Jason Epstein, former editorial director of Random House and co-founder
of On Demand Books.
· «Today, «you can go directly from the digital file to the end user with nothing in between» Jason Epstein, co-founder
of On Demand Books, with the brilliant Espresso Book Machine, from an excellent post on the Future of Books.
Not exact matches
European aerospace giant Airbus is debuting its
on -
demand helicopter
booking platform, Voom, in Mexico City
on Thursday in an effort to drum up
demand for choppers among well - heeled urban commuters sick
of spending hours in traffic.
Sam Shank, CEO
of Hotel Tonight, discusses how travelers can take advantage
of the
on -
demand economy to
book hotel bargains.
And you can educate people
on what it takes to create sustainable
demand, which is why
books like Slywotzky's — not to mention business schools — aren't a waste
of time.
From discovery to
booking to job reminders to payment, the entire flow
of purchasing services has been streamlined with technology built by
on -
demand platforms to make the average homeowner have a warm and fuzzy customer experience.
On -
demand platforms give instant, mobile
booking and payment features directly in the hands
of clients, so hiring someone to perform a three bedroom clean (for example) is as easy as ordering a movie or requesting an Uber.
Depending
on the type
of accommodations you're offering, your geographic location, competition,
demand and seasonal trends, you may find you're able to keep your accommodations
booked night after night, with short - term, mid-term or even long - term guests.
The draw for consumers to
book directly with these
on -
demand platforms is not the allure
of «finding the right professional», but more so the convenient, Uber - like customer experience.
Students are generally short
of money and have no lack
of other
demands on their time (though, let's be honest, plenty
of college kids aren't exactly getting up at the crack
of dawn to hit the
books or spending every waking hour working).
Booksurge As Amazon faced increased bookseller competition from e-tailers including eBay and Overstock.com, it purchased the Charleston, South Carolina - based
on -
demand printing service to enable
book fulfillment as needed, rather than house costly amounts
of inventory.
«The biggest single impediment is the politics
of [the border wall],» Buffett told the Arizona Daily Star, adding that he hopes his
book will shed light
on Americans» increasing
demand for illegal narcotics as well as the short - sighted symbolism representing Trump's massive wall.
The Beige
Book survey seemed to blame this less - than - idyllic state
of affairs
on the weakening in
demand overseas.
«One
of the things that the china beige
book plans to do is to give people a real picture
of not just the growth dynamics, but also the labor market, the credit dynamics, the macro implications
of Chinese growth, indications
of future Chinese
demand, implications
of commodity markets around the world, we try to give the people a much better picture
on what's actually happening instead
of just relying
on official data and press release».
Now, as for the bible bile that you keep dumping
on us, let's have a closer look at some
of the other content in your Christian
book of nasty AKA the bible, re some
of the
demands that your horrid sky fairy is said to make
of you:
Meanwhile, 50,900 adults make the pilgrimage to Notre Dame for a Pentecostal rally, a teen - age guru turns
on young people from coast to coast, and
demand rises for
books that run the gamut from thin prayer guides to thick encyclopedias
of theology.
Drawing
on images in Revelation, the
books predict an Antichrist
demanding universal loyalty and acceptance
of a «mark
of the beast»
on their bodies.
In Abuse
of Discretion, the latest
book lobbed at the unsteady edifice
of Roe v. Wade, Clarke D. Forsythe turns to the Supreme Court justices» private notes and memos from 1971 to 1973 in order to «solve the puzzle»
of the court's legalization
of abortion
on demand.
The «Dumb Ox» 8
of the thirteenth century may have been shy and quiet and slow, preferring the solace
of his
books and his writing to the
demands of oration and teaching, but his effect
on all subsequent theologizing was profound and rather all - encompassing, particularly insofar as the Roman Catholic Church is concerned.
I guess it's not so much the
book itself that has inspired me, but the way the author's continually refer to Jesus» teachings
on the Sermon
on the Mount, teachings which no one in their right mind can truly contemplate without trembling at the sort
of life changes it
demands.
Those inclined to argue that Jesus now would advise us precisely the opposite
of what he did in the New Testament — this
on the basis that, regarding both tax
demands and military activity, our U.S. Caesar is so much worse than his Roman one was — these people should be warned against reading Martin Hengel's little
book Victory Over Violence.
But then
on the other hand he
demands that you can only critique the
book when youâ $ ™ ve read all
of his sources.
Secondly, and this isn't exactly within the scope
of the
book, but can you give some tips
on how to keep up with the bread / baked good
demands in a household?
The mission
of the To Your Health Co. blog is to provide educational information that includes the benefits
of sprouted foods, industry updates and articles as the popularity and
demand of sprouted products increases,
books and resources to assist you in baking fabulous sprouted foods, and a listing
of products
on the market that you can trust to meet the high standards
of truly sprouted ingredients.
Throngs
of AI - equipped smart - device apps are available for suggestions, streamlined reservation
bookings and other assists like
on -
demand intel
on that boutique wine label or locavore food ingredient you're not familiar with.
With PSG chief Nasser Al - Khelaifi desperate to bring Cristiano Ronaldo to the Parc des Princes next summer, he is aware that Uefa's limitations would make it difficult to offer CR7 the kind
of lucrative deal that would convince him to eschew a return to Manchester United if he still had Zlatan and his considerable wage
demands on the
books.
Because their methods focus more
on respecting children than
demanding respect from them, «The Discipline
Book» stirred quite a lot
of controversy, religious as well as philosophical.
I no longer work outside
of the home, and I spend huge chunks
of my day helping my kid turn the pages
of his board
books, breastfeeding
on demand, cuddling, and singing songs.
I don't need the
book but I just had to post (in a neener neener fashion) that I am half French and that my child eats pretty much everything, and yes I breast fed him
on demand for a year, skipped baby food jars, and have a well documented portfolio
of him making a mess
of himself eating all kinds
of gloriously messy foods with his fingers.
This is the time
of the week when we can get some serious work done unimpeded by an MP ricocheting all over the office
demanding that we stop what we're doing every two minutes to Google their name, insisting that we write a press release
on their recent parliamentary awesomeness, leaving their folder
of top secret documents in Committee Room 6, and generally getting in the way
of the correspondence, casework, the
booking of Commons tours for schools and all the other myriad tasks that Members assume happen by magic.
Then
on Thursday, as the White House struggled to contain the fallout from the
book, a lawyer for the president sent a letter
demanding Wolff and his publisher, Henry Holt & Co, «immediately cease and desist from any further publication, release or dissemination», or excerpts and summaries
of its contents.
The coalition's push for electronic poll
books and ballot
on demand systems is based
on the success
of a pilot program in Onondaga County.
The European parliament's president, Martin Schulz, said that while he took UK
demands for reform
of the EU «very seriously» there was no question
of the parliament agreeing to reopen the rule
book on free movement.
Late - night comedian Samantha Bee, whose «Full Frontal» show last year created images
of Schneiderman as a comic -
book superhero taking
on Trump, distanced herself from him,
demanding on Twitter that he take down a recent tweet
of the pictures.
Latino elected leaders joined liberal anti-charter school activists
on the steps
of City Hall to
demand that Success Academy Charter Schools return an $ 8.5 million donation from hedge fund manager John Paulson because
of his role in the Puerto Rican debt crisis — where the government is slashing education spending in a desperate effort to balance its
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NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said the Daily News «jumped the gun» in
demanding a review
of claims that the NYPD is cooking the
books on crime.
In his groundbreaking
book The Inflationary Universe, for example, Alan Guth
of MIT, who codeveloped the leading model
of the Big Bang, speculates provocatively about whether it would be possible to create a new universe in a basement laboratory, but he treats such a Genesis -
on -
demand merely as a scientific thought problem.
As Harvard Business School Professor Clayton M. Christensen explained in his
book, The Innovator's Dilemma, large companies tend to ignore disruptive innovations and focus
on what they perceive as the
demands of their current customers.
Some examiners seem to regard a thesis not as a report
on research but as a fully published
book, and
demand a standard
of presentation that is not always demonstrated these days in the publications
of their own university presses.
As Einstein warns in his preface, however, the
book does
demand «a fair amount
of patience and force
of will
on the part
of the reader.»
On the contrary: from his failed campaign, he salvaged a noble purpose in whose service he now offers one of the few books that manages to treat the environmental crisis with the complexity it deserves and on the scale it demand
On the contrary: from his failed campaign, he salvaged a noble purpose in whose service he now offers one
of the few
books that manages to treat the environmental crisis with the complexity it deserves and
on the scale it demand
on the scale it
demands.
Copies
of the
book The State
of Science in South Africa, published by the Academy in 2009, are now available as print -
on -
demand publications.
The
book includes chapters
on the economic assumptions used, energy supply and storage technologies,
demand and technology assumptions, a reference scenario, variations
on that scenario, federal and state policies needed, a «roadmap,» and a final chapter
of the main findings and recommendations.
On the
demand of my followers, a recipe
book is going to be published this month: The Avocado Affair, it is not a medical
book, it is just about the biochemistry
of the avocado used all over the world, from Mexico for centuries.
BUT, we were fed up with people not knowing how to balance all
of their many life
demands while also getting into better shape, so we put this
book together and right now, you can get it
on Amazon for dirt cheap.
With my full time job, full load
of side projects, and penchant for over
booking myself, my favorite services allow me to save time with
on -
demand delivery straight to my door.
As a big fan
of comic
book supervillains, I'll be the first to say that they don't work in non-comic
book movies, and Strong is about five minutes from slapping
on an iron mask and
demanding to be called Doctor Doom.
We could believe that with the increasing adoption
of technology in schools, the use
of hard copy
books and pens are less in
demand; spending
on stationery is set to drop by three per cent.
A new
book, Computers and the Future
of Skill
Demand, uses a test based
on the OECD's Survey
of Adult Skills (PIAAC) to compare computers with humans.
John Buell: I am pleasantly surprised, but I do think the attention to this
book is partially a result
of three intersecting and destructive trends in American life: increasing
demands on schools, growing time pressures
on adults, and the
demands homework places
on both children and adults.