Sentences with phrase «about ebook profit»

Look, I'm be big Amazon user and I like their consumer - focus business model, that said, Amazon can self proclaim all they want about ebook profit growth, until they release actual numbers nothing is real.

King, along with nearly 900 other authors, signed a letter in support of publisher Hachette, who is in a revenue - negotiation struggle with the online retail giant about ebook profits.

Not exact matches

Publishers are seeing squeezed profit margins and they are clearly on notice about how third parties such as Amazon are controlling the perception of what pricing should be for eBooks (with their $ 9.99 price point or lower).

Not to spit on publishing, but seriously, what to do about ebooks and slim profit margins pales in comparison to the cultural impact libraries have and the financial challenges they're currently facing.

Most like, you've probably heard them go on at one point or another about the importance, power and profit margin of the eBook.

Penguins profit is up to about 60 million dollars for this year so far and poises itself to be one of the leading ebook developers on the market.

You fail to note that the ebook copy has a far higher profit ratio, no publishing cost, no shipping cost (most ebooks are so small it would take thousands of downloads for the cost to be worth even talking about)

I have heard that publishers have a higher profit margin with ebooks versus hardcover and paperbacks.I am guessing this is more about Amazon.

Also, about 200 independent bookstores in the American Booksellers Association will be able to use the Google eBook platform to sell books, sharing profits with Google without the need to build an online platform, she said.

And her statements about making sure everybody profits fairly from the ebooks or whatever are BS.

Paying authors about 10 - 20 % less than most other ebook retailers, a typical scenario, actually works out to about twice the profits for Amazon in comparison to almost all other retailers.

Yes, I know we are all optimistic about the evolution of ebooks and their leading to greater profits for authors, but until the gatekeepers in publishing learn to let go, then ebooks will become the new mode of publishing.

After all, why would give up 70 % of the takings for less than 25 % of the takings - I'll refer you to Amy Shojai's blog post about legacy Ebook publishing for the numbers: http://amyshojai.com/2011/05/17/tuesday-tips-kindle-ization-2-brass-ring-or-lead-balloon/ Now if someone comes along, and can help me increase my sales by x % at y % cost, so that I increase my profits by z % as Joe put it, I'd be crazy not do go with them.

Those are great tips about making a profit from your ebook, Kathleen.

As the report seems to have been completed before the recent news about Barnes and Noble's upcoming eBook store, there's no prediction as to how they may make a dent in Amazon's profits.

In a recent month, I calculated about 20 - 25 % of the gross receipts for my ebooks went to delivery fees, leaving me only 45 - 50 % profit.

It would be especially interesting to see if any effect was great enough to directly offset the reduced profit from ebook sales, or is it possible that publishers could have been selling more ebooks all along without worrying about it hurting their paper sales?

Was just reading about some start - up that is drumming up total sales without disclosing actual profits and was reminded of what's going on with eReader and eBook Figures.

The nice thing about selling ebooks and and other digital products like mp3s is that the money you make is virtually all profit.

Many commentators have claimed that the whole ebook subscription business is unsustainable, but Amazon is in a unique position of never worrying too much over whether it's making a straightforward profit, but instead more concerned about whether it's building business.