Existing ebook reading apps are bland out of necessity.
Not exact matches
«We will need to find new ways to market
ebooks and digital
reading to
existing print readers in the coming years»
I know the functionality
exists on these devices to
read blogs, magazines, newspapers, etc., but they're marketed as book readers (Arment even calls them «
ebook readers» instead of «e-readers»), the user experience is optimized for book
reading, and the companies (esp.
Taking advantage of
existing technological infrastructure to get kids hooked on
reading is a wonderful idea, even if it puts
eBooks on some unfamiliar territory.
Does the technology
exist out there for an
ebook that is heavily photograph driven (photographs and text on every page) to be
read on the various readers?
Today, OPDS Catalogs power many
existing, in - production software systems and distribution between
ebook reading systems, publishers, and distributors.
Since the 701 IQ can
read preety well every single major
ebook format, this might be a great device to have in parallell to your
existing e-reader.
Instead of making a dedicated app to conform to the
ebook format, they made the
ebook format available to be
read on
existing platforms in tablets, iPhones, computers, and every other mobile device.
Before Amazon
existed, before
eBooks were a thing, and before there was so many printing and
reading options (think non-digital lithography), a manuscript might not even have an electronic file.
The more I see it, the more I find myself not only turning away from Amazon, but also from the
ebook reading community (yes it really
exists).
Dismissing the potential of serious web - based
reading based on
existing ebook - oriented web apps is a bit like dismissing online chatting just because Google Wave failed.
Set up your
existing ebook title as a paperback, hardback, or both to reach customers who prefer to
read in print.
Thanks for all the info, I was wondering if you know of an iOS
ebook app that supports doc files, because of my job I have to
read a lot of documents but I don't want to convert every one to
ebook so I can
read it, besides kindle (that makes a little difficult to manage the files) do you know if something like that
exists?
The book
exists as a printed book (now print - on - demand), and as an
ebook, and as an audiobook (A lot folks will «
read» books if they can listen while commuting).
While most felt that piracy was not a huge issue, what was important was the ability for readers to find indie authors» works and be able to
read them without a lot of hassle or hoop jumping, as well as how to make it possible for readers to choose to
read on a variety of devices — even those from different retailers — without sacrificing their
existing ebook libraries.
They basically instructed users to use the Safari internet browser to buy
ebooks from Amazon and then use the
existing Kindle for iOS app to
read them.
The ability to continue to use a book on a
reading platform; to move it from one platform to another (say, in replacing an old reader with a new one); or to transfer a license, if permitted, all depend on the
ebook provider continuing to
exist and operating the necessary infrastructure to validate your license.
To counter that trend, we will need to find new ways to market
ebooks and digital
reading to
existing print readers in the coming years and that may involve new forms, as Martyn suggests, but one wonders just how much can be done to change
reading before it becomes not
reading, but something else and whether given the «good enough» nature of
ebooks for so many, we need to do so.
Thankfully, this software
exists to provide the solution for such problem, since not all people feel comfortable
reading their
ebook on small devices.
When it comes to downloading the
ebook, the OverDrive Media Console provides the means to authenticate the digital content using your
existing Adobe ID which then unlocks the file for you to
read.
Sony finally decided to launch an Android application to
read the
eBooks you might have bought using your
existing Sony e-Reader.
Boarders has released a new free App available on the market place entitled «Boarders
eBooks» The Books are available in EPUB format and the application itself is derived from the
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We were finding that a growing number of our users wanted to
read their
ebooks in this way and the ability to
read via a smartphone has been the most requested feature within our
existing community to date — so this was a natural next step in development.»
It would allow Kindles to
read non-DRM'd epubs from the growing number of indie
ebook stores that offer them, without losing their lock on
existing customers.
Announcing a new roundtable / workshop presentation for San Diego - based Founder Roundtable to take place October 6, 2011 titled:
eBook Publishing for Businesses, Associations and Non-Profits: How to Develop, Market and Sell Your Organization's
Existing Content Here is a summary of the topic: The proliferation of e-reading devices like the Kindle, iPad and smartphones — together with online media stores like Amazon and Barnes & Noble — have created opportunities for organizations to write... [
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The same upgrade, available to
existing users via a firware upgrade, will also provide better support for the PDF format by allowing the PRS - 505 to
read ebooks in PDF format that have been secured using digital rights management software (DRM).
Back then, Barnes & Noble created an
eBook superstore, using the Microsoft technology, for customers who wanted to
read books on laptops and the
existing hodgepodge of dedicated
reading devices that used Microsoft's technology.
All of my years spent
reading traditionally published books (long before
eBooks existed) taught me that no editor or proof - reader finds everything.
The
eBook standard (EPUB) is entirely based on
existing web technologies that can be easily
read on any sized device.
They claim Kindle will be able to
read all
existing ebooks in the Overdrive system — and they are all ePUBs and PDFs.
But the fact that I didn't, combined with the fact that there is currently no
existing sponsorship or other business relationship between Guy Kawasaki and Kindle Nation Daily, allows me to be absolutely authentic and unburdened in telling you that this is a book that every author, literary agent, or other participant at any level of the book or
ebook publishing industry needs to
read, preferably today.
Pottermore will later incorporate an online shop where people can purchase exclusively the long - awaited Harry Potter
eBooks, in partnership with J K Rowling's publishers worldwide, and is ultimately intended to become an online
reading experience, extending the relevance of Harry Potter to new generations of readers, while still appealing to
existing fans.
You can comfortably load
existing ePUB and PDF
eBooks onto your tolino shine 2 HD and
read them there — tolino makes this especially straightforward with its tolino Cloud synchronization and the tolino library link.
This is a small fraction of the
existing Scribd
ebook catalog, which now surpasses 500,000 titles, but it represents a milestone in the growing popularity of audiobooks and also includes a feature — pioneered by Amazon with its Whispersync for Voice technology — that allows readers and listeners to jump back and forth between
reading an
ebook and listening to the same title as an audiobook, keeping place across multiple devices.
Books that aren't in
ebook form are do not
exist to
ebook reading consumers.
When the
ebook market was doubling every three months in the period between 2011 and 2013, experts told publishers that if they could raise the
ebook price, the anchor for those incoming customers would be different (
read: higher) than the
existing prices set by Amazon.
If you want to
read more about the
existing business models in the
ebook industry, take a look at our previous blog post here, where we discussed
ebook pricing models in greater detail.