But for publishers, it could add challenges as the new features these formats offer
mean ebook production requirements and costs will scale up.
Not exact matches
Of course, with any
ebook production system — especially one that gives you plenty of room to customise — there's an important caveat: Just because you can customise it doesn't
mean you should customise it.
Also, technology changes every six months or so, which
means that each time I come back to produce files, I have to reevaluate previous
production methods to see if they are still the best, are compatible with the current
ebook and print standards, and are the most cost - effective.
In all of these scenarios, the marginal cost of
production is not going to be even $ 1 for a trade paperback and will rarely be over $ 1.50 for a trade hardcover (obviously the last big brick Harry Potter novels cost a teeny bit more due to sheer volume of paper needed to print a 750 page novel, but not * that * much more),
meaning that if we're talking marginal cost of
production as the difference in price between a paperback and an
ebook, we're not talking about a huge difference in price.
That
means they are responsible for (including contracting for) cover design, distribution, marketing, ISBNs, layout,
ebook conversion, audiobook
production, front matter, back matter, ARCs, reviews, tracking sales, tracking expenses versus income to ensure profit, tracking and reporting sales tax, etc. (Oh, yeah, sales tax.
The
production model of the Adam we have did not come with any
eBook readers or any programs that are meant to read popular ebook for
eBook readers or any programs that are
meant to read popular
ebook for
ebook formats.