Sentences with phrase «like open ebooks»

«As a former teacher in a Title I school, I know an app like Open eBooks would have been a game changer for my students,» he says.

It is based on a variety of other technologies and standards, like Open eBook and XHTML 1.1, but its uniqueness is in how it combines these standards to provide a solid formatting foundation for eBooks of just about every shape and size.

Not exact matches

Its features look similar to those of «open» publishers, like Create Space, Kindle, Smashwords, and others (including Nook ebooks).

There are other brands like Onyx and Boyue but their open Android software is more suited for advanced users that know what they're getting into with regards to converting ebook formats and hunting down E Ink - friendly apps.

The ebook and indie book explosion has opened up spaces for niche books like mine.

From the fight that libraries are still facing over ebook lending to the snail's pace of digital textbook adoption, as well as the realization from booksellers that they will have to do something to accommodate ebooks if they plan to keep their doors open with big box and online bookstores breathing down their necks, it often feels like the industry as a whole would like to look the other way and let digital reading burn itself out.

«eBooks and eReaders have become very popular since the release of the Kindle in late 2007, but just like any medium, the creation of digital format opens them up to digital theft and copyright infringement.

Overdrive Downloader is tools to download comic book on overdrive, it works like a browser, user just login overdrive account and open ebook, app does rest works.

Just like you need free Adobe Acrobat software to open a PDF file you need free eReader software so you can open the eBook file.

I really like Kobo for their amazing eBook coupons and open platform, plus the design of their reader is excellent.

If you double click on that blue EPUB word, your new ebook will open up in a previewer window and you can get a sense of what it will look like on a mobile device.

Don't get me wrong, the Nook is a nice ebook reader and I especially like the GlowLight Nook, but it is fairly limited in functionality unless rooted, which opens it up to install Android apps, including other ereading apps like Kindle and Kobo.

While Open Book Publishers will sell the print edition through sites like Kobo and Amazon, the ebook is currently available for free downloading to any device.

But like the much heralded success of authors Amanda Hocking and John Locke, both of whom have each sold more than one million copies of their self - published ebooks before going on to sign contracts with major publishing houses, Wilkinson is open to the idea of traditional publishing and has already heard from some print publishers, although he admits he didn't set out to be an author.

Then I open the ebook and it looks like a bad OCR conversion.

I really like my device and I am glad that Italy is opening up to the ebook market.

Devices like the Nook Touch and Kobo ereaders can be hacked to run open Android, but the T68 is one of the first to openly allow third - party apps to be installed on an E Ink ebook reader.

I had anticipated that the Kindle Voyage would clearly standout as the best ebook reader on the market this year given all the pre-release hype and the premium price tag Amazon placed on it, along with all the hardware upgrades — the 300 PPI screen, the PagePress sensors and haptic feedback, the auto - brightness sensor, the flush screen and thinner design — but the Kindle Voyage doesn't knock it out of the park like I thought it would, and it leaves the door open for other devices like the new Kobo Aura H2O.

So you'll see your cover on an eBook store like the iBookstore, but won't see it once you actually open it to read.

You can now open and import ePub ebooks and PDF files directly from the web browser, email attachments, and cloud storage apps like Dropbox.

Like happened in the Music industry, DRM is beginning to fracture in the ebook industry, this time in the open rather than unseen to the public eye.

These types of tools can take things like images, eBooks, and Microsoft Word documents, and export them as PDF, which enables them to be opened in a PDF or eBook reader.

As opposed to big publishers, which are thought to pay authors a standard ebook royalty of 25 %, new independent ebook publishers like The Atavist, Open Road Media and OR Books, can and do pay authors substantially more.

At minimum, your finished ebook should present like a professionally printed book; open at the cover, flow into properly formatted front matter, feature dropped chapter headings with color flourish, each of which start on a new page, and end with your bio, picture and an invitation to your author website.

The promise of a 70 % cut, publishers like Open Road and Rosetta Books that offer 50 %, Literary Agents that want to try selling ebooks themselves — there's an endless stream of quality books about to flood the market.

(By convention, this is usually called OEBPS, for Open eBook Publication Structure, but can be whatever you like.)

After reading an eBook, I get this nifty list of suggested books and from those suggested books I've discovered authors I've never heard of... and... many of those authors don't have books in my local library... I feel like a whole new literary world has opened up for me!

Porting of such software, like the open source FBReader or the widely used Mobipocket reader application, would give a big boost to the iPhone as an ebook reader and could arguably inject significant new life into the ebook market.

Usually, you'll either be asked how you'd like to open the file (if you have multiple ebook reading apps) or it'll open automatically in the default reader.

There are other settings, too like setting bookmarks for TOC and Start to indicate where quick links will find your table of contents and the page on which you would like the ebook to open (or start).

Open the ebook via ebook reader soft, like Adobe Reader, Calibre or Firefox plug - in, etc..

Open Road, which has published over 4,000 titles, centers its business around digital marketing and has published books by authors like William Styron, Michael Chabon, Sherman Alexie and Alice Walker as ebooks for the first time.

This presentation will focus on the formatting options available in ePub, how open standards like CSS are implemented in the real world, and identify those features of ebooks which can be controlled — and those that are just part of the new publishing reality.

For this, you need to open the ebook editor you are using, like Sigil or Calibre, and set the image as cover.

EPUB is an open ebook format supported by the majority of readers and software manufacturers like: iPhone, iPad, NOOK, Sony e-Reader.

The Kobo also supports the ePUB ebook format, meaning you can also choose from online open - source libraries, like Project Gutenburg.

You can in fact get at the files inside of an ebook without opening it up using applications like Sigil and Calibre.

What we're going to look this time is the structure of the ebook — the collection of files that an ePub - ready ereader like Apple's iBooks or Barnes & Noble's Nook or Readium or Calibre or any of thousands of other apps can open.

To say thanks, eBook Architects has been looking for ways to give back to the open source community, such as assisting in the launch of the #ePrdctn Wiki and by maintaining and spreading great tools like epub - applescripts and kindlegen - drop - app.

Until other companies like Sony and B&N and PocketBook release something new with better features — a touchscreen, color, open software — the Kindle 3 / Kindle WiFi is hands - down the best value for an ebook reader.

Open Google Play Store and download an Explorer app like «ES File Explorer» on the device you want to download the ebook.

The Xoom doesn't yet have nearly as many apps — high - quality, polished apps especially — that Apple's platform offers, but it is more open and accessible, allows for more customization, and is more user friendly for tasks like transferring ebook, PDF, and other files, although more advanced to learn initially.

A New York - based digital publisher focused on creating connections between authors and their audiences, Open Road has published ebooks from a host of legendary authors, including William Styron, Pat Conroy, and Jack Higgins, and has also launched new e-stars like Mary Glickman.

Programs like Self - E, the Open eBooks app, and free digital libraries set up by different states will all have an impact on how and where the library spends its budget.

To put into perspective what the latest eBook market is doing, it seems eBook subscription service providers have begun to open a new chapter of reading for readers to explore the books that they may like conveniently.

For those who don't like the Sony desktop software, you can also drop ebook files directly onto the Reader by opening it as an external drive on your computer for files without DRM, or you can use Adobe Digital Editions.

I can listen to most eBooks while driving in my car or doing some mechanical task like opening mail.

Yet another of RPR's learning resources, and well suited for those who like written instruction, downloadable eBooks offer a variety of industry - centric topics, such as The RPR Guide to Working with Buyers or The RPR Guide to a Successful Open House.