There are other eBook
reader devices out there, but most of them have been discontinued, and that's why I'm not recommending them.
Not exact matches
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24 % of school libraries loan
out ebook
readers; about 50 % of schools have a one - to - one policy, which means that each student has his or her own tablet /
device for at least part of a school day.
It's something to watch while the jury is
out on whether the killer ebook
reader will be a purpose built
device dedicated to reading, or a multi-purpose
device that lets you read books, listen to music, surf the net, make phone calls, write your great novel and make your coffee.
If Overdrive developed its own cheap
reader and allowed libraries to loan the
devices out to patrons who did not have an e-
reader or tablet, the company could win in more ways than one.
Additionally, there are millions of manga
readers out there and this
device runs Android 6.0 so lots of popular apps such as Manga Rock are fully compatible.
They do have the best software
readers out there — don't get me started on the Nook software
reader that can't even center text and will crash in 9
out of 10 times — but the way a book looks in the
reader is not representative of the
device at all?
If you're the sort of
reader who prefers to charge through a completed series rather than waiting for the next one to come
out, you can now do so — and since Carina's prices are quite good, you can read the whole trilogy on your
device for about the cost of a paperback!
You can get it fixed up properly but then you will have to create a KF8 file instead of a traditional MOBI file — but that will mean that you will be cutting
out all those
readers with older Kindle
devices.
For
readers who want to test
out how the files will work on their own
devices, Digital offers a free 200 - page manga sampler.
Now some people might think rooting the
device is a sweet idea to get basically a Android Tablet
out of your Nook, with the ability to install other Android Applications such as the Kindle
Reader, Kobo
Reader and many other e-reading software.
But that might change if other e-
reader companies discover that there is a market for this type of
device, and bring
out a cheaper model worldwide (maybe the PocketBook CAD -
Reader?).
With cheaper hardware components due
out in a few months, most electronic
reader companies such as Barnes and Noble, Asus, Fujitsu, iRex, Astak and others will be putting
out future
devices for its audience.
Also, to reiterate what some of the other reviewers have pointed
out: if you're looking for an ebook
reader in order to read the latest titles and the current bestsellers, this is NOT the device for you; you'd be better off with a Kindle, a Sony Reader, or even an i
reader in order to read the latest titles and the current bestsellers, this is NOT the
device for you; you'd be better off with a Kindle, a Sony
Reader, or even an i
Reader, or even an iPhone.
Once you've downloaded your free copy of Jill Ciment's novel, I wish you tons of fun in printing it
out and binding it so that you can read it, or in reading it on your monitor (always assuming you don't own an ebook
reader or some
device that will let you use the download as though it were a book — and always assuming that the download is in a format that one can read on an ebook
reader or another
device).
The app is available for nearly every platform and
device out there (iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Sony
Reader, Mac, and Windows).
A faithful
reader sent in this internal road map of BlackBerry
devices that was supposedly sent
out to Wireless Giant retailers (aka BlackBerry Stores).
If you own an e-book
reader or tablet, you are in a group of people who read more now than before doling -
out the money for a modern tech
device.
Note: Some
readers have pointed
out this isn't true for some mobile
devices, which only show the thumbnail.
But that's how the economics generally work
out between ebook
readers and tablets: E Ink screens are much more costly than LCD screens, and when it comes right down to it the screen is the biggest difference between these two
devices.
Announcements have been made over the course of the last two months detailing how
readers can get ebooks for their favorite
devices, as well as find
out a little bit about some great authors at the same time.
For
device owners, those who own e-book
readers also stand
out.
The tablets aren't even purchased for this initiative yet, but already some outspoken opponents have already pointed
out that Android - specific apps may be too little, too late in an era of web apps that allow the
readers to access the content from any
device with a web browser.
Perhaps the most important publishing restriction that has been broken down thanks to digital publishing is the time to market of a new title; where a book once took as many as two years to see the shelves of a book store, authors are still able to turn
out quality material in a matter of weeks or months, reaching their
readers»
devices in far less time than publishing once took.
The market for e-book
readers is getting more and more competitive, which means it isn't exactly easy for new
devices to stand
out and get noticed.
Some of the specific tactics that publishers and authors have tried in order to reduce ebook piracy have included DRM restrictions, which limit content to one specific
device platform and eliminate the ability to share beloved books with fellow
readers, and other professional tactics like the watermark that the Harry Potter ebooks contain, theoretically pointing
out which
reader posted them on file sharing sites.
While information on Barnes & Noble's new e-book
reader, the Nook, has been trickling
out for several days, the company unveiled the new $ 259
device on its Web site Tuesday a few hours before the official launch event in New York.
For as per the latest e-
reader news, Borders has slashed the prices of its Kobo and Aluratek e-book reading
devices so that it will now require you to shell
out $ 129.99 for a Kobo e-
reader, down from $ 149.99 while if its an Aluratek Libre
reader that you'd like to have, the good thing is it has breached the proverbial $ 100 mark, by a whisker though so that its now available for $ 99.99, down from the $ 119.99 that it earlier commanded.
Users will alose be allowed to try
out partner e-
reader devices like the Kobo e-
reader or the Libre eBook
Reader Pro.
Also, with Android featuring in the scene has led many to sniff of a tablet
device, which, if it indeed turns
out to be true will be a big jump for Barnes & Noble and a big departure from the current Nook e-book
reader.
Nick Moran of The Millions had interesting prospective, mentioning «The emissions and e-waste for e-Readers could be stretched even further if I went down the resource rabbit hole to factor in: electricity needed at the Amazon and Apple data centers; communication infrastructure needed to transmit digital files across vast distances; the incessant need to recharge or replace the batteries of eReaders; the resources needed to recycle a digital
device (compared to how easy it is to pulp or recycle a book); the packaging and physical mailing of digital
devices; the need to replace a
device when it breaks (instead of replacing a book when it's lost); the fact that every
reader of eBooks requires his or her own eReading
device (whereas print books can be loaned
out as needed from a library); the fact that most digital
devices are manufactured abroad and therefore transported across oceans.
Unfortunately, My
Reader device is
out of order.
Of course, there are many more eBook
readers out there, and manybooks.net strives to provide eBooks in as many formats as possible — we've got a brief introduction to the variety of eBook
devices available, as well as an exposition on the formats available on this site, just in case you'd like something a little different.
Hachette Book Group President and COO Ken Michaels said «HBG's goal is to get our authors» works
out to consumers as broadly as possible, with the most engaging experience for
readers regardless of
device or platform, along with high quality aesthetics and entertainment.
Before we get into the differences between KU
readers and Non-KU
readers devices, let's talk about the overall picture of reading preferences that came
out of the survey.
Another update rolling
out the new font and typesetting technology to users of Amazon's line of e-ink
readers, Android, and other
devices will be available later this summer.
Once in, the
reader sits in the cover very snugly, the cover flush with the
device which will not fall
out.
But even if Perlow didn't point it
out to
readers directly, it's clear to me there are still inconsistencies within Android 4.0 on different
devices.
Interactive learning stations give
readers the opportunity to search the host library's digital collection, test
out supported eReading
devices, and sample eBooks, audiobooks, music and video.»
Recently, the COO Ken Michaels said «HBG's goal is to get our authors» works
out to consumers as broadly as possible, with the most engaging experience for
readers regardless of
device or platform, along with high quality aesthetics and entertainment.
With predictions such as those from Smashwords «CEO Mark Coker that portend that 2013 will see an even bigger glut of ebooks hitting the market,
readers can struggle to find quality content for their
devices while still seeking
out new authors and new works.
(started with a Cassiopeia E-100) I have been using android
devices for about a year, and have tried
out just about every free ereader app, and so far I have been the most satisfied with Moon +
Reader.
I had anticipated that the Kindle Voyage would clearly standout as the best ebook
reader on the market this year given all the pre-release hype and the premium price tag Amazon placed on it, along with all the hardware upgrades — the 300 PPI screen, the PagePress sensors and haptic feedback, the auto - brightness sensor, the flush screen and thinner design — but the Kindle Voyage doesn't knock it
out of the park like I thought it would, and it leaves the door open for other
devices like the new Kobo Aura H2O.
It's a ubiquitous
device and people are discovering comic books on the iPad in a way that they probably haven't before. Maybe we're talking about lapsed
readers, people who fell
out of the habit of going to comic book stores for whatever reason, and they've stumbled upon the comiXology app and got back into the habit of reading comics. And some of those people who were lapsed
readers have migrated back to the print versions as well.»
Amazon's Kindle
readers couldn't read as many file types, but the
device had a bigger library of buyable books, cheaper hardware, and the benefit of being the better - known e-reader
out of the gate.
The # 1 reading option respondents chose (
out of ereaders, mobile
readers, netbooks, tablets, gaming
devices) was «none of the above».
The Sony
readers are, in my opinion, the best «electronic reading
devices»
out of the Big 3 eReaders.
I imagine there are a lot of other
readers out there who just want a good reading
device and don't care about playing Angry Birds or checking for text messages every three seconds.
How about letting
readers send in a UPC cut
out from a trade paperback that gives them free digital versions of the same material, so we start seeing the value of having our collection on our
devices?
As a
reader points
out, the last line of the FT's article over the weekend about Apple's developments in digital music — and its tablet
device — may be its most interesting: