Sentences with phrase «just about ebook pricing»

This isn't just about ebook pricing, this is about us — as a society — devaluing creative work.

Not exact matches

I wrote not that long ago about the new version of the WH Smith eBook store, and when Kindle launched I compared the prices of a selection of books — essentially looking at those I've bought, and comparing what the price would be to buy the whole collection again for Kindle, or just to buy them all now, if I were starting from scratch.

1) Produce lots of titles to increase name recognition and sales overall; 2) Lower your price point and the readers will follow; 3) Don't worry about pricing, just focus on great writing; 4) Be a guest blogger, have your own blog, tweet, join forums, talk to readers, get reviews; 5) Use your ebook as a promotional piece to sell classes, services, and other products; 6) There is no magic bullet, just keep doing everything and eventually you'll break through.

I just bought a hardcover of Stephen Pinker's latest book because it was about the same price as an ebook; I would have bought through Kobo if Kobo offered the right price point (they didn't, but Indigo sure did).

So if you are feeling even more aggravated than ever about ebook prices, circulation limits, time limits, vendor platforms, or the lack of integration that frustrates library patrons, just get a couple of these adult coloring books and color your way to relaxation.

Then you may need to inform Amazon by going to your ebook's Kindle Store page (the one on the front end of the store that buyers see), and click on the «Tell us about a lower price» link just below the book's rankings.

On today's show, we discussed just about everything we could think of related to ebook pricing.

Obviously, a number of publishers are upset about this and feel it's just another example of Amazon using its considerable status to make demands on the publishers; another contract term that has raised ire is the requirement that the publisher inform Amazon before offering its titles to another retailer at a lower price, despite the fact that this requirement is actually in accordance with a German law that requires all booksellers to sell each specific title at the same price throughout the country, including ebooks.

So, reality check one: The whole «eBook» thing is not just about the price - point that publishers want to charge for books.

People have been complaining about the price of dedicated ebook readers for years and the new Kobo eReader brings quite a bit to the table for just $ 149.

Indeed, I just saw a different market share study, done by asking samples of book readers about their purchases, that said that ebooks were now about 15 % of book spending, but about 30 % of book sales, which dovetails with the observation of generally low price for the top selling ebooks.

Just think about it: an ebook borrowed in KU is more visible than an ebook simply bought, because the borrowed book doesn't have to be read to count as a sale, and the KU subscribers will download many more ebooks for a lower price.

One of the great things about eBooks is that it can allow a greater amount of price fluidity to attract readers and to serve various market segments — a book of mine was dropped to $ 2.99 just yesterday for a day to attract readers, for example.

The most interesting aspect of it is that their introductory ebook pricing is in line with the pricing structure of US - based sites, even though their paper book prices remain at an Aussie high (to roughly convert Aussie prices to US dollars just imagine the price is 10 % cheaper — and that's about the price in US dollars).

And most ebook purchases come from Apple or Amazon — and the way people buy those books (finding the book, looking at the cover, reading the reviews, reading the description, downloading to their device) is just about the same — and the book's pricing should be the same across platforms.

Indie authors sometimes complain about how low ebook prices are devaluing literature, but they're really just grumpy because nobody is buying their books.