They also charge the one of lowest
commissions of all eBook retailers.
Not exact matches
As things stand now, the Tax
Commission is examining the prospect
of including
ebooks procured online from overseas
retailers within the consumptions tax, something that is estimated to add tens
of billions
of Yen to the system.
The company selling the
eBook to the end user is an «agent»
of the
retailer who receives a
commission on the sale.
For
eBooks sold via the wider network, the
commission charged by the online
retailers will be deducted prior to calculation
of your Author Earnings.
If Publisher does not:
eBook price: $ 10.00 $ 7.00 received by publisher (after 30 % sales
commission to
retailer) 25 %
of net royalty Royalty to author: $ 1.75 per title sold Yep, definitely worth the time to find out exactly how this term is going to be defined in the contract when it comes to electronic books.
A: If you choose to make your
eBook available in the iBookstore ℠, on Barnes & Noble's NOOK, or other
retailers, the
retailer earns a
commission on the sale
of each
eBook.
If you choose to make your
eBook available for distribution, you will receive 90 %
of the Suggested
Retail Price after the
retailer's
commission.
All new
eBooks with an ISBN published after September 6, 2011 will earn 90 %
of the Suggested
Retail Price, after
retailer's
commission, if any.
Joaquín Almunia, Vice-President in charge
of competition policy at the European
Commission, said «While each separate publisher and each
retailer of ebooks are free to choose the type
of business relationship they prefer, any form
of collusion to restrict or eliminate competition is simply unacceptable.»
Even though the authors and the publishers will still make their same
commission and even though the supremely discounted price on
ebooks has translated into tens
of thousands
of book sales for authors and fiction's digital sales are up by 188 % for the first half
of the year, authors are speaking out against having their
ebooks discounted at the
retailers» cost.
With the official launch
of the Google
eBooks ™ Affiliate Program on June 16,
retailers, publishers, bloggers, and other website owners can link to hundreds
of thousands
of titles in the Google eBookstore and earn a
commission for referring sales.
The Google
eBooks ™ Affiliate Program allows
retailers and other website owners to link to hundreds
of thousands
of titles in the Google eBookstore and earn a
commission for referring sales.
The tech magnate obviously doesn't think so, and has fired back in court briefs about the abusive requests the DOJ is making, requests which include steps that prevent Apple from working in the agency model — one
of the major sources
of these allegations in the first place — for five years rather than the proposed two, as well as insisting that Apple allow
retailers like Amazon and Barnes and Noble to sell
ebooks through their iOS - capable apps and receive a
commission on those sales like an affiliate would.
The deal could see Kobo tying up well over 80 %
of the bricks and mortar
retail market with its devices and a deal that pays booksellers
commissions on sales
of Kobo
ebooks to their customers.
Payment
of up to 100 %
of net sales — Publishers and agents can choose BookBaby's Premium
eBook publishing package that features 0 %
commission on all sales through the company's
retail partners.
The Australian Competition and Consumer
Commission has urged local
retailers to voice their concerns about
eBook price - fixing as it considers a lawsuit against Apple and five
of the world's largest book publishers, The >>
There is some protection for
ebook prices under agency agreements, however: «The aggregate value
of the price discounts or promotions offered by any
retailer should not exceed the aggregate amount equal to the total
commissions the publisher pays to that
retailer over a 12 - month period in connection with the sale
of its
ebooks to consumers.»
There are a few exceptions: The settlement allows publishers the option to negotiate
retailer contracts that include «a commitment from an e-book
retailer that a
retailer's aggregate expenditure on discounts and promotions
of the Settling Defendant's
ebooks will not exceed the
retailer's aggregate
commission» — though that doesn't prevent deep discounts on specific titles.
Rather, publishers are using a modified form
of agency: They set an
ebook's list price and pay the
retailer a
commission (Before the settlement went through, that
commission was 30 percent; we don't know what the new
retailer contracts dictate, but the
commission is likely still around 30 percent.)
The cat in question here is [company] Amazon [/ company], which controlled over 90 percent
of the
ebook market in early 2010 when Apple and the publishers introduced «agency pricing,» which lets publishers set an
ebook's
retail price and pay the publisher a
commission.
Type & Tell, which is owned by Scandinavian publisher Bonnier, set up shop in the UK in March this year offering 100 % royalties to authors (net
of retailers»
commission) who distributed their
ebooks through the service.