Sentences with phrase «reading devices increased»

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Customers buy three to four times as many books after they buy the Kindle device... That's such a remarkable increase in the amount of book purchasing, it seems pretty likely to be an increase in the rate of which people buy books [over all]... I hear this from people every day, that they're actually recapturing minutes of the day for reading.

Also included are an ever increasing number of eBooks in pdf format that can be downloaded to your PC or electronic reading devices.

But the storage space on this early device is still extremely limited, and Otte admits that its reading and writing speed must increase exponentially to become practical.

If you compared the readings of your hygrometer with another instrument that measures humidity, such as a psychrometer or an electric hygrometer, you may find that your hygrometer is 20 percent to 30 percent inaccurate, but you can recalibrate it using these devices to increase its accuracy.

The researchers found that their graphene - ammonia combination increased the disparity between these «on» and «off» conditions, a prized outcome that improves the reliability of RAM devices and allows them to read data without having to rewrite it.

We've used this tool in the classroom as a fluency - building device, having students read the same passage multiple times, increasing their speed when they feel comfortable.

What they found was that reading comprehension and speed increased significantly for many students when they read short lines — one to three words per line — on a small - screen electronic device like an iPod Touch or smartphone.

According to the report, 33 % of Americans 16 years and older owned an electronic reading device such as a Kindle or an iPad, an increase of 18 % when compared to survey results from the previous year.

According to Pew, as the number of Americans that own tablet computers and e-book reading devices has increased, so has the percentage of adults who report that they have read an e-book in the past year.

There are an increasing number of ways to open and read fixed layout EPUB3 and KF8 on tablets, Mac / PC and mobile devices.

Some sectors of the industry reported staggering growth in digital consumption, especially on mobile devices, with increases of as much as 78 %... [Read more...]

I have a feeling that this is based on some data that tells them that new devices generally lead to increased book sales as well, because new users come with good intentions of reading more and spending more on reading...

For example, students that have used a device to read digital course materials increased from 63 % in 2011 to 87 % in 2015, and those who said they used devices to read digital course materials frequently increased from 48 % in 2011 to 78 % in 2015.

As the decline in literary reading has corresponded with a rapid increase in internet use, it will be interesting to see whether new reading devices that take advantage of the internet's ability to aggregate and customize information will help reverse this downward trend.

An increasing number of flagship handsets have gone waterproof, including big names like Apple and Samsung, but if you want the added insurance when bringing the device to the pool, reading in the bath, or just factoring in the possibility of getting caught in a downpour, there's really only one choice at the moment.

PDB format, for use with Palm eReader), I fear that a device unable to read those now - standard formats will only increase the gulf between PDA / Smartphone users, and the vast out - there crowd.

How much the readers respond to the increased amount of content at a lower price, and the convenience of reading material created specifically for mobile devices, remains to be seen once the programs launch throughout the remainder of the year.

Another aspect of the entire project that will also be to the liking of the student community is that the books will be compatible for reading on both desktop computers as well as tablet like devices, the popularity of which is increasing by the day in the education segment.

I am willing to bet that the number of people reading on their smartphones (as opposed to other devices) has increased a lot in the last couple of years.

According to the Times findings, an Amazon India spokesperson said, «This high propensity for reading, growth in literacy, increasing internet penetration and internet - enabled devices, plus a rapid growth of middle class population with increasing disposable income, makes it a very promising market.»

Some of the circumstances that contributed people to increase their reading habits were mainly evident to the fact that people often roll around carrying these devices in their pocket, in their car or in a bag / purse.

If you break it down their eReader device sales increased over 160 percent from the previous year and their bookstore surpassed... [Read more...]

Perhaps the most important update has been to the design of its mobile site, now that increasing numbers of smartphones users are reading on their small - screen devices.

Ownership of e-book reading devices like Kindles or Nooks similarly increased to 32 % as of January 2014.

My thing was though I bought the 4G because I had a Vibrant & not including the other issues I had with it, I said I might as well get a «4G» device that will last these 4G network increases, but I get I forget to read the specs of it only stopping a «4G» HSPA + 14.4.

This is also the right time for Kogan to come up with the e-reader as e-books and devices to read them are gaining increasing acceptance in Australia and the segment is poised for a quantum jump.

Washington (April 5, 2012)-- One - fifth of American adults (21 %) report that they have read an e-book in the past year, and this number increased following a gift - giving season that saw a spike in the ownership of both tablet computers and e-book reading devices such as the original Kindles and Nooks.

Tamblyn pointed to both the affordability and the increased portability of device reading, as more and more parents support the ability to offer their children their entire libraries of books to choose from while on the go over the summer months.

The ever increasing screen size of our mobile devices allows us to read longer form articles and stay better informed.

Smartphone reading is on the rise in Canada and 20 % of readers are now consuming ebooks on their mobile devices, which is a 6 % increase over last year.

«In 2013 ， there will be breakthroughs, or even explosive growth, in China's digital publishing market», said Tan Yiping, president of QikPg, who believes that the increasing number of smart reading devices in consumers» hands will drive the explosion of the digital publishing market.

A 2015 Pew Research Center survey shows that these less - educated adults are also the least likely to own smartphones or tablets, two devices that have seen a substantial increase in usage for reading e-books since 2011.

Tablet computer and smartphone ownership have each increased dramatically in recent years, and a growing share of Americans are using these multipurpose mobile devices — rather than dedicated e-readers — to read books.

«In e-books, you have this tension, between the purity of a book's layout as it was envisioned in print, and the flexibility that e-reading brings to a customer, by allowing you to increase font size, read books across multiple devices, and so on,» says Dave Limp, senior vice president of Amazon Devices.

With the increasing numbers of people — especially younger consumers — taking to reading on their smartphones and mobile devices, it's a no - risk prospect that could stand to have a major sway over the outcome next fall.

«I think that as teens are given devices that are easy to read on like iPads and e-readers, they will increase their e-reading.

In an exclusive statement to Good e-Reader, Vice President of Marketing for Sony Tony Smith said «We are increasing sales in Japan by concentrating our focus on offering a wide range of reading opportunities across various compatible devices, and on enhancing the store services and the selection of digital content.

As consumers» devices are increasingly able to access wifi — especially as the numbers for ebook reading on 4G smartphones and tablets increased — Pubsoft is ready with a seamless HTML experience for both online and offline reading.

«The move toward e-book reading coincides with an increase in ownership of electronic book reading devices,» a press release stated.

As the availability of tablet PCs increases, the development of enhanced content meant to be read on those devices has been increasing as well.

I have hundreds of book on my device and perhaps this may seem strange; I have found that it actually increases my reading skills; at least in speed.

Regarding the «too many authorizations» problem with ADE, I've read that Adobe automatically increases these over time beyond an initial limit of 5, specifically to reduce support calls as people add new devices and reading apps to their repertoire (and need to authorize ADE, Copia, Overdrive Media Console, etc. on new computers, tablets, smartphones).

I can do research on the internet far more effeciently than I can in a library and find that regardless of infrequent use my reading vastly increased when I started reading on electronic devices 13 years ago.

The number of ebook readers was increasing every day, so those who were put off by the high prices were outnumbered by the new entrants who just wanted to read their books digitally on their shiny new devices.

The company sees significant opportunities in particular in the personalization of services: the visually impaired, for example, could increase the font size or use mobile devices to have the display content read out.

The same age group recorded the biggest year - on - year increase in those who had read e-books or book apps at all, and this is the only age group that prefers dedicated e-readers to tablet devices.

One librarian detailed how the increased popularity of e-book reading devices has resulted in library staff spending more time on the basic tech support: «Many of our older patrons received electronic devices as gifts over the past two years.

And by choosing a glass - free Lectum ® display, device fragility is halved whilst doubling functionality; our plastic electrophoretic displays (EPD) are extremely robust and shatterproof so your customers can enjoy twice the device real estate for reading, working, texting and gaming — even in bright sunlight, where EPD far excels other display types — but without an increased risk of breakage when dropped.

Although this may appear to be drawback, it does have benefit that the device is designed specifically for reading and not distracted by other applications such as video, or game playing, with the consequences of increased processing requirement, increased storage capacity, a more complicated user interface, increased power consumption and increased device weight.

Moving away from iOS we'll be seeing some new premium reading experiences specifically targeted at the high - end Kindle stable of devices — they'll now have the market share to justify the increased investment.