Sentences with phrase «ebook author earnings»

For these newer author cohorts, who published within the last 2 years, the discrepancy in ebook author earnings by chosen publishing path remains very stark.

Looking at what portion of total ebook author earnings lie invisibly within the no - ISBN «shadow industry,» we see:

So let's move on to the most important chart of all, where authors are concerned — a breakdown of actual ebook author earnings from Amazon.co.uk.

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 %.»

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.

One source of numbers for online book sales, including for indie ebooks, is the website Author Earnings.

You are right that production and distribution costs per unit are less for ebooks than for paperbacks, but authors have the same 2 % to 12.5 % earnings of the list price of the book.

The top news of the week touched upon waning ebook sales for trad pubs, the EU's recent ruling that ebooks aren't books, the new Author Earnings Dashboard, the getting - by attitude, and the indie startup mindset.

Hugh Howey and Friends (that really should be a trademarked superhero team name, as you'll see in a moment) has launched the sixth quarterly Author Earnings report, a seemingly flawless look at how ebooks are actually selling on Amazon.

Sales of indie published ebooks are up according to Authors Earnings.

«KindleUnlimited indie page reads (at a current run rate of $ 180M + / yr) are now paying Amazon - exclusive indie authors far more total dollars than «wide» indie authors are earning from their sales at all non-Amazon ebook retailers combined (a total run rate of roughly $ 50M / yr in non-Amazon indie author earnings).»

Projects like Hugh Howey's Author Earnings are already maximizing on the available information to help authors make sound decisions concerning publishing route, ebook pricing, and more, but traditional publishers are also slowly coming along in terms of looking at all the possible pieces of information surrounding a book or author, and using that information to drive consumer engagAuthor Earnings are already maximizing on the available information to help authors make sound decisions concerning publishing route, ebook pricing, and more, but traditional publishers are also slowly coming along in terms of looking at all the possible pieces of information surrounding a book or author, and using that information to drive consumer engagauthor, and using that information to drive consumer engagement.

Projects like Hugh Howey's Author Earnings are already maximizing on the available information to help authors make sound decisions concerning publishing route, ebook pricing, and... [Read more...]

Quote ««KindleUnlimited indie page reads (at a current run rate of $ 180M + / yr) are now paying Amazon - exclusive indie authors far more total dollars than «wide» indie authors are earning from their sales at all non-Amazon ebook retailers combined (a total run rate of roughly $ 50M / yr in non-Amazon indie author earnings).

It gives you far higher per - book earnings than traditionally published authors are receiving (even those whose ebooks are selling for $ 10 +), it gives the readers a deal when compared to most traditionally published ebooks, and it's often considered a fair price by those who feel that digital books should cost less than the dead - tree variety since paper, ink, and shipping aren't a part of the equation.

Most indie authors are making 95 % + of their earnings from their ebooks.

-- Across the entire US ebook market, ebooks without ISBNs now command a greater share of consumer ebook purchases, reading time, and author earnings than all of the AAP's 1,200 publishers put together, including the Big Five.

By default, your eBook sales author earnings are paid by mailed check.

For eBooks sold via the wider network, the commission charged by the online retailers will be deducted prior to calculation of your Author Earnings.

Additionally, Author Earnings reported that in January of this year, 56 of Amazon's overall top 100 bestselling eBooks (more than half!)

The ebook gold rush of 2009 to 2012 generated a lot of revenue for indie authors, such as Hugh Howey and Joe Konrath, but most of that success came before Kindle Unlimited's somewhat more challenging earnings environment.

By going straight to the biggest ebook retailer on the planet (Amazon) and scraping a snapshot of data (once per quarter), Author Earnings is doing an invaluable service for the indie author community by providing them with data directly from their primary marketAuthor Earnings is doing an invaluable service for the indie author community by providing them with data directly from their primary marketauthor community by providing them with data directly from their primary marketplace.

Figures just released from Author Earnings show how the US ebook market is changing.

I don't «follow» Hugh Howey and I believe the report is a fantastically accurate picture of Amazon's ebooks sales and author earnings.

Authors Earnings has now proclaimed that the indie eBook market share has shrunk significantly.

Solomon was slightly more forgiving as she applauded Howey's efforts to arm authors with solid data and knowledge, but even she went on to state that publishers earn a significant portion of their revenue from print sales, and Author Earnings only takes into account ebook sales.

The Author Earnings Report looks at data from one store covering only 65 % of the ebook market which itself is only around 30 % of the bigger publishing market.

Authors are starting to approach their publishing business more professionally, which is reflected in higher prices for ebooks and increased average earnings.

Although, according to Author Earnings, Amazon is responsible for 83 per cent of ebooks sold in the US and 87 per cent in the UK, its share is only 60 per cent in Australia and 57 per cent in Canada.

On the Ink, Bits & Pixels blog, Nate Hoffelder says that the earnings of some authors whose ebooks were performing well through Kindle have dropped since Kindle Unlimited launched.

The overall eBook industry went up because of indie authors and micro publishers according to Author's Earnings latest information.

«According to a 2017 Author Earnings report, over 70 % of all genre fiction consumer purchases — the «overwhelming majority» — are now in ebook format.

With 89 % of the romance titles sold being ebooks, and with more than 50 % of the authors who wrote those books being self - published, Author Earnings has concluded that around 67 % of the sales happening on Amazon are not being watched or counted by the industry.

Authors Earnings has now proclaimed that the indie eBook market share has shrunk... [Read more...]

According to Jones, authors and publishers would welcome an «adult debate» about ebook sales and author earnings, but in the absence of sales figures from Amazon that's just not possible.

What kills the earnings of the indie / self - pubbed authors are the numerous 99 cents and $ 1.99 eBooks at the 35 % royalty rate.

If that's not the case, I would recommend that authors doing business with Ebooks Forever share their numbers (as we currently do with Authors Earauthors doing business with Ebooks Forever share their numbers (as we currently do with Authors EarAuthors Earnings).

Earlier this year, Author Earnings released a report showing Amazon is far and away the leader, with more than 80 percent of English - language eBook sales worldwide — both indie and traditionally - published — and 91 Continue reading «Choices for Publishing, 2017 Edition»

February 2016 Author Earnings Report: Amazon's Ebook, Print, and Audio Sales Two years ago, the first Author Earnings report revealed the growing market share of self - published ebooks.

Most ebook authors don't make a living doing this, they have other jobs, they have families who need their time, some barely make enough on their books to cover the cost of filing a tax return on their earnings.

Last week Author Earnings posting an interesting article about the current state of the US ebook market.

And according to Author Earnings, in 2015, self - published authors had taken 33 % of the ebook market.

Because according to Author Earnings, self - published books make up almost 33 % of all ebooks sold on Amazon.

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Their May 2015 Author Earnings Report (click the title to get reading) is the sixth quarterly look at Amazon's ebook sales, with data taken on over 200,000 bestselling ebooks.

Friday's #FutureChat about author experience in digital - first didn't debate slowing growth in the ebook sector, nor the question of ebook - price control in major online retail settings per Author Earauthor experience in digital - first didn't debate slowing growth in the ebook sector, nor the question of ebook - price control in major online retail settings per Author EarAuthor Earnings.

«The Big Five now account for less than a quarter of ebook earnings on Amazon,» says the February 2016 Author's Earning Report.

Passive Voice notes: «It sounds like (Data Guy) was able to accomplish in person what the voluminous statistics and analysis he and Hugh Howey created with Author Earnings could not do — convince an audience oriented toward traditional publishing that AE provides very useful information about ebook sales.»

What's the ideal ebook price to maximize readership and author earnings?

It's almost certain that ebooks, because they're often self published, and even when traditionally published have higher royalty rates than print, make up a substantially higher fraction of author earnings than they do of consumer spending.