Sentences with phrase «where on a bookstore»

* Genre, in the most basic explanation means where on a bookstore shelf would this book belong?

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For the bays where the glasses are on display, the company borrows an idea from bookstores, with shelves that often go nearly to the ceiling and sliding ladders that staff can use to grab hard - to - reach pairs of glasses for the customer.

On shelf after shelf in the Indigo bookstore downstairs, they're peddling the same story, that of a dystopian future where teens are forced to fight to the death for the amusement of adults.

No matter where you buy the book (local bookstore, your favorite online retailer, or directly from Shelwhich gives you the option of an autographed copy), youll want to register your purchase on the bonus page.

The Blood - Red Crescent: Henry Garnett Enemy Brothers: Constance Savery (to slake an inexhaustible thirst for World War II stories) and whatever else he can get his hands on via the library, the secondhand bookstore, where he is a regular customer, and our own shelves.

I've been dreaming of the day where a hardcover book filled with glossy images, the name on the spine reading «Tessa Huff» would sit on bookstore shelves next to some of my baking idols like Greenspan, Tosi, Beranbaum, and Stewart for years.

I just wanted to let you know that I was on vacation this week in Kuala Lumpur and treated myself to the luxury of going to a bookstore (these are rare where I live!)

On a recent book tour I stood, frozen in shock, outside of the upscale bookstore where I would soon be signing my gentle parenting books and chatting with parents about alternatives to punishment - based parenting.

So a Thalia is a bookstore where you might browse over the bestsellers, pick up the book you ordered on the Internet, and buy some stationery or a toy.

The codes help librarians, bookstore owners, and online retailers like Amazon categorize books and decide where to «shelve» them based on topic.

We checked out Malaprop's, a great local bookstore where Meg sends her Algonquin authors on tour, and we loved their giant «staff picks» section — something I think all bookstores should have.

Michael Tamblyn — CEO of Kobo told me on a few occasions that they focus on bookstores because their product seems more organic and wholesome, instead of being sold at a big box retailer, where technology is often cold and impersonal.

I recently listened to a podcast where an indie author did manage to get his book in airport bookstores — Michael Bungay Stanier, on Tim Grahl's Book Launch podcast (there were three episodes, and I can't remember which episode discussed his distribution strategy).

In advance of the publication of the series» second collection («Snotgirl: California Screaming,» out this week in comic shops and next week in other bookstores), I chatted via email with writer Bryan Lee O'Malley and artist Leslie Hung on Lottie's second arc, what the pair has learned in 10 issues and where the series is going from here.

Now that Outskirts Press has been updated and upgraded, the Best Book of the Year winner also receives prime «real estate» on the Outskirts Press direct bookstore, where one of the rotating «slides» promotes the book, with a direct link to buy it.

That's a tall task, because it depends on how strong the publisher is at direct sales to both consumers and bookstores, who else distributes the book, and where the majority of the sales come from (i.e., independent book stores, chains, supermarkets, specialty stores).

On the front end of these stores, you'd have an awesome bookstore that would actually sell the books that Amazon Publishing publishes (we both know that no one else seems to want them)-- and on the back end, you'd have one of your «fulfillment centers» — more on that lovely euphemism in a moment — where you could get me and other Prime customers our merchandise pronto, like todaOn the front end of these stores, you'd have an awesome bookstore that would actually sell the books that Amazon Publishing publishes (we both know that no one else seems to want them)-- and on the back end, you'd have one of your «fulfillment centers» — more on that lovely euphemism in a moment — where you could get me and other Prime customers our merchandise pronto, like todaon the back end, you'd have one of your «fulfillment centers» — more on that lovely euphemism in a moment — where you could get me and other Prime customers our merchandise pronto, like todaon that lovely euphemism in a moment — where you could get me and other Prime customers our merchandise pronto, like today.

No matter where you take the print book, no matter what room you read it in, it will remain in the same form and have the same affordances as it did on the day it was first stacked in the bookstore.

With all of the concern on the part of self - published authors about not being readily included in bookstores and libraries, the data shows that's simply not where readers are finding content.

Later this year and with the support of Amazon, Giunti al Punto bookstores will open an online shop where its customers will have access to a vast selection of books, physical media products and toys available on Amazon.it.

While sales of print comics are well documented (by Diamond, the distributor to comics shops, and BookScan, which reports on bookstore sales), real numbers are much harder to come by in the digital realm, where everyone starts to get all vague and mumbly if you ask the question.

Later on our trip, we went to Memphis, where we visited another great bookstore, Burke's Book Store, and toured Graceland (which is not very similar to Faulkner's home, in case you were wondering).

On a trip through Wales more than a decade ago, the border town of Hay - on - Wye — where some 30 used bookstores live cheek by jowl — beckoned irresistibly, while on another U.K. trip, a book - loving friend and I tracked down an old manor house cum used bookstore in the middle of nowhere in, I think, Buckinghamshire, stuffed to its Victorian rafters with well - priced reading treasures (I have forgotten its name and exact location, and a Google search has come to naught, suggesting that this magical place is long gone — or perhaps only appears one day every hundred years like BrigadoonOn a trip through Wales more than a decade ago, the border town of Hay - on - Wye — where some 30 used bookstores live cheek by jowl — beckoned irresistibly, while on another U.K. trip, a book - loving friend and I tracked down an old manor house cum used bookstore in the middle of nowhere in, I think, Buckinghamshire, stuffed to its Victorian rafters with well - priced reading treasures (I have forgotten its name and exact location, and a Google search has come to naught, suggesting that this magical place is long gone — or perhaps only appears one day every hundred years like Brigadoonon - Wye — where some 30 used bookstores live cheek by jowl — beckoned irresistibly, while on another U.K. trip, a book - loving friend and I tracked down an old manor house cum used bookstore in the middle of nowhere in, I think, Buckinghamshire, stuffed to its Victorian rafters with well - priced reading treasures (I have forgotten its name and exact location, and a Google search has come to naught, suggesting that this magical place is long gone — or perhaps only appears one day every hundred years like Brigadoonon another U.K. trip, a book - loving friend and I tracked down an old manor house cum used bookstore in the middle of nowhere in, I think, Buckinghamshire, stuffed to its Victorian rafters with well - priced reading treasures (I have forgotten its name and exact location, and a Google search has come to naught, suggesting that this magical place is long gone — or perhaps only appears one day every hundred years like Brigadoon).

On to Brussels, where we ventured a dozen stops on the utilitarian Metro, out into the suburbs and a most unusual bookstorOn to Brussels, where we ventured a dozen stops on the utilitarian Metro, out into the suburbs and a most unusual bookstoron the utilitarian Metro, out into the suburbs and a most unusual bookstore.

«Over 25 million readers use Goodreads, and all our BookBaby authors will automatically be listed on the site, where readers can link to bookstores to purchase, write reviews, and share with their friends on social media.»

And while frequent - flier questions aren't always the same types of things I'd ask an author — I'd rather hear what earned her the most time - outs as a kid than where her ideas come from (mostly because I'm pretty sure we all snag ideas the same way, from that guy on the corner selling them out of his van)-- I guess I can understand the curiosity of a reader, a bookstore patron... or a stranger I've cornered at a party who I'm pretending is my number one fan.

We're starting to do collaborations with our work with the ABA (American Booksellers Association) where we're doing local self - publishing nights with the local bookstores, bringing together the local self - publishers and having them run clinics for other aspiring self - published authors or people who are trying to get a handle on what this space is... The catalog keeps growing with new authors all the time, new languages all the time, and even as the total business grows, that percentage of self - published sales remains shockingly consistent.»

The group introduced themselves and talked about the power that comics had on them, writing for Young Adults, they discussed the differences between the bookstore and direct market for YA books, where to shelve books in stores and libraries, Adult readers of YA books, inspiring kids to read and write, how they decide what content is too adult for YA books and what backlash they've received and the digital market for YA books.

Because it's a print - on - demand (POD) edition in an industry where allowance for returns exists, brick - and - mortar bookstores won't carry the book.

, where ebook sales have stagnated, where bookstores are on the verge of extinction, where wholesalers and distributors are disappearing all the time, and where the major publishers focus on celebrities alone, selling books is no longer the way to go.

10:43 AM ON FEB 9 2009: matt: The kid apparently still visits the local bookstore before turning to the amazon kindle, made by amazon, where he can download books from amazon, because the feels sorry for the dusty old bokstore.

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.

You can help bookstores and libraries to decide where to place your book on their shelves by including the categories at the top of the back cover or near the bar code.

A link on Overstock.com book product page will take visitors to Barnes & Noble.com's NOOK Store, the world's largest bookstore, where they can seamlessly and easily purchase the digital version of the book they have selected.

There are three different kinds of reviews that are often confused in the heat of the debate: 1) Customer, aka consumer, reviews on online bookstores like Amazon; 2) peer - reviews, by other authors and; 3) the paid - for reviews from organizations like your own and BlueInk Review, where indies can pay to have their book independently reviewed.

So far, only in English - language countries has the digital revolution extended so far that it is clearly reducing bookstore shelf space and forcing publishers to really rethink their futures in a world where «putting books on shelves» will not be the strong value proposition for authors it has always been.

When that happens, you'll see bookstores with kiosks with thousands of books displayed where you can choose one, but they're not on a bookshelf, they're on a screen.

Aspiring authors should also check out Booktango, where they can earn 100 % — no tricks — of royalties on the books they sell through the site's bookstore.

Not only will it follow the old traditional template where she picks a number of books each year and bookstores across the world put her seal of approval on it, but the digital aspect is going to be enhanced.

Unlike physical bookstores, where display location is a premium commodity that publishers actually negotiate and pay for, Amazon is willing to put any content in front of buyers» eyes, based on their purchasing histories.

Oh, it is still going on, Uncle Lar, at least where used bookstores are concerned.

I was also able to quickly figure out which books sell mainly on Amazon (perhaps candidates for KDP Select down the road, depending on where the program goes), and which books are doing well at other bookstores (not candidates for KDP Select).

-- The island where happiness starts with a question and A Fool in Istanbul — The adventures of a self - denying workaholic have been featured in a number of travel magazines including the International Traveller magazine and can be found in libraries, bookstores and on Amazon.

And with bookstores cracking down on reviews from family and friends, where can you get respected, impartial voices to weigh in on your work?

Instead of visiting bookstores and meeting people by reading your book or answering questions, you meet the readers where they are - on the blogs sites that they frequent.

Her publisher killed the Musketeer series — in my opinion — by bringing the books out too close together, with covers that looked too much alike (making it hard for buyers, both on the bookstore corporate level and as an individual buyer to know if it was a new book or not), poor editing (where they changed things that didn't need to be changed).

The first point in the article where my teeth were set on edge was when the author stated that «[p] eople use bookstores like a freaking library.»

In the last year or so, the PoD price has dropped to the point where you can now get them into bookstores and not loose money on them.

Now I know, and you know, that Amazon only approaches a near monopoly on sales where traditional publishing, distributors and their friends Barnes and Noble and Books - a-million and many other fine bookstores have either refused to carry the book, refused to reprint, refused to restock when copies are sold.

In the traditional publishing world, it's normal to send an author on a book tour, where they hop from bookstore to bookstore, signing copies, reading aloud, or speak to the audience.