And in a further twist, the issue might just expose the shaky legal foundations on which much of
the early ebook industry rests.
Not exact matches
In the latest sign of this disruption, author John Locke — who
earlier this year became the first self - published author to sell a million
ebooks — has signed an innovative deal with publisher Simon & Schuster that shows at least some players in the
industry are thinking about how to adapt to the shifting balance of power.
The British government had formed a task force
earlier this year to investigate the potential impact of
ebook lending in order to consider mandating lending; the task force was made up of voices from various sectors in the book
industry, but the news led to concerns that libraries would possibly suffer in an era of all - digital lending adoption.
Well, we're decking the halls
early at Lulu this year and slashing our
industry - best 80/20 revenue split on
eBooks so you can reach more readers, sell more books, and earn even more revenue this holiday than ever before — tis the season right?
Well, we're decking the halls
early at Lulu this year and slashing our
industry - best 80/20 revenue split on
eBooks so you can reach more readers, sell more
As the owner of an
ebook and ereader blog that is heavily invested in research into the tablet
industry, I would advise windows tablet purchasers to wait about a year before buying to give software developers and microsoft the chance to work the bugs out as well as the price to come down to the point it appeals to mainstream consumers rather than
early adopters.
A separate option, audiobook production company Common Mode, is now broadening its model from its
early days of producing
ebooks for the traditional publishing
industry into serving the needs of indie authors and small presses.
Fictionwise is one of the
early ebook stores, having got started back in the Palm days, and has been a good supporter of the emerging
industry standard, ePub.
As I said
earlier, there's no hard and fast rule when pricing
eBooks and not every author will have the same experience, depending on which genre they write in, how many books they have on the market and current
industry trends.
My
earlier websites have specialized in one aspect of the
industry such as freelance writing or
ebook publishing.
The short answer is that the book
industry, like all publishing industries, has been slow to embrace change: While ebooks now comprise 30 percent of book sales, per the Book Industry Study Group's most recent report, they were long seen as a novelty for early a
industry, like all publishing
industries, has been slow to embrace change: While
ebooks now comprise 30 percent of book sales, per the Book
Industry Study Group's most recent report, they were long seen as a novelty for early a
Industry Study Group's most recent report, they were long seen as a novelty for
early adopters.
Perhaps, it is too
early to predict what the bestselling
eBook authors of 2013
industry would write and succeed.
LJ's third annual
Ebook third annual ebook summit «The Digital Shift: Libraries, Ebooks, and Beyond» featured insightful presentations and lively discussions on topics ranging from ebook discovery, how ebooks have affected collection development strategies, the growth of etextbooks, and a post-mortem on the industry's response to the Research Works Act early this
Ebook third annual
ebook summit «The Digital Shift: Libraries, Ebooks, and Beyond» featured insightful presentations and lively discussions on topics ranging from ebook discovery, how ebooks have affected collection development strategies, the growth of etextbooks, and a post-mortem on the industry's response to the Research Works Act early this
ebook summit «The Digital Shift: Libraries,
Ebooks, and Beyond» featured insightful presentations and lively discussions on topics ranging from ebook discovery, how ebooks have affected collection development strategies, the growth of etextbooks, and a post-mortem on the industry's response to the Research Works Act early this
Ebooks, and Beyond» featured insightful presentations and lively discussions on topics ranging from
ebook discovery, how ebooks have affected collection development strategies, the growth of etextbooks, and a post-mortem on the industry's response to the Research Works Act early this
ebook discovery, how
ebooks have affected collection development strategies, the growth of etextbooks, and a post-mortem on the industry's response to the Research Works Act early this
ebooks have affected collection development strategies, the growth of etextbooks, and a post-mortem on the
industry's response to the Research Works Act
early this year.