Sentences with phrase «ebook pricing based»
Pay per use is the ultimate way of ebook pricing based on the reading experience.
https://publishdrive.com/ Not exact matches
When comparing that «basically free» phenomenon with a regularly priced eBook, and given the high volume of books they read on a regular basis, those regularly priced eBooks can seem overpriced.
Most often I see people price an eBook based on Amazon's royalty structure (generally, prices outside $ 2.99 to $ 9.99 get a 35 % commission).
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.
In a letter to Hachette authors and agents, posted by CNN's Brian Stelter, Pietsch wrote that the company will get «full responsibility for the consumer prices of our ebooks,» and that «the percent of revenue on which Hachette authors» ebook royalties are based will not decrease under this agreement.»
Applying DRM (optional, eBooks only) adds $.99 to the base price to offset the fee charged by our DRM provider.
As mentioned previously, in the section on subscription based ebook pricing models, pay per use models usually pay publishers a pre-set rate.
Library Directwill allow libraries to bundle books in Smashwords» catalog and select the books based on sales ranking; partnered with the new Pricing Manager which allows authors and publishers to set the prices that libraries will pay, even opting to make their titles free to libraries, the amount of ebook titles that libraries can offer to patrons will increase.
However, there are a few challenges that remain as Japanese authorities will still have to devise a method of ascertaining the online distribution prices adopted by companies such as Amazon, which is based in the US but has a considerable presence in the Japanese ebook market.
A number of authors have criticized the concept of free book giveaways or listing ebooks at substantially lower prices, based on the belief that this will translate into not only higher rates of piracy, but also lost sales from readers who would have otherwise paid full price.
As XinXii is an European based company, we have to warrant two aspects: - we have to pay the German VAT to the tax office for each eBook sold (19 %)- the VAT must be always included in the final price of all products listed on XinXii So after a sale, we have to transfer the VAT to the tax office, and the author will get his percentage of the net price as provision / royalty.
My first ebook is free right now, so no loss there, but I sell EE2 and EE3 for $ 4.95 each (although, last I checked, Amazon had price - matched one of those down to $ 3.99 based on some slow - to - update store out there).
Ebook prices will vary based on whether or not I'm having a sale; if in doubt, check the Square store to see what I'm currently asking for the ebooks.
This is partly out of experimental interest to see if this improves my numbers any, and partly just because I've been hand - selling the ebook editions for five bucks each — and bringing the base price down to $ 4.99 USD is more in line with that.
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.
BookLogix will consult with author to determine the selling and list price for the print and eBook editions, assisting the author in determining the price of the book based on genre and page count.
* My post was in response to a NY Times article on the pricing of ebooks that was based entirely on math provided by individuals who, unlike Olson, still work inside a publishing house.
Moreover, Olson and Anand point out that the pricing of ebooks, as a stand - alone business, can provide for a wide variety of dynamic pricing based on time - based or other economic incentives that could actually far surpass the revenue available via the current book distribution model (something akin to a consignment shop).
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.
When / if The Spanners Series ebooks start selling well and your fan base has grown sufficiently, you may raise Volume II's price to $ 5.99 during Volume III's Pre-order period, now pushed into spring, 2015, and set the Pre-order price @ $ 2.99 for Volume III, This Is / Is Not the Way I Want Things to Change.
In the end, the Reader store needs to lower eBook prices, build community, open a proper subscription based book club, expand into foreign markets and leverage their name brand as a primary mover of growth.
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.
Publishers galvanized this movement, because UK based publishing companies have been forced to pay a higher percentage in VAT to customers, whereas Amazon has enjoyed tax savings and lowering ebook prices.
In other attempts to launch subscription - based ebook platforms, some of the major hurdles involved the pricing and compensation.
You also have to set a minimum price of $.99 in the eBook wizard if you want to sell your eBook (this is the base cost / delivery fee).
Ignoring the question of whether price should be based on cost, which is a never - ending issue in business economics, the simple fact of the matter is ebooks aren't free for the publisher to provide.
What I appreciate about Joe Konrath's posts on ebook pricing is that he is experimenting with backlist pricing, looking at the results with an objective eye, and being transparent about the decisions he makes based on results.
Macmillan is looking for dynamic pricing on ebooks, based on the perceive value of a title as related to its print release status.
We know this is based on the price difference common between print and ebook.
Price for eBook formatting is simply based on word count and complexity, particularly for non-fiction books.
Last week we determined that ebook pricing was not based on the cost of ebooks, but rather the most that publishers thought readers would pay for ebooks in this market.
(Since I usually price based on word count, I expect I would go around $ 6.95 for the ebook on this one.)
The report presents 145 pages of data and commentary on a broad range of eBook issues, including: spending on eBooks in 2010 and anticipated spending for 2011; use levels of various kinds of eBooks; market penetration by various specific eBook publishers; extent of use of aggregators vs offering by specific publishers; purchasing of individual titles; use of various channels of distribution such as traditional book jobbers and leading retail / internet based booksellers; use of eBooks in course reserves and interlibrary loan; impact of eBooks on print book spending; use of eBooks in integrated search; price increases for eBooks; contract renewal rates for eBooks; use of special eBook platforms for smartphones and tablet computers; spending plans and current use of eBook reader such as Nook, Reader and Kindle; the role played by library consortia in eBooks; Continue reading Primary Research Group releases Library Use of eBooks 2011 Edition →
The essence of the motion was based on the wording of these companies settling out of court and the expiration of the «Agency Model» of ebook pricing that happened in July.
The CEO of the company Anna Lewis recently said, «Publishers set an ebook's price and ValoBox splits it up, primarily based on the book's table of contents.
However, Judge Cote accepted the terms based on the assumption that the market can not engage in illegal price fixing and justify it by saying it was done in order to return some semblance of balance to the ebook market.
It's sensible because, by basing it on net pricing, publishers gain the flexibility to price their ebooks to their market, independently of p - books which sell into a different environment.
US publisher Simon and Schuster has announced that its ebook royalties will shift to a payment based on percentage of net receipts rather than a share of the list price.
The price of your eBook will depend upon whether your book is a straight text eBook (most fiction books tend to be straight text books), these are the cheapest and form the basis of our pricing structure, or whether your book needs more complex formatting such as images, tables, indexes, (many non-fiction books will be like this).
For an average 2 - week lending term, libraries would get a full year of lending for about US$ 10 - 20, based on typical ebook prices — that's about 40 - 80 cents a loan.
We might therefore experience an increase in prices of certain types of eBooks based on their features.
But rather than kicking the Sony, if you look at the Nook, while it does appear to have one advantage over the Kindle, the support for an external USB drive, it doesn't have good pricing on its books (Amazon is consistently less expensive) and the nook doesn't appear to offer as good a collection based on searches at B&N ebook and Amazon Kindle.
epubli is a Berlin based digital printing and eBook platform that offers authors full control of their book's publication, from pricing to marketing.
Given the circumstance that most eBooks are priced lower than $ 6 based on the best sellers on Kindle Top 100 Paid chart, only three out of 20 titles are priced at $ 11.76, $ 7.99, $ 7.78.
The ebook royalty rates are based on price points: 35 % for $.99 up to $ 2.99 and 70 % for $ 2.99 or higher.
They would do this by receiving their royalty on a higher average price that readers might pay for a more useful ebook — because royalties ultimately are based on what a book will sell for — and from the extra sales made to readers who want this specific feature.
Targeted Age Group: 16 - 65 Category: Women's Fiction Print book price range: 12.99 eBook price range: 2.99 About Breaking The Silence: Based on a true story, a new novel from Diamante Lavendar.
At its base level this is a move by Amazon to try to impose both an upper and lower bound on ebook prices and also get itself a fair deal.
Our standard eBook conversion prices are based on a digital file in either Word, PDF, or Html format that is straight text (no tables, indexes or complex formatting etc) only.
I've felt for a long time that what authors (agents) should work toward is a fixed amount - per - copy - sold as an ebook royalty and just get out of the percentages business on ebooks, which, as we know, can have their prices change on a frequent basis.