That's the thing
about ebook purchases: they usually aren't purchases.
While it might be hard to envision having your mom «unwrap» an ebook for Christmas, more and more consumers are turning to the portability associated with long distance gift giving and turning to virtual shopping; and according to a number of social media posts
about ebook purchasing, holiday gift givers are quite likely to purchase an ebook for themselves to read while traveling or while visiting relatives.
Not exact matches
(lucky me I had all the ingredients at home: b) I'm seriously thinking
about purchasing your two
ebooks, because if this was delicious I don't even want to know the others.
I've been thinking
about purchasing your
Ebook.
One thing that stood out to me after I
purchased the Truth
About Abs Workout
Ebook and Nutrition Program was that Mike Geary over delivers on the content he offers.
I have
purchased both of your
ebooks and I have always been confused
about one thing.
Hey Richard, I enjoyed the article, and am thinking
about purchasing your
ebook!
That's translated for us to
about 22,000 [
eBook] titles that we've
purchased so far.
I have a question
about the
ebooks — if we have, say 10
ebooks available for
purchase with Lulu is there a way for us to also offer a free one to our customers through Lulu?
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.
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One of the most other common problems we hear
about at Good e-Reader is the LENDME functions that allow you to share select
ebooks you
purchase from the Barnes and Noble
eBook store.
OverDrive, one of the leading sources of loanable digital content for public and school libraries, was represented by Potash, who spoke
about the statistics that show library patrons are more likely to
purchase a title after having borrowed the
ebook.
-- Imagine Nike or Under Armour giving a consumer a free
ebook about marathons with each
purchase of shoes $ 100 or more.
I sold
about 2700 copies of it during the month (not including those who
purchased through my eARC offering in August) and
about 6,000
ebooks across all of my titles and all stores (over 5,000 came from Amazon U.S.).
I don't know
about you, but with
ebooks so cheap, I tend to
purchase a story that interests me when I first hear
about it, and I have a hard time remembering whether I've already bought a title or not.
Each time an
ebook is borrowed the author gets a payment of
about $ 2, which is many cases is more than the royalty they would result had the
ebook been
purchased.
Meanwhile, as I have posted
about earlier, I've picked up a Kobo Mini in my effort to start shifting my
ebook purchases over to support Third Place.
I suspect they'll end up just like all those portable digital music players that plugged in like keyfobs — they'll still sell, but the readers that allow a fully integrated content cycle (
purchase, transfer, read) will be the ones that most people buy, because for most people, they just want to
purchase books in a convenient manner and not worry
about how they get onto the
ebook reader.
I am deeply concerned
about the fact that many libraries are increasing their collections of
ebooks to the point where a huge chunk of their collection development
purchases are
ebooks.
Library Journal and BiblioBoard have now announced the launch of Self - e, a site which will curate and vet this content so libraries can feel good
about purchasing ebooks without spending hours of manpower on every single title.
This partnership opportunity offers competitively priced
ebooks to avid digital readers as well as helping patrons feel good
about their reading
purchases, as they help the patrons» own libraries with each click.
The way it handles data can take two distinctive forms: personal information
about the user who
purchased the
eBook (such as an email address) or an ID number that the distributor can use to look up the user or transaction in a database.
I currently have an
ebook library of
about 1,500 books and all are marked as read / unread so, again, it's easy to find books I've already
purchased but haven't yet read.
The way it handles data can take two distinctive forms: personal information
about the user who
purchased the
eBook (such as an email address) or an ID number that the distributor can use to look up the user or transaction in a database and is otherwise meaningless.
While many e-reader recipients would logically be expected to open user accounts with the platform that serves their e-readers and then follow through with a few
ebook purchases in the post-gift giving excitement, it actually speaks volumes
about where consumers choose to spend their dollars and lend their support that patrons were checking out
ebooks on Christmas.
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.
Good e-Reader sat down at the Frankfurt Book Fair today with Theresa Horner, Vice President of Digital Content at Barnes and Noble, to talk
about the current state of the Nook division, the associated Nook Press self - publishing platform, and the upcoming affiliate drive to help authors receive an additional benefit for driving their own fans towards
ebook purchases that offer a return on the transaction.
If you have
purchased an
ebook, entered your payment information in Chrome or
purchased something in a store — you know what I am talking
about.
If you want to
purchase ebooks to learn
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They are popular in Europe because readers want to easily sideload their
purchased ebooks on their smartphone or tablet and not have to worry
about Adobe Digital Editions not supporting their device.
One of the best things
about the Nook is that you can
purchase ebooks from anywhere that sells
ebooks with Adobe DRM, which most
ebook stores do — except Amazon and Apple.
To prove how cutting edge my technology
purchases are, I made a choice early on
about what
Ebook reader I would
purchase.
Obviously there can be a lot more contributing to the drop in sales — a weaker economy means less consumers taking farther - reaching vacations, for example — but if the trend that came
about with the enhanced
ebooks is solid, could this mean that people who buy books
about business or technology embrace e-reading while readers who
purchase travel guides or cookbooks are less apt to choose digital over print?
First, the Amazon sales tax debate began creeping its way around the U.S., sparking blog and forum discussions across the country
about the state of online book and
ebook purchasing.
Obviously when we talked
about iOS the subject gravitated towards Apple and their new mandate to handle all of the subscription and
ebook purchasing.
But the pieces of the Scribd store I'm most excited
about is the real - time reporting (compared with a lag of a month or more with most
ebook resellers, including Amazon), the option to easily provide free updates to existing content, and the variety of adjustable display options — like preview amount, refreshingly optional DRM, and
purchase - link images.
Countdown Deals work for buyers who are budget conscious or who may be on the fence
about purchasing the
eBook.
Even if Borders ultimately doesn't come out of this, their
ebooks and
ebook store would essentially continue through Kobo, a completely independent company from Borders, so either way
ebooks purchased in the past or future from Borders are safe — you don't have to worry
about them disappearing if Borders goes under, which we all hope doesn't happen.
One of the things that I have written
about before and that has limited my Apple iPad from being the the ultimate
ebook reader has been the lack of support for public library
ebooks and those
purchased from other
ebook stores without dedicated applications, like the Sony eBookstore.
Update (3/28/2012): There has been a flood of posts
about the Harry Potter
ebooks, how the
purchasing process works, and the watermark - vs.
A savvy
purchase for a player who's serious
about the
ebook market.
When you
purchase ebooks from Google or select from the millions of free
ebooks, they get tied to your Google account, so you can read them on just
about any device with a web browser.
Indeed, I just saw a different market share study, done by asking samples of book readers
about their
purchases, that said that
ebooks were now
about 15 % of book spending, but
about 30 % of book sales, which dovetails with the observation of generally low price for the top selling
ebooks.
First I am very happy
about getting «free» via prime credits independent author's
ebooks, but since I can't use the credits on traditional books, I've already hesitated on a couple
purchases.
And the Book Browser is Amazon's sneaky workaround that lets users view information
about Kindle
ebooks without being able to buy them to avoid Apple's required 30 % cut for all in - app
purchases.
In this instance, we are talking
about creating a course or
eBook that you can make available for
purchasing online.
There are so many things swirling
about how libraries
purchase ebooks, it's hard to know where to begin.
What
about ebooks previously
purchased through other household members accounts?
I know in these discussions people always talk
about the reduced cost of production of
eBooks is less than for hardback books and as you say its not really relevant but what is (in my view) is the rights associated with the
purchase.