The Google
eBooks paid version that has access to the latest best sellers and most modern content is finally expanding to Canada.
Not exact matches
On the other hand, consumers don't want to
pay as much for an
ebook as they do for the print
version.
Then, if you want to remove the watermarks (you don't have to, per se) you can
pay a nominal fee and unlock the
ebook version of your manuscript in all the relevant
ebook formats.
But the Amazon plugin that was distributed in our free Alfa
Ebooks Manager (0.1 - 0.6) and
paid version Alfa
Ebooks Manager 0.7 is sending requests with our AWS Access Key ID without being signed.
That may change as more so - called digital natives progress into higher education and as
ebook reader technology gets better, but for now, 60 % of students would rather
pay for a low - cost printed book than use a free digital
version.
But what we're
paying for is the story and the author's work in putting it together, so while I do think an
ebook should be a bit cheaper than the paper
version, I don't think it should be dramatically different.
It is very likely the company will offer different storage
versions, so people can
pay more money and have more internal storage for audiobooks and
ebooks.
No one wants to
pay full price for both the
ebooks and audio
versions.
But when I can't get the books I want from Amazon even in paper
version, all of a sudden I have to start
paying attention to the
ebook wars.
Readers are balking at
paying $ 10 for any kind of
ebook, unless it is the digital
version of a brand new hardcover.
Then I either click to buy the
ebook version or I put it on a wishlist to get at the library because I won't
pay over-inflated traditional publisher
ebook prices.
Moving
ebooks to subsidiary rights is very appealing on many levels, as it would allow individual vendors to create their own specific
version of the
ebook, price it as they feel appropriate, and
pay an advance and royalty to the publisher for that right.
One of the advantages for authors who give away free
ebook versions of their books — if you hadn't
paid for your
ebook version of On Chesil Beach would you have bought the paperback to leave on your shelve?
If hard copy books came with a free
ebook, I would happily
pay the extra for the hard copy, but only very, very rarely do I buy both
versions.
Now, all my print - only books are
ebooks on pirate sites, even though Amazon told me that it never sold any of the illegally created «
ebook»
versions of my work (except to me) if Amazon lied to me, and if Amazon allows people who illegally bought illegal copies of my works which were created in violation of my copyrights (and for which I was never
paid any royalties) do you think those re-sales will be legal?
When the electronic
version is widely available, publishers found a 52 % decrease in
ebook sales after release, so it doesn't
pay to wait.
That's right,
paying a few dollars more on
ebooks is totally killing readers slowly or making them poorer or dumber??? The whole point of
ebooks is that it is already cheaper than print
version.
I have already self published an
ebook, but want to offer a paperback
version, so am looking at
paying for a professional edit now.
From a business perspective, I've been able to gather up enough donations and other funds to
pay for most of the production costs for the
ebook version (editing, cover, etc.).
What if you could
pay $ 2.99 for the
eBook version of Stephen King or Suzanne Collins's latest novel WITH advertisements, or $ 9.99 for the
eBook WITHOUT advertisements?
My expenses for a new book are about $ 1100... that includes my cover artist, my copy editor, my own ISBN #, and
paying to have my
ebook versions professionally made for me... Since I'm still unknown, most of my copies I personally sell at events I attend, but I'm hoping that changes as I come out with more books...
If a fiction model were devised for libraries, it would most likely follow the cartel bundling model:
pay X amount of $ a year, get all the
ebook versions of the bestsellers from Publishing House Y. Add a few extra 000s to that subscription price and they'll throw in their back catalog of midlist authors.
Also, remember that big publishers have totally different deals with retailers, so you don't know what they are getting
paid on a book priced at $ 14.99 for the
eBook version.
It's pretty common to find authors that are willing to give digital copies of their
ebooks away for free, but it shows a whole different level of selflessness and commitment to your readers for an author to give away physical
versions of their books, especially if they are
paying for shipping.
Amazon customers will have to
pay # 11.96 to pre-order it — but an
eBook and audiobook
version are already available for free from the pirate site.
All future royalties will be
paid on the basis of KENPC 2.0 regardless of when the
ebook was downloaded or which
version a customer is reading.