Sentences with phrase «ebook technologies meant»

If you are frustrated with your lack of success finding a publisher... if you've looked into companies that will publish your book for you and been appalled at what they charge... if you wish you better understood what the new printing and ebook technologies meant in terms of your options... then this little book can help.

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According to an article for The Observer by Anna Baddeley, «Last month the charity published the results of a survey into how technology is shaping our reading habits: nearly half (48 %) of UK adults who use technology to read said it had made them read more; 41 % said that being able to look up words they didn't know has made reading easier while half said that being able to adjust the appearance of the text has helped; 62 % said that being able to access free ebooks has meant they have read books they would not otherwise have read.»

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.

Amazon sells lots of ebooks because it's easy for us to buy them, and their archaic technology means they rarely break.

Also, technology changes every six months or so, which means that each time I come back to produce files, I have to reevaluate previous production methods to see if they are still the best, are compatible with the current ebook and print standards, and are the most cost - effective.

Using print - on - demand (POD) technology, they can avoid printing books until they are ordered, meaning no print run costs and no warehousing expenses; ebooks, of course, can just be sold directly via Amazon and other outlets.

With Google employing this technology it means that people downloading ebooks are not locked into proprietary file formats.

One technology site notes that Amazon's preference seems to be keeping book prices low, and wonders whether consumers would accept advertising if it meant that new ebooks were then free?

Ebooks, like technology, are going to evolve, blur distinctions, and go where they were meant to go — interactive.

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?

As an indie publisher, I use print - on - demand (POD) technology and ebooks, both of which mean there's no charge unless a book is ordered.

You wouldn't want to base your purchase on information that is outdated, and eBooks are a relatively new technology which means they are changing and improving from year to year.

Pottermore famously employs digital watermarks as a form of «social DRM,» meaning that the technology doesn't prevent people from copying or sharing ebooks, but does discourage unauthorized sharing by making it socially undesirable (since the purchaser can easily be traced).

I mean, companies like Smashwords actually actively discourage authors from creating proper eBook files by not allowing them to upload individual files and instead forcing their Meatgrinder upon everyone, a technology that — in its current state — does nothing to improve eBook quality and typically makes things incomprehensibly worse.

Now, with the benefit of eBook technology, that system is being upended, and with it have come entirely new meanings for words we thought we understood, like «self publishing.»