eReader was bought by Fictionwise, one of the biggest commercial
ebook sellers, in January 2008, then bought by US bookseller Barnes and Noble in July 2009 to form the basis of the Barnes and Noble ebook store.
The PocketBook 515 from PocketBook, which happens to be the leading
ebook seller in the country, is a small and light device.
In most cases, when an ebook store closes, the customers do not lose their existing ebooks, although they may need to set up a new account with whatever
ebook seller buys out the customer list of the closing ebookstore.
Joe Konrath is a thriller writer, a genuinely good guy, and a very successful
ebook seller for the Kindle.
IReaderReview.com recently did an article on the top 50 Indie
ebook sellers in March and I was very excited to come in at # 1.
The question raised is a good one: do we need consumer protection laws to prevent
an ebook seller from blocking access to a purchased title — whether through legalistic fiat or business collapse?
You can find links to
eBook sellers on the Manage Your Self - publishing Project webpage.
Self - publishing Guides are available at all major
eBook sellers.
Prices are competitive with other
eBook sellers.
I know that most
ebook sellers other than Amazon sell their books in ePub or some derivative of it.
With an eight - hour notice, all of these titles disappeared from our store as well as the stores of all other small
ebook sellers.
We are not a big 5 publisher but we are a top 10
eBook seller.
The biggest obstacle
the eBook seller and author have is the populations grasp of an intangible item.
Some independent
ebook sellers, such as Fictionwise, also sell books in Kindle - compatible format.
Seeking new ways to fund longform journalism, newspaper and magazine publishers have lately released a range of short, inexpensive ebooks, featuring repackaged feature articles (see The Atlantic's The Obama Presidency, Explained) and archival material (Vanity Fair's The Best of Vanity Fair: Elizabeth Taylor), through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other
ebook sellers.
Thus, my books appear in B&N, IStore, Kobo, Overdrive and many other
ebook sellers.
Amazon is the largest
ebook seller in the world and is thought to control over 45 % of the global market.
There are no big name
ebook sellers bundled on this tablet, but it does tap into the new Obreey ecosystem.
That's why two fairly recent startups,
ebook seller and social media platform Zola Books and Big Three book discovery brainchild Bookish.com, have joined forces in the fight against success with Zola's acquisition of the book search engine.
If
a ebook seller closes up shop and closes down their servers we all loose access to our books anyway.
He begins by outlining a staggering number of ways that companies can not compete with Amazon, but highlights the book discovery engine and the exclusive content as the only ways that
ebook sellers like the now - Bookish powered Zola can keep up.
How does having to spend a few days submitting one's new book to
every ebook seller's platform separately make any sense.
I am going to go into detail about why and how my master template works for all of the most important
ebook sellers in existence, but if you want to skip all the tech speak and jump right to the template, be my guest.
Being located in the U.S., it's difficult for me to search for non-U.S.
ebook sellers.
Be wary of going exclusive with one
ebook seller.
Many
eBook sellers let you give a preview into your book — the first couple of pages, or even the first chapter.
Every new hardware and
ebook seller means work for Amazon, and they can't hold a monopoly on the market.
I checked popular German
ebook seller Sofortwelten for Schlauchgelüste and it looks like it's no longer available — but then again, it's only 8 pm in Germany.
There are no middlemen; just authors and
ebook sellers — the
ebook sellers even take care of payment processing and fulfillment.
When Macmillan settled with the US Justice Department in February, it could no longer restrict the discounts that major
ebook sellers could charge for their titles.
With Windows 8, you have every major
ebook seller available and plenty of other content like comic books at your fingertips.
The lower eBook fees will be a reality in Europe during the next six months, as new agreements have to be ironed out with
eBook sellers and distributors.
There are plenty of
ebook sellers that, either as a matter of principle or for other reasons, sell DRM - free ebooks.
I also buy from local
ebook seller (palmknihy).
At that point, I simply gave up and decided to move on to other
ebook sellers.
The statement of claim in B.C. alleges that the defendants conspired to change the method by which e-books were sold, driving up prices, and with the intention of eroding the market share held by Amazon, which was the largest
eBook seller «before the alleged conspiracy was implemented,» it says.
The only thing I learned from the EPUB3 grid is that the major
eBook sellers are content with keeping us in the digital dark ages with DRM - lock in and poor rendering of HTML / CSS.
Not only would it benefit authors in ways you mentioned, but it would force the other
ebook sellers to ACTUALLY COMPETE, as right now their main draw is «we're not Amazon.»
In a climate in which internet start ups come and go every day, how can a brand - new
ebook seller plan to compete with the likes of established retailers like Amazon or Barnes & Noble, or even with smaller - but - popular sites like Smashwords?
GoodeReader reported last month on the startup of a new
ebook seller, Zola.
The move is being seen as part of the French government's plans to save independent booksellers from becoming extinct, a notoriety that online
ebook sellers have earned no matter how convenient it is for consumers to place orders and have them delivered at home for free.
As online booksellers and
ebook sellers provide millions of potential reader eyeballs and — best of all — reader credit cards, they are critical to the discovery and sales of both print book and ebooks.
Basically, it strengthens Amazon as the # 1 eReader and
eBook seller.
I say this, even though openness is a myth so long as
ebook sellers use DRM anyway.
There are a couple of ways you can add files to your Kindle without involving
an eBook seller like Amazon or Barnes & Noble.
The blogger pointed out that you can't count on retail
ebook sellers or their cloud storage to keep your books accessible, and gave several examples of ebook retailers who changed their policies or went under.
The big
ebook sellers already have these sort of analytics because we ask them to keep track of how far we've read.
EBook sellers have been experiencing incredible growth for years.
Amazon ought to be very worried about the tie - up of a best of breed eReader maker and a best of breed
ebook seller via a non-greedy wireless company intelligent enough to see the opportunity.
You'll have your favorite
eBook seller, just like you have your favorite paper book retailer today.