Sentences with phrase «indie ebook»

At the same time publishers are denying libraries fair and reasonable access to ebooks, many indie ebook authors are starting to turn their backs on publishers.

As many of you become indie ebook publishers, you have related tough questions, like «How can I make sure my ebook stands out in the crowded marketplace?»

You're changing the world of publishing one indie ebook at a time.

Yes, I've been pleased see the many Smashwords authors whose indie ebook earnings have allowed them to pay off mortgages, buy homes and save for retirement.

The session is intended for indie ebook authors and book marketing professionals.

Your indie ebook is immortal.

The pricing, earnings and unit sales data we share has been remarkably consistent now for four years, expecially when you consider how this translates to a competitive advantage for indie ebook authors compared to traditionally published ebook authors.

The dispute with Hachette foreshadows what comes next for indie ebook authors at Amazon who have grown comfortable to KDP's 70 % royalty rates.

Kobo and Barnes & Noble also stepped up efforts in 2015 to provide high profile merchandising love to indie ebook titles and I expect their efforts to increase in 2016.

This is purely based on the fact that indie ebook authors at hitting the national bestseller lists every week, so it's only natural that more of these books find their way to stores.

The survey points out that the percentage of ebook dollars going to indie authors has crept up for two straight quarters and indies are earning nearly 40 % of the ebook dollars going to authors, which shows real progress and that the indie ebook movement is here to stay.

Imagine if your indie ebook was purchasable by thousands of public libraries around the globe.

Q: How long will the coloring book craze continue, what effect will it have on the overall book market, and how can indie ebook authors participate?

So I'd say between 300,000 and 450,000 new indie ebook titles a year.

Program: Making it as an Indie eBook Author: Lessons learned a year and 500,000 ebooks later, Report from the Leading Edge: Romance!

My personal custom help and advice in terms of getting your own indie ebook ready for publication.

Bookstores can't survive when Amazon can coerce its author and publisher suppliers to offer Amazon better prices, or worse, as we see in the indie ebook space with KDP Select, put a gun to the head of authors and force them to deny other retailers the ability to sell their books.

The big caveat here is that if we assume Amazon has even as high as 70 % of the market for indie ebook sales, authors may be giving up 30 % of their potential earnings in order to reap 13 % more from a single outlet.

For additional information on how agents can better serve their clients by utilizing Smashwords ebook distribution services, see The Literary Agent's Indie Ebook Roadmap blog post and presentation.

So if the mix of BookBub categories where indies are featured has also changed substantially over time, the impact on indie ebook sales and earnings could be less than or greater than what deal count alone would indicate.

We sell more, yes, but what is the average price of the indie ebook sold, if you include the KU «sales»?

By most estimates, indie ebook authors have captured between 20 and 30 % ebook market share measured by unit volume (and much more in some genres), and this share will continue to grow in the years ahead because indie ebook authors enjoy numerous competitive advantages over traditional publishers

Big Pub is ignoring the obvious evidence of indie ebook dominance because they don't want to admit they've lost the war.

Mark Coker presents 10 Reasons Indie Authors Will Capture 50 % of the Ebook Market by 2020 posted at Smashwords Blog, saying, «Indie ebook authors are poised to capture 50 % of the ebook market by the year 2020.

Below you'll find a fabulous 132 page slideshow of the 2014 Smashwords Survey, their third annual survey that reveals new opportunities for indie ebook authors to sell more books.

In the early days of indie eBook authorship, if your cover and blurb were good enough to prompt a sale, then you got paid.

And self - published author Bob Mayer notes, «[W] hen I compare my ACX sales to my royalty statements from a few of my books that are still controlled by a Big 6 publisher, there is no comparison in sales, just as my indie eBook sales outsell my Big 6 eBook sales.»

Welcome to the UK, Author Earnings Unlike the US, where collective indie ebook earnings long ago surpassed that of all Big Five authors combined, in the UK indie - published authors and Big Five published authors are still earning neck [and] neck.

In 2016, his 5th novel - weird western Bloodrush - was the bloggers» favourite of Mark Lawrence's Self - Published Fantasy Blog Off, and also won the Library Journal's Indie eBook of the Year award for Fantasy.

An indie ebook best seller in the UK is almost twice as likely to also be a US best seller than its UK - best - selling traditionally published peers.

I can work amazingly well if I have scaffolding and direction — I did about two years as a teeny tiny indie ebook press and as my boss can attest, I did really dang well there.

Are the growing indie ebook sales and author earnings we see in the US market a phenomenon limited to that country only?

The market lacks a dedicated indie eBook store, especially one that is author - centric, and focused on promoting indie fiction... Indies can be drowned out in the busy ranks of enormous stores such as Amazon or iBooks.

Unlike the US, where collective indie ebook earnings long ago surpassed that of all Big Five authors combined, in the UK indie - published authors and Big Five published authors are still earning neck to neck.

Smashwords is the world's largest indie ebook distributor.

These resources include, The Smashwords Style Guide (How To Format A Book For eBook Conversion); the Smashwords Book Marketing Guide (41 Tips To Help Authors Reach More Readers); and the Secrets to eBook Publishing Success (30 Best Practices Of Bestselling Indie eBook Authors).

It has made the rise of the indie ebook distributor, like Smashwords, possible along with the rise of the indie ebook author.

First of all, why is video marketing so important for indie ebook authors?

More big authors reluctant to part with digital rights — Indie ebook publishing offers compelling advantages to the author.

According to Smashwords founder Mark Coker, indie eBook authors are becoming more professional and sophisticated, and they're starting to climb the best - seller charts without the assistance of a publisher.

If we assume that Amazon has even as high as 70 % of the market for indie ebook sales, authors may be giving up 30 % of their potential earnings in order to reap 13 % more from a single outlet.

They are disabled by their ignorance of what indie ebook publishing is.

2011 will be the first year traditional publishers feel the need to compete against the indie ebook alternative.

They make sure their devices are distributed to their store and learn many things from indie eBook readers» behavior.

So you might need to sell three or four copies of an indie ebook to equal the dollar amount of one hardcover.

Nate Hoffelder presents Self - Published eBooks are Coming Soon to a Library Near You posted at The Digital Reader, saying, «Leading indie ebook distributor Smashwords expanded their network in May to include OverDrive.

Library Journal Indie Ebook Awards Library Journal honors the best self - published ebooks in the following genres: Romance, Mystery, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Young Adult.

There is a slight rise in the indie eBook author category and most of them can now be seen in various trading and publishing sites.

Enrollment is now open for our annual indie ebook extravaganza.

And to this Indie ebook novelist it seems inevitable that the ebook will blow open our tidy genre classifications for the benefit of all.