Sentences with phrase «ebook publishers out»

A lot of the ebook publishers out there are fleecing authors as far as I can tell.

But unlike the wealth of ebook publishers out there, Medallion's new venture will be about creating something new in the world of enhanced ebooks.

With the number of fantastic small presses and ebook publishers out there today, getting an internship with a publisher has never been easier.

Not exact matches

Apple and two publishers, Penguin and Macmillan, are holding out and saying that their «agency pricing» deal was designed to counter Amazon's growing power and therefore make the ebook market more competitive, not less.

It's not easy to find a major publisher who is willing to get your novel out there but why leave your writing career in the hands of others when you can get your own ebook out there yourself.

Simon Heong, the publisher of the first compilation ebook of «dating gurus» 28 Surefire Ways For Instant Dating Success, evaluates 12 Simple Rules as «hands down, one of the best resources out there».

As a small publisher, I have constraints as well — from a pure resource - effort point of view, ebooks are extremely simple from the physical point of view, and with regards to print - titles, we have chosen the more expensive, quality - oriented path, and yet we are still making money out of it.

I frigging love the idea of 25 % ebook royalties that work out to be more like an effective 12.5 %, and I literally dance in the streets at the thought that all big publisher ebooks should cost $ 12 - $ 20.

And even online, with library eBooks, publishers may --- again over time — prefer to revise and enhance only certain formats selectively, so that eBooks which started out identical do not remain so in the longer term.

Publishers may --- over time — prefer to revise and enhance only certain formats selectively, so that eBooks which started out identical do not remain so in the longer term.

The publishers are giving away one paperback and two ebook copies of Making Out Like a Virgin: Sex, Desire

What is apparently falling are the limited selection of overpriced ebooks saddled with DRM that most «traditional» publishers put out.

Still another publisher noted that when it comes to data, essentially, Amazon want to have all the publisher files — ebooks, POD — so they become the supplier and cut out the publishing industry entirely.

With news this week that Amazon has added whole new international markets to its list of places where authors and publishers can earn a 70 % royalty on ebooks, the rumors and misinformed half - truths have begun swirling again as authors set out to decipher the terms.

When the dust finally settled from the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple and five of the then - Big Six publishers for illegally colluding to inflate the price of ebooks, essentially bilking consumers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in an effort to grab some more market share away from Amazon, the terms of the judge's ruling included a caveat.

If you want free ebooks, check out the publisher's own websites or Amazon.

When the dust finally settled from the Department of Justice lawsuit against Apple and five of the then - Big Six publishers for illegally colluding to inflate the price of ebooks, essentially bilking consumers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in an effort to grab some more market share away from Amazon, the terms... [Read more...]

The essence of the pilot is to carry out real - time, real - world research into the impact of eBook lending in public libraries on authors, publishers and on the library service so that a suitable and sustainable model.

Over the course of our interview, we check out the growth of 3M, how the company handles ebook discovery, and talk about its relationships with major publishers in the trial programs in New York.

The American Library Association held its Midwinter conference this week, but the real news to come from that gathering is that the ALA's key leadership has asked for and gotten a meeting with several major publishers to figure out where eBook lending is going from here.

Most companies that started out between 2009 - 2014 have run into one of a number of walls related to scaling — they couldn't capture enough share to make publishers interested, couldn't get big enough to keep investors interested, tried out a business model that didn't work, couldn't raise cash after VCs moved on from ebooks to the next shiny thing, or their parent company didn't see a path to profitability and decided to wind down.

One of her big accomplishments was getting several of the top six publishers to loan out their ebooks to libraries all over the USA.

There has been a gradual shift among big name ebook publishers to branch out into developing audiobooks, an industry segment that is worth billions already and is expected to climb further.

In the past few years ALA has been petitioning major publishers to bring them onboard with the concept that loaning the eBooks out for free, does not devalue the work.

Publisher's Weekly caught up with American Library Association president Molly Raphael at the recent Public Library Association conference in Philadelphia to find out the latest state of affairs over ebook lending from public libraries.

That is, your contract may say that your rights will revert to you after your book goes out of print, but if you have an ebook, the publisher takes that to mean that as long as an ebook is for sale anywhere, the book is still in print.

Assuming an agent / publisher's vetting, continue the print career (if you have one), while attempting to negotiate for your erights, or at least a higher ebook royalty... WHILE at the same time using ebooks to get out previous work, or recent work that went nowhere with your agent but was considered salable (as with my thriller SAVAGE NIGHTS, now on Kindle and soon all the formats), and also perhaps some new work targeted for ebook format only.

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.

Less than a month before the trial was scheduled to begin, Apple has reached an out - of - court agreement to close an antitrust lawsuit alleging the company conspired with publishers to raise ebook prices.

Today every new traditionally published book is available as an ebook (and many of the older ones are out there too), and there are tens of thousands of self - publishers adding their titles to the virtual stores.

Technically, an indie can put a book out without spending a dime (though hiring an editor, at the least, is recommended), meaning that even 99 - cent ebooks can result in tidy profits, whereas traditional publishers must put a lot more money into the process and can't afford price points like that, at least not in the long run.

Selling your own ebooks means that you can have more than one publisher — say, a UK and a US one — and sell on behalf of both of them, meaning that readers anywhere in the world come to one site to buy their books, and the author takes care of figuring out which publisher gets the payment from that purchase.

Someone pointed out yesterday that Harper has redone their website and they're selling ebooks and print books now as are several other publishers.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow auEbooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow auebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

To your specific points — I was trying to say that small market publishers should chose either to tackle the international eBook sales or stay out of the way.

Owen also pointed out that HarperCollins is the only Big 5 publisher that has signed on with Scribd, «just as HarperCollins is the only Big 5 publisher making its books available to Oyster or to another recently launched ebook subscription service, eReatah.»

Small market publishers who do not intend to market eBooks internationally must stay out of the way.

Circulation, preferably known as the number of times the same ebook may be loaned out during the duration of a license, is another key aspect to be taken into consideration by librarians and publishers.

I also don't know what other terms are in other publisher's contracts but as I've said now many times, rights would revert if we were out of stock on the book or not meeting the agreed upon threshold of ebook sales.

I suppose if eBooks have done anything, they have contributed to increasing the number of self - publishers out there.

If Publisher does not: eBook price: $ 10.00 $ 7.00 received by publisher (after 30 % sales commission to retailer) 25 % of net royalty Royalty to author: $ 1.75 per title sold Yep, definitely worth the time to find out exactly how this term is going to be defined in the contract when it comes to electronPublisher does not: eBook price: $ 10.00 $ 7.00 received by publisher (after 30 % sales commission to retailer) 25 % of net royalty Royalty to author: $ 1.75 per title sold Yep, definitely worth the time to find out exactly how this term is going to be defined in the contract when it comes to electronpublisher (after 30 % sales commission to retailer) 25 % of net royalty Royalty to author: $ 1.75 per title sold Yep, definitely worth the time to find out exactly how this term is going to be defined in the contract when it comes to electronic books.

Since publishers are so concerned with the «perpetuity of lending and simultaneity of availability» of their ebooks, I have to wonder if libraries shouldn't just help them out and hit the STOP button themselves?

RH's Madeline McIntosh actually spoke out against the idea of publishers» setting of retail eBook prices, so maybe there's hope that the biggest of the Big Six publishers will break ranks with the Apple Five.

I have a non-fiction book coming out in February in hardcover and I'm talking to the publisher about bringing a novel of mine related to the non-fiction book out as an ebook.

Will Goggles E-Book store, phasing out the middle men style book stores, and putting the power directly into the hands of the publisher be the best thing for the ebook industry?

You might eventually see even more reading - enhancing features in the future, as well — More interactive digital novel formats might be on the way, as Tech Radar points out that creative publishers might soon begin to experiment further with the eBook format and its technological potentials.

Publishers want to put ebooks out of business so they can continue killing trees for paperbacks and hardcovers.

As 2011 came to close and predictions were made for the future of the publishing industry, several sources within the industry supported the idea that transmedia reading was going to see huge gains in popularity this year as readers come to expect more from the technology behind e-reading and as authors and publishers clamor to stand out in the vast crowd of ebooks.

Some Japanese publishers have tried and most initiatives have failed as they have done poor market research (mainly not understanding international purchasing habits, poor marketing, or even worse have blindly believed previous eBook booms to include similar sales for manga or comics in general); while others have simply had their stances thaw out hoping to gain revenue streams or to prevent piracy.

Much of the success of the program came out of an effort to provide quality content to the Amazon Prime members — a requirement for borrowing ebooks from the Kindle Owners» Lending Library — after some conflict with the Big Six publishers.