The Sony PRS - T1 is already pretty stacked with features as
far as ebook readers are concerned.
Not exact matches
«Publishers can now take advantage of OverDrive's EPUB3 support to create enhanced
eBooks using open standards that display children's picture books
as the author and publisher intended,
as well
as to add interactive elements within the page to
further engage the
reader,» said Alexis Petric - Black, OverDrive's Director of Publisher Services.
As the theory goes, scammers had figured out that Amazon wasn't counting the pages a KU subscriber had read in an
ebook; instead Amazon was only measuring how
far into a book the
reader gets.
So
far, FBReader ignores CSS stylesheets and most HTML elements that help to control spacing, so the visual presentation of many of these
ebooks on FBReader will look pretty minimal compared to the appearance of the same book in another epub
reader such
as the Adobe Digital Editions one.
As far as this effecting ebook sales, got me, readers read, sometimes join book clubs to talk about readin
As far as this effecting ebook sales, got me, readers read, sometimes join book clubs to talk about readin
as this effecting
ebook sales, got me,
readers read, sometimes join book clubs to talk about reading.
As far as E Ink ebook readers are concerned, $ 29 is about as cheap as it get
As far as E Ink ebook readers are concerned, $ 29 is about as cheap as it get
as E Ink
ebook readers are concerned, $ 29 is about
as cheap as it get
as cheap
as it get
as it gets.
Audiobook sales continue to be on fire,
far outpacing
eBook sales, the next fastest growing format according to the American Association of Publishers
as reported by The Digital
Reader.
Finally — and I feel bad saying this
as I'm a fan of the people involved in these projects — every web - based
ebook reader I've seen so
far had at least a whiff of the old death - smell from the outset.
For PDFs (
as this is my primary way of reading
ebooks)- I've noticed the best so
far is RepliGo
Reader.
At the risk of pushing the «wanton promotion» limit too
far on this forum, I should qualify, I am one of the Co-Founders of LiveSign a promotion and signing service run by iDoLVine where authors and
readers connect via video and authors personalize versions of not only
eBooks (DRM or Free) but paper books
as well — just to get that out of the way.
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.
Overall, the web browser is pretty fast
as far an
ebook readers are concerned.
Aaron,
as far as accessibility and discoverability (I'm not sure what you mean by consumable), the
ebook is not better for the young or emergent
readers.
Along with new features like parent and teacher labelled leveled
readers, books that are intentionally designed for short daily bursts of reading consumption, and
ebooks through the Scholastic Storia book club, Scholastic is not making a change to one key aspect of the book clubs that
readers from
as far back
as 1948 will remember and appreciate: price.
I've been trying to help a friend with her 7 ″ Eglide
Reader 2
Ebook and just about am ready to throw it
as far as I can out the window, I much prefer my Kindle for simply reading a darn book!
And
as a budgeoning publisher, this is indeed a new field to discover,
as the growing base
readers already owsn MANY
ebooks and is trying to find ways of
further discovering NEW authors, much like WATTPAD.com is doing.
As far as readers are concerned, the incremental cost to produce more copies of an e-book is zero.So the readers expect an eBook to be priced less than a physical boo
As far as readers are concerned, the incremental cost to produce more copies of an e-book is zero.So the readers expect an eBook to be priced less than a physical boo
as readers are concerned, the incremental cost to produce more copies of an e-book is zero.So the
readers expect an
eBook to be priced less than a physical book.
As far as I can tell, there is no way to get your purchased Kobo ebooks onto a Sony Reader aside from downloading them with a computer and sideloading with a USB cabl
As far as I can tell, there is no way to get your purchased Kobo ebooks onto a Sony Reader aside from downloading them with a computer and sideloading with a USB cabl
as I can tell, there is no way to get your purchased Kobo
ebooks onto a Sony
Reader aside from downloading them with a computer and sideloading with a USB cable.
You get a 1 GHz Freescale processor, which is fast for an
ebook reader, although the Aura only just matches last year's Kindle Paperwhite in performance; the new Kindle Paperwhite is considerably snappier in its responses, at least
as far as we could tell in our initial hands on.
Ebook readers offer a very dark grey text on a light grey background and the challenge has always been to get
as far to the light and dark extremes
as possible to get best possible contrast.
As far back as May, it was clear that Amazon was pursuing CourseSmart for e-textbook content, an effort that may have culminated in a wimpy partnership with McGraw - Hill — a CourseSmart partner — which netted the ebook reader, and specifically the textbook - reader DX, about 100 regular old e-textbook
As far back
as May, it was clear that Amazon was pursuing CourseSmart for e-textbook content, an effort that may have culminated in a wimpy partnership with McGraw - Hill — a CourseSmart partner — which netted the ebook reader, and specifically the textbook - reader DX, about 100 regular old e-textbook
as May, it was clear that Amazon was pursuing CourseSmart for e-textbook content, an effort that may have culminated in a wimpy partnership with McGraw - Hill — a CourseSmart partner — which netted the
ebook reader, and specifically the textbook -
reader DX, about 100 regular old e-textbooks.
But the authors I have so
far dealt with on
eBook projects are not the most web savvy, and Pubsoft allows the publisher to handle
as much of the branding and
reader interaction
as they would like.
The population of
eBook readers is huge and there will be an ample number of reviewers who are worth
far more to you than casual acquaintances that you meet, your friends, your family or even those anonymous people who work
as book reviewers for major newspapers and magazines.
As the only prominent LCD
eBook reader in the run up to Christmas it will no doubt sell well, but satisfied customers will be few and
far between.
Further, the «Kindle Cloud
Reader,» that performs
as an App, enables you to access
eBooks on browsers such
as Google Chrome, Mozilla and Safari.
But
as far as the notion that
ebooks are inherently less valuable, I think
readers will continue to get over that in time.
Most booklights will work with most
ebook readers,
as far as I'm aware, although some are better than others for sticking in
ebook reader covers.
We have ways to
further promote
eBooks through Amazon, Apple, and Barnes & Noble to give
readers the opportunity to download your
eBook at a reduced price (or even for free) to create interest and
as a result, spur on future downloads / purchases when your
eBook's price has been restored.
Must be nice to know that your book has reached the status of «classic» and that there's nothing
further that you have to do — your book will live just
as long
as people have books,
ebook readers, or chips that can read text surgically implanted into their brains — or whatever the next big book delivery system turns out to be.
It's pretty clear to me that, with the glorious exception of Baen,
eBook readers are still second -(or even third --RRB- class citizens
as far as the publishing industry is concerned.
The Kobo Aura HD is billed
as something of an exclusive limited - edition
eBook reader, bringing with it the highest definition display on this type of device so
far.
Kindle remains by
far the best dedicated
ebook reader out there, and based on how often they sold out of original Kindles, Amazon will sell
as many of these
as they can make.
The PocketBook 602 has some advanced PDF features
as far as 6»
ebook readers go, just keep in mind that a 6» screen the the optimal size for PDFs, the PocketBook 902 with its 9» screen is going to be a better choice for hardcore PDF use.
The web browser is surprisingly good
as far as E Ink
ebook readers are concerned.
Overall, we are hoping that the webinar will foster
further conversation among librarians about
ebooks and that it will be an opportunity to discuss the implications that digital books present for our collections and for
readers (
as people, not devices).
Despite the gap between sales and «borrowing» revenue, there are benefits to authors in having titles in
ebook subscription services
as readers are
far more likely to try out a writer if they're included in the subscription choice.
Overall, I think that this is the first of the third - generation e-book
readers:
as far beyond the Kindle and Sony's
Reader as those devices were advanced over first - gen products such
as the Rocket
eBook and Franklin eBookMan.
There's a big
ebook price shock looming for authors and publishers in the New Year
as a whopping 20 % charge is going to be levied on all
ebooks bought by
readers in the UK, which is the biggest
ebook market by
far in Europe.