Sentences with phrase «open ebook platform»

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In a cryptically worded graphic on their website, a lot of unanswered questions were alluded to, particularly that the ebooks parents have already purchased for their young readers as part of the platform «may soon no longer be available,» and that consumers «may be able to continue using your eBooks by making sure to open them on a bookshelf at least once by October 15.&ebooks parents have already purchased for their young readers as part of the platform «may soon no longer be available,» and that consumers «may be able to continue using your eBooks by making sure to open them on a bookshelf at least once by October 15.&eBooks by making sure to open them on a bookshelf at least once by October 15.»

As more schools receive funding for technology, especially through literacy initiatives that help provide ebooks and devices, and as new platforms for digital comics and digital graphic novels open up, this medium stands to make a tremendous impact.

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 iRiver Story HD is the first e-reader integrated with the open Google eBooks ™ platform, through which consumer can buy and read Google eBooks over Wi - Fi.

«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.

eBook lending, along with movie, music, and audiobook streaming, is helping these entities keep their doors open by offering the content their patrons need in the platforms they want to consumer it.

While many e-reader recipients would logically be expected to open user accounts with the platform that serves their e-readers and then follow through with a few ebook purchases in the post-gift giving excitement, it actually speaks volumes about where consumers choose to spend their dollars and lend their support that patrons were checking out ebooks on Christmas.

McGuire is the founder of the Pressbooks platform, an open source content management system and book formatter that outputs designed books in all major publishing formats: PDF (for print and digital distribution), EPUB and MOBI ebook formats, as well as a fully native Web version of each book.

ReadersFirst thanks the Open eBooks founding partners: Digital Public Library of America, The New York Public Library, First Book, digital books distributor Baker & Taylor (on whose platform the app is based), and financial supporters the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

I really like Kobo for their amazing eBook coupons and open platform, plus the design of their reader is excellent.

If it succeeds, InterMix will be in good company, as GigaOM's Michael Wolf launched an ebook - only mystery genre imprint today, Bstsller, and Open Road Integrated Media unveiled its ebook platform, Iconic eBooks.

Open Road intends on exclusively publishing the trilogy in ebook form, which will be available for most platforms.

The Open Web Platform, which includes core W3C technologies such as HTML, CSS, SVG, XML, XSLT, XSL - FO, PNG, RDF, and many more, are already extensively in eBooks and eBook production.

It's nice to finally have an E Ink ebook reader that runs open Android and can install most reading apps and isn't locked down to a single format or reading platform.

W3C, together with IDPF (International Digital Publishing Forum) and BISG (Book Industry Study Group), held a Workshop on Electronic Books and the Open Web Platform, under the title eBooks: Great Expectations for Web Standards, on the 11 and 12 February 2013 in New York, USA.

With a catalog of over two million eBooks, magazines, newspapers and an open platform, Kobo enables retailers, device manufacturers and mobile operators to bring the joy of eReading to customers everywhere.

The Kobo eReading service is built on an open platform, allowing consumers to read eBooks from other stores that use the ePub format — plus read PDF documents, and books.

Most web browsers can open a PDF file without third - party apps and you can publish your ebook on multiple platforms.

A new ebook distribution service is being formed by Jane Friedman's digital publishing platform Open Road Integrated Media and Ingram Content Group.

Built on an open platform, Kobo Touch allows consumers to read eBooks from other stores that use the ePub format — plus read PDF documents and books on a growing number of Kobo eReaders and apps.

With so much emphasis placed on the expansion into foreign markets at this year's FutureBook event, where even the major ebook distribution platforms were discussing their investment and planning in global expansion, self - published authors truly stand to benefit from the opening of larger reader markets, but only if... [Read more...]

Created by two educational industry veterans, StarWalk Kids digital book platform is opening doors for teachers and parents to use ebooks in the educational setting.

With so much emphasis placed on the expansion into foreign markets at this year's FutureBook event, where even the major ebook distribution platforms were discussing their investment and planning in global expansion, self - published authors truly stand to benefit from the opening of larger reader markets, but only if they are prepared to do so.

«We considered many alternatives before selecting Tizra, but concluded that their nimble ebook tools best complemented the HighWire Open Platform, helping us expand our focus on discoverability and creating the most intuitive user experience.»

The free and open web is now officially the most powerful platform for enhanced eBooks.

«The eBook distribution company plans to construct an open platform which can deliver content to consumers through a range of devices.»

Barcelona eBooks» agreement with Open Road will allow her to benefit from a proprietary platform that focuses on connections between authors and their audiences using video content and social media.

In the late 1990s, a consortium formed to develop the Open eBook format as a way for authors and publishers to provide a single source - document which many book - reading software and hardware platforms could handle.

Open Road is a digital content company that publishes and markets ebooks by creating connections between authors and their audiences across multiple platforms.

The best way to ensure continued access to your ebooks — regardless of your chosen platform — is to save them onto a computer and open them out for general usage.

I would suggest that the reason more major print publishers are open to submissions these days is because they are aware that a lot of writers, and I mean a lot, are simply turning to self - publishing ebook platforms to get their novel out into the world.

With Readium SDK, Library Simplified is building a commercial - grade, open ebook reading platform for libraries, and «wrangling the different back - end systems and content repositories — OverDrive, 3M [Cloud Library], Axis 360 from Baker & Taylor — as our acquisitions modules,» English said.

... for Amazon or any other ebook platform vendor to start policing their customers» devices too closely would be an open invitation to a class action lawsuit.

Recorded Books, the Prince Frederick, Md. - based audiobook publisher, is hoping to ease some of these concerns and open up the library ebook market next year with a new platform.

But I'm not alone, and for Amazon or any other ebook platform vendor to start policing their customers» devices too closely would be an open invitation to a class action lawsuit.

Calibre developer Kovid Goyal released today, March 10, 2017, a new maintenance update to the open - source and cross-platform ebook library management software for all supported platforms, including GNU / Linux, macOS, and Microsoft Windows.

The first thing a reader would see when they open that ebook from Amazon, B&N, or anywhere else is a message from the publisher thanking them for their purchase and showing the steps necessary to register the purchase with the publisher so the book can be read on any ebook platform.

Once developed, the open - source platform will enable library patrons to borrow ebooks seamlessly from multiple distributors using a single app or interface.

With a catalog of over two million eBooks, and an open platform, Kobo enables retailers, device manufacturers and mobile operators to bring the joy of eReading to customers everywhere.

The Budapest - based ebook platform PublishDrive has announced its participation in the Google Developers Launchpad, a six - month accelerator program, a class of which opens July 17 with a two - week mentoring and training program in California.

You will need to use different providers and platforms to open ebooks in the three different languages.

Amazon's real strength is their ability to open a portal to their massive inventory — not just ebooks which, as you point out, are near commodity status already — on every platform.

The Xoom doesn't yet have nearly as many apps — high - quality, polished apps especially — that Apple's platform offers, but it is more open and accessible, allows for more customization, and is more user friendly for tasks like transferring ebook, PDF, and other files, although more advanced to learn initially.

With a catalog of over 2.2 million eBooks, newspapers and magazines, and an open platform, Kobo enables retailers, device manufacturers and mobile operators to bring the joy of eReading to customers everywhere.

FBReader is an open - source ebook reading program available for multiple platforms including PCs, some smartphones, Android, Linux, and others.

It seems clear to me that not having an open and easy to use system to facilitate self publishing is now a damaging and foolish business decision for an ebook platform.