Sentences with phrase «reading your standard ebooks»

Reading a standard eBook is pure bliss, it has text to speech and plenty of ways to augment the margins and font size.
The high PPI and resolution are really evident when you are reading a standard eBook or anything that involves heavy imagery, such as Manga or digital newspapers.
It will do a fine job in reading your standard eBooks, but might struggle with more high - definition content, such as PDF magazines and newspapers.

Not exact matches

Somewhat ironically, I read the book on my Amazon Kindle reader, downloaded free from the new Standard Ebooks service.
«When Amazon developed Kindle, its popular eBook reading device, it needed an eBook standard for Kindle.
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Stanza supports HTML, PDF, Microsoft Word, and Rich Text Format reading, as well as all the major eBook standards.
The Digital Editions reader is a bare - bones, stripped - down version of Adobe's standard Reader product (eg, it has no collaboration features) and is operated with simple controls that are optimised for basic reading tasks such as page turning, scrolling, changing the size of typefaces, and organising ebooks into a «library» for easy storage and retrieval.
They even have a standard that would let any vendor offer their ebook catalogue for sale within any ebook reading app: OPDS.
EPUB is the industry standard eBook format, so it is supported in many devices and software applications (collectively known as «reading systems»).
Finally, in general, these updates mean a greater flexibility in the ebooks that are produced — we can use these standards to create ebooks that are far more fun to read than the ones where you're just hitting next and previous.
In addition to being inconsistent with traditional publishing aesthetic standards, the resulting book or eBook can be difficult to read.
In May 2003, Acrobat Reader (5th version) merged with Acrobat eBook Reader (2nd version) to become Adobe Reader, starting with version 6, which could read both standard PDF files and secure PDF files of copyrighted books.
Ever since the rise in popularity of electronic reading, the standard argument has been that ebooks cost less to make and do not require additional expense or material to duplicate, therefore, the price should logically be far less than the price of a print edition.
«As a device - neutral platform, eBooks purchased through Kobo's eReading service can be read on various eReaders, which is a level of flexibility that benefits our authors as they seek to grow their audiences of readers,» went on Mr. Gutch, expounding the virtues the company's decision to embrace open standards such PDF and EPUB.
This results in a learning curve to orient yourself with the D - Pad and what the settings menu does, depending on if you are reading a PDF or standard eBook.
Our strict coding standards allow technologists and ebook producers to use Standard Ebooks files as reliable, easy to read, and robust bases for their own work — not to mention as models of what well - crafted ebook files look like.
«We expect the new industry standard EPUB to become the dominant eBook reading format and congratulate BooksOnBoard for being among the first to offer it.»
But if you read carefully, most of them are focused on an unspecified future where ePUB3 and HTML5 / CSS3 are the normal standards of ebook publishing.
The standard ebook file format is called ePub, and it's... Read more
-- Open format: Sony is also using the event to tout its EPUB format, an open standard that will let consumers buy Sony eBooks and read them on any other device that can run that software.
For those companies using e-pub standards, there are several «desk - top» applications that make ebooks easy to read.
Txtr's Android app — the most popular eReading app in German language in Europe on Android Market — already offered a comprehensive set of standard features to shop, manage and read eBooks.
Interestingly, Digital Book World reported on a brief study conducted in 2011 that showed that while children preferred to read identical content in electronic form over paper with the same level of comprehension, the level of recall actually was less when comparing an enhanced ebook to a standard digital edition.
The rapid takeoff of digital reading can be attributed to a variety of factors, including broad adoption of mobile apps and industry standard eBook and audiobook file formats.
Adobe Digital Editions is the current industry standard when it comes to eBooks having a... [Read more...]
If you tend to read just the standard eBook and watch the occasional movie, not so much.
«OverDrive Read» enables readers to enjoy ebooks online and offline on standard web browsers, without the need to install any software or use a separate device.
Sony took a different approach with its DPT - RP1 tablet, which features a display as large as a standard sheet of A4 paper and is meant for more than reading eBooks.
«OverDrive Read» enables readers to enjoy ebooks online and offline on standard web browsers, without... [Read more...]
Finally, you need an e-reader that is capable to read the EPUB format, which is the standard ebook format.
Coker's quite valid point is that readers are relying less on the standard bestseller lists and looking more at the ebook storefront rankings when selecting reading material.
To some, there were not enough benefits to the standard ebook, other than features like the portability and the easier, faster access to titles,... [Read more...]
«Read Freely» became their motto, and epub (the standard, nonproprietary eBook format) became their format.
MG: In part two, A Standard Future, you write that «Our ebook reading and creation tools are primitive, nascent, born of necessity, and driven by fear.»
Sony's PRS - 505 ebook reader can now read ebooks produced using the open ePub format giving this year - old, industry - endorsed standard a major boost.
Sony claims the diminutive device can store about 350 standard eBooks and provides up to 2 weeks of reading on a single battery charge.
amazon has done great things for books, by truly establishing eBooks as a reading medium, making it the new mainstream standard, all the while opening the doors for authors to publish their own work.
The eBook standard (EPUB) is entirely based on existing web technologies that can be easily read on any sized device.
I customized this Word document easy - to - read fonts, pretty page numbers, and standard chapter headings so my future ebooks will be a breeze to create.
Standard Layout A standard ebook (EPUB) uses real - time flowable text that can be read on any Standard Layout A standard ebook (EPUB) uses real - time flowable text that can be read on any standard ebook (EPUB) uses real - time flowable text that can be read on any eReader.
One piece of good news for Amazon is that people may be able to read Kindle books on their tablets, which will allow Amazon to maintain control of the ebook standard.

«We & rsquo; re looking forward to making the most impact possible on the growing eBook market by providing our proven, top - of - the - line PDF software technology as an industry standard to the principal providers of electronic reading devices.

The second big difference is that Google plans to use the standard web browser for its reading platform and the ebooks themselves will reside «in the cloud» on Google's servers.
And while that — in my opinion — is some pretty serious competition, the launch of a new standard bearer in eBooks can only be good news for any road warrior who loves to read.
They want to turn reading ebooks into a social affair and taps the standard social networking streams.
Moon + Reader in my opinion is the gold standard when it comes to reading ebooks on android powered devices as it's pretty fast, immensely customizable and supports quite a range of file formats.
But since the iPod and consequently portable document readers, the ebook world has resurged and Amazon has been at the forefront pushing the standard for how we read ebooks.
In other words, digitization of books allow «the greedies» to make the book something it's never been: pbooks are universal and can be read anywhere, anytime and anyhow; ebooks are files strongly linked to an ecosystem, an ecosystem led by hypocrites who are doing their utmost to imprison readers technically (DRM + EPUB alterations) while screaming «Hey, we're using an open standard!».
iBooks Author files should not be used for children's eBooks because it does not have support for narration overlays (the Read Aloud function that is available in standard children's fixed layout eBooks for Apple).
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