Because of inconsistent progress in
eBook technologies over the last few years, some of these enhancements are limited to specific eBook apps or devices.
Not exact matches
In the ongoing legal battles involving Apple
over antitrust violations in an
ebook price fixing case, it seems the
technology giant just can't catch a break.
Ingram Library Services, a leading provider of comprehensive services to public libraries, including access to
over 16.5 M titles, has teamed up with ODILO, an internationally recognized leader and provider of
technology and digital content for US libraries and schools, to expand the collections of multilingual
eBooks and audiobooks for library patrons.
The app, through
technology from mobile company biNu, compresses data to let users of basic phones download
ebooks over a 2G connection.
Paper is an old
technology that is still in use for a variety of reasons, but offers no demonstrable advantage
over ebooks.
The dominant meme
over the past several years has been the death of publishing, usually at the hands of the
ebook, and the looming threat of
technology partners / competitors that, as Grandinetti alluded to, presents «both risk and opportunity.»
Sony currently has well
over 10,000 best - seller titles in their CONNECT
eBook store, although they presently have very few
technology books available (Internet, Programming, Graphics Design, etc.), the E-Ink ®
technology is constantly improving and once we have large color screens, we may start to see more of these type of book being made available.
Autography Sues the Tampa Bay Devil
over Proprietary
Technology — Autography has pioneered a system that allows authors to autograph
ebooks by putting a blank page into an existing book.
Electronic paper (or ePaper) represents a category of display solutions that have become quite popular
over the past year or so, mostly due to the rapid «rise to stardom» of the various
eBook readers that have made their way onto the market within this time frame and that make very good use of this
technology.
INscribe Digital's industry leading
technology provides access to an ever - growing list of retailers, libraries, and
eBook subscription services, including
over 250 retailers and 20,000 libraries.
New collaboration provides libraries access to large, interactive library of multilingual
eBooks and other digital content Denver, CO, March 29, 2018 — Ingram Library Services, a leading provider of comprehensive services to public libraries, including access to
over 16.5 M titles, has teamed up with ODILO, an internationally recognized leader and provider of
technology and digital -LSB-...]
Obviously there can be a lot more contributing to the drop in sales — a weaker economy means less consumers taking farther - reaching vacations, for example — but if the trend that came about with the enhanced
ebooks is solid, could this mean that people who buy books about business or
technology embrace e-reading while readers who purchase travel guides or cookbooks are less apt to choose digital
over print?
After a lot of speculating and looking at other titles in retailers» digital catalog, it was surmised that the authors with the technical know - how to create and publish their own enhanced
ebooks were probably people who had a strong interest in computers and
technology; therefore, that level of interest spilled
over into their creative work.
The traditional dominant players — publishers and booksellers — will have little influence
over its outcome and it's a time when
technology leadership might change, including Amazon's dominance of the first major wave of
ebooks.
nook marries innovative
technology and sleek minimalist design with access to the Barnes & Noble's digital store of
over one million
eBooks, newspapers and magazines.
There's an article
over at Digitimes about E Ink, the company behind the display
technology used in most
ebook readers today, sampling out two new color touchscreen electrophoretic displays to their vendors.
With the advent of
technology, the debate
over eBooks and their paper printed versions are common.
While
ebooks have grabbed most of the attention
over the last decade, search has been and will continue to be the most significant
technology driving publishing.
On
ebooks Springer has
over 49,000
ebooks in 12 subject collections, mainly in six publishing fields: science,
technology, medicine, business, transport and architecture.
NOOK marries innovative
technology and sleek minimalist design with access to Barnes & Noble's digital store of
over one million
eBooks, newspapers and magazines.
For example, in January 2017 the company took
over the Tolino
ebook technology platform in Germany, teaming up with a conglomeration of book retailers.