Further to this, whilst almost a quarter (23 %) of
book buyers think that print books cost too much, just 16 % feel the same about e-books.
They have the experience, they know the market and how media and
book buyers think and can present your book to these outlets effectively.
If you had asked included «ebooks should cost the same as hardcovers» and «ebooks should cost the same as paperbacks» and «ebooks should cost less than paperbacks», I think you would have gotten more specific, useful data about what
book buyers think regarding ebook prices.
Whether you intrigue, enchant, puzzle or outrage, your book's title should make the prospective
book buyer think, «I want to know more.»
Not exact matches
Many of these decisions are made with only the bottom line in mind without any
thought to the
book pre-order headache that the
buyer might experience.
«Since
book buyers expect the price of a Kindle e-
book to be well under $ 9, once you get to over $ 10 consumers start to say, «Let me
think about that,»» said Codex CEO Peter Hildick - Smith.
I and am working on
Book Two, as I
think having more products on Amazon creates confidence in
buyer
Conventions and
book store events are great for pulling in readers who are already your fans, but
thinking outside of the box with your
book marketing can result in a new group of
book buyers who might never otherwise considered reading anything you've written.
Think of it from the
book buyer's perspective: if people don't know about your
book, they won't know to buy it.
Opinion remains a vital element not only in everyday life but also in the awards process, the publication process and the
thought process of the
book buyer.
Think about this: Every
book you sell on Amazon is now likely to show up in the
buyer's Goodreads account, within easy view of 16 million readers, on an ever increasing scale, automatically.
Now you would
think that those
book store
buyers were adequately motivated to pay attention to what the readers wanted to buy, but that turned out not to be entirely the case.
I
thought it would be a nice perk to produce a paperback version of my
book since many potential
buyers were asking for paper; they were somewhat confused and
thought they needed a Kindle to purchase the e version.
No, the publishers chose to «brand» the series with covers that looked so much alike,
book to
book, that the bookstore
buyers thought they already had the
book in stock when, in fact, they were looking at a new
book in the series.
Think first about where a guest post might reach the most potential
buyers for your
books.
Think of this statement in this way; if your
book is surrounded by hundreds of similar - sized
books on a shelf in a bookstore, what would persuade the
buyer to choose your
book instead of one of the others?
Now that Author Solutions has found a...
buyer in Penguin — or rather Pearson, the company that owns Penguin
Books — you'd probably
think that the so - called vanity press self - publishing model has been given the blessing by «traditional publishing.»
Interestingly, 14 % of those who hadn't yet bought a
book in 2015 said that they were likely to give
books as gifts this Christmas — though a similar proportion of heavy
book buyers said that they were not
thinking of doing so.»
Here's a quick question for all authors: Do you
think that the world... your
book buyer will find you by putting the topic you write about in any search engine and you pop up at the top of the list?
Because
book buyers, booksellers, librarians, even some savvy consumers are lead and «trained» to
think of professionally published
books as the standard.
Who Should Attend PLC BEA is particularly beneficial for US publishing executives who are
thinking and / or dealing globally; international visitors to BEA; rights
buyers and sellers; and others in trade publishing focused on strategy and where the digital transition is headed next in remaking
book publishing.
Patchett told The Bookseller that authors should become more involved in the industry and take greater responsibility as part of a wider ecosystem, just as
book -
buyers should
think twice about purchasing through the cheapest channel, like Amazon, if it means they might lose their local bookshop.
I don't pretend to be any kind of expert, but, when you
think about how to get people to buy your
books, try to
think as an average reader /
book buyer.
They
think their
book will just be a giant magnet in the sky, attracting streams of
book buyers.
LSI isn't in this business to lose money, I don't
think they are just picking up the shipping, that's between Amazon and the
book buyer as far as I know.
They seem to believe that casual readers (users who don't
think a dedicated reading device makes sense) form a Long Tail that will end up being more important than eReader owners and physical
book buyers.
While those titles are all public domain, and thus freely available elsewhere, I
think it's a great idea by Kobo: it makes the eReader seem like a better deal (that's like paying $ 1.49 per
book and getting the eReader for free), and also makes it blindingly simple for a
buyer to start reading right away.
Yes, if they have 4,000 followers for their blog, I can understand why they might
think they would get 4,000
buyers for their
books.
I always
think of a «sell sheet» as the sheet that sells my
book to the
buyer.
Finding prospective
book buyers is much more effective when working your way into new arenas... arenas most other authors skim over or never
think about.
If you
think of yourself as a brand — an author brand — you can begin to conceptualize how you might lure potential fans and
buyers of your
books to your author website.
Type in the terms or phrases you
think your potential
book buyers will search on in the «search for new keyword and ad group ideas» box at the top left side and click search.
So I have to say that, although I
think it's highly likely that ebooks will replace dead tree
books over the next few years and reduce them to the status that vinyl records currently enjoy in the world (curios for a minority of
buyers, sold by specialist shops), I do also see that paperbacks still have a place in the world, and that for a while longer people will still want them.
Personally I
think the physical retail presence and access to HEAVY
BOOK BUYERS and BROWSERS via that retail presence is the key to Barnes & Noble's success with the Nook.
I don't
think that
book buyers care whether they can buy both print and e from the same store, so you're not doing them a disservice by not offering ebooks.
I
think buyers are getting savvy where discounted
books are concerned.
Re: overall flat sales, I would
think that the hardcore
book buyers (who are open to shifting their reading habits from
books to eBooks) have long ago purchased a device — Kindle, Nook, iPad, etc..
I genuinely DO NOT
think all
buyers of e-
books are going to turn around and «share» my
books thousands of times on a pirate site, but the fact that more people have FREE copies of my
books than my publisher has sold makes me a bit concerned about my ability to pay my bills every month.
I
thought I would be rational - I had read tons of
books, gone through Buffetts advice, and
thought I'd be a
buyer.
Personally, I could do without the shock - value anecdotes that are reportedly in this
book, which I
think by extension hurts all of us who writeabout travel, but Kohnstamm will probably gain
buyers for his
book because of these titillating incidents.
With hybrid cars sales seemingly continually on the rise, and hybrids infiltrating multiple facets of the car market, Kelley Blue
Book did a survey to determine what potential hybrid car
buyers are really
thinking about; CNN took the top seven questions and answered them.
He has a thesis in his new
book about how kind of
buyers or clients are taking control of the dynamics of the industry and as part of that, I
think he and you advocate for lawyers and small law firms,
thinking more like businesses and
thinking about clients as
buyers and things like that, that we'll get into in the episode, but one of the topics that I
think is interesting to talk about then is something we've brought up a few times in the past about kind of identifying your ideal client or crafting personas of your ideal clients that you can have a story of who you're looking for and how to find them.
Our conversations led to an extensive interview about both my
book, Law is A
Buyer's Market, and my
thoughts on how lawyers and law firms can respond to the major shifts underway in the legal market.
We
think most
buyers would be better with an Asus Zenbook, Lenovo Yoga, or Dell XPS 13, but those who need outstanding portability should add the Samsung Ativ
Book 7 to their list of contenders.
True, the asset is still on their
books as an REO, and good reason to give a new loan to a qualified
buyer, but I don't
think they are going to take more of a loss by giving that new
buyer a discount.