I am guessing that means that if you're on Kindle for $ 2.99, that you couldn't be
in iBookstore for, say, $ 1.99 (if you want the 70 % royalty rate from Amazon).
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I read that article and it gave the impression that it was an 85 % royalty rate
through iBookstore via Smashwords, which was a little surprising to me.
Well, now all your sales will be iBooks only, because books created with iBooks Author require an exclusive contract
with iBookstore.
Currently published as an iBook on Apple
iBookstore as well as here with us.
Books
at iBookstore are protected by Apple's own DRM (Digital Rights Management)-- FairPlay that prevents duplication of books.
The Australian Apple
iBookstore launched paid content today with ebook titles from Hachette Australia, Murdoch Books, HarperCollins, Pan Macmillan, Hardie Grant, Melbourne University Publishing and John Wiley & Sons among the initial offerings.
The App Store ™ and
iBookstore ℠ now download purchased iOS apps and books to all your devices, not just the device they were purchased on.
If your book is going to be sold
via iBookstore or as an app via AppStore, use iPhone or iPad proportions.
In December 2009, Apple approached each Publisher Defendant with news that it intended to sell e-books through its
new iBookstore in conjunction with its forthcoming iPad device.
One of the only ways to get listed into the Apple
iBookstore if you are an independent author is to go through a 3rd party such as Smashwords.
But it's very unfortunate that
ibookstore does not sell the book in country Qatar.
That's a big difference, but outside of raw numbers, there are many factors constraining a massive increase in
iBookstore sales.
And while Apple's
iBookstore offers plenty of educational books, the company to date can't rival the breadth, depth, and rental - based affordability of Amazon textbook offerings.
Apple does need to come up with something as attractive, such as
including iBookstore discount coupons with the sale of Macs, iPads and iPhones.
In the first three months of
iBookstore distribution, Lulu authors sold more than 6,000 eBooks and earned more than $ 30,000 in revenue.
Apple
iBookstore uses the services of LibreDigital as one of its approved four aggregators for the North America region.
We decided to publish Paul's EPUB file solely to
iBookstore since it was not modified.
When Apple was launching their own
iBookstore before the Apple iPad 1 came out, they coerced publishers to provide an even playing field so the company could compete against Amazon.
You can find a list of all the free books by going to the store
within iBookstore, choosing browse and choosing «Free» from the tabs at the top.
While crediting Amazon for its pioneering efforts with the Kindle, Jobs announced that Apple was opening its
own iBookstore where iPad users will be able to download electronic books from the likes of Penguin, Harper - Collins, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, and other publishers were already signed up to supply titles.
Why would Apple want to make
iBookstore prices higher than those for the Kindle app running on an iPad?
Apple
iBookstore only allows submissions from authors who have a US tax id number (your SSN).
After the initial two week promotion, the catalog may become a regular feature in the Australia and New Zealand stores, providing yet another path for
iBookstore customers to easily discover, sample and purchase Smashwords titles.
The new brief contains rhetorical flourishes such as «publishers fear and loathe $ 9.99 Ebook pricing,» and also makes the unlikely assertion that Apple organized the conspiracy because it «cared
about iBookstore profits» and about earning a 30 percent commission (unlikely since ebook revenues are chickenfeed to a company that sells hundreds of millions of iPhones).
iTunes, recognizing the ePub format as that used
by iBookstore, automatically loaded my brand new -LSB-...]
Given the theme of the event, it is possible that we will see Apple unveil the revamped iBooks app along with the revamped
iBookstore app.
In addition, far more important than Apple's Style Guidelines (which at least leads to an updated page) is their «
iBookstore Asset Guide» which is not even listed here.
From an independent author's perspective, I think the lack of «discoverability» (for example, you can not do a browser search and have
ibookstore page come up in the results) is a huge problem.
But then again, why would Apple want to buy an existing bookstore and integrate the titles into their own
iBookstore when signing deals with publishers can bring the same content to the Apple bookstore?
Surprisingly, in launching Play Books in Japan Google has even managed to beat out Apple, whose Japanese
iBookstore remains a public domain wasteland over two years after opening.
Apples
iBookstore wields enough power to change how electronic books are sold and priced, according to plaintiffs in class - action suits against the Cupertino, Calif., company and several traditional publishers.
This week's issue of PublishNews Brazil, a collaboration between Publishing Perspectives and Publish News, brings you all the latest news from the booming Brazilian book market, including: Apple's
iBookstore Outselling All Competitors in Brazil Much to everyone's surprise — and prices in dollars — Apple's Brazilian store is selling more ebooks than Amazon, Kobo and Brazilian retailer Saraiva.
Cue, who is senior vice president of Internet software and services, led the effort in late 2009 through 2010 to get publishers to release their titles on Apple's
iBookstore reader for the soon - to - be-launched iPad, and consulted frequently with Jobs.