It is also important to note that more than 85 % of small publisher
eBook sales come via Amazon.
In the UK, 22 percent of
ebook sales came from self - published books in 2015.
But the interview also offers an interesting statistic — last year, 80 % of
all ebook sales came through Amazon's store.
This is why I found it interesting that respondents to our 2013 eBook Self - Publisher Survey reported 85 % of
their eBooks sales came from Amazon.
Not exact matches
A few respondents made a point of telling me that the majority of their
sales came from an unexpected source (Apple in one or two cases, AllRomance
eBooks in another), and for a handful of authors, B&N
sales far surpassed Amazon earnings.
When it
comes to audiobook
sales in the digital format they are often 10 % of the
eBook industry, in terms of overall value.
Interestingly, Flipkart holds a sway over 40 to 45 percent of the printed books market, something that could
come under strain once
ebook sales pick up.
This report, which showed a 10.5 % increase in digital
sales,
comes at a time when the debate around
ebooks and their viability from different angles is starting to... [Read more...]
A couple of years ago, Amanda Hocking
came on the self - publishing scene with several YA
ebooks priced at 99 cents (for book 1s) and $ 2.99 (for subsequent books) and had legendary
sales that led to a legendary two - million - dollar traditional publishing deal.
There's A Problem I've written before about how small markets, both English language ones like Ireland and other territories with major markets in similar languages, face challenges when it
comes to
ebooks: So we have large publishers seeing
sales internationally that they can EASILY service at little marginal cost.
I imagine in years to
come publishing will just be an open market where authors publish e-books and they become successful if people tweet about it, i.e. a viral effect for
ebook sales.
In 2012, about 35 % of my income
came from
ebook sales of my self - published backlist, and that income was instrumental in my being able to buy a house that year.
The news won't
come as a surprise to anyone who has followed traditional
ebook sales trends over the past few years: Nielsen's reports put 2016
ebook unit
sales from the... Continue reading →
When you have the freedom and flexibility that
comes with managing your own
ebook sales, you can reap the bigtime benefits of
ebooks giveaways.
Seventy - percent of your revenue will
come from back - end
sales after a customer purchases an
ebook from you.
If Publisher does not:
eBook price: $ 10.00 $ 7.00 received by publisher (after 30 %
sales commission to retailer) 25 % of net royalty Royalty to author: $ 1.75 per title sold Yep, definitely worth the time to find out exactly how this term is going to be defined in the contract when it
comes to electronic books.
I like the idea of
coming up in a few weeks with an
ebook sale too!
But with rising
sales of
ebooks and the popularity of mobile devices, there
comes a time when you must look the
ebook in the eye and face the future — or face the fad, at least.
HarperCollins Sees Massive Growth on
eBooks — Harper Collins announced that 20 % of
sales currently
come from
ebook titles, and with the current rate of growth that number should rise within the next year and a half.
The major
ebook distribution retailers are notoriously tight - lipped when it
comes to giving out specific information on their
ebook and e-reader
sales, but Amazon was recently forced to disclose some highly sensitive information to Parliament's PAC, or Public Accounts Committee, alongside fellow giants Starbucks and Google over disputes about the amounts of taxes owed.
«Publishers are still trying to
come to grips with the
ebook tornado that has swept through them in the past three years — they are seeing falling
sales of some kinds of print books and experience difficulty achieving profitable distribution of
ebooks.
Information on specific
sales data is about e-readers and
ebooks is often hard to
come by, especially from self - published authors who may not have their books listed with some of the major book tracking companies.
What's been the most significant tactic you've
come across for
eBook sales?
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Sales!
When Amazon's
eBook sales, a la Kindle, exceeded its print book
sales that we authors and publishers love so well, the «book sky is falling» dooms - dayers and sayers
came out of the woodwork.
This is the key
ebook retailing operation in Germany, which is considered the third most important country for U.S. authors when it
comes to
ebook sales.
After all, you can perfect your craft, invest in professional editing and covers, get your manuscript converted to a professional - looking
eBook or print layout, and distribute it to some of the biggest online retailers on the planet — but if no one knows it's there, the
sales won't
come.
When it
comes to
ebooks, however, it's extremely easy to get a file approved and a book on
sale without any quality control measures in place.
While the majority of adult fiction
sales came from
ebooks in 2016, the concept of «digital fatigue» isn't going away anytime soon.
50 %
Ebook sales and 95 % of this is fiction, skewed towards the second half of the year when Prophecy
came out and I had 2 books at $ 2.99.
eBooks are an excellent format that many people enjoy, but when it comes to marketing and promoting books, ebooks can also be an excellent means to more
eBooks are an excellent format that many people enjoy, but when it
comes to marketing and promoting books,
ebooks can also be an excellent means to more
ebooks can also be an excellent means to more
sales.
Most of my
sales come from
ebooks, and in some instances — the standalone novellas of The Immortal Chronicles, as well as Eve — it's all from
ebooks because no print edition exists.
How will I
come to know about the number of
sales, will Amazon be fair to me in reporting number of
sales of
EBooks?
(Note that my book is no longer for
sale because it's
coming out in a revised / updated edition from Writer's Digest Books this fall, and I have little doubt my net royalty on each
ebook copy of that edition will be less than what I used to get on the self - published edition — but I'm OK with that).
Piotr's research has noted that when it
comes to
eBook sales, 90 % stem from EPUB or MOBI, while PDF files only account for 10 %.
In order to make a portion of the
ebook sale, booksellers would take the customers» email address at the time of purchase, either on their shops» websites or in - store when customers
come in to browse.
With the expansion of
ebooks sales, have
come the expansion of
ebook uploading.
The agency pricing model does not work when it
comes to
ebooks and the fall of
sales should be clue to the publishers.
The APP has also found that
eBooks sales fell 11.1 %, with most of the decline
coming from Children / YA books (44.8 %).
Traditionally - published mid-list authors we've spoken with report that, according to their royalty statements, 60 % -65 % of their
sales are
coming from
ebooks now.
Gone Girl sold more copies in Canada primarily before the movie launched in October, thanks to the ripple effect on
eBook sales that
comes with the buzz of a new movie.
Actually, book
sales have risen strongly since 2008, not coincidentally since
ebooks came on the scene.
The company states that «Gone Girl sold more copies in Australia primarily before the movie launched in October, thanks to the ripple effect on
eBook sales that
comes with the buzz of a new movie.
Sales of those titles don't come close to sales they gather with eb
Sales of those titles don't
come close to
sales they gather with eb
sales they gather with
ebooks.
I can't say I haven't had and heard of self - publishing woes — like authors»
ebooks being purchased without ALL the
sales showing up in the authors» accounts — but I do enjoy the control that
comes along with self - publishing.
The fact that those Nielsen
ebook sales numbers come from only 30 publishers, however, doesn't stop Nielsen from claiming that their PubTrack numbers represent «85 % of the nation's eBook sales» and drawing broad and unsubstantiated conclusions from them.&r
ebook sales numbers
come from only 30 publishers, however, doesn't stop Nielsen from claiming that their PubTrack numbers represent «85 % of the nation's
eBook sales» and drawing broad and unsubstantiated conclusions from them.&r
eBook sales» and drawing broad and unsubstantiated conclusions from them.»
Obviously there can be a lot more contributing to the drop in
sales — a weaker economy means less consumers taking farther - reaching vacations, for example — but if the trend that
came about with the enhanced
ebooks is solid, could this mean that people who buy books about business or technology embrace e-reading while readers who purchase travel guides or cookbooks are less apt to choose digital over print?
Taking this shift a step farther, CEO Victoria Barnsley pointed out that 20 % of
sales currently
comes from
ebook titles, but with the current rate of growth, that number should rise within the next year and a half.
The main reason why the Hunger Games saw massive movement in
sales, is that the
ebooks were available at soon as the printed versions
came out.
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 `.