Sentences with phrase «electronic readers such»

About the technology The displays use e-paper technology, also known as e-ink, which has been widely used in electronic readers such as Amazon's Kindle.
A new Pew research survey of U.S. adults conducted in May, 2011 shows that ownership of electronic readers such as the Amazon Kindle or The Barnes & Noble Nook is now at 12 percent.
Online retail titan Amazon will open its first real - world shop in just a few months, according to a blog devoted to news about electronic readers such as the popular Kindle.
There has been a surge in popularity of electronic readers such as the Kindle, which promise cheaper books delivered straight to the handheld device via the internet.
The recent report estimates that the market will almost double every year until 2014 with popular electronic readers such as the Amazon Kindle, and Barnes and Noble Nook paving the way with dramatic sales.
Companies that make electronic readers such as the Nook, have missed the boat when it comes to social media.
The number of Americans who own an electronic reader such as Kindle doubled in the six months to May as college graduates and adults in the highest income category choose the devices over tablet computers, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center.

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And it's also cresting a wave of enhanced electronic books as one of the most high - profile literary works to take advantage of the new abilities of readers such as Apple's iPad and other tablet computers.
Adults with dyslexia may need accommodations in the work place such as extended time or electronic readers to accommodate diagnosed dyslexia.
Some manufacturers of electronic books demand use of such maps for a installing of the e-book reader.
Step Two: Novelist gets the manuscript into shape with some first readers and maybe a good copyedit, then launches it on electronic sites and gets it through a POD publisher such as CreateSpace, which will give you cheap author's copies in their $ 39 pro program.
Electronic ink technology produces a low - power paperlike display used primarily in early e-book readers such as Amazon's Kindle.
This is galvanizing electronic reader companies to use more feasible operating systems for expanded content, such as Google Android, and its plethora of applications available.
Although most Electronic Readers only come in one color, the new Jetbook E-Reader will be offered in a plethora of different colors such as; Black, Grey, Orange, Red, Light Red, Blue, Dark Blue, and Green.
With cheaper hardware components due out in a few months, most electronic reader companies such as Barnes and Noble, Asus, Fujitsu, iRex, Astak and others will be putting out future devices for its audience.
The electronic version of a book, usually read on dedicated Reading devices such as Kindles or Kobo readers, or on devices such as smartphones, tablets, or PCs.
(AP)-- Google Inc. is launching a new online service that will let readers buy electronic versions of books and read them on such gadgets as cell phones, laptops and possibly e-book devices.
NetGalley offers electronic galleys of books, both before and after their publication date, to 200,000 professional readers such as book reviewers, journalists, librarians, professors, booksellers, and bloggers.
(AP)-- Amazon.com Inc. is rolling up its sleeves in its fight to convince consumers that its Kindle electronic reader is better than competing devices such as Apple's iPad, unveiling more aggressive advertising that is...
Not only is Barnes and Noble competition against Amazon in the E-Reader market in North America, many new companies are releasing electronic readers this year, such as Spring Design, Fujitsu, Skiff, Plastic Logic, and many more.
Although the Electronic Reader market is pretty saturated with all of the new comers in the market, MSI will debut the first Full on Slate sporting the Windows 7 operating system, something many other companies attempted to do, such as HP Slate and Microsoft Courier and ended up abandoning Windows as a core operating system.
The IPad is bringing to the public consciousness what Electronic Reader companies such as Amazon, Sony, Barnes and Noble, iRex and others have been catering to exclusively for years, a device to easily read, and store books.
Electronic readers or e-readers that claim to be substitutes to books are priced at such elevated levels that they often are beyond the reach of the majority of book lovers.
GoodEReader.com reported last week on whole new interactive capabilities in electronic reading, such as the newly coined reality literature that allows the reader to engage with the story in never before experienced ways.
A dedicated e-reader (electronic reader) is one such device and allows you to read a book stored in the e-reader.
The lack of books in electronic format was one of the things that used to put people off using ebook readers — and that's what made Amazon.com's Kindle reader such an instant success.
An electronic book reader is a small, portable computer designed for reading books stored in a digital format such as ASCII, PDF, HTML, or another similar format.
(AP)-- Amazon.com Inc. is rolling up its sleeves in its fight to convince consumers that its Kindle electronic reader is better than competing devices such as Apple's iPad, unveiling more aggressive advertising that is accentuating a growing rivalry.
But with the arrival of a new generation of electronic book readers, such as the Sony Reader, and Amazon Kindle, the days of the printed word just might be numbered.
It faces tough competition from discounters such as Amazon and a shift toward electronic readers.
The screens are most commonly seen in electronic book readers such as Amazon's Kindle and Sony's Reader.
A few years ago, you'd have been right about that, but these days the arrival of e-ink devices, such as the Sony Reader and the Amazon Kindle, mean that electronic reading causes no more eye - strain than paper.
But the iPad would make a fine reader for electronic books, offering features such as enhanced color and video, Cue thought.
This is another point to the open - web team of Berners - Lee and Co because — unlike the Kindle, which keeps its books prisoner behind a proprietary Amazonian fence — Kobo employs the open Electronic Book Publication Standard (EPUB) used on other readers, such as the Barnes & Noble Nook and Sony's Reader.
(AP)-- Lately, the electronic - reader market has been a race to the bottom, with major players such as Amazon.com Inc. and Barnes & Noble Inc. tussling over which can offer consumers the best, cheapest e-reader.
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Amazon, the world's larget online retailer, has been under pressure from a lot of publishers for the low prices it charges for e-books to spur demand for its electronic reader Kindle, hoping to fend off new rivals such as Apple Inc (AAPL.O) that are set to join the e-books fray with their own devices.
The Kindle, like most ebook readers, uses electronic paper to display E Ink in such a way as to mimic the look of the printed page.
Then electronic bookstores, such as Books on Board and iBookstore, began to sell eBooks for readers, tablets and smartphones.
«In a four - day period after Christmas,» the article reports, «library cardholders downloaded 3,028 library - owned electronic titles onto devices including home computers, [cell phones] and digital readers such as NOOKs and Kindles.»
And if such material actually becomes popular, through either print or electronic formats, these dictator wannabees accuse both the author and his / her readers of having sophomoric or brutish tastes.
Past E Ink panels were all 6in in size, but Vizplex will be made available in 1.9 in, 5in, 6in, 8in and 9.7 in sizes, the better to find roles in devices beyond the electronic books, such as Sony's PRS - 500 Portable Reader, they've been seen in before.
Readers of the draft US uniform statute will be struck by fairly complex provisions about information in the hands of an «electronic communications service» or a «remote computing service», and distinguishing between records of e-communications and the contents of such communications.
• Confer with document originators to understand document control needs • Gain access to records and determine appropriate ways of recording it • Compile and maintain records and related files such as blueprints, drawings and documents • Examine records to ensure their integrity and completeness • Handle data management duties such as reviewing and coding documents • Analyze documents to appropriate statistical coding • Input data into databases and prepare documents for electronic imaging • Operate micrographic equipment including digital scanners and archive readers to assist readers • Retrieve document data and information in databases and code information into computer records • Take and verify requests for retrieval of records and information and respond to requests as deemed appropriate • Perform minor repair and maintenance on micrographic equipment • Purge hard copy of files according to approved procedures • Develop, design and maintain systems for filing and retrieving records • Determine workflow priorities and develop and implement clerical procedures • Assist in projects such as information gathering and research work • Reproduce and distribute documents on special request of staff members • Ascertain that all records and files are properly labeled and categorized
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