Yes, there are fixed costs
for ebook production, just like there are fixed costs for print production.
The presentation was supposed to be an overview
of ebook production for self - published authors.
There are no manufacturing, returns, or freight costs associated with ebooks; some publishers may apply conversion / formatting fees or overhead associated
with ebook production.
I bet everyone involved, on the technology side, is hard at work trying to produce better, more capable tools to
make ebook production more of a push - button process.
Do you think that
ebook production experts like yourself will build brands to distinguish their books from other ebooks?
If you are looking for a top -
notch ebook production team to work with — especially if you have a complicated book — look no further.
But for publishers, it could add challenges as the new features these formats offer
mean ebook production requirements and costs will scale up.
The explanation comes down to nothing more than publishers trying to keep up in a difficult market, while costs and ease of
ebook production became manageable.
We offer not
only ebook production for all formats, but also daily distribution to all trade partners, as well as deals and marketing so that each title gets the attention it deserves.
Our consultants are experts in publishing, print and
eBook production whose goal is to help authors who choose to self - publish.
We will describe some of the details of how digital books are authored, both in a scholarly context and in
general ebook production terms.
If you want ebook services but don't like technology, or want to concentrate on the writing, we can help you
with ebook production.
Today, we look at a few different companies that make branching out from strict
eBook production into a world of audio.
Have a look at this page at Aptara (one of the world's biggest
ebook production companies), then you can try Googling around some of the key phrases to find other suppliers who offer similar services, if you want to get competitive quotes.
Why she's awesome: Colleen is the Senior Ebook Developer at F+W, A Content + eCommerce Company and an adjunct professor teaching
ebook production at Emerson College.
However, with 45 % of respondents reporting that that their business had moved from one that fully
outsourced eBook production, a major trend in digital production strategies appears to be the move towards greater internal production of eBooks.
The proposal was to get together a «starter» list of, say, 800-1000 quality commercial New Zealand titles, to create them in a simple and inexpensive way through bulk - buying of
ebook production services (particularly for indie publishers, the major publishers already have a lot of ebook inventory), and to market them as a package to early market makers such as e-reader device manufacturers, ebook retailers, libraries, and others.
This book is written to provide solutions to those irritating
ebook production problems, so you can design more freely.This book will teach you how to get things under control.
ebookcraft is a two - day event held in Toronto each year, which brings
ebook production professionals together to discuss design, standards, and best practices.
On the other hand, Amazon's $ 9.99 price point can not support
quality ebook production, which is what happens when no one makes money.
In my role at Macmillan Publishers, I've spent the last couple of years balancing traditional publishing technology (e.g., InDesign, XML, XSLT) with modern web markup and conversion methods to build the first version of an
automated ebook production toolchain that converts Microsoft Word manuscripts to EPUB files ready for distribution.
One of the great things about sitting on 30,000 + ePub books (as uploaded to Bookworm) is the ability to look at what's happening in real -
world ebook production.
There is a workaround that many
eBook production people use that, while not providing a true nested navigational TOC, it will give you a visually nested TOC.
The more I discover about existing
publisher ebook production processes, the more I talk to people «on the inside», the clearer it becomes that a substantial portion of existing ebook inventory is quite simply rubbish.
Olivia will be sharing details about authors can use their
new ebook production tool which helps authors build ebooks and mobile apps.
Aptara's Sriram Panchanathan
offers eBook production guidance for avoiding the errors suffered by JK Rowling's latest release.
A couple of fellow masochists from the world of
ebook production rightly point out on Twitter that you can indeed test the AZK file on your Kindle / iOS, here is how:
And to answer, I went to Twitter and posted the question with the #eprdctn hashtag (the hashtag you should use and follow to and participate in discussions
among ebook production people):
Publishers in the know (and I shake my head at those traditional publishers who have not
embraced eBook production and sensible pricing) publish in every way they can.