Sentences with phrase «over ebooks»

Here's an easy - to - read explanation of the latest twist in the fight over ebook pricing.

As mentioned in the article, this guide is intended for people that choose to have better control over their ebook library.

Also, in another interesting revelation, 62 percent of those who took part in the survey said they preferred printed books over ebooks.

Check out our ebook reading experience where you can customize a bunch of options to have full control over your ebook experience.

Do you believe if one of these other outlets completely takes over the ebook market they'll maintain their high percentages?

Along the way we share all of little things you want to keep in mind when copying over ebooks.

To me, that adds inherent value over an ebook.

A lot of people choose to read books over an eBook reader instead of a paperback book simply because it is easier and more portable as compared with a real book.

Some users prefer to have a bigger control over an ebook collection, and want to physically store the files on the device they own.

I believe a lot of readers still prefer paper over ebooks.

This is a free online program available on the internet and gives you flexible control over your ebook management.

Although they have not been particularly popular so far which has to do a lot with the significant presence of the younger generation that prefers tablets and smartphones over ebook readers.

Do you need extra control over the ebook formatting?

And in some cases it's even cheaper to get the audiobook over the ebook.

I still prefer the usability and feel of a print book over an ebook.

Some say the war over ebooks can't be solved since libraries lack enough of a value proposition to make publishers even want to sit down at the table.

Under these various menus gives you more flexibility and control over your ebook experience.

Under these various menus, it gives you more flexibility and control over your ebook experience.

Whilst the UK and the US publishing industries gird their loins to do battle with libraries over ebook lending, the Swedes are just quietly and efficiently getting on with it.

After a lengthy court battle over ebook price fixing and collusion with several of the Big Five publishers, Apple's legal drama is far from over.

In the wake of the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple and book publishers over ebook pricing, Amazon is in a renewed position of strength.

Penguin's hard - to - fathom delay in settling the state and class - action lawsuits over ebook pricing (after settling with the Department of Justice in December 2012) was down to the wire, with the company forced to join in the trial starting June 3.

EPub has some obvious advantages over ebooks in PDF and other formats, like supporting variable formatting instead of a fixed layout, so it's good to see Google add this option.

Fortunately, firms like Amazon now offer readers with built - in lights (like the Kindle Paperwhite in our top photo), so the problem of straining over ebooks in the dark has now largely disappeared.

On Thursday, Amazon and Hachette said they had ended their bitter, monthslong dispute over ebook pricing.

My own Canadian publisher, Penguin, has been fighting with Amazon over ebook pricing and generally trying to resist the digital revolution completely.

In the ongoing tensions between major publishing houses and public libraries over ebook lending, patrons have lost out on the opportunity to borrow bestselling digital titles but it may prove to be the reason readers turn to some smaller publishers» works instead of the Big Six in the coming year.

(«Truce called in battle over ebook rights» via The Guardian)

I have written about my love of the physical book over ebooks on my blog — Don't Look Behind That Curtain!.

I am a big advocate for marketing the print book over the eBook for a few key reasons.

In the indie book world, the debate still rages over ebook distribution: should I go wide or go exclusive with KU?

This is at a crucial time in digital lending, as many public libraries are still feeling the effects of the mistrust in the publishing industry over ebook lending.

From the fight that libraries are still facing over ebook lending to the snail's pace of digital textbook adoption, as well as the realization from booksellers that they will have to do something to accommodate ebooks if they plan to keep their doors open with big box and online bookstores breathing down their necks, it often feels like the industry as a whole would like to look the other way and let digital reading burn itself out.

Due to supposed concerns over ebook piracy and the interests of the authors who write these books, several publishers pulled their titles from the OverDrive catalog.

There has been much debate over the ebook pricing dispute that's emerged between retail giant Amazon and Hachette, a large multinational publisher.

Quill and Quire reported today that romance publishing company Harlequin has been dragged into court over ebook royalties by as many as 1,000 authors filing a class action lawsuit.

All the anxiety over eBooks and eReaders, the move of some big publishers into the self - publishing market, the revelation of paltry incomes associated even with a

My own hunch is that if Amazon is able to completely take over the ebook market, it will only pay 35 % at all price levels.

They don't want to slap down hundreds for a Kindle and then find out that they can't port over their ebooks from their laptops.

Traditional Publishing isn't going away because of this shift mind you, and importantly not every author has the market power to resist the demand to pass over ebook rights, but this does mark a new and important acknowledgment of the shift driven by digital and authors.

A new survey showed that Russian readers preferred printed books over eBooks by 49 % to 9 %, though 37 % surveyed said «that they do not read books at all.»

This alienates some people that desire more control over their ebook reading setup and some have turned to the Kindle Special Offers or Nook Simple Touch.