Quote: «Traditional publishing is losing
ebook sales because they are still pricing far too high.»
The free publicity that authors get on Twitter will most probably benefit
eBook sales because users are now looking for more convenience when shopping for books.
I'm sure I read more than $ 10 worth of new books every month; and I'm actually OK with the «you don't really own it» model of
ebook sales because I so rarely re-read anything.
Not exact matches
Just
because a website visitor has downloaded your awesome
ebook or registered for your informative webinar doesn't exactly mean he or she is ready to chat with one of your
sales reps and jump right into a purchasing decision.
Synopsis: We're talking about handoffs and
sales development a lot in this
eBook,
because those play a key function in this strategy.
I didn't
sales pitch any of my friends - I sent them the
Ebook for free
because I want to help others overcome their problem (lack of income).
My
ebooks are priced at 4.95 with Ridan
because they did run a lot of numbers looking at pricing with Michael J. Sullivan's books and determined that
sales in that niche were maximized at the 4.95 price point.
You will not miss out on a potential
sale just
because a reader would like a particular format, simply activate all three formats by clicking «Paperback, Hardcover and
eBook» in the first step of the publishing process.
And
because Amazon slashes royalty rates by half if an
eBook is priced under $ 2.99, your final income on that
sale might be pennies on the dollar.
The former might lose
sales because libraries can lend
ebooks more efficiently (they need fewer websites than physical libraries) and they don't wear out or get lost.
We don't have to worry about them taking that brand elsewhere
because we're paying 50 % net on
ebook sales and offering limited terms of contract.
CEO John Sargent mentioned that the primary reason they are engaging in the whole Netflix for
eBooks concept is
because Amazon accounts for 64 % of all Macmillan digital
sales, and this must change.
Also,
ebook sales may be flat or dropping at the big publishing houses, mostly
because they have raised prices since the return of agency pricing.
They lump audiobooks and
ebooks into a single digital category and the only the only they say is the decline in
ebook sales were not as pronounce
because audiobook
sales have dramatically increased.
CEO John Sargent mentioned that the primary reason they are engaging in the whole Netflix for
eBooks concept is
because Amazon accounts for 64 % of all Macmillan digital
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A good Cover Design is paramount to the
sales of your
ebook because your cover is your readers first impression.
Because Australia is behind the US in
ebook sales they have many «names» that an author will consider when self - publishing including Lulu or Smashwords.
I earn $ 2 on a
sale of that one, but I only earn 35 and 60 cents respectively on the first two adventures,
because ebooks priced under $ 2.99 receive a 35 % royalty rate.
We always make sure our
ebook prices are less than our print prices But
because the
sales are now spread between print and digital the costs can't be that dramatically different
because otherwise we would end up with much less revenue... unless you want to argue if the book were 4.99 we'd possibly sell a lot more
ebooks.
However, self - published authors still have a chance to make the
ebook best seller lists (NY Times and WSJ)
because sales data for
ebooks is submitted by Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple and Google.
For example, you might sign up with Pronoun (
because they offer the best royalties on Amazon
ebook sales), but then add in Smashwords to get the library market that Pronoun doesn't cover.
Publishers are increasingly annoyed
because while there are some cost savings involved in
eBook production versus print production, they still have the same overhead, including acquisitions, editorial, marketing,
sales and production (if not printing).
And if you price your
ebook over $ 9.99, you need to know that you're losing money on every
sale between $ 10.00 and $ 19.99,
because you're making half the royalty — but you're also killing your
sales,
because (as I mention in # 2 below),
ebook prices tend to be fairly elastic — raising the price by a dollar can often lose you more than a dollar in
sales.
Because B&N + Amazon represent roughly 90 % of ebooks sold in the US, pairing those two is a pretty good basis for a bestseller list (with the weight on Amazon, because they own roughly 70 - 75 % of
Because B&N + Amazon represent roughly 90 % of
ebooks sold in the US, pairing those two is a pretty good basis for a bestseller list (with the weight on Amazon,
because they own roughly 70 - 75 % of
because they own roughly 70 - 75 % of
sales).
In absolute terms, if Amazon never introduced $ 0.99 but a higher minimum price, we would see the same
sales that $ 0.99 produces at a higher prices
because customers would have never had experienced $ 0.99 and that «higher» price would be sees and perceived as the barrel - scratch price for
ebooks.
Furthermore, in these days, where
eBooks still account for a small percentage of overall book
sales («only 1 % to 2 % of total book
sales, as measured by dollars» according to the WSJ article), publishers maintain essentially the same overhead
because the bulk of thir
sales are through tradtional bricks - and - mortar channels.
Some sources say BookScan does not report on 75 to 85 % of
sales but I'd bet that number is actually lower (in terms of what BookScan reports on)
because if you consider the lists of technical, scholarly, law - related books, the Christian market, the millions of self - published titles each year, and all of the
eBooks that use Amazon's ASIN system, I'd wager a guess that BookScan gets maybe 65 - 70 % of the market.
Contrary to the hype, it would appear that the reason those pundits are claiming a decline in
ebook sales is
because indie authors are taking significant market share from traditional publishers.
And that's a good thing, but that does NOT mean that
because a few dozen or a few hundred or a few thousand writers do this that traditional publishing won't still dominate that $ 39.9 million
sales of
ebooks in September.
«We've not found other news organizations have been very successful on that front
because single - copy
ebook sales are so small generally, unless you get a blockbuster amazing one like Paula Todd's.
Ebooks are great for everybody except authors
because there is no control over the real
sales figures And this situation goes on forever since there is no out of print for a digital book.
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.
Amazon, Sony, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and all other major booksellers disabled the ability to buy
eBooks within their apps
because they did not want to give Apple a percentage of every single
sale.
The lower end of that range is
because the retailer has to make its fee as well, and providing authors with almost seventy cents on a 99 - cent
ebook leaves them making little to nothing on the
sale of an
ebook.
This is true
because most indie authors will earn more from their
ebook sales than print.
This is why the Amazon row is especially damaging for Hachette
because 60 % of their US
eBook sales stem from the Seattle based e-commerce giant.
Assessing
ebook sales figures is a challenge mainly
because Amazon, the largest U.S. reseller, doesn't provide market data (beyond sweepingly broad statements).
According to another industry analyst, Amazon is being pressured to make
ebook sales more profitable for publishers, party
because Apple offers them more lucrative terms in Apple's iBookstore.
And btw, before you get all huffy and puffy Victoria, mind explaining WHY you have an
ebook for
sale on amazon for $ 200 that is literally nothing more than a court case???? Yeah, a scammer supported by WD
because of her website than supports WD's scam contests.
We are left, as I never tire of quoting The Bookseller's Philip Jones as writing, studying our own industry «by candlelight»
because the overwhelming number of
ebook sales transactions — those conducted by the major online retailers, Amazon chief among them — are withheld from the public as proprietary information.
Because despite the waning
ebook sales that this past year has shown, more and more readers now own an ereader, tablet, or other digital reading device that allows for instant connectivity.
Because the largest retailers trading in the
ebook space don't report
sales figures — most significantly Amazon — the publishing industry is left, as The Bookseller's Philip Jones puts it, trying to analyze its own digital market «by candlelight.»
Because the preponderance of
sales figures are not reported, we actually do not know how many
ebook titles exist, nor how many authors are engaged in producing them.
Most of my
sales come from
ebooks, and in some instances — the standalone novellas of The Immortal Chronicles, as well as Eve — it's all from
ebooks because no print edition exists.
A little while ago Amazon was crowing
because ebook sales for the Kindle were more than doubling hardcover and then paperback
sales on the site.
Besides, «
sales trends» don't really mean much anymore,
because as self - publishing guru Joe Konrath points out, «
ebooks are forever.»
Now what would possibly work is selling people the physical book AND including rights to download the
ebook as well, contrary to what I am sure the publisher would tell you, Every download wouldnt be a lost
sale or lost profit,
because how many people are logically going to buy the hard cover and
ebook as well?
Because traditional publishers are often foolish in how they handle
ebooks — insisting on seeing them as contenders for paper
sales rather than a different market entirely and generally overpricing them, in addition to generally giving the authors a pittance of a royalty on them.
I would encourage you not to downplay the impact of
ebook sales,
because using the «low hundreds» argument in an artificial pricing arrangement is chicken and egg.
Buying
ebooks from other
ebook stores on an iOS device is a little more of a hassle
because you have to use the web browser instead of the app (otherwise they have to pay Apple 30 % of each
sale) but that's a minor inconvenience to avoid having your
ebooks locked into one brand forever.