Irish ebook readers and book lovers can now
give digital editions of books to friends, family or strangers with only an email.
Not exact matches
By
giving away the physical form
of the
book with purchase
of the electronic Kindle
edition, this unique promotion acknowledges the many advantages
of a
book's
digital form, such as its Kindle format.
Loyal Kindle users routinely
give low ratings to
books they perceive as too costly, or whose
digital editions are delayed past the publication
of the hardcover
edition.
With the incredible tools available through
digital publishing, the cost to purchase and
give away the ebook for the individuals who fund raised could have been negligible compared to the cost
of a print
edition (note: unfortunately, the publisher has set the ebook
edition price
of this title at $ 9.99, higher than the $ 8.52 per print copy that the protest organizers spent through Rediscovered
Books).
And despite the misunderstood belief that publishers are simply swimming in piles
of printed
books that they can afford to
give away, LBYR could have distributed
digital editions of the
book for nearly nothing, or at the very least lowered the price
of the ebook in protest.
Most publishers
give the
digital edition of a title thought only after the fact — after the
book has been written, edited, proofread, line - edited, typeset, and on its way to the printers — preferring to see what they can accomplish by tweaking whatever piece
of digital rubbish their print workflow automatically craps out, wipe the InDesign shit - stains off it, and call it an ebook.
To
give a clear indication to its customers that Amazon is still in the game, it is providing select hardcovers at a discount price despite the fact that it is not able to sell the
digital editions of Penguin
books.
Featuring a broad selection
of new and established classics, Motion
Books, video shorts, graphic novels, collected
editions, and archived favorites, Madefire's unique platform
gives Marvel fans a new place to discover
digital comics on all their devices.
The Seattle - based online retail titan also announced a MatchBook service that
gives Kindle
book buyers the option
of getting low - cost
digital versions
of ink - and - paper Kindle
editions they have purchased.
Our older agreements often
give the exclusive right to «publish in
book form» or «in any and all
editions»... Such grants are usually not limited to any specific format, and indeed the «form»
of the
book has evolved over the years to include variations
of hardcover, paperback, and other written formats, all
of which have been understood to be included in the grant
of book publishing rights... Whether physical or
digital, the product is used and experienced in the same manner, serves the same function, and satisfies the same fundamental urge... Accordingly, Random House considers contracts that grant exclusive rights to publish «in
book form» or «in any and all
editions» to include the exclusive right to publish in electronic
book formats.
This will
give you all
of the extra content from the
digital deluxe
edition, along with a 32 - page hardcover art
book, a monster statue, and a code for a
digital copy
of the Monster Hunter: World soundtrack.