Sentences with phrase «ebook prices rise»

Best - Selling Ebook Prices Rise Before HarperCollins Restores Agency — And so it begins.

I've observed time and time again that reader complaints about ebook prices rise sharply in comparison to reader satisfaction with the books.

Many of you are very, very angry at the prospect of seeing ebook prices rise.

A return to Amazon's $ 9.99 price point is a veritable certainty, while the fact that ebook prices rose in general once Apple entered the market seems like a pretty damning fact in general.

Of course, what the publishers did with that power in the short run was break Amazon's stranglehold on ebook prices, and the immediate effect was that ebook prices rose.

Not exact matches

The Justice Department said the scheme caused some ebook prices to rise to $ 12.99 or $ 14.99 from the $ 9.99 price previously charged by market leader Amazon.

So, second, while the Amazon stock may take a little temporary tumble, I suspect the reasons have more to do with the still relatively low price for most ebooks ($ 9.99) and the rise in competition.

I've been hearing readers complain about rising ebook prices and spotted more than a few at $ 12.99, $ 17.99, even $ 29.99, but I hadn't yet seen the numbers on how this affects sales.

I still don't understand how publishers can hope to see their sales of ebooks rise while pricing them at, essentially, the same level as a printed paper book.

A rise in paper prices has concomitantly driven more readers to buy ebooks.

«The move by Barnes & Noble as well as Amazon to slash the prices of their eBook readers reflects a fundamental change in their business strategy intended to counter the rising competitive pressure from Apple's iPad,» iSuppli said.

Prices would rise to account for the returns and the portion of readers who dishonestly return ebooks but readers would likely accept the rise because of the generous refund policy.

They have recently reconfirmed their commitment to license ebooks to libraries, although they have stated that there will be a rise in the price.

To help offset the rising cost of print copies I have lowered the eBook price on the first three Secret Watchers books.

Their decision to withhold library ebook sales, at least until per - lend prices rise to close to sale prices, is entirely rational.

Ebook prices have risen and serious readers still prefer the tactile pleasure of a physical book and will choose that over a digital book for the same price.

Ever since the rise in popularity of electronic reading, the standard argument has been that ebooks cost less to make and do not require additional expense or material to duplicate, therefore, the price should logically be far less than the price of a print edition.

If the attorney who filed the suit, Steve Berman, has his way, though, one of his chief witnesses is prepared to demonstrate how much the consumers were overcharged with metrics from an economist based on the 18 % rise in ebook sales as a result of artificial price fluctuations.

Parents of e-reading children are most comfortable with ebooks priced between $ 3.50 and $ 9.00, paying $ 7.00 on average for a children's ebook, a figure that has risen steadily over the past year

Smashwords CEO Mark Coker recently released the 2018 updated edition of his Smashwords Book Marketing Guide, in which his advice to authors still includes a strategy of pricing at least one book as free, and if you have a series, price the first book as free, despite his gloomy 2018 Publishing Predictions blog post, in which he predicted an increased glut of high - quality, low cost eBooks, and the demise of independent publishing by a rising, Amazon - dependent model.

So for the next couple of days, The Brevity of Roses ebook will be on deep discount at $.99 and then rise in price twice over the next days until it's back to the regular price.

The prices for Big 5 published ebooks have risen quite steadily, rather than a sudden surge since the return to agency.»

While big publishers complain that ebook sales are declining, indie sales are on the rise (maybe big publishers should reconsider their high $ 10 - $ 15 prices, for starters).

Ebooks on Apple's iBookstore rose to the range of $ 12.99 to $ 14.99 under Apple's agency pricing model, which allows book publishers to set the price of an ebook while Apple takes a 30 percent cut.

Ever since the rise of the tablet and the fall of ebook reader prices, innovation in the field of E Ink ebook readers has grown rather stale.

But there's no reason that smart independent booksellers can't curate and bring diversity to the used ebook market, allowing prices to rise or fall according to demand and reputation.

But books can be so expensive — even eBook prices seem to be rising in today's economy.

As the cross-subsidies disappear over time — the ebook becomes the primary edition, quality and feature expectations are higher, and the digital edition has to bear most of the book's total costs — the price will probably need to rise.

Meanwhile, for those who love to watch the ebook reader market and compare the popularity of various devices, it will be fascinating to watch the rising and falling offer prices for over 140 devices (including dedicated ebook readers, tablets, and smart phones) that Amazon has tagged with a «kindle» keyword in its trade - in department.

There's a lot more — replacing paper, the rise of eWriters, the state of eInk and eReader technology, the effect on reading, spread of eReaders in education, the prices we settle at, the revenue stream eBooks and eReaders provide.

Now that the price point for indie ebooks is rising to $ 2.99 or $ 4.99, not as many full - length novels are selling for 99 cents.

As prices rise that will also have an impact on ebook sales and history shows prices do move up more often than down.»

The pricing of ebooks does vary but the information is still the same and sales are starting to rise.

The shift to agency pricing (in some cases, publishers have priced their ebooks higher than the price Amazon charges for the print versions); the rise in sales of indie - authored, low - priced ebooks; device fatigue and a slow renewals cycle; a lack of good competition to Amazon; adoption rates decreasing; reading time diminishing; and output reaching saturation point.

Occasionally readers were caught in the broadside, like when they were stung by higher ebook prices during the agency agreement idiocy, but for the most part the emergence of ebooks, the rise of self publishing and the growth of digital creation, distribution and access have been more or less unqualified goods for them.

Tags Act Like a Lady Think Like a Man agency pricing Amazon Barnes & Noble Bloodline Department of Justice ebooks Family Affair Google Google Play HarperCollins Judgment Call Kindle Kobo Nook Sony State of Wonder Telegraph Avenue The Art of Racing in the Rain The Cutting Season The Fallen Angel The Happiness Project The Rise of Nine The Shoemaker's Wife

The rise of the pirate eBook websites coincides with concern among consumers about the high price of legal book downloads.

Other highlights from the report include a significant increase in the number of publishers producing digital audiobooks, which rose by 11 % over 2015, and a 20 % jump in the number of firms utilizing the agency pricing model for their ebooks.

This newfound «accepted wisdom,» propagated by the press who love to chart the demise of the publisher whilst celebrating the rise of shiny tablets, pads, and e-readers, puts a downward pressure on book prices (especially ebooks «competing» with self published titles) and recklessly ignores the important role that publishers do play, not in the conventional distribution role, but in the creative process itself.

In ebook deals, a Paris Getaway sale and a great price on Desert Rising by Kelley Grant.

«S&S CEO Carolyn Reidy said she is not too worried about the decline — yet» going on to say she did not blame the sales dip on higher prices and ``... she wouldn't be surprised if ebook sales started to rise again.»

The German ebook market is on a rising trend and is popular with traditional publishers in particular as the country still has a fixed book price agreement which means ebook prices are generally considerably higher there than in the US and UK.

One of the major reasons seen for the seismic shift from trad to indie is the return to agency pricing by the Big 5, which has brought sharp rises in ebook prices from the trad publishers.

And notes on several other talking points from the report read this way: «Other highlights include a significant increase in the number of publishers producing digital audiobooks — which rose by 11 percent over 2015 — and a 20 - percent jump in the number of firms utilizing the agency pricing model for their ebooks.

In a consistent German book market, ebook sales rise by volume, but lower prices are driving down revenue from digital products.

However, there's some consolation for the Big Five in their bank balances for ebooks as they raised prices massively during the year in a return to agency pricing so although sales fell, receipts rose.