Sentences with phrase «than the paperback at»

I was shocked to see that the Kindle version was $ 10.99, not much less than the paperback at $ 13.59.

Sometimes the ebooks are cheaper than paperbacks at import prices, too (considering I don't live in the US).

Not exact matches

The Reckoning proceeds with such leaden literal - mindedness that it never seems more than a stodgy (and, at times, blatantly silly) paperback affair.

Schoenarts certainly looks the part of a paperback romantic hero, but the script's insistence on presenting Bruno simply as a good man in a bad situation are bland at best and disingenuous at worst, and leave the character less neutral than neutered.

At 10.3 ounces, Kindle is lighter and thinner than a typical paperback and fits easily in one hand, yet its built - in memory stores more than 200 titles, and hundreds more with an optional SD memory card.

21 % smaller than its predecessor, the Kindle is slimmer than a paperback book and at 247g, light enough to carry in a bag and hold in one hand.

Says Maria Harrison, whose trade paperback of less than 200 pages was priced at $ 24.95, «Why would anyone want to buy an overpriced book from an unknown author when they can buy a wonderful book by a best - selling writer for less than ten dollars?

Choose your trim size (you'll find more options here than at CreateSpace), interior color (black - and - white or color), paper, binding type (paperback or hardback), cover finish or laminate type, and page count.

Though they aren't the perfect covers, having a decent paperback up is better than having no paperback at all.

Looking at sales by format, trade paperbacks — the format that holds adult coloring books — had a 4.01 % gain in unit sales over 2015, which is slightly less than 2015 (5 %).

Hmm, going back to what my Tech Guy mentioned about a good ebook price being 75 % of the paper version, I wonder if some of the difference we see at the higher end is the publisher comparing the price to a hardcover or trade paperback version rather than the mass paperback format.

At just over a third of an inch thin and weighing 7.5 ounces, Kindle Paperwhite is thinner than a magazine and weighs less than a typical paperback.

In fact, in 2011 Amazon declared that for the first time, it had sold more Kindle e-books than paperback books, at a rate of 115 electronic books for -LSB-...]

From more book types and formatting options than you can shake a stick at (hardback, paperback, magazines, etc), authors can select their ideal number of books with the print - on - demand option, print in premium colour or in crisp black and white and access print markets across the world with Ingram Spark's partnerships.

But for two years now I have read almost esclusively ebooks, WHICH I PuRCHASE, often at higher costs than paperbacks, and I read over 100 books a year.

They tend to read really fast and a lot of books, so because the eBook tends to be a little less expensive than the actual paperback or hardcover of the book, they can actually consume the content at a faster rate and you know get their fill of all their favorite authors.

Even a small mass market paperback at 6.9 ″ is bigger than the current 6 ″ Kindle format.

Algonquin, an imprint of Workman Publishing, is offering customers a discount towards the purchase of an ebook for each of its trade paperbacks purchased at more than 300 Barnes and Noble locations throughout the month of July.

«Lighter than a paperback, holds thousands of books,» Amazon teases at the top of a recent promotional e-mail, which is touting the discount on both devices.

At 0.3 inches thick and weighing less than 8.7 ounces, the Kindle Paperwhite weighs less than a paperback book and is as thin as a pencil.

«Self - published authors are complaining that Amazon is offering unlimited reading on the best ereader devices ever built on the best online marketplace ever devised and paying more for each borrow than a traditionally published author makes on every paperback they well at Barnes & Noble, and many are outraged.»

Self - published authors are complaining that Amazon is offering unlimited reading on the best ereader devices ever built on the best online marketplace ever devised and paying more for each borrow than a traditionally published author makes on every paperback they sell at Barnes & Noble, and many are outraged.

Grant you, the small screen and 320x320 resolution takes time to get used to, but I can read almost any format (some need converting, but that's quite easy), but its cheaper than the Kindle and I can read any book I want, not only those that Amazon wants to sell me at a paperback price.

If I can sell 10,000 books at $ 3.99 a download, which I've been consistently able to do through Amazon, that strikes me as a better deal than being able to sell 3,000 books at $ 12 a paperback, particularly because my royalty rates are way higher on downloads and I can jam out two or more of those downloadable books a year.

Also, in the same press release, an Amazon Spokesman told us that «For the top 10 bestselling books on Amazon.com, customers are choosing Kindle books over hardcover and paperback books combined at a rate of greater than 2 to 1.

Given the fact that it's much more difficult and expensive to produce a paperback version than an ebook, you may find yourself wondering whether it's worth the trouble to produce a print version at all.

At least, that's what I was told when I noted that the Kindle edition of Jo Walton's FARTHING is several dollars more expensive than the perfectly - in - print mass - market paperback edition.

Trade paperbacks may be a little more expensive than mass market, but they seem to be that happy middle ground where the libraries will take them, and readers will still buy them, especially if a few bucks are knocked off the price at amazon.com

Additionally, and somewhat surprisingly, the Aura One is Kobo's thinnest device yet at 6.9 mm, though its size has resulted in a somewhat chunky 230 grams, significantly more than the Oasis» 131 grams, or the Voyage's 180 grams — though still less than an average paperback.

Where other categories of fiction are pricing ebooks at trade paperback prices at best, or above hardback prices at worst (who in Hel's Misty Halls do they justify charging more for an ebook than for a hardback?)

The full story is here, but in short, creating a paperback at Createspace was cheaper than copying his novel at Kinko's, and the ebook was an easy way to distribute copies at no cost to his friends.

Amazon really should make sure that no books are being sold at higher prices than paperback editions — that's irreparable damage to the Kindle's image as a money saver.

Trade paperback is an industry term that lets readers know the book is made of higher quality materials, produced in a larger size and offered at a higher price than mass - market paperbacks.

And, besides, even at 17.5 % of gross, an author's e-book take is still better than their hardcover take, let alone the measly 8 % they get from paperback sales.

The New York Times's publishing industry reporter Interview starts at 12:44 and ends at 32:05 For the people that are price sensitive — if you're not somebody that reads digitally because you prefer that, because you find it more convenient — but you're maybe a hybrid reader, you might get a paperback if it's significantly cheaper than an -LSB-...]

It is quite small and light: at only 4.2 x 6.2 x 0.4 inches and 7.8 ounces, it is smaller and lighter than most paperback novels and should slip into a sport coat pocket.

Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch, as thin as most magazines Lightweight: At 10.2 ounces, lighter than a typical paperback Wireless: 3G wireless lets you download books right from your Kindle, anytime, anywhere; no monthly fees, service plans, or hunting for Wi - Fi hotspots Books in Under 60 Seconds: Get books delivered in less than 60 seconds; no PC required Improved Display: Reads like real paper; now boasts 16 shades of gray for clear text and even crisper images Longer Battery Life: 25 % longer battery life; read for days without recharging More Storage: Take your library with you; holds over 1,500 books Faster Page Turns: 20 % faster page turns Read - to - Me: With the new Text - to - Speech feature, Kindle can read every book, blog, magazine, and newspaper out loud to you Large Selection: Over 230,000 books plus U.S. and international newspapers, magazines, and blogs available Low Book Prices: New York Times Best Sellers and New Releases $ 9.99, unless marked otherwise

I have seen Kindle editions (most often new releases) priced higher than hardback or paperback versions... especially when the ebook is priced at $ 12 USD and up.

And that makes me balk a great deal at e-books that cost as much and more than paperbacks.

At 7.5 by 5.3 by 0.7 inches (HWD), it's smaller than a hardcover book but larger than most paperbacks, and it feels good in hand.

Well as long as the Literary - Industrial Complex is pricing their eBooks at about the same price as a print paperback version, or more than a second - hand hardbound version... then indies with our more affordable eBooks have a wide - open opportunity to tempt venturesome readers with tight budgets.

At $ 4 - $ 6 apiece, they were cheaper than either ebook or paperback versions.

Kessel said that «for the top 10 best - selling books on Amazon.com, customers are choosing Kindle books over hardcover and paperback books combined at a rate of greater than two to one.»

The full story is here, but in short, creating a paperback at Createspace was cheaper than copying his novel at Kinko's, and the ebook was an easy way to distribute copies... Read More

And at just a bit over half a pound, it's about the weight of a paperback, and much more portable than a hardback.

As has been explained, selling the e-book at $ 14.99 and then later $ 9.99 or $ 6.49 in conjunction with paperback, can sell more copies than just selling the e-book at $ 14.99 or $ 9.99.

At only 170 grams, it's the lightest Kindle we've ever made, weighing less than a typical paperback.

Kindle tips the scales at a total 10.3 ounces — «That's less than a paperback book,» Bezos said — and uses an «electronic ink» technology to mimic paper, not a computer screen.

A collected edition that is reprinted at a smaller scale than a trade paperback (which is reprinted at the same size as the original comic).

A book priced at $ 27.99 would likely be a hardcover, and authors typically earn a higher royalty rate (2 points higher) on hardcover than they do on a paperback.