Sentences with phrase «majority of book sales»

Here are five surprising facts about book marketing today that show just how lucrative indie publishing can be: The majority of book sales are not from best sellers.

And the assumption in traditional circles is that, well, that must surely represent the vast majority of book sales - 85 percent, 90 percent.

The reality is that the majority of book sales today happen online and sadly, brick and mortar bookstores don't matter as much as they used to.

While trade paperbacks still lead the industry in sales, it does seem inevitable that at some point, eBooks will make up the vast majority of book sales while physical books will fill a niche role.

Those international sales can provide a huge advantage for authors, as the ebook revolution has not made such inroads in much of the rest of the world and physical copies still make up the majority of book sales there.

Hundreds of companies are ferociously competing to be your publisher - for - pay, selling you a package with one of their ISBNs that will put most of the money you earn from your book sales that you generate into their pockets, publishing your book the way they think will make them the most money, and claiming the majority of your book sales» profits as if they've done anything that remotely resembles what a mainstream traditional publisher would do to publish and promote your book, generate targeted reader interest, and earn every single sale to each individual reader.

Not exact matches

People sometimes mention to me that I must be bitter about Bancinsurance, because I thought it was worth at least 1 times book (I thought it was worth more, but I felt reasonable people could disagree about how much more) and yet the board approved a sale of the minority shareholders to the majority shareholder at something like 0.9 times book.

eBook sales don't account for any more than 30 % of all books sold, which means the majority of the market is in printed books.

At the (very large) base of the bottom of the pyramid, you have the vast majority who only sell a few books as «pity sales» from family, friends, and a few sympathetic fellow authors.

Considering traditionally published books account for the vast majority of sales, it means that indie authors are rarely, if at all ever considering purchasing their own ISBN's.

Amazon is losing the majority of royalties per book (they only get 30 % per sale) which means they're currently «losing».

When thinking about launching your book, it's common to solely focus on the Launch phase as this is where the majority of sales come from.

The vanity press publisher owns the ISBN and is listed as the publisher of the book, entitling that company to the majority of the profits from all book sales.

They are choosy about the authors they sign, so at the time I did feel honored that they chose to work with m. Because I paid a pretty hefty up - front fee, it never even occured to me that the publisher would then keep the majority of the money from my book sales.

One of his comments was that the majority of his income for many of his very well - written award - winning books came from the awards themselves, and not from the book sales.

That's a tall task, because it depends on how strong the publisher is at direct sales to both consumers and bookstores, who else distributes the book, and where the majority of the sales come from (i.e., independent book stores, chains, supermarkets, specialty stores).

Right now, brick - and - mortar stores still have an overall majority over online retailers, but e-book sales are growing (although slowly) and online sales of new printed books continues to increase.

With this being what they are, just as I released the book, the eBook market exploded and within months it became obvious that print is on its way out, while the Kindle and Nook now generate the majority of today's book sales, particularly when you're not published by a New York publishing house.

Better rankings (so you appear on more «you might also like» «customers also bought» lists), better visibility (often the free downloads will help sales of other books as well as get you reviews) and higher sales (the majority of people do see a huge jump in sales once the book goes back to paid).

Not only is the author signing over rights to their book for a period of time, they are also giving up the majority of any moneys that might come in from sales of the book.

On the other hand, using that reader base to launch the bundle onto the bestseller lists and reap lots of eyeballs is getting harder, and the majority of sales are coming from people who only buy free or heavily discounted books.

While the overwhelming majority of traditionally published authors are still responsible for much of the legwork involved in reaching out to readers and generating book sales, all of that effort falls squarely on the author's shoulders if he decided to self - publish.

Why do you think print books are still the overwhelming majority of sales?

For most indies, they have Amazon to thank for creating the independent book space in the first place and many report that the overwhelming majority of sales (often 95 % or more out of hundreds or even thousands of downloads) come from Amazon.

In our walkup to The FutureBook digital publishing community's #FutureChat, I had written that the analysis, while declaring the staggered International Standard Book Number (ISBN) a goner, had failed to call out Amazon for not reporting its majority share of ebook sales (estimated at 67 percent in the US market) so that the industry - at - large can «see» and quantify itself.

In the vast majority of cases, it will be multiple marketing methods that help improve book sales.

In a world where traditional publishers are still basically brokering to sell and warehouse paper rather than books (i.e. sticking to an antiquated business model in a market where ebooks are rapidly growing to be the majority of sales and shouldn't be ignored), this is a landmark deal.

«You probably aren't aware of this, but the majority of your favorite authors can't make a living off their book sales alone.

All the text this article dedicates to poor quality covers and how the majority of the books aren't earning any money is oblivious to the fact that the vast majority of poorly - done titles never even get seen by anyone, because they never stimulate enough sales to be supported by the algorithms, so they can't interfere with discovery anyway.

They all get the same promotion so sales won't be affected one way or the other and the vast (vast) majority of readers not only don't care about the publisher they don't even * know * who publishes the book.

But tell me this: As there are indie books with better editing, writing, sales rank, reputation and gross sales than the vast majority of «professional» books... why are you so determined to throw mud on All indie books?

The majority of these books got to bestsellerdom through Wal - Mart and Costco placement, and bulk sales to corporations and trade schools, etc. — I did not ask about Amazon.

Though e-book sales are rising, the majority of sales still go to print books.

It seems that for smaller publishers — those with 1 - 5 books, the core of our survey respondents — sales via Amazon represent the majority of revenues.

That secret is that the vast majority of authors don't make enough money from their book sales and royalty payments to live on.

According to this rule, the large majority of writers of literary fiction aren't «authors,» because they make a significant portion of their livings by teaching, and not solely from their book sales.

The truth is the vast majority of indie authors who release print books see no real sales from those books.

The strong pre-publication orders for Seth Godin's Tribes brings up an interesting question: How can pre-orders for Seth's book exceed sales of the vast majority of already - published books on Amazon.com?

The vast majority of traditional - published books follow the basics I laid out above and price their electronic books to a profit and loss calculation, trying to predict sales and time of sales just as I did above.

According to Britain's Publisher's Association, total book sales rose 4 % last fiscal year, and while print still makes up the majority of sales, its small 1 % sales slip was more than made up for by a 66 % gain in the digital realm.

It served its purpose, but now it's hurting sales and has created an environment where a certain segment of readers no longer buy books they might have, preferring to download free books instead, even if the majority of them suck.

As of February, 2011 Book Industry poll showed that majority of retailers (46.2 %) planned to freeze book prices in order to maintain the 2010 sales level, while 38.5 % believed that books should be at least 15 % cheaBook Industry poll showed that majority of retailers (46.2 %) planned to freeze book prices in order to maintain the 2010 sales level, while 38.5 % believed that books should be at least 15 % cheabook prices in order to maintain the 2010 sales level, while 38.5 % believed that books should be at least 15 % cheaper.

While we can't share the specific details of our agreements with publishers, which may vary, we can confirm that the majority of the revenue from the sale of books on Google Play goes to the publisher.

As a traditional and well - established cookbook author (nay, a Julia Child 1st Book Nominee) with track record and solid book sales, I don't see myself represented in these discussions and yet I am part of a silent majority — the mid-list cookbook autBook Nominee) with track record and solid book sales, I don't see myself represented in these discussions and yet I am part of a silent majority — the mid-list cookbook autbook sales, I don't see myself represented in these discussions and yet I am part of a silent majority — the mid-list cookbook author.

A majority of my overall sales comes directly from my website, perhaps because I offer 30 minutes free consulting to anyone who buys the book from me.

Social media is where the majority of readers get their information on authors, new releases, books on sale and reviews.

The majority of those sales was through a coupon I offered for 100 % off - basically, a free book.

The actual returns are quite different because of the pricing of the book, and because of the different sales channels used (many of which allowed the majority of the profit to go to the actual author, unlike «traditional» publishing, and unlike what the larger e-book channels are becoming).

Although I have made a few sales on Amazon, the majority of sales through them was when I used their «free book promotion» for my e-book version, (published through Kindle Direct), so of course people downloaded the book while it was free.

All of his books are on sale until the end of the month — most of them are 99 cents and a majority of them have a rating of 4.0 or better.