Sentences with phrase «most traditional ebook»

Most traditional ebook readers have a six - inch e-ink screen, that is measured diagonally although there are both smaller — like the Kobo mini at five inches — and larger options, such as the seven - inch Kindle Fire.

Not exact matches

$ 3 is still not a huge stretch compared to the $ 10 or more most traditional publishers are charging for ebooks, but as an Indie author, I want to make sure to keep a handle on what my readers are expecting and willing to pay.

What is apparently falling are the limited selection of overpriced ebooks saddled with DRM that most «traditional» publishers put out.

-- The most frequently nominated format for works published in the previous year is a print book by a traditional publisher (44 per cent of authors), followed by an eBook by a traditional publisher (34.3 per cent).

Independent authors and Amazon - imprint authors sell more eBooks per day than the traditional publishers combined which is the uncomfortable truth that most industry observers, and those in the Big Five publishers, find it hard to swallow.

Most of us are familiar with J.A. Konrath, who, after self - publishing several of his unpublished novels in ebook form and realizing how much more money he could make on his own than with a traditional publisher, became indie publishing's most vocal champMost of us are familiar with J.A. Konrath, who, after self - publishing several of his unpublished novels in ebook form and realizing how much more money he could make on his own than with a traditional publisher, became indie publishing's most vocal champmost vocal champion.

One of the most startling findings is that for traditional publishers, 48 % of their sales are online in the form of either audiobooks or ebooks.

While the traditional publishing world was doing its thing (the same old, same old thing, for the most part), self - published books (and that includes self - published ebooks, by the way) have established their own strong track records and earned their own top - notch book promotion opportunities.

Chatfield goes on to suggest that selling books DRM free, without the use restrictions that most eBooks presently have, opens up «the tantalizing possibility of helping digital reading preserve all the advantages of its weightless, infinitely capacious medium while regaining some of the rich possibilities of physical books — and specifically those communities of lending, discussion, sharing and recommendation that are the traditional lifeblood of reading.»

Most of that fluff and blather is coming from new intermediaries who take a smaller cut than traditional publishers, while putting your eBook on a virtual shelf where no one who doesn't already know it exists will ever find it.

Then again, most PB apps / ebooks are interactive, adding a cost of production, which is not there, in traditional printing.

As I have been saying here over and over and over, most electronic books sold through most major ebook retail outlets are sold by traditional publishers in the price range of $ 7.99 to $ 15.99.

Rather than opening with the interesting news of what this highly respected pair have found in their most recent quarter of evaluation, they lead with a sarcastic recitation of ways they assert that the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and the traditional industry have incorrectly characterized the ebook market in the past 18 months or so.

While the publishing climate is certainly changing, I think as long as sales are tracked through traditional outlets and publishers continue to put the most emphasis using Bookscan as a primary sales reference point — versus an author's statement that the book has sold 3,000 copies in back - of - the - room sales or as ebooks — big publishers are going to be wary of publishing authors that are showing, say, 100 copies sold.

But I and most of you reading this are transitioning to eBooks from a rich prior relationship with traditional books.

Consider the eBook: In general, I find that most traditional publishers don't know how to price an eBook.

Chris from Bilbary elaborated «I expect there will be a place for dedicated apps for the foreseeable future — most publishers still require «traditional» ebook DRM — namely that provided by Adobe Content Server — so the only way to display this content is with a native app developed using the Adobe RMSDK.

One of the most recent publishers to announce its partnership with hybrid authors is New York - based ebook publisher Diversion Books, whose roots in the traditional publishing industry have opened the doors for a wider transition in digital - only publication.

Of these ebooks, most independently published ones have a larger market share than traditionally published ones when broken down into genres: Self - published romance, mystery, horror, science fiction and fantasy all sell better from indie authors or Kindle imprints than they do from traditional publishers.»

The publisher emphasized his risk, saying that most of these ebooks haven't been runaway successes and, because they are solely digital, it's difficult (or impossible) to get them reviewed in traditional venues.

The Rise of Alternatives to Traditional Publishers — AuthorEarnings.Com reports that in 2015, nearly half of all ebooks sold on Amazon (the most influential digital retailer) are either self - published, published by micro-publishers, or are generated through an Amazon Imprint.

But traditional publishers are holding the prices high and most readers (not all) are accepting that, when the price for the ebook is in a reasonable range.

Learn what is required to publish with traditional print publishers, as well as the most popular new formats: Kindle or Smashwords ebooks, and print - on - demand with Amazon's CreateSpace.

But since most eBook publishing involves authors whose chances of landing traditional media coverage is necessarily limited (for now, anyway), it's good to know that eBook promotion doesn't mean fewer book publicity opportunities.

For example, if authors want to participate in the largest and most traditional of publishing models — proponents of which are at such pains these days to defend — it really is rather daunting to think that they, those authors, need to be prepared to suffer what appear, in fact, to be unfair royalty structures on the fastest - growing sector, ebooks.

While there are several great ebook writing and conversion apps available — from free to hundreds of dollars for every platform — most people still prefer writing in a traditional text editor.

Suddenly in local newspapers all across America, one of the most traditional comic strips ever was launching a detailed debate about the pros and cons of reading ebooks on a digital reader.

EBooks are the future of self publishing: Most authors like to publish eBooks as they are easy to sell than traditional books due to their low pEBooks are the future of self publishing: Most authors like to publish eBooks as they are easy to sell than traditional books due to their low peBooks as they are easy to sell than traditional books due to their low prices.

whether book readers are transitioning from ebook purchases to audiobook purchases; that's where most of the sales gains are happening for traditional publishers.

Cliff: Data Guy's January DBW presentation sharpens your point... Traditional publishing is now the narrow, rocky path for most authors with books in categories such as romance and thrillers where readers have overwhelming moved to ebooks and self - published content has gained the most traction.

In the past, traditional publishing followed a well - defined path of first releasing a «real» book in the most expensive format possible, followed by a less expensive paperback and an eBook.

By most estimates, indie ebook authors have captured between 20 and 30 % ebook market share measured by unit volume (and much more in some genres), and this share will continue to grow in the years ahead because indie ebook authors enjoy numerous competitive advantages over traditional publishers

(I know that this, like much of publishing, is changing, but in June 2009 most traditional publishers were adamant about not publishing print and ebooks at the same time.)

With the exception of blogging, most of the traditional ways to build platform won't provide your business or your ebook with the online exposure or long - term online «discoverability» you desire.