Sentences with phrase «of ebook reader devices»

However with a recent explosion in the number of eBook reader devices the blog has gravitated from solely covering news related to Kindle to comparative reviews of eBook reader that are competing with Kindle.

Says Prudence Fallon of Tiverton Public Library, «There are still problems with consistency of format, ease, the ability to download ebooks, and the charging of ebook reader devices.

Not exact matches

For a Linux box, you can scratch any hope of data portability between devices, unless you write something that can synchronize the various Crosswire front ends; * If all you have is an eBook reader, and a SmartTV, then the options probably are limited to the material you can locate in a format usable by the eBook reader, and whatever the SmartTV can pull in.

eBooks can be read on computers, ereaders, tablets, and phones and they allow the reader to select the fonts and other options that work best on each type of device.

24 % of school libraries loan out ebook readers; about 50 % of schools have a one - to - one policy, which means that each student has his or her own tablet / device for at least part of a school day.

If you publish your book in all of these markets, you'll reach your potential audience across ebook reader devices and channels.

By allowing flexible characteristics in eBook formats, readers can have an enjoyable experience no matter what type of device they are using.

Many people have argue with me for years on the subject of dedicated eBook reader devices, with any number of reasons they like them, but it is really only that they can't read small print or they still want «the look and feel» of the dead trees pulp bound up in dead animal skins.

Authors earn 85 % of net sales, and their eBook format is readable on any e-reading device, including the Amazon Kindle, the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, the Nook, Sony Reader, a PC, and Android devices.

About 21 percent and 18 percent of the ebook readers claim tablet or e-reader devices as their preferred device for reading ebooks, respectively.

Adobe Digital Editions is used by millions of libraries and readers to transfer eBooks to their devices.

All of the magazines will be available to subscribers of PressDirect.com and PressReader, and can be read on PCs, smartphones, Mac computers, tablet devices, or ebook readers.

There has also been no dearth of ebook reading devices dotting the store shelves to support the ebook cause, be it tablet PCs, smartphones or ebook readers.

It is possible to see the foundations of the modern eBook from such activity, as the necessity for reflowable text when reading on a Portable Digital Assistant (PDA) led to the formation of the Open eBook Publication Structure (a precursor to the EPUB format) in 1999, and several portable devices such as the Game Boy Advance, PalmPilot and SoftBook had facilities for modems, allowing readers to receive books without using a computer, often seen as one of the core selling points of the original Kindle.

it remove DRM protection from PDB ebook of ereader.com, let user read new ebook in other computer or other e-reader device, like Kindle, Sony Reader, iPad, user also can print PDB ebook without limitation.

The EPUB format is an open source standard that defines how the content and metadata of an eBook should be packaged and how eReading devices and software should render the format to the reader.

They can be read on a variety of different devices including computers, mobile phones, tablets and eBook readers.

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.

Hopefully, the absence of some major authors from eBook stores will be temporary — but in the meantime, you could be forgiven for thinking that publishers really do want to hand all the cards to Amazon — they're the cheapest and, for whatever reason, they are now the ones with the biggest range of books, some of which UK readers can not, right now, buy electronically in a format compatible with their own devices.

An ebook includes what you might call a system table of contents, so the ebook reader devices can do a drop - down table of contents.The notion is that in an ebook — because you don't have the tactile setup of pages that you would have in a physical book where you know where you are — in ebooks you want to make it easy for people to get to the parts of a book, and having a table of contents file is the easiest way to do that.

Today's Bone Walker major news item: if you're a reader of ebooks on Kobo devices and / or apps, OR if you're Android - inclined and like to get your digital media from Google Play, then the book is now available for preorder on platforms FOR YOU!

The simple fact of the matter is that dedicated eReading devices are not being replaced, or even now purchased in the first place by readers of ebooks, as ebooks can now be read on any number of different devices, whether they be tablets, phablets, phones or laptops.

Because we're attached to the right of readers to choose the places where they buy ebooks and the devices on which they read them.»

Kindle Fire is the newest offering from Amazon as the eBook device now acts more like a tablet instead of just a pure eBook reader.

The electronic devices, all touted as eBook readers, the killer of the printed word, were being used for other forms of entertainment.

With iPad and the launch of all the Android tablet / readers — Kobo's Vox, Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet, Sony's Tablet S, and yes, Amazon's Kindle Fire (which may one day at least run an app that will read ePUB)-- each of the major eBook retailers has a device that should have no trouble supporting ePUB3.

Here's a list of ebook readers for Android - based devices that will let you tuck into your favorite book no matter where you are.

All reading devices should allow the reader to adjust whatever aspect of the formatting that they like, while allowing a setting that renders the ebook as designed by the publisher.

Although most libraries offer eBooks that are compatible with computers, Sony Reader and a handful of other digital devices, many of their downloadable offerings can not be read on Amazon's Kindle or the Apple's iphone, both very popular e-readers.

Ebooks can no longer be the realm of knowledge of just a few experts; we ALL need to understand the current issues, keep up with new writing on the subject (from librarians, educators, technologists and the publishing / e - reader / mobile device world), and scan the horizon to gain some sense of where things are going.

Or the conformable trans - reflective LCDs are what make eBook readers a class of devices on its own.

For readers who download eBooks directly from Lulu.com to the device of their choice, removing DRM on EPUBs and PDFs will remove their need to create an Adobe account, authorize the purchase in Digital Editions or install a third - party application.

One of the most common issues people have when buying a dedicated reader is regarding eBook formats and whether they will still be able to read their purchases if they change devices in the future.

Another interesting fact is that Amazon shipped around 1.14 Millions Kindles devices in the summer and currently its covers 41.5 % of the total market share of pure ebook readers whereas Apple iPad has got 87.4 % of the total tablet market share before the Samsung Galaxy Tab was released.

It won't matter what version of ebook device the reader uses, your chapter headings will always start on a new page.

An ebook includes what you might call a system table of contents, so the ebook reader devices can do a drop - down table of contents.

While many e-reading platforms aimed at the children's market focus solely on the younger reader content found in many interactive book apps, an unrivaled understanding of the children's book market and the technological know - how to market ebooks for a variety of devices and ages will both have a great deal to do with the expected success of Scholastic's electronic reading application.

While some recent studies have shown stagnation in the growth of eBook sales, the variety of new devices and options for readers continues to expand.

«As a device - neutral platform, eBooks purchased through Kobo's eReading service can be read on various eReaders, which is a level of flexibility that benefits our authors as they seek to grow their audiences of readers,» went on Mr. Gutch, expounding the virtues the company's decision to embrace open standards such PDF and EPUB.

But the ebook industry faces a severe threat, a new technique of spamming and piracy that may be enough to cause readers to abandon their devices and return to good old fashioned hard copy text («Spam and Pirated eBooks Proliferating in the Amazon Bookstore,» GoodEReader.com, June 17, 2011).

Regardless of whether or not you want to call a white paper an eBook, the millions of Amazon Kindles, B&N Nooks, Sony Readers and Kobo eReaders — not to mention the literally millions of iPad, iPhone, Android, PC and Mac devices with eReading software — are a «reading... [Read more...]

Also, to reiterate what some of the other reviewers have pointed out: if you're looking for an ebook reader in order to read the latest titles and the current bestsellers, this is NOT the device for you; you'd be better off with a Kindle, a Sony Reader, or even an ireader in order to read the latest titles and the current bestsellers, this is NOT the device for you; you'd be better off with a Kindle, a Sony Reader, or even an iReader, or even an iPhone.

Possibly one of the most important advancements for eBook readers is the E-Ink ® screen technology, and the Sony Reader is the first major commercial device to use it.

Entire range of Kindle eBook readers are the best, its only your personal choice to buy any of these devices.

Liza Daly of Threepress Consulting, Inc. gives an overview of her free, multi-platform Ibis Reader and the advantage of HTML5 to create multi-media ebook apps that work across any device.

Note: You don't need to have a Kindle or other brand of eBook reader to read an eBook (although these free books work on those devices)-- nearly all of these books are available in both text and PDF versions and many are available in a format specifically designed for smart phones.

While most of us would like to believe ebook readers are dead and multi-purpose devices like tablets and phablets are the way to go, the truth is there is still a market, albeit a tiny one, for dedicated ebook readers.

«A good ebook developer will know that the author has put their heart and soul into writing their book and he or she will be able to take that book in whatever format the author provides and then lovingly hand - craft an ebook version for them which will honour their work and get it to the devices of readers who will appreciate it too.»

Once you've downloaded your free copy of Jill Ciment's novel, I wish you tons of fun in printing it out and binding it so that you can read it, or in reading it on your monitor (always assuming you don't own an ebook reader or some device that will let you use the download as though it were a book — and always assuming that the download is in a format that one can read on an ebook reader or another device).

There are far more iPads and iPhones in the world than there are dedicated ebook readers like the Kindle, so for this post let's do a roundup of the best reading apps for iOS devices.