Sentences with phrase «of ebook availability»

Low ebook usage is also due to user preference for print books, lack of student awareness of ebook availability, and lack of training about the downloading process.

While many US libraries require proof of immediate residency to use their library, eliminating the benefits of ebook lending altogether, would - be patrons have actually traveled to the nearest library in order to sign up for library cards and take advantage of ebook availability, which has proven good for local businesses as these new patrons shop and dine in the region while they're there.

Not exact matches

The use of the Android operating system in the Audi tablet and the availability of the Google Play store give the customer access to a huge number of applications, games, movies, music, eBooks and much more.

Most consumers express more interest in reading ebooks on ereaders over reading them on tablets, in spite of the availability of tablet ereader apps.

But mobile reading devices and a surge in availability of popular ebooks are pushing libraries into the digital mainstream.

Rockstand, the portal that offers luxurious products including ebooks and emagazines, among others, has announced the availability of ebooks in regional Indian languages.

It is not a surprise that the availability of eBooks from African libraries is limited largely to university collections with an emphasis on streamed scholarly publishing content originating outside the continent.

Individual library data is indicative of strong growth in eBook availability and use Montreal Public Library downloads grew from 9,559 in 2012 to 31,708 in 2013 (+232 %) Quebec City Public Library downloads grew from 27,417 in 2012 to 69,951 in 2013 (+155 %).

This chapter features remarks by Eguild president Steve Lazarowitz and best - selling ebook author Leta Nolan Childers that put to death many of the myths hounding the quality and availability of books printed in electronic bindings.

Since publishers are so concerned with the «perpetuity of lending and simultaneity of availability» of their ebooks, I have to wonder if libraries shouldn't just help them out and hit the STOP button themselves?

It's not a surprise that readers have taken such a shine to eBooks, given their ultimate portability over paper copies, but the real convenience of an ebook is their availability to almost anyone thanks to the Internet.

BKS +0.25 %, the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced the availability of versions of popular Sesame Street favorites, now available as NOOK Books, including the classic «The Monster at the End of This Book» available as an eBook with audio only on NOOK.

Rooted in one of the world's great publishing houses, the Faber Factory team have developed innovative ways to make sure ebooks get out to multiple retailers in multiple formats around the world, to monitor availability, sales and pricing in real time, and to promote ebooks to readers,» the press release stated.

In the last few years the availability of Spanish eBooks sales have tripled.

Needless to say, ebook reading is a fun experience on the tablet, something that is aided further by the easy availability of million of titles from the Google Book Store.

The sea of change sweeping through the publishing industry, the advent of ebooks and Kindle Direct Publishing, the increasing availability of editors / book cover designers / proofreaders / formatters that self - published authors can outsource to, and the rising standards of self - publishing novels themselves convinced me otherwise in 2010.

A large number of people do love to read books at their leisure because of the easy availability of eBooks and convenience to carry.

Even without factoring in the culture of other countries and the availability of wifi / 3G coverage there, I know quite a few hardcore readers like my parents who won't even consider eBooks.

It marks the first high profile announcement of in - store retail availability for ebook hardware in this part of the world, albeit on a modest scale — the iLiad will initially only be available from Dymocks» George Street store and via their website dymocks.com.au.

The key point is that the availability of a free, manipulable public domain ebook library is what made LibriVox possible along with some other underlying technologies.

Now, however, reports show that Apple's place in the ebook business is steadily rising, thanks to the availability of its reading platforms.

We don't know if people who bought paper books in the past are buying more books due to ebook availability while still buying the same number of paper books — or if those people stopped buying paper books altogether, or, if faced with a choice of ebook or paper, choose ebook.

Christian fiction and religious ebooks are undergoing a quiet resurgence due to the widespread availability of electronic book readers.

With the importance both companies have placed on digital publishing in the past, it could potentially spur the movement to increase the availability of ebooks for public library lending.

I really haven't seen a benefit to either platform over the other, all of the stores have switched to agency pricing so it is almost irrelevant between B&N and Amazon from a price and availability perspective in ebooks.

It's not ebook prices or the availability of a new title, or even a free Harry Potter Book.

Inflating the price and limiting the availability of ebooks to libraries could further hurt established authors; times are tough, the economy sucks and people just aren't as willing to pay $ 10 - $ 15 (or more) for a new release of a ebook whether they can get them alternatively at the library or not.

This new addition to search shows a list of local libraries with the ebook available for lending, and you have the option to edit location to check the availability at libraries near you.

Some argue that they don't want to put all their eggs in the Amazon basket, or that they don't wish to limit availability of their ebooks solely to Amazon Kindle readers.

With the availability of such vast lineup of Kindle eBooks, it's getting difficult to manage all the books in the Kindle library.

While Sony has announced the brand spanking new 3G - enabled Daily Edition Reader in the States, here in the UK it has officially announced the coming - soon availability of two previously announced new additions to its ebook Reader line.

On the other hand, there may be something to be said for simply using eBooks to advertise the availability of your subject matter.

Caris said the depth and breadth of eBooks and other digital content, the installed base of Kindle devices, availability of Kindle Apps, and other parts of the Kindle ecosystem have expanded dramatically since the first device was launched in November 2007, strengthening the overall Kindle ecosystem.

It is clear now that the pace of adoption of ebooks will rise in Europe if only because availability of ereaders AND ebooks is increasing rapidly here.

There are a lot of simple tools that could help this process, such as standing order plans for ebooks, and standing order plans for the 25 or 50 or 100 most popular authors, pre-publication availability, etc..

Many people who prefer print still read eBooks because of their availability (me, for example).

There are probably lots of other factors contributing to the increase in acceptance of eBooks — lower prices, Kindle and Nook Reading Apps, iPad ownership, greater availability, press coverage of Kindle and Nook.

Houghton also said that the ebook title discovery process is constrained by not directing patrons to bestsellers, where waiting periods will give them a negative experience, and by situations where due to changing availability, the library owns the earlier volumes of a series in ebook form, but not the most recent.

The sudden popularity of ebooks has put publishers in uncharted territory, and they are unsure how availability in libraries will affect consumer sales.

Today, November 18, 2016, Calibre developer Kovid Goyal announced the release and immediate availability of a new maintenance update for his widely - used, free, open - source, and cross-platform ebook library management software.

Penguin also told OverDrive «it is reviewing terms for library lending of their ebooks» and has suspended availability to libraries for the new ebook releases....

Despite growing frustration with the ebook pricing and availability policies of many publishers, U.S. libraries have continued to respond to growing demand from patrons by rapidly expanding their collections of ebooks, according to LJ and SLJs third annual «2012 Survey of Ebook Usage in U.S. Public Libraries» report, sponsored by Freaebook pricing and availability policies of many publishers, U.S. libraries have continued to respond to growing demand from patrons by rapidly expanding their collections of ebooks, according to LJ and SLJs third annual «2012 Survey of Ebook Usage in U.S. Public Libraries» report, sponsored by FreaEbook Usage in U.S. Public Libraries» report, sponsored by Freading.

As Greenfield explains, availability of titles is one problem, related to the purchasing models that apply to ebooks for library use:

Although the vast majority of ebooks in aggregator - supported eCollections are populated with new titles, an old perception persists that new titles are embargoed or significantly delayed from digital availability and eCollections, leading some librarians to question whether mass purchasing requires libraries to pay for the titles they don't want in order to get the ones they do want.

I fully believe iPad is superior to any Kindle device, but I disagree that Amazon's lead in eBook sales is because of limited availability of iBooks / iBookstore.

Has the availability of ebook collections (hereafter referred to as eCollections) enhanced and / or improved collection development practices in academic libraries?

The key feature of any ebook reader is the availability of quality content.

While some of this has to do with hardware availability, school purchasing limitations, and general infrastructure issues, there are a few issues with educational publisher behavior that have contributed to eBooks being adopted far less in schools than in the consumer market.

The way Allan Adler of the Association of American Publishers describes ebook availability via libraries to Sesno on the show will — no fault of Adler's — make your head spin in a gentle, NPR - ish way.

The OverDrive blog states that the company was «instructed to suspend availability of new Penguin eBook titles from our library catalog and disable «Get for Kindle» functionality for all Penguin eBooks» in an «abrupt change in terms» last week.