But Richard Mollet, chief executive of The Publishers Association, said it was difficult to calculate the size of the problem in Britain, where about four percent of combined print and
ebook revenues come from digital works.
While the majority of the AAP monthly data about
ebook revenues comes from the Big Five US trade publishers, the majority of the non-AAP ebook revenues goes to self - published ebooks and indie published ebooks.
Not exact matches
The potential
revenue comes from selling the newsstand package or
ebook catalogue to enterprises such as cafes, restaurants, banks etc, and not the beacon device itself.
(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 au
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 au
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 authors.
The
ebook gold rush of 2009 to 2012 generated a lot of
revenue for indie authors, such as Hugh Howey and Joe Konrath, but most of that success
came before Kindle Unlimited's somewhat more challenging earnings environment.
Seventy - percent of your
revenue will
come from back - end sales after a customer purchases an
ebook from you.
So now we find ourselves with the majority of our
revenue coming from outside of Canada, with active retail presence in 20 countries, delivering
ebooks to another 170.
As authors and publishers clamor to help their titles be found in an ever growing
ebook market, one source of promotion and increased
revenue has
come in the form of
ebook bundling.
The
revenue system Amazon has employed
comes from a large wellspring of content totaling around 945,000
eBooks.
Hachette saw 22 % of their entire
revenue come exclusively from digital content such as
ebooks and audiobooks which is a far cry from 8 % in 2011.
I don't even know how to say what I feel about publishers at this point — part of the problem is that they insist on acting as if we are still in the 1800's — they haven't changed their business models in a long time and they really are almost clueless when it
comes to looking at the future of books — I wouldn't mind paying more for an
ebook or even a paper based book if the author was getting more
revenue but it's not about the author at this point it's all about the publisher.
[Publishers»] savings on printing, binding and distribution make up for the lower
revenue from lower
ebook prices — and increased profitability is
coming entirely off the backs of authors.
The Association of American Publishers show that the Big Five publishers»
eBook revenues continue to decline for the first half of 2016 — data for the second half will most likely
come out in the May 2017 timeframe.
that the Big Five publishers»
eBook revenues continue to decline for the first half of 2016 — data for the second half will most likely
come out in the May 2017 timeframe.
Washington Post — Amazon makes an offer to Hachette authors — this article takes an interesting look at the stats, which indicate that Hachette would have much more to lose by giving up
revenue from their author's
ebooks than Amazon — «According to Hachette's Web site, the publisher makes approximately 33 percent of its sales from e-books; the New York Times reported that around 60 percent of that business
comes through Amazon.
She said that publishers
come to understand that
ebooks can supplement their
revenue when they understand better that
ebooks can have a wider reach than print without incurring the expense of physical distribution — and while providing readers with immediate access, something that many consumers demand.