While the majority of the AAP monthly data
about ebook revenues comes from the Big Five US trade publishers, the majority of the non-AAP ebook revenues goes to self - published ebooks and indie published ebooks.
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(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 au
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 au
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 authors.
If they're talking
about giving up the
ebook revenue as well as the print
revenue; you're wrong... that would cripple them.
2 min readIn recent weeks, we've made some pretty big announcements
about eBooks: an industry best 90/10
revenue split, distribution to Barnes & Noble's NOOK, a handy new Word to EPUB Converter, and a new Manage Distribution page that lets you opt - in... Continue Reading →
I have all nineteen of my books on Kobo, but it is still only
about 3 to 4 % of my
ebook revenues.
Of course, much of the data is talking
about ebooks over print sales, but as Walsh's assessment from AuthorEarnings shows, print book
revenue for the actual author is nothing compared to their digital income.
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.
If readers become accustomed to paying such low prices for
ebooks, will that also devalue the print book, which still accounts for
about 80 % of most North American publishers»
revenues?
As the study showed, digital book sales for
about one - third of the
ebooks publishers now make up double digit
revenue, and the sales of
ebooks in many categories are continuing to grow.
In the U.S. alone,
ebooks sales account for
about 25 % of titles being sold, and that translates into nearly 20 % of
revenue for the industry.
If you add the publisher's own editorial costs associated with producing the
ebook, say another 5 - 10 % of
revenue, that brings total «editorial» costs to
about one third of sales.
I don't even know how to say what I feel
about publishers at this point — part of the problem is that they insist on acting as if we are still in the 1800's — they haven't changed their business models in a long time and they really are almost clueless when it comes to looking at the future of books — I wouldn't mind paying more for an
ebook or even a paper based book if the author was getting more
revenue but it's not
about the author at this point it's all
about the publisher.
But Richard Mollet, chief executive of The Publishers Association, said it was difficult to calculate the size of the problem in Britain, where
about four percent of combined print and
ebook revenues come from digital works.
My KU
revenue is
about 1/3 of my
ebook revenue.
And I think that's backed up by the fact that many ereaders are priced
about the same, even those (kobo, iriver, etc) that don't have an
ebook store to collect extra
revenue from.
Publishers will be forced to cede more
revenue to authors, the idea that 25 % Net is a defensible long - term
ebook royalty rate is a farce best forgotten
about quickly.
And, one of the best things
about the
ebook explosion is that
revenues for the publisher increase without as much outgo.
This isn't necessarily
about marketing, but as long as you're trying to make more from selling your
ebooks, why not try to add additional
revenue streams to your income?
You can't have
ebooks enrolled at Smashwords (Mark Coker must be # $ % ing his pants
about now over lost
revenue — his post is worth reading though) or distributed anywhere else, including your own website.
Back in 2010 there was some debate
about whether a publisher could maximize
revenue by delaying the release of an
ebook.
Apart from the publicly available data
about the lower end of
eBook price points capturing reader's attention, the latest data analysis from the German website, die Self - Publisher - Bibel, suggests that between $ 0 and $ 2 is not necessarily the sweetest spot in terms of
revenue in several markets that readers chase after.
So, how many
ebook customers does Amazon have to trash before we figure out they do not care
about the
ebook customer, only the
revenue opportunity that someone else may be getting.
Last week we talked
about how Suzy is considering writing an
eBook or two as another source of
revenue from her travel blog.