Sentences with phrase «ebook rights authors»

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This Malaysian company has developed a full fledge ebook ecosystem spreading from e-Studio authoring tool, to Digital Rights Management Server, Digital Library Lending System, eReader Applications, and now distribution via Bluetooth Beacon.

Some of these decisions are the result of authors getting the eBook rights back for their backlist.

Other major publishers may be content to reap record profits off the growth of ebook sales while paying authors practically nothing for digital books with far lower production and distribution costs, but we wouldn't feel right doing that.

Something where the author retains the eBook rights and the publisher pushes the hardcover and paperback copies.

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Rights are granted from the moment an author submits the Publishing Agreement but Dymocks can keep exclusive worldwide rights if they do as little as make an ebook available in any language in one ebook store anywhere in the Rights are granted from the moment an author submits the Publishing Agreement but Dymocks can keep exclusive worldwide rights if they do as little as make an ebook available in any language in one ebook store anywhere in the rights if they do as little as make an ebook available in any language in one ebook store anywhere in the world.

You are right that production and distribution costs per unit are less for ebooks than for paperbacks, but authors have the same 2 % to 12.5 % earnings of the list price of the book.

What about authors who turned down a publishing deal (Like me) because it made no sense to give away my ebook rights for an eternity for a tiny fraction of what I could make as an independent author?

No author in his right mind would advocate stealing ebook titles except one who is already established and wealthy and could clearly care less about his work being stolen at this stage in his career... and no clear - thinking person could believe that the field has been leveled for creators of short fiction versus longer fiction ebooks by the «pay per page» standard when you include short illustrated works.

Everything an author needs is here — from the means to sell your books to access to some of the newest books on the market, to submitting your ebook to Kindle, to advertising the right way to get readers.

that Hugh»... achieved a feat few traditional authors have... inked a print - only contract with major publishers and retained the electronic rights to his own books (meaning all of his Amazon ebook sales are still his own).»

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.

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For newbies you are right as every new author needs to write, write, write for at least four years, time it takes to get a PhD in Letters before even submitting material to an agent or editor, but once any writer KNOWS intuitively that his or her novel is as good or better than James Patterson (pretty easy to better this guy) and he or she has had the novel vetted by a good independent editor / ghost writer like myself, the ebooks are the way to go, period.

If Dymocks posts an ebook for sale on its website, it will have done enough under the contract to earn its exclusive right to the work worldwide for the author's lifetime plus 70 years — and not just in book form: all subsidiary rights such as film, and other electronic forms are included.

Hopefully, the absence of some major authors from eBook stores will be temporary — but in the meantime, you could be forgiven for thinking that publishers really do want to hand all the cards to Amazon — they're the cheapest and, for whatever reason, they are now the ones with the biggest range of books, some of which UK readers can not, right now, buy electronically in a format compatible with their own devices.

Anyway, I think you're right and those authors will find more and more readers falling into that «harsh» category of judging their time to be more important than the ebook price.

eBooks are a little more complicated with their ability to be copied as well as the multiple Digital Rights Management choices out there for authors.

We told guest and I quote my EXACT words, repeated every 10 guests «traditional authors to your left, indie / ebook authors to your right ladies and gentleman» if someone asked and hundreds did, what indie meant, it was explained you write and sell your own work.

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Authors: if you have a book priced at 99 cents or less (that's right, post your free eBooks here, too!)

Step three, top selling authors realize that if Amazon sells half of their books already, and 80 % of their ebooks, and Amazon will pay them triple to five times more than their publishers do, then thay can make more money on Amazon right now.

We've also made a list for all authors out there to find the right ebook cover size.

Regarding the catalogue, how much is new vs. how much is work returned to «print» digitally by authors holding ebook rights for older work?

The library can be a magnet for ebook discovery and a distribution platform for helping authors self - publish... The article mostly broadens our awareness of how a library and its expert staff can help ensure that the right title finds the right reader at the right time — and how the considerable research expertise can help deepen and strengthen the research in the book.

[pullquote cite =» Jon Watt» type =» right»]» With ebooks in particular, self - publishing authors don't just have parity with traditional published authors, they have the advantage.

In the present system, authors can sell physical and ebook rights to various territories, garnering better money for their work than what might be offered by most publishers for world - wide rights.

There's a lot of fluff and blather right now that makes it sound like eBooks are a magic bullet and simply uploading your book to Amazon makes you an independent author.

As more and more authors now attempt to go back to their publishers to gain access to the rights to their unpublished digital books, Rowling enjoyed smooth sailing in the world of ebooks as she had the foresight to keep those rights at a time when digital books were unheard of.

With all of the buzz — both positive and extremely negative — surrounding the large number of literary agents now exploring ebook - only titles for their author clients, a new level of credibility and respectability has come out in the form of a major publishing house expanding to release the digital rights to out - of - print and author - held rights» books.

PayPal relented under pressure from authors, readers, and anti-censorship groups, while still maintaining its right to not allow PayPal users to purchase ebooks that contain illicit images and photos.

There has been a lot of discussion and speculation over the years as to what constitutes the right price for an ebook, especially one by a self - published author.

One of the things that has kept subscription ebook reading from already securing its place on consumers» devices has been reluctance on the part of publishers, authors, and rights holders to adopt a model that didn't offer very clear explanations of how royalties will be determined.

In fact, it's now the self - published authors who are benefiting from Amazon's Kindle Matchbook feature, which allows rights holders to offer the ebook at a discount of up to 100 % for readers who purchase the print edition.

During this beta period, Goodreads is working with Amazon Publishing to host Kindle ebook giveaways, but once out of beta, the program will be open to any author or publisher — whoever owns the digital distribution rights for the book — who sells their ebooks on Amazon.

Many don't consider her to be self - published due to the traditional publishing success of the Harry Potter books and franchise, but the author did retain her digital rights and release those ebooks herself through her Pottermore website.

Undoubtedly, publishers will have to give authors a bigger cut of ebook revenue, and if they can prove their worth in terms of distribution and marketing (a test they are failing right now), it will be a good deal and a relief to many authors.

Right now there are no limitations on this, other than you need to be a KDP author and, clearly, this is for eBooks only rightRight now there are no limitations on this, other than you need to be a KDP author and, clearly, this is for eBooks only rightright now.

Jeanette is not just the author of today's book, When It's Right (reviewed here), but also one of the books on my Best Ebook Romances of the Year list over at Library Journal, Take What You Want (reviewed earlier this year).

Then authors» rights are tied up in over-priced ebooks with ugly covers, being «marketed» on shoddy websites.

But this is for ebooks only, and rights can revert back to the author if sales go stagnant.

I've said for a long time that everything flows from ebook sales — audiobook sales, paperback sales, foreign rights deals, agents, print - only deals — all the «markers of success» that authors often seek.

Many new authors don't understand this and unfortunately in today's ebook world, it's all too easy to complete that first draft and throw the book right up on Amazon.

Right now, there's a chance you aren't even as good as that self - published author on Amazon who has sold five copies of his 99 cents ebook.

eBooks right now are a great way to get your work out into the world, especially for certain kinds of authors.

Please note, they only want rights to the ebook and audiobook versions; the author maintains the print and theatrical rights.

Click on each link below each ebook to jump right over to the author's page and start downloading.

Amazon requires that in exchange for enrolling an eBook in Kindle Unlimited, that an author grant Amazon the exclusive right to sell that eBook.

The transitional turmoil in the publishing industry is prompting authors to ask publishers specifically what the benefits are when they sell the rights to a popular ebook to one of the â $ œbig sixâ $ to be eventually release as a pbook.

Between them, they will let libraries, their patrons, and the publisher and author rights holders try out different models and approaches to ebook borrowing.