Does anyone know anything
about the iBookstore's new Quick Reads program?
You may not hear a ton of news
about the iBookstore in Brazil, but Apple is currently... [Read more...]
You may not hear a ton of news
about the iBookstore in Brazil, but Apple is currently dominating the market.
Not exact matches
But with the growth of the Kindle, Nook and
iBookstores, Japanese publishers have been desperately playing catch up to not only learn
about the digital marketplace but also be a part of it.
ComiXology's chart gets skewed by a giveaway, Kindle and Nook remain
about the same as always, and zombies begin to take over the
iBookstore.
Polskin single - handedly researches new releases on the three major retail outlets — Amazon's Kindle Singles, Apple's Quick Reads in the
iBookstore and Barnes & Noble's Nook Snaps — as well browsing through new releases on the websites of
about 20 publishers.
I do have a question
about EIN's for the US
iBookstore.
While you may well be excited
about the Apple iPad and its
iBookstore, iPhone and iPod touch owners choosing not to upgrade to the newest 9.7 - inch device can still get e-reading on their iProduct right away thanks to a shelf - full of great e-book reading apps available now in the App Store.
(Another fun fact
about iTunes Producer: You can't ever update your metadata or screenshots without an email to the
iBookstore team.
Clearly the size and quality of Apple's
iBookstore is not a major selling point that Apple highlights when talking
about the benefits of the multifunctional iPad.
At the low price range, Kagi's bite of the sales price is
about the same as that from Smashwords, Amazon, and the
iBookstore, but those customers are your customers.
After finishing a recent project, the author read an article by Natasha Fondren
about optimum size specifications for amazon kindle, bn, nook,
ibookstore and ipad formats.
Julia, this was
about the worst example (unfortunately) that I saw of the dozen or so books I've looked at in the
iBookstore.
(2) In terms of data I'd like to see — it would be something
about the non-US markets for digital through Kobo and
iBookstore as well as Amazon.
At minimum, you want to reach Kindle & Nook, since they currently make up
about 70 — 80 % of all e-book sales, followed by Apple
iBookstore, Kobo (essential for Canadians), and Google Play.
Joanna, since my previous comment above (
about withholding tax) I've signed several books up with Bookbaby which * doesn't * withhold tax from non-US authors, and which distributes to B&N (non-agency) as well as
iBookstore & Amazon (both agency), and Sony (non-agency) for their respective devices.
Apple had this to say
about the allegations: The launch of the
iBookstore in 2010 fostered innovation and competition, breaking Amazon's monopolistic grip on the publishing industry.
Rates used to be lower before the
iBookstore and B&N began competing for self - published clients, so the argument goes that once Amazon forces out their competitors, they're gonna halve the royalty rate and rake in all those juicy profits (the Wall Street crowd is laughing right
about now at the concept of Amazon raking in profits).
While you may well be excited
about the Apple iPad and its
iBookstore, iPhone and iPod touch owners choosing not to upgrade to the newest 9.7 - inch device can still get e-reading on their iProduct right away thanks to a shelf - full of great e-book read...
I would argue that after launching the
iBookstore with great fanfare Apple is acting very much like a company that doesn't much care
about ebooks.
Smashwords, developed and operated by Mark Corker, recently offered advice
about selling through
iBookstore, the Apple outlet.
--[Yesterday's Apple announcement
about a self - authoring tool to get books into the
iBookstore sounded like a boon to comics creators and part of the whole DIY movement.