The release comes as data from Aptara shows «all but 6 % of trade publishers are currently developing e-books «and that «1 out of 5
eBook publishers generates more than 10 % of their sales from eBooks `.
Not exact matches
Publishers follow the same path with
ebooks, plus an extra step: they usually
generate the
ebook file directly from the Adobe InDesign file or the PDF used for the print version.
And
publishers will become even more dependent on their
ebook sales to
generate revenue.
In mid-year 2014, indie - published authors as a cohort began taking home the lion's share (40 %) of all
ebook author earnings
generated on Amazon.com while authors published by all of the Big Five
publishers combined slipped into second place at 35 %.»
I became intrigued by this topic when as an author with two dozen e-books on Smashwords I read founder Mark Coker's «2013 Book Publishing Industry Predictions — Indie
Ebook Authors Take Charge,» Among other things, Coker noted that «If Amazon could invent a system to replace the author from the equation, they'd do that,» and went on to describe how one innovative
publisher, ICON Group International has already patented a system that automatically
generates non-fiction books, and he worries that as the field of artificial intelligence increases, «how long until novelists are disinter - mediated by machines.»
If
eBook becomes primary format, there is no need to be 6 months behind (so as to account for returns according to
publishers) in the
generating of statements and the paying of royalties earned.
Ebooks only
generate money for Amazon &
publishers.
She said that while she did not believe
ebooks would ever hold the complete market, they were proving much more popular in some genres than others and would continue to
generate revenue, meaning
publishers had to embrace them.
In a letter to authors and their agents, viewed by Business Insider, Simon & Schuster's chief executive, Carolyn Reidy, wrote that the
publisher is, «very happy with this agreement as it is economically advantageous for both Simon & Schuster and its authors and maintains the author's share of income
generated from
eBook sales.»
The Association of American
Publishers has proclaimed that
eBook sales were down 24.9 % in January and the format
generated $ 99.9 million in revenue.
The Rise of Alternatives to Traditional
Publishers — AuthorEarnings.Com reports that in 2015, nearly half of all
ebooks sold on Amazon (the most influential digital retailer) are either self - published, published by micro-
publishers, or are
generated through an Amazon Imprint.
DeFiore and Company founder Brian DeFiore shared the most important stats: a «$ 27.99 hardcover
generates $ 5.67 profit to
publisher and $ 4.20 royalty to author» and a «$ 14.99 agency priced
ebook generates $ 7.87 profit to
publisher and $ 2.62 royalty to author.»
As covered at The FutureBook, the process by which BitLit fulfills requests from readers for
ebook copies of books they own in print is
generating new data for
publishers.
According to the AAP's year - end report, the 1,200 odd
publishers generated $ 1.58 billion in
ebook revenues in 2014.
Of more significance, perhaps, is the difference in revenue
generated by
ebooks of indie
publishers and ebooks of Big 5 P
publishers and
ebooks of Big 5
PublishersPublishers.
With his 70 % cut from Amazon, that means a $ 2.99
ebook has
generated upwards of $ 10,000 a month, money that bypasses a traditional
publisher completely and goes straight to his pocket.
Publishers» own websites come in a distant second place for
generating the most
eBook sales.
The one rolling in tomorrow has
generated considerable coverage and is variously supposed to involve new authoring tools for
ebooks, a revolution in the text - book industry or new distribution routes for self
publishers.
The figures also show that in the middle of last year, self -
publishers as a whole took over the leading share (40 %) of all
ebook earnings
generated on Amazon.com while Big Five Authors fell back to second place with 35 %.
The Humble Bundle model of «bundling» digital comics for a pay what you want price (while offering a percentage to charity) has had a pretty big impact on both comics readers and
publishers over the past year,
generating over $ 4 million in sales for
ebook last year.
For example the
eBook Publisher tool used to
generate IMP files for the eBookwise - 1150 can use a tag
to force a page break (new page) and uses < a name ="toc"> specially to find the start of the TOC data.