Not exact matches
This has been attributed to an increase in the cost of ebooks which in some case costs
even more than the
hardcover version of the same.
In a surprising flip of the traditional publishing cycle, Random House's Doubleday recently announced plans to print
hardcover versions of E.L. James» bestselling 50 Shades of Grey trilogy,
even though electronic and mass market paperback editions have already sold 65 million copies.
I like printing a few
hardcover versions through Lulu (because it's easier and cheaper to set up than Lightning Source) and taking some media kit shots of me in a bookstore (doesn't have to be an official «book signing» — you can
even put a few on the bestseller shelf and take pictures of them there).
I have not yet opened the channels for either
version to appear on Amazon, but I wonder if I DO decide to add the
hardcover version to Amazon in the future with the paperback, I fear the two books (
even though identical) will have the two DIFFERENT titles in an Amazon search.
The browser has to be viewing either the
hardcover or paper
versions of the book,
even the audio
version.
This would be much cheaper than purchasing the Kindle hardware, and would enable me to enjoy the economy of purchasing the Kindle
version of a book instead of its
hardcover or
even the trade press soft cover edition!
Well,
even if you claim your books to Author Central, you may have multiple
versions or what they refer to as editions: Kindle, paperback,
hardcover, audio, etc..
Meanwhile, Amazon offered $ 9 for both the
hardcover on its Web site and its Kindle
version,
even though most of its bestseller and first - release books in digital form sell for $ 9.99.
Before Apple
even met with the first Publisher Defendant in mid-December 2009, it knew that the «Big Six» of United States publishing --- the Publisher Defendants and Random House (collectively, the «Publishers»)-- wanted to raise e-book prices, in particular above the $ 9.99 prevailing price charged by Amazon for many e-book
versions of New York Times bestselling books («NYT Bestsellers») and other newly released
hardcover books («New Releases»).
Even for me — after attending nearly a hundred book fairs and publishing industry trade shows over the past 5 plus years — I have a rolodex of images in my head representing book fairs that go all the way back to my elementary school cafeteria where wood tables were set up and piles of
hardcover versions of «The Magic School Bus» were laid out and sold for $ 5 each to students.