Sentences with phrase «numbers of ebook platforms»

Not very revolutionary, given the growing numbers of ebook platforms that let authors upload content and create a book — for free, no less — in the same... [Read more...]

«As you may be aware, there has been a significant amount of negative media attention in the UK regarding offensive material that became available across a number of eBook platforms.

Not exact matches

A few million ebooks later, Smashwords is a widely - respected and highly - profitable company that has launched a number of authors and has had a surprising number of titles distributed through their platform reach the bestseller lists.

Amazon does a really good job of putting their eBooks on a number of different platforms.

Currently, a large number of publishers have prevented or pulled their titles from eBook lending catalogs, the platforms that enable public library patrons to borrow digital editions of books on their own reading - enabled devices.

«Public libraries utilizing OverDrive's Next Generation digital lending platform served a record number of eBook, audiobook, music and video titles to patrons on Christmas Day.

Ahn went on to describe some of the processes which Korean ebook publishing platforms employ, notably a very user friendly drop - and - drag system which he compared to the ease of using Power Point, a factor which may lead to greater numbers of self - published authors, even as greater numbers of readers go digital.

Platforms like OverDrive, 3M, Smashwords, and Bilbary are working diligently to provide digital content for libraries until the publishers» concerns — namely pricing, number of patron checkouts per ebook purchase, and piracy — are addressed.

SkyInk is also in negotiations with a major data provider to license a substantial number of ebooks for the platform.

A number of platforms have been proceeding quite successfully on the ebook distribution front.

Oyster has already inked deals with a number of major publishers and with ebook distribution and self - publishing platform Smashwords, which has helped ensure a growing catalog of content for subscribers to choose from.

My favorite number at the first TOC buchreport in Berlin on April 23rd was 20, as in 20 % of the 2.4 million ebook buyers in Germany in 2012 had not bought any books in the previous twelve months, according to GfK, as quoted by Carel Weltbild, CEO of Weltbild, the second largest book chain and online platform for books in the country.

Given the number of titles published through the platform, do you think it's reasonable to extrapolate this data to the eBook industry as a whole?

With a market flooded with user - created ebooks across an ever - growing number of distribution platforms, indie authors have discovered that making their work stand out from the crowd is a full time job on its own.

Built on an open platform, Kobo Touch allows consumers to read eBooks from other stores that use the ePub format — plus read PDF documents and books on a growing number of Kobo eReaders and apps.

Books that are showcased on the Ganxy platform can be given specific download codes, from one copy to an unlimited number of copies, and can also be arranged for user - friendly bulk sales of ebooks.

With simple to use formatting and uploading for indie authors to any number of ebook distribution platforms, the ability to discover great new reading material has never been easier.

Just think of how much higher that number could be if iBooks were available on other platforms, and if Apple offered a dedicated ebook reader equivalent to the Kindle.

As ebooks become more complex to produce, publishers could start to limit the number of editions they support, making it harder for minority platforms to compete for top titles.

2 min readRecently, Bowker issued a report on the state of self - publishing, analyzing ISBN data year over year to identify changes in the number of print and eBooks published by the top self - publishing platforms.

by Nina Amir Despite much talk about building author platform on social networks, the number of fans and followers you attract on Twitter, Google Plus or Facebook can't match the power of a large mailing list when it comes to marketing your ebook.

Some companies, like Formatting Experts at www.formattingexperts.com, offer custom cover design and ebook formatting for a number of platforms such as mobi, epub, etc..

While the numbers are interesting, for writers trying to build some kind of platform / following... I personally think self - publishing ebooks is a great option.

Oyster, which launched in 2013 and is available for iOS and Android (and Kindle Fire), is $ 9.95 a month and includes access to over 500,000 ebooks, while Scribd is available on a number of platforms (including iOS and Android and Kindle Fire) and includes access to over 400,000 ebooks for $ 8.99 a month.

However, the popularity of ebooks is rising in the country, and the increasing number of self - publishing platforms that support authors to write, proves that India is going to be a major player on the publishing market that no one should ignore.

Recently, Bowker issued a report on the state of self - publishing, analyzing ISBN data year over year to identify changes in the number of print and eBooks published by the top self - publishing platforms.

Numerous new ebook retail outlets have materialized even in that short time — we'll be looking at a couple below — and we're hearing more and more reports of indie US and UK authors not just selling overseas in increasing numbers, but selling in the most unexpected places, on platforms the authors never knew existed, in places they never knew ebooks could reach.