Sentences with phrase «fact ebook devices»

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So, yes, it is nice, but what it really does is compensate for the fact that the standard eBook is poorly designed for their digital devices when the page design is more complex than plain text.

The simple fact of the matter is that dedicated eReading devices are not being replaced, or even now purchased in the first place by readers of ebooks, as ebooks can now be read on any number of different devices, whether they be tablets, phablets, phones or laptops.

Another interesting fact is that Amazon shipped around 1.14 Millions Kindles devices in the summer and currently its covers 41.5 % of the total market share of pure ebook readers whereas Apple iPad has got 87.4 % of the total tablet market share before the Samsung Galaxy Tab was released.

One of the biggest challenges we oftentimes face as we prepare eBooks has to do with the fact that we can not know which device or software our customers will use to read the book.

3M Library Systems, creators of cloud - based ebook lending and a library - specific e-reader device for patron checkout, and OverDrive, the leading provider of ebooks, audio books, and downloads to over 18,000 public libraries, may be competitors in the services they provide, but they are united in the fact that their work is intended to increase the capabilities of public libraries to provide ebook lending services to patrons.

The fact that Amazon surcharges Poles for Kindle ebooks and shows no interest whatsoever in catering for the central and east European reader, leaves the door wide open for publishers to make titles available in multiple formats to be read on Amazon devices without paying another cent to Amazon.

In marginally related news, digital publishing solutions mainstay Aptara will be hosting a webinar today on «eBook and App Device Compatibility: Separating Fact From Fiction.»

Essentially, the complaint seems to come down to the fact that the American Booksellers Association has a partnership with Kobo to let indie bookstores not only sell the devices in their shops, but also to sell ebooks to customers while making a small affiliate - style profit on it.

Nick Moran of The Millions had interesting prospective, mentioning «The emissions and e-waste for e-Readers could be stretched even further if I went down the resource rabbit hole to factor in: electricity needed at the Amazon and Apple data centers; communication infrastructure needed to transmit digital files across vast distances; the incessant need to recharge or replace the batteries of eReaders; the resources needed to recycle a digital device (compared to how easy it is to pulp or recycle a book); the packaging and physical mailing of digital devices; the need to replace a device when it breaks (instead of replacing a book when it's lost); the fact that every reader of eBooks requires his or her own eReading device (whereas print books can be loaned out as needed from a library); the fact that most digital devices are manufactured abroad and therefore transported across oceans.

In fact, I don't know of ANY electronic device capable of doing ebooks and comics that has a better warranty.

Pages & Pages were also awarded the book industry's Innovation Award for our Kindle Amnesty campaign which aimed to highlight the fact that customers could purchase eBooks from their local bookshop and educate them on what eReading device they could purchase.

On August 22, Aptara (@aptara) hosted a Webinar titled «eBook & App Device Compatibility: Separating Fact from Fiction» with Joshua Tallent (@jtallent), CEO and Founder of eBook Architects, and Jean Kaplansky (@JeanKaplansky), a Solutions Architect at Aptara.

While I have no doubt the form factor will be a driving factor in the phone's initial sales when it's released, owing to the popularity of ebooks and digital comics in Japan, the fact that past attempts were stuck with low resolution displays and equally poor software does not bode well for this device, owing to the poor optimization of Android for dual displays.

That said I think the real issues with eBooks have little to do with the advantages of print versus electronic but more to do with the fact that eBook reading devices and software aren't taking enough advantage of the «electronic nature» of eBooks.

The person who wants a dedicated reading device is annoyed by people pretending that multi-purpose devices are better for reading — when they could just take solace in the fact that more ebook sales will lead to lower ebook prices.

What is much more of a scare is the fact that every new device is another avenue for Google and Barnes & Noble and other ebook companies to assault the Kindle and Kindle Store.

In fact, just the idea of creating a reading optimized device that is Android based and could have access to Android Apps and the full Web is disruptive to the ebook reader premise in its own right.

Since Amazon introduced the Kindle device and started to sell Kindle Titles the fact is Amazon has undergone an explosive growth going from less than 20 Billion USD a year to well over 100 Billion a year after the Kindle eBook Files were introduced.

True, it has become much simpler to actually download the ebook onto a device compared to the confusing process that it used to be, but many ebooks can only be accessed by one patron at a time despite the fact that it's not a physical item.

The fact that Amazon has called it «Kindle» rather than «Amazon» Worlds clearly defines Kindle Worlds as an ebook venture, tied to the Kindle reading device / app.

Given the fact that my personal Dropbox account has been left to collect dust, I decided to set up a new account to test the service and see how convenient it would be to download an eBook and read it on multiple devices without using the cable.

If the only way to either access or produce hand - written noted in eBooks turns out to be via the Kindle line of devices, not only does value go up compared to the competition in both categories, but the fact that your notes can be shared between the two would encourage dual ownership for a number of applications.

In addition, many administrators tend to think that ebooks are cheaper when in fact, they cost just as much as the print editions plus the cost of the device.

«But I believe I can only purchase eBooks via the Apple store when I am actually on an IOS device, whereas I can shop Amazon and BN from my computer at work (despite the fact that it is a Mac).»