Sentences with phrase «reader than a print book»

That means they have less «value» to the reader than a print book.

Not exact matches

In South Africa print books are hideously expensive, and Kindle books cost $ 2 more for every single book than they do for US readers.

This, together with the lack of a pan-Russian book sales network like Barnes & Noble, that creates the perfect setting for ebooks to thrive, and as is evident elsewhere in the world, digital editions are already luring more readers than their printed counterparts.

So the Kindle proposition is this: You pay for downloadable books that can't be printed, can't be shared, and can't be displayed on any device other than Amazon's own $ 400 reader — and whether they're readable at all in the future is solely at Amazon's discretion.

As it stands, readers who choose to buy this book for Kindle are getting quite a bit less than the readers who order the print version but are paying almost as much.

That may change as more so - called digital natives progress into higher education and as ebook reader technology gets better, but for now, 60 % of students would rather pay for a low - cost printed book than use a free digital version.

With the growing popularity of ebook readers like the Kindle and iPad, more and more people are reading on a screen rather than from printed books.

Owners of ebook readers read more than they did as print book readers.

FISHERAnd, Lee Rainie, you — the survey has found that not only do e-readers read print books as well, but also e-readers tend to read more books as a whole than pure print readers.

The big difference, of course, is that many of the electronic books are sold, at least by Amazon, for less than the printed book, and many, many readers would argue, as it should be.

But as an avid reader of books, I'm hoping that this case would eventually result in prices of e-books in Apple's iBookstore and elsewhere being much lower than the prices of their print counterparts.

One of the reasons is that digital books are so much cheaper than print books and also that you can download a book to your reader within seconds.

Not only is Paperight working to put print editions in reader's hands rather than the more affordable, more accessible digital versions, it's also contracting with photocopying shops to print books on their copy machines, something that raises eyebrows among publishers.

In total, they printed more than 4,000 advanced copies of the debut novel, as they knew that getting the book into a lot of readers» hands was a key way to help make it a breakout hit.

Harlequin's e-books will be priced slightly lower than their print books and be available in Adobe, Microsoft Reader, MobiPocket, Palm and Sony formats.

Also notable, readers are committing to the technology, with almost 50 % of ereading consumers saying they would wait up to three months to read a new ebook from a favorite author rather than reading the same book immediately in print.

After all, it offers the highest percentage royalty, and eBooks are usually priced lower than print books, which appeals to readers who might not want to drop $ 15 on an author they've never heard of.

With more than 20 million copies in print in over 40 countries, her novels have been awarded the prestigious: Oklahoma Book Award, YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, Romantic Times Reviewers» Choice Award, the Prism, Holt Medallion, Daphne du Maurier, Booksellers» Best, and the Laurel Wreath.

All right, this is really bad news for all those who scorn e-books because they love the smell and rustle of paper — Amazon is now selling more books on its Kindle e-book reader than print editions.

In some cases, ebooks can give the reader a better experience than a print book.

Looking at it from the outside it seems the only likely reason for making the ebook cost more than a print book is to push readers towards physical books instead of digital.

The e-book readers experienced less rapid eye movement sleep than their printed - book - reading counterparts, and were less alert the mornings after.

When we asked book readers in our national survey how, in general, they prefer to get their books, we found that a majority of print readers (54 %) and readers of e-books (61 %) say they prefer to purchase their own copies of these books rather than borrow them from somewhere else.

There are more readers between the ages of 18 and 44 who listened to an audiobook last year than those who read a print book or those who read an ebook.

Readers today can access books in several common digital formats, but print books remain substantially more popular than either e-books or audio books.

Today's readers hold their eBooks to the same standards as printed books, making it more important than ever to showcase a professionalism with your eBook that translates across any popular mobile device or eReader, like the Kindle, Nook, or iPad.

App books are probably a little less expensive than they should be for what readers get in the interactivity; certainly ebooks should be cheaper than the static book since there are no printing and shipping costs.»

With dozens of novels to her credit and more than 60 million books in print worldwide, Macomber delivers exactly what her readers want with clockwork regularity.

Part of readers» refusal to spend the same money for an eBook edition stems from readers» awareness that it costs less to produce eBooks than print books.

Readers can get instant access to the book they require ~ often much more cheaply than in print ~ and writers can get their work out to the public, relatively easily and quickly.

Another interesting finding is that eBook readers tend to read over 30 % more books than those who read only printed books.

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A recent survey that showed more people prefer print books over ebooks will be taken as gospel, when Amazon knows from their data that ebook readers read an order of magnitude MORE books than print book shoppers.

Nielsen's study did find that electronic readers still can't match the printed book for reading speed: the iPad was 6.2 % slower than the printed boook and the Kindle was 10.7 % slower.

Readers are more willing to buy an ebook from an author they've never read before than they are willing to buy a print book.

Her retinologist recommends using an e-ink reader for anyone because there is no real reflection off of it, less even than off a print book, and because you can so easily adjust the font size and background.

«Digitisation in its wider form than just e-books or e-readers, offers much for booksellers and their customers, especially by overcoming supply problems for readers wanting to buy backlist copies or out - of - print books.

So, the premise here is that a print book takes advantage of more perceptual capabilities in the reader in order to grasp and encode meaning than does an ereader, with all its bells and whistles.

Readers who purchase books from those writers who bring their own print copies will have to pay another way than through the main book vendor.

They are tech savvy and more comfortable with a tablet or e-book reader than with a printed book.

Device owners are also more likely than all print and e-book readers to say that print books are better for sharing with other people (77 % of device owners, vs. 69 % of all print and e-book readers).

The print book readers who have college degrees or live in households earning more than $ 75,000 were also more likely than others to have borrowed a printed book from a library and they went to the library more times than other book readers to borrow a book.

Those who had read an e-book on any device in the previous year were also more likely than printed - book readers to have bought their most recent book: 55 % of e-book readers had bought their most recently read book, compared with 49 % of those who had read print books.

In terms of their reading on a typical day, while among readers device owners are slightly less likely than all readers 16 and older to have read a print book «yesterday,» they are much more likely to have read an e-book in the previous day — and are more likely to have read a book on a typical day overall.

We asked those book readers how, in general, they prefer to get their books, and found that a majority of print readers (54 %) and readers of e-books (61 %) say they prefer to purchase their own copies of these books rather than borrow them from somewhere else.

A large majority of readers in both formats believe that printed books are better to share than e-books.

Beyond device ownership, those who had read an e-book (on any device) in the previous year were also more likely than print readers to have bought their most recent book: 55 % of e-book readers had bought their most recently read book of any format, compared with 49 % of print readers.

One major difference is that those who own handheld e-reading devices like e-readers or tablets are more likely to say e-books are preferable to print books for reading in bed: 53 % of device owners say e-books are better than print books in this situation, compared with 45 % of all print and e-book readers.

E-book readers go back and buy more books at a higher rate than print book buyers.

The dirty little secret of digital editions of magazines, versus that of books, is that digital editions cost readers more than print.