Not exact matches
«complete a
book meant to assist English readers in understanding the Quran» The problem with the English readers is
not that they don't understand the quran, but that they actually do and they don't buy the hate
crap from islam culture.
Many
books written for Religion actually touch on the subject which is Love and being NON JUDGMENTAL because there can be no human that can tell me they know exactly what God is only my faith and love towards myself and my fellow Humans is an expression of his love
not the intolerance or hatred that is spewed out in the name of God, God is ABOVE all of that
CRAP PERIOD.
According to the Bible God hated more than he loved, and the
crap that is the 1st few
books of the old testament, which s barbaric and evil,
not only to those men that are an abombanation, but those that
not only eat pork, but touch a football, shellfish, work on the sabbath, blasphamy, slaves who do
nt allow there master to sleep with there wifes / daughters, and those that dared
not idolise him because he is a jealous and vengeful God!
Atheists tend to be more inclusive of others because they are
not hindered by the
crap in alleged holy
books such as The Babble.
@Lycidass — I
not only blame the
book, I blame those who think they know god exists because some greasy tribesman wrote this
crap down.
And they wonder why the publishing industry is in trouble... between
crap books and publishers who just don't give a
crap, it's a wonder they've survived this long.
Because of some
book that has been shown to be a pile of
crap, with
not a shred of evidence for any of its supernatural claims?
Most people are good and don't even follow or believe all of the
crap that's in their respective holy
books.
I am
not against guns I am angst phones chritsians, bas theologians, flocks who believe whatever
crap their priest tells them, people wh
not not don't read the modern bible, edited by your priest, but who don't study the cannon, religions, who wrote the
books or any theology.
I found out a few weeks ago I am expecting twins (I'll be 10 weeks tomorrow), and I simply can
not tell which
books about multiple pregnancies are
crap and which are science - based, straightforward, and helpful by browsing Amazon reviews.
Lauren is also the author of Maybe It's You: Cut the
Crap, Face Your Fears, Love Your Life (published by Hachette
Book Group, April 2017), a no - nonsense, practical manual that helps readers figure out
not just what they want out of life but how to actually get there.
The hero endures a
crap job selling coupon
books door to door, muddles through a dysfunctional
not - quite - relationship with a pathologically shy young woman, Laura (Mary Wall), all but stalks a co-worker (David Sandholm) that he wrongly considers a close friend, and fights with his roommate, Charles (Paul Grimstad), a musician - wannabe who mocks Keith's fractured speech patterns and performs Vangelis - with - a-head-injury soundscapes at top volume.
A cooler - headed Esquith later explained the
book's theme on National Public Radio: «If I could care so much I didn't even know my hair was on fire, I was moving in the right direction as a teacher — when I realized that you have to ignore all the
crap, and the children are the only thing that matter.»
Merit pay might work if it was given to students — and only student — who cooperated with teachers and turned in all of their classwork and homework done correctly to boost learning, and increased their literacy skills by voluntarily turning off TV, video games and
not texting and replacing all that
crap by reading at least one
book a week for enjoyment outside of school hours.
They do nothing to link
books to other
books; their keyword searches are
crap; they do
not display list rankings on the sales page (instead you have to go LOOK for the lists, and who has time for that?)
My writing usually ends up being
crap (but that's what rewrites and edits are for), and if for some reason I can't write, I will work on either
book marketing or helping to promote other authors and their work.
As a reader, I wouldn't give a
crap if the writer wrote their own query letter, I'd just want to read a good
book.
The battery on your traditional
book will
not crap out just as the hero is dangling off the cliff and you have to send it off somewhere for repair or buy a new battery online before you find out what happens.
(Yet another side note: I don't think that error on the order of 30 to 40 % for a
book most likely to fit the model means that the model is inherently
crap.
The problem is, at any writers event or
book fair, they show up in droves whining endlessly about why people aren't fawning all over them and letting them sell their
crap at the big kids» podium.
I'm a pretty optimistic guy with dreams of my own I don't want
crapped on, so at this point in the conversation, I usually smile and ask them how long they've been pitching their
book.
I also don't like judging based on intention, as in, it's fine for «good authors» with «real
books» to do things, but
not find for «hacks» who are publishing «
crap».
They say the Gatekeepers (agents, slush readers, and first - line editors) are there for a reason, ensuring that new product is of the highest possible quality, that they've ensured that booksellers aren't loaded down with
crap (and said brick and mortar booksellers are in complete agreement, only accepting
books from major, established publishing houses), and that they and their staffs produce a truly professional final product, handling editing, design, and marketing so the author only has to worry about the words.
I have said many times I don't give a
crap if people don't like my
books, they're just
books.
I can't phone up a venue to say I'd like to do a
book promotion for my own
book because I feel like they will think I'm a wannabe, unable to find a publisher because I'm
crap.
You usually can tell pretty quickly if the
book is either
crap or just
not for you.
The
book's
crap and you have many, many excuses for
not carrying on.
I don't feel I was adding to the tsunami of
crap: it's still nearly a four - star
book, which given my clueless state at publication, I'll take as a win — but my other
books are certainly much, much better for the experience.
If a handful of people have good things to say about this
book, it's likely this
book is
not crap.
And I'll also admit that most of the unread
books on my Kindle are the free or cheap
crap that I downloaded before I realized they weren't really a bargain.
If you say indie
books are
crap because they don't sell, I ask you what means about all the professionally published
books that sell horribly.
Yes, it took 10 novels and a lot of hard work to get there, and I know that in the coming years, I should be able to double or triple my income as more folks realize Indie published
books aren't
crap.
In fact, it's
not until the fifth paragraph that Kakutani even mentions that Mr. Sepinwall's title was self - published, marking we hope, the end to the widely touted assumption that all self - published
books are
crap and don't merit the attention that even the worst traditionally published
books do.
The «
crap produced» argument also doesn't stand: we'll never know how many great
books were rejected because the asshole - in - charge just felt he didn't like the tie, the smell, the envelope, of the font.
We all know Amazon is evil and are trying to kill literature and that the tsunami of
crap will doom us all lest we stop it by denying all these losers and their lame «
books» that people may or may
not want to read.
Just like
book cover design — if you try to do it all from scratch, by yourself, and it's your first try, it's going to look like
crap (
not to mention take weeks of hair - pulling).
Don't write
crap that you are just using to promote
books (80 % of the internet these days is
crap).
I think it's important to remember that publishers, authors, and readers are all in this together... the
book industry isn't and never has been truly profitable for anyone, and I for one (as a reader) hope that the future doesn't leave us without committed publishing people willing to work 60 hour weeks at $ 35K / year (or whatever
crap salaries the publishing world pays these days!)
If I am an author with a
book that is
NOT crap, it's hard to distinguish myself — because I CA
N'T get on blogs like this one.
I think this is a load of
crap, if you are just writing
books, who is going to read them if they don't know who the author is?
I agree they should cost less than printed
books, but to say there is no design involved with ebooks is completely wrong, and I don't see Germaine Greer offering e-versions of her own
books for pennies, so it looks like she is just talking
crap in an attempt to get a few more seconds worth of fame (again).
I love the cover and many fans have said the same thing but on the other side I've actually had people tell me the cover scared the
crap out of them and just because of the cover they didn't want to read the
book... and who knows they may have enjoyed it.
By virtue of going through it, there is an additional level of professionalism present - whether you personally think the
book is
crap or
not.
Third, don't give us that
crap about how writers won't write good
books unless Amazon is forced to charge $ 15 for them.
The fonts are
crap Times New Roman, the formatting is all wrong, there is no frontispiece or professional table of contents, the covers are poor quality, made with fuzzy images at far too low a resolution - all hallmarks of someone
not taking their time or researching how a good
book looks.
We thank you for thinking of Dell [insert sound of raspberry here] and we wish you the best of success [ie don't darken our doorstep again with your
crap] in placing your
book with another publisher.
It's one thing if the cover or the interior looks like
crap — that's the author's responsibility — but the actual manufacturing of the
book should
not be a concern.
Some crappy
books aren't discovered until after the sample portion, but 98 % of writers of
crap can't hide the fact for that long.
I don't think anyone with any sense would argue that because of a ton of
crap books, consumers will stop buying ebooks.
Nobody says «you can't make that widget, we're drowning in
crap and the market won't stand for it» - or «you can't take that photo, we already have too many»
Books aren't much different, and the market will decide.