Sentences with phrase «unknown author of this book»

The unknown author of this book was writing at time when his Jewish heritage was encountering challenges from Greek critical thought, and he expressed here his sense of uncertainty.

The unknown author of this book had the temerity to challenge this assumption in a drama in which God agreed to let Satan test the loyalty of Job, a righteous man, by stripping him of his possessions, his children, and his health.

Not exact matches

The Bible was written by 40 + authors (some are unknown), comprising 66 individual books, and its writing spanned a period of 1400 years.

While contextually, some of the Bible has been proven accurate (mostly in terms of a few archeological and geographical artifacts), it is a book primarily written by dozens of unknown authors, some of them claiming to be people they were not.

I had read much of Borges's work, including many relatively unknown essays and reviews, as I prepared to write a dissertation on his «Libros y autores extranjeros» («Foreign Books and Authors»), a biweekly column he published from 1936 - 39 in the Buenos Aires magazine El Hogar.

She is the author of We See the Moon, a book for connecting with not - present or unknown birthparents, and I Don't Have Your Eyes, a book that finds commonality on the inside when the outside looks different.

Pamela Weintraub is a senior editor at DISCOVER and author of Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Disease Epidemic, for which she won the Medical Writers Association Book Award in 2009.

Pema Chödrön is an American - born Buddhist nun and the author of many spiritual classics, including When Things Fall Apart (Shambhala, 2000), and the new book, Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better: Wise Advice for Leaning into the Unknown (Sounds True, September 2015).

The book takes the form of a journal, and the player can — eventually — pick and choose their path with a certain amount of freedom from the previous adventurers of a currently - unknown author.

Andrew J. Coulson directs the Cato Institute's Center for Educational Freedom and is author of the study: Comparing Public, Private, and Market Schools: The International Evidence, and the book Market Education: The Unknown History.

# 54 of The Writing Coach podcast, I speak with author and entrepreneur Jason B. Ladd about his new book for indie authors, Book Review Bonzai: The Unknown Author's Ultimate Guide to Getting Amazon Reauthor and entrepreneur Jason B. Ladd about his new book for indie authors, Book Review Bonzai: The Unknown Author's Ultimate Guide to Getting Amazon Revibook for indie authors, Book Review Bonzai: The Unknown Author's Ultimate Guide to Getting Amazon ReviBook Review Bonzai: The Unknown Author's Ultimate Guide to Getting Amazon ReAuthor's Ultimate Guide to Getting Amazon Reviews.

Says Maria Harrison, whose trade paperback of less than 200 pages was priced at $ 24.95, «Why would anyone want to buy an overpriced book from an unknown author when they can buy a wonderful book by a best - selling writer for less than ten dollars?

Giving away free or selling inexpensive copies is not expected just because... it's a tactic for getting exposure with the understanding that some of these copies will lead to book reviews, which in turn helps get more exposure and entree into certain marketing programs and options, and which helps prompt actual purchases as many readers are hesitant about buying a book by an unknown, unreviewed author.

Perfecting your presence on Amazon is the backbone of any good book marketing campaign for an independently published or unknown author.

9) If — and only IF — an unknown author is recommended via a trusted friend, a staff member, a colleague or a blog / tweet that I follow and trust, or I come across one through my personal reading and can think of people who would borrow it, I will consider putting that book into the collection.

The reader fear buying the books of the new or unknown authors, because they think that they might waste their money.

Yes, Stephen King was once an unknown too, but the point is that as an aspiring author it's a mistake for you to compare your work to Stephen King's and think, «My book is as good as that, so it will sell millions of copies.»

Emily Dickinson said «there is no frigate like a book», and an unknown author said, «if you drop a book and three pounds of gold, pick the book first before the gold», while Charlie «Tremendous» Jones said, «of all the things in this world, only two will have the greatest impact on your life, the books you read, and the people you meet.»

The newsgathering industry is dealing with its own financial demise and it is certainly not going to dedicate its space publishing a book review of an unknown author.

Unless somewhere in the contract the author agrees to this unknown amount of copies of their book being given away, I don't know how Amazon can just send them out without royalty payment to the author.

Books of gibberish are listed on Amazon.com for thousands of dollars, with one author claiming his name was used to send almost $ 24,000 to a fraudulent seller «Worthless» books priced at up to thousands, of dollars on Amazon.com and which contain only nonsensical text have been identified as possible vehicles for money laundering by an author whose name was, he says, used to send almost $ 24,000 (# 17,200) to an unknown and fraudulent seBooks of gibberish are listed on Amazon.com for thousands of dollars, with one author claiming his name was used to send almost $ 24,000 to a fraudulent seller «Worthless» books priced at up to thousands, of dollars on Amazon.com and which contain only nonsensical text have been identified as possible vehicles for money laundering by an author whose name was, he says, used to send almost $ 24,000 (# 17,200) to an unknown and fraudulent sebooks priced at up to thousands, of dollars on Amazon.com and which contain only nonsensical text have been identified as possible vehicles for money laundering by an author whose name was, he says, used to send almost $ 24,000 (# 17,200) to an unknown and fraudulent seller.

A very special thank you also goes out to reviewers and book bloggers who have taken time out of their busy schedules to read a book by an unknown Indie author like me.

While that price point may seem a little high for an unknown author — many self - published authors keep their sales at $ 4.99 or less, with $ 2.99 being a fairly standard ebook price for indie works — given the argument that the cost of the book is in its initial creation, it makes sense.

The belief is that unknown authors with no publishing sales histories are a gamble because the lack of name recognition creates a hurdle that may keep the book from finding its audience — hence the tendency to publish the same famous names over and over again.

Smith Publicity's contacts in all of these fields can help an unknown author get known and spark book sales.

You can't come up with an unknown writer who used their author platform to sell a significant number of books because there are none.

If you're Joel Osteen, the minister of a 50,000 member mega-church, you may debut your first book as an «unknown» author but in actuality you're a star in your field with a built - in audience primed to buy your book.

Knowing a book comes from an established company with a long list of previously - published titles that book readers are familiar with is the kind of signal people need to be persuaded to part with a few additional bucks for an otherwise unknown author.

Hence, to really sell the first 1000 copies of your book, if you are an unknown, self - published and a newbie author, you must forget the false illusion or myth to sell 1000 copies simply tweeting or typing the title of your book on the social media or on your personal blog.

Thanks to my experience as a promoter of foreign books in Italy and Europe, I have learned that some sales strategies are not useful for books, especially for unknown authors.

Traditional publishers simply do not have the sales they once had, so the barriers to getting a contract to publish your book have been set so high that an unknown author has little hope of getting a book deal.

When I revealed this shocking truth on Facebook, a couple of months, ago, anonymous people and unknown authors, who are always busy to post messages about their books on the Social networks, attacked and offended me heavily.

While the Times has been reviewing and ranking ebooks for a short time, this marks the first time an author — albeit an author with a strong platform due to his well - known body of work as an entertainment critic, as opposed to an unknown debut author — has crossed over into its mainstream book reviews with a two - page review.

24 Symbols was very adamant that, as profits are not based on full - scale sales of e-books, readers are seeking out the lesser known titles for their enjoyment knowing that if they don't like this «unknown» author, they didn't invest a lot of their limited book budget on the sale.

Upon reading the article eBook Fling responded «I feel that people will using lending to try out new authors, try out unknown titles, and try to source some of their books cheaper.

Daniel Ropers, general director of bol.com, sees an additional benefit to the book industry and that is drawing attention to unknown authors.

Numerous studies have been conducted on how books fare at different price points, even within the genre - based breakdown: a book of a certain word count will sell really well at one price if it's a crime thriller by a bestselling author, for example, but at the same price may fail abysmally if it's a beach - read romance by an unknown author.

Using cover components that are currently on - trend in a genre can catapult a new book by an unknown author into the shopping carts of readers.

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As a relatively unknown author, the worst thing that can come from someone sharing your book illegally is that you might reach a few more potential readers, some of whom might actually pay you for a book someday.

Both Barnes and Noble and FastPencil have their companies» names at stake and will select books of the highest caliber for physical placement; where taking a risk on a previously unknown author may mean gambling a few dollars on an ebook, there is significantly more money invested in purchasing a print edition, so readers want to know that the book has been carefully screened for quality.

For a first time author that has no following or established readership, a high priced book from an unknown author will hurt sales and any chances of success.

All they know is that the books of better - known and mid-list authors are too expensive compared to books of comparable length by unknown authors self - publishing.

Readers trust even an unknown author if you have rated highly in lists, and / or earned bestseller status, maybe trusting you enough to buy your book though they've never heard of you.

With limited shelf space, buyers are far more likely to order a book they're familiar with — and their customers have heard of — than a title by an unknown indie author.

For some unknown reason pocket articles are warning me about 7 unread «books» by certain author who I do not know because I didn't pay attention to a name of the author of article... I have no clue why the pocket articles now referred as books with the new software, it is confusing occasionally.

I write a lot of reviews on books from unknown authors and am often impressed with the content I've read.

Back when they first offered the ability to give books away for free for a few days, tons of indie books from unknown authors would hit the top of Amazons list and knock off well known authors whose books were being purchased for $ $.

Since an author and his / her book publicist are focused on increasing sales and the bottom line, the unknown for the near future is whether or not these new and evolving means of access can jumpstart the flattening e-Book sales for some or for all.

The increase in lending and discovery technology in the library can be an additional channel of passive book marketing, but it remains to be seen if this will be effective for known and unknown authors alike.