So I worry about the loss of brick-and-mortar bookstores, even as I very consciously purchase e-books and read them on my phone or Kindle.
With this purchase, E Ink will have the widest offerings of ePaper technologies, a larger set of products and a stronger patent portfolio.
ENGADGET: E Ink acquires SiPix, may dominate e-paper universe
As long as this continues to be an opportunistic purchase, e.g.
This purchase shows E Ink's strong commitment to electronic paper displays.
ENGADGET: E Ink acquires SiPix, may dominate e-paper universe
The library might subsidize the purchase of the e-books from the publisher and make them available at no cost to certain readers, said Coates.
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More students preferred to be loaned an iPad and purchase the corresponding e-books (and eventually return the iPad) than buy the iPad outright (and own it).
If they reopened the cart but still did not purchase, repeat reminder e-mails.
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Sales are a function of three variables: store traffic volume, conversion rate (i.e. percentage of visitors who purchase), and average ticket.
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It strikes me nearly every time I purchase something for my e-reader.
TaxACT, in particular, made its mark in the industry several years ago by offering free e-filing opportunities with the purchase of their products.
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Equipped with what was left of the tickets, pictures of the originals and an e-mail verification of his purchase, he called Augusta's ticket office on Monday morning in hopes they'd be "gracious Southern folks" and let him and his friends attend the event.
The way people browse, find products, pay for them (e.g. one-click purchase) are all different.
Information is also gathered on the kinds of products individuals purchase together (i.e. a PSP and a UMD in the same trip), and strategically located "POP" machines conveniently give detailed descriptions about scanned items to customers, while sneakily collecting data of its own for those oh-so-clever marketers behind the scenes.
In order to facilitate distribution and ease of purchase we can look for more e-commerce solutions.
When you get to retirement age you can either purchase an annuity (i.e. an income for life) or use the value of your fund to provide an income within certain limits.
The purchase price--13% of E-Trade's total equity at the time--was 174 times Telebanc's earnings for the year.
Amazon is a leading player in digital content and offers e-books, online streaming as well as purchase of music and video.
New e-reading services, which allow readers to purchase and store books in a digital library and read them on different devices, have some of the most sophisticated reader tracking software.
"E Ink is committed to growing the ePaper market and the purchase of SiPix shares is part of our long term growth strategy, " said Scott Liu, Chairman of E Ink Holdings.
ENGADGET: E Ink acquires SiPix, may dominate e-paper universe
For a limited time, gamers who purchase a GTX 660 Ti GPU from a participating retailer or e-tailer will receive a voucher for a free copy of Gearbox Software's Borderlands 2, which is launching next month.
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The museums, two of the world's most prominent, said in a joint statement the New York-based e-business would provide Internet access for people to learn about and purchase many forms of art and architectural models and design objects, beginning in late 2000 or early 2001.
Executives are discussing plans to lease the Plastic Logic e-reader to long-term subscribers, with the money going toward purchase of the device.
"It's to provide knowledge and allow people to get access and education about modern arts and culture and also to be able to purchase related products, " Liz Addison, project manager for the new e-business, told Reuters.
There are about 5 billion mobile phone users in the world, and MasterCard is providing them access to traditional financial services like the ability to transfer funds, pay bills and purchase goods and services at brick-and-mortar stores or through e-commerce websites through a device they already own.
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This could be a sign of Facebook eventually more tightly integrating the ability to purchase all sorts of physical products on Facebook, which could move Facebook even further as an e-commerce platform.
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TellMe has opted for an advertising-supported business model, but also intends to charge e-commerce sites for building and maintaining their voice services and it wants to take a cut on every purchase that is made through its system.
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