Sentences with phrase «higher book prices»

Publishers think readers who picked that author should be rewarded with higher book prices and 1 year waits.

Because if these methods get found out, and it can be shown that it led to higher book prices for readers, then it's the exact same mess that Apple got into.

There are actually writers who see that as a good argument for higher book prices; we heard from many of them during the Amazon - Hachette standoff.

Until large - scale efforts to entice reading consumers away from Amazon are effective, authors who make higher royalties on higher book prices still may not sell the volume they wish to sell.

Hachette can't come right out and say that it wants higher book prices (which is the result if they prevail in negotiations and take back control of pricing and / or restrict Amazon's ability to discount), so instead we get a narrative of a rapacious corporation versus a plucky guardian of our literary heritage.

The low Canadian dollar used to be the main culprit in higher book prices, but lately the difference is more likely due to the influence of Canadian copyright rules, which grant Canadian distributors exclusivity — and allow them to add up to 10 % to the price of U.S. books.

The HDX 8.9 is only used for watching Netflix as long as that service is functional and the high book prices drove me to Scribd, reading admittedly older titles but much cheaper.

No matter how shiny the aluminium of your Sony Reader's casing it doesn't make up for high book prices and low selection and the lack of wireless downloads and the lack of Internet browsing for reference.

Not exact matches

Guests who believe they have experienced racism while using Airbnb may report instances of discrimination to the company or accept Instant Booking listings at a higher price than normal, but there's currently no policy in place to put them on a level playing field with other white guests.

Some, too, dangle free accommodations at a luxury hotel to lure you into a high - pressure sales pitch for timeshares or vacation clubs, while others make good on that free cruise for you, but require you to book a second guest at a grossly inflated price.

Some of the authors mentioned in the New York Times story worried that they'd sell fewer books if the company put higher price tags on them.

Booking Holdings (formerly Priceline), Amazon and Alphabet are the three highest - priced stocks in the S&P 500 and the only ones with prices that are four digits.

• Design is sturdy and dependable but doesn't have the flair of a MacBook Pro or Surface Book despite the high price

My main gripes about the Book 2, other than the high ticket price, is that I'm moving more and more away from a Windows machine for my daily work.

How to Sell at Margins Higher than Your Competitors: Winning Every Sale at Full Price by Lawrence L. Steinmetz, and William T. Brooks This is book discusses the importance of margins in setting prices.

The post flags a few trends: Investment rounds are happening at higher prices, investors are increasingly collaborating with each other, and many of the start - ups are booking revenue before they seek funding.

Whether anybody books these high - priced packages, the wedding gives hotels an opportunity to associate their brand with something special.

«Prices have declined at the high end of the market but remained steady for more moderately priced units; bidding wars have become noticeably less prevalent,» the Beige Book said.

From what i've observed, prices for items like music and books tend to be pretty sticky (or even declining), so over the long term you'd probably need to counteract that with higher sales.

Compared to the broad XIC, XEG has a) a price to earnings ratio that is only slightly higher, b) a price to book ratio that is lower, c) a debt to equity ratio that is about half of XIC, d) a dividend yield that is comparable and e) profit margins that grew 30 % this year versus 18 % for XIC.

For many companies, P / E ratios seem benign, while price / revenue and price / book ratios are ridiculously high.

Expectations for higher rates could eventually boost pricing in their mainly fixed - rate mortgage books, too.

The initial public offering price is substantially higher than the pro forma net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately following this offering based on the total value of our tangible assets less our total liabilities.

The anticipated initial public offering price of our common stock is substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of our outstanding common stock immediately after this offering.

O'Shaughnessy took a variety of metrics — the price / sales ratio (PSR), price / cashflow, price / book and price / earnings — and then collated the 50 stocks from the broad US market which displayed the highest, and lowest, for each metric.

A 2012 Credit Suisse Research Institute report evaluated the performance of 2,360 companies globally over six years and found that companies with one or more women on boards delivered higher average returns on equity, lower leverage, better average growth and higher price / book value multiples.

The assumed initial public offering price of $ per share, which is the midpoint of the estimated offering price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, is substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of our outstanding common stock immediately after this offering.

Brazilian equities, as measured by the MSCI Brazil Index, are 20 percent cheaper than their 2014 highs on a price to book basis.

The sale price was higher than the book value, the company said.

Effectively, a high yield (D / P) is just the inverse of a low price - to - dividend ratio (P / D), a cheapness measure similar to a low price - to - earnings or low price - to - book ratio.

Joel has also written a couple of books over how to put a strategy in place to by cheaply priced stocks with higher end yields.

The company noted that advance bookings for 2012 were fetching higher prices.

As we discuss in detail in the book, while much improved, Quality and Price is not a perfect strategy: the better returns are attended by higher volatility and worse drawdowns.

A figure that was subsequently increased repurchase share at prices no higher than 20 percent premium to book value.

But the uniqueness of the business model, the hidden value of the land on the books and the incremental benefit shareholders receive from higher oil and gas production and prices make it worth writing about.

They've been selling properties at deep discounts to already written - down book values, but at prices high enough to more than justify today's depressed share price.

Trading that occurs at low multiples of earnings, cash flow or book value for long periods of time might indicate that the company or the entire sector is in trouble, and that stock prices may not move higher.»

Trading near tangible book value, Goldman offers an attractive price for a business that earns a significant amount of revenue from high return asset management and underwriting and advisory services.

Online booking is a crowded field and the price it is asking looks high.

Russell 1000 ® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with higher price - to - book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

Most value stocks have low price - to - earnings (P / E) ratios, high dividend yields, low price - to - cash - flow ratios, and stocks with a market value (generally, the stock price) that is lower than the book value (how much the company's net assets are worth).

The Russell 2500 Value Index includes those Russell 2500 Index companies with lower price - to - book ratios and lower forecasted growth values, while the Russell 2500 Growth Index includes those with higher - price - to - value ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

One reason is that they tend to focus on traditional «value» metrics, such as a low price - to - earnings ratio, a low price - to - book ratio, or a high dividend yield.

We're certainly willing to assume higher growth rates for well - managed companies with defensible product lines, which is why we don't simply define value as «low P / E» or «low price - to - book.»

The Russell 2000 Value Index includes those Russell 2000 Index companies with lower price - to - book ratios and lower forecasted growth values, while the Russell 2000 Growth Index includes those with higher price - to - value ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

This suggests that Berkshire shares, now trading for nearly 1.6 times its Sept. 30 book value of $ 187,435 — the high end of its price / book value range dating back several years — are cheaper than they appear.

The more that a company can get out of its net assets, the higher its price to book ratio should be.

By purchasing these companies after a price decline, we find we are able to control risk in the portfolio as these investments often have less downside while offering a decent potential return.The U.S. Equity Fund seeks to invest in companies with a lower Price to Book Ratio, lower Price to Earnings Ratio and higher Dividend Yield than the S&P 500 iprice decline, we find we are able to control risk in the portfolio as these investments often have less downside while offering a decent potential return.The U.S. Equity Fund seeks to invest in companies with a lower Price to Book Ratio, lower Price to Earnings Ratio and higher Dividend Yield than the S&P 500 iPrice to Book Ratio, lower Price to Earnings Ratio and higher Dividend Yield than the S&P 500 iPrice to Earnings Ratio and higher Dividend Yield than the S&P 500 index.

At the same time, lots of stocks that trade on low PE's, low price to book values and high dividend yields have turned out to be terrible investments.

All underlying securities with high price / book value ratios are classified as growth.