Sentences with phrase «much as physical books»

That being said, it's also true that e-books don't cost as much to produce or distribute, so they shouldn't cost as much as physical books.

And those same publishers still curse the name Jim Baen for daring to spoil the foolish readers and letting them think 1) that e-books are good and 2) that e-books don't have to be laden with DRM nor do they have to cost as much as physical books.

That genial term «constraint» probably refers to the «friction» that some publishers prefer you encounter so that ebooks, a form of book they can neither see nor touch, can be controlled in their movements, much as physical book can be controlled.

Not exact matches

The conventional image of the railway as a national project owes much to the appeal of Pierre Berton's books, which drew on its construction — with all the blood, sweat and scandal that went into it — as a metaphor for nation building, a physical extension of Confederation into western Canada.

(ENTIRE BOOK) Professor Lampe states that the resurrection of Christ certainly was not a resurrection of the physical body and that the «empty tomb» story is as much a hinderance as a help to believing Christians.

He made his first appearance in the comic book Strange Tales # 110, cover - dated July, 1963 — a former surgeon turned «Sorcerer Supreme» who was billed as «a different kind of super-hero,» operating in a realm that's much less the physical than the metaphysical.

I love that the book S, which Abrams worked on with author Doug Dorst, is a novel within a play within a scrapbook that is as much a puzzle and physical work of art as it is a story (or stories).

I really can't understand how anyone can imagine it costs as much to produce an e-book as it does to print a physical book.

As much as I don't want my bookshelves to become part of this trail of obsolescence, I can already see early warning signs of my own desire for convenience — for instantly getting what I want, for not having to deal with mere objects in all their cumbersome actuality — beginning to outrank my love of the book as a physical thinAs much as I don't want my bookshelves to become part of this trail of obsolescence, I can already see early warning signs of my own desire for convenience — for instantly getting what I want, for not having to deal with mere objects in all their cumbersome actuality — beginning to outrank my love of the book as a physical thinas I don't want my bookshelves to become part of this trail of obsolescence, I can already see early warning signs of my own desire for convenience — for instantly getting what I want, for not having to deal with mere objects in all their cumbersome actuality — beginning to outrank my love of the book as a physical thinas a physical thing.

Last year I read 45 ebooks and 8 paper books, but I actually spent more on those physical books as I did in the Kindle store (a total about # 70 on the paper ones, and # 44.82 on ebooks — all the ebooks I've bought and not read yet [if I ever will, as I continue to buy faster than I read] pretty much equal the total spend though).

Much as we love our physical books (and let's face it, the majority of those working in publishing NOW, are there because of a love of paper books) we can not let that love blind us to the realities of change and the shift that digital is imposing upon us.

For as much as reading on a Kindle Paperwhite is a remarkably physical - book - like experience, it still lacks that treasured ability to thumb through a decent - sized tome.

We suspect the traditional length of books has been dictated as much by the constraints of the physical medium of print as by what a modern reader actually wants.

Those international sales can provide a huge advantage for authors, as the ebook revolution has not made such inroads in much of the rest of the world and physical copies still make up the majority of book sales there.

As much as I embrace the digital revolution that's transforming the publishing world seemingly by the day, I feel sad for authors of the future whose books may never appear in physical forAs much as I embrace the digital revolution that's transforming the publishing world seemingly by the day, I feel sad for authors of the future whose books may never appear in physical foras I embrace the digital revolution that's transforming the publishing world seemingly by the day, I feel sad for authors of the future whose books may never appear in physical form.

Print books behave like a product in the sense that you purchase a physical object that is yours to use or dispose of largely as you see fit, much as an automobile or a frying pan or an action figure may be used or disposed of largely as you see fit.

Ebooks, on the other hand, well, they're pretty much the same thing as physical books, except they need an expensive device to read them on, while books have their own built - in screen that is both disposable and of a superior resolution (no back - lighting though).

As much as e-readers are starting to gain more traction with older people, the same research article proclaims their undying love of physical bookAs much as e-readers are starting to gain more traction with older people, the same research article proclaims their undying love of physical bookas e-readers are starting to gain more traction with older people, the same research article proclaims their undying love of physical books.

Ownership of paper books wasn't so much a consumer preference as a side effect of their physical nature, and law followed and solemnized that state of affairs.

Sounds like the eBook version of this strategy is a much better option and can still get a lot of exposure which could drive physical book sales as well.

Sometimes the physical part of a book is as important as the information it carries: it's really true that we judge books by their covers — at least when we're standing in shops deciding which ones to buy — and that's why publishers devote so much attention to making their books look attractive.

Most of all, they hate that Jim and Toni and the rest of Baen believes e-books are just as much books as a physical copy is.

When ebooks hit 15 % of the market Authors start making almost as much from ebooks as they do from physical books.

On July 14, Digital Book Day will operate on much the same premise as World Book Night, only digital copies will be given away to readers rather than physical copies.

Purchasers of e-books are still asking why they have to pay as much for an e-book as they do for a physical book and they often choose not to buy that e-book.

According to a Reuters article from back in June, this is partly because it was too complicated to sort out the logistics for a larger operation similar to those that Amazon has in other countries such as its home market of the U.S., Europe, Japan and elsewhere, where the company also sells physical books, consumer electronics, household goods, and much more — often from a selection of third - party retailers as well as itself.

Incidentally, nothing I just wrote should be read as dismissing the possibility of Amazon becoming a monopsonist in the physical goods market (whether those goods are books, clothing, or anything else Amazon sells), where the cost barriers to entry are much higher.

Neilsen now claims in 2013 that approximately 85 % of retail, physical book sales are tracked through them, though this number appears very much in doubt as an actionable percentage for any specific individual book.

The library purchases copies of the titles much like they do for physical books for the majority of titles in OverDrive so they do not pay per download or check out so you can borrow as much as you like.

Sales of Kindle ebooks at Amazon.com show an encouraging surge in growth, as much as 43 % higher compared to physical hardcover books over the past 3 months.

For as much time as I spend online, I still prefer to do my reading from a physical book (or our first generation Kindle).

I love this game so much that I'm buying the PS3 version and the physical copy of the Vita version as well as the Guide Book!

His book Inside the White Cube, first published in 1976 as a series of essays in this magazine, is a foundational critical text, an analysis not so much of art as of its physical environment — the white - walled modern gallery — and of the sociological and ideological networks invisibly embedded there.

My lectures included something about climate change as background material for energy policy, and I was the editor and one contributor to a book on socioeconomic dimensions of climate change mitigation in 1999, but I didn't make any real effort to understand much more about the atmosphere and the physical climate before retiring.

Well then, thank you Dr. Caballero, and incidentally, thank you very much for your fine online book — I'm using it teach myself at least a decent amount of physical climatology (where I can focus on the climatology parts per se, as most of the basic physics I already know pretty well).

As much as I enjoy holding a genuine book, I have realized that the value of a book is not in the physical object but rather the information that it containAs much as I enjoy holding a genuine book, I have realized that the value of a book is not in the physical object but rather the information that it containas I enjoy holding a genuine book, I have realized that the value of a book is not in the physical object but rather the information that it contains.

However, under copyright law, once customers buy a physical copy they are free to sell it, much as they would a used book.

In his «The Five Love Languages» book series, relationship counsellor Gary Chapman suggests that, when it comes to giving and receiving affection, people tend to feel most comfortable with one of five particular communication methods (which he identifies as receiving gifts, acts of service, words of affirmation, physical touch and quality time).3 While it can be useful to know your own love language, it's equally valuable to know your partner's — and to make sure that you «speak» it fluently so that they understand how much you care.