Romance and thrillers do markedly better as
ebooks than in print, with 80 % and 63 % of respondents placing them among their top five ebook fiction circulators, respectively, compared with 68 % and 50 % for print fiction.
Not exact matches
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Pan Macmillan has been punching above its weight
in digital, getting a bigger market share of
ebooks in the UK
than it had of
print books.
Ebook and
Print - on - Demand (POD) files are easier to fix and upload
than the hard - formatted versions used
in traditional
printing.
In other words, if you have a
print version of your
ebook, its price anywhere can not be the same as or less
than 20 % more
than the
ebook price on Amazon.
eBook sales don't account for any more
than 30 % of all books sold, which means the majority of the market is
in printed books.
What's interesting here is that the second mode of discovery, «
in - person - received recommendation from a a friend or relative» — generally termed word - of - mouth — seems to be somewhat less effective for
ebooks than for
print books.
So, the reason for buying an
ebook even if it's available to borrow from the library is the same reason you would want to buy a
print book rather
than check it out — you want to re-read it or you want to have your copy — whether physically on the bookshelf
in your home or on the shelf of your ereader.
While
ebooks generally cost less
than their
printed counterparts, the country will first have to enact viable copyright acts that seek to protect the interests of those who invest
in this sector.
You can provide the loser with an
ebook in any format you wish, from free to paid, but remembering that simply using his email address to «gift» him the
ebook from Amazon will cost you less
than the price of your
print book and will increase your
ebook ranking.
This, together with the lack of a pan-Russian book sales network like Barnes & Noble, that creates the perfect setting for
ebooks to thrive, and as is evident elsewhere
in the world, digital editions are already luring more readers
than their
printed counterparts.
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In fact, DRM on
ebooks still gives you more options
than a
printed book does.
PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates «consumer
eBooks will drive $ 8.2 billion
in sales by 2017, surpassing projected
print book sales, which it thinks will shrink by more
than half during that period.»
«The attractiveness of some
eBooks is likely to be down to a cringe factor, with more
than one -
in - ten people admitting they download books because they are more discreet to read
than their
printed equivalents.
I understand that
eBook have the potential to circulate more often
than print... the decrease
in access time alone should push them to be more popular choices, if what we've seen happen to our
print journals is any indication.
PREDICTION: More female
than male authors are going to be on best - seller and top circulating lists of both
print and
ebooks in future months and years.
2 min readWriting
in The Guardian, Stuart Kelly has proposed a radical idea: that
eBooks should be treated as a different genre
than regular
print books.
The impulse - driven, convenience purchase of an
ebook is a much more important factor
in selling
ebooks than in selling
print.
While the number that believe
ebooks are held to a lower standard than print actually increased over 2014 (12.8 percent versus 9.8 percent), that might be because the bar is rising, and most respondents believe that the quality of digital publishing continues to improve, with 52.5 percent rating most eBooks as either good or excellent compared to 46.5 in
ebooks are held to a lower standard
than print actually increased over 2014 (12.8 percent versus 9.8 percent), that might be because the bar is rising, and most respondents believe that the quality of digital publishing continues to improve, with 52.5 percent rating most
eBooks as either good or excellent compared to 46.5 in
eBooks as either good or excellent compared to 46.5
in 2014.
What I really wanted to title this post was here are five ways a
print - on - demand book can help an author make more money
than if they published only an
eBook, and CreateSpace is the easiest and most pain - free way to produce a book
in print.
We recommend that you publish an
ebook in addition to
print version (s), so as not to limit your readership, and you'll save money if you have the same book cover designed for both formats at once rather
than starting over if you decide to add an
ebook version later.
Lulu's research indicates that creators who provide their works as an
eBook in addition to
print, sell 30 % more titles
than those who only sell
in print.
The courts have held that this was illegal, while publishing houses believe that some
ebooks,
in fact, should command prices equal — or higher —
than their
printed counterparts.
We should point out, however, that
ebooks are much more easily subject to piracy
than print, and it concerns us that this may
in fact have a significant impact on our, and authors», revenue, as meagre as it currently is.
But
in general, I believe the quality of
ebooks is much lower
than that of
printed books; from both traditional and self publishers.
Obviously, they sell only a few copies compared to
ebook sales now, but I think it's important to leave a little more
than just foot
prints in the sand.
The authors of the study commented, «The enhanced
eBook was less effective than the print and basic ebook in supporting the benefits of co-reading because it prompted more non-content related interact
eBook was less effective
than the
print and basic
ebook in supporting the benefits of co-reading because it prompted more non-content related interact
ebook in supporting the benefits of co-reading because it prompted more non-content related interactions.
There are more
than 32 million books
in print, and some industry observers believe that 50,000 new
ebooks get released for Kindle every month.
Keep
in mind with
print books it's totally different
than just
ebooks.
The IndieCommerce database consists of nine million
in -
print titles and more
than four million
ebooks and audiobooks.
Founders Mark and Renee D'Antoni have more
than five decades of combined experience
in print and digital publishing production including manuscript editing, book and magazine design, typesetting, layout, and
ebook coding and development.
of all book sales
in the U.S., and with more
than 60 % of all units (
print and
eBook) being sold via an online retailer, it's become increasingly easy to create a digital book and toss it into the marketplace, without the need for a physical product or a third - party publisher.
Even though publishing both
print and
ebook versions of a book is financially and technologically more feasible
than it's ever been
in history, there is one case where
ebooks might be a better choice.
Some reports are that
print is still very strong,
in some instances stronger
than ebooks.
In ebook formatting, how is the table of contents in an ebook different than the table of contents in a print boo
In ebook formatting, how is the table of contents
in an ebook different than the table of contents in a print boo
in an
ebook different
than the table of contents
in a print boo
in a
print book?
With
eBooks accounting for 30 - 35 % of all book sales
in the U.S., and with more
than 60 % of all units (
print and
eBook) being sold via an online retailer, it's become increasingly easy to create a digital book and toss it into the marketplace, without the need for a physical product or a third - party publisher.
Ever since the rise
in popularity of electronic reading, the standard argument has been that
ebooks cost less to make and do not require additional expense or material to duplicate, therefore, the price should logically be far less
than the price of a
print edition.
Amazon's CreateSpace holds the top position for
print production of self - published titles, with 39 % of the industry
in 2011, while Smashwords produced more self - published
ebooks than any other platform with 47 % of the market.
In addition, sales figures in The Canadian Book Market do not include ebook sales, nor online sales of print books, so the overall book market may be healthier than reflected.&raqu
In addition, sales figures
in The Canadian Book Market do not include ebook sales, nor online sales of print books, so the overall book market may be healthier than reflected.&raqu
in The Canadian Book Market do not include
ebook sales, nor online sales of
print books, so the overall book market may be healthier
than reflected.»
But after the holiday e-reader gift giving when the industry saw an expected spike
in ebook sales to go with those new devices, USA Today's list contained an unprecedented number of
ebooks that were actually faring better
than their
print editions
in the marketplace.
In addition, sales figures in The Canadian Book Market do not include ebook sales, nor online sales of print books, so the overall book market may be healthier than reflected.Although Indigo suffered some big loses, the company is still bullish on their futur
In addition, sales figures
in The Canadian Book Market do not include ebook sales, nor online sales of print books, so the overall book market may be healthier than reflected.Although Indigo suffered some big loses, the company is still bullish on their futur
in The Canadian Book Market do not include
ebook sales, nor online sales of
print books, so the overall book market may be healthier
than reflected.Although Indigo suffered some big loses, the company is still bullish on their future.
Whether it's the latest title from a legacy publisher's hottest author, or a graduate - level biochemistry textbook, there is a severe disillusion on the part of the reading public that
ebooks should automatically be exponentially cheaper
than print books, and it's a topic that hasn't made much headway
in the last several years.
Almost half (49 %) of all respondents have more
than 50 % of their active
print titles available as
ebooks, and 19 % reported that 100 % of their active list is available
in a digital format.
The
ebook must be at least 20 % cheaper
than the
print book
in order to be eligible for a 70 % royalty.
Also notable, readers are committing to the technology, with almost 50 % of ereading consumers saying they would wait up to three months to read a new
ebook from a favorite author rather
than reading the same book immediately
in print.
Now
in its sixth edition, The Fine
Print delves into more topics
than ever before, including a comparison of the quality of finished books produced by popular DIY service providers and newly expanded sections on
printing and distribution options,
ebook publishing, and online and traditional marketing ideas.
In theory, with retina display phones and tablets,
ebooks should be objectively better
than print.
Ebooks are however about 20 to 30 percent cheaper
than printed books
in Germany, she said adding she expected the
ebook share of the market to have jumped to five percent by the end of the year.
It used to be that to get your book
in the right format for ebookstores and
print - on - demand and make it look good, you needed an
ebook developer (different and potentially more expensive
than a Web developer — here's why) plus a graphic designer for your interior book file.
I remember more of what I read and find it easier to find vaguely recollected passages
in a
print book
than in an
ebook.