When ebook authors plan their book launches, many of them add blog tours to their marketing plans.
Not exact matches
PR WEB - Oct 13 - The new
eBook, written by
author and communications professional Susan Torbitt, is about dating experiences singles go through
when online dating.
When it comes to
eBooks they offer no advantage at all to the new
author.
The star player emerged
when ebooks made it possible for just about anyone to become a published
author.
The UK government is seriously looking into compensating
authors when their
ebooks are borrowed from public libraries.
Chances are, yes, a reader will get a poorly written or unedited book from time to time
when trying Indie
Authors, but it's also likely in a traditionally published
ebook.
Why should indie
authors or small publishers pay for ISBNs on
ebooks when those bring them absolutely no value?
It gives you far higher per - book earnings than traditionally published
authors are receiving (even those whose
ebooks are selling for $ 10 +), it gives the readers a deal
when compared to most traditionally published
ebooks, and it's often considered a fair price by those who feel that digital books should cost less than the dead - tree variety since paper, ink, and shipping aren't a part of the equation.
No
author in his right mind would advocate stealing
ebook titles except one who is already established and wealthy and could clearly care less about his work being stolen at this stage in his career... and no clear - thinking person could believe that the field has been leveled for creators of short fiction versus longer fiction
ebooks by the «pay per page» standard
when you include short illustrated works.
When you have already published your
eBook on XinXii and would like to offer it on other
eBook shops, then just write us an email at with the following information: - Title -
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author's
author's name.
When I first started this series, Apple's iBooks
Author (free) wasn't a viable
ebook editing app.
I understand how some indie
authors feel about putting all their eggs into one basket
when publishing
ebooks and paperback books in one account.
Because Australia is behind the US in
ebook sales they have many «names» that an
author will consider
when self - publishing including Lulu or Smashwords.
Those clairvoyant
authors who were smart enough to get into the Kindle Store back in 2009,
when so few mainstream titles were available as
ebooks, enjoyed the perks of a less crowded marketplace.
Authors, if you ever wonder where you should submit your
eBooks when doing your free Kindle promotion, you don't have to look any further than this list.
When the
author earns 1/3 of the
ebook royalties the publisher does, I'm okay with seeing that publisher go under.
If the
author earns $ 2.99
when his
eBook sells on Amazon for $ 2.99, how come the baker doesn't earn $ 2.99
when his bread sells in the supermarket for $ 2.99?
I became intrigued by this topic
when as an
author with two dozen e-books on Smashwords I read founder Mark Coker's «2013 Book Publishing Industry Predictions — Indie
Ebook Authors Take Charge,» Among other things, Coker noted that «If Amazon could invent a system to replace the
author from the equation, they'd do that,» and went on to describe how one innovative publisher, ICON Group International has already patented a system that automatically generates non-fiction books, and he worries that as the field of artificial intelligence increases, «how long until novelists are disinter - mediated by machines.»
I'll grant you that HB
authors will see their advances split into groupings that recognize there will be MORE money down the line
when trade or mm comes out, but that doesn't equate — to me — with the scenario you've come up for
ebook royalty payments being considered an «advance»
when paid after publication.
So, If the
author earns $ 2.99
when his
eBook sells on Amazon for $ 2.99, how come the firm that makes the bread doesn't earn $ 2.99
when his bread sells in the supermarket for $ 2.99?
This tends to happen
when an
author has had some good success with their
eBook sales and would like to create a print book using the POD programs offered by LSI and / or CreateSpace.
If an
author earne $ 2.99
when his
eBook sells on Amazon for $ 2.99, does Hachette earn $ 15 if it's hardback sells on Amazon for $ 15?
It is the US Tax ID that everyone, companies and individual
authors alike, must have
when publishing a book to one of the main
eBook retailers, like Amazon / Kindle, Apple / iBookstore, Barnes & Nobel / Nook etc..
I don't know of one
author that we haven't reverted
when the license was up, assuming we were out or low on stock and only selling minimal amounts of
ebooks.
One of the biggest expenses
authors face
when they publish independently is graphic design and
ebook development, which can cost up to $ 1,700.
Why would they give up all their
ebook revenue during negotiations
when people might be buying the Hachette books from other online retailers now and the
authors are getting their royalties from those sales?
you're invited to a special Published & Profitable
ebook design and
author marketing interview next Tuesday, November 1, at 4:00 PM EDT
when I interview Karen Wickham, from That's Creative Design.
Amazon talks a real good talk about how lower
ebook prices mean more sales, but
when they're going out of their way to make it hard for customers to buy Hachette
ebooks, it's the
authors who're losing the sales.
If Publisher does not:
eBook price: $ 10.00 $ 7.00 received by publisher (after 30 % sales commission to retailer) 25 % of net royalty Royalty to
author: $ 1.75 per title sold Yep, definitely worth the time to find out exactly how this term is going to be defined in the contract
when it comes to electronic books.
So what's a book publicist, or an
eBook author, to do
when they want to find
eBook promotion opportunities and they can't find them in the usual places that were so friendly to traditional
authors who needed media visibility for their traditional books?
When they find an
author they like, they go out and buy more books from that
author, whether they are print books or
ebooks.
A small break came in the impasse
when other groups besides publishers and aggregators began making
ebooks available to libraries, like
authors,
author groups, agents, booksellers, and smaller publishers.
Amazon offers a 70 % royalty to
authors when pricing
ebooks between $ 2.99 — $ 9.99 and 35 % outside that range or for specific regions if the book isn't in KDP Select.
Also I have wished for both p and
ebooks when I want the
author to sign the book for me but want to carry and read it whenever / wherever (cf Hugh Howey and Wool / Silo / Dust).
The company is citing «security concerns ``, much in the same way that Harper Collins cited the «need to protect their
authors»
when they imposed the 26 - circulation cap on library
ebook lending back in February 2011.
As more and more
authors now attempt to go back to their publishers to gain access to the rights to their unpublished digital books, Rowling enjoyed smooth sailing in the world of
ebooks as she had the foresight to keep those rights at a time
when digital books were unheard of.
The
author gets a higher royalty percentage, but NOT a higher royalty in dollars
when ebooks are priced at 9.99 or lower.
Geez, I went with Kobo to try to avoid giving money to Amazon and Barnes and Noble (I have some
author friends who think Amazon / B & N have poor business practice, as they undercut the publishers
when selling
ebooks which affects the publishers» /
authors» profits on the books that THEY produced), but now I'm wishing I just caved and bought a darn Kindle like everybody else did.
There are some things that
authors must keep in mind, though, especially
when considering the implications of a global
ebook retail market.
I don't read
ebooks out of personal choice (nothing against them, I'm just in love with books as objects) but
when I read a blog and the
author has a book coming up, I more likely to check it our if the cover is pleasing, daring, etc
That's a problem
when the software Autography developed allows
authors to digitally sign
ebooks.
When the Big Six publishers pulled their
ebooks from Amazon's lending program, Amazon fired back with a maneuver of its own, namely, to invite the self - published
authors to put their books in the lending library on the condition that it be available nowhere else, even as a free blog post.
Authors and publishers alike have experimented with bonus content in
ebook form, bundling titles, and even offering special promotional pricing that couldn't have happened
when there was a minimum profit margin that had to be maintained on an expensive print edition.
The
authors, publishers, and distributors who are fighting this diligently are trying to prevent the current positive tide of
ebook enjoyment from turning
when consumer readers are finally fed up with wading through the spam.
Authors who belong to major imprints and labels are apparently getting the shaft
when it comes to
ebook royalties.
When authors submit digital
ebooks to Barnes and Noble or Amazon, they have the option to «Opt in» to their books being loaned out.
Incidentally, no other retail
ebook platform offers anywhere close to this many book categories, meaning
when the book is uploaded elsewhere by the
author or publisher, the options to describe the book accurately for better discover can be pretty limited.
We all know it's a brave new world out there
when it comes to publishing — paper books,
ebooks, pdfs; Kindles and iPads and Sony Readers... and dozens of new startups too, offering even newer and more exciting options for
authors and readers alike.
When publishing an
eBook, it's smart to promote it with sample chapters or an
author interview.
The
authors suggest that
eBooks have a place in reducing teaching load and expense
when used as an adjunct to traditional methods.