Sentences with phrase «electronic book company»

Philip Harris, founder of Electron Press, thought the electronic book would be a great medium for his small publishing house's library of edgier titles (currently distributed as PDF files)-- until he comprehended the fees that the electronic book companies would charge to sell his text for an electronic book.

The electronic book companies, though waiving some of the initial fees to help build their libraries, variously plan to charge for retailing, distributing and converting the publisher's books into compatible formats.

Not exact matches

E-mail has become so intrinsic to the way work is done at companies of all sizes, it's where most business records are stored, says Nancy Flynn, executive director of the ePolicy Institute, a Columbus, Ohio, an electronic communications consultant and author of a book on e-mail policies due out in December.

Greg previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Starz, an integrated global media and entertainment company, from January 2013 until December 2016; as a director of DIRECTV (and its predecessor), a provider of digital television entertainment services, from June 2008 to June 2010; as a director of Expedia, Inc.; an online travel company, from 1999 to 2003 and Chairman from 1999 to 2002; as a director of Starbucks Corporation, a retailer of specialty coffee, from 1999 to 2006; as a director of Barnes & Noble, Inc., a retailer of books and digital media, from September 2011 to April 2014; and as a director of Electronic Arts, Inc..

Hold on, Mommy Niri would never suggest that you go reading a book, this is an actual company whose mission is to make your (electronic) lives easier.

(AP)-- Google Inc. is making half a million books, unprotected by copyright, available for free on Sony Corp.'s electronic book - reading device, the companies were set to announce Thursday.

Print publishing companies were singularly underwhelmed by the collection, which I titled Life on Santa Claus Lane, but eventually I found an electronic book publishing company which recognized my great talent and put the stories out under that title as an e-book, a new paradigm in the publishing world.

About The Dutch Publishers Association The Dutch Publishers Association represents the collective interests of all affiliated publishing companies throughout the Netherlands: publishers of books, newspapers, magazines and of electronic media.

And a bid for 70 % of the ailing book retailing chain Barnes & Noble Inc. by Liberty Media Group was said by its top executives to be fueled by the company's e-reader, the Nook, and its electronic book platform.

Dohle's letter made clear the company's position that «the vast majority of [its] backlist contracts grant [Random House] the exclusive right to publish books in electronic formats, as well as more traditional physical formats.»

The majority of Americans and Englishmen at a word combination «the electronic book» imagine Amаzon Kindle, however model NOOK Simple Touch of the American company Barnes & Noble also is popular, and both in America, and in Europe.

3) Is there a real turning point coming for many companies in 2012 when electronic sales reach a certain level, a certain percentage of total book sales?

On Christmas Day customers bought more electronic books than hard - copy books on Internet retail giant Amazon.com, the company said in a statement Saturday.

MR. MARC FISHERAs more people gravitate to electronic books, companies are racing to develop new reading devices with more features and less bulk.

«The rise of eReaders may actually be a positive for publishing companies who are embracing electronic books.

Some companies you might not have heard of; such as eBooks.com already do this, and the online social publishing site, Scribd begun to sell electronic books this year.

One of the main aspects the company is employing to bolster its portfolio of electronic books with content partners.

Bookeen is a French company and a European pioneer for electronic books.

Still other companies like Oceanhouse Media have built their success on reviving favorite titles such as those by Dr. Seuss in electronic, bells - and - whistles formats; last year, Oceanhouse even released never - before - in - print titles from Dr. Seuss, a series of seven books that had only ever appeared in serial form in Redbook magazine.

And on the other side of this transition, when electronic books are 50 % or more of all books sold every year, the traditional publishers will be raking in profits that will make oil company profits look pale.

Electronic book readers were all the rage at last year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas as companies raced to come out with rivals to Amazon's popular Kindle.

The Ukrainian company LBook makes electronic books together with the Chinese company Jinke.

The international company ONYX International specialises on release of electronic books and delivers them in variety of the European countries, including Russia.

Sales of electronic book readers are booming, companies are jostling for a share of the fledgling market and Amazon's going global with the Kindle.

Overall adoption has not taken place, but the trend toward generating revenue through ads in electronic books continues while eventually we will wait for companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft to create and establish the de facto industry business models.

The Company has become the world's leading provider of «inspirational» content, with product distribution in over 100 countries, including: books, eBooks, journals, audio, video, curriculum, digital applications for «smart» electronic devices and live events.

The company was a pioneer in the industry, in the sense that its patents might be some of the earliest that cover the range of innovations needed for navigating electronic books and serving advertisements to the end user.

One of the big reasons why the company is giving up on DRM is to make the electronic books more accessible to customers.

The agency model might be a very positive factor in the future success of Smashwords, and to stay relevant and on the radar of major and minor publishing companies, and might further help entrench the company in the ever evolving landscape of electronic book distribution.

Many other major electronic book stores only bother with the North American and UK market and it is refreshing to see a company put a heavily emphasis on the wider exposure of literacy and new works of prose.

At first glance, this captivating picture book seems to offer a straightforward view of a night when a family is forced to move away from their electronic life to a simpler time, a time when families played board games and enjoyed each other's company.

Research by the book data company Bowker, which counts all the ISBN numbers issued to self - published works, suggests that electronic titles bring the total for US self - publishing up to 391,000.

Canadian based Kobo was one of the first companies ever to give away an electronic book reader to the stars attending the Teen Choice Awards 2011.

The IPad is bringing to the public consciousness what Electronic Reader companies such as Amazon, Sony, Barnes and Noble, iRex and others have been catering to exclusively for years, a device to easily read, and store books.

Amazon has already signed contracts with around 30 Brazilian publishers and is rushing to build a portfolio of some 10,000 electronic books ahead of the end - year shopping season, the source familiar with the company's plan said.

We saw the rise of Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and many other companies, as they experimented with electronic books and e-readers.

With the state of traditional publishing at the moment, with the slush out - sourced, with editors tied by sales force demands, with companies barely holding on and trying to make changes to electronic sales, very few high - quality books with top stories are getting through.

Overdrive, one of the largest companies facilitating the delivery of electronic books for libraries has announced a new deal with the Hachette Book Group.

As digital publishing gains a wider acceptance, companies like Aptara go into greater detail in gathering data on the influential reach of electronic books.

The biggest e-Reader company in China has unveiled a new book store in Taiwan, diving into online media and bolstering their own line of Havon Electronic Readers with a viable store in the meantime in new markets.

They company has partnered with California based Kno to have its electronic books distributed.

Kobo came in fourth place with 66 votes and the company offers around 1.3 million electronic books for the Kobo line of e-readers and supported applications.

During the first stages of the second launch Sony Electronics Senior Vice President Fujio Noguchi who is the man in charge of the company's e-reader business said — «Electronic books represent the biggest change since (Johannes) Gutenberg invented the printing press.

Sony also said it's partnering with OverDrive, a company that distributes electronic books to libraries, so Reader users will be able to «check out» free digital library books that expire at the end of the lending period.

That's right, any smart small company or self - published author can get books now into the distribution chains, both in electronic markets and paper book markets.

Some companies will be able to move fast enough to keep a balance with electronic publishing, others with massive overheads and long leases on book warehouses and union contracts will not be able to move.

(This is where Amazon could establish a real superiority over Apple, incidentally, since both companies compete in the realm of electronic books, music, and movies.

Citing «people briefed by the company,» the newspaper said the color screen tablet is expected to be a multimedia device that will let people watch movies and television shows, play games, surf the Web and read electronic books and newspapers.

And now the libraries are offering electronic books that are being converted by a company called Overdrive.

And finally, today indie writers are starting to catch a clue that the future for their personal publishing company is in doing both electronic and paper books (just as traditional publishers are doing) and reaching 100 % of their reading public.