Even
if hardcover sales of Room fell short of this and constituted only 20 percent of Amazon's combined, this would mean that total Amazon sales of Room constitutes about 50 percent of the title's total sales in all formats.
Even
if hardcover sales of Room fell short of this and constituted only 20 percent of Amazon's combined, this would mean that total Amazon sales of Room constitutes about 50 percent of the total sale in all formats for ROOM.
We don't know
if hardcover sales remained steady (as Nowell reported) because hardcover readers are hardcover readers and have sought out the hardcovers in various markets.
Not exact matches
This is significant news,
if not the «tipping point» that Amazon claims (as of May, according to the AAP, ebook
sales are 8.48 % of trade
sales; adult
hardcovers are 43.2 %).
Since ants are a big part of this book, there should be good
sales potential in elementary schools and libraries, many of which have ant farms, especially
if you publish it in a paperback edition as well as
hardcover.
It is about a worry that her husband's legacy will be undermined
if sales are split between ebooks and
hardcovers, preventing the last book of the Wheel of Time from hitting number one on either list.
And because we don't know, looking to see
if ebooks have had an impact on
hardcover sales by looking at ebook
sales and looking at
hardcover sales doesn't answer the question.
They also say you need to study carefully the details of each company's contracts; some charge very high markups for printing
hardcover and paperback books, offer a lower share of the
sales or make it difficult and expensive to leave a self - publishing company
if you become dissatisfied.
Without real - time
sales rank tracking through NovelRank, authors are left guessing
if there was a positive effect from the book's coverage, not knowing where to spend their time and resources in the continued promotion of their paperback,
hardcover, or audio book.
If you look at all of the
sales numbers, Cruz's book would have finished at number three on the New York Times
hardcover nonfiction category.
Ever since I heard that quote from Amazon, that e-book
sales were greater than
hardcover sales, I've been wondering
if the e-book
sales number included all the public domain and other free titles.
Hardcover sales are great for your big fans, since they are a great product (if you have the space) that lasts a long time (although I don't know if this is a good example, since I don't know how much extra you make off hardcover sales), donations, book signing tours, speaking events... I'm sure there are many other ways to maximise both revenue and fan goodwill, with the benefit that all of these add - ons are all piracy
Hardcover sales are great for your big fans, since they are a great product (
if you have the space) that lasts a long time (although I don't know
if this is a good example, since I don't know how much extra you make off
hardcover sales), donations, book signing tours, speaking events... I'm sure there are many other ways to maximise both revenue and fan goodwill, with the benefit that all of these add - ons are all piracy
hardcover sales), donations, book signing tours, speaking events... I'm sure there are many other ways to maximise both revenue and fan goodwill, with the benefit that all of these add - ons are all piracy - proof!
While we were on the line I even experimentally purchased the book to see what price I was charged as their representative said they would refund the price
if I was charged USD45 — which I was, so they refunded me the money and cancelled the
sale (the
hardcover was much cheaper than USD45!).
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.»
If they kill their own ebook
sales, it's not going to make the ebook adopters go out and buy a ton more
hardcovers — they'll just look for other, cheaper ebooks, and the trend will continue.
If pricing within Amazon's preferred margin preferences eBooks and hurts
sales of
hardcover books, John could end up either seeing no monetary advantage, or possibly losing money in the exchange.
If, for example, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice sells copies in
hardcover, paperback and e-book during a particular week,
sales from each format would be reflected in that week's ranking.
If there is any change we are likely to see, at least from legacy publishers, it is that there will be even fewer mmpbs on the shelves now as they try to find more and more ways to push
hardcover sales.
If he wasn't making out better on his ebook
sales than he was on his
hardcover sales, then he had a shitty contract deal with his publishers, because Amazon offers much better royalty rates for ebooks than you'll get from a traditional publisher for
hardcovers.