In parallel, Microsoft appears to have placed a very intelligent (and relatively inexpensive) bet into not only the tablet and
ebook space with Barnes & Noble and Nook - one they have not previously been able to make - but the complete digital ecosystem necessary to play in today's consumer markets.
Bookstores can't survive when Amazon can coerce its author and publisher suppliers to offer Amazon better prices, or worse, as we see in the indie
ebook space with KDP Select, put a gun to the head of authors and force them to deny other retailers the ability to sell their books.
Not exact matches
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This
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You can create your own
ebooks and even publish paperback books for free (or rather no set up fees)
with Create
Space or Lulu.
Also, as an FYI, as a power - consumer of
ebooks, the WORST formatted ones,
with arbitrary pages of
space between paragraphs, etc, are from the major houses, which presumably (but not necessarily) have dedicated html people.
I sat down
with Emma McKay, managing editor at Askmen and the force behind their foray into
ebooks, to talk about what happens when an analytics - driven web publisher enters the
ebook space.
I'm working on a non-fiction
eBook project, and wonder why so many folks advise for nonfiction a block style
with line
spacing of some amount between paragraphs, but for fiction indents are preferred?
Astronomer Elena Sabbi of the
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland wants to convince blind children that they too can be seen pushing the barriers of science and technology; and what better way to do that than by coming up
with the world's first
ebook meant for the visually disabled.
Unfortunately, the switch to digital also carries
with it a built - in flaw, which is that subscribers expect to read digital at a lower price — hence a lot of the argument between booksellers and publishers over
ebook pricing — and advertisers expect to pay less for digital ad
space.
The idea was conceived when using the page hyperlink tool
with Year 5 who were using them to create a contents page for their
Space Fact
ebooks.
Here's a padded lapdesk from Padded
Spaces that can be used
with laptops (MacBook Pro and Air), but it has an integrated stand that makes it perfect for tablets and
eBook readers.
Hi Heather, I really do think that we'll see a massive change over the next couple of years in the translation
space — in the same way we've seen it
with ebooks as well as audio.
The costs associated
with ebook distribution are relatively low, only requiring a server
space to set up an
ebook store and start selling.
For those of you
with eBooks and POD print books at Create
Space here is how to make a discount coupon code for your book on Create
Space.
Two years after «standing up» to Amazon by handing Apple instant market share in the
ebook space, and jumping through hoops to supply every other harebrained
ebook startup
with shoddily formatted content,
with nary a thought given to device interoperability nor optimal user experiences, and in the wake of the # 2 domestic book retailer finally going bankrupt, libraries have seemingly become the one kid on the playground publishers think they can bully into submission.
Which you should be doing of course, and if you have some brilliant strategies for turning your book into a STORY by connecting it
with some current events or burning media issue, and if you have some events planned around the launch, then you should probably have both the
ebook and print version ready (getting the files right takes a LOT longer than you think, always give yourself a few months of extra
space before you launch).
We bantered about the new green
space and the rise of digital
ebooks and how a large Canadian library copes
with lending to a large population.
The average
ebook found on many torrent sites are often littered
with obtrusive line
space formatting and puncuation marks.
I did this because
with an
eBook cover, you have very little time to impress readers, and very little
space in which to do it.
You can adjust how small or large it is, and depending on the reading device or app you use, you can often change font type, font weight, text alignment,
spacing — and
with tools like Calibre you can pretty much format an
ebook any way you want if you're determined to do so.
Personally I prefer to read a real book but when I consider the weight and
space required to take real books
with me I have to rely on
ebooks.
I don't want to get to the end of the book then find out I have to go back and put all those lines and
spaces in manually, nor do I want to put them in manually at this stage only to find out that it messes
with the various
ebook formats.
With the release of myriad devices and formats, number of online vendors, and confusing search functionality, consumers often get lost in the
ebook space,» said David Nussbaum, Chairman & CEO, F+W Media, in a press release yesterday.
Despite its young age in the industry, Vook has already made impressive contributions to the
ebook space, working
with mainstays such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Fast Company to power their digitization efforts.
Given the iPad platform Apple created in 2010, they really should have been neck and neck
with Amazon within a short
space of time on
ebooks.
One of the benefits to these short form
ebooks is the need to balance content
with paid advertising
space is eliminated, allowing the readers to enjoy more in - depth information and offering the author the opportunity to explore his topic more fully than
with the current standard for periodicals.
Before looking at Coker's thoughts on the industry, it's important to refamiliarize
with a company that has been quietly plugging along in the retail
ebook space all this time.
With 8 GB of storage
space, your Kobo Aura H2O can carry twice as many
eBooks as other eReaders.
Can't adjust line
spacing with most sideloaded ePub
ebooks, and text renders differently than Kobo
ebooks.
Kobo claims the additional storage
space can hold up to 700 manga titles or up to 28,000
ebooks, so for those
with large digital libraries you might want to check out the new 32 GB Kobo Aura One when it comes out.
Your cover designer will need to give you three versions of your cover: One for IngramSpark using the template provided by their generator, another version for CreateSpace
with white
space for the barcode they automatically insert, and a version (front cover only) for the
eBook.
With ebooks sold through digital retailers, there is no such thing as shelf
space.
Also,
with twice the storage capacity at 16 and 32 GB, there will be enough
space to tuck away all the music and video files along
with ebooks that you might need.
This entire collusion case was brought to light in 2010
with the launch of the original iPad and to level the playing field so Apple could compete in the
eBook space.
Kno certainly boosted up its credibility
with a very instrumental member of of the
ebook space and has a tremendous amount of industry experience.
And while the amount of storage
space has doubled from 2 GB to 4 GB,
with 2.5 GB usable, only 500 MB of that is available for sideloaded non-B & N
ebooks.
Different
eBook reader comes
with different memory
space that can save thousands of books.
Although this issue is largely avoided if you go the
ebook - only route, when you're preparing your full book cover for print
with Lulu or Createspace, that little
space on the bottom of your book spine, which usually features the publisher's logo, may seem loudly empty.
When I contacted the format company again requesting that the white
space, which was in the original manuscript I sent, be added back in, the woman said, «The nature of
ebooks is that white
space is removed, which is something you should be familiar
with since you also read
ebooks.
This video will explain why the double line
spacing occurs in your
eBooks and how to fix it
with the setting of proper paragraph styles.
While
ebooks don't take up
space, if you look at the size various PDF files you will see they are considerbly bigger and 2 GB did not sit well
with me.
A lot in the
ebook space depends on innovation
with the hardware as well as pricing.
Particularly
with the new Sony device at $ 100 less, Amazon needs to come up
with a lower priced device if they want to stay ahead in the
ebook reader
space.
They are seeing increased
ebook sales and profits from
ebook sales, authors are largely playing ball and while they still resent the scale of some of the technology companies they must work
with to succeed in the digital
space, they more or less have it down.
There's no reason an Irish publisher cant attack that
space aggressively and
with relevant
ebooks just as well as a UK based publisher.
For the most part, a Word document is going to result in an
eBook with missing chapter breaks, too much / too little
spacing between paragraphs, and quite possibly a lot of shifted text.
Avid readers
with a large library can quickly fill up the device
space on smartphones and tablets, leaving little room for other apps and, of course, more
eBooks.
Amazon's ability to delete books
with no consultation, limited
eBook format options, Amazon's
eBook over-pricing and the Kindle's lack of
space expansion are some of the reasons why I won't be purchasing a Kindle.
Amazon was seemingly thrilled
with the fact that it could put a Paperwhite - sized 6 - inch panel into a smaller form factor, so it created a tiny
ebook reader that didn't have
space for a significant battery.