Sentences with phrase «less than the ebook»

i've seen physical books sell for less than an ebook.

I can point to a lot of instances ON AMAZON where the print price is less than the ebook price.

Each one tends to cost substantially less than ebooks released by major publishers, with titles ranging from $ 2 to $ 5.

So I went to the local half price book store and found one of them for less than the ebook.

Even with the shipping, they cost me less than the ebook version.

It's hard to justify holding out for the brass ring of a book contract when the typical hardcover will earn the author far less than each ebook independently released.Continue Reading

The author and commentator Kristine Kathryn Rusch walks us through her surprise at finding a long - awaited new hardcover at Amazon selling for less than the ebook price on its release date.

The Rosie project paperback is less than the ebook, so why would anyone pay for the ebook?

We know self - published ebooks cost less than ebooks from the Big 5, but how much less?

Not exact matches

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 6 ″ eBook Reader ($ 89.99 at Amazon)-- It's less than the «list price» for this eReader, but the deal's really no better than what you can find regularly on Amazon (and other retailers).

I wish that Logos would become competitive here and sell their digital books for significantly less than the paperback books, and maybe even do some sort of price matching with Amazon Kindle eBooks.

This 300 + page ebook, backed by over 50 pages of references from widely - distributed scientific journals, is nothing less than a full - blown MANUAL for total body recomposition.

For less than $ 30, you can pick up your own bundle complete with more than $ 800 of ebooks, $ 67 of interactive «coffee table conversations» with their authors, and $ 158 of products and services to help you on your way toward healthier living.

As I read through the eBook I am aware that new tasks may emerge, but I'm trusting that these will be minimal as the program has been designed to be completed in less than a month.

Registration takes less than one minute + join today for a free dating ebook.

I am leery of big companies, but any time I've had a problem with one of my ebooks, I've been on the phone live with an Amazon representative in less than a minute, and the problem is taken care of right away... or if it isn't, they keep in direct contact with me until it is.

In other words, if you have a print version of your ebook, its price anywhere can not be the same as or less than 20 % more than the ebook price on Amazon.

You are right that production and distribution costs per unit are less for ebooks than for paperbacks, but authors have the same 2 % to 12.5 % earnings of the list price of the book.

Low ebook prices depress the dollar volume to less than half the unit volume.

Ebooks online make foreign customers more accessible than ever before, although U.S. ebook pricing leaves many books out of reach in less - developed countries.

And if, as someone noted below, B&N is actually going to require folks to sell ebooks on B&N for 20 % less than they sell for on Amazon, I CA N'T stay with B&N, because that's a violation of my Amazon agreement.

There is a $ 1 fee for every sale greater than $ 5.00; however, if your eBook is sold for less than $ 5, the transaction is free.

What's interesting here is that the second mode of discovery, «in - person - received recommendation from a a friend or relative» — generally termed word - of - mouth — seems to be somewhat less effective for ebooks than for print books.

The common rationale is that since ebooks cost a fraction of printing a real book, they should also be priced much less than what it is right now.

McDonald is also partnering with Reading is Fundamental, a non-profit organization promoting the cause of literacy and education that aims to make available no less than a 100,000 ebooks for kids to read throughout the US.

Google Books is the newest addition to the reader apps available for the iPad and comprises of no less than 3 million ebooks.

While ebooks generally cost less than their printed counterparts, the country will first have to enact viable copyright acts that seek to protect the interests of those who invest in this sector.

You can provide the loser with an ebook in any format you wish, from free to paid, but remembering that simply using his email address to «gift» him the ebook from Amazon will cost you less than the price of your print book and will increase your ebook ranking.

They have added less than 10 ebooks in the last year.

But as of this writing, Amazon is offering the book for pre-order — something that many mom - and - pop independent bookstores aren't even set up to do — for less than $ 13 for the hardcover; the Kindle edition is priced just over $ 11, while Barnes and Noble and Kobo are offering the ebook edition for pre-order for more than $ 16.

McDonald has entered into a partnership with DK Publishing that will lead to the publishing of no less than 20 million ebook titles.

It gives you far higher per - book earnings than traditionally published authors are receiving (even those whose ebooks are selling for $ 10 +), it gives the readers a deal when compared to most traditionally published ebooks, and it's often considered a fair price by those who feel that digital books should cost less than the dead - tree variety since paper, ink, and shipping aren't a part of the equation.

Almost all of the indies will give considerably less than the 70 % offered by Smashwords and Kindle on eBooks.

That said, there may certainly be some less - than - ideal consequences of offering an ebook for free, and it's up to each of us to decide whether the upsides outweigh the downsides.

You might have noticed that eBooks tend to cost less than paperback books — there's a general consumer expectation that they should be a bit cheaper.

Less than a month before the trial was scheduled to begin, Apple has reached an out - of - court agreement to close an antitrust lawsuit alleging the company conspired with publishers to raise ebook prices.

However, a book cover for an eBook will be far less a drain on your budget than an editor.

Most comments agreed with my thoughts: Ebooks should be less expensive than paper books because -LSB-...]

(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.

Now, there's less of a «doorstop effect» with ebooks than print books.

The more you charge for an ebook, the more buyers will buy our books at less than half your rate.

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.

As such, eBook sales in October were less than 1.3 % of overall book sales (although there is no doubt some finagling to be done to balance retail and wholesale numbers).

It might seem less than ideal for us, but for awhole sector of the world's readers, cellular phones are now the central medium for reading eBooks.

There are now over 2,300 ebooks available free through Worldreader Mobile, up from 1,200 less than a year ago.

And I don't think I'd pay more than $ 6.99 for an ebook because I believe they're worth less than a paperback for all the reasons I listed above.

It's less than a coffee at Starbucks, and an ebook takes considerable more time and resources than a coffee machine.

The authors of the study commented, «The enhanced eBook was less effective than the print and basic ebook in supporting the benefits of co-reading because it prompted more non-content related interacteBook was less effective than the print and basic ebook in supporting the benefits of co-reading because it prompted more non-content related interactebook in supporting the benefits of co-reading because it prompted more non-content related interactions.

In short, the argument that ebook versions of a novel should cost way less than paperback novels due to a lower marginal cost of production simply doesn't match the actual numbers.

Yes, I certainly don't think every ebook should be $ 0.99, but less than $ 10 works for me — and never more than the paper version.