Sentences with phrase «more than a bookstore»

There is nothing that I love more than a bookstore — it's my next favorite store after the J.Crew outlet!
Amazon was smart enough to create something more than another bookstore; they provided a community where readers share opinions about what's shinola and what's not.

Not exact matches

Amazon is looking to go from operating a handful of Amazon - branded bookstores to more than 400 of Whole Foods» premium supermarkets.
The Starbucks located inside the Barnes & Noble bookstore is sharing the same customers as the bookseller in a more cost - efficient manner than if each were operating separate, stand - alone locations.
Any bookstore can also order it if you give them the full title: «Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World» — there are more than 60 Guerrilla Marketing books that cover other aspects of business and have nothing to do with what we've been talking about.
Any bookstore can also order it if you give them the full title: «Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green» — there are more than 60 Guerrilla Marketing books that cover other aspects of business and have nothing to do with what we've been talking about.
The flowering branches of Mulan magnolia that grace the cover of Joan Lok's new book on Chinese brush painting appear more brightly colored than in her original work, probably to catch the eye of someone browsing in a bookstore, guesses the author.
Aghast, Family Christian Bookstores (the single largest distributor of Christian music) pulled the product from its shelves, leaving more than one pundit to wonder whether the chain fully appreciates just where children come from.
As one reader posted on the on «line bookstore, Amazon.com, «Ms. Walker is truly one of the most daring writers of the twentieth century... [but] I found the details of the lesbian lovemaking to be more than I ever wanted to know about lesbian relationships» and the assumption that my dead relatives spy on me in my bed quite revolting.
More than a million visitors come to Mount Vernon each year, he said, and at the bookstore, the book they most request is a book on Washington's religion ¯ which they do not have.
Accordingly, Orlando Stroller Rentals, LLC has no more editorial control over such content than does a public library, bookstore or newsstand.
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Day, we compiled a list of more than 90 discounts for teachers at bookstores, retail chains, school supply outlets and more, which can help cut down on their out - of - pocket expenses.
By reading Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle, (or better yet, «studying it»), you will learn more about fat loss than you would from an entire bookshelf of mainstream diet publications at your local bookstore.
At any given time I could walk into a bookstore and buy more than I could carry.
There is more than one bookstore to explore.
So if you are looking for something a bit more cerebral and involving than your average Tolkien rip - off such as Sword of Shannara and Eragon weighing down the SF / Fantasy shelves at your local bookstore, then check out Niffenegger's novel.
02, first began More Than Words with four young men living in a foster home in Boston, the future for the online used bookstore and training center run by troubled teens didn't look promising.
Keep in mind, there are more books published each year than could fit in 7 totally empty bookstores.
Comic shops are not sale or return — it's just straight sale — so they're actually MUCH more up for this sort of thing than, say, an indie bookstore, which will just bitch about not being able to return unsold books.
At Barnes & Noble College, we're more than just a bookstore operator.
Of course 25 % of $ 100,000 is far more than 50 % or even 100 % of $ 100, so an author needs to consider how likely it is that they can handle each aspect of publishing their book well so that they produce a quality book that thousands of readers become aware of and can find in bookstores.
Eventually they hope to be in more than 1,000 independent bookstores.
Although he remains coy about exactly how much he's making these days, Howey says he makes more in one month than he did over the course of several years at his former job at a bookstore.
While the biggest ebook stores generally top out at 100,000 to 300,000 titles, bookstore offer a far bigger collection, usually more than a million titles.
With more than 1 million titles, including all the latest books from top authors and publishers, the Clean Reader bookstore offers the same books as any other online retailer and with comparable pricing.
The popular — and, in some libraries and bookstores, controversial — erotic trilogy has sold more than 10,000,000 (yes, that's 10 MILLION) copies worldwide in all formats.
The plot revolves around a San Francisco web designer who takes a job as a clerk in a mysterious 24 - Hour Bookstore... which turns out to be much more than just a bookstore.
She moves from a small Tasmanian town to New York City with nothing more than $ 300 in her pocket and takes a job at a large used bookstore — becoming embroiled in a mystery surrounding a lost Melville manuscript.
It now gives you text underneath GoodReads and the Kindle bookstore, rather than just relying on icons, which obviously makes it a little more intuitive for new users.
But as of this writing, Amazon is offering the book for pre-order — something that many mom - and - pop independent bookstores aren't even set up to do — for less than $ 13 for the hardcover; the Kindle edition is priced just over $ 11, while Barnes and Noble and Kobo are offering the ebook edition for pre-order for more than $ 16.
I belong to a wide range of Facebook groups and follow a lot of media news, and few things are more frustrating than people who celebrate the apparent «resurgence» of print and the comeback of independent bookstores as some kind of «win» over ebooks and digital media.
That's why, for the last five years, there have been more bookstores than the year before.
Indie writers are more concerned with selling electronic copies than ever selling to the thousands of indie bookstores, or any large chain, or any gift shop.
But it is much more difficult to make money from bookstore sales than from library sales.
With deadpan humor and skeptical eye, the determined detective is on the case, and everyone who has the misfortune to be connected to Parker is a suspect — the failing mystery writer in town to sign books; the beautiful young wife, and the bookstore employee who appears to be more nervous than aggrieved.
So I think some system of gatekeeping will remain in place, precisely because most people, even if they abandon bookstores, aren't going to do so for the sake of reading amateur work any more than we've abandoned our Blockbuster stores for the sake of watching amateur videos and home movies.
Hopefully you have more than one indie bookstore in your area, and by all means get in touch with all of them.
1 min readSometimes there is nothing more gratifying for an author than to walk into their neighborhood bookstore and see their own blood, sweat, and tears resting on the shelf.
IngramSpark's global distribution network makes your book available to more than 39,000 retailers and libraries around the world, including major and local independent bookstores, and reaches over 70 online channels, including Amazon, Apple iBooks, Kobo, and more.
There's more to a distribution strategy than just bookstores.
I thought to myself: «It makes more sense to be a Pottery Barn selling a few books than a bookstore selling a few pots.»
My only comment is this... I owned my own bookstore for more than a decade and bought many books on the basis of synopsis / pitch and cover.
Self published authors have to rely on their own resources, be more creative in finding retail shelf space for their books (as a rule, self published authors have far less access to chain bookstore shelves than the big publishers who spend millions on marketing dollars), and have to work very hard to create any sort of buzz about their books.
I think independent bookstores who offer more than books will survive — and if they offer used books, even better, since soon there won't be that many books in print.
More Than a Kiss is out at all good online bookstores.
They have the furthest reach, and more bookstores and libraries use them first than any other wholesaler.
Brick - and - mortar bookstores are more likely to buy from established publishers than from a single self - published author.
Agents understand they can make more from self publishing than from book touting; even bookstore chains like Dymocks entered into self publishing as a service to prospective authors.
Unless the small press has a dedicated, exceptional sales team committed to marketing your book and getting you into bookstores (which some do, so check carefully), they are unlikely to be able to market any more effectively than the author can (and often less so).
Christine — As a bookstore manager, you probably know more about what titles actually sell than that robot does, so don't take it too seriously.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z