Just because a book now costs a few dollars less through the iBookstore doesn't mean it will sell more copies.
Lack of agreements is why the iBookstore doesn't carry any Harlequin, Random House (One Dance with a Duke by Tessa Dare, His at Night by Sherry Thomas), Kensington titles because those three, among many other publishers, have not gone to the Agency Model and that is the only way that Apple will currently sell publishers» titles.
But it's very unfortunate that
ibookstore does not sell the book in country Qatar.
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.
But then it struck me - it doesn't matter if the iBookstore don't have magazines, the Kindle store does.
Not exact matches
Despite Apple
iBookstore's new Breakout Books, our «Book Choosing» process continues to reflect our Wine selection process — which label
do I like best?!
At least monthly, Apple bounces one of my ebooks because I am using what they told me to use, i.e. the
iBookstore, and now they don't allow that.
Do not write «Kindle Edition» or «Ebook available in the Apple
iBookstore;» otherwise it won't qualify for the Premium Catalog.
The minimum criteria are: - ISBN (except: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Casa del Libro)- a proper copyright page - quality book cover in jpg - format (note: the
iBookstore requires a width of at least 1.400 pixels) The requirements
do not reflect a judgment of the quality, marketability or topic of your eBook.
Not only
does it encourage readers to buy your book for the
iBookStore, it also gives you a small commission.
It's not as slick as being able to purchase directly through the
iBookstore, but Apple doesn't let you «sell» free books.
«Online stores like Amazon and
iBookstore are an important part of building your platform and earning an income,» said Spatz, «but they don't provide you with direct customer connections.
If I've got an eBook that I give away for free on my website and I'd like to offer an ePub version of it on the
iBookStore, can I
do that through your service?
It will show up in the
iBookstore automatically, there's nothing more you need to
do.
I
do have a question about EIN's for the US
iBookstore.
Such a plan would enable publishers to maintain steady, ongoing revenue streams in addition to their existing sales channels, and would allow publishers to
do an end - run around Amazon, B&N's Nook store, and Apple's
iBookstore, too.
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.»
@tbrookside We don't deduct the $ 1.49 transaction / delivery fee for eBooks sold on the
iBookstore, only for books fulfilled by Lulu.
-- Or
do you have to charge for ebooks on the
iBookStore?
If you haven't already
done so, look at publishing on Kobo Writing Life and
iBookstore (through Bookbaby / Smashwords) because they are entering new markets faster than Amazon.
For purposes of this Final Judgment, the term E-book
does not include (1) an audio book, even if delivered and stored digitally; (2) a standalone specialized software application or «app» sold through an «app store» rather than through an e-book store (e.g., through Apple's «App Store» rather than through its «
iBookstore» or «iTunes») and not designed to be executed or read by or through a dedicated E-book reading device; or (3) a media file containing an electronically formatted book for which most of the value to consumers is derived from audio or video content contained in the file that is not included in the print version of the book.
They've been
doing it in the
iBookstore for 2 - 3 years now.
Nor
did the MFN ensure Apple that the Publisher Defendants would not set a higher retail price on the
iBookstore than they set on other Web sites where they controlled retail prices.
We don't charge anything to submit properly formatted files to Apple for inclusion in the
iBookstore.
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We
do publish directly to Amazon through KDP, but have our books sent to Barnes and Noble, the
iBookStore, and Kobo through Smashwords distribution.
Instead, the MFN here required each publisher to guarantee that it would lower the retail price of each e-book in Apple's
iBookstore to match the lowest price offered by any other retailer, even if the Publisher Defendant
did not control that other retailer's ultimate consumer price.
Just because a school owns a dozen iPads, though, it doesn't mean the school library will order from the
iBookstore.
If history is any guide, Bezos, who declined to comment for this story, doesn't care whether he loses money on books for the larger cause of stocking the Kindle with exclusive content unavailable in Barnes & Noble's Nook or Apple's
iBookstores.
When
doing a preorder, how
does the author know exactly when their book is going to appear for sale on the
iBookstore?
I spent some time with the iPhone version of iBooks, both perusing the aisles of its virtual
iBookstore and
doing some light reading on my iPhone.
If you don't sell many copies at the
iBookstore, then it could turn out that, over the lifetime of the book, you'll
do better with Smashwords.
If you
do most of your sales through the
iBookstore, BookBaby might be the better deal.
In the
iBookstore you are shit out of luck of you don't know exactly what you're looking for.
Does anyone know anything about the
iBookstore's new Quick Reads program?
Changing them to private access
does not, however, remove them from distribution channels that you have elected, which means that your books will still be available on NOOK and
iBookstore with the DRM that those formats provide.
Make it easy for your readers to review your book: So many authors forget to
do this, but placing a link to your Amazon or
iBookstore page within your book can be the little nudge a reader will need to go and leave a review.
I've been able to see the progress and the reviews on B&N and Amazon, but I can't see what's happening at the
iBookstore - my current budget doesn't allow for an i anything.
Word of warning: If you are going to include links in your ebooks and you are selling on both Amazon and the Apple
iBookstore, then make sure you don't have a link to Amazon in your iBooks version.
Any of the ebooks I have published through Lulu and offered for free (I represent a religious organization that
does not sell our literature) will not be distributed to the Apple
ibookstore?
In fact, even though Apple has its
iBookstore and promotes it heavily, most people who read books on the iPad
do it through the Kindle app.
Once you've
done that, you can restore that book to your bookshelf only from the Purchased Books tab in the
iBookstore.
I haven't bought anything from the
iBookstore yet (selection is still quite limited), but Apple
does charge sales tax on apps (but not on movie rentals).
«In reality, only Kobo has a fully functional platform for self - publishing authors beyond the USA (Apple
does too, but only to the extent that those who have a nice Mac can access their
iBookstore, but not everyone has a Mac).
Then I take my Smashwords file, uncheck Amazon and B&N from the options, and let them take care of getting into the
ibookstore (which is a pain to
do otherwise) and a handful of other ebook sites (which generate small but steady earnings.)
Since I didn't have much time I decided to focus on the
iBookstore and iBook reader and the word processing / layout program, Pages.
You
do NOT have to
do business with these companies alone to get your book into the
iBookstore!
In other words, Apple will only
do business with these eight companies for getting new inventory for the
iBookstore from indie publishers.
E-book distributors like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, the
iBookstore, and Google Play don't reveal their sales data.
Irish readers
do not yet have access to paid titles in Apple's
iBookstore, the iTunes for books, but they can download free Project Gutenberg ebooks to the iPod or iPhone and can also read the free Winnie The Pooh ebook that comes pre-loaded in Apple's iBooks.