![]() She is now chairing a new European research network doing empirical research on the effects of digitisation on text reading. She and her fellow researchers found that "students who read texts in print scored significantly better on the reading comprehension test than students who read the texts digitally". Mangen also pointed to a paper published last year, which gave 72 Norwegian 10th-graders texts to read in print, or in PDF on a computer screen, followed by comprehension tests. Perhaps this somehow aids the reader, providing more fixity and solidity to the reader's sense of unfolding and progress of the text, and hence the story." might have something to do with the fact that the fixity of a text on paper, and this very gradual unfolding of paper as you progress through a story, is some kind of sensory offload, supporting the visual sense of progress when you're reading. "You have the tactile sense of progress, in addition to the visual. "When you read on paper you can sense with your fingers a pile of pages on the left growing, and shrinking on the right," said Mangen. The researchers suggest that "the haptic and tactile feedback of a Kindle does not provide the same support for mental reconstruction of a story as a print pocket book does". "The Kindle readers performed significantly worse on the plot reconstruction measure, ie, when they were asked to place 14 events in the correct order." "In this study, we found that paper readers did report higher on measures having to do with empathy and transportation and immersion, and narrative coherence, than iPad readers," said Mangen.īut instead, the performance was largely similar, except when it came to the timing of events in the story. Her predictions were based on an earlier study comparing reading an upsetting short story on paper and on iPad. But if you need more books to send out as Advanced Reading Copies (ARCs) for reviewers, you'll probably want to print ARCs at IngramSpark, which offers unlimited ARCs.Anne Mangen of Norway's Stavanger University, a lead researcher on the study, thought academics might "find differences in the immersion facilitated by the device, in emotional responses" to the story. Order advance copies and make sure your book looks great.Īgain, you can print up to five copies of your book with Amazon while it's marked private. Printing ARCs and testing your designĪs long as you do NOT fill in a Publication Date in KDP, your book will remain private and you can print one to five copies for your own use. So if you're a beginner, it's just easier to go with Amazon KDP first. They also have looser tolerances and do a lot of hand-correcting to files that aren't quite right. The Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing interface is easier to use than IngramSpark and their customer service is very good. This result alone is a good reason to go direct with Amazon KDP. This can happen for many reasons (which Amazon keeps to itself), but it most commonly occurs when your book lags in sales. But, if you distribute to Amazon using IngramSpark or another vendor, your book may occasionally show an out-of-stock message on Amazon. Why sell direct to Amazon with Amazon KDP?īecause you have a direct relationship with Amazon (via their Kindle Direct Publishing tool), your book will always show that it's in stock in the Amazon store. ![]() Simply use Amazon Kindle Print to get your print book into the Amazon store or to print test copies of your book quickly and cheaply. (I don't know why.) Plus, they don't offer the Returns program bookstores require. Strangely, Amazon's KDP sets the discount at 40%. You cannot set the discount to 30% for online retailers or the 53% discount that bricks-and-mortar bookstores require. They have an Expanded Distribution Program (EDP). The only thing you should use Amazon Kindle Print for is to get your print book into the Amazon store. So if you want to print a lush, full-color book, I suggest printing with IngramSpark where you can select a heavier paper stock. (More on that further down the page.)Īmazon KDP will print your book in black and white or color on creme or white paper but the paper quality for color isn't really good enough for heavily illustrated books. This is what you want to do: enjoy a direct relationship with Amazon in their store but do not use their Expanded Distribution Program to reach any other stores. Your book will be printed on-demand (POD) and sold in the Amazon store only. Amazon KDP is Amazon's tool for getting your print book into the Amazon store.
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