«I presume that reading the same
book on different devices simultaneously is a fairly uncommon usecase.»
If you ever felt to read
a book on a different device, use Calibre to transfer the book from one device to another.
The mother ship at Amazon always offers to «synch to furthest page read» when I open
a book on a different device than the one I was reading on last time.
Not exact matches
The study, titled: Subjective impressions do not mirror online reading effort: concurrent EEG - eyetracking evidence from the reading of
books and digital media, measured young and elderly adults reading short texts
on three
different reading
devices, including a paper page, e-reader and tablet computer.
Amazon Prime members can enjoy this selection
on over 300
different devices, including the recently announced Kindle Fire — the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, magazines, apps,
books, games, and more.
There's something about reading
on a digital
device that makes long
books feel like they drag out — it's just a
different user experience.
Your
book will look
different on every e-reading
device.
Whichever option you choose, make sure you use the online previewer to determine how your Kindle
book will look
on different devices.
Kindle
Books can be read
on Amazon's own Kindle
devices (in several
different versions), a free App for iOS, Android, and Blackberry mobile
devices, and the free Kindle application for Windows and Mac OS X operating systems.
But we're doing something completely
different: creating a whole new experience around
books, discovering them and reading them
on any
device you'd like.»
One of my favorite features of
Book Creator is that you can work separately on different devices and then later export student work and combine them into one seamless b
Book Creator is that you can work separately
on different devices and then later export student work and combine them into one seamless
bookbook.
Therefore, using these fonts will dramatically alter the way your
book will look and flow
on a
different device.
(When we code
books, we include instructions for how to render
on different devices.)
While the
book itself is no
different and can be read
on any
device, Amazon has a list of compatible
devices that are required for viewing the added animation.
While US lawmakers continue to debate the merits or lack of justification for in - flight bans
on electronic
devices, Australian airlines Qantas is taking a
different approach by commissioning a series of paperback
books that are the perfect length for an extended flight.
If the
book is at all complicated it is vital to test it
on as many
different devices as possible.
In a recent blog post they said «A new
book typeface was needed that would provide an outstanding reading experience
on a whole range of
devices and high resolution screens running
different rendering technologies.
To give an idea of what I mean, here is a photo of the same
book displayed
on a number of
different devices — just the ones that I happened to have
on my desk:
And if you ever decide to move
on to a
different eReader
device, the
books you purchase from Amazon won't port over.
Each
book's page comes with a dropdown menu of dozens of
different file formats, anything from a zip file to a PDF file to a format suitable for most any mobile
device out
on the market today.
However, your
book will look
different on many
devices so I wouldn't get to bent out of shape if it looks strange
on one
device and perfect
on another.
ePub has evolved to accommodate illustrated
books as well: now fixed - layout ePub files will allow the design to remain fixed while still allowing the ebook to be viewed
on different kinds of
devices.
As we were testing, we noticed so many
devices had
different ways of displaying
different file types, and we wanted to be sure our
books looked great
on different devices.
A document by New Zealand's Association of Public Library Managers pinpoints the libraries» main obstacle, namely the DRM status the limits how many times a
book can be borrowed, breaks down the compatibility across
different devices, and forces a waiting period
on ebooks, therefore treating them like their print counterparts.
«For schools, eBooks come with
different rights for
different students, the
books need to be accessible
on school computers and
on personal
devices, and some electronic textbooks can be over two gigabytes each!
In order to preserve your reading progress, bookmarks, notes, highlights and annotations across
different versions of
books, make sure that all of your Kindle devices and reading apps have Annotations Backup or Whispersync for Books turne
books, make sure that all of your Kindle
devices and reading apps have Annotations Backup or Whispersync for
Books turne
Books turned
on.
With all three, you can read a
book on up to six
different devices.
Cloud Syncing — If you have a smartphone, tablet or e-reader in the household and often read the same
book on many
different devices, cloud syncing makes things really easy.
MacInnis walked the attendees through a projected scenario of various
books, as well as demonstrating how the material looks
on different devices.
Adobe is loosening the grip of its DRM, allowing users to share e-
books with friends and to read
books on up to 12
different devices (six desktop and six handheld).
If you're reading
books on your phone and want to change to a
different device, your files are a few taps away.
This is where you'll get to see exactly how the
book will look
on different devices.
Once you install it, find it after it's installed, and figure out how to download and view your
book with it, you must inspect it carefully to find mistakes
on all of the
devices (like the
different eInks, the
different Fires, and the iPad and iPhone).
You'll have to remember to manually sync when you're leaving the house if you bought a
book online, or read
on a
different device, or else you're going to be out of place or out of content
on the Kobo.
But
books with DRM attached — no matter what format and no matter where you buy them — can cause issues if you try to read them
on a
different device than they were originally intended for.
To solve the serious problem of what will my
book look like
on different devices, Amazon has developed the Kindle Previewer.
It might have seemed like a weird idea just a few years ago, but so many people read e-books now,
on so many
different devices, that it's no longer inconceivable for a
book to be exclusively published online.
I knew that the $ 400 price tags
on Kindles wouldn't last long, because even though it put many
different technologies together in a synergistic fashion, it was still a
device with a singular purpose (as are its immediate competitors like the Nook)- in essence, a digital
book.
I continued, «So you told me that any
book can be
on six
different devices, while your colleague sent me an e-mail that says that each publisher determines how many
devices you can have.
Personally, being able to rent a server, install the LAMP stack and make a living out of it, being free to use GNU tools for the job with the only rule that I have to give away the code if I install my utilities
on a client's machine strikes me as somewhat
different than being unable to give a
book I just bought to my girlfriend so she can read it
on her favourite reading
device.
Kindle
books work uniformly across platforms but may look
different to readers based
on screen size of the
device: • Tablet mode: Preview how your
books will look
on large
devices like Apple iPad, Android tablets, and Fire tablets.
This is especially important if your
book will be
on many
different ebook stores /
devices.
All
books and documents that are saved in the tolino Cloud are available to you
on up until 5
different devices.
Always, always test
on a few
different devices, and scroll through the whole
book for a visual check.
Claire Ryan (@rayntweets), who heads up an independent author services company, has created a free WordPress plug - in that makes it easy to sell your
books on your website, while pointing to all the
different retailers and
devices on which your
book might be available.
It lets people view
books on many
different devices, adapting the formatting to the screen size.
A document by New Zealand's Association of Public Library Managers pinpoints the libraries» main obstacle, namely the DRM status that limits how many times a
book can be borrowed, breaks down the compatibility across
different devices, and forces a waiting period
on ebooks, therefore treating them like their print counterparts.
I have no idea WTF with the Voyage being so sensitive, but I tried with three
different, working with other
devices, USB cables and it refused to mount
on my Mac
Book Pro.
The Kindle will sync your last read page across
different devices, so providing the product you're using to read
on is connected to the Internet, you won't spend ages flicking through pages trying to find your place in a
book.
The new font was designed by Type Together who had a brief for a new
book typeface that would provide an outstanding reading experience
on a whole range of
devices and high - resolution screens running
different rendering technologies.