Sentences with phrase «devices in the hands of readers»

Your commentary regarding getting more devices in the hands of readers puts me in mind of Tesla's decision to make its battery patents public.

Not exact matches

Securing dangerous or controlled substances: Businesses in a wide range of industries use biometric devices — with hand - readers being a particularly popular option — to help monitor access to toxic chemicals, radioactive waste, narcotic drugs and other potentially hazardous materials.

Beyond Reisman's ambition to offer «the best reading application» anywhere (and early reviews of the software have been favourable), the Kobo experience caters to a reader who is stealing moments throughout their busy day in which to read, on whatever device they happen to have at hand.

For one, Amazon, like other e-book sellers, has used a scheme known as «digital rights management» (DRM), which limits the types of devices that can read certain e-book formats.259 Compelling readers to purchase a Kindle through cheap e-books locks them into future e-book purchases from Amazon.260 Moreover, buying — or even browsing — e-books on Amazon's platform hands the company information about your reading habits and preferences, data the company uses to tailor recommendations and future deals.261 Replicated across a few more purchases, Amazon's lock - in becomes strong.

«Offering books in the Windows Store is one of the highest potential sales channels to come to the market in several years; it will be a great opportunity for our publishers to get their books into more readers» hands across multiple devices.»

Hopefully, the absence of some major authors from eBook stores will be temporary — but in the meantime, you could be forgiven for thinking that publishers really do want to hand all the cards to Amazon — they're the cheapest and, for whatever reason, they are now the ones with the biggest range of books, some of which UK readers can not, right now, buy electronically in a format compatible with their own devices.

On the other hand, if you want to keep your options more open and read things in a format compatible with the highest number of current mobile devices, you should definitely have Acrobat Reader around for reading PDFs, and Adobe Digital Editions is probably your next best bet since that'll talk to the Nook as well as to the Sony Reader.

But if the research has been done and verified on the upcoming Snowden title, the book written, the editing finalized, and the entire manuscript formatted for printing, why is it not in the hands of readers on their devices?

«A good ebook developer will know that the author has put their heart and soul into writing their book and he or she will be able to take that book in whatever format the author provides and then lovingly hand - craft an ebook version for them which will honour their work and get it to the devices of readers who will appreciate it too.»

With headphone ports and adjustable volume controls, as well as the automated page turning feature which will mean the reader doesn't have to support the device in one or both hands, it is easy to overlook the robotic monotone voice and simply return to the days of enjoying the magic of words.

When used as a simple web browsing device or as a book reader, I found it not too heavy (though heavier than the iPad Mini) and it didn't strain my hands, especially when holding it in the palm of my hand.

In between these devices are a plethora of others — from PCs to Android tablets to hand - held game players — all of which offer readers numerous options.

It was with exceptional enthusiasm and energy that I booked my flights to Ghana to participate firsthand in Worldreader's mission to place digital reading devices into the hands of aspiring young readers.

«With the ever - increasing number of devices in consumers» hands and the growing popularity of Marvel's extensive catalogue of familiar Super Heroes we see this as the perfect time to create a whole new generation of comic book readers.»

Based in Oakland, California, Solio is part of the Better Energy Systems coporation, which creates hand - held solar charging devices that store energy to be used in powering lights, smartphones, MP3 Players, GPS devices, digital cameras and handheld readers.