Sentences with phrase «rather than physical books»

Especially in a world where we now have eBooks, rather than physical books.

It works a lot like a normal library, but with Kindle eBooks rather than physical books.

Not exact matches

But as E. A. Burtt noted over half a century ago in his classic book The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science, the thinker who claims to eschew philosophy in favor of science is constantly tempted «to make a metaphysics out of his method,» trying to define reality as what his preferred techniques can measure rather than letting reality dictate what techniques are appropriate for studying it.

I also prefer to read physical books rather than downloaded ones.

I think established authors who have some following can easily charge more for their books, although I still belong to the group of people who'd rather hold a physical copy of a book rather than an ebook, if I am able to:).

Are you someone who would rather rely on a physical book directory than an online directory?

However, like many other readers, I prefer to read physical books rather than ebooks.

Although ebooks seem to be the wave of the future, this interested me as I still prefer to read a physical book rather than an ebook.

Frankly I find news like this insult, this «powerful» author is using his status to attempt to force his audience to buy a physical book rather than a more portable, easier to handle digital book.

62 % of the respondents have said that they still prefer to hold books as a physical product rather than in digital format, whilst one fifth of 16 - 24s feel that they don't want to be restricted to a particular device, such as the Kindle, which prevents books from being shared with friends easily.

If you opt for picture books, I hope you will get physical books rather than eBooks.

For me, my opinion started to change when I thought of ebooks as an alternative, rather than a replacement, to physical books.

Treating your content — both physical books and e-books — as bookware, rather than as something visionary or revered, solves a number of problems.

(Even demand for physical books can be likened to customers choosing to boxed or CD / DVD version of a program rather than a download.

On July 14, Digital Book Day will operate on much the same premise as World Book Night, only digital copies will be given away to readers rather than physical copies.

Especially because so many of the people who commented on my post talked about choosing books based on bookstore recommendations and browsing physical stores rather than reading reviews online.

While nothing is quite like the experience of turning the pages of a physical book, we're seeing more and more requests for digital review copies rather than their printed brethren.

For example, promotions on children's books do not perform well (the ROI was -39 %), probably because most parents (like me) buy physical books rather than e-books.

Under the VAT Directive, countries can give a reduced rate of tax to «the supply of books... on all physical means of support», but the court decided that eBooks did not include a «physical medium», saying instead that eBooks constitute an «electronically supplied service» rather than «goods».

They compliment physical books rather than detract from them.

e-book content rather than a physical copy of the book,» she said.

But those sales figures, limited to just the largest publishers, leave out most small presses and indie authors, and they also counts sales of physical books to bookstores rather than those sold to consumers.

«If I invest in a book, I'd rather have the physical copy and know I have it, rather than buy a subscription model and not know if I'd be able to have the money next year to renew the subscription,» says Stephens.

Think of software giant Microsoft, whose bulk asset value is determined by intellectual property rather than physical property; its shares have rarely sold for less than 10 times book value.

Accordingly, his first book Statements (1968) contains 24 typewritten descriptions of works, where only a few had actually been made, suggesting that a work's existence requires a readership rather than a physical presence.

Let's hope this development acknowledges the value of book browsing rather than an attempt to take over the physical bookshops still left in the world!