Sentences with phrase «few shelves of books»

Hi There is no mention of a library on their website but reviews state that there are a few shelves of books near the computer section Regards

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She's been reading aloud to her six kids (preschool to high school) ever since, and has spent the last few years chatting with experts, authors, parents, and leaders, discovering how a simple choice to pull a book off a shelf and share it with a child is one of the very best decisions a parent can make.

It was remarkable because, although he died in 1947, Whitehead was only a few cards in the library catalogue until, during the past decade and continuing into the present, literally shelves of books have been written explaining his thought, interpreting it, and applying it to a variety of areas.

But I mixed them up a little bit with embellishment - some have a bit of doily love, some have freezer paper stencils, and others have fabric appliqued pieces (with help from a few of the books on my shelves: the squirrel is from Sew Liberated, the birds and chick from Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing for Baby).

I have a few (dozen) more boxes of books to find room for, perhaps a shelf more to build (we put this room together entirely from things we already had or found), and there is the one major design flaw in need of a fix.

And, on top of getting enough greenery to decorate my packages, coffee table and book shelf, I was able to have enough to dress my console table, make a few different -LCB- simple -RCB- arrangements around the house and adorn my chandelier.

That way, each of you has a chance to curate a few shelves of your most favorite books, framed pictures, and treasured trinkets.

(Besides fewer dollars per sale, a traditional book has a literal shelf life; once your publisher wants to give that shelf space to their next writer, most of your book's trad - published benefits are * dead * unless you get famous enough to re-impress them, and / or you understand how to get your rights back.

I've been flattered that many libraries have multiple copies of the book, and I hope they continue the trend and stack the shelves with a few copies of Crooked Numbers, my second book in the Raymond Donne series, published in October 2013 from St. Martin's / Minotaur Books.

In my case, I put my broader Barnes & Noble roll - out on pause after getting my books on the shelves at a few of their stores.

It might cost you the printing and shipping of a few books, but you can still see your book looking out from the shelves of a bookstore.

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?

It's nice to know the book won't be pulled off the shelf in a few months so we have plenty of time.

Lee Harris, Simon Spanton, Marcus Guipps, Gilian Redfern, Marc Gasgoine, Gillian Redfearn, Marc Gascoigne, Julie Crisp, Natasha Bardon, Jo Fletcher, Emma Coode to name just a few in the UK are really raising the level of books available on shelves over here.

I like printing a few hardcover versions through Lulu (because it's easier and cheaper to set up than Lightning Source) and taking some media kit shots of me in a bookstore (doesn't have to be an official «book signing» — you can even put a few on the bestseller shelf and take pictures of them there).

One of the things that reading consumers lost with the transition to a digital book purchasing environment is the ability to walk into a well - stocked bookstore and browse the shelves, picking up books with enticing titles or covers, flipping them over to read the blurb, and maybe reading the first few chapters of an... [Read more...]

And that shelf space in stores has become a premium, paid for by publishers with a lot of extra money being paid if a store will just put the book near the front door for a few days.

Lots of cool books were added to my shelves these past few weeks, and all I need now is another four hours added -LSB-...]

The really motivating part of building Lulu over the last few years has been the remarkable works that are uniquely available on our virtual shelves — non-fiction books about science, commerce, art and history and novels that show the rich imaginations of creators from around the world.

That doesn't mean the author's or publisher's books will sit on the shelf of most (or even a few) bricks - and - mortar bookstores in the country — just that the book can look and appear like any other when viewed in an industry database.

Still, for anyone looking for that feeling of genuine satisfaction when you see your book on the shelf, neatly wedged and bounded by its alphabetical peers, a few creative steps are all that's needed to make it a reality.

When you load Aldiko up you are greeted by a library few that gives you a very iBooks book shelf where all of the books are stored.

When Locke struck a sweetheart distribution deal with Simon and Schuster, his books appeared in bookstores, but few owners and shoppers knew who he was; as a result, his books languished in the lower rent area on shelves at the back of stores.

KDP could also provide a supply of books at a reduced rate, to retail book outlets that might be interested in ordering a few to offer for sale on their shelves.

That means aspiring nonfiction authors must ensure they write a book deserving one of the few open spots on bookstore shelves.

You give up an awful lot in rights and royalties just to have the supposed prestige and validation of a publisher's name on your book's spine, or to see it on a bookstore shelf for a few weeks, before all the copies are pulled and remaindered.

But the gathering pace of change is such that the observer must be aware that there are fewer paper proofs in the office (on some desks anyway), fewer reference books or box folders on shelves and desks, and many more gadgets lying about in their place.

You'll have to invest in some copies of your book to sell by hand, and you might be able to negotiate a deal to get a few on the shelves of your local book seller on a commission basis.

That's due to a combination of factors: fewer books over all, fewer of the kind of books I'm looking for, and full shelves at home.

The book is promptly dumped, confined to sit on a shelf, watch the reader pass by a few times each day, and bear the agony of seeing the reader sit by the fireplace with other books, smiling and laughing gleefully.

I knew very few writers, myself included, who would» t love to see their books on the shelves of the local store.

There are few, if any, of us who have chosen the indie route to publishing who wouldn't love to walk into the local bookstore and find our books on the shelves.

No matter how much time you as an author have put into your novel, or how carefully your work has been edited, artist Deirdre Wait of High Pines Creative knows you have those very few seconds to attract attention, make an impression, and influence the purchase of your book off a shelf.

I saw a shelf filled with stories of vampires and werewolves, checked out a few books, and that was that.

Andra worked for New Shelves Books for the last few years and has just launched her own company to help authors and publishers get their books in front of buyers and revieBooks for the last few years and has just launched her own company to help authors and publishers get their books in front of buyers and reviebooks in front of buyers and reviewers.

A few days later, I popped in again to find that «without a publishing team,» she wasn't sure of the information in there, and didn't feel that she could trust it on the shelves, offering the book back to me.

I have a few favourite authors and like to buy their books as soon as they hit the shelves with little in the way of a discount and so the savings of a Kindle for someone like me are negligible.

Outfits like iUniverse, Xlibris, and AuthorHouse (which have merged and been consolidated under AuthorSolutions) offered a range of packages to help authors get their books in print, though most books never sat on a bookstore shelf and sold a few dozen copies at best.

Books about dated subjects with limited shelf life; hate material or vanity press material of any kind; books with frontal nudity or explicit sexual content; books with specialty - novelty bindings or trim sizes; books with fewer than 100 pages or more than 400 pBooks about dated subjects with limited shelf life; hate material or vanity press material of any kind; books with frontal nudity or explicit sexual content; books with specialty - novelty bindings or trim sizes; books with fewer than 100 pages or more than 400 pbooks with frontal nudity or explicit sexual content; books with specialty - novelty bindings or trim sizes; books with fewer than 100 pages or more than 400 pbooks with specialty - novelty bindings or trim sizes; books with fewer than 100 pages or more than 400 pbooks with fewer than 100 pages or more than 400 pages.

While some savvy non-fiction authors succeed through grit, willpower and constant bullhorning, the majority of authors are making a mess of their book marketing and promotion, using decade - old techniques and advice, which will move few books off shelves and even worse, can be detrimental to an author's professional reputation.

Fifty - five per cent said they had read fewer than a third of the books on their shelves while one in 10 admitted they had never read any of them.»

Fewer still are lined with steel — and with shelf upon shelf of rare books, their fine bindings in view.

You don't need the excuse of World Book Day to purchase a few new titles for your shelves.

In an effort to help you narrow your search for the essential volumes to add to your book shelf I've compiled my list of the essential food books for the green eater from the past few years.

I have a ton of books, but I don't want the shelves to look like the public library... I think I need practical (all the books) and pretty (a nice arrangement w / a few decorative things mixed in).

Too many books crammed onto shelves read as clutter, but the addition of a few decorative objects can turn an eyesore into a visual treat.

I put a few of our books on the shelves, but I'm kind of tired of dusting around all those books so I might only keep out the ones we really treasure and store the rest.

The electricity meter is on the wall behind the shelves, so the owner bought lots of old books at a junk shop, cut them in half, and glued them into place where the shelving is only a few centimeters deep because the box is jutting out!