The company now tracks more than 10 million sales records a day, and sifts through them in order to make recommendations for how many
copies of a given title a vendor should order based on previous sales.
Nobody outside of Amazon knows EXACTLY how many
copies of a given title are sold in a given time period, and since ranks are relative to each other, it's a constantly moving target.
Not exact matches
We proposed that instead
of buying the cassettes for $ 65 each, we would pay $ 1 a
copy up front but
give the studios 40 %
of rental revenues on their
titles.
Thomas Derr, at Smith College,
gave Richard a
copy of my 1986 book First Things» a
title Richard echoed when it came time to found the magazine First Things.
Hand out
copies of the list and
give guests a few minutes to come up with the
titles for as many
of the rhymes or songs as they can.
As for other activities, Nintendo will be offering a Pokémon Sun & Moon photo experience,
giving out a collectable gift to those who pre-order a
copy of the upcoming Pokémon
titles and so much more.
With the full release
of Spacebase DF - 9, Double Fine have
given all owners
of the Early Access
title a free
copy of Hack»n' Slash, another
of their
titles.
In March, after a
copy of Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers was donated, the
Title I coordinator at an elementary school in Orange Park, Fla., wrote to the bookmentor: «One student commented, «Wow, that is so nice
of someone to
give us a book and we didn't even have to pay for it.»»
However, John Gilstrap's Kensington
title «High Treason» costs $ 8.97 in PB at Amazon and $ 7.39 for the Kindle edition, despite the fact that there's no foiling or embossing on the ebook version, and once I've read the Kindle
copy, I can't
give it to my dad, donate it to the Friends
of the Library book sale or the local senior center, sell it to my favorite used book store, etc..
My own books on Kindle sell for only $ 2.99, and I
give away thousands
of copies just to be able to sell a hundred or so more
of every
title I have each month.
These tours typically include a guest post for each blog, some promotional information on the author's upcoming book
title, and even a
give away, either
of free
copies, signed
copies, book paraphernalia, and more.
For this week's Ebook
of the Week feature, Umstead is
giving away
copies of the sequel to that fir
title, Gabriel's Return.
You read that
title right, Montlake (my publisher for Murder Notes) is
giving away TON (130 to be exact)
copies of MURDER NOTES!!
eBook adoption in school libraries stands to result in a significant savings for both public and private centers» budgets,
given the typically lower cost
of titles and the elimination
of damaged
copies.
Lately we at BookPage have noticed some doozies leading off the back cover
copy of a few soon - to - be-released novels, and we have a question
of our own:
given a book's cover and
title, can you guess which question it promises to answer?
With the incredible tools available through digital publishing, the cost to purchase and
give away the ebook for the individuals who fund raised could have been negligible compared to the cost
of a print edition (note: unfortunately, the publisher has set the ebook edition price
of this
title at $ 9.99, higher than the $ 8.52 per print
copy that the protest organizers spent through Rediscovered Books).
Special care must be
given to cover design,
title selection, interior formatting, sales
copy and all
of the rest that goes into the design
of a book.
Van Eyck is
giving away
copies of her new
title, Haunted Holidays: Broken Resolutions, through the January 6th by clicking HERE and entering the coupon code US46U at checkout.
This week, Mallory is
giving away
copies of her first
title in the Dulcie O'Neil series, To Kill A Warlock.
I looked at several
of your
titles, and in some cases it appears that you haven't even
given out review
copies.
To celebrate the success
of the Biscuit stories, whose print edition
of this Birthday
title have sold more than 16 million
copies worldwide, iStoryTime provided GoodeReader with three codes to
give away one
copy each to three random winners.
Throughout the rest
of the month, iStoryTime will be
giving away free
copies of select
titles to all users via access codes scattered among app and publishing industry websites around the web.
Though you DO have the option
of giving away an unlimited amount
of free
copies of your KDP Select
titles IF you use your five free days you get every 90 - day period
of your exclusivity with Amazon, it is a bit
of a headache to coordinate and there is no immediate gratification for people who are waiting for their free eBook.
A Bookbub is great when you've got five books, but not so great when you spend $ 500 to
give away a few hundred
copies of your only
title.
Since KDP offered that option I have
given away about 30,000
copies of all
of my
titles (8
titles in all) which equals free advertising via readers who will tell someone else.
In 2015, I was
giving away a lot more
of copies of one
title (see row 6), but I was also selling all my other
titles at full price.
At the conference, a number
of indies noted times when Kindle users had said they had read a particular
title as an e-book and now wanted to
give a physical
copy as a present.
I mean yes, they
give you promotional
copies of the book, some business cards, bookmarks and such but as for actual PUSHING your
title, they don't do much.
Reg has sold more
copies of his book this year than more than 90 percent
of U.S.
titles sell in a
given year (Nielsen reported in 2008 that 91 percent
of titles sold fewer than 1,000
copies).
Reg has sold more
copies of his book this year than more than 90 percent
of U.S.
titles sell in a
given year (Nielsen reported in 2008 that 91 percent
of titles sold fewer than 1,000
copies) Nielsen's figures include books published by services like Author Solutions, which typically sell fewer than 200
copies (by the admission
of your own CEO, in this 2009 New York Times article).
Joining KDP allowed me to
give away
copies of my books and grow a fan base for each
of my
titles.
On any
given day, a # 1 bestseller in an ebook store might be selling twice the number
copies as the # 5 - ranked
title on that day, and triple or quadruple the number
of copies as the # 10 bestseller.
Yesterday morning as I was shuffling though some papers in preparation for a short trip, I came across a
copy of a lecture
given by Ben Graham in 1963,
titled «Securities in an Insecure World» (originally posted by Jason Zweig).
Ballistic Publishing is
giving a complete makeover to one
of their most successful coffee table
titles, meaning you can now add a limited edition folio
copy of The Art
of Oddworld Inhabitants: The First Ten Years to your handsome collection
of leatherbound books.
Bethesda Changes Their Review Policy - In a move that caught some off guard, Bethesda announced this past week that they will no longer be sending early review
copies of their games out to the press, opting instead to
give reviewers access to their
titles a mere 24 hours before they launch into eager gamers» hands everywhere.
In a strange way, all that political ire
gave Night Trap a second life, turning what would've otherwise been a forgettable, full price tech demo into one
of the most significant (and slightly financially successful)
titles of the 16 - bit era — indeed, the game managed to sell 50,000
copies just one week AFTER being torn asunder in D.C. Still, all the controversy in the world couldn't save the Sega CD, and in many ways, the full - motion - video subgenre.
Or are AAA games like Call
of Duty
giving them hope to their
titles will sells millions
of copies?
Thanks to the fine folks at Third Editions, we're
giving away TWO hardcover
copies of «The Legend
of Final Fantasy VII ``, which explores the genesis
of the beloved
title including its early stages
of development, through to the creation itself.
Not only is Microsoft offering this special edition console to employees only, it's also
giving them a
copy of every Xbox One launch
title along with it.
Disc - based games can be permanently
given to friends via a license transfer that can only happen once for a particular
copy of game, as long as the recipient
of the
title has been on the giver's Xbox Live friend's list a minimum
of thirty days.
The new Kirby
title will also be supporting all amiibo figures, with many
of them
giving the pink puffball
copy abilities within the game.
Holding a legit physical
copy of Final Fantasy: Dissidia, Fairuzons
gives readers first impressions
of the
title as well as the first Dissidia gameplay footage not directly from Square - Enix.
The console version
of the battle royale shooter crossed the four million
copies sold after just one month
of release and Bluehole is celebrating by
giving away a massive amount
of Battle Points to everyone who has purchased the
title.
By terms
of such an arrangement, one or several libraries would identify themselves as having a complete collection
of a specified legacy print item (say, the Lower Canada Reports, 1851 - 1867) and commit to keeping that collection in perpetuity,
giving other libraries the option
of disposing
of their holdings
of that
title while ensuring at least one
copy is retained and available to all.
Nintendo was impressed with the Japanese sales
of the
title and massively overproduced the cartridge; the end result was that Nintendo
gave away
copies of Dragon Warrior as an incentive for subscribing to Nintendo Power, the company's in - house promotions magazine.
Federal Court Chief Executive Officer to
give copy of amended application to Native
Title Registrar
The next day I
gave a
copy of my
Title to the manager, but he refers me to his attorney.
I'll be
giving away a few
copies of my new book,
of which Louis Cammarosano (General Manager at HomeGain) wrote the foreword,
titled «100MPH Marketing for Real Estate ``.
Providing
copies of a survey plan up front to well qualified potential purchasers can be an excellent marketing strategy — it
gives them a valuable graphic presentation
of the size, extent and
title conditions related to your property.