Sentences with phrase «leading ebook price»
BookBub works with all major ebook retailers and devices, and is the industry's leading ebook price promotion service.
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For example, you can receive notification emails when a lead takes a specific action, such as downloading a certain eBook, or visiting your pricing page.
For example, consider a training program for Sales reps.. While an eCourse can cover the product features in detail, an eBook can offer a comprehensive comparison with leading competitors — including pricing options and product specs.
Amazon's argument was that lower ebook prices would lead to more ebook sales, increasing the size of «the total pie.»
It might indeed be a good thing... if it leads to a loss of sales, due to inflated ebook prices.
The fact that ebooks themselves haven't led to increased piracy, and that industry studies have shown book pricing or free content also doesn't increase or decrease piracy, hasn't seemed to sink in with publishers.
Whatever the real number clearly Amazon remains the leading ebook vendor and its continuing refusal to support library lending locks libraries out of the most popular format from the vendor with the best title selection and the lowest prices.
A couple of years ago, Amanda Hocking came on the self - publishing scene with several YA ebooks priced at 99 cents (for book 1s) and $ 2.99 (for subsequent books) and had legendary sales that led to a legendary two - million - dollar traditional publishing deal.
Authors, writers, publishers of eBooks, audiobooks and short texts can... A) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii - without author contract - in real - time, without technical skills - with an own authorpage and online shop - enter all information such as description, tags, cover, price... - upload an eBook in one or multiple formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls... - high royalties per download - consolidated real - time sales reports - keeping full editorial and copyright control or B) sell their eBook through their author page on XinXii and additionally on major eBook retailers - we convert eBooks to the ePub and mobi format for free - we distribute to the leading eBook - shops all over the world for free - we provide consolidated sales reports Readers have... - the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories and genres - an easy access to a huge variety of content - can instantly download after purchase - have the opportunity to rate and comment on eBooks
Thematic chapters focus on critical policy debates and on key driving forces, notably ebook bestsellers and pricing strategies across European markets, self - publishing, regulation, piracy, and the expanding activities of the leading global players such as Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google, and Kobo.
The rapid growth of the ebook market, along with persuasive voices encouraging authors to price everything at 99 cents (in part to make spammy books less profitable), has led to a huge discount mentality among readers.
Accusations of bullying and the exercise of market power are flying against both parties: Amazon has market power as a leading book retailer, and they are bullying Macmillan by removing their print products to keep retail ebook prices low and sell more Kindles!
(For those who follow industry news, it was the launch of Apple iBooks — and its agency pricing model — that ultimately led to the Department of Justice lawsuit that accused Apple and the Big Five publishers of ebook price fixing.)
The increase won't necessarily lead to higher ebook prices as VAT is already included in the posted prices.
«This action sends a strong message that this sort of anticompetitive behavior will not be accepted,» said Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, who led the states» investigation into ebook pricing along with the state of Texas.
Rather that suggesting that Amazon are exploiting their leading market position and charging for books that are free elsewhere, previous surveys have revealed that Amazon generally prices eBooks lower than Nook or Sony.
The report presents 145 pages of data and commentary on a broad range of eBook issues, including: spending on eBooks in 2010 and anticipated spending for 2011; use levels of various kinds of eBooks; market penetration by various specific eBook publishers; extent of use of aggregators vs offering by specific publishers; purchasing of individual titles; use of various channels of distribution such as traditional book jobbers and leading retail / internet based booksellers; use of eBooks in course reserves and interlibrary loan; impact of eBooks on print book spending; use of eBooks in integrated search; price increases for eBooks; contract renewal rates for eBooks; use of special eBook platforms for smartphones and tablet computers; spending plans and current use of eBook reader such as Nook, Reader and Kindle; the role played by library consortia in eBooks; Continue reading Primary Research Group releases Library Use of eBooks 2011 Edition →
Under the agency model — one of the factors that led the investigators to believe that anti-trust violations had taken place between Apple and five of the Big Six publishers, including HarperCollins — publishers get to set the price of ebooks, rather than retailers; under the previous wholesale model, retailers could purchase books directly from the publishers, then turn around and sell those titles for any amount, even taking a loss on the books in order to boost sales of other products.
That said, my observations and studies of readers» buying habits have lead me to believe that ebook pricing is going up and books are being accepted and bought regularly at higher prices.
The low $ 9.99 price - point of Kindle eBooks has led me to purchase many books in a «try before you buy the hardcover edition» fashion — so I'm willing to make more impulse purchases of books to «audition» authors if the topic fascinates me.
The poor sales that led to Google's pull - out happened in spite of booksellers being able to sell almost any ebook to loyal customers at an identical price to rivals.
That in turn leads to better economies of scale, more power to price ebooks at low prices, more resources to work on new features, and better Kindle prices — all of which leads to more sales.
The person who wants a dedicated reading device is annoyed by people pretending that multi-purpose devices are better for reading — when they could just take solace in the fact that more ebook sales will lead to lower ebook prices.
One aspect of epublishing that's helpful for many non-fiction authors is that ebooks make great lead generators for higher priced programs, products, and services.
These results often lead to higher - than - usual sales on the days right after promotions (when it's back to regular price), as well as a bigger audience for future ebooks.
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.
Apple's drive to compete with Amazon in the eBooks space eventually led to a series of pricing agreements with publishers, a price - fixing lawsuit from the U.S. Dept. of Justice which it lost, and refunds to customers.
However, the sales might actually decrease for an ebook priced at $ 12.99 when it is priced at $ 9.99 and the lower price point could lead to further downward pressure on prices (i.e., lead to lower long - term sales volume and lower profits in the long run).
On Friday Macmillan actually agreed to settle three lawsuits all at once — the ebook pricing case brought by the Department of Justice, but also the parallel case led by a consortium of attorneys general for the states and even the class - action case filed on behalf of consumers.
The publishers worried aloud to one another that the $ 9.99 ebook price point would lead to the erosion of hardcover prices, to ever - greater ebook popularity, and ultimately, perhaps, to demands by Amazon that the publishers lower their wholesale prices.
Yet, we have managed to get stuck in a world where competition increases eBook prices, success of eBooks leads to Publishers delaying them, and the prevalent attitude is «readers should do what's best for our bottom line, not what's in their best interest».
Publishers are more interested in managing a sales mix of print and ebooks than Amazon, and that could lead to a natural slowdown in growth of ebook sales for those publishers in agency pricing.»
In fact, Owen reports — in Apple is already fighting Amazon in the ebook price wars — she has tracked instances in which Apple takes the lead, undercutting Amazon — and Amazon's mighty computers, of course, then drop their prices to match Apple.
Their row over ebook prices, which led to the online retailer freezing out pre-orders of Hachette books and has provoked angry words from authors such as Donna Tartt and Phillip Pullman, could determine the next chapter of the publishing industry.
It led to an immediate «spike» in eBook prices (see p. 95 of the Court opinion).
With the 99 - cent price point I set my lead - generating Kindle books at, it's a no - brainer for people to purchase the eBook and it's an easier sell for them to sign up for my additional free webinar.
The settlement allows retailers to discount settling publishers» ebooks with just a couple of restrictions, so many people expected it would lead to much lower ebook prices.
The company's Kindle eBook readers led to a boom in the eReader market, and then Amazon became the only company to contend with Apple's iPad lineup by offering solid tablets at rock bottom prices.