Sentences with phrase «than printed books when»

Unsurprisingly, the rise in tablet and e-reader ownership, Pew says, has had a direct impact on how many people are turning to e-books rather than printed books when it comes to reading.

Kids say that ebooks are better than print books when they do not want their friends to know what they are reading, and when they are out and about / traveling.

Not exact matches

They reported that individuals who read on the e-book took longer to fall asleep, had reduced evening sleepiness, reduced melatonin secretion, later timing of their circadian clock, and reduced next - morning alertness than when reading a printed book.

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When e-books were new, retailers set their prices the way they wanted, but lower than print books — generally at $ 9.99 for new book releases.

When asked why a consumer would want a print book delivered the same day rather than download an e-book, Jaime Carey, Barnes & Noble's chief merchandising officer, replied, «For us, we try to serve our customers how they want to be served.

When it's looked at like that, a digital book doesn't sound much different than a print book.

Among the students who opt to use tablets for something other than reading when given the chance, would those students really read a book if they were provided with a print edition, or would they simply shun the activity altogether in favor of something they found more entertaining?

But when Barnes and Noble's Nook Press division announced last year that it was expanding what it can do for its authors by offering new services such as editing, artwork, and print - on - demand, more than a few industry watchers had immediate concerns: Barnes and Noble is the largest bookselling chain left in the US, so where did they find the talent pool to shift into book creation?

But that's nothing compared to the head - scratching that the EU's highest court has caused when they upheld the ruling this week that ebooks were not books, and therefore would be taxed at a higher VAT rate than their print counterparts.

Back in the 90's, when the venture capital money was flowing faster than Niagara Falls, the e-book industry «PR Machine» predicted a «Revolution» during which time the printed book would quickly go the way of the dinosaurs.

When your book is complete, every penny of revenue is yours, forever (other than printing costs and unavoidable retailer discounts).

I had to buy an e-reader (NOOK) last year when I had to do book reviews and I found it was much cheaper to buy an e-book than it was to buy the print.

I realize that's not true for every book, but the day when many titles start selling more digital copies than print copies is not years away, it's months away.»

Without a doubt, I «read» far more carefully when listening to a book than with a print version, as there's no possibility of skipping or speed reading.

Sales of printed romance books have fallen for the first time since records began at a time when e-book sales have more than doubled.

Sue: I think reading a printed book just provides a better experience than reading an ebook; the one exception is for traveling, when the Kindle is so much more convenient.

«On her website, Stiefvater later explained that, when ebook sales for the third book in the Raven Cycle — Blue Lily, Lily Blue — «dropped precipitously,» her publisher decided to cut the print run of the next book in the series to less than half of its predecessors.»

And when people reach for a book, it is much more likely to be a traditional print book than a digital product.

When we asked book readers in our national survey how, in general, they prefer to get their books, we found that a majority of print readers (54 %) and readers of e-books (61 %) say they prefer to purchase their own copies of these books rather than borrow them from somewhere else.

When print - on - demand was first introduced, the the unit cost (the cost per book) of printing just one book at a time was far higher with print - on - demand than it was for a print run of thousands.

When I want a print book that I can easily buy direct from Amazon rather than the used marketplace, I buy it from Barnes and Noble's website instead.

and I'm getting so much more exposure than it did when it was strictly print, so now I'm writing a new book in the series.

When digital publishing first began experiencing its major growth spurt only a handful of years ago, many critics argued that a digital book was no better than its print counterpart, mostly since many e-publishers at that time were simply creating an identical page format on a screen - based devices.

For example, when an eBook costs more than a print book.

I used to work at a newspaper in a town full of wealthy people who flocked to self publishers when they retired, and I often had to read the books they paid big money to publish, and in 8 years, I can honestly say that no more than 3 of those books were worth the paper they were printed on.

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.

When a vanity press tells you that they will print your book on demand (POD) and pay you higher royalties than a conventional publisher, they don't tell you that the average book sells fewer than 100 copies.

«When authors sell their printed books through BookBaby's BookShop, they'll make more than anywhere else — guaranteed.»

DRM and publisher pricing models also often make print more attractive than e. DRM prevents me from sharing a book with a friend or passing it along to a family member when I'm finished with it.

A recent survey that showed more people prefer print books over ebooks will be taken as gospel, when Amazon knows from their data that ebook readers read an order of magnitude MORE books than print book shoppers.

There are legitimate reasons for this, and attempts by publishers to price e-books at or near print prices have alienated potential customers and probably hurt sales — I know I have passed on a book more than once when I saw that the Kindle edition was priced higher than print.

More books are now sold online (when you combine ebooks with printed books that are sold online) than are sold in brick - and - mortar bookstores.

Sales of printed romance books have fallen for the first time since records began at a time when e-book sales have more than doubled.

The other thing to note when comparing print and ebook pricing from the UK standpoint at least is that ebooks at VATable whereas print books are not, meaning that 17.5 % (20 % from January 2011) of the RRP goes to the government, not the rights holders, so ebook revenue is lower than print from the outset.

Women are more likely than men to say they prefer printed books when it comes to sharing (74 % vs. 63 %).

«When authors sell their printed books through BookBaby's BookShop, they'll make more than anywhere else.»

He comes out and says «Obviously, when you're selling units so inexpensively, you're going to sell more of those than, for example, a $ 14 paperback print book» and thinks he's making a point against eBooks.

In my study of the impact of mobile on book publishing (http://thefutureofpublishing.com/2015/02/mobile-strategies-for-digital-publishing/) I argue that reading is far more threatened when encountered on mobile devices than it was in print.

My illustrated books are sold as PDFs and look great on an iPad — even better than when printed on paper.

And when you include digital sales by indies and Amazon imprints, to get a true count of books sold, then print books comprise less than 35 % of all fiction book purchases in the US.

But when value, rather than volume, is considered, a different picture emerges: on the estimate that ebooks sold for an average # 4.35, the Bookseller calculates that digital books earned around # 381.5 m last year, giving a combined print and ebook total of # 1.9 bn, up 7.1 % on the previous year.

Here are Helen's numbers for a 6 × 9 print book, including shipping (which drops considerably when you order more than 5 or 10) to a single address, with a 12 - day lead time *:

It's gouging in my book... When we buy an Ebook there is no printing or shipping costs so shouldn't they at least be cheaper than the paperback??

I wonder whether the energy used in printing and shipping books is greater than the impact of technology on the environment when we discard our devices during an upgrade?