Sentences with phrase «ebook authors want»

And of course, many bookstores allow print books to be returned so why would ebook authors want to make purchasing ebooks less desirable?

Not exact matches

Title: Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World: Combining Principles and Profit to Create the World We Want Authors: Jay Conrad Levinson (1933 — 2013), Shel Horowitz Contributing writers: Cynthia Kersey (Unstoppable), Frances Moore Lappé (Diet for a Small Planet), Ken McArthur (The Impact Factor), Yanik Silver (Evolved Enterprise) Publisher: Morgan James Pub date: April 19, 2016 • Price: $ 24.95 ISBN: 978 -1-63047-658-8 (paperback); 978 -1-63047-659-5 (eBook)

Summary: Title: Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World: Combining Principles and Profit to Create the World We Want Authors: Jay Conrad Levinson, Shel Horowitz Contributing writers: Cynthia Kersey, Frances Moore Lappé, Ken McArthur, Yanik Silver Publisher: Morgan James Pub date: April 19, 2016 ISBN: 978 -1-63047-658-8 (paperback); 978 -1-63047-659-5 (eBook) Price: $ 24.95 Contact: Shel Horowitz, 413-586-2388, or via email

Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World: Combining Principles and Profit to Create the World We Want by Jay Conrad Levinson and Shel Horowitz ($ list price $ 24.95) can be ordered with the ISBNs 978 -1-63047-658-8 (paperback); 978 -1-63047-659-5 (eBook), or directly from the author by visiting http://goingbeyondsustainability.com/guerrilla-marketing-to-heal-the-world/

This is not because I am an experienced eBook author (though I did just publish my first eBook), but because I am trying to learn more about the process, and wanted to share what I learn with you.

Read Book marketing and ebook promotion tips for book authors, book publishers, self - publishing authors, and e-book publishers who want to sell more books.

I usually suggest that authors start by investigating the free or low - cost services with good reputations in the self - pub community: Createspace, IngramSpark, and Lulu if they want to do print as well as ebooks, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and the direct - to - ereading - device services (Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing, Barnes & Noble's Nook Press, and Kobo's Kobo Writing Life) if they want to do an ebook only.

I'd love to have an agent if they were able to address the changes in the industry as they occur, rather than turning only to older models of publishing, e.g. arranging eBook contracts in which the eBooks are overpriced and the author receives a small royalty — ugh, who would want that?

It also works for publishers and authors who want to sell ebooks with Aerio.

Perhaps Booktango, Author Solutions» ebook platform, is what Penguin really wanted?

As you begin the process of becoming a published eBook author, think about the specific niche topic you will write about, the way you will monetize your writing, and where you want to go after your eBook is finished.

We started Author Earnings.com because we want authors to have visual insights into what's happening on the largest ebook retail store in the world.

For self - publishing, I usually suggest that authors start by looking at the free or low - cost services, including Createspace and IngramSpark if they want to do print as well as ebooks, and Smashwords, Draft2Digital, and the direct - to - ereading - device services (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo) if they want to do an ebook only.

For authors who want to sell eBooks and downloads, we've added a fixed $ 1.49 base price to cover our credit card processing and hosting expenses.

$ 3 is still not a huge stretch compared to the $ 10 or more most traditional publishers are charging for ebooks, but as an Indie author, I want to make sure to keep a handle on what my readers are expecting and willing to pay.

For example, if you are an author who wants to promote and sell your own Book or eBook, then you need to get an ISBN.

What I want to focus on is another illusory belief among some authors — and most of these are self publishers — that eBooks is the exclusive way to forge ahead in publishing.

> Map out your writing empire, including all the things you love to do > Start setting up and implementing the systems and structures you need to support your empire (including an author website, if you don't already have one) > Overhaul your writing life so you're aligned with and set up for the success you want to create > Get your nonfiction eBook written and published (at least one, but possibly more than one, if you're up for it) > Grow your following > Sell more books

Using print and / or ebook giveaway contests, says Patrick Brown, Goodreads Director of Author Marketing, you «build up some reviews» and prompt users to «put the book on their Want to Read shelves.»

If you're looking for a new ebook publishing platform, you want to find one that works directly with authors.

My sons usually want to read ebooks by known authors, just because they've heard good buzz about them.

I'd heard stories about ebooks from reputable indie authors or traditional publishers suffering from formatting problems, and I didn't want to run into the same issues.

If however you want to use Twitter to find information relating to ebook publishing, especially as it applies to indie authors, there are some more -LSB-...]

With the skills learned freelancing and lots of playing with Photoshop over the last 10 years, I want to design beautiful covers for indie authors for their ebooks and print books.

However, as publishers make a grab for perpetual e-rights, etc., and as they screw up publishing of ebooks, I then wonder if I want to hold off on traditional publishing until I see how things settle out in terms of authors keeping or getting back rights.

What I really wanted to title this post was here are five ways a print - on - demand book can help an author make more money than if they published only an eBook, and CreateSpace is the easiest and most pain - free way to produce a book in print.

Hopefully, the absence of some major authors from eBook stores will be temporary — but in the meantime, you could be forgiven for thinking that publishers really do want to hand all the cards to Amazon — they're the cheapest and, for whatever reason, they are now the ones with the biggest range of books, some of which UK readers can not, right now, buy electronically in a format compatible with their own devices.

And if you want to make that extra effort too, think about buying your ebooks from other sites — especially directly from publishers, if you have that opportunity, because that'll have the added bonus of making sure more money ultimately gets into the hands of your favorite authors.

«We talk with so many authors who want to create an eBook, but they don't have the necessary Word or PDF files to get started — all they have is their printed book,» says BookBaby president Brian Felsen.

As I get ready to release Volume III, This Is / Is Not the Way I Want Things to Change, in my sci - fi / romance / paranormal / multiverse / utopian The Spanners Series, I consider what I wish I had known for ebooks 1 and 2 of this series, my first launch and second foray into being an indiepub author after having been traditionally published.

For authors who want to sell and collect creator royalties on eBooks, we've added a $ 0.99 base price to cover our credit card processing and hosting expenses.

I encounter many new and even established authors who say, «I just want to do an ebook.»

But there are a lot of authors who do want their books, especially their ebooks, in libraries.

So what's a book publicist, or an eBook author, to do when they want to find eBook promotion opportunities and they can't find them in the usual places that were so friendly to traditional authors who needed media visibility for their traditional books?

«The author wanted an ebook cover representative of fantasy, but not medieval, that would appeal to YA and women in their 20s, and which wouldn't scare off male readers.»

For authors who want to sell and collect creator royalties on eBooks, pricing must include $ 0.99 base price to cover our credit card processing and hosting expenses.

If you want to succeed as an author, you'll also need professional - quality books and ebooks.

What I am referring to is the question that aspiring independent authors routinely ask once they get to the stage where they want to self - publish their books, «How do I create an eBook?»

Also I have wished for both p and ebooks when I want the author to sign the book for me but want to carry and read it whenever / wherever (cf Hugh Howey and Wool / Silo / Dust).

Taking a risk on a previously unknown author may mean gambling a few dollars on an ebook, but there is significantly more money invested in purchasing a print edition, so readers want to know that the book has been carefully screened for quality.

The top end of the range prevents authors and publishers from listing their ebooks at overly inflated prices, since Amazon wants to make sure there is enough content available for its millions of Kindle fans, all at an enticing price point.

Authors are normally faced with the situation of wanting to build their own marketing list or giveaway free eBook samples.

From now on Robert Jordan's Memory of Light will be remembered by the reading community as the source of an ebook that the author's wife didn't want the public to have.

Jeanette is not just the author of today's book, When It's Right (reviewed here), but also one of the books on my Best Ebook Romances of the Year list over at Library Journal, Take What You Want (reviewed earlier this year).

If you don't want to go through the trouble of creating an author account on all of these different sites and don't mind giving up a bit of your control and getting smaller percentages, ebook distributors are your method of choice.

After all, it offers the highest percentage royalty, and eBooks are usually priced lower than print books, which appeals to readers who might not want to drop $ 15 on an author they've never heard of.

Do you really want to be an old time author and publish your book traditionally or do you want to be an eBook author and self - publish your content on - line?

People who previously didn't have a need for the social aspects of Goodreads can now use the service to add books to their shelves and follow authors they like in order to get alerted of deals on the ebooks they actually want — that's a lot more personalized than typical daily deals emails.

Please note, they only want rights to the ebook and audiobook versions; the author maintains the print and theatrical rights.

Authors want readers and readers want eBooks.