Books published by Pentian are available on Amazon and the Apple
iBookstore as well as through Ingram.
Many of the other tablet makers have pulled back their products, leaving Apple in the perfect position to continue taking market share away from Amazon, establishing
iBookstore as a real competitor for Kindle.
(2) In terms of data I'd like to see — it would be something about the non-US markets for digital through Kobo and
iBookstore as well as Amazon.
While they got the royalty thing right — essentially forcing Amazon's hand to match their 70 % rate —
the iBookstore as a whole is very publisher and reader - unfriendly.
This announcement comes along with Lulu's distribution of French - language content to
the iBookstore as well, which officially makes Lulu the first self - publishing company to offer eBook distribution for both English and non-English content.
Through Amazon, Kobo,
iBookstore as well as the distributors like Smashwords, you can reach multiple territories.
As mentioned earlier, we guarantee that it will pass Apple's validation process and we include distribution to
the iBookstore as part of this service for no extra charge.
Not exact matches
As a 2013 Fodor's 100 Hotel Award - winning property, Hyatt Union Square New York will be featured on www.Fodors.com and in a free interactive eBook, available in the
iBookstore.
Selling eBooks in the Apple
iBookstore is not
as straight forward
as it is in the Nook or Kindle stores.
The company offers a simple PDF conversion tool to create enhanced ebooks for the Apple
iBookstore (output
as iBooks for iPad format).
As Walter Isaacson detailed in his Steve Jobs biography, when Apple introduced the iPad in early 2010, Jobs approached publishers with the agency model, which gave Apple a 30 % cut of each title to be sold in its
iBookStore.
You won't sell nearly
as many books through Smashwords, but they have the coupon option for mass giveaways / discounts, and they can also get you into a number of major stores like BN.com and
iBookstore.
All of my books can be found online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, the Apple
iBookstore, Google eBookstore, Diesel Books, Books A Million, Sony
as well
as other retailers and libraries.
So far
as we can tell, what this means is that book publishers will be able to supply ePub - formatted books for sale in Apple's
iBookstore, but that magazine and newspaper publishers will need to find their own way onto the device, either by building their own apps or by contracting with an app developer or service to publish their content via a third - party app.
As eBook aggregator, XinXii converts eBooks to the ePub and mobi format and distributes to major eBook retailers all over the world (Amazon,
iBookstore, Casa del Libro, Kobo...)- for free.
We're looking at sales of Smashwords - distributed titles aggregated from the Apple
iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Baker & Taylor, Kobo, Diesel, the Smashwords store,
as well
as future channels we add.
Adding a high - profile book series to its virtual retail shelves puts ComiXology on par with several of the biggest digital booksellers, such
as Amazon's Kindle Store, Apple's
iBookstore, and the Google Play store.
Louise is one of a rapidly growing number of authors taking the literary game into their own hands, and self - publishing ebooks (digital books) through companies such
as Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Apple
iBookstore and Smashwords.
At Smashwords,
as of this writing, we distribute to 32 Apple
iBookstores.
Well, yes, and no, because
as statistical data show, not even 30 % of these iPad users buy their books through the
iBookstore.
It's not
as slick
as being able to purchase directly through the
iBookstore, but Apple doesn't let you «sell» free books.
iTunes Producer is available
as a free download from the iTunes Connect portal after registering
as an
iBookstore content provider.
You can sell the ePub directly on Barnes & Noble's website, on Apple's
iBookstore, or through a distributor, such
as IngramSpark, eBook Partnership, Smashwords, or BookBaby.
But
as an avid reader of books, I'm hoping that this case would eventually result in prices of e-books in Apple's
iBookstore and elsewhere being much lower than the prices of their print counterparts.
This will empower you to go even further with your works in more markets including not only the
iBookstore ℠, but also Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, and the NOOK Book Store,
as an eBook or in print.
The
iBookstore remains reliably eclectic, with a heaping helping of kid - friendly titles (Avatar: The Last Airbender, My Little Pony) and some seriously adult titles (The Walking Dead, Blue Is the Warmest Color),
as well
as a mix of single - issue comics and graphic novels.
That elusive second issue of Injustice: Year Two shows up in the
iBookstore —
as a pre-order.
ComiXology's chart gets skewed by a giveaway, Kindle and Nook remain about the same
as always, and zombies begin to take over the
iBookstore.
USA TODAY is now expanding the experience of its comprehensive list by creating an online location for subscribers to browse through books that are featured on its bestseller list,
as well
as immediately going forward with purchasing print or digital editions of any of the 150 books that hold spots on this list from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, the
iBookstore, or the Indie Bound site.
They launch in the
iBookstore with over 200 titles, including Hellboy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mass Effect, and the Star Wars comics, which may bring a whole new audience to these graphic novels — now a search in the
iBookstore will turn up Star Wars graphic novels
as well
as the prose novels.
Described by the developers
as a revolutionary eBook - oriented desktop publishing program, Playwrite can help put your creation into all of the major eBookstores (including Amazon, Kobo, and Apple's
iBookstore) and turn you into a successful author.
This effort to highlight new literary talent is another in a line of book promotions, such
as Apple's 2013 initiative to offer a special spotlight on self - published books in its Breakout Books section of the
iBookstore.
Polskin single - handedly researches new releases on the three major retail outlets — Amazon's Kindle Singles, Apple's Quick Reads in the
iBookstore and Barnes & Noble's Nook Snaps —
as well browsing through new releases on the websites of about 20 publishers.
Amazon offered the lowest outright price just once, and only Apple did not offer one of the books,
as the
iBookstore does not carry «The Hunger Games» or any of its sequels.
I'm curious
as to whether or not the books my independent poetry publication will «meet the standards» to be distributed through
iBookstore.
This is a required step for such etailers
as Apple's
iBookstore.
I am looking to publish «Poem Packages» on the
iBookstore — 6 - 9 poems / song lyrics that all center on a genre / specific content / style, ex: «Love at a Distance» or «Friendship during Turmoil» — so it's not a full book, but
as a result I don't expect to receive more than a dollar (closer to $ 0.25 - $ 0.50) per sale of each «package.»
Once you have that file on Lulu, add
iBookstore distribution to your cart
as if you were buying any other service.
Apple understood that the final Apple Agency Agreements ensured that the Publisher Defendants would raise their retail e-book prices to the ostensible limits set by the Apple price tiers not only in Apple's forthcoming
iBookstore, but on Amazon.com and all other consumer sites
as well.
If you go to Smashwords at http://smashwords.com you'll see their distribution partners on their home page
as Apple
iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Sony Reader Store, Kobo and the Diesel eBook Store.
The
iBookstore is growing fast,
as is Kobo.
These additions may just be around the corner,
as Apple is already requesting that sort of information when you upload your book to the
iBookstore.
«Our 20th title will publish next week, and our sales are primarily in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and Netherlands, in that order, though
as of last week, we are now on all 50
iBookstores globally,» said a company spokesperson.
The Smurfs Classics will release the first full - size download for free today, with future titles available
as an in - app purchase for $ 2.99,
as well
as in the
iBookstore.
If anybody is having doubts
as to how the single largest collection in the
iBookstore, which can boast of just 46000 to 60000 titles is having a positive affect on Penguin's earnings, one should take note of the mere fact that the iPad sales have gone beyond the 5 million mark and continues to be in high demand.
Andrea Hartley, Chair of the ABA Law Practice Management Section, says, «We are thrilled to partner with Apple to offer our cutting - edge legal publications
as e-books in the
iBookstore.
Much more news came in this week, such
as Random House Books available on the
iBookstore and Asus announcement of a quad - core tablet.
The Walrus magazine first published these original short stories in its July / August 2012 Summer Reading issue, and they will only be available digitally
as ebooks, for just $ 1.99 via the
iBookstore.
Currently the company is best known
as being one of the leading content aggregator for the Apple
iBookstore and is one of the largest providers of book content to Apple.
I have the covers for my ebooks on my front page linked to the smashwords page for me; the paperback links to the createspace page, and I have the
iBookstore button on the top
as well.