Sentences with phrase «than a physical copy»

By eliminating printing and shipping costs, digital versions generate higher profit margins than physical copies.

Sure, at $ 1.99, a digital copy of a new issue is around two bucks cheaper than a physical copy.

The Kindle rapidly grew the company's e-book business, and Amazon said in May that it was selling more e-books than physical copies of books.

On Christmas Day, Amazon sold more e-books than physical copies for the first time.

On July 14, Digital Book Day will operate on much the same premise as World Book Night, only digital copies will be given away to readers rather than physical copies.

It is pretty galling to be asked to pay more for an ebook than a physical copy would cost and not even have the same usage rights.

e-book content rather than a physical copy of the book,» she said.

@Rolf W Jr: Putting the funds towards the game rather than a physical copy is our priority.

This is for a digital version of the game, but seeing as it's # 15 cheaper than a physical copy, we didn't think you'd mind.

GAME are currently charging # 2.99 for the download, which is significantly cheaper than a physical copy and even much more competitive than Direct2Drive's daily sale.

While it would be great if Nintendo followed Sony's lead, I don't imagine them pricing the downloadable versions of their retail releases any cheaper than the physical copies.

Not exact matches

And we like the idea of them being somehow computer - generated rather than simply «digital copies,» which feels like a cheap imitation of physical collectibles.»

Downloading them seems to take longer than to go out and get a physical copy but I guess it depends on the internet speed.

While physical copies of the game have been delayed until May, those wanting to go digital can do so this week, though the Switch version of the game is strangely $ 10 AUD more than on PS4.

In their terms it states that the Amazon list price must be 20 % less than any retail price of a PHYSICAL copy of the book.

In 2012, Mo Yan (Arcade Publishing) won the prize and sales skyrocketed, with more than 100,000 physical and digital copies of Yan's five titles selling over the following year.

I think established authors who have some following can easily charge more for their books, although I still belong to the group of people who'd rather hold a physical copy of a book rather than an ebook, if I am able to:).

Also, given that maintaining digital copies is far more cost effective than their printed counterparts, libraries around the world have taken to digitizing their physical collections in the wake of budget cuts.

My rights shouldn't be worse with ebooks / emusic than with physical copies, especially when they are almost as expensive, and sometimes more expensive.

The main reasons why the comics are going to experience a price increase this April is because physical copies of these books will finally come with a «free» digital copy of the same issue, allowing readers to maintain a physical collection alongside building a digital library of books, an avenue of comics reading that's become steadily more popular than physical books in recent years.

Meanwhile, physical copies of Bigger Than the Widget are available via Lulu's print - on - demand technology today.

If it were a publicity stunt the publisher would have had more than enough physical copies to meet the potential demand.

The company has teamed up with local publishers in various countries to offer their products on the Kindle, but in India for example, the prices of the three local newspapers offered on the Kindle are higher than the news - stand price for a physical copy.

E-books open up the world of reading for many people, especially those who require large print or who prefer to listen to a story rather than reading the physical copy because of poor eyesight or frailty.

Michael's novel had just come out, and I really wanted to own a physical copy, for more than one reason.

As far as readers are concerned, the incremental cost to produce more copies of an e-book is zero.So the readers expect an eBook to be priced less than a physical book.

Updating an ebook cover to a print cover (adding a spine and back cover) is usually around $ 75, so if we did our own formatting, the cover would be the main expense (other than ordering and shipping of a proof copy to double check — definitely use the online proofing tools at CreateSpace to eliminate issues before the physical proof expense).

However, this doesn't allow e-books to be available outside of libraries» physical confines, it doesn't allow libraries to acquire multiple copies of e-books they want to make available to more than one patron at a time, and Google can withhold up to 15 % of its scanned titles at its discretion.

It is lovely to imagine other authors, more talented and more published than I am, considering the value of a physical copy of their work.

While nothing is quite like the experience of turning the pages of a physical book, we're seeing more and more requests for digital review copies rather than their printed brethren.

In general, I've found physical copies to have more discounts than digital copies.

The waiting thing sounds well and good but if they're going to go from 14.99 down to the 9.99 they are now, I could just go on half.com or ebay or anywhere that sells used books (or the library, I know, a crazy idea) and get the physical copy for less than it would be on my kindle now.

My boys» love buying was a bit smaller than usual this year as much of Digital Manga's attentions shifted to digital releases and I began running into a lot of supply issues trying to buy physical copies from them (a definite downer of 2011!).

Monitor listings are based on publisher schedules and availability on Amazon (rather than on confirmation of physical publication via purchase, review copies, or sightings in bookstores).

When it comes to digital works, however, two complications arise: first, consumers might only hold a license to the content, rather than all of the rights that come from a sale; second, without a traditional physical container for each purchased work, consumers may not practically be able to sell their «particular copy» at all.

We're paying too much money for less control over our copy of the comics than when we bought physical copies.

Now, with a number of publisher - specific applications, there's a new subset: comics one might like to read, assuming they didn't have to kill a tree to do it, which can be purchased for less than the cost of a physical copy.

«If I invest in a book, I'd rather have the physical copy and know I have it, rather than buy a subscription model and not know if I'd be able to have the money next year to renew the subscription,» says Stephens.

Copy or reproduce any Image (in whole or in part) more than two hundred fifty thousand (250,000) times in any physical medium, either directly or indirectly.

Or for childs between 11 and less than 16 years of age at time of trek please send copy of photo page of passport to receive student price $ 640.00 pp (Recommended age from 11 to 69 y / o) though a good health and physical conditions are mandatory rule for this trek that cross over 4,200 masl..

But I can finally get a physical copy of Pikmin 3 for less than $ 100 though, so I'm good.

Guess that's why we have physical discs with which we have infinitely more options than you do on PC with your digital copies.

So other than the security of a physical copy, what would be the advantage of buying this version versus paying through the free one?

But I do see the marketing strategy there: buy the deluxe edition on sale, rather than buying just the season pass & getting the physical copy which is currently $ 33.57 on amazon (which other major retailers will price match).

I have a hard time imagining there's much of an overlap of people who own both the Switch and Wii U, see the Switch game is full - price, then would decide to buy it digitally rather than go to their local shop or ebay to buy a physical copy for under $ 20 on Wii U, if price were the determining factor.

We're aware that some online retailers are able to offer physical copies cheaper than us.

If the digital copy costs as much as the physical (for me, an Amazon Prime member, the digital download from PSN costs MORE than the physical) then they should at least add worthwhile digital extras.

You can get the PHYSICAL copy to KEEP anywhere for less than 15 $, at least where I live.».

That means that in practice, physical copies of games are cheaper than digital ones.

The critically acclaimed NieR: Automata has shipped more than one million physical and digital copies worldwide.