Be sure to use the most current books becuase
some of the older books have resumes that look «kinda funky.»
The books are usually just re-writes
of older books.
And
some of the older books might have sold quite well in their heyday, while some of the newer ones just may not have taken off yet.
Unglue.it is an attempt to pick up where Project Gutenberg left off, expanding the number
of older books that libraries can make available as eBooks.
I want to redo a few
of my older books and see if I can't get a strikingly better result.
Second, libraries don't have a way to acquire eBook versions of the trove
of older books that are still protected by copyright.
I'm currently interning under a self - published author and I beta - read / proofread her new releases and
some of her older books.
Other popular prizes for giveaways have been bookmarks designed like a book cover, book - style jewelry, copies
of older books in a catalog, and even Kindles and other eBook readers.
Keep the covers
of older books smaller or maybe put them off to the side.
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.
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.
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.
It is hardly worth searching the databases for non-reprint copies
of older books these days.
And in the case
of older books, those worn with time, one can feel oneself joining a lineage of readers.
When doing book signings or readings, make sure to display copies
of older books for readers to enjoy.
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.
Almost none
of the older books (post 1930's) is coming into the public domain.
So new books can certainly sell, but the long tail
of older books might drop off after 5 - 10 years.
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 am also working on a way for subscribers to get many
of my older books for free through email.
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 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!
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...
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.
(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.)
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.
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.