Sentences with phrase «of quality of the book»

Still, one can get a good idea of the quality of the book from the following table which summarizes his conclusions about the hominid fossil record:

You need to be conscious of the quality of your book, particularly the cover.

We really want to promote great self - published titles and raise awareness of the quality of books that are coming out of the self - publishing world,» adds Moosbrugger.

The rankings can be a good indicator of the quality of the book.

Sure, there are others along the way, but only the editor, a sales person, and a publisher are the judges of quality of the book.

We kind of assume a publisher will have our backs and put out the best books possible, but I guess they can skimp and slack as much as anyone else... Connecting with your own editors and critique partners, as well as understanding these steps in the editing process, is a great way to take control of the quality of your book, whether you self - publish or work with a publisher.

In this show I talk about the importance of having confidence in your product and how not having it can affect sales, regardless of the quality of your book.

These should not be confused with disreputable operations that guarantee you a good review regardless of the quality of your book.

to some of the qualities of books that are well known by every bibliophile, librarian and book historian, but not well known for most people who fall somewhere in between: the social value of books, their virus - like valences, and their unique physicality.

Not exact matches

Other qualities to look for, according to V. Kumar, author of the book Managing Customers for Profit, include empathy, consistency and patience.

In addition to writing several best - selling books like The Road Ahead, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has raised billions of dollars to combat infectious diseases and elevate the quality of life for impoverished nations around the globe.

There has been plenty of important research on each of these management qualities, such as Mark Murphy's book Hundred Percenters on motivating employees to greatness; or ex-Googler Kim Scott's «radical candour» approach to providing feedback; or the work of Brené Brown, whose landmark 2010 TED talk is called «The Power of Vulnerability.»

That means weighting stocks in an index by qualities such as earnings, cash flow, dividends and book values rather than the sheer size of their market caps.

In their new book, Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work, brothers and academics Chip (of Stanford Graduate School of Business) and Dan Heath (of Duke) explore how to eliminate biases and improve the quality of our decisions.

I shared in my book, The 5 Languages of Appreciation at Work, five ways that people could show others they're valued — through words of affirmation, acts of service, quality time, tangible gifts and physical touch.

College Board President David Coleman said the partnership aims to level the college admissions playing field by putting high - quality training within easy reach of students without the funds for commercial test - prep services or the family support often needed to stick with a self - paced practice book.

The best measure I had of my writing quality before starting was my friends» review of a draft of a book.

Bruce Weinstein, The Ethics Guy, is a keynote speaker and corporate trainer in ethics, leadership, and character, and his latest book is The Good Ones: Ten Crucial Qualities of High - Character Employees.

In a recent article by Design Mantric that analyzes the designs of four leading SAAS blogs, a common theme is that blogs are clearly split into sections to help users find what they are really looking for and to provide high - quality articles, podcasts and videos, even online books.

The development of online book sales, for instance, exemplifies a high - quality invention.

The most fundamental idea, of course, was the whole basis for the research and the new book itself: an exploration by Brené to uncover the common qualities among those who had set out on a journey, failed once or twice, sometimes spectacularly, but who had then picked themselves up, started forward again, and ultimately succeeded.

These services can cost $ 100 to $ 1,500, depending on the amount of time booked and the quality of the service.

He is author of the book, The Good Ones: Ten Crucial Qualities of High - Character Employees.

Yes, another one; but the distinction here lies in the quality of the writers — Vanity Fair contributor McLean co-authored the classic Enron book The Smartest Guys in the Room, while Nocera is a columnist for The New York Times and a staff writer for the paper's magazine — and in the frame they choose for their history.

Librivox has many volunteers that work to release quality recordings of classic books, all free for anyone to download.

My aim is to provide a small selection of high - quality books so that newcomers to the topic can select a book with some degree of assurance.

One of the strongest areas of the book was the section on education and how many of the super wealthy people invest in high quality education for their children that ultimately can give their children an advantage in life.

Jeanne is the author of four books, Corporate Quality Universities, Corporate Universities, The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop & Keep Tomorrow's Employees Today, and Jeanne's latest book The Future Workplace Experience: 10 Rules for Mastering Disruption in Recruiting and Engaging Employees.

Cover to cover, this book is packed with a ton of quality information, and not a lot of fluff — just the way business owners like it.

Dr. Loughlin has published empirical papers in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, the Journal of Organizational Behavior, the Journal of Applied Psychology, and the Journal of Occupational and Organisational Psychology, as well as co-authoring book chapters on work stress, workplace health and safety, and the quality of youth employment (several of these publications have been with her students).

Figure 2.5 from the book shows the cumulative performance of the Magic Formula and the Quality and Price strategies for the period 1964 to 2011.

Their development in the UK has been impressive in terms of both the breadth and quality of their book and we are pleased to be part of their growth ambitions.»

The lawsuit alleges that Barclays «knowingly securitized defaulted, delinquent, and defective» loans «to get them off Barclays» books» and then lied to investors and ratings agencies about the quality of the loans.

This book explains what makes a good investment and gives you an actual list of quality investments that you can buy, hold, and become wealthy with.

The book then walks through different aspects of how to identify «quality».

The final section of the book looks at implementation of a «high quality» strateegy and especially the challenges

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer couldn't find too many redeeming qualities of the trade deal on the books.

Shares of Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFLY), a leading digital retailer and manufacturer of high - quality personalized products and services in photo books, gifts, cards, and stationery, are jumping 15 % as of 11:45 a.m. EDT Wednesday after the company posted a better - than - expected first quarter.

Requiring less than 24 hours of your time (and over 250 hours of ours), we create and publish a beautiful book that rivals the quality of any book found on the front table of major bookstores.

«I do find it a puzzling quality of liberal Christians that they tend to get excited when something that had been a cherished belief or practice of the Church is shown to have been false,» says Rod Dreher, commenting on a new book by a Notre Dame historian who says that the early Church's stories of martyrdom were false.

I'm enjoying reading «small giants» a secular business book that argues againt the «grow or die» received wisdom through a study of businesses that turned down opportunites to grow in size and profits in order to be great at quality (http://www.anglicancelluk.org/blog/p,12/).

Ker's book invites the reader to assume that «matter - of - factness» and a devotion to definition are always two aspects of the same quality.

Eventually I got hold of Christian Schwarz's book «Natural Church Development» which was developed based on his research with thousands of churches across the world looked at the «quality» of churches because his findings seemed to surprisingly indicate that the quality of a church was the number one factor in the nemerical growth of a church.

With all of this in mind, I'd love for you to try to tackle this question, which was asked of me in an interview for the Inspy Awards: Tell us about a book that epitomizes quality [Christian] faith - driven lit.

The timeless, spaceless qualities of this book have a universal appeal to peoples at every stage of culture when it is made available to them.

If work in America is as destructive as it is portrayed in this book, and if the quality of work in any society is indicative of the true nature of that society, then life in America in some substantive sense must be destructive, like work in America....

A key strength of this book is the quality of the scientific explanation.

These sundry books and articles (not to mention websites) are of varying quality.

While there are other examples of erratic quality in Wieman's work, it is especially regrettable that his last discussion of Whitehead's philosophy should fail to demonstrate the insight and sophistication evident in so many of the other chapters of the final book.

All told, The Heart of Virtue presents like few books on the subject both the extraordinarily rich texture and the heroic quality of the virtuous life.