Sentences with phrase «see ebook devices»

You see eBook devices are more like browsers.

Not exact matches

So I saw this firing up a few months ago and it tickles me deeply that this is happening: while Amazon and Barnes and Noble have been duking out in the US ebook market, Kobo has swooped in to team up with independent bookstores to sell devices and ebooks through them!

We also fire up an eBook, so you can see what device may be right for you.

As Marcel Welman, kalahari.com e-books manager, explained, the country has already started to see the positive effects of lowering of internet costs and making available affordable ebook reading devices.

It is possible to see the foundations of the modern eBook from such activity, as the necessity for reflowable text when reading on a Portable Digital Assistant (PDA) led to the formation of the Open eBook Publication Structure (a precursor to the EPUB format) in 1999, and several portable devices such as the Game Boy Advance, PalmPilot and SoftBook had facilities for modems, allowing readers to receive books without using a computer, often seen as one of the core selling points of the original Kindle.

eBook publishing is advancing all the time, and there are now devices that will allow you to see your book in colour — such as Kindle Fire, the iPhone and iPad.

Unless you've not been paying attention at all, you've seen the recent glut of devices capable of reading ebooks.

If you don't need to see the text on the screen, then other alternatives to consider for reading Kindle ebooks aloud is an Amazon Echo or Tap device.

That's because, unless you're doing a fixed layout ebook (see above to learn why you shouldn't), there's no concept of a fixed «page» in an ebook — the book reflows based on the device.

Every formatting feature in your ebook is created using this code, which then translates to the layout seen on your ereading device.

As I haven't seen «cut and paste» on the Kindle iPad App (what I use for most ebook reading), I wasn't aware that it was available anywhere else on the Kindle product line of apps or devices.

So ebook developers need to do QA on apps on iOS and Android apps, as well as devices, to make sure your readers are seeing what you want them to.

«I think we can expect to see growth in ebook consumption in the coming year because consumers suggest that reading books on a multi-function device is such a convenience to them,» says Laurie Brock, President of Brock Associates.

It will be interesting to see how the content distribution platform works and how Aluratek will deliver ebooks to the device.

BookShout, the ebook distribution platform that has seen a great deal of recent success in partnering with publishers to produce sales dashboards and seamless, device - agnostic file integration for ebook consumers, announced at today's DBW event that several industry veterans from across major publishers have joined BookShout's team for its new print distribution initiative.

But after the holiday e-reader gift giving when the industry saw an expected spike in ebook sales to go with those new devices, USA Today's list contained an unprecedented number of ebooks that were actually faring better than their print editions in the marketplace.

What remains to be seen if Amazon will bite the bait given less of consumer acceptance of ebook reading devices, while it is pushing for greater sales of its Kindle Fire tablet range.

KDP offers an ebook preview that allows you to see how the ebook will appear on digital devices, before you approve it and make the ebook available for sale.

The future with an enforced «everybody selling at our selected price» future means Amazon and B&N sell less Kindles and Nooks because the book lovers are going to see the discounted HC at $ 18 and compare that to an eBook at $ 15 (plus cost of device) and deem it not worth buying a Kindle or Nook edition with its limitations.

As publishers such as John Wiley & Sons have seen with the recent second quarter sales numbers that reflect a drop in ebook sales of cookbooks, fewer readers may be taking their pricey digital devices to the messy kitchen countertop.

I see the Canadian space suffering the most because Kobo was the only viable option in here in Canada that had a device and sold ebooks, there is really no one else.

It's a bit early to say, but it's likely that we could eventually see Samsung eBook readers and other devices such as smartphones, tablets and notebooks with sunlight readable displays.

We will not see eBook piracy become a huge deal anytime this year, but Publishers and Authors have to embrace eBooks and recognize that people have many different devices, and do not want to be locked down to an exclusive device.

How bookworms will get on with reading content on the iPad's, or iPhone's screens, rather than the flicker - free, easy - on - the - eye E-Ink options from the Kindle and other dedicated ebook reader devices, is yet to be seen.

But in the end, he still never answers the big question of whether Amazon sees its future in the sale of Kindles — or in the sale of ebooks, to all devices.

We put these two devices head to head to see how video, audio, eBooks, magazines, newspapers and comic books look.

But after the holiday e-reader gift giving when the industry saw an expected spike in ebook sales to go with those new devices, USA Today's list contained an... [Read more...]

The last time we have seen B&N slash prices of its ebook reading devices was during the Get London Reading initiative it was promoting.

Kobo saw strong momentum with a 10X increase in new customers from the company's pre-holiday period, and hundreds of thousands of devices were activated each day since Christmas Eve, fuelling the highest eBook download rate in Kobo history — with eBooks being sold to Kobo customers every second of the day.

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.

With any device, people are starving for content to give you the «OH WOW» factor and I think enhanced ebooks, kids books, and books with multimedia elements are the way we will see great looking books, sooner rather then later.

There are so many different ebook standards and e-reading devices available that making your ebook compatible with as many of them as possible is key (see below for more on ebook standards).

Something I haven't seen mentioned yet (I may have missed it) is that you can check out eBooks from the library on this device....

Ebook readers are caught in a strange place and there are many that don't see the value of an E Ink reader device when set aside the all - singing all - dancing multimedia tablet.

The touch response is surprisingly good and probably the fastest of all the touch - enabled ebook reader devices we've seen.

If the current status quo (Kindle in the lead and Nook and Sony Reader eating up most of the rest of the market) continues then we will see rival eReader companies try to use an exchange system («ebook ownership for life») to beat locked - in formats («ebook license for one device / platform»).

The deal could see Kobo tying up well over 80 % of the bricks and mortar retail market with its devices and a deal that pays booksellers commissions on sales of Kobo ebooks to their customers.

Load it with the Kindle Previewer application to see how the eBook will look on Kindle devices.

If you need help transferring an eBook to your e-reader device, please see Adobe's instructions here: http://helpx.adobe.com/digital-editions/kb/transfer-eBook-ereader-digital-editions.html

We'll see rapid development of better ebook publishing tools and reading devices.

And remember that most readers will see my book displayed as a small thumbprint on their mobile device when they are browsing online ebook stores.

But until I see evidence that publishers and authors are experiencing significant sales of their ebooks to Sony device owners, those hardware unit sales numbers won't have traction for me.

It is quite common to see Kindle devices stacked up with different eBooks.

With a promo image of the device showcasing George R.R. Martin's «A Dance with Dragons» on a colored screen, it will be interesting to see whether Polaroid will offer its own eBook store or rely on third - party content.

For software that can be used on general purpose mobile devices to make them function as an eBook reader see eBook software.

The glimpses we've had of the Courier, to me, are the most promising of all the devices I've seen so far: I want something that does more for me than stores my ebooks.

-- the cost of buying an e-reading device, a preference for the experience of reading a physical book, and a 31 % chunk of the surveyed sample saying they «don't see a need» to read ebooks.

Click here or here to see the many hoops one must jump through to install DRM'd EPUB ebooks on one device as well as read them across multiple devices.

Hopefully some day an eBook will look a lot better, but today the device makers, of which there seem likely to be fewer rather than more in the near term, have not seen fit to facilitate this.

Dedicated ebook readers are known for being somewhat more fragile than other mobile devices because of the E Ink display, so it's good to see that trend changing with more durable ereaders like the PocketBook Aqua and waterproof Kobo Aura H2O being released.