Sentences with phrase «as a physical book from»

Waterstones has announced a surprise tie - up with Amazon that will enable shoppers to pluck ebooks as well as physical books from its shelves.

pdf format from $ 50 upwards, as a physical book from $ 175 upwards, and the book will be signed by the Director, Charles Cecil from $ 250 upwards.

Not exact matches

«People talked about the demise of physical books as if it was only a matter of time, but even 50 to 100 years from now, print will be a big chunk of our business,» Penguin Random House chief executive Markus Dohle told the Times.

«Psychologists Robert Emmons and Laura King discovered that the anxiety that results from having too many conflicting goals causes our productivity as well as our physical and mental health to suffer,» reports the book, «so the to - do list gives and takes.

According to the Book of Enoch (which the inspired Jude quotes from as authoritative and which Revelation alludes to quite a bit), these now physical sons of God were punished by losing their bodies and became all the invisible demons that roam the world terrorizing people to this day (with ghost sightings, hunched backs, strange voices, possession, and more).

Authors John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman teach couples the skills needed to maintain healthy marriages, so partners can avoid the pitfalls of parenthood by: • Focusing on intimacy and romance • Replacing an atmosphere of criticism and irritability with one of appreciation • Preventing postpartum depression • Creating a home environment that nurtures physical, emotional, and mental health, as well as cognitive and behavioral development for your baby Complete with exercises that separate the «master» from the «disaster» couples, this book helps new parents positively manage the strain that comes along with their bundle of joy.

My 7 - year - old daughter is as drawn to physical play, from playing tag and climbing trees to building forts and making tunnels in the sand, as her brother... while my 9 year old is more likely to be found reading books to her brother, guiding him on how to plant the beans in the garden or teaching him how to use the insect net.

A recent study found that people who read from light - emitting reading devices usually have a harder time falling asleep and don't sleep as deeply compared to those who read from a physical book before bed.

Angela is the author of several books on PCOS including PCOS: The Dietitian's Guide, The PCOS Workbook: Your Guide to Complete Physical and Emotional Health, and The PCOS Nutrition Center Cookbook Recognized by Today's Dietitian as one of the Top 10 Incredible Dietitian's making a difference in 2014, Angela is the past recipient for The Outstanding Nutrition Entrepreneur Award, The Award in Excellence in Practice in Women's Health and The Award for Excellence in Graduate Research, from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

While these review sites were geared more towards physical products other than books, such as gadgets that vendors might sell through the Amazon Marketplace, some of the first complaints from the internet community about Amazon reviews centered on self - published authors who were accused of buying reviews of their books.

For an industry that has suddenly gone from dominant (sole) market player to segment - oriented player that probably makes sense, because book publishers sell books as physical objects.

Some do find creative means of stocking their physical book, such as working directly with their local bookstore or drumming up support from local writing groups.

In fact, with immersive new e-reader technology integrated on this latest offering from Hoopla Digital, it enables graphics to appear just as it would in a physical book, now how about that?

-- while the number of physical books given as gifts increased from 32 % to 35 % over the period.

As the world quickly transitions from physical books to reading on their devices, one has to wonder how they can easily save their place in their new ebooks.

Amazon's foray into the world of brick - and - mortar retail could be taken as confirmation of the growing desire for physical bookstore locations, he added, but the Amazon stores are adopting a different approach from many independent book sellers.

And I tend to believe (in general) that readers pay more careful attention when they read a book than read from a device... I also think books matter as physical objects.

Following the September 22 New York Times article «The Plot Twist: E-Book Sales Slip, and Print Is Far From Dead,» other media outlets at the national and local levels, as well as internationally, have been sharing the news that print books remain a favorite for readers and that physical bookstores are benefitting.

Finally, it appears as though the legislation still wouldn't affect online retailers who don't have the proverbial «physical presence» that allowed Amazon to avoid collecting sales tax in US states; this would not only strengthen Amazon's power to provide cheaper books to citizens in Quebec, but would also prevent the retailer from ever building a distribution center or affiliate relationships in the province.

It will be interesting to see what the other big publishing houses decide to do, I have a feeling your going to see the companies who do nt push for equivalent ebook to physical book pricing will have higher sales and in the end make more money off of ebooks AND «dead tree» books as well thanks to word of mouth from ebook readers.

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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.

As more and more content has moved from the physical to the digital realm, book publishers (and music labels, and newspapers, etc.) have tried to perpetuate the control they used to have over the physical artifact, and in many cases have actually tried to create new forms of control they never had in the physical world.

As well as demonstrating that fairly basic digital tools can be used to create powerful stories, our project showed that the digital also makes us appreciate anew those features of the physical book we may take for granted, the touch, smell and feel of paper and the special place that a book handed down from generation to generation has in the context of family lifAs well as demonstrating that fairly basic digital tools can be used to create powerful stories, our project showed that the digital also makes us appreciate anew those features of the physical book we may take for granted, the touch, smell and feel of paper and the special place that a book handed down from generation to generation has in the context of family lifas demonstrating that fairly basic digital tools can be used to create powerful stories, our project showed that the digital also makes us appreciate anew those features of the physical book we may take for granted, the touch, smell and feel of paper and the special place that a book handed down from generation to generation has in the context of family life.

Barnes & Noble once had high hopes for its Nook brand, which would compete with Amazon's Kindle as part of the bookseller's attempt to diversify from physical book sales.

From authors who want to have their work available once the physical edition has gone out of print and the rights have reverted, to those whose books we believe in and feel passionately about but couldn't sell — oftentimes, after approaching 20 or more houses — we realized that part of our job as agents in this new publishing milieu is to facilitate these works being made available as e-books and through POD and other editions,» from the DGLM bFrom authors who want to have their work available once the physical edition has gone out of print and the rights have reverted, to those whose books we believe in and feel passionately about but couldn't sell — oftentimes, after approaching 20 or more houses — we realized that part of our job as agents in this new publishing milieu is to facilitate these works being made available as e-books and through POD and other editions,» from the DGLM bfrom the DGLM blog.

62 % of the respondents have said that they still prefer to hold books as a physical product rather than in digital format, whilst one fifth of 16 - 24s feel that they don't want to be restricted to a particular device, such as the Kindle, which prevents books from being shared with friends easily.

I am quite loyal to the Amazon.com brand and experience as I have been buying physical books from overseas for years.

OTOH, I don't feel bad about deleting book files from my e-reader, whereas I find it very difficult to get rid of a physical book — especially when the book is so execrable as to require trashing (as opposed to requiring donation).

When ebooks hit 15 % of the market Authors start making almost as much from ebooks as they do from physical books.

Publishers are only looking at it as another way to prevent their criminal customers from actually being able to do with their e-books what they can with their physical books.

Even as they damned the online bookseller, they profited from lower returns rates on physical books thanks to Amazon's predictive on - time ordering.

EBooks have become the preferable choice for books, as it makes the user free from the burden of carrying a heavy volume of physical books and enables access of the books in the daily / regular use items like a computer, iPhone, iPad, Smartphone or so, and are also accessible at any time.

I suspect if this becomes any kind of success it will quickly become the main or sole source of income for a lot of independent authors (as most of them make all their money from Kindle sales anyway — a lot don't offer physical books or have books available on other platforms at all) and so the zero - sum effect will be far more important.

I have many print books via CreateSpace by different authors (some have self - published and some are from small publishers), and they are ALL numbered this way as well as have headers on pages that don't appear in other print books that you buy at a physical bookstore.

The shift from Physical Books to eBooks will be hastened as lots of authors and Publishers will rush to digitize their backlists and make 70 % on them.

An eReader basically liberates reader and author from the tyranny of the physical book as a non-ideal distribution mechanism.

This is a significant development for self - published writers because it represents an opportunity for books to have an in - store, on - shelf, physical presence — the same as a book from a traditional publisher.

According to a Reuters article from back in June, this is partly because it was too complicated to sort out the logistics for a larger operation similar to those that Amazon has in other countries such as its home market of the U.S., Europe, Japan and elsewhere, where the company also sells physical books, consumer electronics, household goods, and much more — often from a selection of third - party retailers as well as itself.

Whatever the great eBook definition is, it's necessary as it ensures that we go from physical books to electronic books.

A book blog tour, as its name implies, is the online version of the traditional bookstore tour but instead of visiting physical brick and mortal book shops, you go from one blogger's website to another on the internet.

As reported by The Guardian, «HarperCollins» revenues from physical books were down 6 % over the last 12 months, although digital sales are expanding robustly and now account for more than one fifth of sales... expects demand for ebooks to continue to grow before plateauing at roughly 50 % of all book sales.»

«People talked about the demise of physical books as if it was only a matter of time, but even 50 to 100 years from now, print will be a big chunk of our business,» said Markus Dohle, the chief executive of Penguin Random House, which has nearly 250 imprints globally.

Virality - Virality is a term with biological origins that refers to how books spread from one reader to the next via word - of - mouth, both in the physical world and in the virtual world of online social media such as Facebook, Twitter and online forums.

«As consumers turn from dedicated e-reading devices to tablets, the study will continue to monitor the impact on genres, physical book acquisition, and retailers, and track the evolution of the all - important Power Buyer.»

The issue here is more with Barnes & Noble in the long term, as consumers continue to move away from physical books and towards digital content distribution.

«We now sell three times as many digital books as all formats of physical books combined on BN.com,» Lynch said during the call, noting that the Barnes & Noble NOOK's market share has increased slightly to 27 %, up from 25 % last quarter.

A paperback does give some kudos to you as an author (there is something magical about holding a book you've written), and some readers prefer a physical book, but the income from a paperback is significantly lower than from an e-book.

As I have now discovered from my broker the class B shares are not in book form so there must be a physical exchange!!

For as much time as I spend online, I still prefer to do my reading from a physical book (or our first generation Kindle).