Their data has shown that 27 % of users later
buy print books which they first discovered on Skoobe, and 16 % of Skoobe readers later purchased e-books.
Explaining the variety of print book sales types, Fruhlinger suggested that parents
buy print books with colorful pictures to show when they read to children.
Customers still
buy print books, he adds.
And this year, I am choosing not to
buy print books — so I'm saving money but I'd rather be buying ebooks.
Kindle Matchbook program offers customers discounted prices for eBooks if
they buy print books from Amazon store.
But, as we've discussed before, how much of an advantage is that really when more and more readers are going to online sites to
buy their print books?
I like the old kindle better for reading novels; however, I was surprised I could read novels on the newer one as well — and if the electricity goes out, that backlight would be nice — I've been reading more and more on my kindles... like you, I still
buy print books but I'm able to buy many many more books because of kindle — I can «try out» authors and books I may not if I didn't have it!
And now that there is data about ebook buying, people who buy ebooks buy more ebooks than people who
buy print books.
They read your content, «Oh wow this is a great story, I really like this», or «this is a great — they have a great writing style, I like this author» and they'll come back and they'll
buy your print books and they'll buy — they'll buy into you as an author.
6) Do
you buy print books and, if so, what percertage of your book purchases are digital and what percentage is print?
See I do occasionally
buy print books.
But we also, or at least a lot of us,
buy print books and magazines.
I don't
buy print books, so that doesn't surprise me at all.
For example, I don't see any reason why a library should not be able to buy ebooks like
they buy print books, and at the same prices.
«We have found that some people who have e-readers still
buy print books.
I buy print books, not ebooks.
I still
buy print books, but like you, not near as many as I used to BK.
I'll
buy print books from Booktopia because of the reduced postage and waiting time, but I refuse to buy anything from bricks and mortar retailers because the cost of even a bog ordinary paperback is so high.
I know hundreds of writers who attend events, such as the Romance Writers of America conference and they just encourage people to just
buy the print books on Amazon, instead of securing the sale.
In an important statistic, 92 % of ebook readers
buy print books.
6) ebooks since I can buy and read anytime and anywhere 7) I love print books and will not adopt these new gadgets 8) I continue to
buy print books, though I read more ebooks.
The overall takeaway I encourage you to get from this: if people are
buying print books, awesome, more joy to them.
If
you buy a print book from Chapters / Indigo or Barnes and Noble you can take a picture of your receipt and then email it to Harlequin or use the automatic upload tool.
So, the reason for buying an ebook even if it's available to borrow from the library is the same reason you would want to
buy a print book rather than check it out — you want to re-read it or you want to have your copy — whether physically on the bookshelf in your home or on the shelf of your ereader.
«With so much consumption now happening on the same screen, we are in a moment in time when we are figuring out what the true value proposition is for e-books — not only in terms of buying access to a locked - down file that lives in the ether versus
buying a print book, but between paying $ 14.99 for a single e-book title versus $ 8.99 a month for unlimited Netflix viewing.»
This is a new system that allows customers who
buy a print book to be able to get a discount on the digital edition.
When
you buy a printed book, you are actually buying only a printed copy.
Interestingly, Russians are already known for
buying print books in the millions of dollars from Amazon's overseas sites.
When
you buy a printed book, you buy the right to read it, not to copy it and re-distribute it (of course you can do it if you want, but it is not legal, because you don't own the rights of the content.
The last time I checked I could
buy any printed book I want on Amazon, and for a competitively low price.
He asks the best way to educate an audience that's used to
buying print books on how they can easily buy Kindle books.
Although Amazon may allow you to
buy a print book from any of its stores, who wants to pay international shipping if they don't have to?
If
you buy a print book, you have the right to loan it out.
(Libraries outside the US are certainly also welcome to inquire about
buying the print books, but shipping outside the US is more expensive, and that'll make it less worth a non-US library's time, most likely.
Yes, someone can
buy the print book, give it away, and keep the eBook for themselves thereby saving some money.
Anyone who has ever
bought your print book, at any time, as far back as 1995 when Amazon began selling books.
If you can't read the latest bestseller in the digital format, you will just
buy the print book instead.
If
you buy a print book online and use PAYPAL as a payment method, they will not refund your account, instead the bookseller will give you a store gift card for the full amount.
But at the same time
I bought some print books and music CDs from B&N after I bought the Nook Simple Touch, after not having bought anything from B&N for years.
They have the most successful self - publishing platform and give free digital copies away when consumers
buy the print book.
I doubt I'll ever
buy another print book.
Germany is hoping to convince the EU that when you buy an e-book, its the same thing as
buying a print book.
You can get a good indication on how many people are
buying print books by looking at their overall financial profitability.
This data report is a strong indication of the mentality of an average reader who
buys both print books and digital ones.
Additionally, when Canadians do
buy a print book from a local bookstore, 17 % find out about the title... [Read more...]
Why this is changing: More people are
buying print books online (vs. browsing in the bookstore).
This is a good example of Amazon innovating for customers in a way they are uniquely qualified to do by making it attractive for shoppers to
buy the print book knowing they can buy the eBook for the cost of a latte (or free cup of water).
I'm shocked at the sales pitch you got for
buying printed books.
As a shopper I get a great value when
I buy the print book and as the author / publisher it's an upsell opportunity.
Now, if I could «subscribe» to books on the Kindle, such as any manga on Amazon, that I could read them on the device as long as I paid the subscription fee with maybe an option to
buy the print book at a discount, that might entice me more.