Sentences with phrase «opportunity for more books»

Yesterday I celebrated my birthday and there are few things I ever want more than the opportunity for more books.

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Roberta Matuson, a Boston - based business consultant and author of the 2013 book Talent Magnetism, says small firms need not be bound to rigid formal HR processes, which creates the opportunity for more creative hiring practices.

So instead of being a prescriptive book that says, «Follow these steps and this will happen,» it's more like, «Open your mind to the possibilities and the fact that there might be more opportunity today for a different kind of leadership than there was in the past.»

Instead of the user going to the web and facing endless opportunity for booking rooms, these companies can build more loyal users with their icon sitting in plain view on a person's desktop.

The real estate mogul has cannily understood that despite polling that indicates most Americans see free trade as more of an opportunity than a threat, a large and motivated minority of voters have been yearning for a politician to call into question whether the trade deals we have on the books are good for American workers.

I feel so blessed to be able to do what I love for a living, and I'd like to get a few more books under my belt (as well as pursue more speaking opportunities) before embarking on the full - time motherhood journey.

The modest revival of interest in medieval philosophy in the past forty years might augur a change in fortunes for reasoned discussion of how to understand God's role in all three religions, but one finishes these two lucid books far more aware of lost opportunities than of newfound hope.

The book is devised so that it can be used individually or by a small group, the latter being the more obvious intended use, thus affording an opportunity for both scriptural and liturgical catechesis.

As it is — surely the FA should be having a word about the fact they had 2 bookings for diving as well as numerous other opportunities where the ref was more lenient (cough) Young (cough).

This was an opportunity for James Pallotta to plant the flag and declare AS Roma as a club that values its homegrown stars more than pawns to balance the books.

The ultimate consequence of this is that Gibbs will have to take a leaf out of his rival's book and bide his time on the bench until an opportunity emerges for him to stake a claim for a starting place once more.

This is a wonderful opportunity for you to ask your questions and round out the book with even more clarity.

For more opportunities to win a Little Hearts Handbook, follow Little Hearts / Gentle Parenting Resources by subscribing to receive updates from this website, on Face Book, Pinterest, and Twitter.

If you try writing down what you and your children do in any one day, including all questions they ask, any time you read to them, cooking, laundry, going for walks etc, you'll probably find many educational opportunities that are not related to text - books or school «subjects», but are all the more valuable for that.

But even for parents whose kids are a decade or more away from college graduation, this book offers an opportunity to think about the kind of relationship you want with your kids when they do grow up.

The book doesn't so much delve into that and I had more questions about how, but one thing it discusses is the helicopter - parented child who never has to figure anything out for himself, gets to college and after college and doesn't really know how to make things happen because he's never been given the opportunity / challenge or had certain character traits instilled.

The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World is a new book that considers the technologically focused life many of us live, with its impacts on our children, relationships, communities, health, work, and more, and suggests opportunities for those of us longing to cultivate a richer on - and off - line existence.

Thank you for the opportunity to win her first book («first» because I know more will follow!).

This is a benefit for teachers as they do not have to book resources in advance, and also facilitates more opportunities for pupil - led learning.

Some teachers may feel threatened by being unable to identify specific species, but it is possible to turn this into identification of the differences between different types of leaf, for instance, with an opportunity to reference a book or more informed individual at a later point.

For more on how we can leverage the Common Core as an opportunity for deeper learning, readers can consider the book, Transforming Schools Using Project - Based Learning, Performance Assessment, and Common Core StandarFor more on how we can leverage the Common Core as an opportunity for deeper learning, readers can consider the book, Transforming Schools Using Project - Based Learning, Performance Assessment, and Common Core Standarfor deeper learning, readers can consider the book, Transforming Schools Using Project - Based Learning, Performance Assessment, and Common Core Standards.

An obvious advantage of a higher family income is that it enables parents to spend more money on books, computers, high - quality child care, summer camps, music lessons, private schooling, and other enrichment opportunities for their children.

While there are many initiatives that can be implemented in our schools to begin to offer opportunities for our students to grow and learn in different ways, these just scratch the surface of the more important theme of the book — shifting the culture of our schools to utilize technology as a tool to enhance learning and achievement.

As a movement, knowledge - rich schooling has the potential to promote excellence, inspire passion, and enhance educational equity — particularly for children from homes with limited access to books and fewer opportunities than their more affluent peers to travel or visit museums.

In our book, Using Quality Feedback to Guide Professional Learning: A Framework for Instructional Leaders, we offer more professional learning opportunities and ideas.

Opened in 2013, e3 Civic High is located within the San Diego Public Library, providing its students with access to more than 1.2 million books and many opportunities for educational collaboration.

«If you are a teacher looking to improve your craft to provide more meaningful opportunities for students, then this is your book.

She believed that knowledge is constructed through interaction with the more knowledgeable others in a community, and that Book Club program created a lot more opportunities for students to develop their literacy knowledge and skills by reading good literature, writing responses to the texts, sharing / discussing their responses with each other, and constructing meanings collaboratively.

In marketing and promotion, the growth of social media means there are a lot more opportunities for writers to become more active partners in promoting their books and reaching their readership.

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Once people are aware that a book would benefit their business because of building credibility, more exposure and more opportunities, then they start looking for solutions.

There are more opportunities for authors now than ever before, which means many more books in the marketplace.

If there are many other books covering the same material, the opportunity for one more book on the topic is limited.

For color book publishers, this dichotomy creates more opportunity but also more of a dilemma.

The best opportunities are in «hybrid» publishing, which means, doing the things that make you the most money and build your author platform (those two things are not identical, and often even at odds: as in, you may give one book away for free to reach new readers, and make money on other books you charge more on).

There are many new opportunities in the digital age to bring value into the community of the comic book store... but there has to be some motivating factors for retailers to get excited, and for customers to want to participate — we think we have solutions to those problems, and we'll be getting more into that early this year.

Self - publishing has not only democratized publishing, it has opened up the opportunity for authors to publish at low or no cost, own all the rights, control the pricing and timetable for publishing, and get their books listed for sale and distribution on major outlets and platforms — e.g. Amazon, kindle, nook, other e-readers, Google and more.

However, they bear all the hallmarks of an income - producing awards program: a high entry fee (currently $ 95, increased from $ 75 for earlier entries; you also have to send two books), a laundry list of entry categories (30 in all); minimal prizes (winners and runners - up get a medal, plus some stickers and «awards marketing material»); and the opportunity to purchase additional merchandise (more stickers, extra medals, duplicate certificates).

Now I'm back for more on this book, because the author offered to share her family's traditional German Stollen recipe — and naturally I jumped at the opportunity!

«Offering books in the Windows Store is one of the highest potential sales channels to come to the market in several years; it will be a great opportunity for our publishers to get their books into more readers» hands across multiple devices.»

Resources like Lulu, the leader in self - publishing, make it easier than ever for authors to take advantage of the great opportunities eBooks bring to sell more books and reach more readers — absolutely free.

If you're an author who hasn't booked interviews before, or even if you are an author who has experience in doing media interviews, here are some tips for getting even more interview opportunities:

On the one hand, there should be more and better opportunities for writers to see their works produced and brought to an audience; maybe aspiring authors should start querying book app companies like Smashing Ideas and Padworx right alongside agents and publishers.

The main purpose of our new report, «Ebook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those models.

There are more venues for writing, more educational opportunities, more people writing, more books being published each year, and more ways to be published.

Literary Agent Undercover is only for authors who understand the benefits of traditional publishing: no financial risk because someone else is paying for the privilege of publishing your book; a higher quality product thanks to a top - notch editor and cover designer; more profit due to better sales, distribution, and publicity; subsidiary rights opportunities like merchandising, translations, TV, feature film, etc; increased credibility and more book reviews; and the ability to spend more time writing, promoting, and doing what you love.

It appears that agents and publishers are actively exploring these pathways and finding more global opportunities for their books and authors.

Adding keywords to your ebook listing offers more opportunities for readers to find your book.

In 2013 we started focusing more on books promotion and marketing because market changes led to a great opportunity for anyone willing to focus on connecting authors with readers efficiently and smoothly

In the current landscape, the trick is standing out, creating more opportunities for selling your book.