So why do we accept those sorts of restrictions
on our ereader devices?
Some of these victories were simply a matter of brute force (Amazon can afford to lose money
on their ereader devices in pursuit of greater market share, for example, and Amazon loves to gobble up potential competitors like Audible and Goodreads).
Kobo is extending its BEA show special
on eReading devices to June 30 for all ABA member stores.
There's also the question of health and age privilege; consider for example the oft - quoted scenario of a nearsighted person who finds that reading
on an ereading device, and therefore being able to adjust the font size to something comfortable for them, means they can suddenly read a lot more easily than they can a print book.
My form was mostly geared to making sure that any applicants had the technical ability to load books
on their ereading devices, although I plan on sending them the ARCs via InstaFreebie (and InstaFreebie offers tech support).
Instead of contacting individual reviewers and bloggers, we'll add your book to NetGalley, an online database where thousands of reviewers, as well as librarians, educators, media professionals, and booksellers, have the ability to request a digital copy to read and review
on their ereading device.
Every formatting feature in your ebook is created using this code, which then translates to the layout seen
on your ereading device.
Our process takes all of the «junk code» that's embedded in your file, making it leaner and cleaner, and putting it in an eBook format that we have tested
on every eReader device or app we could find.
Barnes and Nobel claims over 2.5 million titles and great deals from the Nook Daily Find along with magazines, comics, newspapers makes for one of the largest collections of digital content available
on an ereading device.
There is a reason why many of these files displayed
on ereading devices have small text.
``... I am researching the time it takes on average to convert from PDF to EPUB, including the time it takes to edit the «rough» EPUB file created by the automated conversion to clean up the formatting errors, resulting in a «clean» EPUB suitable for display
on an eReader device.
As an author, you want your eBook to look professional
on every eReading device, and Alpha eBook makes sure that it does.
On the plus side, working with a capable device means publishers / authors can create advanced formats of content that looks its best
on the eReading devices.
No doubt, the easiest way to purchase an ebook is by using the «shop» button
on your ereading device.
Large image assets cause undesirable lag
on eReading devices and can potentially cost the author a fortune due to the dreaded Amazon delivery fee.
Fortunately, it's pretty easy to put a loose (not purchased directly from Amazon or Barnes and Noble) ebook
on your ereader device.
There are all kinds of other tools and methods for putting ebook files
on your ereader device.
Try dropping the ebook file into the Documents folder
on your ereader device, unless the manufacturer recommends a better spot.
According to my friend and fellow self - published author, Helen Hanson, who originally told me about BF, «I've hosted my free book on my website, but I had to hand - hold several people a week who couldn't get the book
on their ereader device.»
Large image sizes (i.e. > 2 MB) can actually cause serious lag problems
on eReading devices, and it is not necessary to embed the one your cover designer sends (it is easy for BB eBooks to downsize using a program like Gimp or Photoshop, so please feel free to send whatever you have).
Generally, embedding a cover that is 1024px in height at 85 % quality will work great
on any eReading device.
Not exact matches
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.
This aggressive approach is about getting all those millions who are now caught between their old
ereader (or no
ereader at all) and a new color
device to either switch from Amazon or choose one of Barnes & Noble's
devices as their first
ereader (one study shows that 15 % of those without an
ereader plan
on buying one within the next six months).
From April 15 through May 13, any Kobo
eReader device purchased at an ABA member bookstore will come with a free copy of the Algonquin eBook What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty - one Women
on the Gifts That Mattered Most, edited by Elizabeth Benedict.
While we might be using our PCs to get work done or create art and we're happy to be productive
on our phones, tablets and
ereaders have largely remained
devices of leisure which we use for reading, playing, listening to music and watching movies.
Use for Kobo
eReader, BlackBerry
devices, Apple's iBooks app running
on iOS
devices, Google Books app running
on Android and iOS
devices, Barnes & Noble Nook, Sony Reader, Adobe Digital Editions, Lexcycle Stanza, and various other lesser known readers.
Kobo has designed a way to provide stores with dedicated tracking links for downloads of the Kobo Reading App, so customers who read eBooks
on devices other than
eReaders can purchase books through smartphones, computers, and tablets and have them credited to the store.
On Tuesday, Kobo unveiled a new lineup of
eReading devices.
Yeah, Wexler isn't exactly a name brand when it comes to
eReaders, but the Flex One is still worthy of your consideration if you're
on the hunt for a
device that weighs just 14 110 grams and measures a mere 0.16 inches thick.
In doing so, we will inevitably learn the limitations of this format and begin to push the envelope
on what type of reading experiences can be delivered via
eReading devices.
Kait, I may be way off
on this, but isn't Kobo Borders»
eReader device?
It may look okay
on a large screen
device like an iPad or computer, but it's awful
on most
ereaders.
It's free, easy, and available
on any
device — there's no need to invest in an
eReader to check out Kobo or read an eBook.
«For consumers travelling or
on holiday having an additional
ereader device to look after is awkward,» says Broughton.
Patrons can view content
on a 3M
eReader that they check out from the library, or can access the system
on their own
devices with an easy - to - install app (currently available
on Android and iOS platforms).
Used by many of the country's top public, K - 12 school and academic libraries, Axis 360 offers a fully accessible platform for library users to find, check out and read digital titles
on their phones, tablets and
ereader devices.
The Fund will supply Kindle
ereaders, Kindle Fire tablets, and ebooks to be consumed
on those
devices to those who are selected.
Using this type of code allows
eReading software and
devices to render data
on a wide variety of screens, and it's great for standard fiction or non-fiction eBooks.
For the most part there weren't any really outstanding deals for
ereaders over the holiday season; most of the
devices that were
on sale can still be had -LSB-...]
If you also happen to own a dedicated
ereader in addition to whatever iOS
device you have, you'll probably want to install the appropriate app
on your iOS
device and use that.
Kobo also says that moving forward they are going to be distributing firmware update packages to
devices based
on specific criteria, making the updated incompatible with certain
devices, so they don't support sideloading updates — it probably has something to do with the fact Kobo sells their
ereaders in different countries.
Archos has a number of Android tablets
on the market, but the Archos 70c / b are Archos's first
ereader - focused
devices that come with official Adobe DRM support for obtaining ebooks from a variety of sources.
Archos has a number of Android tablets
on the market, but the Archos 70c / b are Archos's first
ereader - focused
devices that -LSB-...]
My first
ereader device was a Kobo, because that was the first one available
on the New Zealand market.
The first time I laid my hands
on the
device, I was over the moon happily joining an ever - growing
eReading community.
So far in 2013, Kobo's customers, either
on smartphone, laptop, tablet, desktop computer, or
eReading devices, have turned more than 1.3 - billion pages, logging more than 10 - million hours of reading time in the process.
In a matter of days you can offer your customers a branded eBook store and
eReading service
on virtually any
device.
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.
Where the other Kindle
devices can hang their hat
on being better
eReaders than the iPad, the Kindle Fire can not even lay claim to this.
But in ebooks people are going to buy based
on the
device they have if they have a dedicated
ereader.