable legal practice.