Sentences with phrase «term costs of the books»

The price is too high when factoring the long - term costs of the books.

Not exact matches

In researching for his upcoming book on fulfilling work, Schulich's Burke found that Johnson & Johnson saw at least a $ 4 return on every dollar it spent on employee wellness initiatives in terms of lower health - care costs, less absenteeism and higher productivity.

Although there are few statistics on average annual costs for books and supplies, some sources place it as high as $ 1,200 per term, according to an NBC News report.Understandingly, the high cost of textbooks has students wondering if they can apply their student loan money toward the cost of supplies.

Just this month, the latest salvo — Leslie Bennetts's book «The Feminine Mistake,» a call - to - work warning women about the long - term costs of staying at home — hit the shelves with a bang, setting off another round of news stories, talk shows and cyberspace debates about the progress on the battlefront.

Although not specifically a biology book it is something that all biology students, even all science students, should dip into, especially the first contribution by Lester Brown that describes the costs of environmental degradation in economic terms and the pressing need to develop environmentally sustainable economics.

A webinar based on a sobering new book on the long - term cost of a stagnant U.S. education system with a presentation by authors Eric Hanushek (Hoover Institution), Paul E. Peterson (Harvard University) and Ludger Woessmann (University of Munich).

In the short term, the migration from print to ePub3 was less about the books that more interactivities and accessible content, but was much more towards slicing the cost of production and delivery of the book across the wide range of devices like tablets and smartphones that modern readers were using.

Once you've received a final quote for your project, there are usually terms listed or provided, such as whether payment is required up front (it usually is for new clients or authors), how long it will take to produce the books from the time you provide the files, what kind of proofs you'll receive, whether shipping costs are included or additional, and so on.

It may be tempting to just focus on short terms sales, but if you ignore the relationship - building aspect of book marketing (on blogs and social media), then this could hurt you in the long term and cost you valuable loyalty, advocacy and referrals.

I've never sold enough books at a con to make up even a fraction of the cost, but they're generally worth it for me because you do make some long - term fans, not to mention just getting to meet and hang out with some awesome and amazing people.

There are obvious long term cost savings for the sort of person who buys and reads a fair amount of books buying it in electronic book form.

The idea is that books can be sold at tremendously reduced costs or given away for free with the intention of making long term gains by making money on ad - clicks or people purchasing products.

You will need to consider the cost of the book vs. the long term benefits of being a published author.

The Tab S's three most critical competitors are the Editors» Choice Apple iPad Air, which still rules in terms of having the widest range of high - end games and streaming media services; the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9, a low - cost choice that streams Amazon video, which the Tab S can't do, and the hyper - productive Windows - powered Asus Transformer Book T100TA.

That can be important in making your books cost - effective in terms of print runs.

But if terms imposed on libraries were too lax — for instance by allowing a low cost or a large number of times that libraries could lend a book — then commercial booksellers would be undermined, an undesirable consequence regardless of whether or not publishers and authors are fairly compensated.

Is frenzied book promotion just not worth the effort as much anymore, because the costs are too high and there's not enough payoff in terms of book sales?

Mark went on to mention «If an author can earn the same or greater income selling lower cost books, yet reach significantly more readers, then, drum roll please, it means the authors who are selling higher priced books through traditional publishers are at an extreme disadvantage to indie authors in terms of long term platform building.

Penguin added the company was «concerned that Amazon's below - cost pricing strategy for certain new release titles would be detrimental to the long term health of the book industry.»»

With a comparable cost for a finished book, often what consumers would pay for an off - the - shelf purchase at the register, hopefully the EBM will make greater headway in terms of meeting the needs for both self - published authors and reading consumers.

What I mean is that although there may be cost - savings in terms of production, your time and effort will likely be wasted, and a poorly narrated audio book could ultimately taint your book.

But the cost to you is a loss of control, a huge loss in what you could potentially make in the long term on the work and yet you are still expected to market the book.

Jana, the first step I take with any book is to do a competitive analysis — see what other books in your genre / category are doing in terms of size, length, cost, etc..

If it is, in fact, trying to drive consumer prices down (and accept short - term losses) in order to be the only (or major) supplier of books to consumers and / or reseller of books from publishers, this can be viewed as predatory pricing — perhaps good for the consumer in the very short run, but less so in the long run, since there are significant fixed costs to establishing a similar e - book / bricks & mortar presence in the market, particularly in the light of Amazon's potential willingness to drop prices enough to make business untenable for the new entrant.

Lifted the historical justification for publishing houses existence (fronting the massive costs of print, promotion, distribution), the transition from «writers as providers of goods for publishers» to «publishing as a service for (or partnership with) authors» seems natural, at least where digital books are concerned, as the interests of writers, editors and readership can be more closely aligned in the latter model (depending on terms).

The term «profit» will be defined as net sales revenue minus deductions as follows: For print editions, deductions will include actual costs directly attributable to production and shipping of the book; for digital editions, Loveswept / Flirt will cover the cost of production.

If an author can earn the same or greater income selling lower cost books, yet reach significantly more readers, then, drum roll please, it means the authors who are selling higher priced books through traditional publishers are at an extreme disadvantage to indie authors in terms of long term platform building.

It is a book about why long - term investing serves you far better than short - term speculation; about the value of diversification; about the powerful role of investment costs; about the perils of relying a fund's past performance and ignoring the principle of reversion (or regression) to the mean (RTM) in investing; and about how financial markets work.

Although there are few statistics on average annual costs for books and supplies, some sources place it as high as $ 1,200 per term, according to an NBC News report.Understandingly, the high cost of textbooks has students wondering if they can apply their student loan money toward the cost of supplies.

However, in the short term, many American families find the costs of college — from tuition to housing to books and supplies — outside of what they can afford.

As for VOF itself, it trades on a 0.81 Price / Book multiple, despite an aggressive & ongoing share buyback programme — I see plenty of gains ahead in terms of NAV growth & discount compression, as Vietnam continues to leverage & benefit from its labour / cost export advantage, and (just as importantly) its burgeoning domestic consumer economy.

On emergence, the company had a book value of about $ 38 / share (remember this represents «fresh start accounting value», an estimate of true asset value at the time of exit from bankruptcy, not a historical cost number) and about $ 0.9 billion in long - term debt vs. pre-petition debt of $ 4.8 billion

If any member of your party is prevented from travelling, that person (s) may be able to transfer their place to someone else (introduced by you, satisfying all the conditions applicable to the arrangements and subject to approval by any of our supplier (s)-RRB- providing we are notified not less than 60 days before departure or 90 days or more prior to departures for cruise and private train holidays and you pay a minimum amendment fee of # 40 per person transferring, and you meet all costs and charges incurred by us and / or incurred or imposed by any of our suppliers and the transferee agrees to these booking conditions and all other terms of the contract between us.

Booking in advance also means you can fix your price for your chosen all inclusive package and get the maximum value in terms of quality and cost.

If time isn't of the essence, travel slowly by booking a local homestay or minimize the costs of long - term travel by volunteering (some programs offer free accommodation and / or food) or working abroad (check visa restrictions).

[I] f you find a room price (room rate) and total room cost (including all taxes and fees) publicly available on the internet on a non-IHG Website (as defined below) within 24 hours of booking, that is either the same as or lower than «Your Rate» for a Matching Room on Matching Terms (as defined below) on an IHG Website, IHG will provide your first night's room price free and, if the rate found is lower, match the lower average nightly room price found for that stay for the remaining nights of that stay

Above is a table I pulled together for a blog last year when cash & points became available to book online and it shows what each category of Hyatt property would cost in terms of Hyatt points and Hyatt Points combined with cash.

You may be surprised which one costs you less in terms of total points and cash required to book the tickets.

Although one of the founding members of Star Alliance, the airline makes its First Class Suite awards exclusively available to members of its own frequent flyer program, KrisFlyer, and unfortunately it costs a fortune in terms of KrisFlyer miles to book a First Class Suite.

In economic terms, a substitute is any product or service that so closely resembles another product or service in terms of its cost and its outcomes and its procedures that it is really immaterial whether you use one or the other and in the book, I used the example of McDonald's and Burger King.

nQueue, the only truly global cost recovery provider and a leading provider of document scanning and routing solutions, today announced record results both in terms of revenue and new bookings in the fourth quarter of 2013.

A surrender charge is levied on policy holders upon cancellation of their policy before maturity; i.e. the pre-defined length of the policy term, and is designed to cover the cost of keeping the policy on an insurer's books.