Sentences with phrase «apple as an ebook reader»

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As Apple sells its three millionth iPad, a round of double - digit price cuts has hit most major ebook readers this week.

«The move by Barnes & Noble as well as Amazon to slash the prices of their eBook readers reflects a fundamental change in their business strategy intended to counter the rising competitive pressure from Apple's iPad,» iSuppli said.

1 min readUnless you were hiding under a rock today, you know that Apple announced a new tablet computer that also functions as an eBook reader.

If you have audio narration available for your eBook, we can add that narration as a media overlay to fixed - layout ePubs in Apple's platform, allowing readers to have the eBook read to them as they follow along.

To help you reach your goal, Goodreads is once again reminding readers in the Challenge that they can subscribe to the free Goodreads Deals newsletter, which promotes titles and offers readers discounts of as much as 80 % on ebooks from multiple retailers, including Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Google Play, and Apple.

These are then sent through more custom conversion tools which then turn them into high quality EPUB ebooks that not only look great but work perfectly on any current EPUB eReader, this includes the Apple iPad and iPhone, Android eReader apps such as Bluefire, Kobo Reader, Sony Reader, B&N Nook and BeBook.

But for the vast majority of readers, ebooks as presented by Amazon, Apple, Kobo, and co. have only three real advantages.

However, after using it a few weeks, I've come to understand how (as I've said for three years) the new Apple device is not an eBook reader in the way the Kindle is an eBook reader, and so therefore, Apple is going to work with Amazon, rather than compete.

If you go to Smashwords at http://smashwords.com you'll see their distribution partners on their home page as Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Sony Reader Store, Kobo and the Diesel eBook Store.

Nick Moran of The Millions had interesting prospective, mentioning «The emissions and e-waste for e-Readers could be stretched even further if I went down the resource rabbit hole to factor in: electricity needed at the Amazon and Apple data centers; communication infrastructure needed to transmit digital files across vast distances; the incessant need to recharge or replace the batteries of eReaders; the resources needed to recycle a digital device (compared to how easy it is to pulp or recycle a book); the packaging and physical mailing of digital devices; the need to replace a device when it breaks (instead of replacing a book when it's lost); the fact that every reader of eBooks requires his or her own eReading device (whereas print books can be loaned out as needed from a library); the fact that most digital devices are manufactured abroad and therefore transported across oceans.

The are two main trends in terms of how you read the eBooks, using a multi-purpose device as Apple's iPad or using a dedicated eBook Reader.

I think that Apple should release a software update for their iPods that lets them be used as an eBook reader.

This «app» has been created by a computer programmer and allows the user to read your book with it's own eBook reader included as either part of the application itself, or perhaps it may be grouped together with a customized eReader «reader» application from a vendor other than Apple.

Essentially this will allow access for authors to have their eBooks available to readers using mobile devices, most notably smart phones like iphone and Android, as well as tablets like apple's iPad.

Sony is facing increasing competition in the handheld gaming space from the likes of Apple, which offers an excellent portable games experience on its iPhone and iPod touch devices, as well as a host of downloadable applications for those gadgets, such as ebook readers.

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It only takes minutes or so to feel what the future eBook reader is like; however, the road condition towards the future might not look as rosy as Apple has designed and implemented.

Some Apple tablet defenders will write in comments about the publishing possibilities, such as ebook functionality to compete with Amazon's Kindle, Barnes & Noble's Nook or the Sony Reader.

Editor's Note: As of this writing in July of 2011, Bluefire Reader for iOS has been altered so that it is now in compliance with Apple's current content distribution policies, and thus eBook content can not be purchased from directly within the application.

Given its potential as an ebook reader, it's highly likely we'll see ebook reader software appear — in spite of the lukewarm position on ebooks taken by Apple's CEO Steve Jobs.

An ebook is one of many books offered in an ebook environment such as Kindle, nook, or Apple's iBookstore, where readers are already shopping.

Sony's eBook Library software 3.0, which now includes support for many Apple ® Macintosh ® computers as well as PCs, makes it easy to transfer and read any Adobe ® PDF (with reflow capability), Microsoft ® Word ®, BBeB ® files, or other text file formats on the Reader.

Apple is more than willing to accept variable pricing from publishers on ebooks, and by doing so provide leverage to the publishers to negotiate with Amazon because Apple wants to de-emphasize the e-book reader aspects of the iPad (i.e., it's soooo much more), as well as devalue the Kindle.

Saying that Apple was standing on the shoulders of Amazon's Kindle, Jobs showed off the iPad as ebook reader and a new ebook store, called iBooks.

Apple's a good choice, as are independently hosted sites that pay around 80 % and can use the non-proprietary ebook readers.

One year ago I believed and I still do that if someone were to dethrone Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) as eBook leader, it would be Google and not other eInk reader manufacturers and definitely not Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL).

We have ways to further promote eBooks through Amazon, Apple, and Barnes & Noble to give readers the opportunity to download your eBook at a reduced price (or even for free) to create interest and as a result, spur on future downloads / purchases when your eBook's price has been restored.

That's an interesting idea mikeydcarroll67, although is that not the same thing as Smashwords do for you anyway as if you publish your eBook with them they distribute it to the Apple iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Sony Reader Store, Kobo and the Diesel eBook Store.

This hub will not only review the Amazon Kindle Fire as an ebook reader, but as a competitor the Apple iPad.

Apple knew that if Amazon could establish the Kindle as the dominant eBook reader by subsidizing the purchase of eBooks, Amazon could then use the Kindle platform (and its large installed user base) to distribute other digital media.

Despite the fact that the Apple iPad is very different to traditional eBook readers such as the Kindle and Nook, they Continue reading...

The same day Apple announced launching the iPad, it was also announced that Apple already struck deals with Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster to switch to the Agency model for Apple's iBookstore — the application on Apple's iPad that functions as an eBook reader (thus competing directly with the Amazon Kindle).

The eBook reader marketplace is highly competitive with players such as Amazon, Apple and Sony launching upgraded ereaders every 12 months or so.

We generate eBooks compatible for accessing across various reading systems and platforms such as: Apple iPad, Sony, Amazon Kindle / Mobipocket Readers, Barnes and Noble's Nook, and various smartphones such as iPhones, Android based devices and Blackberry's etc..

While I mostly use Amazon Kindle (NASDAQ: AMZN) personally, I've also interacted with Nook, previous Sony eBook readers, namely PRS - 505 and PRS - 600 Touch as well as Apple iPad / iPhone, Android apps.