Sentences with phrase «if ebook revenues»

If ebook revenue is X, but publishing costs are greater than X, then no, I can't pay for my publishing costs with ebook revenue.

If the ebook revenue stream dries up, then there's no money to provide services.

Not exact matches

Creating an eBook can be done for minimal moneys and if the author has marketing moxie, can generate revenues quickly... then go (or not) to a print format.

If compare the cost to giving away a free Kindle (or highly subsidized higher - end Kindle) to every Prime member who signs up or re-ups for two years vs. a) the revenue gained from the ebooks purchased by those customers, b) the revenue from new Prime members, and c) being able to offer a package which is basically free shipping on all Amazon orders + Netflix + Spotify + a ton of free books + a free Kindle... that's got ta make good economic sense for them, right?

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow auEbooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow auebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

We always make sure our ebook prices are less than our print prices But because the sales are now spread between print and digital the costs can't be that dramatically different because otherwise we would end up with much less revenue... unless you want to argue if the book were 4.99 we'd possibly sell a lot more ebooks.

If this was just print books it would be a big hit but not like if it included ebook revenue where Kindle is 60 plus percent of the ebook saleIf this was just print books it would be a big hit but not like if it included ebook revenue where Kindle is 60 plus percent of the ebook saleif it included ebook revenue where Kindle is 60 plus percent of the ebook sales.

If they're talking about giving up the ebook revenue as well as the print revenue; you're wrong... that would cripple them.

If less people are buying ebooks in 2017 than the year prior, will 2018 see even less people buying them and will revenue start to level off?

Undoubtedly, publishers will have to give authors a bigger cut of ebook revenue, and if they can prove their worth in terms of distribution and marketing (a test they are failing right now), it will be a good deal and a relief to many authors.

If readers become accustomed to paying such low prices for ebooks, will that also devalue the print book, which still accounts for about 80 % of most North American publishers» revenues?

If you're committed to making money from ebooks, you should have one and only one pricing goal: The price that gets you the most amount of revenue.

If the publisher's responsibility is to maximize the revenues to the author and to his or her company, it makes little sense to raise eBook pricing.

Also, if you run a Free Kindle eBook site and your customers end up downloading over 20,000 free ebooks, in any given month, you are also ineligible from making any revenue.

Given the strength of its brand, its existing customers, and relations with publishers, if BKS would bring a disruptive solution to the ebook market, it should be able to triple its market share, to at least 10 % -15 %, which would increase its annual revenues by $ 200 - $ 300 million.

How can they give up their share of revenue if they don't have any revenue from ebooks?

«Audiobooks have been at a higher price point typically, but I don't know if that's going to continue as the business expands further and further, but right now I feel that's where the most revenue is made in terms of book sales versus an ebook.

Even if every publisher, every author, and every editor out there studiously avoided sending traffic to Amazon in any way, that wouldn't even cause a measurable dent in Amazon's book or ebook revenue.

If you add the publisher's own editorial costs associated with producing the ebook, say another 5 - 10 % of revenue, that brings total «editorial» costs to about one third of sales.

I don't even know how to say what I feel about publishers at this point — part of the problem is that they insist on acting as if we are still in the 1800's — they haven't changed their business models in a long time and they really are almost clueless when it comes to looking at the future of books — I wouldn't mind paying more for an ebook or even a paper based book if the author was getting more revenue but it's not about the author at this point it's all about the publisher.

6 - inch ereaders would still all cost over $ 150 or maybe more if not for the revenue the companies make back through ebook sales.

If you're blessed to be a Big Five author: Diversify your revenue stream by releasing self - published ebook work.

Stable physical retail environment: If Barnes & Noble collapses or shelf space continues to decline, the percentage of revenues from ebooks could increase.

And there's also the fact that looking at unit sales is possibly misleading — if you sell 1,000 copies of a book at $ 1 each, you might be getting way more unit sales than an ebook going for $ 10 each, but the revenue will still be low.

Once you've converted the print reader to ebooks (and especially if you shift them to your ecosystem) there'll be loads of time to drive up the revenue you earn from that consumer.

And even if they participate in the used ebook revenue stream, they're concerned that the selling price will be lower, so they'll make less when cannibalization happens.

If the shift from Books to Books + EBooks leads to a mostly price - sensitive market, then we'll fall to $ 10 billion to $ 15 billion a year in revenues.

If Amazon succeeds in building a large Kindle user base, we believe it could (1) raise barriers to entry in the eBook market, (2) lower per - book marketing cost, (3) reduce fulfillment cost, and (4) increase revenue visibility.

If sitting down and writing an ebook from start to finish isn't your style, there are other ways to transform content into an ebook that will still give you credibility as an author and also give you another way to generate revenue.

If they wouldn't have bought the ebook at all, the amount of revenue lost is zero, and you get a happy customer out of the deal (or so I see it).

The Big Five get a huge portion of their revenue from hardcover and paperback sales, so it's like saying, «If you discount the 80 % of the revenue that authors get from hardcover sales, indie ebooks easily outpace traditionally published ebooks.»

Before KU, if you wrote a 150 page eBook, and priced it at $ 2.99 you would make $ 2.09 (after Amazon's 30 % royalty) off of a sale of that book and you would realize that revenue as soon as a reader downloaded the book.

I think Amazon taking a moment to opine that authors should get 35 % of revenues for their eBooks is a nice bit of trying to rally authors to their point of view by drawing their attention away from Amazon's attempt to standardize all eBook pricing at a price point that benefits Amazon's business goals first and authors secondarily, if at all.

At some point of time the Kindle will have to let go of the ebook revenue stream if it really wants to create the absolutely perfect eReader (let go = let readers decide).

If you let the price of ebooks go down to say $ 2 or $ 3 in western markets, you are going to kill all infrastructure, you're going to kill booksellers, you're going to kill supermarkets, and you are going to kill the author's revenues,» he said.

If print sales do not get a lift but ebook sales continue to rise, when will the revenue problem manifest in that top line revenue figure?

If the marginal cost of delivering something approaches zero (as is the case with eBooks), the best price is one that maximizes total revenue.

So for a publisher to take 75 % of the revenues from ebooks with very little if any additional overhead is unfair.

Despite the gap between sales and «borrowing» revenue, there are benefits to authors in having titles in ebook subscription services as readers are far more likely to try out a writer if they're included in the subscription choice.