If the current lineup of ebook readers doesn't have what you're looking for, consider looking into some older models.
It seems to me that the inescapable problem for anyone selling ebooks on their own website is that the vast majority of ebook readers don't even know that getting ebooks from a site other than Amazon, Nook, or Kobo onto their reader or tablet is even possible, never mind how to do it.
Not exact matches
So, don't forget, anything you can enjoy on the desktop version
of Logos Bible Software can also be accessed via 1) The Vyrso
ebook reader, 2) the Faithlife Bible app, and 3) the Logos Bible Software app.
It's also possible that nobody was thinking
of ebooks when writing this directive: in 2009, they were still a pretty niche market (I don't have figures for the EU, this site states that only 2 %
of the US reading population had an e-book
reader in 2009).
At Pressbooks, we've
done a lot
of work to make our theme styling specific to
ebook readers and automatically render beautifully across them so you don't need to hire a professional with this specialized skill.
Of course, this is hardly a rule, and there are plenty of voracious readers who do read free books by the hundreds, which then becomes a problem in and of itself, because why should someone pay for an eBook if they can get so many others for fre
Of course, this is hardly a rule, and there are plenty
of voracious readers who do read free books by the hundreds, which then becomes a problem in and of itself, because why should someone pay for an eBook if they can get so many others for fre
of voracious
readers who
do read free books by the hundreds, which then becomes a problem in and
of itself, because why should someone pay for an eBook if they can get so many others for fre
of itself, because why should someone pay for an
eBook if they can get so many others for free?
Many
of my software programs
do not work even Adobe Digitial Editions (epub
reader) no longer works, so I guess your
ebook sales will drop from iTunes... A $ 30 Fee for Lion will cost you $, 1,000's in new software.
«We are delighted to work with Scribd and Oyster to offer this exciting new model for
readers to find and read
eBooks, and to
do so in a manner that respects the value
of our authors» creative endeavors and supports our mutual goals
of selling the most possible copies
of their books.»
As
readers of eBooks continue to expand their reading preferences, they may find that their library or school doesn't offer digital audiobooks or videos.
I have issued a deadline to beta
readers of Saturday morning, and assuming I don't get any last - minute bugs that need fixing, I will deploy the
ebook editions
of Faerie Blood to all Kickstarter backers at that time!
Unlike other platforms that make
readers choose between «bookshelves» only available to certain products and companies, Ownshelf opens up
eBook sharing to everyone, and is one
of the first projects to
do so.
The analysis comes with a few caveats: (1) the Kindle is only one
eBook provider and is not representative
of digital reading; (2) it is unknown to what degree this data is representative
of reading on the Kindle in general; (3) the data
does not currently include 90 %
of the data; and (4) without a finer breakdown
of the users» demographics, the data can only tell us so much about what the
readers are attempting to
do through highlighting.
My tentative conclusions are these: 1)
ebooks are «leveling» the playing field for female authors since, for the first time in publishing history, authors
do not have to wait for the largesse or permission from publishers to get our books into the hands
of readers, and traditional publishing has always favored males (to date).
I like the Nook better than the Kindle (my deciding reason being that the Nook works with the library
ebooks and Kindle doesn't), ergo that is what I bought, and all books should be available for Nook (and Sony and Kobo and the oodles
of other
readers half the world's never heard
of) just the same as for Kindle.
As August winds to a close, there are a number
of ebook readers and related items on sale, so I decided to put them all together in one long list instead
of doing separate posts for each offer.
With these templates, we
do hope that time and effort can be cut short in the laborious and monotonous formatting part
of the
ebook, and a major part
of it can be spent more productively on the content for future
readers.
Those prices don't trigger
readers» «too expensive for an
ebook» attitude, and about 40 % or more
of readers would have high enough expectations to actually read them.
What
does an
ebooks marketplace look like if, in addition to libraries, content providers are equally committed to a sustainable ecosystem that enables viability for all players — publishers, vendors, authors, libraries and,
of course,
readers?
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.
And if you don't own an
eBook reader, you know,
of course, that you can download Kindle software or ePub
readers for pretty much any gadget and computer for free.
One effect
of doing this is that you make it easier for the browser /
ebook reader to
do justification better.
Because
of another limitation
of DRM — I couldn't share my books with my wife even if she had her own Rocket
eBook reader, which she didn't, she didn't know that I had purchased an e-copy for $ 15, and bought her own paper copy for $ 15.
, I also note that nowhere in this article
does it mention how the uptick in pricing lately has made
ebook buying prohibitive for a lot
of readers.
Some
of the biggest problems I have seen while I was creating HTML sources for
eBooks had often to
do with the fact that every
eBook reader has its own default settings.
I can tell from first experience, even after selling 1600 copies in a month the earning doesn't constitute a «living», especially because
readers hardly buy an
ebook priced over $ 3.99 unless you are one
of the big names.
Gosh I
do write an awful lot about
eBooks, but it is the flavor -
of - the - year, not just for book publishers
of course, but for
readers (and publishers) everywhere.
Of course, including audio and even video in an enhanced ebook is certainly possible nowadays, and part of the initial wowza applauds for when ebooks became more mainstream — except most of us as ebook readers, don't go for the rich media we were promised, even when availabl
Of course, including audio and even video in an enhanced
ebook is certainly possible nowadays, and part
of the initial wowza applauds for when ebooks became more mainstream — except most of us as ebook readers, don't go for the rich media we were promised, even when availabl
of the initial wowza applauds for when
ebooks became more mainstream — except most
of us as ebook readers, don't go for the rich media we were promised, even when availabl
of us as
ebook readers, don't go for the rich media we were promised, even when available.
Owners
of ebook readers read more than they
did as print book
readers.
Finally, a lot
of readers are still reading
ebooks in PDF file format, because they just don't care about the benefits
of reflowable text (EPUB + KF8, formats they've never heard
of).
Another limitation that I have to explain very frequently is that
eBook readers do not support a whole lot
of different fonts.
The student using AT has set the page size on the viewable area
of their AT to a particular zoom level, so their paginated view in their
ebook reader does not correspond to a page
of the print edition.
Even today, many
eBook readers do not go a whole lot further than this, which creates a very unique set
of challenges when you format
eBooks.
Epub
does not mean drm,
reader does not mean apple and you can get
ebooks from a lot
of sources outside that place enclosed by Apple.
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.
Some
of those factors are geographical, in which publishers simply can not get content in the hands
of readers, but it's also one
of those situations that digital can not fix; when
readers live in an area with very limited access to bandwidth and don't have credit cards to purchase digital content,
ebooks are not an option.
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.
Those who remember the aftermath
of the Borders collapse may recall that not having its own specific digital
reader was one
of the things that many critics pointed to as its failure to embrace
ebooks in the way that Amazon and Barnes & Noble
did.
The production model
of the Adam we have
did not come with any
eBook readers or any programs that are meant to read popular ebook for
eBook readers or any programs that are meant to read popular
ebook for
ebook formats.
Overdrive
does have a number
of major companies still supporting
ebook lending such as; Random House, HarperCollins, John Wiley, Harlequin Romance, Kensington, Perseus, Sourcebooks, Scholastic, Chronicle, among others, and hundreds of their best - selling authors strongly support and are partnering with OverDrive to build stronger connections to library eBook rea
ebook lending such as; Random House, HarperCollins, John Wiley, Harlequin Romance, Kensington, Perseus, Sourcebooks, Scholastic, Chronicle, among others, and hundreds
of their best - selling authors strongly support and are partnering with OverDrive to build stronger connections to library
eBook rea
eBook readers.
Also, I agree with Galbraith, eReaders decrease in sales is nothing to
do with decrease in
eBook sales, most
of us are first introduced nowadays to
ebooks via our smartphones and tablets, which all have an
eBook reader, when we buy
ebooks there and realise how good an Ereader sounds then only we buy it.
How
do these
readers handle features
of ebooks that are not just text?
In order for publishers to release more
ebooks, however, they have to be able to take a calculated risk, something they can not
do — despite the vastly lesser cost
of producing an
ebook over a print edition — unless they believe that
readers will come through and buy
ebooks.
Much
of this kind
of success may have a lot to
do with Sourcebooks» pioneering spirit, an attitude which has seen the publisher participate in a number
of experimental and mildly controversial initiatives to put
ebooks in the hands
of readers, put titles in public libraries, and put children's books in the hands
of shoppers.
But a new study conducted earlier this month from Princeton Survey Research Associates International and released by Pew Internet shows that book reading is on the rise,
ebooks are
doing just fine, and the majority
of US
readers read at least one print book last year.
Anna I understand your frustrations with pirated
eBooks but the problem is that current system is not fair to most
readers either, because
of all the restrictions we don't really own
eBooks we bought and despite that we have to pay for them more than for paperbacks.
There are plenty
of 6 - inch
ebook readers that most people in the niche e-ink market are happy with, so I don't see a big enough demand for a new 6 - inch
ebook reader — «ultimate» or otherwise — for this project to fly.
So
readers go to E. S - Ps are
doing a much better job
of marketing to the
ebook mass market
reader than publishers are.
I think the solution is to let publishers upload two versions
of the same
ebook if they want and let publishers decide if they want to
do it and
readers decide if they want to try the new format.
Amazon
does have its own line
of products such as
eBooks readers known as Kindle.