Sentences with phrase «on ebook adoption»

By other accounts, which try to shine light on ebook adoption by looking at markets like Amazon (which accounts for a scary two - thirds of ebook sales), show that a huge and growing percentage of ebooks are being sold by indie publishers or authors themselves rather than the bigs, and a third of them don't even have ISBNs, the universal ID used to track most books.

Focusing too much on the ebook adoption percentage distracts from the possibility that readers might be switching to other media entirely.

What is the impact that these laws have on ebook adoption among consumers?

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This free eBook provides several insights on blended training, including its definition, what is driving its adoption, and what benefits it offers.

Hachette argued that the landscape for e-book sales had changed positively since the adoption of the agency model in 2010, writing, «Two years ago, Amazon effectively had a monopoly on the sale of eBooks and eReaders, and was selling products below cost in an effort to exclude competitors.

But with great ideas proposed like a ranking system for self - published authors to help ensure best practices and a streamlined device system that makes buying ebooks ridiculously easy, one of the better ideas was the focus on greater adoption of bundling of ebooks with their print counterparts, proposed by BitLit's Peter Hudson.

One of the early adoption markets for tablet use, K12 digital textbooks, and a thriving e-commerce site to offer ebooks was India, but recent reports have shown somewhat stagnant responses, which experts have attributed to a lack of reliable wifi and internet connectivity throughout the country, as well as concerns about posting credit card information on unreliable digital infrastructure.

On a consumer level, one of the barriers of eBook adoption is the VAT.

Due to constraints on textbook adoption, concerns about device compatibility, and questions as to where the funding for mobile devices will come from, public schools have been slower on the ebook uptake than colleges.

Ebook adoption in Asia varies wildly across the region and it looks, unlike in the West, growth is going to be based on mobile, rather than ereader - based, adoption.

The report went on the include an end section in which the sponsors published the comments from many of the survey respondents, and those comments reflect the sluggish adoption of ebooks across the board, pointing primarily at the discrepancies in pricing as the key culprit that prevents greater adoption.

Adding Thailand in the loop to shed light on its digital publication market, the eBook growth is going at a slow pace considering the healthy adoption of capable eReading devices: tablets and smartphones.

Frustrated by what they say is an unacceptable response by Amazon and galvanized by the retail giant's push for Kindle ebooks adoption by schools, NFB officials will protest outside Amazon's Seattle headquarters on December 12 at 11:00 am.

Hidden in this point of yours is the truth of what the publishers are trying to do — forestall the adoption of ebooks — thus protecting their relevancy which is entirely dependent on print distribution.

What we see from the graphs above is that all the reporting lately on the plateauing or decline in ebook adoption is certainly true for major publishers, whose numbers are being used as if they represent the broader market, but their daily unit sales are less than a third of the total market.

It's also worth noting that the vast majority of authors fall short on best practices (witness the low adoption of ebook preorders, even though preorders are proven to sell more books, or witness the large number of self published authors who design amateur - looking cover images despite the dearth of low - cost professionals who for $ 200 or less can make their cover look amazing).