In the ebook world there's suddenly
no physical bookshelf an individual title has to have a spine presence on.
The more real estate we have on an online or
physical bookshelf, the better the discoverability chances.
Shelfie is a digital bundling platform that allows you to scan
your physical bookshelf and it will produce a list of audiobooks and e-books that are eligible to receive discounts.
Each Booktagger profile is a graphical representation of
your physical bookshelf on the internet which can then be shared with friends, family and others searching for the next good read.
You can tell a lot about a person by the books they read, I always love checking out peoples
physical bookshelves to see whats on it, Oyster does things the digital way.
In the days of
physical bookshelves filled with physical books, most people tended to organize their libraries haphazardly — perhaps by subject, perhaps alphabetically, perhaps by what size of books a particular shelf could accommodate.
OPPORTUNITIES NOT MISSED: If you've written something that is currently popular, it will still be popular in a matter of weeks (the time it takes to self - publish), but may not be so in a couple of years when it would reach
physical bookshelves via a publisher.
It does not, and for 8 out of 10 authors who do secure a traditional publishing contract, their joy will be short - lived as their book, which may take up to two years to make it onto
physical bookshelves (not including years in the query process), is relegated to the back lists to gather dust.
Integrating all these various subscription services and ebook portals into a single library catalog that's easily searchable by students — a catalog that makes it clear where on
the physical bookshelves or on mobile devices they'll be able to locate a title.
Not exact matches
In what it describes as «an epidemic of filth,» the site says that «unlike the
bookshelves in
physical stores, online bookstores appear to be a Wild West of depraved content sure to horrify every parent and book - lover.
A worthwhile addition to every
bookshelf, both
physical and virtual!»
If you're lucky enough to have a large bedroom, think about setting off the nursery space with a
physical divider, such as a screen, curtain or
bookshelf.
Even the most avid collector of books eventually confronts the limits of
physical space: There is no more room on the
bookshelf, no room in the house for more shelves.
I am a reader of books and a lover of books but my wife has threatened
physical violence if I bring in any more paper books without getting rid of some of the thousands that fill every available
bookshelf in a house too big for two people.
As much as I don't want my
bookshelves to become part of this trail of obsolescence, I can already see early warning signs of my own desire for convenience — for instantly getting what I want, for not having to deal with mere objects in all their cumbersome actuality — beginning to outrank my love of the book as a
physical thing.
In addition to
physical textbook options, hundreds of thousands of digital textbooks are available through Ingram's VitalSource
Bookshelf ®, the preferred and most used e-textbook platform by institutions, educators and students worldwide.
Sure, visibility on
bookshelves (virtual or
physical) has an impact, as some readers pick up books directly there, but if there is one thing more powerful than anything else in literature, it's word of mouth.
Audio
Physical Buttons Touchscreen Solid Front - lit Support for 16 Languages Good for reading comics and Manga CONS No advanced e-Reading options Lack of
bookshelf creation and management Need Adobe Digital Editions to load in books you purchased Web Browser is a bit broken
Physical books are still the norm, and you can't really line up your Nook along your
bookshelves.
The fact that it's only two volumes increases my interest, as that is something I can easily fit into my
bookshelf, both digital and
physical.
The pages of printed books have a distinct smell; physically turning pages while reading, has a special charm all its own; books can look nice on a
bookshelf in a home office or study; and many readers like the weighty feel of holding a
physical book.
Hopefully we will continue to see more digital licenses from them, so that when they do license something I want, it will be available digitally, and I can more easily justify buying it, since my digital
bookshelf has a lot more room than my
physical one.
Apparently the market would simply be too flooded with titles by the same author that it would self - implode (or maybe it had something to do with
bookshelf space in
physical stores — perhaps those of you who have been publishing longer than I have can enlighten us).
One thing about ebooks is this — they're as heavy as your ebook reader, unlike those tomes that are collecting dust at home, and speaking of dust, you need not clean your
bookshelves once in a while — simply because there is nothing
physical about the ebook other than the device carrying those files.
A surprising number of people commented that they, too, had divested their
bookshelves of some or all of their
physical - book collection in favor of e-books.
It's unsettling, of course, to look at your
bookshelves and see no
physical representations of a year's worth of work, though that feeling passes quickly enough, but there's a sense in which this absence portends the possibility of a more significant one, and it's this feeling that is proving harder to ignore.
Other readers want to feel a
physical book in their hands and to decorate the
bookshelves of their home with beautiful objects.
The $ 10k + is, in economic terms, a sunk cost and is at the very least comparable to the cost of borrowing, rent, renovation,
bookshelves and other equipment necessary for opening up a
physical bookstore.
«But books that you want to treasure, look after and sit on your
bookshelf - the
physical book is a better thing.
Also, I just like having
physical copies of certain books on my
bookshelves.
Instantly catch up on a series that has already found its way onto thousands of
physical and digital
bookshelves.
Settling down with a good book is one of the things that I looooooove doing, and I've had lots of fun looking through my
physical and digital
bookshelves and coming up with this list.