Sentences with phrase «ebook publishers require»

Typically, ebook publishers require artwork files that have specific pixel dimensions or minimal pixel width and height.

Ebook publishers all require their own formatting guidelines and additional editing may be required.

Not exact matches

Last year, a watchdog branch of the EU launched an investigation into one of the clauses in Amazon's contracts, one that specifically requires publishers to inform them of their other ebook distribution deals.

Publishers require that libraries use these artificially constrained eBook circulation rules to protect the value of their front list, perhaps 5 % of the overall catalog.

I'm well aware that many downstream channels require DRM whether the publisher wants it or not, but from the consumer perspective, what's important is how the ebook is represented in the greater marketplace.

The biggest «publisher» of self - published material by far is Amazon KDP, and, as noted above, it doesn't require or issue ISBNs for the ebooks it sells.

Not to mention that because of the publisher - required DRM locks, customers typically choose a single ebook platform and stick with it.

This solution would (i) Require publishers to sell ebooks to libraries, (ii) Establish reasonable — but, from today's perspective — steep per - rental fees to publishers.

Unfortunately, a report that was released earlier this year showed that one way publishers are looking into protecting authors is to ban off - site or remote ebook lending, thereby requiring patrons to come into their local libraries in order to borrow ebooks, essentially destroying one of the key advantages to e-reading, namely, the portability and anywhere access to ebooks.

Test Drive Approved device requirements include compatibility with the library's eBook catalog, direct Wi - Fi checkout and eBook download via an on - board browser or app, and copyright protection (DRM) and lending practices that conform to rules as required by publisher permissions.

Because print is still required, there is an infrastructure that each publisher must maintain and so cheap eBooks will pull away sales from higher margin print titles.

I have a joint venture going on right now with what I think is going to turn out to be a super disruptive partner who's building a very large ebook reading and purchasing environment that's going to be global, going out through the wireless providers and doesn't require anything from the publishers.

For the publishers / authors / companies, such developments and improvements in eBook formats comes as an opportunity and challenge as they are required to prepare their publications in recent and compatible format.

Chris from Bilbary elaborated «I expect there will be a place for dedicated apps for the foreseeable future — most publishers still require «traditional» ebook DRM — namely that provided by Adobe Content Server — so the only way to display this content is with a native app developed using the Adobe RMSDK.

I thought with that case they also required the publishers agency agreements to be scrapped and they had to renegotiate contracts to sell ebooks with Apple, Amazon and other ebook distributors.

But an ISBN is not required to publish an ebook on Amazon, and authors or publishers have to pay if they want their titles to have one.

The DOJ settlement required that retailers must at least break even selling all ebooks from a publisher's available list, according to Coker and Joe Wikert, general manager and publisher at O'Reilly Media Inc..

I'd not previously realized this more nasty aspect of the publishers» attack on public libraries, requiring «OverDrive and our library partners to cooperate to honor geographic and territorial rights for digital book lending, as well as to review and audit policies regarding an eBook borrower's relationship to the library (i.e. customer lives, works, attends school in service area, etc.).»

The first is that, unlike print books, publishers are not required to sell ebooks to libraries, and many do not.

There has been a Japanese consortium of publishers trying to promote a standard, but the unattractive financial terms required by the consortium and the fact that it will be non-open ebooks doesn't give much incentive to adopt it.

Unlike many Western e-reading platforms that offer a handful of tablet and PC - based apps for digital reading, many publishers in Japan require the users to download a separate app to read ebooks from each publisher, making it impossible to consolidate one's entire digital library.

Obviously, a number of publishers are upset about this and feel it's just another example of Amazon using its considerable status to make demands on the publishers; another contract term that has raised ire is the requirement that the publisher inform Amazon before offering its titles to another retailer at a lower price, despite the fact that this requirement is actually in accordance with a German law that requires all booksellers to sell each specific title at the same price throughout the country, including ebooks.

Learn what is required to publish with traditional print publishers, as well as the most popular new formats: Kindle or Smashwords ebooks, and print - on - demand with Amazon's CreateSpace.

Just as publishers were able to force feed Amazon the agency system, they can modify that agency system to require that ebooks be sold in ePub with a publisher - approved DRM wrapper.

I thought some publishers also had — or were thinking about implementing — restrictions on how many times an ebook could be checked out before the library would be required to buy a new copy / license.

Like the U.S. settlement, the proposed EU settlement requires Apple and settling publishers to terminate their agency agreements and, for two years, prevents publishers from «restrict [ing], limit [ing] or imped [ing] ebook retailers» ability to set, alter or reduce retail prices for ebooks and / or to offer discounts or promotions.»

Publishers are right when they say there's a role for them in an ebook world... Although authors will continue to self - publish, the debate that matters in the future is what the basket of services will be that authors require and what will be the right price for them... good covers, changing covers, dynamic pricing, constantly improved metadata, monitoring to catch glitch take - downs, as well as developmental editing, line - editing, copy - editing, and proofreading... The lines are drawn for that discussion and the opinions are really all over the lot.

eBook Publisher: Even if you are self - publishing, this metadata is required by the IDPF.

Some publishers like Amazon and Smashwords will provide one when the ebook is published, while other publishers will require an author to obtain one (which also involves a cost).

Publishing is a business and long standing publishers fully understand that all these other aspects of publishing a book are still required for eBooks.

For some years I have researched eBook Publishers for the various books I required to be formatted and uploaded, in my case to Kindle, with the option to also use other formats such as iBook etc..

However, publishing eBooks by self - publishing authors directly through Barnes and Noble's Nook is currently possible for US self - publishers only as it is required to have an American bank account to publish through this platform that ranks No. 4 in marketing eBooks.

Publishers» fear of digital media piracy is the reason most require DRM to be used on their ebooks (with no regard for the problems that creates for consumers or the artificial barriers it crEates in the marketplace).

Simon & Schuster was one of the first publishers to settle with the Department of Justice back in 2012, but Judge Cote's injunction against Apple puts Simon & Schuster — and the four other settling publishers — at a disadvantage by significantly extending the amount of time that the publishers are required to allow Apple to discount their ebooks.

The publishers» power to use that capability to command a share of the «easy» (no inventory investment or sales force required) money from ebooks, which was a sine qua non for them until very recently, is evaporating.

As you may know, the big eBook retailers like Amazon do not require publishers to use an ISBN.

By requiring retailers to encrypt ebooks with DRM, big publishers are essentially banning indie retailers from the online marketplace.

An earlier version of the story referred to «the amount of time that publishers are required to allow discounting of their ebooks,» rather than specifying that the injunction extends the amount of time that publishers are required to allow Apple to discount their ebooks.

Now, anyone can be a publisher without having to spend the years and invest the dollars formerly required to build book printing, ebook creation, book and ebook distribution, and book selling businesses.

But with respect to the agency discount, Amazon demands that all non-Big-Six trade publishers sell it their ebook and physical book wares under the old trade discount model, which requires only that Amazon buy inventory at roughly 50 % off the publisher's suggested list price (the discounts vary by publisher and can run as high as 55 %) and is silent on pricing — allowing Amazon to discount as steeply as it wishes to win over customers.

Who needs DRM when e-book publishers require library patrons to complete over 20 steps to download an ebook?

It's also worth noting that it requires at least $ 2.62 in additional retail hardcover and paperback sales to make up for the reduction in net publisher profit when that publisher gives up $ 1 in retail ebook sales.

However, if you do list your ISBN in your book, note that your one source file will be converted into multiple ebook formats, and the International ISBN agency strongly advises that authors and publishers do not use the same ISBN for multiple ebook formats (so, a different ISBN is required for EPUB, MOBI, PDF, etc.).

It also required her to undertake a massive campaign: contacting 165 publishers whose ebooks the library had purchased, because OverDrive requires those publishers» permission to transfer platforms.

Amazon is required to pay the publisher roughly half that price, or about $ 12.50 for every copy sold, but that ebook might be one of the many that are listed at $ 9.99 for the Kindle.

If ebook sales continue to decline, it just may be the signal publishers need to consider opening books online for free consumption while still being able to gain from it (by relying on ebook models that support free reading through sponsorship instead of opting for business models that require people or ebook services to purchase publishers» ebooks in advance).

This arrangement — known as «agency pricing» — resulted in publishers requiring retailers to sell ebooks on a commission basis, in which publishers could set the price.

The booksellers are asking for an injunction stopping Amazon and the publishers from releasing and selling ebooks with device - and app - specific DRM, and requiring the publishers to let independent booksellers sell ebooks with alternative DRM systems.

I agree that until the library profession actually «walks the walk» rather than merely «talking the talk» with respect to technology we are unlikely to forge the type of relationships with publishers that are required to process ebooks successfully.