«This disparity shows the opportunity for libraries to provide
better ebook services, as well as the potential threat of patrons becoming comfortable with buying ebooks instead,» the report notes.
BookBaby appears to be a subsidy print publisher that offers
good ebook services.
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I usually suggest that authors start by investigating the free or low - cost
services with
good reputations in the self - pub community: Createspace, IngramSpark, and Lulu if they want to do print as
well as
ebooks, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and the direct - to - ereading - device
services (Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing, Barnes & Noble's Nook Press, and Kobo's Kobo Writing Life) if they want to do an
ebook only.
If you're self - publishing a print version of your book, as
well as an
ebook, you may
well have noticed that many print - on - demand companies offer design
services.
For self - publishing, I usually suggest that authors start by looking at the free or low - cost
services, including Createspace and IngramSpark if they want to do print as
well as
ebooks, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and the direct - to - ereading - device
services (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo) if they want to do an
ebook only.
Partly this is due to lots of people using automatic conversion
services, and partly that it takes quite a bit of hand work to create a
good - looking
ebook that's got a lot of formatting in it.
The variety of
services enables and supports digital publishing, distributes and monitors digital
eBooks, as
well as provides a suite of online marketing tools.
Vook's latest pricing compares favourably with automated self - publishing
services like BookBaby (US149 - $ 249 per title plus $ 19 per title for distribution), and with outsourced
ebook conversion
services, though the latter is a
better option if you need to work from hard copies or print - ready PDFs, neither of which is supported by Vook.
Draft2Digital will now offer distribution to Oyster, an
ebook company
best known for its leading subscription
service for
ebooks.
I believe hitting this agency crap on that level would burn it for
good and free
ebooks from this nonsense of them being a
service as
well as create the second hand market that
serviced those who were unable to afford traditional books in the past.
«Publishers can now take advantage of OverDrive's EPUB3 support to create enhanced
eBooks using open standards that display children's picture books as the author and publisher intended, as
well as to add interactive elements within the page to further engage the reader,» said Alexis Petric - Black, OverDrive's Director of Publisher
Services.
Two
well - known names in book
services, Reedsy and Blurb, are partnering to streamline the process for authors with
ebook and POD
services.
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«We are launching our
ebook retail platform and membership
service targeting book clubs,» explained Librify co-founder and CEO Joanna Stone Herman in an interview with
Good e-REader.
Creating strong competition in the publishing world means competition on the things Amazon is doing
well (innovative excellence in customer
service at the print and
ebook level).
You're going to depend on your staff to gather information about the
ebook industry, production
best practices, new products that could save you time and money, new
services from innovative companies, and so on.
And they also have to be willing to invest money in a
good editor,
ebook conversion
service, and cover design, all of which combined can run in the area of $ 1,500.
Adept Content Solutions Lori Martinsek Specializes in editorial, translation, and book production
services as
well as
eBook conversion.
Really, a long kind of length of the entire book, everything from editing, now, we offer, obviously, the printing
services,
eBook formatting, distribution, and now we have marketing consultations as
well.
I'm getting back on track with not only writing my own novels, but my
ebook formatting
service, as
well.
Specifically, Draft2Digital and what appears, on the face of it, to be their no - hassle
ebook creation
service as
well as the smaller epub
services.
He offers cover design for both
ebook and print as
well as book layout
services.
$ 4 gets you a free
ebook; larger donations earn you deep discounts on professional editing, proofreading and writing tutor
services, all of which can do
well, despite the concussion.
They offer a newsletter
service with
ebook deals to subscribers as
well as an app with an advertised «Book of the Day».
BookBaby has primarily been offering
ebook services (starting at $ 99) but now offers short - run digital book printing as
well.
Personally, I'm still rather too attached to my paper to go all in on
ebooks, but if I was going to, I think I'd be quite happy to subscribe if the
service was
good and the library extensive.
One of the
best ebook formatting companies is Brady Type; eBookPartnership.com also provides fixed layout
services.
Addressing these concerns will require OverDrive and our library partners to cooperate to honor geographic and territorial rights for digital book lending, as
well as to review and audit policies regarding an
eBook borrower's relationship to the library (i.e. customer lives, works, attends school in
service area, etc.).
Instead, it left those as clumsy, web - page based (at
best) beta
services and focused exclusively on selling
ebooks.
Beginning as a site that lets users buy a bundle of video games for a
better price than they could if they were to choose titles individually, Humble Bundle has expanded their
service to include
eBooks and Audio as
well.
The real benefit of
eBook subscription
services is the capacity to aggregate a critical mass of frontlist content for users from a diverse mix of the
best publishers in the world.
«This spike in library lending of
eBooks, audiobooks, and streaming video is the result of the tremendous efforts of thousands of librarians, as
well as significant ease - of - use improvements including seamless integration with library catalogs,» said Shannon Lichty, OverDrive's Director of Partner
Services.
Oyster,
better known as the Netflix of
eBooks, has just launched a new childrens section today, which should give parents another reason to sign up for the
service.
Better still are my
services, which are customised and individualised for each
ebook project.
I am especially interested as
well because I am in the process of writing my own
eBook and would love to have it published through this
service.
Draft2Digital — Draft2Digital is a deceptively powerful
service for
ebook creation as
well as distribution.
But we're taking aim at it with the same problem - solving skills and expertise that have made Draft2Digital the
best eBook distribution
service on the planet.
Pressbooks ($ 59 thru 3/31; normally $ 99): Using our self -
service platform to DIY, you can generate print interior files as
well as
ebook formats that meet complex, professional - standard design specs.
Well, there are a lot of similar
services for German authors (you can find a list of
ebook promotion websites here) but is there anything that will work like a «magic bullet»?
What's worse, a lot of publishers who are reasonable, useful, and valuable to other groups of writers are ruthless and exploitative to this group, e.g. Penguin Random House's Author Solutions and similar
services as
well as some of the
ebook - only lines that many publishers have.
EBook distributors charge a percentage of royalties for their services, but the ease of keeping track of sales across all platforms, as well as access to many smaller eBook retailers, may well be worth the
EBook distributors charge a percentage of royalties for their
services, but the ease of keeping track of sales across all platforms, as
well as access to many smaller
eBook retailers, may well be worth the
eBook retailers, may
well be worth the cost.
Second, if you enroll in KDP Select, your book will become available for free to readers who subscribe to Kindle Unlimited (the
ebook subscription
service that costs $ 9.99 / month), as
well as the Kindle Owners» Lending Library.
The
best way to combat this is to make the price attractive AND make the content available to anybody who can pay, as Stevie said, people in the UK cant even get
ebooks from amazon, the UK and EU are prime markets that are from what i have been told, being ignored by most larger
ebook services, and those that do sell to the EU / UK do nt have alot of the larger titles.
Bookbaby.com offers distribution to most
ebook companies and offers print book
services as
well.
Some online
service companies work hard to automate some of these processes, which can work
well for the author who has lots of time and the interest in learning how to navigate online systems such as
ebook conversion platforms.
A
better alternative is self - publishing, either via a print - on - demand self - publishing
service such as Lulu.com or iUniverse, or one of the increasingly popular
ebook - only alternatives, such as Smashwords.
Well, there are a lot of similar
services for German authors (you can find a list of
ebook promotion websites here) but is there anything that will work like -LSB-...]