Part of the condition of them making their collection available was to force
the e-book distribution companies to implement a Buy it Now button on the libraries websites.
Not exact matches
In the days of digital technology,
e-books, tablet reading devices and Kindle Direct Publishing (to name one
distribution platform), paperback for indie authors was the one «as yet unconquered» land for self - published authors everywhere until about four years ago, when Amazon - owned print - on - demand
company CreateSpace built traction and changed the playing field for indies everywhere.
The
company, which currently has about 20 projects signed up, offers
e-book publication and
distribution as well as POD, with a focus on the
e-book frontlist.
Ingram Publisher Services is currently handling
distribution for the
company in the U.S. and Canada, and supporting the publisher with its CoreSource ® platform for
e-book distribution and print - on - demand through Lightning Source ®.
About EE Media The OJSC «EE Media» is a Russian holding
company, together with its subsidiaries letmeprint, book on demand and kniga po trebovaniy that is engaged in print - on - demand (POD) and
e-book distribution in Russia and the Former Soviet Union.
Nashville, TN — Ingram Publisher Services Inc., an Ingram Content Group
company, and RosettaBooks ®, a leading independent digital publisher of
e-books, today announced a sales and
distribution agreement that supports RosettaBooks expanding publishing program for physical books.
Ingram Publisher Services is currently handling sales and
distribution for the
company in the U.S. and Canada, and will support the publisher with its CoreSource platform for
e-book distribution and Lightning Source for book manufacturing.
Ingram Publisher Services is currently handling
distribution for the
company in the U.S. and Canada, and will support the publisher with its CoreSource platform for
e-book distribution.
Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other content
distribution companies, which sell
e-books are raising their average price, per book from $ 10.00 to $ 15.00.
Third, they think international
e-book businesses, especially Amazon's Kindle e-bookstore, will destroy the Japanese
distribution system dominated by two
companies, Tohan and Nippan, whose shareholders include a dozen of Japan's major publishers.
Basically, what a
company like Smashwords does if you want your
e-books in virtual stores, is to offer you a conversion of your file and
distribution into the stores.
As the head of a
company devoted to servicing the
e-book market, it's not surprising that Coker touted the functional and
distribution advantages of
e-books over published texts, or that he focused on the crushing costs associated with maintaining the traditional publishing model while ignoring
e-book costs and the threat of digital piracy.
In the brief submitted today, the groups sought to highlight the procompetitive impact of Apple's conduct and the damaging effect on
e-book publishing as well as the future of authorship that occurs when
e-book distribution is in the hands of a single
company.
Romance and Erotica
e-books have been one of the bright spots of the digital publishing industry and many
companies are looking for new
distribution methods to get them in front of women.
It also distributes
e-books, but because its percentage cut is so much higher than any of its competitors, few indie authors use the
company for
e-book distribution.
Sarah Skerik, vice president of content marketing at press release
distribution company PR Newswire and the author of the
company's free
e-book, New School Press Release Tactics, shared tips in a PR Daily article, «New - school ways to grab attention with your press releases.»
From new and self - published writers to established best seller authors without
distribution from traditional publishers, as well as small press
company authors,
e-book authors and independent publisher - authors — all can benefit from our book distributor consultation and contacts.
Also the Russian e-reader manufacturing
company Wexler has set up its own
e-book distribution platform.
Hannes Eder is co-founder and CTO of Publit the
e-book and print publishing and
distribution company which has played a key role in developing the Swedish Model.
According to Library Journal, Budler refused to renew the libraries» contract with OverDrive when the
distribution service attempted not only to significantly raise fees, but also to rewrite the terms of the contract in such a way that would prevent the libraries from ever transferring their holdings to a different provider.20 The State Library of Kansas then decided to transfer the libraries» existing digital content to a new
e-book lending service from technology
company 3M, although Budler said that they first had to secure individual publishers» permission to transfer the titles.
Last week the Swedish media reported on a pilot project which sees Stockholm City library, Ordfront (one of the few mid-sized, independent publishing houses) and Publit (a technology
company specialising in
e-book and PoD publishing and
distribution) join forces to trial a dual licensing model for
e-books.