But unfortunately for the publishers, it also increases the likelihood that someone buys a self - published ebook instead which now make up almost 40 %
of the ebooks sold on Amazon: http://authorearnings.com/report/may-2015-author-earnings-report/
Publishing industry statistics from Nielsen, Bowker, et al who all rely purely on counting ISBNs are completely blind to this fact because of the simple reason that 37 %
of all eBooks sold on Amazon.com each day do not have an ISBN.
In a November report, it claimed the big five account for 31 %
of all ebooks sold on Amazon.co.uk, while self - published authors have reached 26 %.
About 45 %
of all ebooks sold on Amazon are self published.
The Rise of Alternatives to Traditional Publishers — AuthorEarnings.Com reports that in 2015, nearly half
of all ebooks sold on Amazon (the most influential digital retailer) are either self - published, published by micro-publishers, or are generated through an Amazon Imprint.
Because according to Author Earnings, self - published books make up almost 33 %
of all ebooks sold on Amazon.
But even so, the indie share of all books sold on Amazon.co.uk is far smaller than in the US, where indies sell well over 38 %
of the ebooks sold on Amazon.com.
Ebooks by indie authors make up more than 26 %
of all ebooks sold on Amazon.co.uk.
Not exact matches
If you are
selling a product like an
eBook, having it
on the market is not the end
of it.
You can write
eBooks on diverse topics, and earn passive income from
selling them to millions
of people
on the Amazon kindle platform.
We decided that sharing his wisdom in written form would be the best idea, so he is currently working
on an
ebook that we will be
selling in a couple
of weeks.
I am not really
sold on the idea
of writing
ebooks unless I have very strong content and I am extremely knowledgable
on the subject I am writing about.
This is just a sampling
of some
of the killer ideas you'll discover in my internationally best -
selling ebook program, The Truth about Six Pack Abs, currently the # 1 most popular abs program
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On the site, writers
of fiction and nonfiction are welcome to write, publish, and
sell ebooks without constraint.
You may also wish to repurpose some
of your short reports into
eBooks (
sold on their
on website) or books for the Kindle platform.
Amazon is now free to pursue its strategy
of selling cheap ereaders and cheap
ebooks — both
of which the company is widely thought to be losing money
on — in order to cement a dominant position in the
ebook marketplace.
My only MG is a 5 - year - old collection
of short stories (short stories, collections and otherwise, are always hard to
sell), but I was never tempted to go ahead with the novels I'd had planned for those characters, not based
on those
ebook sales.
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.
I'm doing this with the release
of my
Sell More Books
on Amazon print book in fact, with the purchase
of a print book I'll gift the
eBook version to a friend or colleague
of yours.
So, we're throwing a good old - fashioned author sales contest for Download Day and the author who
sells the most copies
of their
eBook on December 26th, 2011 — even if you
sell your
eBook for free — will win a Barnes and Noble NOOK and $ 100 off coupon good for anything
on Lulu.
Let's not forget that another great place to
sell your
eBook is
on your own website, where you get to keep 100 percent
of each sale.
With both print and
eBook distribution, you have the option
of selling on Lulu only or... Continue Reading →
And if, as someone noted below, B&N is actually going to require folks to
sell ebooks on B&N for 20 % less than they
sell for
on Amazon, I CA N'T stay with B&N, because that's a violation
of my Amazon agreement.
Many
of us continue to
sell eBooks on various topics.
This will allow Adobe to clip the ticket
on a big chunk
of the
ebooks sold if it gets the kind
of support it's hoping for among ereader hardware manufacturers (Sony has already announced Digital Editions support for a future Sony Reader), e-bookstores, publishers etc..
Barnes & Noble will pay or cause to be paid your Royalties
on sales
of your
eBook approximately sixty (60) days following the end
of the calendar month during which it is
sold.
Selling many copies
of your work over the years can be challenging, but if you
sell your
eBook online
on your own site you may be pleasantly surprised at your results.
As part
of the deal, Apple allegedly got a 30 % commission
on each
ebook sold.
Winner Number One: Amazon, which said earlier this week it drop prices once again
on ebooks, many
of which it had been
selling for $ 9.99 before the so - called «collusion.»
eBay.com: eBay is more than a bidding store — you can
sell unlimited numbers
of eBooks at a set price
on eBay.com or set up your own store.
-- 2 % statistics figures is no serious argument or trend indication — all consumer agreements are drafted by
selling companies and, thus, hugely favor the latter, it's take it or leave it — quoted Apple provision is standard indirect damages exclusion, any damages cases for consumers using digital text documents are unlikely anyway — printed book is always better but it takes space — some educational piece
on drawbacks
of ebooks and bookstores would serve better purpose
The author has to do all this themselves at their own expense, and in return Amazon will shaft them with a 35 % royalty rate (the 50 % you quote is NET, which is rich given the only place it will be
sold is
on Amazon, so Amazon will take their 30 % cut and then take another half
of what's left) for an
ebook.
In the current way
of things, the local bookshop is my best bet for advice
on buying books, but they're not even
selling ebooks — so if I go to them but ultimately decide
on buying digital, they offer advice but lose the sale.
But does the typical self - published author with two
ebooks on Amazon stand to benefit from
selling his books through his own website, also known as the online equivalent
of setting up a sales booth from the back
of their car?
As e-reader sales begin to increase this holiday season — an estimated 24.5 million units
sold according to IMS Research, which is expected to double
eBook sales year over year according to the Association
of American Publishers — authors have a great opportunity to capitalize
on current reader trends and increase visibility for their works to new audiences.
You make a profit
of $ 2.34 when you
sell on Amazon.com; through your CS -
eBook sales page, you'll make a profit
of $ 4.34.
As XinXii is an European based company, we have to warrant two aspects: - we have to pay the German VAT to the tax office for each
eBook sold (19 %)- the VAT must be always included in the final price
of all products listed
on XinXii So after a sale, we have to transfer the VAT to the tax office, and the author will get his percentage
of the net price as provision / royalty.
Everything an author needs is here — from the means to
sell your books to access to some
of the newest books
on the market, to submitting your
ebook to Kindle, to advertising the right way to get readers.
It is possible to see the foundations
of the modern
eBook from such activity, as the necessity for reflowable text when reading
on a Portable Digital Assistant (PDA) led to the formation
of the Open
eBook Publication Structure (a precursor to the EPUB format) in 1999, and several portable devices such as the Game Boy Advance, PalmPilot and SoftBook had facilities for modems, allowing readers to receive books without using a computer, often seen as one
of the core
selling points
of the original Kindle.
DPD offers one
of the more customizable services for
selling your digital art,
eBooks, movies, music and so
on.
Authors, writers, publishers
of eBooks, audiobooks and short texts can... A)
sell their
eBook through their author page
on XinXii - without author contract - in real - time, without technical skills - with an own authorpage and online shop - enter all information such as description, tags, cover, price... - upload an
eBook in one or multiple formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls... - high royalties per download - consolidated real - time sales reports - keeping full editorial and copyright control or B)
sell their
eBook through their author page
on XinXii and additionally
on major
eBook retailers - we convert
eBooks to the ePub and mobi format for free - we distribute to the leading
eBook - shops all over the world for free - we provide consolidated sales reports Readers have... - the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories and genres - an easy access to a huge variety
of content - can instantly download after purchase - have the opportunity to rate and comment
on eBooks
The top
selling self - published authors earn most
of their money from
ebooks sold on Amazon.
I
sell my
ebooks for $ 4.95, so the obvious price point for an eARC would have been something similar, but I didn't think it'd be worth my time to set everything up, email people (I mistakenly, didn't think
of automation this first time around — more
on that farther down), and deal with the inevitable «customer service» emails I'd get for $ 5.
I already touched
on the idea
of using a free
ebook (a short story, a novella, or even a full - length novel) as a loss leader, the idea being that you can
sell more
of your other books by giving away free samples.
At the beginning
of the publishing - process, we'll ask you if you want to
sell your
eBook on your XinXii - authorpage only, or if you want us to distribute your
eBook on the major
eBook retailers as well - and if yes,
on which one (s).
We've previously mentioned that Amazon followed the console business model,
of selling hardware cheap and recouping its losses by
selling content, when it came to the Kindle Fire and one
of its methods
of making money is from
eBooks sold on the Kindle bookstore.
My first
ebook is free right now, so no loss there, but I
sell EE2 and EE3 for $ 4.95 each (although, last I checked, Amazon had price - matched one
of those down to $ 3.99 based
on some slow - to - update store out there).
I should also mention that all these
ebook selling website offer DRM protection for your books and some can even add customer name / information
on each page
of the
ebook.
There's an insane amount
of competition for consumers» attention, and only the luckiest, most heavily promoted, and best
ebooks will
sell in large quantities (by large quantities I mean in the hundreds or thousands; again a reason why publishers, in my view, should not be spending a lot
of money creating and distributing
ebooks if they expect a return
on investment
on most
of their books).
You can use an affiliate program, set custom price, take advantage
of social media integration and
sell ebooks on popular markets such as eBay.