Whatever his problem (other then those he outlines in the piece which I don't believe hold up) if Tonkin really thinks what he has written, he's either not paying attention as closely as he should be or willfully ignoring reality of
ebooks sold by authors to the readers.
As you read on, keep in mind that I use the term book to describe all forms of a book — paper, digital, audio — unless referring specifically to
the eBooks sold by major online book retailers.
Elsewhere, Lulu decides to abandon DRM for EPUB and PDF
eBooks sold by the open publishing house.
Average prices of trade
ebooks sold by the defending publishers increased by 18.6 percent at Amazon and by 19.9 percent at Barnes & Noble through the transition to agency.
ADE talks to PDF files as well as EPUB files, so that's another thing you may wish to install if you're likely to buy ebooks from larger sites (for example, Harlequin's ebook store or
the ebooks sold by Powells).
The announcement of a major push into
ebook selling by Canadian book chain Indigo might carry a lesson for other international markets such as New Zealand.
Not exact matches
The
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Since launch in 2015, the business has become an authority in the shipping container home niche
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The
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Now instead of sitting
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This is just a sampling of some of the killer ideas you'll discover in my internationally best -
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Starting off
by buying some
eBooks on
selling on Ebay.
She made international headlines
by selling over a million copies of her self - published books, primarily in
eBook format.
The publishers said they will «use a formula based on the number of states participating and the number of
eBooks sold in each state» to determine amounts due, but did not specify how consumers will be reimbursed —
by check, a discount on future purchases, or some other mechanism.
Our technology is used worldwide
by 2 of the Big 5 publishers, some very large independent D2C publishers, several hundreds of medium sized publishers
selling D2C, quite a few independent
eBook web shops and also numerous web shops of smaller publishers, self publishing authors and systems integration.
This, of course, presumes that publishers * want * to
sell more
ebooks; a presumption clearly refuted
by their actions in raising prices.
-- 2 % statistics figures is no serious argument or trend indication — all consumer agreements are drafted
by selling companies and, thus, hugely favor the latter, it's take it or leave it — quoted Apple provision is standard indirect damages exclusion, any damages cases for consumers using digital text documents are unlikely anyway — printed book is always better but it takes space — some educational piece on drawbacks of
ebooks and bookstores would serve better purpose
Many of Agatha Christie's novels have already been digitized and are being
sold by various
ebook stores around the world.
They both were able to
sell their books as
eBook and hard copies if they chose to, they both made lots of money off of their books, and they both were seen as authors
by the people that bought their books.
The recent announcement
by the South African finance ministry that has made it mandatory for all foreign vendors
selling ebooks in the country to register as VAT vendors has been applauded
by the local industry.
Byliner is an industry pioneer who began
selling ebooks in 2011
by capitalizing on readers» desires to know more than just what appeared in a 100 - word blurb on Yahoo's homepage, while still acknowledging that readers didn't always have time to sit down with a full - length volume.
Major companies such as Barnes and Noble, Sony, Kobo, and Amazon all make solid revenue
by selling eBooks to phone owners.
Many libraries and consortium's did not want to
sell eBooks on their websites and resisted carrying any titles
by S&S.
It gives you far higher per - book earnings than traditionally published authors are receiving (even those whose
ebooks are
selling for $ 10 +), it gives the readers a deal when compared to most traditionally published
ebooks, and it's often considered a fair price
by those who feel that digital books should cost less than the dead - tree variety since paper, ink, and shipping aren't a part of the equation.
But what if it turned out that you could make more money each month
by selling the
ebook at 99 cents instead of the $ 6.99 or whatever you thought it was worth?
Today, her self - published Gansett Island Series, roundly rejected
by traditional publishers, has
sold more than 2.5 million
ebooks and is still going strong at book 16.
I've been very very, happy and content with this plan, and it's been going quite well, as evidenced
by the fact that I
sold 1,000
ebooks last month and am on target to continue the trend for February.
I already touched on the idea of using a free
ebook (a short story, a novella, or even a full - length novel) as a loss leader, the idea being that you can
sell more of your other books
by giving away free samples.
This chapter features remarks
by Eguild president Steve Lazarowitz and best -
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We've previously mentioned that Amazon followed the console business model, of
selling hardware cheap and recouping its losses
by selling content, when it came to the Kindle Fire and one of its methods of making money is from
eBooks sold on the Kindle bookstore.
This is the most widely
sold format
by rival
eBook stores and hopes are high to turn it into the MP3 of the
eBook world — something Amazon's stance doesn't help.
Last week, Amazon stopped
selling ebooks by the Independent Publishers Group because the IPG wouldn't agree to their terms — Amazon
ebook terms are notoriously one - sided, which is natural for a company with market share easily over 60 %.
It turns out that Kindle
eBooks are now
selling a lot more copies than I would have guessed just yesterday, and the # 1 Kindle title is outselling the # 1 paper title, though it's impossible for me to say
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A self - published author could get printed copies, make an
ebook, market online,
sell books
by hand, everything.
There's an insane amount of competition for consumers» attention, and only the luckiest, most heavily promoted, and best
ebooks will
sell in large quantities (
by large quantities I mean in the hundreds or thousands; again a reason why publishers, in my view, should not be spending a lot of money creating and distributing
ebooks if they expect a return on investment on most of their books).
We've been empowered
by a vast array of services and products, built with us specifically in mind, to the point that generating, distributing, and
selling eBooks has become virtually automated.
(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.
Amazon is talking about
ebook sales going to authors while print book sales would go to Hatchette and if Hatchette had agreed to this - showing they cared about their authors - Amazon would go back to large restocking / reorders on print books, discounting print books instead of
selling them at the absurd high prices set
by Hatchette which they've been complaining about, and re-enabling pre-order buttons.
You will lose at least one reader
by ceasing to
sell on Amazon.com, but I suppose you will gain the satisfaction of maintaining the
ebook pricing structure you would like.
Although we don't
sell direct from our website, our
ebooks are available in multiple formats and only carry use restrictions when applied
by the vendor.
That is,
sell ebooks through an app for iPads and iPhones
by taking customers to a web browser to make those purchases (without also having an in - app purchase option).
International fees applied
by Amazon to Kindle
ebooks sold to users from abroad are a serious issue.
As the world's largest distributor of indie
ebooks, Smashwords lets you bypass having to deal with multiple author platforms
by letting you upload your book and immediately start
selling at more than 20
ebook retailers.
For
eBooks sold via the wider network, the commission charged
by the online retailers will be deducted prior to calculation of your Author Earnings.