And finally, there is no way to sell two versions of a title to
specific ebook device owners.
Because of inconsistent progress in eBook device features over the last few years, some eBook enhancements are limited to
specific eBook devices and apps.
Not exact matches
3M Library Systems, creators of cloud - based
ebook lending and a library -
specific e-reader
device for patron checkout, and OverDrive, the leading provider of
ebooks,... [Read more...]
As for their buying trends, 62 percent claim to source their
ebooks from online stores, while 18 percent procure them from the shops affiliated with their
specific devices.
Whether it's the stand - alone audiobook players or the US Navy -
specific NERDs (Naval E-Reader
Device) that came loaded for shipboard deployment use for about 300
ebook titles, parent company Findaway has been meeting unique needs that the industry as a whole has overlooked for quite some time.
However, keep in mind that you don't need a
specific ereader
device in order to read
ebooks.
The main premise of the service is to combine social reading along with purchasing
ebooks, without being locked into a
specific device such as the Kindle.
Pre-orders for the
device will start on July 2nd and this
device will have custom Japanese firmware to handle all of the
specific characters for their
ebooks.
3M Library Systems, creators of cloud - based
ebook lending and a library -
specific e-reader
device for patron checkout, and OverDrive, the leading provider of
ebooks, audio books, and downloads to over 18,000 public libraries, may be competitors in the services they provide, but they are united in the fact that their work is intended to increase the capabilities of public libraries to provide
ebook lending services to patrons.
Because of inconsistent progress in
eBook technologies over the last few years, some of these enhancements are limited to
specific eBook apps or
devices.
While relying on a favorite online retailer for
ebooks is to be expected, especially if consumers use brand
specific dedicated
devices, it speaks more to the customer service experience that readers are likely to rely on
specific retailers for other purchases.
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.
This closed system of
ebook selling doesn't foster book discovery and can lead to niche
specific bookselling while isolating potential readers who are trapped by the retail platform associated with the e-reader
device or app they choose.
It locks
ebooks into certain platforms so that you can only read your purchased
ebooks on
specific apps and
devices.
Because it will limit the
ebook you bought to be read on the
specific reader
device, that is to say, you can not copy and read it on other
devices.
As this is GoodEReader.com's first YA title featured on the
Ebook of the Week, and given that many teens may not have access to their own e-reader specific devices, remember that the ebook can be downloaded to smartphones that are enabled with the free Kindle and Nook apps, as well as read on a tablet or la
Ebook of the Week, and given that many teens may not have access to their own e-reader
specific devices, remember that the
ebook can be downloaded to smartphones that are enabled with the free Kindle and Nook apps, as well as read on a tablet or la
ebook can be downloaded to smartphones that are enabled with the free Kindle and Nook apps, as well as read on a tablet or laptop.
Without its own brand -
specific e-reader
device or online platform, Google
eBooks has relied on a variety of sources for catalog content.
Though fixed - layout formats have the slight disadvantage of not working across all
eBook devices and applications and of not being accepted by some smaller distribution channels, they offer significantly more styling and layout options than reflowable
eBooks, including colour backgrounds, multi-column content, and
specific fonts.
The virtues of
ebooks for schools reside not in the features and benefits of a
specific reading
device, despite what the pundits...
Even if Barnes & Noble survive, they use a Nook -
specific DRM for their
ebooks, which means readers with other ePub
devices can't read Nook books.
Since Social DRM protected
eBooks do not require
specific software to be accessed, like Adobe DRM does, it is far more compatible across
devices.
Purchased
ebooks from a
specific vendor will load automatically to any
device you later purchase from that same vendor.
If you're not familiar with DRM, it's file protection that locks books into one
specific brand of
ebook reader, so for example, if you buy a book from Amazon, you can only read them on Kindles or
devices that support the Kindle app.
It's surprising that there are so few examples of
ebook covers referring to
specific surrounding created by the
device.
There are models that offer no
specific items to download and hold on any
device, models that offer real - time content updates, models that offer print plus
ebooks,
ebooks plus TTS audio, subscriptions to
ebooks, and on and on and on.
If successful, the suit would effectively eliminate
device - or application -
specific DRM on
ebooks forever.
They discussed
specific solutions to particular text and image display issues, and how to make your
ebooks look the way a reader would want to see them on the disparate
devices available in the market at the time.
Where the other major DRM systems — Amazon, Adobe, and Apple — lock
ebooks to a few
specific computers and
devices, B&N's DRM is a password - type system.
A fool's errand is trying to resize the ratio of your
eBook cover's height to width based on a
specific device.
These files would be what Reader Mobile SDK refers to as activation.xml and
device.xml It is important that these files be stored in an application
specific location because each application may implement deactivation of a
device differently (and you do not want your users to have their activations wiped out because they deactivated a different Reader Mobile SDK based
ebook reading application).
The booksellers are asking for an injunction stopping Amazon and the publishers from releasing and selling
ebooks with
device - and app -
specific DRM, and requiring the publishers to let independent booksellers sell
ebooks with alternative DRM systems.
Leliveld describes txtr as «a one - stop shop that provides the
device, the store, and the content, including country -
specific local content» thus offering a complete
ebook ecosystem.