Thursday, September 08, 2011

Best EBooks on the market today! And then some!

Best EBooks on the market today! And then some!


Among the earliest general e-books were those in Project Gutenberg, in 1971. One early e-book implementation was the desktop prototype for a proposed notebook computer, the Dynabook, in the 1970s: a general-purpose portable personal computer capable of displaying books for reading.

Many of our own "Books on paper" are being put into E-Book form, and they will be available soon! Please check our page regularly, so you won't miss them. Here is a short list of E-Books we have available RIGHT NOW (some are published by our Company, Silver Dollar Press, a Division of Walker Enterprises, and some are published by other Companies):

"Domains Research Tool," Find Expired Domains With Traffic And Link Popularity And Sell Them For A Profit. Scan Thousands Of Dropping Domains in Bulk. Click Here!

"TedsWoodworking," 16,000 Plans - #1 In Home & Garden Category! Woodworking Plans With Videos & Shed Plans. Click Here

Early e-books were generally written for specialty areas and a very limited audience, meant to be read only by small and devoted interest groups. The  subject matter of these e-books included technical manuals for hardware, manufacturing techniques, and such. In the 1990s, the general availability of the Internet made transferring electronic files, including e-books, much easier.

Various e-book formats emerged and proliferated, some supported by major software companies such as Adobe, with it’s .pdf format, and others supported by independent and open-source programmers. Multiple readers followed multiple formats, most of them specializing in only one format, and thereby fragmenting the e-book market even more. Due to exclusiveness and limited readerships of e-books, the fractured market of independents and specialty authors lacked consensus regarding a standard for packaging and selling e-books. In 2010 e-books continued to gain in their own underground markets. Many e-book publishers began distributing books that were in the public domain. At the same time, authors with books that were not accepted by publishers offered their works online so they could be seen by others. Since there are still over 40,000 new books being published each year, according to the Bowker Company, it is easy to see why most authors get their books rejected, if they even get the courtesy of an acknowledgement at all! Publishers are more interested in a “big name” author, such as a sports celebrity, a political figure (even an ex-President), and such, as their books seem to sell more than those by poor old Joe Blow from Nowheresville, U.S.A. Sad, but that’s the way it is!

Unofficial (and occasionally unauthorized) catalogs of books became available over the web, and sites devoted to e-books began disseminating information about e-books to the public. U.S. Libraries began providing free e-books to the public in 1998 through their web sites and associated services, although the e-books were primarily scholarly, technical, or professional in nature, and could not be downloaded. In 2003, libraries began offering free downloadable popular fiction and non-fiction e-books to the public, launching an e-book lending model that worked much more successfully for public libraries. The number of library e-book distributors and lending models continued to increase over the next few years. In 2010, a Public Library Funding and Technology Access Study found that 66% of public libraries in the U.S. were offering e-books, and a large movement in library circles began seriously examining the issues related to lending e-books, acknowledging a tipping point of broad e-book usage. However, many publishers and authors have not endorsed the concept of electronic publishing, citing issues with demand, piracy, and proprietary devices. That the Internet public wants as much “stuff” free, if possible, doesn’t help, either!

As of 2009, new marketing models for e-books were being developed, and dedicated reading hardware was produced. E-books (as opposed to ebook readers) have yet to achieve global distribution.

In the overall U.S. market, paperback book sales are still much larger than either hardcover or e-book; the American Publishing Association estimated e-books represented 8.5% of sales as of mid-2010, up from 3% a year before. In Canada, the option of ebook publishing took a higher profile when the novel, “The Sentimentalists,” won the prestigious national Giller Prize. Because of the small scale of the novel's independent publisher, the book was initially not widely available in printed form, but the ebook edition had no such problems with it becoming the top-selling title for e-books and e-book devices.
 
 
“How To Win The X Factor” - Click Here!


"Free E-Book About Free E-Books" Click Here

Here's a good website to check out: "How To Adjust & Repair Your Sewing Machine" - Click Here - We may turn this "Book on paper" into an E-Book in the future, if enough people want it. If you are one of those who would buy it, please let us know.

Here's another good website to check out:
"Studio Quality Portraits For Less" - Click Here

Here's another good website to check out: 
"Green Cleaning Products" - Click Here

Here's another good website to check out:
"Bibles New and Used" - Click Here

Here's another good website to check out:
"Affiliated Website Designers" Click Here

Here's a good Forum to check out:
"Dachshund Forum" Click Here

Here's a good reference on Forums, where you can find lots of information on just about any problem: Click Here


Copyright 2011 by Preston Smith,
Silver Dollar Press,
a Division of Walker Enterprises.
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posted by PRESTON at 10:08 PM