Since it's fair to assume the average
ebook consumer earns at least the federal hourly minimum wage (and likely more), $ 10 is a more - than - fair ebook price for both consumer and creator.
It might work this time because it's taking off in a market that isn't known for being major
ebook consumers yet.
BookShout, the ebook distribution platform that has seen a great deal of recent success in partnering with publishers to produce sales dashboards and seamless, device - agnostic file integration for
ebook consumers, announced at today's DBW event that several industry veterans from across major publishers have joined BookShout's team for its new print distribution initiative.
As things got underway at the annual Digital Book World conference in New York, one of the first news items to come was the results of an in - depth study on the digital reading habits of some of the youngest
ebook consumers in the marketplace.
Some studies depict the USA as being the fastest growing
eBook consumer in the world.
Released today, the study reveals that dedicated e-readers (such as the e-ink Kindle and Nook devices) are losing ground to tablet devices (particularly the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet) as the preferred e-reading device of
ebook consumers.
A new study by the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) puts a twist on the conventional wisdom about
ebook consumers, e-readers and tablets.
The illustrations in most children's titles have prevented the makers of e-ink devices from being able to adequately replicate the reading experience, leading many readers, even
ebook consumers, to shy away from juvenile works and favor the print editions instead.
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While children's books may not be the main source of ebook sales for publishers, many are developing the market, knowing that today's app book reader is tomorrow's
ebook consumer.
This might seem like a non-issue to
ebook consumers on the outside of this situation, but this update is truly a huge development for bringing lower cost and highly adaptable ebooks to the classroom.
Ebook sales have been steadily growing over the last 2 years and those of us readers who converted early are almost entirely
ebook consumers now.
If you're an author who also
an eBook consumer, I ask you... are you publishing electronically?
I am well - experienced in the needs of the EPUB development community as well as balancing the needs of and advocating for the publisher, developer and
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Amazon (which includes any other player largely dependent on Amazon) and the most price - conscious
ebook consumers have won.
Here's another interesting byproduct: How long would the # 1 retailer continue selling ebooks at a loss when every sale no longer reinforces consumer lock - in and, in fact, becomes yet
another ebook the consumer can read on competitor platforms?
The social aspect of
ebook consumer interaction is great motivation for a purchase, and the immediate send recommendation / receive recommendation lends itself to impulse buying, not a bad thing from a publisher's point of view.
Going back to the Brantley list, f you asked those on the list who consider
themselves ebook consumers if they would buy Merchants of Culture in print form, the inevitable answer would be «probably not.»
Hopefully
the ebook consumers will revolt and refuse to pay the higher prices.
What's more 64 % of
all ebook consumer dollars flowed through Amazon sales channels.
That kind of lock - in does not happen in the print world (my bookshelves don't care where I bought a book), and it is very frustrating to
eBook consumers.
Many will see this as a step forward for
ebook consumers, especially if other publishers follow suit.
DC Comics» new pricing strategy addresses several of the issues that
eBook consumers have asked for, such as a print - digital package and digital - only pricing discounted proportionately to the print - only version.
The data can be afterwards filtered to
ebook consumers.
Not exact matches
Instead of vaguely related
eBooks and other resources,
consumers want highly targeted, relevant downloads that help them implement what they have just read.
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Most
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ebooks on ereaders over reading them on tablets, in spite of the availability of tablet ereader apps.
There have been a slew of announcements of new
eBook - type devices this week at the CES (
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eBook source files is of major significance and will be critical in the development of the
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He said that fewer than 20 of the chain's retail stores are unprofitable, and «we're going to be around a long time» because
consumers read both print and
ebooks (this is a point that the company has been pressing for awhile, based on its own research).
This has resulted in all publishers except the biggest being forced to put two prices on their
ebooks: a» digital
consumer retail» price (intended to be a selling price, for Apple, and lower) as well as a «list» price (intended for the retailer to discount, for Amazon, and higher).
Dedicated
eBooks Readers may not have truly moved into the mainstream of all
consumer purchasing, but they've certainly taken dedicated book purchasers and the book reading public by storm.
It recently estimated that traditional publisher reporting is, «now missing two - thirds of U.S.
consumer ebook purchases, and nearly half of all
ebook dollars those
consumers spend.»
The publishers said they will «use a formula based on the number of states participating and the number of
eBooks sold in each state» to determine amounts due, but did not specify how
consumers will be reimbursed — by check, a discount on future purchases, or some other mechanism.
On the other hand,
consumers don't want to pay as much for an
ebook as they do for the print version.
Libraries are the largest
consumer of books in the country, but their relationship with
ebooks has been fraught.
You can see this is something of a minefield to navigate and, until it's shaken out, will continue to be a barrier to widespread
consumer adoption of
ebooks — the so - called Tower of eBabel problem.
In a letter to Hachette authors and agents, posted by CNN's Brian Stelter, Pietsch wrote that the company will get «full responsibility for the
consumer prices of our
ebooks,» and that «the percent of revenue on which Hachette authors»
ebook royalties are based will not decrease under this agreement.»
Also, as an FYI, as a power -
consumer of
ebooks, the WORST formatted ones, with arbitrary pages of space between paragraphs, etc, are from the major houses, which presumably (but not necessarily) have dedicated html people.
A
consumer can buy the same product wherever
eBooks are sold — again with a direct analogy to the print book trade.
Ebooks were 5 percent of sales in the first quarter of 2010 (Book Industry Study Group) but 9 percent of
consumer sales in Fall 2010 (Association of American Publishers).