Sentences with phrase «like print books»

Sure, publishers say, digital books have costs built in, just like print books.

i myself like print books for some things («Books to Die For» edited by John Connolly), audio for others (my own includ'd), and ebooks for the vast majority, so as always, i wish the best for all of us: — RRB - thanks again so much porter

This means that ebooks don't have a huge returns problem, but it also means they can not generate short - term cash flow like print books do.

Amazon is in love with pretending e-books are just like print books for pricing, but the way that e-books are sold is very different from print.

But I have done a fair bit of research on publishing in general, and it sucks that print publishers are treating ebooks exactly like print books and then saying, «See?

I like print books for some things.

I'm old fashioned and like print books, but I expect in time we'll all be converted over without our evening being aware of it happening.

I kind like print books, but I'm old - fashioned.

Any ebook you you're planning to sell should be well - designed, easy to read, and have great typography — just like print books.

I still like print books but I'm also enjoying e-books > I agree with the pros you mentioned, especially the weight and the ability to adjust the font size.

Ross said publishers also mark up copies because e-books don't wear out like print books do.

My local library has OverDrive, and I never use it, because they treat e-books like print books: The library buys a limited number of copies, and each book can only be checked out by one patron at a time, so when I go to look for a book, it's never available.

Just like print books, the books are licensed to only be shared with one patron at a time — I'm on waiting lists right now for audio books I want to borrow.

I don't have a particular dog in the print - vs - eBook fight; I like print books and haven't yet felt the need to buy an eReader, but I see the appeal of eBooks and am generally just glad that people are reading, no matter the format.

There are people who like print books, and I have no argument with them either, because they, too, have a right to live their lives as they see fit, although I would take exception if they choose to «evangelise» their views, much in the same way as those who choose to sit in their imaginary camps of anti-Troglodytes.

Like print books, publishers will not disappear in a puff of smoke tomorrow, nor next year, nor next decade.

So far, we've been formatting our ebooks more like our print books than our Web pages.

My digital products are copyrighted just like print books, and the purchase of an individual product restricts its use to a single classroom.

Like all printed books, the algebra books are frozen in time, reflecting (hopefully) the state of the art of knowledge at the moment the publisher's deadline hit.

You can get the required information from several sources like printed books and magazines, interviews, films, online materials etc..

Are publishers selling a product to a retailer to sell on, just like a print book, which is «their», the publisher's, product all the way through to the user / consumer, and identifiable as such, with their ISBN and their prefix?

As much as I liked printed books, I switched almost completely to electronic versions due to weakened eyes.

Just like a print book.

That doesn't mean you're unable to create an ebook in these cases, though — if you can provide your book's text in a single - column format, converting it to an ebook shouldn't be a problem; it just won't look exactly like your print book.

Like printed books, these devices are easy to read in direct sunlight and lack audio, video, and social media along with e-mail access and other potential «distractions.»

I may rethink it and go back to the traditional front matter that is more like a print book.

How many of these new stores will succeed is unknown, but it doesn't look like the brick and mortar bookstore is dead just yet (like the print book isn't dead yet, either).

As they look just like the printed book, that's like saying the printed book is the worst possible format for narrative fiction.

Just like a print book, you are ultimately responsible for the final product so proof accordingly.

Just like a print book, you are ultimately responsible for the final product so proof... [Read more...]

This isn't like a printed book.

Firstly, the same amount of thought, preparation and quality should be taken when publishing an eBook just like any print book.

Every ebook, no matter how much like a print book it may seem, is a web page that we read on the simplified browser embedded in our e-reader of choice.

It can only be out to one person at a time, just like the print book.

About the ebooks, the library can only lend one ebook to one person at one time, just like a print book.

He suggests as win / win that a library should be able to buy a large number of check - outs and use them all in the month of a book's release instead of spreading them out over year or more, like the print book model.

You see two pages at a time like a print book, and an animation recreates a page turn.

A typical eBook isn't quite reflowable in the same way that a scrollable webpage displays (although the Look Inside feature displays that way), but it also doesn't have a predictable fixed layout like a print book.

I like printed books, but they aren't that convenient.

eReaders vary, and while you may want your book to appear like a printed book on every device, that just isn't possible (yet).

[«Even e-reader owners still like printed books, survey finds The pleasure of reading endures in the digital age, a USC Dornsife / L.

Your e ‐ book will never look just like your print book.

One thing I often talk about in my business is that an eBook is not like a print book: it's very, very different.

One treats ebooks like printed books.

Because of the number of eReaders available and the various viewing options, the ePUB file will never look exactly like the printed book.

It can have numbered pages, table of contents, pictures and graphics, exactly like a printed book.

Selling on other devices to customers who would otherwise have bought in the Kindle store ends up hurting your profile across all eBook readers when you are starting out.When you sell PDF eBooks directly, they should be formatted just like printed books, and in my case, I allow customers to print the PDF, which works especially well for overseas buyers who really want a hard copy but didn't want to pay (and wait) to have a book shipped from overseas.

Much like the print book sector, there are novelty books that kids love, and engaging novels and picture books that they love — so it's reasonable for all the formats to coexist.

Not exact matches

That jibes with what Stewart suggests, that certain kinds of books — genre stuff like fan fiction or romance — work better digitally, but print is still a more desirable way to digest the really good meaty writing.

In the past few years, it's become clear that old technologies like vinyl records, analog cameras, and print books are managing to hang on in the world of streaming music, smartphones, and ebooks.