Sentences with phrase «marketed as ebook reader»

Like the Pandigital Novel, The Book is being marketed as an ebook reader, but is really more of a multimedia device than something designed to just read books.

The PRS - 300 is marketed as an ebook reader that can fit in your pocket.

Some are marketed as ebook reader / MP3 player combinations, including a small 4.3 - inch model.

The company markets it as an ebook reader, and designed its UI around a book library and a tie in to Barnes & Noble's online ebook store.

Not exact matches

Big Boost is committed to helping authors as well as executives, businesses, nonprofits, retailers, conference organizers and others unleash the unrealized power of eBooks to engage readers through multimedia channels that open up an amazing range of branding, cross marketing, fund raising and sales opportunities.

Consider an eBook price cut: As mentioned earlier, there's an eager market for romance eBooks so entice readers with a deal.

By providing features to support a wide range of scenarios: give eBooks away for free as a marketing tool, automatically link eBook and print editions to enhance discovery and provide more options to readers, and offer optional copy - protection (DRM) to prevent piracy and unlicensed distribution.

As your eBook and paperback will be published with the same title, you can market both editions equally, and allow your readers to choose the best medium for them.

I know the functionality exists on these devices to read blogs, magazines, newspapers, etc., but they're marketed as book readers (Arment even calls them «ebook readers» instead of «e-readers»), the user experience is optimized for book reading, and the companies (esp.

That app is actually quite important to Imcosys» device, as it allows to be the only device currently on the market that lets readers share audiobooks, not just ebooks.

In the end, the Reader store needs to lower eBook prices, build community, open a proper subscription based book club, expand into foreign markets and leverage their name brand as a primary mover of growth.

Open Road, as a digital publisher of ebooks with a focus on the vast number of backlist titles, is perfectly poised to deliver value to its authors, as its marketing approach uniquely focuses on authors as brands and systematically creates authentic connections between the authors and the reader.

You can directly download the Google Android Market alternatives such as andappstore, so you can get other ebook reader programs such as Aldiko.

Finally, the worldwide market has failed to embrace eBooks in a meaningful way, as readers in North America have.

As we had the skills required to set up, and healthy egos, we decided to shake up the traditionalists and offer both authors and readers a new, modern option built specifically to cater to the ebook market sector.

Ebooks are surely gaining popularity among the masses, but when it comes to the number of ebook reader releases in the market, those are not as popular as a regular tablet, leaving consumers with not that many choices in the first place.

However, the relative few ebook readers in the market do show a sizeable number of them running on Android - based software, such as Barnes & Noble's NOOK eReader.

Amazon's original $ 9.99 price point for an ebook now seems generous compared to the sorts of pricing seen in various markets and sectors, particularly as the self - publishing wing has used ultra-low pricing to try to attract readers from trade offerings.

As an author in today's fast - changing publishing industry, effective marketing can help you reach your readers and rise to the top in ebook and print sales.

«We are working with Brazilian publishers and closing sales agreements with retailers, as well as a large chain of bookstores to distribute the eBook readers,» said Humphrey, which was excited about the digital book market in Brazil, «In over 5 years, 50 % of digital books will be in Brazil «bet.

It seems as though Sony was the last of the major eBook markets to adopt the ability for readers to pre-order titles.

«Special mention to Regional eBooks and eMagazine, as we can see great opportunities there and thus to tap this burgeoning market, we are bringing exclusive and exciting content for our readers.

Therefore, savvy publishing experts are keeping a close watch on emerging ebook markets, both for new reader audiences and as - of - yet untapped author talent.

While there are ebook autographing options on the market, such as Kindlegraph, that inserts a page file into the reader's digital edition with an author signature, Autography has been working to continue to bring the sense of community that comes from the book signings and meeting of authors, as well as the ability to personalize the signature page for specific reading fans.

As ebook readers have grown more popular, the publishing market has changed significantly.

To counter that trend, we will need to find new ways to market ebooks and digital reading to existing print readers in the coming years and that may involve new forms, as Martyn suggests, but one wonders just how much can be done to change reading before it becomes not reading, but something else and whether given the «good enough» nature of ebooks for so many, we need to do so.

As 3G Ereader are there in the market you don't have to think twice before buying an ebook reader, with 3G Ereader being distraction - free, easy to hold and use.

Wattpad will describe how some pioneering publishers are using the Wattpad platform as a marketing tool: building author - reader connections, publishing original short stories and prequels within existing series, and creating direct relationships with an increasingly global audience that buys their ebooks.

One of my own interests, which Jones mentioned, has been in the pilot program that HarperCollins has conducted with Vancouver's BitLit start - up, working with Peter Hudson there to try offering readers who own selected print books from HarperCollins a chance to get ebook editions of those books — bundling, as it's called, and in an after - market format.

All eBook readers will come with heavy and draconian DRM (as mandated by the book agency) until one vendor (also with heavy and draconian DRM) significantly corners the market through a beautifully easy to use device, tied in store and large volume of works.

As authors and readers, it would be healthy for Amazon to get some strong competition, especially with regard to the ebook market.

The report presents 145 pages of data and commentary on a broad range of eBook issues, including: spending on eBooks in 2010 and anticipated spending for 2011; use levels of various kinds of eBooks; market penetration by various specific eBook publishers; extent of use of aggregators vs offering by specific publishers; purchasing of individual titles; use of various channels of distribution such as traditional book jobbers and leading retail / internet based booksellers; use of eBooks in course reserves and interlibrary loan; impact of eBooks on print book spending; use of eBooks in integrated search; price increases for eBooks; contract renewal rates for eBooks; use of special eBook platforms for smartphones and tablet computers; spending plans and current use of eBook reader such as Nook, Reader and Kindle; the role played by library consortia in eBooks; Continue reading Primary Research Group releases Library Use of eBooks 2011 Edireader such as Nook, Reader and Kindle; the role played by library consortia in eBooks; Continue reading Primary Research Group releases Library Use of eBooks 2011 EdiReader and Kindle; the role played by library consortia in eBooks; Continue reading Primary Research Group releases Library Use of eBooks 2011 Edition →

With the wealth of ebooks titles available and an increase in the use of digital indie publishing platforms which enable authors to post their own works as ebooks, more and more readers are turning to ebook lending libraries and websites for content, especially in recent months when best - selling titles have often been marketed at a very similar price point to their print counterparts.

With predictions such as those from Smashwords» CEO Mark Coker that portend that 2013 will see an even bigger glut of ebooks hitting the market, readers can struggle to find quality content... [Read more...]

With predictions such as those from Smashwords «CEO Mark Coker that portend that 2013 will see an even bigger glut of ebooks hitting the market, readers can struggle to find quality content for their devices while still seeking out new authors and new works.

The Kobo Aura is a new addition to Kobo's line of ebook readers and is being marketed as more of a premium ebook reader along with the HD; it does not replace the Kobo Glo, which still remains available for $ 20 less.

This is an interview on Friday, January 8, 2010, at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with David Burleigh, director of marketing for OverDrive, which is the leading provider of public library connections to eBook readers such as the Barnes & Noble nook and the Sony Reader.

Ebooks are the preferred method of reading for a large percentage of readers and that will only get larger as the international markets reach their inflection point.

Ebooks are deliberately packaged and marketed to appear as much like traditional print books as possible, so many readers will be surprised to discover that ebooks are built around much the same HTML structure that powers thEbooks are deliberately packaged and marketed to appear as much like traditional print books as possible, so many readers will be surprised to discover that ebooks are built around much the same HTML structure that powers thebooks are built around much the same HTML structure that powers the web.

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.

The new # 89 or $ 79 (with adverts) ebook reader was announced earlier in the week to much fanfare in New York, as Amazon continues to dominate the ebook reader market.

An out - of - the - box ebook marketing idea: Did you know that Amazon's Kindle X-ray Feature allows the ebook reader to easily find content, chapters and locations mentioning concepts, places or ideas, as well as characters and places in your ebook.

As an author I have constantly been surprised that none of the eBook readers in the market seems to support proper hyphenation, not even the HTML - implemented soft hyphenation.

«What remains unknown is whether or not the digital marketing skills which publishers developed during the ebook revolution of the past eight years,» Hudson says, «will be put to use in a way that allows publishers to use audio content as a way of finally establishing a direct conversation with their customer: the reader.»

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.

There's no denying that Sony knows how to put together a lovely eBook reader; both the original PRS - 505 and the later PRS - 600 readers were lauded in these pages as the pinnacle of the eBook reader market.

If it can be used as a ebook reader, a netbook, or run a web browser simultaneouly with the book page on the opposite screen, this could be a product that would take over the ebook market.

The news adds to the growing ebook market, that has seen plenty of activity in the last couple of weeks from company's such as iRex, Sony with it's Sony Reader and Cool - er.

The ebook reader market seems to be gaining momentum if you take an increasing diversity of devices as an indicator.

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