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The rising popularity of ebooks poses a particular challenge for publishers .

电子图书越来越受欢迎，这对出版商构成严峻挑战。

Many libraries now have lending services for ebooks , too , making it even easier to sneak a few moments of quiet relaxing time .

许多图书馆甚至开通了电子图书服务，使你能够更好地享受静坐阅读的时间。

Ebooks present many benefits and advantages , and this article shows some of them .

电子书的好处和优势有很多，这篇文章就来谈谈其中的一部分。

Both devices accept ePub files , an open standard for eBooks .

这两款设备都支持epub（电子书的一种公开标准）文件。

Textbooks are often optional ( though some courses come with ebooks and downloadable software ) .

教科书往往是非强制性的（虽然一些课程配备了电子图书和供下载的软件）。

Network publishing means publishers with legal authorization publish and sell electronic books ( eBooks ) through internet .

网络出版，一般是指具有合法出版资格的出版机构，以国际互联网为载体和流通渠道，出版并销售以数字化产品为主的出版物的行为。

Even though I read all the time , both paper books and ebooks , I never pay for the books I read 。

虽然我几乎所有时间都在阅读——纸质书和电子书都有——却从来不为自己看的书花钱。

Oh , and it sells a few ebooks on this device called a Kindle .

况且亚马逊还研发了自己的Kindle阅读器，并在上面销售电子书。

Publishers and authors who give away free ebooks still make money , and so do the musicians who give away free music .

提供免费电子图书的出版商和作者还是有利可图的，提供免费音乐的音乐人也不例外。

How to obtain ebooks legitimately for your ebook reader .

如何合法地为你的阅读器获取图书。

A vast range of materials , from videos to podcasts and eBooks are available right now on the internet for self-study .

目前因特网上有很多资料，如视频、播客、电子书等可用于自学。

After all , they argue , ebooks tend to be very impermanent ; physical books , by contrast , have historical value .

他们指出，电子书毕竟是不是永久性的；相比之下，实体书籍则具有历史价值。

Immersion reading marries ebooks with audio books so that a reader sees highlighted words as they are being read by the narrator .

浸入式阅读将电子书与有声图书相匹配，有声图书读到的文字将会高亮显示。

In the UK , about 90 per cent of ebooks are sold through Amazon , giving it great influence over how they are priced and promoted .

在英国，90%左右的电子图书通过亚马逊销售，因此亚马逊在定价和促销方面拥有巨大的影响力。

For now margins on ebooks remain high , offsetting the squeeze on hardbacks , but Amazon 's intent is clear .

目前，电子书利润率依然较高，因此弥补了纸质书所受的压榨，但亚马逊的意图是明确的。

Indeed , most book publishers have " digitised " their back lists , cut production and printing costs , and started experimenting with interactive ebooks .

确实，多数图书出版商都已“数字化”了它们的存书，削减了生产和印刷成本，并开始尝试互动电子图书。

Apple must pay $ 400m in compensation to people who bought ebooks through its iBooks store , under the conditional settlement agreed in July 2014 .

根据2014年7月达成的有条件和解协议，苹果必须向通过iBooks商店购买电子书的消费者支付4亿美元的赔偿。

With a 30 per cent share of the physical book market in the US and more than 60 per cent of ebooks , it clearly has market power in the antitrust sense .

亚马逊占据了美国纸质书市场30%的份额和电子书市场逾60%的份额，从反垄断的角度来说，它无疑具有市场权力。

Given those numbers , and the rapid pace of adoption , Parrish implies the industry will soon reach a point where more readers will prefer ebooks than print .

考虑到上文的数据，再结合电子书的飞速普及，帕里什暗示，出版业马上将面临“拐点”&相对于纸质书，越来越多的读者将会更倾向于电子书。

You then have streaming movies , TV , a music store , Apps , eBooks and just about anything else that can be delivered to a tablet .

然后你就可以在这台设备上享受流媒体电影、电视、音乐商店、应用程序以及电子书等各种功能了。

Kohler also has a remote-controlled bidet seat which allows users to Skype , play video games , go online and read ebooks while abluting .

科勒还有一个遥控的内置坐浴盆，消费者可以在清洗时通过skype打电话、玩视频游戏、上网和阅读电子书。

If you rather read from the comfort of your own laptop or Kindle , check out $ 1 ebooks by indie authors on Amazon .

如果你更青睐于在自己的笔记本或者阅读器上方便地阅读，可以在亚马逊花1美元购买独立作家的书籍。

Today 's electronic publishing technologies deliver eBooks and other documents in a variety of formats , not all of which are usable on all eReaders and applications .

如今的电子出版技术可以交付各种格式的eBooks和其他文档，但并不是所有格式在所有eReader和应用程序上都是可用的。

Ms Rowling was a late convert to ebooks , making the Harry Potter titles available online only last month , 15 years after the first title was published in print .

罗琳很晚才接受了电子书这一形式，直到上个月才在网上发布哈利波特系列小说，距离该系列第一部作品印刷版出版已有15年之久。

As evidence , he pointed to numbers from Codex Forrester and Gartner research : 30 % of all readers consume both ebooks and print books to some degree .

帕里什列举了来自CodexForrester和高德纳咨询（GartnerResearch）的数据作为佐证：在某种程度上，30%的读者同时购买了电子书和实体书。

By forming a blatant cartel , the " big six " publishers and Apple botched their effort to resist Amazon 's dominance of ebooks with the Kindle .

因为组成的同业联盟太过明目张胆，“六大”出版商和苹果在抵抗亚马逊通过Kindle垄断电子书的斗争中马失前蹄。

The university library is well equipped with modern facilities of large scale ， with a collection of 3 . O1 million volumes ， 6 000 kinds of Chinese and foreign periodicals ， and 370 000 volumes of Ebooks .

学校拥有规模大设施先进馆内藏书301多力一册，中外期刊6000余种，电子图书37万多册。

Textbooks are often optional ( though some courses come with eBooks and downloadable software ) . Although professors deliver content through videos and PowerPoint in MOOCs , many engage with students on message boards in realtime ( and even keep office hours for online students ) .

教科书往往是非强制性的（虽然一些课程配备了电子图书和供下载的软件）。尽管MOOC的教授主要通过视频和PPT文件授课，但许多教授也在留言板上跟学生实时互动，甚至还为在线学生专门留出了一部分上班时间。

Interactive ebooks already offer multiple endings ( a digital variation on the theme of " if you choose door A , turn to page 78 " ) , and publishers are investing in apps that seek to lure infrequent readers with video and audio embellishments .

交互式电子书籍已经提供多种结局可能（如数字式主题变更：“若选A门，请翻至第78页”），出版商已出资开发了多款应用软件，它们用润色过的视频及音频来努力吸引不太读书的读者。