Not exact matches
The trends in other industries will
affect consumer expectations in
publishing — and in small ways, it already has, with a movement geared to opening copyrighted works to the public, and the US Department of Justice suing all of the «big six» and Apple for price fixing (iBookstore prices differ widely from Amazon's), which will likely give Amazon the upper hand in setting
ebook prices in the long run.
First, there was JA Konrath's post with Hugh Howey on how to determine how many
ebooks are sold, and how that information can
affect authors in their
publishing decision making.
Hoffelder also wrote that, «Curiously, Pellerin told [French newspaper] Le Figaro that self -
published ebooks as well as books by foreign publishers would not be
affected by this opinion, just books
published by French publishers.»
Whether you are
publishing an
eBook or physical copy of the book, authors have to pay attention to many details that can
affect a reader's experience.
Images have a HUGE impact in our self -
published eBooks and articles
affecting whether people will be drawn to your writings.
Today, they talk about all of the news surrounding Sony and Kobo joining forces on
eBooks and how it
affects indie authors and self -
publishing distribution platforms, such as Smashwords.
And self -
published authors set their own
ebook prices through Amazon's KDP, but those books weren't
affected, either.
eReader companies get more revenue and sell more
ebooks and that
affects all of
Publishing giving eReader companies more power and money and they put some / most / all of the money back into eReaders.
How will the rise of
eBooks and self -
publishing affect them?