Sentences with phrase «delaying ebook release»

For popular books, delaying ebook release dates leads to a significant substitution toward print books.

Publishers delaying eBook release dates.

We've had Hachette and Simon & Schuster and a few more of the big Publishers delay ebook releases by 1 - 4 months.

Are you getting tired of HarperCollins delaying eBook releases?

As Publishers delay ebook release dates, raise prices, cripple eReader features, slap on DRM of all sorts, and in general mistreat customers it might behoove them to take a minute and think --

On the other hand, all those other books out there with either delayed ebook releases or, more importantly, no ebook releases, are leaving money on the table.

Not exact matches

If you do want to wait until you have a polished version, this may involve delaying the release date of the regular ebook.

By delaying the Overdrive Kindle release still further but not that to Amazon, publishers sell more ebooks on Amazon and recoup some of the added costs that Amazon has forced on them.

Unfortunately, the fall release of those ebooks was delayed as Pottermore focused its efforts on making the interactive reader website as top - notch as it could be.

Regarding the release of HP in ebook format: I doubt very much if anyone cares about any financial implications from delaying the release.

Today, Pottermore sent out a reading survey to its beta testers looking for feedback on the books themselves, a sign that the ebook release is at least still on some kind of a schedule, albeit a delayed one.

And ebooks, like movies, will see that the longer the delay in international releases, the more you encourage piracy.

He also revealed that the entire ebook release delay initiative was simply a way for Publishers to help readers appreciate the value of books --

If you have fans who'll buy your ebook as soon as it comes out, delay the release through Amazon and sell first at the retailers who pay better royalties.

The best idea he can come up with is to deliberately cripple ebooks by raising their prices and delaying their release for 18 - 24 months so they don't compete with printed copies.

I am, however, delaying the release of the non-Kindle ebooks so that I can take advantage of Amazon's Kindle Select programme (which requires exclusivity for at least three months).

It's just overwhelmingly irrational that Penguin are doing everything possible to attack and hurt their real customers — raise ebook prices, delay releases, keep ebook quality low — and at the same time are trying to reach people who don't read by releasing apps and games.

Maloney points out that the pilot program — at New York Public Library and Brooklyn Public Library — «will delay the release of ebooks to the libraries for six months after the titles on on sale in stores and online.»

In 2010, Hachette delayed the release of Douglas's ebooks in order to protect their print sales, which angered his readers.

In contrast, for niche books, that do not have strong brand awareness among consumers, we find an insignificant substitution toward print books when ebook release dates are delayed.

Back in 2010 there was some debate about whether a publisher could maximize revenue by delaying the release of an ebook.

Thanks to a unique opportunity to work with a publisher who stopped releasing new ebooks for two months in 2010 the authors were able to analyze the sales impact of delayed ebook availability.

But I never realized that they delayed the release of new ebooks!

If the publishers want friction why not just delay the release of ebooks to libraries.