Sentences with phrase «authored sales reports»

Authored sales reports for $ 250,000 of ticket sales on a daily and weekly basis.

Not exact matches

Despite the increased investment and exploration of VR, «the market remains too premature to accurately predict average sales prices (ASPs) for certain products,» the report's authors said.

The study's authors say they used the same methods researchers developed in a 2009 report titled «State and Local Government Sales Tax Revenue Losses from Electronic Commerce,» compiled by business professors at the University of Tennessee.

«What we are seeing is that consumers» behavior this year in terms of increased retail sales is fairly muted,» said Noam Paransky, director of AlixPartners» retail practice and one of the authors of the report.

Therefore, the report's authors could not analyze whether the revenues generated by the sale of competitive foods covered the cost of those foods.

The authors report that subsequently the agreement, which introduced bans on the sale of phosphate detergents, improvements in waste water collection and treatment systems, and reductions in industry discharges, did indeed help to improve water quality.

In a context like today's, with public deficit problems in different European countries, as is the case in Spain, an increase in the tax on alcohol sales would, according to the report's authors, be doubly justified.

However my research indicates that some authors have wondered if their book sales are reported accurately — while others have reported long delays in getting paid, even though their account indicates that sales were made (and they had trouble getting adequate answers from B&N support too; if any response at all!).

These ideas have been tested by my clients over the last few months and they all reported that they resulted in sales for the authors.

Interview (Starts at 26:24)-- Jeff Belle, Vice President of Amazon Publishing, reports the sale of 10,000 Kindle Serials during the first week since the program was launched and describes what he hopes will take place between authors and readers in «virtual - watercooler» discussions as the serials unfold.

Promotional pricing (sales), even going free briefly, has less influence on total earnings than I'd have expected, though a few authors have reported that putting one book free has increased sales of their other books, especially if it's a series.

As before, these earnings are across all channels, and Amazon sales still dominate, though several authors this time around reported Apple sales increasing, and in a few cases at least equaling Amazon earnings.

Centralized reporting of direct - from - author sales is tougher to come by, but by all anecdotal measures the independent market has taken off, notably in the also - still - large category of adult fiction.

Traditional publishers have long issued quarterly sales reports to their authors, often distributed three months after the fact, and... [Read more...]

While pioneers like Hugh Howey continue to release minutely specific and incredibly detailed reports on book sales for both self - and traditionally published authors, other authors are working at being as transparent about their decisions and their results as the terms of service for different retailers allow.

Last year, self - published e-books accounted for over 31 % of Amazon's Kindle Store sales, whereas Big Five traditional publishers accounted for only 16 % of sales according to an recent Author Earnings report.

However, the new AMS dashboard (located inside the KDP dashboard on the lower left after clicking Reports) will show the author how many clicks resulted in sales in order to demonstrate the viability of the program for that particular author and title.

Essentially, author Lani Sarem and B - list former child actor Thomas Ian Nicholas bought the book in bulk from retailers that report sales to the bestseller list, only the book wasn't actually available.

One of the findings associated with the report is that self - published books, which still only accounted for 5 % of all book sales in the UK last year, are bought for one of two reasons: either the author has established a dedicated following and a fan base, or they were bought on a whim due to book discovery or promotion.

From my personal experience and that of other authors I know, indie press houses have a poor record of sending monthly or quarterly sales reports, even if these reports are stipulated in the contract.

I've not used Kobo directly (I get my e-books onto Kobo through Smashwords), but it appears that they've done a very good job of reporting sales to authors.

Authors, writers, publishers of eBooks, audiobooks and short texts can... A) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii - without author contract - in real - time, without technical skills - with an own authorpage and online shop - enter all information such as description, tags, cover, price... - upload an eBook in one or multiple formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls... - high royalties per download - consolidated real - time sales reports - keeping full editorial and copyright control or B) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii and additionally on major eBook retailers - we convert eBooks to the ePub and mobi format for free - we distribute to the leading eBook - shops all over the world for free - we provide consolidated sales reports Readers have... - the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories and genres - an easy access to a huge variety of content - can instantly download after purchase - have the opportunity to rate and comment on eBooks

You can see sales by publisher name as well as by your own author name, making it easy to generate separate reports.

S&S provides weekly sales reports to their authors so I can see how many books I've sold (ebook or print) and also who sold them (indie bookstore versus chain versus places like Costco etc) They also have a great service to tackle piracy (a huge prob with ebooks).

The agency reports more than $ 8 million in annual sales for its authors.

Specific, in - depth nuts - and - bolts guides include The Unofficial Scrivener Workbook by M.J. Carlson, Excel for Writers by M. L. Humphrey (walks through how to create spreadsheets that track time spent writing, page production, year - to - year metrics, and keep track of your works), Excel for Self - Publishers by M. L. Humphrey (amazingly useful for indie authors, how to track ads and effectiveness, revenue by sales channel, keywords, amazon reports, and more), and The Author's Guide to Vellum by Chuck Heintzelman (an incredible new app for producing print and eBooks; I'm a total convert myself).

Authors have control over pricing, marketing and sampling of their book, and Smashwords offers free marketing and sales reporting tools to help you make the most of your launch.

Several bestselling authors have reported significant sales drops from a combination of the Kindle Unlimited program, traditional publishing dropping its prices, and an overwhelming number of books available.

Often when such deals are reported in the media, they're presented as if the author transitioned directly from self - publishing to commercial publishing, with no intervening circumstances — i.e., the publishers themselves found out about the great sales numbers or the buzz and were so impressed that they snapped the authors up.

For one, an author will no longer see that dreaded return unit in their monthly sales reports.

During the months of June and July, no expanded distribution channel sales were posted on the royalty report, yet customers were emailing the author letting her know how much the book was being enjoyed overseas.

A few of us got reviews, all got feedback on our blurbs and covers, but most saw only modest, if any, increase in sales, with the exception of one author who reported enough sales to boost her book well into the top 100 ranking area in several categories.

Some authors report an uptick in sales in the days and weeks following a free promotion, but certainly not all.

I've already seen reports that Kindle Unlimited is gutting ebook sales for participating authors — and may even be impacting sales for authors who aren't participating.

Many of these sales were simply not listed.The author contacted Createspace customer support, who gave assurance that all sales were being accurately reported.

Amazon's Author Central platform now includes book sales data as reported by Book Scan.

I Have Wanted To Write About This For A Long Time... And now, with all the stuff with Data Guy and the new Author Earnings report and him starting up a new business to sell our business sales information to the highest bidders, I figure it was time.

In terms of what his analysis offers to the industry — «I'm trying to solve the [same] problem the Big Five is trying to solve,» he said from the stage — Data Guy focused, in part, on an interpretation of debut - author unit sales, with 22 percent of them in 2014 coming from Big Five publishers, 11 percent in 2015 coming from Big Fives, and only 9 percent coming from Big Fives in the first quarterly report of 2016.

The approach usually centers on the author buying 3,000 — 9,000 copies of his or her own book through a behind - the - scenes agent who places the sales through retailers that report to the bestseller lists.

Check out AuthorEarnings.com for up - to - date reports on what authors are making with book sales.

The Author Earnings Report collects data from book sales, and now Manjula Martin's «Who Pays Writers» tumblr on freelance pay rates is part of Scratch, too.

He also said that in hindsight (and with more royalty - statement sales input from what he described as «dozens» of authors), it's possible to tell now that the ranking - to - sales curve in the original doing of this data dance was even farther off than the 18 percent he reported in the last quarterly article.

In addition, KDP reported that, «Enrolled authors and publishers, such as yourself, on average received 26 % more money in December for their KDP - Select enrolled titles from paid sales for the same titles.

The reports, which claim to only be interested in helping all authors make sound decisions based on a clear look at ebook sales data, are updated quarterly with different facets of bookselling.

Robertson quite freely admits that he only looked at a very small sample for each genre compared to the total number of titles published, and unlike the Author Earnings report with its thousands of titles to base its report upon, the focus of this glimpse wasn't sales, but how publishing method affected ranking.

Prior to joining Kobo, Michael was the founding CEO of the supply chain agency BookNet Canada, where he launched the national sales reporting service BNC SalesData and authored the publishing technology call - to - arms, «Six Projects That Could Change Publishing for the Better.»

I don't «follow» Hugh Howey and I believe the report is a fantastically accurate picture of Amazon's ebooks sales and author earnings.

Unfortunately, data like these reports, while vital to informed business practices for both authors and publishers, may eventually result in greater access to accurate sales data, but for now are only drawing ire from the industry's critics.

Interestingly, access to data is one chief area where self - published authors have a slight advantage over their traditionally published peers; sales data for most online retailers is updated at least hourly, whereas most traditionally published authors wait for quarterly sales reports from their publishers which are usually prepared one quarter behind.

The author (and still rights holder) has no access to the sales data or royalty payments, and instead has to request that information from the publisher in terms of quarterly sales reports and quarterly royalty checks, which often include as much as 55 % of net sales deducted for the publisher.