Sentences with phrase «about ebook publishing in»

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As it stands, the vast majority — or 90 per cent — of publishers are indeed publishing ebooks, while about 19 per cent have made their entire libraries available in digital format.

Some of this has changed in the last year, as I have published other ebooks on Amazon.com and have learned more about the ebook publishing process.

2012 Note: Some of this has changed in the last year, as I have published other ebooks on Amazon.com and have learned more about the ebook publishing process.

«6 Vital Things You Need to Know about Online Dating» is an ebook published in Adobe Acrobat format for easy viewing.

About Blog Welcome to the website of Nicolas Antoniucci, writer and author of several books published in paper and digital formats (eBooks).

If you want to learn more about the very distinctive needs of K12 educational publishing, and why they are very different from those in corporate training or higher education, download the free eBook To Be, Or Not To Be?

Finally, a lot has been said this year about the quality or rather the lack of it, in the vast majority of self - published ebooks.

I discovered about How to Land (and Keep) a Literary Agent by Noah Lukeman (funny this is self - published, but I'm not knocking it in any way, shape or form) by way of one of the free eBook newsletters I get in my inbox, and I just knew I had to check it out.

In the latest sign of this disruption, author John Locke — who earlier this year became the first self - published author to sell a million ebooks — has signed an innovative deal with publisher Simon & Schuster that shows at least some players in the industry are thinking about how to adapt to the shifting balance of poweIn the latest sign of this disruption, author John Locke — who earlier this year became the first self - published author to sell a million ebooks — has signed an innovative deal with publisher Simon & Schuster that shows at least some players in the industry are thinking about how to adapt to the shifting balance of powein the industry are thinking about how to adapt to the shifting balance of power.

To inform participants about EPUB3 standard, and ways to deploy this standard in their current eBook publishing programme.

As a writer who is finishing Volume II, This Changes My Family and my Life Forever, and marketing (release date, December 20) Volume I, This Changes Everything of The Spanners Series, I am also writing, marketing, learning about ebook publishing, indie pub networking and methods, editing / revising, weighing in on cover art for Volume I (thanks, #Willowraven!)

I point you over here, at AuthorEarnings.com, where they're talking about how there is a strong shift in ebook purchasing over to indie - published and Amazon - imprint - published ebooks.

The reason why I am bringing this rather select subject up is that I have read commentators over the years, and also recently — and even in Angie's Diary — that evangelise the approach of eBook - only publishing, and use language and arguments that indicate that print publishing is about to collapse on itself and is ineffective — in other words, it will happen just around the corner.

This panel of top Spanish - language publishing executives talk about why ebooks have been slower to take hold in Spanish, what the future holds, and whether the historical dominance of Spain itself for global Spanish - language publishing is likely to continue or will be eroded by the forces of digital change.

Kozlowski is the only person I know oblivious enough to include a graph of daily ebooks showing indie books making up nearly 50 % of the US ebook market, and then in the very next paragraph babble about them only being a «drop in the bucket» relative to the trad - published side.

At yesterday's IDPF event, BiblioBoard's Mitchell Davis sat down with Good eReader to talk about the new feature that was just launched with Library Journal that will offer libraries a way to feel confident about including self - published ebooks in their lending catalogs.

«Back in the days before the Kindle and ebook publishing, here's how one usually got a book published: You had an idea for a book, you sat down and wrote it, and you went to the library and check out The Writer's Marketplace, or another book about agents and publishing.

To that end, I asked Angela to come by and fill us in on what we need to know about formatting for ebook publishing.

You'll now find their works — and about 200,000 other eBook titles from traditionally published authors — in the Lulu Marketplace.

I understand how some indie authors feel about putting all their eggs into one basket when publishing ebooks and paperback books in one account.

A little about me: I have two ebooks indie published (one available in print), a contract with a small press for a digital serial style series with the option of print on demand copies later, and more ideas and drafts then I know what to do with other then publish them one at a time myself.

Robert: Well, you and Joe are in a different league than most of the other writers thinking about self - publishing ebooks.

Download this month's issue here to read about ebooks, as well as other topics and trends in international publishing.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authorin the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authorin an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authorin ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authorin ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow auEbooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow auebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authorin self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authorin every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authorIn spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

For now, let me tell you about the pair of books — one published in paperback last week on August 6 and the other published as an ebook earlier this year.

I imagine in years to come publishing will just be an open market where authors publish e-books and they become successful if people tweet about it, i.e. a viral effect for ebook sales.

In 2012, about 35 % of my income came from ebook sales of my self - published backlist, and that income was instrumental in my being able to buy a house that yeaIn 2012, about 35 % of my income came from ebook sales of my self - published backlist, and that income was instrumental in my being able to buy a house that yeain my being able to buy a house that year.

QUESTION: If you have published and sell ebooks in the last 12 months, what advice would you give to new ebook authors about these types of stats?

It's easy enough to learn about eBook publishing, I promised her, and I'd handle her eBook's editing, and the conversion of her Word or PDF file to Kindle's mobi format (and to Barnes and Noble's Nook format, too, if she were interested in even wider eBook distribution).

Instead the success stories you hear are about that nobody who suddenly started selling tens of thousands of ebooks on Kindle (Amanda Hawking, Hugh Howey), or somebody else who was writing fan fiction in a public forum and somebody got in touch to help her publish it (E. L. James).

To learn more about publishing an eBook in time for the holidays, visit www.lulu.com/publish/eBooks.

I am not published by Macmillan but plenty of my friends and colleagues are and they do not deserve their books being mucked about with while Amazon asserts itself as the only game in town or Macmillan digs in over how many dollars an ebook needs to cost.

I'd have to figure out all of the details about how everything works in ebook publishing and production.

Committed: A Novel About Dreams, Writing, and Self - Publishing is currently available exclusively on Amazon.com in both paperback and Kindle eBook versions.

But while self - publishing can be surprisingly fast and easy — one could take a Word document to retail ebook in about three minutes, if pressed — it's definitely not a fast and easy path, and there's lot of effort and knowledge required to be successful.

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.

In addition we are hoping to present over 100,000 commercial eBook titles from our friends at Digital Pulp Publishing, & eBooks About Everything and other fine commercial eBook sources... for a grand total of nearly 3/4 million eBooks.

But let's think about this: The ebook you may have published on a CD may be inaccessible in 25 or 50 years, simply because we may not have the technology readily available to read it.

We are not averse to ebooks (about thirty of our published titles are now available as ebooks, including our best seller) but by definition this will be a bricks and mortar bookshop, that can also order any book in print.

There are a few criteria the system has developed in order to have quality ebooks in their system, such as any book that has been recognized for excellence in any Midwest Book Awards category, any book written or published by a member of the Midwest Independent Publishers Association, any independently or self - published book written by a Minnesota author, and any independently or self - published book about Minnesota.

The Copenhagen Post published an article this week about an ebook startup idea that seems to have already come and gone in the minds of other consumer markets.

Additionally, by being selective about what companies would be in on the final release of the ebook editions, Rowling has created her own publishing company solely to oversee the expected galactic - proportion sales of the Potter series, rather than conceding fees as high as 30 % to the current online bookselling giants.

Many luminaries in the publishing industry are going to talk about the merits of eBook subscription services.

In the most interesting news about the launch, the Unlimited catalog — which features 600,000 ebooks and 2,000 audiobooks — automatically includes self - published works that authors have listed in Amazon's exclusive program, KDP SelecIn the most interesting news about the launch, the Unlimited catalog — which features 600,000 ebooks and 2,000 audiobooks — automatically includes self - published works that authors have listed in Amazon's exclusive program, KDP Selecin Amazon's exclusive program, KDP Select.

One of the initial debates about the recent growth of digital publishing was in the way that ebooks were viewed by consumers and by the publishing industry.

Therefore, you will hear more about eBook formats in the coming months as publishing moves in an increasingly digital direction.

The emergence of eBooks, and particularly applications and software allowing the exchange and purchase of eBooks, have brought about a complete revolution in the publishing circle and in people's reading habits.

Margaret Harrison [00:02:07] Oh thanks, well so, yeah, I've worked my whole career in publishing and I started out on the ebook side working for OverDrive, a major distributor of ebooks at public libraries, and focusing on ebooks, so much of it is about the metadata, not just getting books into channels but also making sure those books, as Justine said, can be discoverable, can be found, and so I started spending a lot more of my time on metadata, and I'm a curious person so I got to know a lot and here I am

He's been following the UMPC - MID-Tablet-Kindle-Ipad theme for a while and also knows a bit about ebook publishing, ereading and reading in general.

In an interview about the future of digital publishing granted to independent website Scroll.in in April, Arnaud Nourry, Hachette Group CEO — one of the world's Big Five English language publishers, said that he was convinced there was something his company could invent using their content and digital properties beyond eBookIn an interview about the future of digital publishing granted to independent website Scroll.in in April, Arnaud Nourry, Hachette Group CEO — one of the world's Big Five English language publishers, said that he was convinced there was something his company could invent using their content and digital properties beyond eBookin in April, Arnaud Nourry, Hachette Group CEO — one of the world's Big Five English language publishers, said that he was convinced there was something his company could invent using their content and digital properties beyond eBookin April, Arnaud Nourry, Hachette Group CEO — one of the world's Big Five English language publishers, said that he was convinced there was something his company could invent using their content and digital properties beyond eBooks.