Sentences with phrase «ebook as a self publisher»

Although I am in the midst of finalizing my first eBook as a self publisher through a company affiliated with a university.

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Earlier this year, Author Solutions acquired another one of its competitors, Xlibris; entered partnerships with traditional publishers Thomas Nelson and Harlequin to create self - publishing imprints; and partnered with Sony to make all of their books available as eBooks.

Also, if you had, in the past, a book publishing contract with a publisher that has expired, we can help you to re-publish your book as a self published author either as an eBook or in print.

The KDP Select program gives self - publishers 5 days every three months to promote their eBook for $ 0 as long as they don't offer their eBook for sale anyplace other than Amazon during that period.

Smaller publishers such as Smashwords have also got involved in the distribution of eBooks from their wellspring of self - published content.

You don't need to publish only in ebook formats to be successful as a self - publisher.

Self - publisher identities day after Christmas as highest traffic day for new eBook downloadsRaleigh, NC (December 21, 2011)-- Lulu.com, the leader in self - publishing, announced today the first annual «Download Day» to be held December 26th, 2011 — a day the company predicts to be the highest traffic shopping day for readers downloading new eBook content on e-reader devices and tablSelf - publisher identities day after Christmas as highest traffic day for new eBook downloadsRaleigh, NC (December 21, 2011)-- Lulu.com, the leader in self - publishing, announced today the first annual «Download Day» to be held December 26th, 2011 — a day the company predicts to be the highest traffic shopping day for readers downloading new eBook content on e-reader devices and tablself - publishing, announced today the first annual «Download Day» to be held December 26th, 2011 — a day the company predicts to be the highest traffic shopping day for readers downloading new eBook content on e-reader devices and tablets.

Today every new traditionally published book is available as an ebook (and many of the older ones are out there too), and there are tens of thousands of self - publishers adding their titles to the virtual stores.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow auEbooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow auebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

Driven by curiosity (as always), I've just spend a large part of my lunch break browsing through various forums [1], trying to get a handle on what problems self - publishers are facing when they are creating their ebooks.

The biggest «publisher» of self - published material by far is Amazon KDP, and, as noted above, it doesn't require or issue ISBNs for the ebooks it sells.

Hoffelder also wrote that, «Curiously, Pellerin told [French newspaper] Le Figaro that self - published ebooks as well as books by foreign publishers would not be affected by this opinion, just books published by French publishers.»

Established as one of the UK's leading high street booksellers, Waterstones do not currently offer self - publishing authors and small publishers a web - based eBook publishing facility.

But... I'd like to use this current crisis and her point about Kobo shafting small publishers as an excuse to look at what the ebook market looks like for a self - or small publisher.

The organization is hosting a virtual town hall meeting October 23 and it will explore emerging subjects in the eBook lending arena, including digital preservation, self - publisher engagement and libraries as publishers.

There are a few criteria the system has developed in order to have quality ebooks in their system, such as any book that has been recognized for excellence in any Midwest Book Awards category, any book written or published by a member of the Midwest Independent Publishers Association, any independently or self - published book written by a Minnesota author, and any independently or self - published book about Minnesota.

When the Big Six publishers pulled their ebooks from Amazon's lending program, Amazon fired back with a maneuver of its own, namely, to invite the self - published authors to put their books in the lending library on the condition that it be available nowhere else, even as a free blog post.

If you're using «free», and only «free» as a self - publisher, you need to rethink how and when you offer readers free ebooks.

Any new books that have NOT been accepted by a traditional publisher can be self - published as ebooks.

Established, recognized literary awards in independent publishing include, but are not limited to, the Ben Franklin Book Awards (Independent Publishing Association); the Colorado Book Awards (Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book); the EVVY Award (Colorado Independent Publishers Association / CIPA); Foreward Magazine's Book of the Year / Indie Fab Awards; Global Ebooks Award; Historical Novels Society Awards; International Book Awards (USA Book News); IPPY Awards (Independent Publisher Book Awards); Midwest Book Awards (MIPA): National Book Awards; Next Generation «Indie» Book Awards; Indie Excellence Award (National); Pen Center USA Literary Awards; WILLA Literary Awards; Writer's Digest Self - Published Book Awards; USA Book Awards / Book News Awards; and genre specific awards such as the RITA (Romance Writers of America and the HUGO (World Science Fiction Society / Worldcon).

In the Writers» and Artists» Yearbook 2017, Philip Jones argues that as growth from the big publishers slows, «the market itself continues to grow — mostly via small publisher ebook sales or those derived through self - publishers.»

The sentiment slowly melted into cautious optimism as ebook sales began to account for more and more of publishers» profit margins and as self - published authors began to make headlines for their success.

The previous Taleist survey, the results of which were published as an ebook that authors and publishers could purchase in order to learn more concrete information on self - publishing, came under attack for a variety of reasons, including a having a relatively small pool of respondents and the unquantifiable nature of some of the questions.

Apropos of the question of how much Amazon is getting from sales of ebooks based on publisher (something Steve Zacharius suggested self - publishers should worry about, because as long as traditional publishers are Amazon's cash cow, they might do something mean to us and cut our percentages), I did my own mini-analysis of the top 50 bestselling ebooks on Amazon.

Jackie said: «Apropos of the question of how much Amazon is getting from sales of ebooks based on publisher (something Steve Zacharius suggested self - publishers should worry about, because as long as traditional publishers are Amazon's cash cow, they might do something mean to us and cut our percentages), I did my own mini-analysis of the top 50 bestselling ebooks on Amazon.

As for there not being a wide selection of children's lit for ebooks he needs to quit looking at over priced traditional publishers and toward the enormous number of self - publishing authors who are bypassing the gatekeepers and publishing youth orientated literate by the bit loads every month now.

It's certainly possible to make a living selling only ebooks, and ebooks are attractive to self - publishers for a lot of reasons, but there are still several good reasons to publish print versions of your books as well.

As you can see in this slide from our 2013 eBook Self - Publisher Survey most authors edit their own book or ask a friend.

After being dropped by her publisher and self - publishing 10 romance novels as Bella Andre and Lucy Kevin, she has sold more than 275,000 ebooks on her own and has been profiled in The Washington Post, Forbes, USA Today and National Public Radio.

It's an accepted fact that romance fans dominate the digital market, as shown by the high numbers of ebooks sales, the romance publishers who've established ebook - only and digital - first imprints, and the success stories of bestselling self - published romance authors.

It seems self - publishers and traditional authors have the ability to select India as one of the countries you can market and sell your eBooks.

Although self - publishers incur some of the same types of expenses as traditional publishers, their costs are lower, allowing them to price their ebooks lower.

I used its unusual episodic format as an example to encourage storytellers of all stripes — traditionally - published writers, self - published writers, publishers and more — to thoughtfully examine the ebook marketplace and spot opportunities to tell and sell -LSB-...]

I used its unusual episodic format as an example to encourage storytellers of all stripes — traditionally - published writers, self - published writers, publishers and more — to thoughtfully examine the ebook marketplace and spot opportunities to tell and sell stories in new ways.

Here is another list of free eBook and content submission sites that you can use to get yourself more exposure as a self - publisher.

Print, ebooks, traditional publishers (large and small) and self - published authors will all coexist, as part of a future that is more messy and fragmented than the industry we know today.

· The publishing industry — how to get started, self publishing, owning a small press, critiquing, manuscript formatting, book cover design, interior print formatting, romance fiction, the submission process, looking at both sides of the industry as a publisher and author, ebooks, psychic fiction, marketing, online promotion and many other topics.

This all sounds terribly expensive and complicated if you are publishing the book yourself but as most self - publishers only want to publish their book as an ebook you really only need one or at the most two ISBNs.

Publishers are right when they say there's a role for them in an ebook world... Although authors will continue to self - publish, the debate that matters in the future is what the basket of services will be that authors require and what will be the right price for them... good covers, changing covers, dynamic pricing, constantly improved metadata, monitoring to catch glitch take - downs, as well as developmental editing, line - editing, copy - editing, and proofreading... The lines are drawn for that discussion and the opinions are really all over the lot.

People who like to support the self - publishing concept often buy CreateSpace books (or Kindle eBooks where the paperback lists CreateSpace as the publisher).

I therefore make ebooks my primary focus and audiobooks secondary, until such time as print technology and distribution better serves self - publishers.

Very interesting and a great conversation to have right now, as eBook platform lock - in and DRM is really weaking publishers already weak position with both eCommerce sites and self - published authors.

What if, instead of files, publishers delivered ebooks as fully formed reading experiences via self - contained web services?

Without a doubt, the profit margin of eBooks is expanding and more authors are reinventing themselves as self - publishers.

As new ebook authors and self - publishers continue to try to get exposure in the digital world, several new events could present an expanded opportunity to reach the ebook reader.

And though Author Earnings shows that in terms of gross dollars made off ebooks, Big Five publishers do better than self - published authors, the site also shows that as a group, self - published authors are taking home more of the pie than those who publish with the Big Five.

(And with that noted, we could speculate as to whether any publisher attempt to standardize eBook sales at $ 9.99 would have been successful, especially as Amazon was encouraging self - publishing both as revenue stream for it and as leverage with publishers to drive down individual unit sales of eBooks.

And so he has mounted his own data - scraping analysis of online ebook sales and rankings—AuthorEarnings.com — in an effort to demonstrate that financial success may be as much in reach for self - publishers as it is for traditionally published authors.

Self - publishers using KDP as a platform for their ebooks are subject to the $ 9.99 threshold, above which they are punished by having their «royalty» cut to 30 % rather than 70 %.

However, publishing eBooks by self - publishing authors directly through Barnes and Noble's Nook is currently possible for US self - publishers only as it is required to have an American bank account to publish through this platform that ranks No. 4 in marketing eBooks.