The phrase
"few shekels" refers to a small amount of money or a small payment.
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Purchases create an associate fee (minimum = 4 %, average = ~ 7 %) that averages out to
a few shekels a month.
Hey, the house is in her name and the girl HAS managed to scrape together
a few shekels over the course of her career.
When you can put out several hundred copies solely as a beta read (sold at my cost, about $ 4.50 / copy), and it not only doesn't cost you anything but even makes
a few shekels (this is still paper, mind you — ebooks would be even simpler), then for heaven's sake, why WOULD N'T a writer self - pub?
But the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge taught us that you need more than
a few shekels to buy the prize - winning turkey for the feast.
In the meantime I'll stay in the company of Klarman and Icahn and collect
the few shekels that come in from the royalties.
To SCMR I say «So long old friend, we hardly got to know ya», but my sadness is tempered by the clinking of
a few shekels.
The first time I visit the beach in Tel Aviv, I am with friends and we pay
a few shekels to rent lounge chairs and enjoy the blasting sun.