Sentences with phrase «think about bookstores»

It's worrying to think about bookstores disappearing but what if that means that we had our own little libraries and bookstores at home?

Not exact matches

I thought he meant a few cities convenient to Albuquerque, so you can imagine my surprise when I discovered that I would be doing 12 cooking demonstrations, plus numerous media and bookstore appearances that encompassed 18 days and about 10,000 miles of air travel!

Think for a moment, about how you browse and buy books in the bookstore or on Amazon — books written by authors you're not yet familiar with.

About the only ones of us who choose 40 % are those who are both still optimistic about getting onto bookshelves and confused into thinking that 40 % is the discount that bookstores will recAbout the only ones of us who choose 40 % are those who are both still optimistic about getting onto bookshelves and confused into thinking that 40 % is the discount that bookstores will recabout getting onto bookshelves and confused into thinking that 40 % is the discount that bookstores will receive.

The author is thinking about opening a bookstore in Chicago called Artists Books.

Now think about what happens when you walk into a bookstore: oftentimes, you walk in with a purpose, quickly looking up the book that was recommended by a friend or has been sitting in your GoodReads queue for ages.

This is vastly different from the old ways of thinking in publishing and how publishers still think about sales to bookstores.

Once your book has steady sales, is climbing the bestseller ranks, is getting new and valuable reviews, then you can think about going with Lightning Source — although if it's good enough to be in bookstores, and your sales are strong enough, a publisher will come to you, making it a mute point.

I basically agree with your reaction, but when I think about how much I hope independent bookstores survive it makes me think this boost from Kindles might be a potent tool, if customers knew in advance what they were getting into.

However, I think Lulu has a long way to go in promoting its bookstore (everything else about lulu is superb).

A lot of good information here to chew on, and some good thoughts about approaching bookstores.

I think we will always have brick - and - mortar bookstores in some form or fashion, but it's clear that the heyday of the big - box chain bookstore is just about over.

Have you ever thought about pulling this in a bookstore?

Although it's nice to think about your book on display at your local Barnes & Noble bookstore, most of your book's success depends on how easy it is for prospective readers to discover it while searching for information online.

Thinking locally and regionally about events / bookstores / series can also help increase your visibility and network.

Think about what you do when you look at a book in the bookstore or a library.

Robin Cutler [00:05:54] I tell authors when they're thinking, even before they finish writing their book they should think about where it would be placed on a shelf in a bookstore or in a library, and really go and look at those books like where exactly you think your book would be shelved.

I was surprised to find a non-fiction book from another Portland author in the bookstore, which kicked my mind into gear thinking about how I could get my own books stocked here.

«Paperback scored very well over hardback for bookstore discovery, and I think what's happened here is people were hearing about Gone Girl and going into the bookstore without having to discover it.»

With her superb third novel about to arrive in bookstores, does Ruth Ozeki think of herself as creating a body of work, an oeuvre, so to speak?

What are your thoughts about the evolution of bookstores, distributors, libraries, and other intermediaries?

Shatzkin's article, More thoughts about the future of bookstores, triggered by Barnes & Noble's own predictions for itself, plays off the news of B&N retail group CEO Mitch Klipper's announcement that Barnes and Noble looks to close some 20 stores per year for the next 10 years.

In the bookstore I tend to wander around and think about if I * really * need a book.

I think the author has visited or lived on Nantucket and found the perfect setting for a love story about the importance of bookstores, the transformative power of reading, and the ability of people to change.

But at the same time, do I expect every indie publisher to even think about doing what I suggested in # 9 and sell books to indie bookstores?

If cyberspace fails to be the time - wasting stagger - down - the - aisles - and - sit - on - the - bookstore - floor - reading approach of the bookshop, I say bravo for asking us to get a grip, get off the floor, think for ourselves, do a little research, use the damned samples, and order and buy books like discerning readers do, not like sheep who backed into the Philosophy session and fell over what Sartre meant about responsibility.

Unless you are thinking about getting a physical copy of your book into bookstores, you won't need an ISBN.

-LSB-...] Discussions about the «resurgence» of print and the comeback of independent bookstores amounts to wishful thinking, not an understanding of the industry.

AH: When thinking about what direction to take for cover design, you need to begin by looking at the future of the industry: online bookstores.

Chimerical post-script: Not completely sure where it fits in, but I think it does: Robin and José Afonso Furtado pointed me to this post by Mike Shatzkin about the future of bookselling, arguing (I'm paraphrasing) that with online retailers like Amazon obliterating physical bookstores, we need a new kind of intermediary that helps curate and consolidate books for the consumer, «powered» by Amazon.

But they won't even think about hosting me in their bookstore or inviting me up to speak to their students — because while they won't say it, I'm not a «real author» as I don't have some fancy publisher to back me.

«Switch your head around and think about the viewpoint of the bookstore, the library and the literary organization.

You should think of using these instructions as you would think about using a legal reference book you found in a bookstore or at the library.