Perhaps unsurprisingly, availability was a less
of a problem for e-book purchasers.
Not exact matches
A recent recipient
of the Sanford McDonnell Award
for Lifetime Achievement in Character Education, among Dr. Elias» numerous books are ASCD's Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines
for Educators, the Social Decision Making / Social
Problem Solving curricula
for grades k - 8, the new
e-book, Emotionally Intelligent Parenting (via Kindle and Nook) and a book
for young children: Talking Treasure: Stories to Help Build Emotional Intelligence and Resilience in Young Children (www.researchpress.com, 2012).
While this does not completely eliminate the
problem of e-book piracy, it does offer a wonderful opportunity
for honest costumers to continue reading the books they love without resorting to underhanded tactics.
That's a
problem for book publishers, considering
e-books are the fastest growing segment
of the publishing industry — and Amazon has a reputation
for driving down the cost
of e-books, treating them as loss leaders as a way to sell more Kindle devices.
One
of the big
problems with YA
e-books is that there hasn't been any real success stories
for quite awhile.
I have a
problem buying an
e-book that I can buy
for the same price as the print addition
of the same book.
A senior research fellow
of the Society
for New Communications Research and a board member
of the Independent Book Publishers Association, serving thousands
of publishers across North America and around the world, Danny Snow admits that
e-Books solve serious
problems in traditional publishing: overprinting; the cost
of shipping books back and forth between warehouses and stores during a time
of climbing fuel prices and growing focus on air quality; and the bad bookstore practice
of over-ordering, then returning unsold books are all eliminated by digital distribution.
Less money
for the so - called producers
of e-books when they are already facing money
problems is not a good thing, especially as the share
of e-book sales v. hard copy sales is increasing.
One thing I haven't seen discussed is the fact that publishers have to estimate a print run
for paper books, and if they make a mistake, they eat it immediately (lots
of returns, remainders, etc.)
E-books solve this
problem (while admittedly adding new ones).
While each Publisher Defendant recognized that it could not solve «the $ 9.99
problem» by itself, collectively the Publisher Defendants accounted
for nearly half
of Amazon's
e-book revenues, and by refusing to compete with one another
for Amazon's business, the Publisher Defendants could force Amazon to accept the Publisher Defendants» new contract terms and to change its pricing practices.
So this is not a
problem for the big players: Amazon, which currently has about 70 %
of the
e-book market (source: 2013 BISG report — http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/bisg-report-a-few-more-ebook-stats/).
i hate to admit it but yeah it's true... i think the biggest
problem in my country to embrace
E-books is the lack
of promotion... how come the readers to find out themselves
for what are we publish...
But then, I have
problems trusting a company that colludes with others to price fix
e-book costs to the reader at a price point that is well above what I would pay
for a hard copy
of the book.
The
problem with that sort
of twisted logic is that
e-books aren't responsible
for the lower percentage, the publishers are.
The methodology used to create the list was designed to address some
of the
problems seen with current
e-book best - sellers: One - hit wonders, the lack
of differentiation between $ 0.99
e-books and $ 12.99
e-books, and no accounting
for which publishers are actually selling the most
e-books.
E-books are not books, and I feel like the big problem with e-reading in general is that I learned how to use a certain amount of functionality with e-books very early on, and made it work
E-books are not books, and I feel like the big
problem with e-reading in general is that I learned how to use a certain amount
of functionality with
e-books very early on, and made it work
e-books very early on, and made it work
for me.
For this reason I was very happy when I recently found out that Henkel was about to publish a new Zen book — Zen of eBook Marketing — this time focusing on e-book promotion, which remains a seemingly insurmountable problem for
For this reason I was very happy when I recently found out that Henkel was about to publish a new Zen book — Zen
of eBook Marketing — this time focusing on
e-book promotion, which remains a seemingly insurmountable
problem for for me.
Ali covers the whole picture; from developing your
e-book, to creating your website, to sales and marketing through e-book channels, to effective use of social media, and to three «Parts of Tens» — Ten Common E-Book Problems, Ten Tips for Editing and Proofreading, and Ten Ways to Enhance Your Sales and Your C
e-book, to creating your website, to sales and marketing through
e-book channels, to effective use of social media, and to three «Parts of Tens» — Ten Common E-Book Problems, Ten Tips for Editing and Proofreading, and Ten Ways to Enhance Your Sales and Your C
e-book channels, to effective use
of social media, and to three «Parts
of Tens» — Ten Common
E-Book Problems, Ten Tips for Editing and Proofreading, and Ten Ways to Enhance Your Sales and Your C
E-Book Problems, Ten Tips
for Editing and Proofreading, and Ten Ways to Enhance Your Sales and Your Career.
«Digitisation in its wider form than just
e-books or e-readers, offers much
for booksellers and their customers, especially by overcoming supply
problems for readers wanting to buy backlist copies or out -
of - print books.
We've heard the blame game — how Ann Arbor isn't rallying around the troubled company, how the publishers are being unreasonable
for wanting money upfront despite a track record
of non-payment by Borders, how
e-books are the cause
of the company's
problems and not poor management and lack
of foresight.
, but I,
for one, have no
problem realizing that Amazon was the first to recognize the importance
of e-books as a retailer and to act.
But the major
problem may simply be the limited number
of e-book titles available
for a device that was pitched as a dedicated e-reader.
For the sake
of comparison, we asked in our December 2011 survey if those who had read an
e-book in the past year had experienced several
e-book problems at bookstores or online retailers and found that 30 %
of e-book readers found the store or website did not carry the
e-book they wanted and 8 % found that the store / website version was not compatible with their digital - reading device.
He cites the disparity
of e-book pricing
for regular consumers and libraries as indicative
of the
problem.
The same 2008 Dear Author post also talks about the issue
of Digital Right Management (DRM) and the
problems that this created
for readers
of e-books.
Of course you're locked into Amazon's Kindle ecosystem, but I (and countless other readers) usually get my
e-books from there anyway, so not a
problem for me.
I know that pirates are a major
problem for authors
of e-books, and they seem to genuinely believe that all authors are wealthy.
I have penned down all my practical, hands - on experience in training and housebreaking dogs in this one -
of - a-kind
e-Book package with surefire tips to solve almost all potty training
problems for Puppies, Adult and Older Dogs.
From the scholarly kitchen: The Ticklish
Problem of Pricing
E-books for Libraries (Thanks to Alicia Posesorski
of Irwin Law) 3.
Instead
of trading your time
for dollars, you could get into the business
of creating and selling
e-books, audio programs, etc. that help your clients with some
of their common
problems.
E-books and electronic journal licencing poses a
problem for those who are not part
of the institutions but rely on their collections on interlibrary loan basis.
Among Dr. Elias» books are ASCD's Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines
for Educators, the Social Decision Making / Social
Problem Solving curricula
for grades k - 3), The Educator's Guide to Emotional Intelligence and Academic Achievement: Social - Emotional Learning in the Classroom (Corwin Press, 2006), Bullying, victimization, bullying, and peer harassment: A handbook
of prevention and Intervention (Taylor & Francis, 2007), Urban Dreams: Stories
of Hope, Character, and Resilience (2008, Hamilton Books), and the new
e-book, Emotionally Intelligent Parenting.).
A recent recipient
of the Sanford McDonnell Award
for Lifetime Achievement in Character Education, among Dr. Elias» numerous books are ASCD's Promoting Social and Emotional Learning: Guidelines
for Educators, the Social Decision Making / Social
Problem Solving curricula
for grades k - 8, the new
e-book, Emotionally Intelligent Parenting (via Kindle and Nook) and a book
for young children: Talking Treasure: Stories to Help Build Emotional Intelligence and Resilience in Young Children (www.researchpress.com, 2012).