Sentences with phrase «ebooks than hardcover»

Publisher gets more of profit on eBooks than hardcover.

American publishers are now bringing in more revenue from ebooks than hardcover books, according to a report published by the Association of American Publishers (AAP).

In July 2010, Amazon — who was already the world's largest book retailer — reported that they sold more ebooks than hardcovers during the second quarter of the year.

But I expect to pay less for an ebook than a hardcover, and so do most people.

In July of 2010 Amazon reported that it had sold more ebooks than hardcovers.

Not exact matches

There is no sane reason why an ebook should cost more than a hardcover, but lo and behold, that's the case with my Sex, Bombs and Burgers.

When I look through the Kindle store and see ebooks priced higher than the paperback and hardcover, it seems to me that they are trying to push readers back to that more traditional medium.

This has been attributed to an increase in the cost of ebooks which in some case costs even more than the hardcover version of the same.

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Then often the ebook price is just 2 - 3 Euros lower then than the price for the hardcover book, later when you can buy the paperback it is usually cheaper than the ebook, because that was priced after the hardcover and since book prices are fixed, it usually can not be changed easily.

This is why a new ebook almost costs as much as a hardcover and is normally more expensive than a paperback.

But as of this writing, Amazon is offering the book for pre-order — something that many mom - and - pop independent bookstores aren't even set up to do — for less than $ 13 for the hardcover; the Kindle edition is priced just over $ 11, while Barnes and Noble and Kobo are offering the ebook edition for pre-order for more than $ 16.

Hmm, going back to what my Tech Guy mentioned about a good ebook price being 75 % of the paper version, I wonder if some of the difference we see at the higher end is the publisher comparing the price to a hardcover or trade paperback version rather than the mass paperback format.

With capabilities to highlight text and take notes within each ebook, eCampus offers more than 100,000 digital titles, as well as hardcover texts for purchase or rent.

Ebooks generally look worse than your average trade paperback or hardcover book.

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Their profit margins on hardcovers are bigger than paperbacks and ebooks, ergo it's in their interest to protect hardcover sales.

They'd be much more likely to adopt Amazon's Kindle ereaders if they thought they could find new books for much less than they could by 1) buying Amazon's own hardcovers or 2) shopping at the local bookseller (think retail discounter and current ebook competitor Barnes and Noble).

When the Association of American Publishers revealed recently that publishers now bring in more revenue from ebooks than from hardcover books... well, that is an earthquake of sorts.

Ebook prices usually trend much less than soft or hardcover alternatives, so if you have an ebook version, it is often (but not always) priced less than a physical Ebook prices usually trend much less than soft or hardcover alternatives, so if you have an ebook version, it is often (but not always) priced less than a physical ebook version, it is often (but not always) priced less than a physical book.

«Amazon keeps promoting the idea that an eBook should cost much, much less than a hardcover because the cost of producing it is so much lower.

They tend to read really fast and a lot of books, so because the eBook tends to be a little less expensive than the actual paperback or hardcover of the book, they can actually consume the content at a faster rate and you know get their fill of all their favorite authors.

A little while ago Amazon was crowing because ebook sales for the Kindle were more than doubling hardcover and then paperback sales on the site.

Frequently a new ebook will be more expensive than the hardcover or paperback.

I had an interesting experience this week: I just bought a brand - new hardcover novel for less than I would have paid for the ebook.

Ebooks are still generally cheaper than hardcovers, Michael Connelly notwithstanding.

According to Bowker, eBooks leave «publishers with a lot more to identify with ebooks than the print standbys of hardcover and paperback.&eBooks leave «publishers with a lot more to identify with ebooks than the print standbys of hardcover and paperback.&ebooks than the print standbys of hardcover and paperback.»

If you had asked included «ebooks should cost the same as hardcovers» and «ebooks should cost the same as paperbacks» and «ebooks should cost less than paperbacks», I think you would have gotten more specific, useful data about what book buyers think regarding ebook prices.

Fewer than 700 Big Five authors and fewer than 500 small - or - medium publisher authors who debuted in the last 10 years are now earning $ 25,000 a year or more on Amazon — from all of their hardcover, paperback, audio and ebook editions combined.

My argument is that when eBooks are done right they so much cheaper than physical books (40 - 50 % cheaper) that if they were reasonably priced they'd turn hardcovers into high - end items.

DM: I agree on hardcover vs. ebook pricing — it does seem silly, and I have a harder time parting with $ 13 or $ 14 for an ebook than I do with $ 25 for a hardcover; call it the psychology of buying a physical good instead of a virtual one.

The biggest bookseller on the planet, Amazon, announced May 18th that it now sells more ebooks than paperbacks and hardcovers combined.

Ebooks are now THE dominant sales format for adult fiction; bigger than hardcover, bigger than paperback.

Amazon sells more ebooks than it does print books of all kinds, paperback or hardcover.

Publishers make more profit on hardcovers than they do on ebooks, so hardcovers aren't going away.

That means that Penguin Publishing is selling Ms. Krentz's ebook for only $ 2.27 less than the hardcover edition.

So the hardcover version has a different ISBN than the paperback version; the eBook version carries a different number than the large - print edition, and so on.

Last month, almost three years after the original Kindle debuted, the company reported that it's selling more Kindle ebooks than traditional hardcovers.

I've purchased over a hundred books since they changed the pricing and almost all of them were more expensive for the the ebook than the discounted hardcover or paperback.

Authors and agents will immediately note that much of the additional profit exists because the royalty allocation once earned out is $ 1.58 lower on the ebook than for the hardcover.

Recently Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com announced that ebooks for his Kindle platform sold more copies than hardcover books in the Amazon store.

Fewer than 700 Big Five authors authors who debuted in the last 10 years are now earning $ 25,000 a year or more on Amazon — from all of their hardcover, paperback, audio and ebook editions combined.

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Joe Konrath on A Newbie's Guide to Publishing Ebook Pricing «Bottom line: I can make more money selling $ 2.99 ebooks on my own than I can selling $ 7.99 paperbacks or $ 25 hardcovers with a publisher.

Barely 6 months after stating its Kindle e-books were outselling its selection of hardcovers, Amazon announced it sold more ebooks for the Kindle e-reader than paperbacks in 2010.

It's hard to justify holding out for the brass ring of a book contract when the typical hardcover will earn the author far less than each ebook independently released.Continue Reading

More customers were buying eBooks for their Kindles or other devices than printed paperbacks and hardcovers.

Earn better royalties when you publish an eBook, better than paper back books, or hardcover books.

Crunching the numbers, I can sell more ebooks in a shorter amount of time than a Big 6 publisher can sell hardcover, s paperbacks, audiobooks, and ebooks, all combined.

You don't buy hardcovers because it would cost you a great deal of money to get them shipped to your home, yet you say that the ebook costs you more than the hardcover does.