Sentences with phrase «do ebooks cost»

«Not only do ebooks cost too much, DRM is a disgrace, for a myriad of reasons, and the «text to speech» feature is not something the publishing world should be concerned about,» Konrath wrote to Kindle Nation last week.

Michael Hyatt, the former CEO of publisher Thomas Nelson, wrote a 2010 article called «Why Do eBooks Cost So Much?

Last week, my Bookish Rant on How Much Does an Ebook Cost?

How much does an ebook cost in Australia, Germany or India?

Not exact matches

A couple of paragraphs down, I got to highlight the fact that you can buy Google Ads cost - effectively if you do it wisely, for instance by the testing processes described in a certain ebook.

And if, in the unlikely event you don't think the insights in the eBook are worth at least 100 TIMES more than it costs... just let me know... and you will receive a full and immediate refund.

But you do have the option to download both eBooks (for no additional cost).

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I usually suggest that authors start by investigating the free or low - cost services with good reputations in the self - pub community: Createspace, IngramSpark, and Lulu if they want to do print as well as ebooks, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and the direct - to - ereading - device services (Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing, Barnes & Noble's Nook Press, and Kobo's Kobo Writing Life) if they want to do an ebook only.

They're trying to avoid the crap with ebooks being the same cost (or more) than paper like so many trad publishers are doing.

This webinar will show you how you can easily format a professionally designed paperback and ebook, and how Publi will do the rest at a fraction of the cost of a traditional self - publishing package.

Other major publishers may be content to reap record profits off the growth of ebook sales while paying authors practically nothing for digital books with far lower production and distribution costs, but we wouldn't feel right doing that.

For self - publishing, I usually suggest that authors start by looking at the free or low - cost services, including Createspace and IngramSpark if they want to do print as well as ebooks, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and the direct - to - ereading - device services (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo) if they want to do an ebook only.

If you want to get into reading ebooks, it's a very legitimate question as to whether you should spend your money on a device that does only one thing — or whether it would be much more cost - effective to get a general - purpose device like an iPad or an Android tablet instead.

Let me state this one more time: I don't think lowering ebook prices costs anyone money unless and until they drop under that magic point.

But I was able to do that and was able to deliver the eBook copies, so it cost me nothing, and able to get reviews for my book that way.

Every single time I've heard anyone defend higher ebook prices, they cite the fact that «just because the publication is electronic, that doesn't eliminate costs.»

Many of my software programs do not work even Adobe Digitial Editions (epub reader) no longer works, so I guess your ebook sales will drop from iTunes... A $ 30 Fee for Lion will cost you $, 1,000's in new software.

If you don't like reading ebooks, or haven't tried them yet, here's a chance to convince yourself, without it costing you a penny!

This as - of - yet untapped level on consumer — the person who wishes he read more books or was more up - to - date on current events, but simply doesn't have enough time to devote to this type of reading — is becoming a bigger focus among digital publishing platforms; last week, Rooster announced the March 11th launch of its «snippet» reading subscription that lets users consume serialized books at a fraction of the cost of full - size ebook subscriptions, again, optimized for smartphone reading.

For their part, Random House explained that the pricing of the ebook now reflects the price of the audiobook edition of the same title; however, there was no justification for that pricing model, since ebooks don't require the costs associated with utilizing a recording crew and voice talent.

Publishers keep saying that they do not see a correlation between the high cost of ebooks and the overall decline of ebook sales.

So after seeing a post by TechCrunch on a new ebook creation platform that doesn't cost the user any money, uploads seamlessly from his Google Drive account, and can be tailored... [Read more...]

Now an ereader is beneficial but as the article states people are moving away from ebooks and I believe it has more to do than just the cost factor.

So after seeing a post by TechCrunch on a new ebook creation platform that doesn't cost the user any money, uploads seamlessly from his Google Drive account, and can be tailored right there on the screen in front of him, I had to try it out.

They were promised that digital textbooks would replace print, and that those ebooks would not only be filled with far more content than dead trees could provide, but that they would do so at a fraction of the cost.

As I said, it doesn't cost a cent to upload your ebooks.

But libraries don't advertise their books as costing $ 0.00 for members and $ x.xx for non-members as Amazon does with Kindle ebooks.

If doing things this way increases the complexity or cost of creating your ebooks en masse, simply revert to the print - edition order.

Justine Bylo [00:10:44] Again, it can cost you anywhere from $ 500 to a couple thousand dollars if you are doing the hardcover, paperback, and eBook cover all at the same time.

How much does it cost to publish an ebook, really?

People outside the US can still also use the Square store to order any of my indie ebooks, since for those, shipping costs of course do not apply.

Some don't like its pay - per - book - upload business model, but if you're spending months writing a novel, the cost is a pittance, at the most $ 50 per ebook.

In short, the argument that ebook versions of a novel should cost way less than paperback novels due to a lower marginal cost of production simply doesn't match the actual numbers.

So I think Hachette, even with its overhead, could manage the extra cost of paying 100 % the price of ebooks for the time of negociations - provided Hachette does not want the negociations to last until 2015, as it seems the case.

Clearly the expectation that ebooks should cost a lot less than paper copies of the books because of lower marginal costs of production doesn't match the reality that marginal cost of production really IS marginal even for paper books.

I am not published by Macmillan but plenty of my friends and colleagues are and they do not deserve their books being mucked about with while Amazon asserts itself as the only game in town or Macmillan digs in over how many dollars an ebook needs to cost.

«If the columns are a couple Google searches away, I don't know what you'd pay somebody to do that, but it's probably less than what it costs me in a transaction fee to sell an ebook.

Beyond that, all promotion has cost is my time and effort: I guest blog, run social media promotions, do ebook giveaways, host online events, etc. to engage readers and get my name out there.

The new spin on the old theme is that ebooks don't have the limitations on the binding or cost to print and ship like paper anthologies do, so they can include full novels and sell the whole thing at ninety - nine cents.

Since those publishers were forced to abandon the «agency pricing» model, in which the publishers dictate to the retailers how much the book will cost, they have renegotiated with something called Agency 2, which essentially lets the retailers set their prices for ebooks as long as the total discount over time doesn't exceed thirty percent.

Ever since the rise in popularity of electronic reading, the standard argument has been that ebooks cost less to make and do not require additional expense or material to duplicate, therefore, the price should logically be far less than the price of a print edition.

I never understood why ebooks are costlier than say a paperback, the cost of printing and paper being removed and the thing that we don't actually own it but just a license to read the eBook.

The vast majority of libraries in developing worlds do not carry ebooks, and most e-textbooks cost over $ 90.00.

It does not have WIFI which costs it, although it does have a ton of flexibility in allowing users to draw, take notes and load in their own ebooks.

In order for publishers to release more ebooks, however, they have to be able to take a calculated risk, something they can not do — despite the vastly lesser cost of producing an ebook over a print edition — unless they believe that readers will come through and buy ebooks.

IIRC, to add to the entertainment Kris Rusch mentioned late last year that not only did tradpubbers raise the price of their ebooks, but Amazon discounted the print versions of the same books to LESS than the cost of the newly - raised tradpub ebook prices.

If getting published traditionally doesn't especially help you to get your books on the shelves of stores (unless you are talented, awesome, hard - working, and lucky enough to be a Jim Butcher), then you've got a legitimate reason to question whether you want to roll the dice with traditional publishers (who absolutely offer many great advantages), or get 70 % royalties on your indie ebooks and get paid 80 % of your print book's list price (minus the cost of POD printing) with your print - on - demand book via Lightning Source and their 20 % short discount option — which gets you right into Amazon.com and other online bookstores, just like the big boys do.

Drop the print volume, and you don't drop the cost of publication anywhere near enough to provide the cost savings needed to price eBooks at your preferred level.