Sentences with phrase «local ebook retailers»

By researching individual, local ebook retailers, I collected a list of most popular genres for each country and was trying to find the median price range (the most popular pricing).

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Government sources have assured local publishers and ebook retailers they are investigating the matter and have assured a level playing field for all though that is not expected to happen anytime soon.

It's also always available to buy from the usual places — order from your favourite local bookshop quoting ISBN 978 - 1911223016, from ebook retailers, or order from Amazon.

Since the public libraries are seeing a spike in ebook borrowing and Amazon's catalog is growing exponentially, it's probably pretty safe to assume that reading consumers are enjoying the ability to borrow digital content from their local libraries and online retailers.

It will be retailing for $ 399 in 60 Whitcoulls store locations nationwide and online at www.whitcoulls.co.nz Kobo offers more than 400,000 local titles and a total of 2.2 million eBooks,... [Read more...]

Easy to dismiss the local retailers as insignificant, but generally they carry as many Portuguese language ebooks at the overseas giants.

Across Europe, even though local languages may pose the same problems of having very few ebooks available, the widespread use of English as their second language is giving ebook retailers a lucrative sideline in English - language ebooks.

You will see a selection of ebook retailers where you can purchase the book and which local library branches have it available.

They'd be much more likely to adopt Amazon's Kindle ereaders if they thought they could find new books for much less than they could by 1) buying Amazon's own hardcovers or 2) shopping at the local bookseller (think retail discounter and current ebook competitor Barnes and Noble).

Starting in 2008, e-books sales accounted for just 2 per cent of the US book retail market but rose steeply to about 10 per cent last year, said Mark Tanner, Google eBooks representative in Australia, who like Mr Neil and others, is forging links between his company and local publishers.

Would you rather have 20,000 ebook sales on Amazon, with no shot at bookstore placements or the New York Times bestseller list — or would you rather have only 5,000 of your print books scattered through local Barnes & Noble and other retail outlets around the country?

For me, the penny dropped when Penguin CEO Margaret Thompson told us that, while local retailers are not banging down the door demanding ebooks to sell, there's increasing demand from companies who want to license content for use in their own digital products.

Following the first eBook conference of ASEAN countries, the community of Asian readers seems to grow by leaps and bounds when the combined sales statistics revealed how the readers increasingly accepted the digital book format and how local online retailers all share success stories everywhere in the neighboring region.

The best way we publishers can support local indie bookshops and keep ebooks (and print books, actually) available on a widespread basis is to become a member of the Google Books Partner Program and publish our books there (as well as with all the major ebook retailers).

i can understand regional protection for local markets, Australia / NZ has a tiny retail market which would instantly be flooded by almost any import / export of AUS / US / EU printed retail books, but what about the instance where there is no competing market, when the local distributor has no eBook version, has no plans to operate in the eBook market, and yet, local publishers and local distributors have no ability to modify that geographic embargo for consumers, when they won't be competing in that market.

I think they are essential to development of a healthy mix of local and global ebook retailing.

On the other hand, is this an opportunity for local retailers to jump into this market and compete with the big international sites by sorting out their own country rights and offering a comprehensive catalogue to their local ebook customers?

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has urged local retailers to voice their concerns about eBook price - fixing as it considers a lawsuit against Apple and five of the world's largest book publishers, The >>

Every major ebook retailer carries self - published ebooks Most libraries now have the ability to purchase self - published ebooks, including the ebooks of local authors

Amazon doesn't need to make money in books, whereas your local bookstore or favorite non-Amazon ebook retailer can't stay in business if all the profit in bookselling is flushed down Amazon's toilet.

While Amazon continues to rule the ebook world with its Kindle Paperwhite and Fire HD, local retailer JB Hi - Fi has decided to try and crash the ebook party with the launch of its new Now Books service.

And there are also countless «local» ebook retailers in the region.