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Top 10 Advantages of eBooks Over Printed Books

Kitaboo

Printed books vs digital books is an age-old debate. There are and will be people who support printed books as well as electronic books (eBooks). Let us see some of the advantages that eBooks have over the traditional printed books. Here are the Top 10 Advantages of eBooks over Printed Books: 1.

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Update On The Megatrend of Mobility

CTOvision

In this post we dive deeper into the trend of Mobility. A snapshot of the trend right now indicates: The trend is providing all humanity with a mobile, connected supercomputer. Enterprises must serve mobile users and mobile employees, and watch for mobile threats. How will dictatorships react?

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Amazon’s older Kindles will start to lose their internet access in December

The Verge

Amazon’s Kindle e-readers with built-in 3G will begin to lose the ability to connect to the internet on their own in the US in December, according to an email sent to customers on Wednesday. The change is due to mobile carriers transitioning from older 2G and 3G networking technology to newer 4G and 5G networks.

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An 8-Step Guide to Digitization for Book Publishers

Kitaboo

What is book digitization? Book digitization , as the name suggests, refers to the process of creating digital versions of physical books, magazines, manuscripts and records. The need for digitization of books. Here are some reasons to digitize books. They can read books online or download for offline use.

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Read Steve Jobs’ emails about why you can’t buy digital books in Amazon’s apps

The Verge

Two sets of emails discuss the decisions that, to this day, keep iPhone and iPad users from buying digital books in Amazon’s apps. One can read books bought elsewhere, just not buy/rent/subscribe from iOS without paying us, which we acknowledge is prohibitive for many things.”. You still can’t buy Kindle books in the iOS app.

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Bezos’ Amazon: from bookstore to backbone of the internet

The Verge

to found an internet-based bookstore. It launched in July 1995; the first book sold was Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought. In July 1996, Amazon introduced its Affiliate Program, which rewards other websites for referring traffic to Amazon books. Shaw & Co.

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Why do publishers find ePublishing more lucrative than traditional publishing

Kitaboo

The coming of age of the Internet, digital technology, and smartphones have changed the world as we know it. Traditional publishing refers to the books in the print edition or in the physical form. If you wish to buy a book, you will need to visit a bookstore. This is why there is so much nostalgia associated with print books.

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