Tag: ebooks
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Amazon now sells more Kindle ebooks than printed books
Tech Radar: Amazon now sells more Kindle ebooks than printed books Amazon has announced that it now sells more Kindle ebooks than all print books – that's hardcover and paperback combined – through the Amazon.com site. Introduced less than four years ago, the Kindle has quickly become Amazon's top selling product, and now digitised books…
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E-Readers Fail At Education
Fast Company: E-Readers Fail At Education Is our desire for gadgetry getting ahead of what our brains actually need? … A recent University of Washington study interviewed 39 first-year graduate students in the university's Department of Computer Science & Engineering, which participated in a pilot study of Amazon's Kindle DX (a large-screen e-reader). By seven…
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Amazon Kindle gets real page numbers
Christian Science Monitor: Amazon Kindle gets real page numbers Amazon Kindle e-books currently use location numbers. But real page numbers are on the way, Amazon said today. Amazon Kindle users will soon be able to navigate their e-books by way of old-fashioned page numbers, Amazon announced today in a blog post. Kindle format e-books currently…
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Math of Publishing Meets the E-Book
New York Times: Math of Publishing Meets the E-Book In the emerging world of e-books, many consumers assume it is only logical that publishers are saving vast amounts by not having to print or distribute paper books, leaving room to pass along those savings to their customers. Publishers largely agree, which is why in negotiations…