Sentences with phrase «out of the library because»

And I tried to explain that people who think themselves capable of setting up rigid moral standards are playing dictator, like the occasional prideful people who attempt to get Winnie - the - Pooh taken out of the library because they think it's immoral.

Not exact matches

As I point out in Darwin on Trial, molecular biologists even now use the language of intelligent communication (information, libraries, translation) because there is no other way to depict what they are seeing.

I was completely terrified and i ran out of the library saying to myself I'll never be the same again because these words had tainted my mind and now they would haunt me... I hated this....

I write because I've just done a double - take seeing a photo of you in an email from LibraryElf (great service which reminds me when library books are due, check it out online!)

They caught Kevin Spacey because of the books he checked out of the library, but you don't think they can trace a computer - to - computer interaction?

«He opened it with the key which he had kept on his chain, and its contents began to slide out - a Penguin on Mediaeval Customs, a collection of statistics for exports in 1946, a speech, carefully typed and tabulated, which he had failed to deliver because he hadn't been called, a library book on constitutional government, an unopened letter from an eccentric who used to write to him every day, a few newspaper cuttings, three copies of Hansard, a United Nations report, a grey tie, a clutter of invitations to Mr and Mrs Michael Erskine, and a powder - compact which Jane had once left in the House.»

We may be living in an information age, but New York City's public school students are being cheated out of the skills they need to evaluate, process and analyze information because school libraries and librarian positions are drastically underfunded, UFT Assistant Secretary Robert Astrowsky told a City Council hearing on May 6.

We weren't so much on different pages as we were in different books (maybe even different libraries) and it was the most devastating feeling because neither of us could figure out how the fuck we got there.

Perhaps the reason Nintendo hasn't advertised much yet is because they know hardcore Nintendo fans will all have one creating a sizable install base and then when Sony and Microsoft come out with their new systems THEN Nintendo will push advertisements to the general public so it will look like a new console with the bugs fixed large game Eshop indie and virtual console library AND the cheapest of the three.

There was also big news that Australia's government is spending 500 million dollars to rescue the Great Barrier Reef and a university in Melbourne was evacuated because of a toxic gas leak (which turned out to be stinky rotting fruit in a library cupboard).

I choose not to have a teachers degree because as soon as you do in schools you are pulled out of the library to relieve for the teachers who are sick or absent.

Third, because families are the primary source of support for children's learning and development, community schools prioritize reaching out to parents and other family members to see what resources they need — from books to visiting nurse programs to mobile libraries and workforce development opportunities — and encourage them to be involved in the life of the school.

District workers who lack library training and collection management are entering libraries and removing of books that had been rarely checked out or were older than 2000, including classics, often without the knowledge or input of the librarian on staff, because they are on summer holidays.

My local library has OverDrive, and I never use it, because they treat e-books like print books: The library buys a limited number of copies, and each book can only be checked out by one patron at a time, so when I go to look for a book, it's never available.

I have talked extensively to the administration of the American Library Association about their efforts to get more favorable e-book pricing and they told me that «The reason why publishers are so hostile to libraries is because the e-Books are loaned out to people who might otherwise be customers, they the publishers need to compensate for those perceived losses.»

Libraries say they're being cut out of the market because publishers are afraid they could lose money selling e-books to lLibraries say they're being cut out of the market because publishers are afraid they could lose money selling e-books to librarieslibraries.

(Also, the more speaking you do at libraries, the better your bookstore sales will be, because at least some of the patrons who come hear about your book at your library talk will then go out and purchase the book at their local bookstore.

Because our school is in the midst of a 1:1 iPad implementation, it became critical to figure out how to deliver «library» books to students, and an e-library seemed an important way to reduce costs for students who might otherwise end up...

The library near me is really small and isn't even open 7 days a week, and if they can only afford a handful of authors, they may want to spread out their authors among multiple genres as they want author events to draw in new people because they are «names.»

Mark's comment about writers should be donating books to our local libraries struck a chord because the Riverside Regional Library that had a mobile unit in the summer time made a reader out of me when they came through my part of the country that was miles from a library.

As a child without knowledge of sensors or security, Margaret used to imagine herself hiding in the library until it was closed, then sneaking out into the stacks and reading all night... because she loves stories!

I know at least a couple library systems across the US from me ordered some of my own books, for example, because I've had readers tell me they found my books in their local library, liked the covers, and tried them out and are now fans who are going on to buy more of my work.

Amazon is likely getting out of the library business with their sole client because they have developed their own Kindle Lending Library and more recently their Kindle Unlimited subscription system.

My friend was interested in reading the Koran because of current events but she was AFRAID TO CHECK IT OUT OF THE LOCAL LIBRARof current events but she was AFRAID TO CHECK IT OUT OF THE LOCAL LIBRAROF THE LOCAL LIBRARY!

We got her a Nook last year, and she's able to check out ebooks, but it is kind of a hassle (I finally made a check - list to walk her through the process, because she has to use Adobe Digital Editions and such to get a library book onto her Nook) and, of course, selection is limited.

If profit is the problem, perhaps if the producers didn't price them so unreasonably high, we would be buying them instead of checking them out from the library for free — they will definitely make less money if no one buys them at all because they cost more than solid gold.

Because how do you tell people, «Well this great device that works really well, and it's the smoothest check - out process of any device or format that we offer here in the library — but it violates your privacy, it jeopardizes your intellectual freedom, and, you know, it might kinda be against state law, but I'm not really sure.»

That might not be a bad idea, because it could encourage libraries to try you out, even if they've never heard of you.

I have one child who loves to read on a nook because she can carry the entire library with her and doesn't have to worry about running out of books.

It's great because not only are you getting the word out about your book... you are getting reviews by bloggers... and libraries are receiving it so that instead of one person buying your book... hundreds will have the opportunity to read it... and perhaps love it enough to buy a copy... a win / win / win situation.

My partner bought me my kindle as a birthday present about 7 years ago because my library was getting out of control.

Because our school is in the midst of a 1:1 iPad implementation, it became critical to figure out how to deliver «library» books to students, and an e-library seemed an important way to reduce costs for students who might otherwise end up individually purchasing every reading title they need.

However, figuring out who the library supervisor is in a given district can be a real challenge because of the multiplicity of titles under which the position exists.

Of course, we know that being in libraries increase sales because it reduces risk, especially for new, unknown or underknown writers or those of us who write nonfiction and are not always sought out for our name but for our subjecOf course, we know that being in libraries increase sales because it reduces risk, especially for new, unknown or underknown writers or those of us who write nonfiction and are not always sought out for our name but for our subjecof us who write nonfiction and are not always sought out for our name but for our subject.

If Amazon wish to rule out the potential library market because of perceived sterotypes, that's their choice, however shortsighted it is.

«There is not much out there in workshops dedicated to e-books because of the wariness in approaching this new form that doesn't seem to be too library friendly,» she wrote.

Plus, you're less likely to worry that you're going to lose your entire library because Amazon or Apple aren't going out of business while it's possible that a small startup like Comixology may.

In an open letter to librarians explaining its switch to limit the number of check - outs a library can offer on an e-book, HarperCollins said that its previous policy of «selling e-books to libraries in perpetuity, if left unchanged, would undermine the emerging e-book eco-system, hurt the growing e-book channel, place additional pressure on physical bookstores, and in the end lead to a decrease in book sales and royalties paid to authors.9 Similarly, Simon & Schuster's executive vice president and chief digital officer Elinor Hirschhorn says that the company does not make its e-books available to libraries at all because «[w] e're concerned that authors and publishers are made whole by library e-lending and that they aren't losing sales that they might have made in another channel.»

«Libraries say they're being cut out of the market because publishers are afraid they can lose money selling e-books to libraries,» says Lynn Neary in a new report on NPR oLibraries say they're being cut out of the market because publishers are afraid they can lose money selling e-books to libraries,» says Lynn Neary in a new report on NPR olibraries,» says Lynn Neary in a new report on NPR on Monday.

I envy Canadian authors because they get a royalty each time one of their books is checked out of a Canadian library, or an e-book uploaded.

You have some flexibility; for example, if you hit your monthly entertainment budget early in a month because you go to a concert, visit the library for the rest of the month to check out books and DVDs for free.

I've seen his library checkouts, video rentals, online dating profiles, and even his pay stubs, all because he bizarrely started using this address out of the blue and thus effectively sending them to me.

Going out and visiting school and libraries is my favorite part of the job because that's when I actually get to see the impact we are having on the children.

Wii owners would do well to spend the $ 30 on this game and add it to their library, because it's simply one of the best games that's come out this year.

Perfect for those of you wanting to get hold of Ninty's to try out its extensive library, or perhaps for those of you thinking ahead a few months (because, damn, it's nearly that time of year again.)

That honour belongs to the plain old PlayStation 4 Slim, because most people don't own a 4K TV yet, are only going to want to shell out on one console and will want the best library of titles to play with it.

A 73 - year old woman in Oregon purchased 22 copies of Plan B 2.0, half of which went to her library because when she went to check out the book she found there were 11 other people ahead of her in line.

I took all the required courses, but discovered acting and the wonders of the arts, and the joys of serendipity, of finding out things you can't explain or understand because you were wandering the library stacks and found Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness.

Whatever good comes out of a library comes about because of the relationships among its users and its sources.

I suspect that we frequently opt to hold training sessions in the library because it is more convenient for US — we don't have to move out of our safe place.