Sentences with phrase «smaller than much of the competition»

Not exact matches

Never mind the competition for his place in the Arsenal team and the financial implications, there is also the small matter of Liverpool being much more likely to be in the Champions League than Arsenal next season.

Hanna and Cardillo also found that rats» impact was most pronounced on small mammals — those weighing less than 2.7 kilograms — although the scientists are unsure how much of this influence was due to direct predation as opposed to competition for food and other resources or disease spread.

A small press like Sullivan Street Press is up against competition from the larger publishers who can promise writers much more than we can in terms of advances and even marketing.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

The Sony Xperia Tablet S is doubly handy as a single - hander tablet because it's a little smaller and lighter than much of the competition too.

There are still many smaller retail operations out there that are doing much more than holding their own in the face of increased competition from not only bigger brick - and - mortar competitors, but also internet - based outlets that wield low prices and convenience like weapons.

The game has its moments, but never really becomes more than a short burst of time filling between major games, at the best of times it just works, other times it can get glitchy, sure it's easy to control the bike, but for one reason or another the AI can't do it to save their lives, it doesn't help that their as light as a small child and have about as much physical tolerance as one too, one hit can be all you need to dethrone your competition only for them to get back up and get stuck in a wall, or to the back of a parked car.

But even though that's wider than some of its Android competition, on the wrist it feels much smaller than any smartwatch I've used, with the possible exception of the original Pebble.