Sentences with phrase «other ebook consumers»

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Instead of vaguely related eBooks and other resources, consumers want highly targeted, relevant downloads that help them implement what they have just read.

The publishers said they will «use a formula based on the number of states participating and the number of eBooks sold in each state» to determine amounts due, but did not specify how consumers will be reimbursed — by check, a discount on future purchases, or some other mechanism.

On the other hand, consumers don't want to pay as much for an ebook as they do for the print version.

The trends in other industries will affect consumer expectations in publishing — and in small ways, it already has, with a movement geared to opening copyrighted works to the public, and the US Department of Justice suing all of the «big six» and Apple for price fixing (iBookstore prices differ widely from Amazon's), which will likely give Amazon the upper hand in setting ebook prices in the long run.

No word on whether we'll be seeing eBook readers from other companies turn up on the Appstore but in the meantime, consumers will have to resort to sideloading those apps on their Kindle Fire tablets if they wish to use them.

Indeed, the very fact that the Publisher Defendants have banded together once again, this time to jointly oppose two provisions in the Proposed Final Judgment that they believe could result in lower eBook prices for consumers, only highlights why it is necessary to ensure that Apple (and hopefully other retailers) can discount eBooks and compete on retail price for as long as possible.»

When readers purchase ebooks separately from other online retailers, they often must rely on reviews from other consumers to determine what is a good quality and a good value.

The Copenhagen Post published an article this week about an ebook startup idea that seems to have already come and gone in the minds of other consumer markets.

Of more use to average reading consumers is 1DollarScan's other key feature, the ability to create ebook editions out of print titles that users already own; again, this ability to store and access the content is the real draw, as well as offering readers the chance to save their book files in the event of pending damage.

Amazon does not release customer data, and with good reason; HarperCollins has been steadily building an ebook sales channel while encouraging consumers to shop at other outlets besides Amazon.

In an even bolder move, Rowling published the ebooks through her own site only a few weeks ago and gave several other online retail booksellers the take - it - or - leave - it deal of a lifetime: other retailers» customers can go to their favorite online book sites to purchase the books, which diverts them to Pottermore for the sale, then the original retailers will still send the ebooks to the consumers» e-reader devices without requiring the downloading to a computer and transferring via cable that many customers have to rely on when purchasing books from sites other than the one that markets their e-readers.

The new tax rate went into effect earlier this month, and hopefully other markets (including states in the US who still tax books) will see the benefits of making book purchasing — either in print or in ebook — a more lucrative choice for consumers.

«We're excited to work with Adobe to pioneer new applications for eBooks and other digital documents,» said Ron Hawkins, vice president of portable reader systems marketing at Sony Electronics, Inc. «This collaboration will give us the opportunity to expand our offerings to a larger audience and new markets, allowing individual consumers, businesses, and other customers to take advantage of the portability and ease of use of Sony's Reader products with a wider spectrum of content.»

«Adobe Digital Editions will revolutionize how publishers deliver eBooks and other digital content and how consumers experience it,» said Rob Tarkoff, senior vice president, Corporate Development at Adobe.

-- Open format: Sony is also using the event to tout its EPUB format, an open standard that will let consumers buy Sony eBooks and read them on any other device that can run that software.

While relying on a favorite online retailer for ebooks is to be expected, especially if consumers use brand specific dedicated devices, it speaks more to the customer service experience that readers are likely to rely on specific retailers for other purchases.

Other consumers have gone in for a more expensive tablet PC to handle a wide variety of electronic tasks, and rely on free apps to read ebooks from Amazon or Barnes and Noble, for example.

GoodeReader reported last week on a Wall Street Journal article that demonstrated how ebook retailers like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo, among others, can now access more intrusive statistical information on how consumers read.

Despite the fact that Random House sells these same culinary titles as ebooks on other distribution platforms, consumers who opt to buy the cookbooks through the site are only able to view their purchased titles through the app or website, something that directly contradicts the great portability and access - anywhere features of digital reading.

DC Comics says: «As one of the largest book publishers in North America, DC Entertainmentâ $ ™ s publishing strategy is to give our consumers the choice to read our stories in whichever format they prefer»... but what IF, I am a customer and I prefer the comic in Nook ebook format or some other non kindle type ebook format..

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.

Consumers might get more credits from Apple, though it is unclear whether those would apply only to books purchased from the iBookstore or would apply to ebooks purchased from other retailers as well.

Analysts believe Google's eBooks service could shake up the market Amazon and others have cultivated if Google chooses to create an ad - supported media cloud storefront where consumers procure TV, books and eventually music.

Once digital erotica consumers are comfortable enough with their dedicated e-readers or reading apps for tablets, e-reading may become their preferred mode for purchasing other books in the future, leading to an increase in ebook sales in other fields.

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.

GoodeReader reported last week on a Wall Street Journal article that demonstrated how ebook retailers like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo, among others, can now access more intrusive statistical information on how consumers... [Read more...]

The smart money all this time, however, has been that there are genres and markets for both print and ebooks, and that different factors will lead consumers to make purchasing decisions of one over the other.

... publishers believed that Amazon's wildly popular Kindle eReader device and the company's discounted pricing for ebooks would increase the adoption of ebooks, and feared Amazon's discounted pricing structure would permanently set consumer expectations for lower prices, even for other eReader devices.

You've got some of them looking at direct sales businesses, digitizing backlist ebooks that are not being digitized by publishers quickly enough, taking the rights and selling them direct to consumers, or through other retail channels.

In this issue you'll still find news about new Kindle features, other ebook readers, benchmarks in the ongoing Kindle Revolution, and insightful analysis by Publetariat founder (and Kindle Nation general manager) April Hamilton on ebook business - to - consumer models.

(Consumers in the other 17 states who overpaid for ebooks will be represented by class action lawyers, who obtained class certification last month.)

The naysayers and other publishers who sit on the sidelines will need a compelling reason for consumers to pay full price for their ebooks and they'll risk giving further ground to other, lesser - known titles and authors.

This process has actually been ongoing for quite some time and began with the emergence of tools that digitized the back - end of the business; word processors, computers, design software, email and much more (which changed writing, editing, typesetting, design etc) and has over time moved from there towards more front facing aspects of the industry (production, distribution, selling) before starting to make a large impact on the consumer side of the industry, consumption in the form of ebooks and web - reading (not to mention making many other forms of content from music to games available to those consumers).

The costs of inaction of which I wrote at the beginning then are being paid by the other ereading / ebook retail players (Kindle aside) whose inaction has meant their ereader presence here is not backed by a convincing consumer message, and certainly not by a retail store presence.

Digital Rights Management (DRM) is an anti-piracy feature found in eBooks, music, movies, and other multimedia that limits access to certain devices owned by the consumer who purchases them.

Amazon (which includes any other player largely dependent on Amazon) and the most price - conscious ebook consumers have won.

The other librarians were not in agreement with Marx's suggestion that libraries should consider introducing more «friction» into the lending of ebooks to address publishers» fears that library lending will destroy the nascent consumer market for ebooks.

The EC also calls attention to most - favored nation clauses (MFNs) in Apple's Agency agreements: «to avoid lower revenues and margins for their ebooks on the iBookstore, the publishers had to pressure other major e-book retailers offering ebooks to their consumers in the EEA to adopt the agency model.»

If publishers sustain prices for ebooks closer to hardcover and other printed books, at say $ 14.99, to benefit retailers of books, it harms the consumers, who will be paying a price premium that they otherwise wouldn't under the Amazon $ 9.99 model.

«However, it is my duty to make sure that Amazon's arrangements with publishers are not harmful to consumers, by preventing other ebook distributors from innovating and competing effectively with Amazon.

Power Patrons, those library users who visit the library at least weekly, drive much of the library's circulation, are active consumers — and buyers — of all media, including ebooks, and vote at a higher rate than other patrons.

«Patron Profiles looks at the library patron as consumer of content — physical and digital — and analyzes the relationship between the library and other channels, from brick - and - mortar bookstores to ebooks to Netflix,» said Ian Singer, Library Journal's VP and Group Publisher.

A factor in this leveling - off may be lower Big Five ebook prices (the average price of a Big Five ebook dropped from $ 10.31 in January 2016 to $ 8.67 in May 2016)... But on the other hand, the Big Five's loss of market - share in gross consumer dollar terms — and, more importantly, the ongoing decline in Big Five authors» ebook earnings — have both continued relatively unabated.»

The sector also has a good reputation, with nearly 80 % of consumers believing self - published ebooks are «as well - written as other [traditionally published] ebooks,» and interestingly, more than 80 % believing that «new authors will make more money» by choosing this route.

Apple and the other two publishers in the case — Macmillan and Penguin — are not settling, but the states» settlement would provide payouts to consumers who bought ebooks from Macmillan and Penguin as well.

Among the relief requested by the department in the lawsuit is the nullification of the Apple Agency Agreements and «any agreement between a Publisher Defendant and an ebook retailer that restricts, limits, or impedes the ebook retailer's ability to set, alter or reduce the retail price of any ebook or to offer price or other promotions to encourage consumers to purchase any ebook, or contains a retail price MFN (most favored nation status.)

Consumer Reports found that 3 other ebook readers were undistinuished at best, namely the Aluratek Libre eBook Reader Pro, the BeBook Neo, and the iRex DR 8ebook readers were undistinuished at best, namely the Aluratek Libre eBook Reader Pro, the BeBook Neo, and the iRex DR 8eBook Reader Pro, the BeBook Neo, and the iRex DR 800SG.

An other observation: «When one makes the fatal mistake of relying on ISBNs to estimate the ebook market, only 10 % of unit sales and 7 % of gross consumer ebook dollars appear to be going to self - published books.»

I don't want to speculate about what goes on in other people's bedrooms but I suspect it might be something similar, because figures published today by the Publishing Association show that sales of consumer ebooks have dropped by 17 %, while sales of physical books are up 8 %.

Many will see this as a step forward for ebook consumers, especially if other publishers follow suit.