Sentences with phrase «who go to libraries»

Requiring purchases shoots readers who go to libraries or borrow books from friends of who buy books... somewhere OTHER than Amazon.
So start small, build up to bigger reviewers, then run an ad in a journal that gets sent to libraries featuring your books and your excellent, credible reviews (even so, personally, I probably wouldn't do that for most of my books... simply because the readers who buy cheap books on Kindle aren't the same buyers who go to libraries to read books).
The people who go to libraries, either don't have the money to buy all those books, or they first want to try them out.
I also have a book about a boy who goes to a library.
Although the sample size of teen library users is too small for detailed analysis, in general the 16 - 17 year olds who went to the library for research assistance in the past year tended to do so five times or less.

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«I think they're not high quality but something just for when I go over to the library,» says Andrew Schmid, 47, who says he likes the variety in the aisles.
It was an eye - opening experience for DiBenedetto's 9 - year - old daughter, who heard from a few young teenagers that to finish their homework, they had to go to the library to access computers — and that, sometimes, enough computers weren't available or they had no transportation there, so they weren't able to complete their assignments.
«People who own digital - content libraries are going to die, and there's already a question of what happens to those digital libraries and collections,» said Perzanowski.
Luckily for me, in regard to the actual assessment of my security guard job skills, but to the detriment of many who may have had an enlightening experience if they had only ventured to the third floor, no one ever went to this part of the library.
I once had a friend who joined a cult, and, before the internet, I went to the library looking for information.
Sam Warren relates how he proceeded: I went to all the agencies I could — churches, the YMCA, the Red Cross, the Community Chest, libraries, even factories — anyone who might be likely to know of families who needed housing.
You know who ain't going nowhere till his contract is up.I'm going to join my local library and find some interesting books while I wait for his tenure to fish.
I only go to the games a few times during the season since I don't live in England, for those who do, we need to defy those damn stewards and raise the temperature at the games, that's the only practical solution I can come up with, we are not the ones who buy the players and all the noise we have made on social media and elsewhere keeps falling on deaf ears, they will not listen to our calls for players, let's go to the games and turn the library upside down as much as we can, we can not give those players a moments rest, we, the fans pay them [gate takings and TV subscriptions], you can't take my money and not give 100 %, Wenger can pamper them, we would not, they don't read much that is being said on social media but they can't ignore our chants at the stadium.
Sure, there's always going to be good news to combat the bad — for instance, watch this inspiring video about a 9 - year - old girl in India who runs a thriving library that serves the kids in her community — but lately, it's been harder and harder to find the light in what has quickly become a rather dark time for America.
Go with them to the library or call someone else who might know.
A safe stranger is someone that they can go to for help — like a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or someone who works at a school, library or other safe place.
He says roads are in better shape, the library is in better shape and economic development tax breaks are going to those who create jobs.
De Blasio — who was introduced by former Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's granddaughter, Katherine — also said municipal identification cards will be available to all residents this year regardless of their immigration status, «so that no daughter or son of our city goes without bank accounts, leases, library cards, simply because they lack identification.»
«These resources should be going toward providing library services to communities like the Rockaways who still have their branch being run out of a trailer.»
My parents never told me my life expectancy; I went to the library and looked it up,» said Ms. Miller, who is now helping to launch a comprehensive sickle cell adult program in Charlotte, North Carolina.
If you know someone who has gone through the course, I would recommend borrowing their books for the class and then deciding which ones you want to buy for yourself for your own reference library later.
He thereby goes to the library to research authors who have written about these sins, and gives his partner a reading list that includes Dante, Thomas Aquinas, Chaucer, and Milton.
You can check out the Twitch chat message for the confirmation For those who are still unsure of how to opt - in to the beta, all you need to do is Right Click on Metal Gear Solid V in your Steam library, go to properties and then select «BETAS».
One of its strongest assets is its cast, with superior actors in the leading roles: Cumberbatch as Steven Strange, the brilliant and arrogant New York surgeon whose reason for existence is cut short by a horrific car crash... Tilda Swinton as a mystic known as the Ancient One who is willing to lead him to enlightenment in Kathmandu if only he will subjugate his inflated ego... Chiwetel Ejiofor as her faithful follower and right hand man... Benedict Wong as the guardian of the library where the accumulated secrets of their sect are stored... and Mads Mikkelsen as the brilliant student gone rogue who may soon destroy the earth, one major city at a time.
These are students who won't or can't go to a store, but who are comfortable enough to go to the local library, perhaps seeking advice from the friendly face on the other side of the desk.
Since I have a spiritual teacher who I consider to be very wise, I have gone to his website and looked on the free library site, using the words, arguments, atheists and God Realisation in the search.
«I can work from home when developing curriculum — I don't need to go to the actual library,» says the science and literature teacher, who works at the Lincoln Akerman School, in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire.
I let my student who enjoyed poetry go to the library and get poetry books, and when he was upset, he would decompress by turning his feelings into free verse.
Now, Reading with Rover, Bishop's organization, consists of some seventy - five dog - and - trainer teams that regularly go into libraries, bookstores, and schools in several Seattle - area districts to work with children who struggle with reading.
«For so many students who don't have a place to study after school, libraries can provide a place to go.
If they do, children who opt out of the inappropriate Common Core SBAC test will be allowed to go to the library or some other safe, secure environment in which they can use those 8 plus hours of testing in a useful and productive way.
That means libraries are going to become even less relevant to patrons who are already leaving in droves, as they won't stock current bestsellers, knowing that their meager budgets can be spared if they wait to make new book purchases.
The concerns raised by some parties are that the ease of ebook borrowing to handheld devices will have a dramatic impact on libraries, specifically in a massive reduction of the numbers of patrons who need to actually go to their local community libraries.
Patterson, who has in the past written an open letter to the US government to fund a bailout of the independent book retailer industry, continues to commit his own personal funds to keep stores open, to foster competition in the retailing sector, and to ensure that access to books doesn't go away with the shuttering of more and more shops and libraries.
«The [internet archive] legislation has always been constructed for people who go into the Legal Deposit libraries — for the readers, with a capital R. It's an archive for preservation and for research,» further added Angela obviously referring to the 2003 Legal Deposit Libraries Act that makes it mandatory for digital archives to be treated on par with the archives of yors that comprised of printed libraries — for the readers, with a capital R. It's an archive for preservation and for research,» further added Angela obviously referring to the 2003 Legal Deposit Libraries Act that makes it mandatory for digital archives to be treated on par with the archives of yors that comprised of printed Libraries Act that makes it mandatory for digital archives to be treated on par with the archives of yors that comprised of printed material.
Since you can really only read Kindle books on the Kindle (unless I have missed something) people will go to who has the most robust library when purchasing an ereader.
Overdrive has gone the extra step and actually created Free e-Book Day, which is drawing attention to libraries digital collections and rewarding those who do a good job with free credit to purchase more titles.
I was a kid who went to my public library's summer reading program every summer.
For anyone new to the school library profession who is trying so hard to accomplish miracles, it is understandable that we thrive on hearing anything that might remotely recognize our efforts and motivate us on those overwhelming days when nothing seems to be going right.
Any library who has a lot of fans of Penguin authors is going to have a lot of unhappy patrons.
I know at least a couple library systems across the US from me ordered some of my own books, for example, because I've had readers tell me they found my books in their local library, liked the covers, and tried them out and are now fans who are going on to buy more of my work.
Not only did patrons discover an author through the Big Library Read, individuals who found the title online due to increased traffic and sharing went to their local libraries and requested cards, increasing overall library traffic.
The library includes over 10,000 Marvel comics, starting from the very first issue and going up to as recently as six months ago, so it's a great gift for newbies who want to catch up on 70 years of continuity as well as nostalgia freaks who want to read all the comics they had as a kid (and their mother threw away).
«People who are making the switch to eReading and building their lifetime libraries want an innovative social experience to go with it,» said Mike Serbinis, Kobo CEO.
The book was sent to Suzanne Beecher who writes a book column for Working Mother and runs DearReader, a bookclub that goes to zillions of libraries and subscribers, and she left a trembling - voiced message on my machine after she read the book, saying only that I had to call her.
While Cowart went on to explain that a project like this is not a catch - all solution for encouraging reading and library participation, it is a valuable tool for reaching patrons where they are and for making the library an important part of the community for all citizens, not just the few who come to the physical location for content, education, and technology needs.
«When people submit their books [to SELF - e], they go through to Library Journal, who is a very trusted review source, so when they look at those books, they're able to say yes this is a good book that your library can be proud to share with the community and that allows the libraries to be inclusive,» McKinney said.
Findaway primarily markets a basic audiobook engine their customers and access to their API library incase larger companies have developers who are going to make an audio engine from scratch.
Aptly named the Digital Public Library of America, or DPLA for for short, this library aims to become the national archive of content that is currently tucked away in libraries, museums, and universities around the country, accessible only to those patrons with the means to go to the physical location and who have the permission to access the contents.
And there are so many people who can't buy every book they wan na read, so I'm just wondering if you or Diane may have some creative vision for how we might integrate electronic readers, because they're not going to go away into our public library system.
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