The phrase
"to throw the book" means to punish someone strictly and harshly according to the rules or laws written in a book or set of guidelines. It usually implies giving the maximum possible punishment.
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Whether you just
throw the book out there or fight to get it ready for publication can significantly impact the fate of your book.
All you're doing is
throwing a book in my face, and there is NO way that the book can be verified as being «true» by ANY sense of the word.
A fun and effective way to promote your book offline is by
throwing a book launch party where all of the attention is focused on you, your brand and your books.
It sure would be nice if we could
just throw our books out there and watch them sell like hot cakes.
Have unconventional habits such as turning switches on and off,
throwing books down from the shelves, or putting their paws in a printer to try to pick out the paper.
Both self - published and traditionally published
authors throw their books out there like the proverbial message in a bottle, hoping the waves carry them to readers everywhere.
Knowing that there are other options to book publishing
beyond throwing my books at a traditional publisher gave me some hope.
An important thing with teenagers, is to cover their interests, you have to
keep throwing books at them until they find something that matches up with what they're interested in.
However, the missing characters were so overcome with their addictions that I think it would have
thrown the book off course.
You can
even throw a book event in real life in order to get people in one place where you can hand out cards or collect e-mails.
I join many people in saying I hope the
law throws the book at you and if they do nt then there is no justice in this world.
People carry books around with them, give books space in their homes, don't like to
throw books away, and give books freely.
They need to
throw the book at her for committing a criminal act, not for her religious belief.
Forged by Climax Group, the idea behind Bloodforge was quite possibly conceived by a boardroom full of designers
throwing books of ancient Greek and Celtic mythology at each other whilst God of War and Arnie's Conan films played in the background.
President Obama and Joe Biden's rally in Philadelphia was quite a scene: first there was a streaker, and then
someone threw a book at the President's head.
Saying former City Councilman Dan Halloran knowingly perjured himself at trial, a federal
judge threw the book at the disgraced politician on Wednesday — sentencing him to 10 years behind bars for masterminding a failed $ 200,000 bribery scheme to buy the 2013 Republican mayoral line for then - Democratic state Sen. Malcolm Smith.
But I'm wondering if it's worth my while to open an Ingram Sparks account and go to the effort of
throwing books up there when they don't tend to move much as it is.
He smears the pages with bacon grease,
then throws the book on the ground and goes out of his way to trample it every time he walks by.
She and Valterra had talked
about throwing a book party when they publish the print version through Amazon's CreateSpace program, which is currently planned for later this month.
The Judge, as Landis liked to be called, was a fierce patriot, famous
for throwing the book at alleged seditionists during World War I.
In this book, you'll discover why these ten clichés make
readers throw their books across the room and their remotes at their TVs, from the ever - present «gunshot to the shoulder» to the ubiquitous «knocking out the henchmen.»
The book is available through Amazon (or CreateSpace) I make a LOT more through CreateSpace, but if you just happen to have a cart at Amazon and feel
like throwing book 3 in, I still do alright.
Many new authors don't understand this and unfortunately in today's ebook world, it's all too easy to complete that first draft and
throw the book right up on Amazon.
Having a book production schedule filled with the right tasks in the right order, will not only result in a professionally produced product and enough time to plan your release, but will also reduce your stress, and ensure you're not
throwing your book into the sky and hoping for the best.
One night when he was reading Being and Nothingness by Jean - Paul Sartre,
Mackey threw the book on the ground, dropped the course the next day, and decided he'd never read another book he didn't want to read.
Sometimes we love our people in the name of Christ, enduring just about everything with them, and sometimes we love them
by throwing the Book at them.
Wow, «you're a bigot for calling me a bigot» — no, you're a bigot for saying that I can't be gay because you want to
metaphorically throw the book at me.
Later in the Life, Willibald described how, after Boniface's martyrdom, the
Frisians threw his books into the swamps, disgusted at the low quality of their loot.
The authors affirm that it's not just your baby who doesn't seem to care that much about books, it's not just your toddler who wants to
throw the books more than listen to them, and it's not just you who feels like reading to your child is a big waste of time since your child doesn't do more than gum the book.
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