Sentences with phrase «first ebooks i bought»

Some of the first ebooks I bought were in formats that I had to convert to Word because I couldn't view them otherwise on my old reader.

Not exact matches

The Gemstar eBook was launched in November 2000 after Gemstar bought in January 2000 Nuvomedia (author of the Rocket eBook) and SoftBook Press (author of the SoftBook Reader), the two companies that created the first ebook reaeBook was launched in November 2000 after Gemstar bought in January 2000 Nuvomedia (author of the Rocket eBook) and SoftBook Press (author of the SoftBook Reader), the two companies that created the first ebook reaeBook) and SoftBook Press (author of the SoftBook Reader), the two companies that created the first ebook reaebook readers.

I've been buying a lot of ebooks in the last 6 months and there are huge differences, depending on author, type of book, age of the book etc For instance; I recently bought the first 15 Mr Monk novels for about 5 $ a piece.

I never really liked ebooks in the first place — I only buy them when they're cheap — but this has convinced me to ditch them for hard copies once and for all.»

Whenever I buy an eBook, I first strip the DRM, then store it on my own hardware and only ever access that version of the book.

For ebooks and print books, it's also worth remembering that anyone buying online may first see your book cover as a small thumbnail image.

But libraries can't look at the first page of an ebook before they buy it, and under the sales rank system they can't even choose according to the professional review publications they have on file.

With the Touch Edition, Sony has given us one of the best designed readers on the market and with the touch screen marrying perfectly with the new user interface, we have a couple features which really make this one of the most desirable ebook readers around, and should be a serious contender if you're looking to upgrade or be buying an eReader for the first time.

The iRiver Story HD is the first e-reader integrated with the open Google eBooks ™ platform, through which consumer can buy and read Google eBooks over Wi - Fi.

If you buy the audiobook through audible and mail me proof that this is one of the first three sales you made on audible, I will send you the eBook plus one of my novels as an eBook for free (the title is your choice).

I don't know about you, but with ebooks so cheap, I tend to purchase a story that interests me when I first hear about it, and I have a hard time remembering whether I've already bought a title or not.

I know readers say that now, that they would not try a new debut author at $ 2.99 but this is because there has been ebooks introduced at $ 0.99 in the first place by Amazon for years;) but if $ 2.99 was the absolute minimum available from the beginning readers would buy a book at that price because it would be considered the «entry price».

I can tell from first experience, even after selling 1600 copies in a month the earning doesn't constitute a «living», especially because readers hardly buy an ebook priced over $ 3.99 unless you are one of the big names.

Since I bought my first ebook reader device, I highlight and take notes a lot.

Also, I agree with Galbraith, eReaders decrease in sales is nothing to do with decrease in eBook sales, most of us are first introduced nowadays to ebooks via our smartphones and tablets, which all have an eBook reader, when we buy ebooks there and realise how good an Ereader sounds then only we buy it.

Until the right - of - first sale is better addressed, and better ways to share or pass along ebooks, I won't be buying many, unless they are so ungainly (e.g. Infinite Jest, 1Q84) that the bulk factor weighs in.

To pretend that an A / B test can tell you why a reader decided not to buy the ebook edition of a footballer's biography is to accept a worldview that is incompatible with the very act of publishing longform prose in the first place.

Amazon's Kindle was the first eBook reader and proved that people would indeed buy and consume digital books.

And although demand for ebooks has risen by a steady 6.3 percent compared to last year — meaning that ebook users bought and read more books than before — revenue is still down for the first quarter of 2016.

Last summer, some potential readers told us they would buy Book Design Made Simple only in ebook format, so we considered that possibility for the first time.

As ebooks are licensed, not bought, the first - sale rule doesn't apply, at least under current legal precedent in the US, and so the owner of the ebook wouldn't have the right to put it into any store.

It would be most interesting to see this same thing duplicated for other big series in the literary world, like Tolkien's work, Clive Cussler's books, the Wheel of Time, A Song of Ice and Fire,... Such a site would be useful to be able to buy the eBooks in a single place and have them added to an eBook company of your own choosing — if you even want that in the first place.

However, if I ever buy an Amazon ebook, I first strip it of its DRM and then read it in my favorite eBook reader app that only reads ePub (Marvin for ebook, I first strip it of its DRM and then read it in my favorite eBook reader app that only reads ePub (Marvin for eBook reader app that only reads ePub (Marvin for iOS).

If we were to break down the eBook earnings by group (and adjust the six Kindle First eBooks to $ 1.99, the «Buy Now» price, instead of the regular $ 4.99 list price), we'd have the following:

When it comes to format preferences among book buyers in Canada, consumer surveys conducted with 966 book - buying Canadians during the first six months of 2017 show a 3 % increase in the number of ebooks purchased versus the same period in 2016.

My favorite number at the first TOC buchreport in Berlin on April 23rd was 20, as in 20 % of the 2.4 million ebook buyers in Germany in 2012 had not bought any books in the previous twelve months, according to GfK, as quoted by Carel Weltbild, CEO of Weltbild, the second largest book chain and online platform for books in the country.

If I am willing to pay for an ebook, and an ebook exists in English, and is available for sale in Canada or Australia or the UK, but is not available for sale in the US, my first question is going to be why can't I buy it here?

Livrada, the ebook distribution platform that first made headlines by creating an innovative way for people to buy ebooks in major retail chain stores via specifically branded gift cards for individual titles, has announced this week its partnership with Hooks Book Events to enable event attendees to select a print or... [Read more...]

However, you can actually get it for half that if you buy the ebook first for $ 13.60 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W2UBYW/), because Amazon then offers the Audible recording for just $ 3.95.

Livrada, the ebook distribution platform that first made headlines by creating an innovative way for people to buy ebooks in major retail chain stores via specifically branded gift cards for individual titles, has announced this week its partnership with Hooks Book Events to enable event attendees to select a print or ebook edition of titles available for sale at the event when purchasing their tickets.

«As well as refining and improving the Pottermore experience while it is in Beta, we are busy preparing the Pottermore Shop, which will allow people to buy the Harry Potter stories as eBooks for the first time, as well as download the digital audio books.

For the first time you can actually buy giftcards and redeem them online to purchase eBooks from some major retailers.

Amazon has taken the bold step of allowing Best Buy to sell its Kindle eBook reader directly in its stores.The new model Kindles will be available in the huge electronic superstores over in the States in time for Christmas.It will be the first time that... Read more

Reblogged this on The Arts Mechanical and commented: I remember Baen's first push into Ebooks and it looks like I bought my first bundle in 2001.

Lots of folks prefer to buy their ebooks and have never used their library much in the first place.

(Libraries are fantastic for «try before you buy» for new - to - me authors) What happens, not if, but when publishers only publish first - time authors in ebook, and libraries can't buy those books?

If Smashwords appeals to you as an additional market when book shopping online, first try buying an ebook there through your ereader's web browsing capability.

Publishers may be reluctant to let readers buy a reduced - price or free ebook when the publisher has no way of knowing whether it actually collected any money from that reader in the first place.

Regarding the first question, I thought when I bought my iPad I'd never buy another ebook from Amazon.

Ebook readers can usually try the first 10 - 20 % of the book for free, thus they can tell if they'll like it before they buy it.

Even though I've written a lot about children's books on the Kindle, Sophia is the first person I know who's actually using the Kindle to buy ebooks for her children.

«Before I first acquired a Kindle, exactly one year ago, I didn't usually buy books while under the influence of alcohol... Because I am a writer, people sometimes ask me how ebooks have changed the literary landscape.

One downside I have heard about preorders from authors who have used it before is that Amazon's algorithms don't create a tsunami effect on the first day of a book launch, since fans have been buying the eBook via preorder over a period of many days in advance.

I've probably got a couple dozen ebook samples in my Kindle and iBooks apps on my iPad; I have yet to buy an ebook without sampling it first.

By contrast, DRM locks — and related restrictions on things like lending or moving ebooks to a different platform — make the whole process of buying ebooks so complicated and unfriendly that many book lovers don't even bother doing it in the first place.

First there's Amazon, whose Kindle MatchBook program lets you buy ebooks at reduced prices if... Read more»

Convert new subscribers to your newsletter into fans that will go on to buy more ebooks by sending them five to twelve introductory emails when they first sign up, before merging them in to your main newsletter list.

If you have fans who'll buy your ebook as soon as it comes out, delay the release through Amazon and sell first at the retailers who pay better royalties.

See where they hang out, how active they are online, what is their average age and income, and what motivates them to buy an eBook in the first place?

On its official Google Books Blog today, the search giant announced the first ebook reader with the ability to buy and download titles directly from the Google eBookstore.