Sentences with phrase «many of the old books»

Fast - forward six decades and one of the remaining posters was discovered by a bookseller who bought a box of old books (where the poster was hidden) at auction.

It first identifies snippets of old books that can not be digitized automatically because digitization - helping software can not recognize the old text.

around here theres the habatat, the goodwill, and a store of old books.

What part of we don't care what your personal interpretation of an old book is.

I'm feeling like a hoax when Dianah slightly moves her crutch that lays between her and mother and murmurs it like a prayer, the living and active words of the Old Book that keep her living, and the words sound the opposite of trite when she speaks them under the beat of the African sun:

And the best - selling nonfiction book had nothing to do with he latest recipe or the newest diet; it was (and is) a recent version of the oldest book of all: the Bible.

Theocracy is based on studies of an old book or two written by philosophers and politicians in addition to stories handed down over generations with no real physical evidence to analyze.

Then I came across an essay by C.S. Lewis called, «On the Reading of Old Books,» and it completely changed my perspective.

She was propped up in bed, and the circle of light fell on the worn white sheets and across the yellowed pages of the old book.

It is hard to believe that he would want me to ignore all that, in favor of an old book, full of contradictions, which can not be tested in any way, and which says things we now see to be entirely against the ethics we understand so clearly.

I am also working on a way for subscribers to get many of my older books for free through email.

I probably fell in love with the design of the book because it looks exactly like one of those old books with rough paper that our grandmas probably owned at some point in their lives.

I kind of have an affinity for making things out of old book pages.

Surrounded by these objects, in a dark curtained room suffused with the musty odor of old books, the visitor feels privy not only to the dwelling place but also to the brain of one of the 20th century's most influential thinkers.

I love the mix of old books, bottles and feathers.

I'd love it there; through the smell of old books!

Thank you you!!!! (I adore the smell of older books too, and luckily I'm not too allergic to dust, so I can usually rummage for second hand book treasure sans sneezing;)-RRB- @MissRedLips, what a beautiful thing to read, thank you very much, honey!

I love the idea of a stack of old books.

The story goes that he found an old type writer at a vintage shop, and began typing up his poems on pages of old books.

It reminds me of the pattern you would see on a lot of old book covers.

They scan out of print editions of old books and make them available digitally.

I love the smell of old books, going on random drives, or...

So new books can certainly sell, but the long tail of older books might drop off after 5 - 10 years.

Almost none of the older books (post 1930's) is coming into the public domain.

There are a lot of old books (let's say more than 25 years old), that are no longer of any interest to their authors (if still alive) or the publishing companies.

Some «successful» authors have actually unpublished some of their old books.

He owns a massive quantity of old books and digests.

In old - school publishing, a backlist is a portfolio of older books, or for self - publishing, it means a author who has one or more older books to promote.

(Much fun is made of «book - sniffers» but scientists say the smell of old books is related to the smell of vanilla, and stimulates a comfort zone in your brain.)

When doing book signings or readings, make sure to display copies of older books for readers to enjoy.

I have plenty of old books (paper things) where I never read all the stories because some I was not interested in, or I never got round to them.

Yep, the glue in spines of those old books could deteriorate and crack.

I, too, love the smell of an old book.

The store is happy to receive any donations of old books you have, but please no more Dan Brown.

And in the case of older books, those worn with time, one can feel oneself joining a lineage of readers.

They have hundreds of old books and ancient manuscripts on display.

If you are a prior Amazon user you can easily retrieve all of your old books and sync them directly to your device.

It is hardly worth searching the databases for non-reprint copies of older books these days.

But it seems like a lot of publishers just list ebooks of old books at brand - new prices and never lower them.

Carolyn sometimes thought of how the hot ammonia of Margaret's urine blended with the dusty smell of old books, how her screams echoed down the stacks.

This case is ultra-slim, and has a classic look and feel of an old book.

We provide self - publishing services, enabling the launch of new works, in fiction or non-fiction, for selective audiences, as well as the resurgence of old books.

I didn't gig to the covers at first, because often re-issues of old books get absolutely dreadful covers.

Most of us who have been writing for a while are sitting on a lot of content and a lot of older books that are taking up virtual shelf space on Amazon.

Time for some decluttering and in particular time to get rid of some old books.

By the way, if you're a reader of older books but would rather get your public - domain literature without the extra charge, there are ways.

When a single, colour - splashed page slid out of an old book, like a falling leaf, the Benedictine monks of New Norcia presumed it was a Christmas card.

Self - publishing is obviously taking off, but statistics on new titles are almost impossible to come by because so many books counted as part of «nontraditional» publishing include reprints of old books now in the public domain.

The shift with KU is one I've noticed in particular, though it's odd because I'll see a spike in sales from some of my older books / short stories and it won't show the «borrow» from KDP for days sometimes, basically until someone passes the 10 % mark.

Blogger and artist Mary Green (of the Green Paper blog) made these wonderful bookmarks from the spines of old books.