Sentences with word «frontlist»

Coker also took notice of the publishing industry's recent decision to withhold e-book versions of frontlist titles as a defense against cannibalizing book sales:

Publishers are withholding e-book sales of frontlist titles because they believe that e-book sales will cannibalize book sales.

While we can expect ebook sales for frontlist titles to rise as more and more readers move online, as they become comfortable with their ereading and they begin to explore, we should also expect the long tail to do even better in ebook and digital format than it currently does in physical form, especially if the effort put into those titles is even a little more than nothing.

Consumer media is making a big deal out of the handful of frontlist ebooks that are now discounted to $ 9.99.

Every book worth reading should be available as an audiobook — but 80 - 90 % of frontlist books don't go to audio.

HarperCollins has just announced that their revenues in the second quarter of 2017 increased $ 20 million, or 4 %, compared to the prior year, primarily due to the continued popularity of Jesus Calling and Jesus Always by Sarah Young and Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance, strong sales from frontlist titles such as The... [Read more...]

The conclusions challenge the received wisdom that sales will become more and more focused on frontlist titles and big - brand authors... More surprising is that the share of the overall market claimed by authors in this # 1m club has declined sharply — down to 20.4 % (# 288.4 m) from 24.7 % in 2012.

In particular, the adoption of bundling initiatives as a sales tactic for new frontlist titles suggests that publishers think of bundling as something that offers sufficient added value to customers, which can persuade them to make a purchase.

The real benefit of eBook subscription services is the capacity to aggregate a critical mass of frontlist content for users from a diverse mix of the best publishers in the world.

Barbour Publishing is a leader in the Christian publishing industry with frontlist releases numbering more than 150 titles per year.

All the title management and selection information you need in one monthly publication, Ingram Advance is a comprehensive listing and purchasing tool that includes frontlists for:

Simon & Schuster started offering bestselling frontlist e-books to libraries in 2014.

We managed to do all of that and, unlike some services in other markets, get all major publishers on board, get bestselling frontlists as well as backlists, get major authors along - side self - published authors to create a comprehensive catalog that would make any reader happy.»

The Bookseller's look at 2013 author performance based on Nielsen BookScan data, also shows that backlist titles have outperformed frontlist in terms of their relative declines.

Hachette does not sell frontlist titles to Overdrive and other library partners.

The discounts are, of course, far higher than the usual 40 % -50 % range offered by Amazon, warehouse clubs and other discounters — including Overstock — and are more typical for remainders than frontlist hardcovers.

Harlequin said yesterday that from this point forward it is making its complete frontlist catalogue available in e-book format.

(You also have to factor whether a discounted frontlist ebook is going to further cannibalize any hardcover sales, which still yield bigger credits to the author.)

And growing, because Kris and I still have another 500 novels and short stories from thirty years in our backlist to get published, not counting frontlist work.

This service is geared for a publishing house with a critical frontlist launch or an author looking to maximize sales.

In this Q&A, book marketing expert Adrienne Sparks discusses frontlist vs. backlist promotional strategies.

Beyond frontlist bestsellers, fewer e-books were available in general.

He also helps clients grow direct - to - consumer sales, frontlist campaigns, and backlist sales.

Several authors, including Candis Terry and Jennifer Ryan, have converted from just published e-originals to writing frontlist mass markets.

However, like DDA, EBA is showing to be unsustainable for frontlist because publishers are starting to embargo new titles.

32 of 55 authors reporting had ONLY frontlist titles available, while last year just 21 of 60 authors were indie - only.

Generated over $ 1,000,000 of extra revenue for a division of HarperCollins from a single frontlist book campaign.

The executives at Book Mate leverage the spectre of piracy in order to get publishers onboard and willing to contribute frontlist content.

The broken deal is hurting Hachette's chances of expanding their business past frontlist fiction.

is RosettaBooks» first frontlist print book.

Many publishers outsource ebook creation to companies in India and elsewhere (e.g. Amnet, SuntecIndia, InfogridPacific, Macmillan Publishing Services), which seems to be the cheapest way to convert backlist titles (and sometimes frontlist titles too) to ebook formats.

While Gottlieb believes subscription services will further degrade already - struggling print formats like mass market paperback, his real concern is how publishers treat frontlist titles with regard to these new programs.

While many frontlist titles won't be included in the subscription, they will be available for purchase through Scribd.

«The great danger is that publishers allow frontlist titles to go into these subscription services,» he noted, «because that will be the end of the publishing business as we know it.»

Alison is referring to the fact that libraries consortiums can purchase frontlist and backlist titles from Simon & Schuster.

The Pay per Use model would insure frontlist and backlist titles would always be purchased, which would help drive down prices to less than wholesale.

Members can request to review the latest frontlist titles or can download backlist titles straight away.

It was technically a backlist book, but with the first - time digital release, we combined frontlist and backlist book marketing strategies in order to make new audiences aware of the book.

Also, the rise of online bookstores, the growth of e-books, and the proliferation of on - demand printing technologies have eroded some of the distinctions between frontlist and backlist books.