Sentences with phrase «of ebook licensing»

We are told this is in the spirit of the eBook license and that it is common practice.

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The popular free ebook series «In Search of Utopia» (http://andgulliverreturns.info) addresses two major problems of our modern society — overpopulation and licensing parents so that children have a better chance to develop as healthy, happy and productive.

Here are some book review and ebook review sites I recommend at the moment: Complete Review (Translated fiction with links to other reviews), Literary License (new novels), Chamberfour.com (group literary review blog), Books Blog (Guardian group blog), Quarterly Conversation (extended book review essays), Black Sheep Dances (longer reviews of translated fiction), Mumpsimus (eclectic reviews of books and movies with a slight preference for speculative stuff) and Mary Whipple's Seeing the World Through Books.

SEATTLE, Apr 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Ian Fleming Publications Ltd today announced that Amazon Publishing has acquired a ten - year license for North American rights to the entire list of James Bond books by Ian Fleming in print and ebook.

Hugh's advice for publishers is to eliminate things that annoy him (non-compete clauses, length - of - copyright licenses, New York City offices) and to lower prices, give away ebooks with hardcover purchases, and pay authors monthly.

Obviously their ebook unit will never compare to the sheer amount of money their operating system yields, Microsoft Office and 365 subscription sales, the cloud unit geared towards businesses or even their intellectual property and licensing division.

Much like the headache of licensing ebooks to libraries stateside, Japanese patrons and librarians have been frustrated by the lack of bestselling and new release content available for digital lending, for many of the same reasons that publishers in the US have balked at making their entire catalogs available to libraries, namely fears that print sales will decline.

The program makes several of its most popular children's and middle grade titles available through ebook distributors Booksource, Follett, Mackin Educational Resources, and Perma - Bound, allowing classrooms to purchase a one - year license for the book as many schools already have systems in place to finance software licenses.

According to Library Journal's «2013 Report on E-Books in Public Libraries», where 89 % of US public libraries offer eBooks, collection size and circulation have increased: 45 % increase in median number of e-books between 2012 (5,080) and 2013 (7,380) 145 % circulation increase from 2011 to 2012 (with anticipated 2013 increase of +38.9 %) These numbers reflect all points of access, including those directly licensed or purchased by an individual library and those available through a consortium.

«We developed the «Scorecard» to ensure that librarians have the information they need to better negotiate ebook licensing agreements with publishers,» said Erika Linke, co-chair of the DCWG's business models subgroup.

The Smashwords License Statement is an original creation of Smashwords, and it has been widely adopted by thousands of ebook authors and even some competitors.

Before converting print books to ebook formats, it is useful for an editor to page quickly through the book and provide a list of figures to exclude from the ebook version, replaced with a simple notice saying» Figure removed due to licensing restrictions».

This license and your right to use the ebook terminate automatically if you violate any part of this Agreement.

PLR (Private Label Rights) and MRR (Master Resell Rights) can be sold and modified to the extent of ebooks resell license.

The main purpose of our new report, «Ebook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those moEbook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to thosLicensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those moebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to thoslicensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those models.

Includes: Front cover, spine, and back cover design Ebook cover Four to six custom designs to choose from Up to ten quality, high resolution, fully licensed, royalty free stock art images * Typography with quality, commercially licensed fonts ** Up to ten rounds of revisions One Facebook cover image One 728x90 banner ad 3D book image Audiobook design

Generally speaking, there are three key aspects which define a digital license: the concurrence of users, the number of times a given ebook may be loaned out and the duration of the license.

I don't know of one author that we haven't reverted when the license was up, assuming we were out or low on stock and only selling minimal amounts of ebooks.

When you get to the final tab in the KDP publishing process — Kindle eBook Pricing — after Amazon tries to lure you into its fools - gold KDP Select program and asks you what territories you hold the distribution rights for (in most cases, «All territories» — unless you've licensed some away), there's a panel titled Royalty and Pricing — the cause of our anxiety.

Again in their FAQ, they state: «Ultimately, by opening up the ebook licensing restrictions that publishers currently impose, we'll be able to make ebooks available to an expanded number of markets.

Circulation, preferably known as the number of times the same ebook may be loaned out during the duration of a license, is another key aspect to be taken into consideration by librarians and publishers.

The grant of rights allows Amazon not just to publish and / or license ebooks and audiobooks, but to «create condensed, adapted, abridged, interactive and enhanced editions of your Work, and include your Work in anthology or omnibus editions.»

The End User License Agreement that is included with every font software package does not allow the redistribution of the font data, such as when fonts are embedded into eBooks.

My shop's work flow is opposite of yours — ebooks then paper — so our font embedding issues are minimal and primarily related to understanding licenses.

To address the needs of publishers who want to embed fonts into eBooks, Monotype Imaging is introducing a simple and low - cost font licensing model for eBooks.

An interesting idea I have seen around licensing ebooks is unglue.it, still in alpha, where libraries contribute money, Kickstarter style, to buy creative commons ebook rights by title (or group of titles).

Since the very premise of Google eBooks is for people to read the ebooks on their e-readers and other devices, this was a smart move to license the techneBooks is for people to read the ebooks on their e-readers and other devices, this was a smart move to license the technebooks on their e-readers and other devices, this was a smart move to license the technology.

I never understood why ebooks are costlier than say a paperback, the cost of printing and paper being removed and the thing that we don't actually own it but just a license to read the eBook.

Here is a bit of news from the Adobe camp, Google has licensed their Adobe Content 4 software for the encryption of the Google eBooks offered in both ePub and PDF format.

Additionally, she briefly discussed future plans for a Subscription - based licensing of ebooks, as well as the recently launched initiative to license select titles to classrooms on a one - year time frame.

b) Unless a Video Stills License is procured, you may not use «stills» derived from Footage in ebook covers, or printed book covers, or any type of printed matter.

If you pay $ 9.99, or any price, for an ebook of Green, you acquire a license to download and view a specific software offering.

There we have the problem with ebooks today in a nutshell (that and the fact that none of us actually own the ebooks we've bought, we only own licenses).

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This report discusses what libraries must consider before they will license and agree to for the long - term, permanent purchase and use of ebooks.

Earlier today we broke the news that Barnes and Noble was thinking of getting out of the hardware business and was going to start licensing out its apps and ebooks to Samsung and Microsoft.

I enjoy the ease of purchasing an eBook license, even though I do think I should be buying the * eBook * not a * users license * for it.

The shift from Nook e-readers and ebooks from being a singular part of Barnes and Nobles bookstore chain and spinning off into its autonomous entity was a strong precursor to licensing its ecosystem to other companies.

As ebooks are licensed, not bought, the first - sale rule doesn't apply, at least under current legal precedent in the US, and so the owner of the ebook wouldn't have the right to put it into any store.

At the time The Director of Digital Publishing Director of Press and Publication Administration Technology Wang Qiang, said that «Amazon opened its Kindle ebook store operation with their license pending, but has not yet approved.»

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

And there is also fact that licences of ebooks can be depleted - resellers have time limited license or have finite amount of copies they can sell.

The only downfall with the prices of ebooks is that you do not actually own it, you are just licensing it.

In stead of selling an ebook (usage license) it should really be some kind of rent agreement (like when you rent a library - book) if the publishers do not want to transfer any rights / ownership to the buyers.

The Director of Digital Publishing Director of Press and Publication Administration Technology, Wang Qiang, said that «Amazon opened its Kindle ebook store operation with their license pending, but has not yet approved.»

Buying ebooks with DRM, high prices, and licenses that much be renewed is only part of the problem.

Prior to the merger of Penguin and Random House in July 2013, the two publishers had entirely different terms for library licensing of their ebooks.

We are actively working to persuade libraries to purchase titles - and keep them forever - through our service, instead of continually licensing ebooks at higher prices from other services.

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While it is possible to construct perpetual license agreements that make provision for digital preservation and to develop communitywide preservation mechanisms (as has been done with scholarly journals, where research libraries are usually the dominant part of the marketplace), we are far away from seeing such enabling terms and conditions in mass - market ebook licenses.