Not so surprisingly,
most eBook buyers choose to read digitally.
Unless there is a compelling reason,
most ebook buyers won't be looking for the same book in print.
Not exact matches
The problem is that
ebooks are the Kindle and Amazon as far as
most buyers are concerned.
The effect on conventional publishing with the advent of
ebooks had directly effected this segment of the market, and many times with competition, the
buyer will actually get more choices, and
most times a better product.
But in
most cases,
buyers can't tell the length of an
ebook because there is no «page count» listed.
Most of the serious ebook buyers and readers are on Amazon's Kindle platform — as are most of the independent auth
Most of the serious
ebook buyers and readers are on Amazon's Kindle platform — as are
most of the independent auth
most of the independent authors.
Perhaps the
most interesting takeaway from the survey is the positive attitude book
buyers have towards
eBooks.
Surprise,
most buyers don't realize that
eBooks are rentals — they can be yanked off an eReader from an Amazon, Kobo, Nook, etc., at their choice.
Also in 2013, the early adaptor price of 99 cent
ebooks was even more of a no - mans» land for
most regular book
buyers than it had become in 2012.
Mark Coker, of Smashwords, shared the results of a survey he did on How
Ebook Buyers Discover Books, where he «challenged readers to select the single
most common criterion they follow to discover their next read.»
Jonathan Stolper (formerly of Nielsen) said at Digital Book World in January 2017, «Price is the
most important and
most influential barrier to entry for
ebook buyers and the increase in price coincided with the decrease in sales.»
Also in 2012, the early adaptor price of 99 cent
ebooks caused that price range to become a no - mans» land for
most regular book
buyers who came into the market last fall and Christmas.
Definitely one of the advantages of selling
eBooks over physical books, albeit
most buyers are looking to purchase
eBooks at a much lower price than physical books.