Sentences with phrase «long shelf of books»

I followed him up an outside stairway into his workshop, a square room with a tile floor and shuttered windows on three sides and long shelves of books below the windows to the floor.

Not exact matches

It wasn't long before the curiosity of the little ones in my house was piqued by this book - largely by recognizing so many of the illustrators from books on their own shelves - Eric Carle, Tomie dePaola, Quentin Blake, Mitsumasa Anno, Maurice Sendak and so many more.

I have a huge book shelf of books solely about gardening and the list of loves is long..

Just this month, the latest salvo — Leslie Bennetts's book «The Feminine Mistake,» a call - to - work warning women about the long - term costs of staying at home — hit the shelves with a bang, setting off another round of news stories, talk shows and cyberspace debates about the progress on the battlefront.

A definite «buy» If you want to amuse your friends with Dragons that fly spastically backwards, Weapon racks that fail to activate (oh hold on... that is Whiterun only... my Windhelm one activates and places the weapons «through» the wall), Mannequins that have their assorted body parts that vanish when adding your armor for display, Book shelves that no longer activate to hold books and of course my favorite... LAGGGGGGGGGGGG.

As long as books are on library shelves, it is easy to ignore the fact that many of those books may be worthless as information resources, explained Shontz.

You need to understand the supply chain for bookstores and the reality of how long a book is left on the shelves before it is pulled.

My guess is it won't be long before Dymocks start to offer (for a fee) the services of an editor and some spiel about edited novels getting pride of place on their D Publishing book shelf.

Shelf Life - The shelf life of a book refers to how long an unsold book stays on the sales floor before it is replaced by another title.

I was in a homeless shelter struggling with addiction not too long ago, and now here I am, sober, and honored to be writing this post as an award - winning author whose book is on the shelves of the largest bookstore in the world.

If, like me, you already have a lot of books and space is limited the last thing you want to do is stop reading because your shelves can no longer take the strain.

For instance, Rick Riordan includes This Dark Endeavor by Kenneth Oppel in his list of 44 «Favorites», along with Dune by Frank Herbert; L.J. Smith appears to be a huge Agatha Christie fan with over 50 books of hers shelved; and Khaled Hosseini gave Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain 5 stars.

Touch and hold a book and rearrange the shelves to your liking (with 16 books as of this writing, it doesn't take long).

I went through my shelves of unread books, both physical and virtual, and pulled out some that have been hanging around for a long time.

But, up to this point none of the book specialists (ehem, Barnes and Noble, cough, cough) have been able to pull their heads out of the sand long enough to lure readers from Amazon's shiny online warehouse of discounts and free shipping in order to turn them back toward odiferous, eye - hazing book shelves.

Likewise if one's book isn't in the front of the bookstore; no one sees it and within six weeks of sitting hidden on the back shelves (what is called wallpaper for the big authors), most authors books are no longer in the store and won't be reordered.

by Nina Amir If you want to author an ebook that builds your business and expert status through actual sales of that book, you need to promote that book and yourself long before that ebook ever hits the virtual book shelves.

Shortlist is basically nonexistent, and when I added books to my shortlist, turned off Kobo, and returned, they were no longer a part of the shortlist (not that it matters since it's nonexistent, but, similar to the shelves in that it gives the illusion it works).

Stocking an independent title means taking on a degree of risk that most booksellers aren't willing to accept, so these unfavorable terms have long been a barrier to getting indie books on shelves.

I will agree that commercial books that do not become good sellers do not last long on the limited shelf space of the stores.

The talks come as the largest online book retailer remains locked in a months - long impasse with Hachette, owned by France's Lagardere, over the price of e-books sold on Amazon's digital shelves.

Okay, folks, here, at long last, is the first part of my report on iUniverse's advertisement re: giving shelf space to books from their...

However, just like books they have on the shelves, libraries have the right to lend your audiobook an unlimited number of times as long as they are only giving one patron access at a time.

That series kicked off for me a second nearly decade long fascination with Conan and his exploits as I attempted to dig up many of the old issues of the Marvel Comics era Conan while continuing to collect the Dark Horse issues as soon as they hit the comic book store shelves.

It took a lot of carbon to make these books but at least it will be sequestered for a very long time on coffee tables and shelves around the world.

Part of this change was the result of a drive toward comprehensiveness and the resulting increase in volume of the books themselves, which no longer fit on libraries» shelves, and the... [more]

Part of this change was the result of a drive toward comprehensiveness and the resulting increase in volume of the books themselves, which no longer fit on libraries» shelves, and the resulting increase in price without adequate communication:

Books in a research library are no longer simply books, expendable commodities replaced or substituted for as easily as cans of soup on a grocer's shelf, or volumes in a bookshop; they are scarce or unique items built carefully into a complex structure of knowledge in which each one serves a particular purBooks in a research library are no longer simply books, expendable commodities replaced or substituted for as easily as cans of soup on a grocer's shelf, or volumes in a bookshop; they are scarce or unique items built carefully into a complex structure of knowledge in which each one serves a particular purbooks, expendable commodities replaced or substituted for as easily as cans of soup on a grocer's shelf, or volumes in a bookshop; they are scarce or unique items built carefully into a complex structure of knowledge in which each one serves a particular purpose.

• First - hand experience in determining customers» specific buying needs and servicing them accordingly • Exceptionally well - versed in greeting customers in a professional and pleasant manner to ensure repeat business opportunities • Demonstrated expertise in creating long - term relationships with customers by providing them with exceptional services • Proficient in assisting customers in locating their choice of merchandise and effectively demonstrating its features and attributes • Highly experienced in leading customers through the purchasing procedure by totaling bills and levied discounts • Effectively able to man the POS system in case of low staff instances, and process customers» purchases in cash or credit • Deeply familiar with activities to ensure that all purchases are properly bagged and timely delivered to customers» vehicles • Proficient in arranging for home deliveries to be made for large items by assisting customers through the booking system • Documented success in managing and maintaining merchandise on shelves and ensuring that any expired or near expiry products are discarded according to company policy • Adept at maintaining the outlook of the store by ensuring that all shelves, floors, display units and counters are kept constantly clean • Exceptionally talented in assisting the marketing and sales teams in creating and maintaining visual merchandising displays

However, when new titles arrive on the shelves, or the subject of the book is no longer popular, the market value could drop to $ 9.95.

On the longer shelves to the right of our sink are our everyday plates and bowls, along with some serving bowls, favorite recipe books, and other decor.

Light and spacious An elegant built - in cupboard provides multiple storage uses - a long shelf houses cookery books, while open cabinets display favourite pieces of china.

I love that it completely utilizes the previous wasted space on either side of the bed, offering a lower shelf for baskets, a pull out drawer, and a long top surface to hold books, a lamp, picture frames, etc..