By other accounts, which try to shine light on
ebook adoption by looking at markets like Amazon (which accounts for a scary two - thirds of ebook sales), show that a huge and growing percentage of ebooks are being sold by indie publishers or authors themselves rather than the bigs, and a third of them don't even have ISBNs, the universal ID used to track most books.
A lack of access to ereading devices was described by 64 percent of respondents as the leading barrier to
ebook adoption by their library.
No one could have predicted the explosion in
ebook adoption by the consumer public, let alone by libraries.
To study
ebook adoption by kids and school libraries, School Library Journal and Follett School Solutions recently released the Sixth Annual Survey of Ebook Usage in the U.S. School (K - 12)
Frustrated by what they say is an unacceptable response by Amazon and galvanized by the retail giant's push for Kindle
ebooks adoption by schools, NFB officials will protest outside Amazon's Seattle headquarters on December 12 at 11:00 am.
Not exact matches
The Two Daddy Frogs
By Jim Palato The Two Daddy Frogs is an eBook written to assist young children in understanding the process of adoption by same sex couple
By Jim Palato The Two Daddy Frogs is an
eBook written to assist young children in understanding the process of
adoption by same sex couple
by same sex couples.
I hadn't thought of that in terms of
ebook adoption and how it could benefit or be hindered
by our associations with books, but it makes sense.
A highlight was Kobo's Michael Tamlyn, whose now familiar message that
ebook adoption is being driven
by users in their 50s, 60s, and 70s (his «silver foxes») has real currency.
«There is an incredible appetite for eReaders and
eBooks in Hong Kong, but until today, a limited selection of over-priced eReaders has curbed
adoption,» said Chris Li of Swindon Book Co., Ltd. «
By making the Kobo Wireless eReading easily available to customers at Swindon's retail and online outlets, we are solving this problem and meeting customer demand.»
But with great ideas proposed like a ranking system for self - published authors to help ensure best practices and a streamlined device system that makes buying
ebooks ridiculously easy, one of the better ideas was the focus on greater
adoption of bundling of
ebooks with their print counterparts, proposed
by BitLit's Peter Hudson.
I think what is happening with
ebook adoption is best captured
by Geoffrey Moore's excellent marketing book of the 1990s Crossing the Chasm.
She cites research published
by Pew Research Center in April that «found a strong correlation between the spike in sales of ereading - capable devices and
ebook adoption over the holidays.»
«The
adoption of
eBooks by an institution founded before Gutenberg represents a significant coming of age for publishing,» said Dev Ganesan, President and CEO of Aptara.
Some interesting details from McCoy's interview include the explanation of Amazon's
adoption of the ePub file format — as opposed to its standard MOBI format — for Japanese
ebooks in light of the Amazon.jp store launch, as well as Kobo «s ePub - only
ebook store formed
by parent company Rakuten.
At its current rate of
ebook adoption, StarWalk plans to have as many as 400 titles in its catalog
by the end of the current school year.
The
adoption and use of
ebooks in U.S. school libraries has grown steadily over the past four years, slowed mainly
by limited access to ereading devices and cost, says a new
ebooks report
by School Library Journal, sponsored
by Follett.
Firstly, changes in technology, in particular the
adoption of
ebooks by the mainstream thanks to Amazon's Kindle, the iPad, etc,» he says.
More than 30 formats vie for
adoption by device and
eBook software developers, authors, publishers and, most importantly, readers.
This issue has been addressed
by ePub3, and with wider
adoption hopefully more Japanese language
ebooks will become more readily available.
An article issued
by The Bookseller today revealed some interesting numbers regarding the
adoption of
ebooks and the attitudes towards electronic reading worldwide.
Amazon has just announced move that could constitute a true Killer feature for stimulating massive
adoption by college students of
ebooks — and Kindle
ebooks in particular.
The slow growth of
ebook adoption in school libraries is attributed to limited access to ereading devices and cost of
ebooks, according to the report, released in October 2014 and sponsored
by Follett.
A lack of funds for
ebooks was listed second,
by 53 percent of respondents, while 37 percent said that they were waiting to see what the best platform would be for
adoption.
By most media accounts,
ebook adoption has plateaued at about a third of the overall book market, and this stall has lasted for over a year now.
That could be even greater, as student expectations are influenced
by ebook adoption beyond campus walls, and as faculty embrace the format.
«There is an incredible appetite for eReaders and
eBooks in Hong Kong but until today, a limited selection of over priced eReaders has curbed
adoption,» said Chris Li of Swindon Book Co., Ltd. «
By making the Kobo Wireless eReading easily available to customers at Swindon's retail and online outlets, we are solving this problem and meeting customer demand.»