Sentences with phrase «high cost of books»

The high cost of books jeopardizes not only the future of books, but the future of the book publishing industry.

«Even people who are highly educated and well off have a hard time getting children's books,» Pan said, citing low production and the high cost of books in the country.

CORNING, N.Y. (WENY)-- Through the Governor's Open Educational Resources Initiative, the high costs of books and other materials could soon be a thing of past.

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In researching for his upcoming book on fulfilling work, Schulich's Burke found that Johnson & Johnson saw at least a $ 4 return on every dollar it spent on employee wellness initiatives in terms of lower health - care costs, less absenteeism and higher productivity.

The average American buys 64 new garments each year, regardless of income, writes the author Elizabeth L. Cline in her book Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion.

In his phenomenal book The Speed Of Trust, Stephen M.R. Covey says that a team with high trust will produce results faster and at lower cost.

In our book, The Gen Z Effect, my co-author Dan Keldsen and I talk about how 3D printing is creating an entirely new model for hacking the high cost of manufacturing and creating a manufacturing renaissance for entrepreneurs.

Because of the company's ever - increasing book value, insurance costs are high, so Bunn is currently funding a portion of the shareholder - buyout agreement through a combination of tax - advantaged vehicles.

In 1985, he published the first of eight books on low - cost, high - impact marketing (ten books total).

In 1985, he published the first of six books on low - cost, high - impact marketing.

I have explained elsewhere some of the reasons that determine whether a country's debt is «excessively high», and I hope formally to list these reasons more fully in my next book, but the key is the gap that is created between projected debt - servicing costs and the projected revenues earmarked to service the debt when an economic entity suffers an unexpected surge in debt or an unexpected decline in growth.

Certain forward - looking gauges such as the Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey and the Fed's Beige Book also show signs of higher material costs and potential wage hikes.

«To succeed in the Gig Economy, we need to create a financially flexible life of lower fixed costs, higher savings, and much less debt,» Diane Mulcahy, a senior analyst at the Kauffman Foundation and a lecturer at Babson College, writes in her book «The Gig Economy,» which is part economic argument and part how - to guide.

Although there are few statistics on average annual costs for books and supplies, some sources place it as high as $ 1,200 per term, according to an NBC News report.Understandingly, the high cost of textbooks has students wondering if they can apply their student loan money toward the cost of supplies.

Books are very expensive in South Africa, partially due to the censorship laws (a banned person's books are all retroactively contraband) which have made remaindering impossible and partially due to the high cost of importing bBooks are very expensive in South Africa, partially due to the censorship laws (a banned person's books are all retroactively contraband) which have made remaindering impossible and partially due to the high cost of importing bbooks are all retroactively contraband) which have made remaindering impossible and partially due to the high cost of importing booksbooks.

That's a point I alluded to earlier Amos — some people are quick to jump on our net spend in the current financial year and arrive at the conclusion that we're riding roughshod over FFP but when the cost of these players and wages is amortised over the length of their contracts, coupled with removing high earners (Tevez being the main one) from our books then it's entirely conceivable as to why we've spent # 80m - # 90m net without it jeopardising our chances of meeting FFP.

One of my favorite books on this top of fast fashion, is Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth Cline.

But the cost of fame, fortune and love may be a little too high... In an era whereby Avenue Q and Book -LSB-...]

HOPE, or Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally, covers the cost of college tuition, books, and fees for students who graduate from high school with a B average.

But the book's story begins with the ostensible failure of public education and its rapidly rising costs, mediocre student achievement results, poor high - school graduation rates, and limp international rankings.

* The University of New Hampshire's high prices are an extreme example of rising college costs, Stateline reports: http://bit.ly/1PNC4Xj * New book accuses Education Dept. of fudging numbers on student - loan defaults, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports: http://bit.ly/1PBlTSV * SUNY Poly expansions in Plattsburgh, Chautauqua County get $ 325 million in state budget proposal, The Albany...

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Copy edits of books of high complexity (e.g. nonfiction books with extensive footnotes) may cost more.

Experts agree that the cost of producing an e-book will never be as high as the print, paper, and binding costs of a print book.

With the proliferation of devices and formats and the high costs of one - off development, how can publishers make and distribute digital illustrated books more efficiently and effectively?

The price is too high when factoring the long - term costs of the books.

The price of books is high, because the cost of making and distributing books is high, especially when the retailers are getting a 50 - 60 % discount from the publishers.

As it stands, libraries budget to purchase physical books for their shelves, and DPLA wants to ensure that there are no higher costs associated with providing the ebook edition of the book.

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.

If compare the cost to giving away a free Kindle (or highly subsidized higher - end Kindle) to every Prime member who signs up or re-ups for two years vs. a) the revenue gained from the ebooks purchased by those customers, b) the revenue from new Prime members, and c) being able to offer a package which is basically free shipping on all Amazon orders + Netflix + Spotify + a ton of free books + a free Kindle... that's got ta make good economic sense for them, right?

The unit cost of a print - on - demand book is fairly high, but the risk is zero because you don't print it until you've sold it.

Given the high costs, thin margins, and low sales expectations for book products, be skeptical of anyone who wants to «invest» in your book unless they have a proven track record.

I know authors who use indie presses and the cost of buying copies of their books from the indie is so high, they can't make a profit on their copies unless they jack up the price to a point where it drives potential customers away.

The costs are higher to produce than the other kinds of books in some cases, even if you do it yourself, and that definitely reduces the size of the market.

A higher unit cost means lower profits — unless, of course, you price the book higher than what standard retail norms would dictate.

This can create a bit of a budget paradox, as longer books cost more to produce, but may net more revenue due to their higher list prices.

However, John Gilstrap's Kensington title «High Treason» costs $ 8.97 in PB at Amazon and $ 7.39 for the Kindle edition, despite the fact that there's no foiling or embossing on the ebook version, and once I've read the Kindle copy, I can't give it to my dad, donate it to the Friends of the Library book sale or the local senior center, sell it to my favorite used book store, etc..

That may change as more so - called digital natives progress into higher education and as ebook reader technology gets better, but for now, 60 % of students would rather pay for a low - cost printed book than use a free digital version.

Hybrid publishing companies behave just like traditional publishing companies in all respects, except that they publish books using an author - subsidized business model, as opposed to financing all costs themselves, and in exchange return a higher - than - industry - standard share of sales proceeds to the author.

The publishing industry was dominated by the high cost of getting books to book stores.

I'll buy print books from Booktopia because of the reduced postage and waiting time, but I refuse to buy anything from bricks and mortar retailers because the cost of even a bog ordinary paperback is so high.

Costs for printing books will be slightly higher in Case 2 because a smaller quantity of books is being ordered.

Many self - publishing companies don't offer either of these services, or offer them at a very high cost, so an author self - publishing a book has to either spend a lot of money or do without these services altogether.

Also, the general public still has not embraced EPUB 3, which has a growing portfolio of interactive books and has a higher development cost.

While that price point may seem a little high for an unknown author — many self - published authors keep their sales at $ 4.99 or less, with $ 2.99 being a fairly standard ebook price for indie works — given the argument that the cost of the book is in its initial creation, it makes sense.

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With the incredible tools available through digital publishing, the cost to purchase and give away the ebook for the individuals who fund raised could have been negligible compared to the cost of a print edition (note: unfortunately, the publisher has set the ebook edition price of this title at $ 9.99, higher than the $ 8.52 per print copy that the protest organizers spent through Rediscovered Books).

A post by Jeremy Greenfield for Digital Book World actually highlighted some of the top - name bestselling books that are currently offered for around the cost of a typical high - end coffee concoction.

a cell phone screen, a tablet screen, a computer screen, a Big Screen TV, etc, etc, watching, DVD's, Blu - Rays, YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, ROKU, Apple TV, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Pinterest, etc, etc...... when you lose that many potential book readers to watching you can't sustain a high cost physical retail book chain with all that overhead particularly when that retail space is overbuilt in declining sections of a city.