Sentences with phrase «skim readers»

Skim readers are a reality though, so it's essential that you understand the paths our eyes take and make sure these areas include powerful verbiage.

Skim readers usually only have time to read the first bullet below a job title.

Today's skim readers seldom get passed the first bullet in the interview.

Your best shot at success incorporates an understanding of how today's online, skim readers will review yours.

Today's skim readers often never get past the first bullet during the first review.

Today's skim readers often never get past the first bullet on the first read.

Structure your copy so skim readers don't miss the best bits.

Lots of readers are skim readers (I'm one)-- they'll appreciate the ease of reading.

You might have stated it but since I'm a skim reader I might have missed it!

«Skimming reader comments on Amazon, I never cease to be amazed by the arcane expertise lurking in the crowd; somebody, somewhere, knows everything about something, no matter how mind - twistingly obscure.

Today's skim reader spends 6 to 10 seconds on the first pass and is most likely to take a peek on a screen.

A skim reader who comes across a heavy block of text is apt to skip it altogether.

In other words, don't bury your achievements below your list of responsibilities — the skim reader may never get to it!

«Marketing»... it is «not» OK to just say anything, especially in print, in order to corral word skimming readers into buying one's products or services.

Not exact matches

As such, readers looking for a business case study may end up doing a lot of skimming.

The wise reader will skim the first 450 pages and move directly to the vicious fight over Brandeis» nomination and his years on the Supreme Court, where both the story and Urofsky's prose gain speed and interest.

TLT reader and friend Mara sent me this interesting story from NPR's The Salt blog which indicates that there could be a surprising link between skim milk consumption and excess weight gain in childhood.

Website readers tend to skim rather than read.

We basically leveraged the strengths of text (in - depth information, search - engine friendliness, easy skimming for readers) AND the strengths of video (strong visuals, emotional impact).

The book skims too lightly over the surface to interest most science enthusiasts, and religious readers are likely to be put off by the barbed comments.

After all the work and time spent preparing that document, it's hard to believe that a reader could skim right over an important section or fail to get that far.

Most of the readers skim though their favorite websites during their lunch break and before sleep.

There is room for a subtle petticoat underneath if desired, as I've demonstrated by wearing one in the pictures above, but otherwise it's a dress that will hang and skim pleasantly, something I know a lot of my readers prefer over a big skirt.

Dating profile readers generally assess your photos, skim through the profile, reading between the lines of what you're NOT saying as much as what you are.

I provided my highlighted and underlined copy not to influence readers with what I found important or interesting but as a courtesy to those who might need to skim, rather than read, the 172 pages.

Millions of readers protested that they liked the weight of books, the smell, the ability to skim and flip to their hearts» content.

If a skimming scrolling reader can't quickly find the answer to «what's in it for me?»

An interested reader will skim the back cover copy or the online description, and if they need a little something more to convince them to buy your book, they'll read the first page.

Since there are so many freebies available on any given day, it's not unusual for a reader to just skim through the covers of the books being offered.

Readers / users will find resources only in the chapters they go to skim and may not read other chapters at all.

Plus, when people skim your book, they will often glance at this material to decide whether to buy your book so it can also sell your book to potential readers that way.

One of the currently free titles on their website is an ebook about skim boarding (similar to body surfing) that is still written at a grade level for lower ability readers while maintaining a higher interest level.

The problem is, a lot of the right readers may just skim the Amazon page and see that a negative, 3 star review has been voted «most helpful» and assume incorrectly that the book must not be any good.

Just like readers looking at Amazon, we quickly skim through the listings hoping to see a cover and title that leap out at us.

The Kindle Manga Reader features 32 GB of internal memory and a new Ultra-Fast Skimming engine that dramatically enhances the page turn speed when reading manga and e-books.

Readers may skim the more arcane aspects of the labor - intensive work, focusing instead on the emotionally rich and often humorous dynamics of Summer's relationship with her old - fashioned but endearing grandparents and her troubled younger brother.

I love the built in dictionary option of the Kindle for the young reader no more hopeing the child wants badly enough to understand a word they may have skimmed over because it's at a good part and they don't want to have to put the book down and go look up the word in the dictionary.

«Google Play Books is the world's largest ebookstore and offers readers like you smart technology that caters to your lifestyle — where you can start reading a book on your tablet at night and pick up where you left off the next day from your smartphone, as well as easily browse, skim, highlight and make notes,» said Google in a blog post.

Readers will generally read the first sentence of your paragraph, then decide if they want to keep reading it or skim to the next one.

Once you've researched what eBooks are already available and have skimmed the reviews, start looking in the reviews for what readers wish the book contained.

Additional e-readers have begun to skim the $ 150 price - point, including the Kobo, which is marketed through Borders and sells for $ 149, and Sony's Reader Pcoet Edition, which retails for $ 169.

«Stirring the curiosity of readers is a vital part of bookselling; skimming a few strange pages is surely as important as making one click.»

Finding worthwhile stuff there is a lot of word - of - mouth and skimming the free samples, but it's a hard slug — hard enough to me to feel sympathy for all those slush - pile readers of old.

When possible, use subheadings for those readers who simply want to skim a page to determine their interest in it.

Online readers tend to skim content, so make it easy for them to read it.

Part two of that advice is that if you find yourself skimming, or anything bores you, it'll bore your readers too so cut it.

The browsing reader you've worked so hard to attract will click away after they've skimmed the post they were looking for.

Other little improvements, which will be included in the software when the device ships: Kindle PageFlip, which lets readers skim through a book without losing their place, a «Vocabulary Builder» that lets users quiz themselves on the words they had to look up while reading, and «Smart Lookup,» which «integrates a full dictionary definition with other reference information about a word, character, topic or book via X-Ray and Wikipedia.»

Amazon's introducing an update to the Kindle and its apps to bring a new feature that should please readers who like to skim through a book, or can't withstand the suspense and want to skip over a few pages.

Eighteen million readers and writers around the world spend 4.5 - billion minutes a month publishing, collaborating and skimming text on Wattpad, the biggest under - the - radar e-literature community on the web.