Sentences with phrase «than physical books for»

On Saturday, for example, Amazon announced that on Christmas Day its customers bought more Kindle books than physical books for the first time ever.

Customers purchased more Kindle books than physical books for the first time on Christmas Day, Amazon said.

Further, e-books * ARE * worth less than physical books for the very fact that they are not physical.

Your fingers actually rest perfectly between the middle fold of the back grooves, making it easier to hold than a physical book for long periods of time.

Not exact matches

There is a lot of farcical chin - pulling in the book over various «possible candidates for nothingness» and «what «nothing» might actually comprise,» along with an earnest insistence that any «definition» of nothingness must ultimately be «based on empirical evidence» and that ««nothing» is every bit as physical as «something»» — as if «nothingness» were a highly unusual kind of stuff that is more difficult to observe or measure than other things are.

But as E. A. Burtt noted over half a century ago in his classic book The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Physical Science, the thinker who claims to eschew philosophy in favor of science is constantly tempted «to make a metaphysics out of his method,» trying to define reality as what his preferred techniques can measure rather than letting reality dictate what techniques are appropriate for studying it.

Tolstoy, for instance, is an epic writer, whose books overflow with physical details and frequently threaten to overflow their own narrative structures and become as vast and as inconclusive as life itself, while Dostoevsky is a dramatic writer, whose books are full of fraught and urgent voices, at times almost disembodied, trapped in situations of immediate and pressing crisis, and surrounded by a physical world usually having no more substance than a collection of painted canvasses or pasteboard silhouettes at the back of the stage.

But it is actually less a contribution to critical theory than a continuation of several themes from earlier books, including the search for a metaphor or bridge from the self to the physical world.

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:).

You must set your Digital Book's List Price (and change it from time - to - time if necessary) so that it is no higher than the list price in any sales channel for any physical edition of the Digital Book.

The fact that buyers at Amazon are now buying Kindle books at a rate that's already three times faster than they did for the same period is pretty astonishing, and the fact that sales now beat physical books is a huge sign of the change in reading habits.

As a result, Amazon would seem to have less room for error than Apple, and while it has plenty of high - margin products to sell in the form of accessories, the rumored mix of Kindle devices and physical books doesn't seem incredibly enticing, especially when prices for Kindles are so low (that's the stuff you don't mind buying online) and only going lower.

@BBU In Amazon's KDP pricing page linked from their Terms and Conditions the state: «You must set your Digital Book's List Price (and change it from time - to - time if necessary) so that it is no higher than the list price in any sales channel for any digital or physical edition of the Digital Book... By «list price in any sales channel,» we (Amazon) mean the suggested or recommended retail price or, if you sell your book directly to end users, your own sales price, for an edition of the book available outside of our Program.&raBook's List Price (and change it from time - to - time if necessary) so that it is no higher than the list price in any sales channel for any digital or physical edition of the Digital Book... By «list price in any sales channel,» we (Amazon) mean the suggested or recommended retail price or, if you sell your book directly to end users, your own sales price, for an edition of the book available outside of our Program.&raBook... By «list price in any sales channel,» we (Amazon) mean the suggested or recommended retail price or, if you sell your book directly to end users, your own sales price, for an edition of the book available outside of our Program.&rabook directly to end users, your own sales price, for an edition of the book available outside of our Program.&rabook available outside of our Program.»

of all book sales in the U.S., and with more than 60 % of all units (print and eBook) being sold via an online retailer, it's become increasingly easy to create a digital book and toss it into the marketplace, without the need for a physical product or a third - party publisher.

With eBooks accounting for 30 - 35 % of all book sales in the U.S., and with more than 60 % of all units (print and eBook) being sold via an online retailer, it's become increasingly easy to create a digital book and toss it into the marketplace, without the need for a physical product or a third - party publisher.

At physical bookstores, if I found less than three or four books I was interested in buying, I'd make a second or third trip down the aisles looking for more books.

This partnership with the Integrated Library System will let users browse both for physical and digital editions, making finding a great book to borrow even easier than before.

10 dollars is absolutely absurd when you can get them for free in physical form at a library, not to mention used books stores where they cost less than 3 dollars at times..

i've seen physical books sell for less than an ebook.

Said to be designed for comfort and extended reading, the Kindle Oasis is 30 % thinner on average and over 20 % lighter than previous versions and includes a physical design that is made to shift the center of gravity to the reader's palm, resting in the hand like the spine of a book, creating balance for one - handed reading.

The actual physical costs of a print book — paper, printing, binding, packaging, warehousing, etc. — are less than 10 % of the cover price, even in small volumes, and drop to less than a dollar per book for large volume titles such as bestsellers.

As for physical books, I believe they will remain but I believe that self - publishing will make the route to a best - seller more circuitous than it's ever been because there may not be agents / publishers willing to represent / publish an author unless the self - published product has sold more than «x» number of books.

Looking at it from the outside it seems the only likely reason for making the ebook cost more than a print book is to push readers towards physical books instead of digital.

Here in Australia paying the prices the publishers are currently charging is often still on par or better than what I'd be paying for a new physical book.

As the parent company over two distinctly different methods of independent publishing — CreateSpace for print - on - demand physical books and Kindle Direct Publishing for ebooks — the opportunities for book development are more available than ever.

If you opt for picture books, I hope you will get physical books rather than eBooks.

For me, my opinion started to change when I thought of ebooks as an alternative, rather than a replacement, to physical books.

(Even demand for physical books can be likened to customers choosing to boxed or CD / DVD version of a program rather than a download.

24 people tried out the Kindle and iPad for 17 minutes each and then an expert made the assumption that their observations are the holy grail and that «reading speed on the Kindle is slower than on physical books».

Since consumers almost always have the option to read books in physical formats, they are indicating a preference to return to print... Overall, 14 % of book buyers said they are now reading fewer e-books than when they started reading books in the format, and 59 % percent of those who said they are reading fewer e-books cited a preference for print as the main reason for switching back to physical books.

The release immediately continues, «On Christmas Day, for the first time ever, customers purchased more Kindle books than physical books.»

Unless one is a huge name, we have reached the point where publishers do nothing for their authors other than put the physical books together and toss them out into the universe.

When you combine this with the fact that «owning» a «new» file has less value for most people than owning a new physical book, you can see the potential for more, perhaps many more, people to shift from buying to borrowing especially if borrowing is free.

For the first time ever, more eBooks were sold on Christmas Day than physical books.

Barnes & Noble now represents more than 25 percent of all of the U.S. market for e-books, more than the company's share of physical books, and it sells twice the number of e-books as physical books, at least online.

The biggest news to come from that press release was the fact Amazon's Kindle and Kindle books were the biggest sellers, wherein Kindle books sold more on Christmas day than their physical counterparts - which honestly makes a whole lot more sense then people are giving credit for.

I did a side - by - side test, and the K3's page turns are a little faster, but this is honestly a non-issue for me, as the K2 is plenty fast enough anyway — faster than turning a page in a physical book.

If I was able to buy an e-book once for both of us, like I can for a physical book, then e-books would make an awful lot more sense than they do now.

So, while an ebook might have less value to you than a physical book, there are definitely specific classes of books (i.e. those that I read as disposable entertainment) for which an ebook has greater value to me.

The firm accounts for less than a quarter of physical book sales (see box).

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.

To the public library, of course — a place which offers more than just physical books on shelves, by the way (programs for toddlers and young adults, literacy programs, workshops for job searchers and senior citizens, free community meeting spaces, etc.).

If he did (and had a better memory than I), he would recall my entry from last January 5th where I discussed Amazon's silly press statement: «On Christmas Day, for the first time ever, customers purchased more Kindle books than physical books.»

For example, promotions on children's books do not perform well (the ROI was -39 %), probably because most parents (like me) buy physical books rather than e-books.

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.

However, it's particularly galling for books because it's the first change for physical books and fundamentally books don't need anything more than words on a surface.

Since e-book readers can store thousands of books, they eliminate the need for physical storage and give children, parents and schools access to a much wider selection books than what may be physically available in their communities.

As reported by The Guardian, «HarperCollins» revenues from physical books were down 6 % over the last 12 months, although digital sales are expanding robustly and now account for more than one fifth of sales... expects demand for ebooks to continue to grow before plateauing at roughly 50 % of all book sales.»

Amazon announced earlier this year that it is now selling more digital books than physical books, and Barclays» DiClemente said the company's Kindle reading device was the catalyst for that shift.

Of course, buying physical books is still the best option for many bookworms out there, in part because nothing can replace the sheer tactical feeling of flipping through pages, but jumping into e-books is more than decent a recourse.