Sentences with phrase «for ebook consumers»

Many will see this as a step forward for ebook consumers, especially if other publishers follow suit.

BookShout, the ebook distribution platform that has seen a great deal of recent success in partnering with publishers to produce sales dashboards and seamless, device - agnostic file integration for ebook consumers, announced at today's DBW event that several industry veterans from across major publishers have joined BookShout's team for its new print distribution initiative.

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NEW YORK, NY — Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced today that the $ 400 million for consumers in the settlement of the eBooks litigation with Apple Inc. will be distributed this week.

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epub standard for eBook source files is of major significance and will be critical in the development of the consumer eBook market.

He said that fewer than 20 of the chain's retail stores are unprofitable, and «we're going to be around a long time» because consumers read both print and ebooks (this is a point that the company has been pressing for awhile, based on its own research).

This has resulted in all publishers except the biggest being forced to put two prices on their ebooks: a» digital consumer retail» price (intended to be a selling price, for Apple, and lower) as well as a «list» price (intended for the retailer to discount, for Amazon, and higher).

On the other hand, consumers don't want to pay as much for an ebook as they do for the print version.

In a letter to Hachette authors and agents, posted by CNN's Brian Stelter, Pietsch wrote that the company will get «full responsibility for the consumer prices of our ebooks,» and that «the percent of revenue on which Hachette authors» ebook royalties are based will not decrease under this agreement.»

The trends in other industries will affect consumer expectations in publishing — and in small ways, it already has, with a movement geared to opening copyrighted works to the public, and the US Department of Justice suing all of the «big six» and Apple for price fixing (iBookstore prices differ widely from Amazon's), which will likely give Amazon the upper hand in setting ebook prices in the long run.

This as - of - yet untapped level on consumer — the person who wishes he read more books or was more up - to - date on current events, but simply doesn't have enough time to devote to this type of reading — is becoming a bigger focus among digital publishing platforms; last week, Rooster announced the March 11th launch of its «snippet» reading subscription that lets users consume serialized books at a fraction of the cost of full - size ebook subscriptions, again, optimized for smartphone reading.

Take for instance the findings of Nielsen BookData compiled in its latest report, Understanding the E-book Consumer that has revealed a 9 % decline in sales of ebooks in May over the same period a month ago in the UK.

-- 2 % statistics figures is no serious argument or trend indication — all consumer agreements are drafted by selling companies and, thus, hugely favor the latter, it's take it or leave it — quoted Apple provision is standard indirect damages exclusion, any damages cases for consumers using digital text documents are unlikely anyway — printed book is always better but it takes space — some educational piece on drawbacks of ebooks and bookstores would serve better purpose

The funds were appropriated by the General Assembly in response to a report by the Department of Consumer Protection which recommended, in light of the high cost libraries pay for eBooks, that the state develop its own eBook Platform.

When the dust finally settled from the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple and five of the then - Big Six publishers for illegally colluding to inflate the price of ebooks, essentially bilking consumers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in an effort to grab some more market share away from Amazon, the terms of the judge's ruling included a caveat.

In a cryptically worded graphic on their website, a lot of unanswered questions were alluded to, particularly that the ebooks parents have already purchased for their young readers as part of the platform «may soon no longer be available,» and that consumers «may be able to continue using your eBooks by making sure to open them on a bookshelf at least once by October 15.&ebooks parents have already purchased for their young readers as part of the platform «may soon no longer be available,» and that consumers «may be able to continue using your eBooks by making sure to open them on a bookshelf at least once by October 15.&eBooks by making sure to open them on a bookshelf at least once by October 15.»

When the dust finally settled from the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple and five of the then - Big Six publishers for illegally colluding to inflate the price of ebooks, essentially bilking consumers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in an effort to grab some more market share away from Amazon, the terms... [Read more...]

Just as ebook distributors competed for readers by offering the best in content, pricing, devices, and compatibility, digital magazine providers are also upping the ante when it comes to vying for consumer loyalty.

In a victory for education across language barriers and distance, Amazon and the Brazilian Ministry of Education announced today that the Whispercast technology that makes ebooks magically appear on consumers» devices will now deliver textbooks to hundreds of thousands of teachers across Brazil.

News was announced yesterday from the lawyers for the plaintiffs in one of Apple's side lawsuits over ebook pricing that the grand total the company could have to pay out to consumers is $ 400 million.

Nubico is offering a competitively priced ebook subscription service for consumers, and an attractive royalty model for publishers.

There's an insane amount of competition for consumers» attention, and only the luckiest, most heavily promoted, and best ebooks will sell in large quantities (by large quantities I mean in the hundreds or thousands; again a reason why publishers, in my view, should not be spending a lot of money creating and distributing ebooks if they expect a return on investment on most of their books).

The information you provide for the «About the Book» will also be used as a description of your eBook and as metadata (descriptive information that will be available to consumers) supplied to distributors.

Launch plan to include seven more niche consumer sites by end Q2 NEW YORK — March 29, 2012 — F+W Media, Inc. today announced the launch of the first in a series of eBook Subscription Sites created specifically for enthusiasts.

«Flow a percentage of ebook revenue generated from each consumer initially brought into the ecosystem from that bookseller back to that bookseller» — a revenue stream for every ebook purchased.

In this issue: - Article: «What you Should Not Include in your Non-Fiction Book Proposal,» by Debra W. Englander - New Program Gives Ebooks a Quality Seal for Consumers - Digital Book World Conference — Interesting Facts for Authors - Ben Cameron, Director of Sales and Marketing for UK and Europe, to Speak at Self - Publishing Conference in UK - Display Your Book at the 2013 London Book Fair

Since it's fair to assume the average ebook consumer earns at least the federal hourly minimum wage (and likely more), $ 10 is a more - than - fair ebook price for both consumer and creator.

The boom in ebook sales could very obviously be attributed to consumers desire for digital content for their new devices.

One problem that Chen already foresees with his business model is preventing consumers from paying a few cents for a bundle of ebooks; in theory, authors may fear the allure this pricing model may hold for ebook pirates.

Sites like Wattpad, ebook distributors like SheBooks and Rooster, and even digital subscription managers like Pressreader and Zinio have all made the convenience and portability of favorited installment reading possible for busy consumers, but a new site, Senserial, is bringing serial titles to the mainstream.

Last week, a new lawsuit was filed on behalf of consumers in 33 states, and this one seeks the full amount allowable under the law, or triple the amount that consumers presumably lost due to the collusion to overcharge for ebooks.

For end - users, the txtr cloud service differentiates itself by allowing consumers to upload existing documents such as previously bought eBooks and personal documents.

Indeed, the very fact that the Publisher Defendants have banded together once again, this time to jointly oppose two provisions in the Proposed Final Judgment that they believe could result in lower eBook prices for consumers, only highlights why it is necessary to ensure that Apple (and hopefully other retailers) can discount eBooks and compete on retail price for as long as possible.»

While Pottermore.com will be the exclusive sales location for the entire digital Harry Potter series, Pottermore and Google confirmed that they have joined up to allow consumers to store their Potter ebooks in their cloud - based Google Books libraries.

Libranda began as an ebook platform that digitized the titles from several of Spain's major publishers, although there were complaints of issues for consumers, namely the use of Adobe as the file system and all of the bugs that came with it.

Rather than luring consumers with a model that affords them the ability to read mountains of content for one price, Rooster's clientele is expected to read serialized and novella - length works for far less than the cost of a typical ebook subscription plan.

It might work this time because it's taking off in a market that isn't known for being major ebook consumers yet.

The reading consumers are going to grow tired of paying outrageous prices for ebooks.

Consumers have demonstrated that they enjoy having all of their books in one location, to the extent that ebooks have been outselling print editions for quite some time.

The Paid eBook Review Argument — With the popularity of leaving reviews online for everything from books to consumer goods, more and more consumers are relying on reviews posted on ebook retail platforms — presumably, reviews that were posted by individuals who actually read the books they are reviewing — to give them a head's up on which books are deserving of a five - star raeBook Review Argument — With the popularity of leaving reviews online for everything from books to consumer goods, more and more consumers are relying on reviews posted on ebook retail platforms — presumably, reviews that were posted by individuals who actually read the books they are reviewing — to give them a head's up on which books are deserving of a five - star raebook retail platforms — presumably, reviews that were posted by individuals who actually read the books they are reviewing — to give them a head's up on which books are deserving of a five - star rating.

Should be good for consumers — those who want more ebook options.

In addition, Nook users can read any ebook in the entire catalog for free, as long as they are in the store; this model has taught Nook consumers that they still need the old fashioned bookstore, while translating into increased sales for B&N in products besides books.

But today, an article by Aaron Stanton for Digital Book World may provide the answers to how to categorize ebooks to ensure the safety of online shoppers — especially underaged readers — while also offering consumers more detailed information about the type and level of content within the virtual pages of a book.

Under Chen's platform, the reading consumers decide individually how much they will pay for a bundle of five ebooks, as well as decide how much of that price will go to the authors, to charity, or to running StoryBundle.

Rubart believes that someone will establish a large - scale rating site for digitally published books that will allow consumers to find a company that will weed out the lesser quality ebooks with a rating system.

Interactive storybook websites, enhanced ebooks with full - color graphics and video, book trailers that advertise novels just as movies are advertised, downloadable app books for readers of all ages, all speak to the changing needs of today's reading consumers.

eReading is a great opportunity for them, since eBooks use relatively low bandwidth and have an attractive consumer price point in a mobile operator environment», adds Christophe Maire, CEO of txtr.

In an even bolder move, Rowling published the ebooks through her own site only a few weeks ago and gave several other online retail booksellers the take - it - or - leave - it deal of a lifetime: other retailers» customers can go to their favorite online book sites to purchase the books, which diverts them to Pottermore for the sale, then the original retailers will still send the ebooks to the consumers» e-reader devices without requiring the downloading to a computer and transferring via cable that many customers have to rely on when purchasing books from sites other than the one that markets their e-readers.