I've looked up several award winners and guess what, that ALL are far below the 100,000
mark for ebook sales and print sales.
This was the fourth monthly decline in a
row for ebook sales, totaling a 10 percent decline so far this year.
The Publisher Defendants and Apple implemented this unlawful agreement and combination on or before January 2010, when five of the six major book publishers of fiction and nonfiction works almost simultaneously announced that they were switching from a wholesale pricing model to an Agency
model for eBook sales.
The market for ebooks is very substantial in the UK, with estimates
for ebook sales in 2014 at # 370million (approx $ 530million), compared to $ 1.58 billion for the same period in the U.S.
The world's largest online retailer and the huge publisher have for months been in a nasty and at times public battle reportedly over the share each company would
get for eBook sales.
Following the April 1 Business Insider report that implied Amazon was losing patience with HarperCollins in negotiating a new sales agreement, Publishers Lunch has learned that Harper is preparing to return to full
agency for ebook sales next week.
And despite the recent fuss about the new
partnership for ebook sales between Google and the American Booksellers Association, it is inevitable that as ebook sales rise, brick - and - mortar stores will decline and publishers will gradually lessen their investment both in the bookstore - based physical distribution network and in print editions.
And despite the recent fuss about the new partnership
for ebook sales between Google (GOOG) and the American Booksellers Association, it is inevitable that as ebook sales rise, brick - and - mortar stores will decline and publishers will gradually lessen their investment both in the bookstore - based physical distribution network and in print editions.
[Nielsen Book's] quiet PubTrack Digital service — the only source of real, granular ebook sales data, based on invoices
for ebook sales from participating publishers — shows adult fiction still accounting for 65 percent of all ebook sales.
Instead of accepting the 25 percent royalty that most authors
take for ebook sales, she now keeps ALL the royalties for Harry Potter ebooks and audiobooks.
We did some research and figured out that December 26th is the highest traffic shopping
day for eBook sales — much like «Black Friday» in November.
I used to stress about bad reviews, my ego throbbing like a bee sting, but then I read something by Indie author John Locke (who set the
record for eBook sales and is starting to turn «traditional publishing» into a bad word) that completely changed the game:
I imagine in years to come publishing will just be an open market where authors publish e-books and they become successful if people tweet about it, i.e. a viral
effect for ebook sales.
Kobo has been running one of these programs for a number of years, allowing people to earn a 5 %
commission for ebook sales, while devices and accessories generate 10 %.
The hero of the list is the late Stieg Larsson who last year became one of the first members of the Kindle Millions
club for ebook sales.
The other alternative is to stop selling ebooks directly, become entirely reliant on Amazon, Kobo, and
iBooks for ebook sales, and give up on the opportunity to build a direct business relationship with your readers.
We reported early in the year that Google Editions, Google's first foray into being the middle
man for ebook sales, will be launching in a matter of weeks, and it looks like the boys at Google are wetting their toes in the realm of Digital Publishing.
While ebook sales continue to gain ground in terms of the percentage of books sold with
projections for ebooks sales predicted by some in the industry to eventually reach 50 % of the total market in the near future, this report supports that projection.
And according to AAP,
revenue for ebook sales grew 41 percent in 2012 alone, with ebooks accounting for 23 percent of industry sales today.
Every year in May or so (for the past three or four years) he publishes a study of the
stats for ebook sales through Smashwords, focusing on questions like what's the best price.
It is a systematic move by the dominant outlet for hard copy book sales to do two things: hamstring it's direct
competitors for ebook sales and drive buyers towards Amazon's ebook reader and online sales of ebooks, which are a tremendous profit center for «The Big A».
While it might be tough on margins, the momentum of the iPad and the push for further price drops for the e-Ink devices is going to be great
news for ebook sales.
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Browsing your own catalog on iBooks is extremely easy but adding books requires an iTunes account, which can be problematic and probably helps to explains Apple's low market
share for eBook sales.
The main take away from the IPG workshop was that in the industry everyone is whispering about the threatening plateau of ebooks, but marketing activities can do a lot of
magic for ebook sales.
There is a wide range of factors that are likely to push the velocity of change even
faster for ebook sales specifically and Amazon's share of the overall bookselling market in general, but the fact that brick and mortar bookstores are closing at a faster rate than ever, from local indies to chains, is bound to contribute to a snowballing effect.
@Sam: the barrier to
entry for ebooks sales is low, but Amazon has a huge advantage nonetheless because their database of credit cards is not easily reproducible.
At the O'Reilly Media Tools of Change for Publishing conference in New York today, Barbara A. Genco of Library Journal and School Library Journal argued that libraries offer publishers lots of
opportunity for eBook sales and...
All in all, 2014 will be the «Super Bowl»
moment for eBook sales to explode if more self - publishers can work out how to expand promotional channels (i.e. review journals, conferences, writing organizations, and awards) for all and build a readership.
Along with Pronoun, Macmillan purchased an innovative entourage that includes Booklr, a data analysis
service for eBook sales, and Byliner, which publishes «urgent, necessary journalism for the present day» along with short fiction and serials.