Average ebook buyers, 26.9 %, purchased 3 - 4
ebooks bought per year.
Not exact matches
I really think people are willing to
buy ebooks (as
per the customer support queries in Amazon.com) but no one is listening to them.
(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.
Short answer: If the states» settlement with the publishers is finalized, customers who
bought an
ebook from any one of the five settling publishers between April 1, 2010 and May 1, 2012 will be eligible for a refund of up to $ 3.06
per book.
At $ 10 — $ 15
per month I think plenty of avid
ebook readers would be willing to sign up, because they're probably already
buying at least one
ebook at retail prices each month.
I read an average of a book
per week, but
buy much more than I read because I am addicted to
ebook freebie and discount sites.
library patrons who borrow
ebooks go on to purchase 3.2 additional books
per month, and a majority (57 %) would consider
buying ebooks found on a library website
Publish digitally, do nt overcharge for your
ebooks (9.00 for a digital copy of a book you can
buy in paperback for 5bucks, when it costs little to nothing
per copy to make a digital version available?
In the states» settlements with publishers, consumers who
bought qualifying
ebooks from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo or Apple between April 1, 2010 and May 21, 2012 received account credits, with payouts
per book ranging from $ 0.25 to $ 1.32.
If so, they can borrow (not
buy) one
eBook per month for free.
Whether it's a price hike from $ 1 to $ 3 to make more
per book sold, or it's a Publisher mandated increase to $ 5 to «protect» physical book sales, raising
ebook prices reduces the number of people who will
buy your books.
Of those who did
buy an
ebook, the majority of
ebook buyers (40.4 %)
bought 1 - 2
ebooks per year.
I invest about 30 $
per month in
ebooks and I always remove the DRM from the
ebooks I
buy.
Yet, there are 5 cuts being applied which reduce how many books and
ebooks customers
buy from you and which reduce how much you make
per book /
ebook.