Reports surfaced more than a month ago suggesting that the Department of Justice had launched an investigation into whether or not Apple had colluded with publishers to raise the prices
of eBooks sold through Apple's iBookstore.
According to the paper's multiple unnamed sources, the DOJ alleges that Apple colluded with publishers to raise the prices
of eBooks sold through Apple's iBooks store.
Not exact matches
Though Amazon actually eats a loss
of an estimated $ 18 for every Kindle
sold due to manufacturing costs and other factors, the company makes up for it
through sales
of ebooks and apps, RBC said.
The U.S. Department
of Justice alleges that Apple, as it prepared to launch its own
ebook store, persuaded publishers to price
ebooks at $ 13 and $ 15, or about $ 3 more than the same books being
sold through Amazon and other outlets.
Sony also is adjusting prices to some
of the e-books it
sells through its online
eBook Store.
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 you probably already know an
eBook that is part
of the KDP Select program can not be
sold through any other store — including your own website — for a 90 day period.
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.
I
sold about 2700 copies
of it during the month (not including those who purchased
through my eARC offering in August) and about 6,000
ebooks across all
of my titles and all stores (over 5,000 came from Amazon U.S.).
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
These prices will be in effect
through the end
of March, and apply to the major
ebook vendors where I
sell as well as to my Square marketplace.
Karen works with numerous authors, speakers, and coaches designing and producing
ebooks while helping authors
sell more books and back - end products and services
through a variety
of print and online design and production.
You can also download our handy new
eBook Distribution Guidelines that'll save you lots
of headaches when it comes time to
sell through other retail channels.
We gave away 102
eBooks through Smashwords mostly when we announced the book and for all
of 2012 we
sold only 18 copies via Smashwords distribution.
Ebooks sold through Gardners will earn authors 60 percent
of the list price after VAT — the same rate Smashwords authors earn on books
sold at iBooks and other major retailers.
It's tough
selling a book
of poetry anyway but I'm coming across authors too many to count who are
selling thousands
of their
ebooks at Amazon
through the Kindle program.
Although many have ventured into
ebook selling through online stores, it is surprising to note that the distribution
of ebooks -LSB-...]
As I have been saying here over and over and over, most electronic books
sold through most major
ebook retail outlets are
sold by traditional publishers in the price range
of $ 7.99 to $ 15.99.
With 1.5 million
eBooks available to buy now and «thousands»
of free titles available in ePub, mobile and PDF formats, Borders is expecting this to help it
sell more units
of physical eReaders — and says sales
of the Kobo eReader and Aluratek Libre
through the chain have already «surpassed sales expectations.»
The brief actually went on to discuss a lesser - known point
of the terms brought about by the DoJ, one which involves the ability
of third party companies like Amazon or Barnes and Noble to
sell ebooks through their iPad apps.
Unlike typical library lending
through companies like OverDrive which
sells a copy
of the
ebook to the partner library, thus compensating the author and publisher like a typical book sale, Epic!
It would only take one
of the big six publishers
selling the
ebooks through their own website to change the landscape
of the industry.
Red Shelf currently
sells titles directly to consumers, as well as works with bookstores to place
ebook editions
of books in their physical stores
through «ecards,» as well as
through the bookstores» websites.
If you upload your print and / or
ebook to the various retail channels
through their distribution process, they will take a portion
of each sale: «Dependent upon wholesale discount, IngramSpark publishers receive 45 — 70 %
of their list price on print titles
sold through the distribution channel, minus manufacturing costs (some markets may vary).
Smashwords, who
sells author content as well as distributes that content to major retailers
of authors» choice, gives authors the option to
sell their
ebooks through Smashwords at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Apple, Flipkart, and a few other retailers, as well as to distribute their work for lending to OverDrive, Oyster, and Scribd.
There was the birth
of the take - anywhere traditionally published
ebooks, the hope
of educational reform
through bells and whistles digital textbooks, and perhaps most important
of all, the self - publishing arm that allowed anyone to write, publish, and potentially
sell a book.
barnes and noble is not making new devices, they are doing it
through Samsung Sony did stop
selling eBooks and e-readers, Reading did decline for the most part this year, in terms
of eBook sales overall not sure about e-ink and its doubling
of market share, will have to ping
Companies like Le French Book and Spanish Publishers have made it possible for translations
of contemporary bestsellers to be published in foreign languages and
sold through major
ebook retailers.
Basically what I'm asking is if I publish an
ebook with you will you be owed 20 %
of all future profits regardless if I
sell the book
through lulu.com or another online retailer?
1) Produce lots
of titles to increase name recognition and sales overall; 2) Lower your price point and the readers will follow; 3) Don't worry about pricing, just focus on great writing; 4) Be a guest blogger, have your own blog, tweet, join forums, talk to readers, get reviews; 5) Use your
ebook as a promotional piece to
sell classes, services, and other products; 6) There is no magic bullet, just keep doing everything and eventually you'll break
through.
While the publishing climate is certainly changing, I think as long as sales are tracked
through traditional outlets and publishers continue to put the most emphasis using Bookscan as a primary sales reference point — versus an author's statement that the book has
sold 3,000 copies in back -
of - the - room sales or as
ebooks — big publishers are going to be wary
of publishing authors that are showing, say, 100 copies
sold.
KDP Select requires that you
sell your
ebook (but not your print book) exclusively
through Amazon for auto - renewing periods
of 90 days.
And
of course authors and publishers can
sell books online
through major retailers such as Amazon, both by uploading
ebooks and by using print - on - demand or vendor programs to
sell to consumers.
With the death
of the traditional bookstore and the emerging popularity
of ebooks being
sold through the Internet, I felt it was time for me to test the waters.
Some
of them are saying they haven't been gotten a single payment after months
of selling their
ebooks through them.
I can go
through an indie epub (or self pub) and get up to 50 % (100 % if I do it myself) and make that much on a 3.99 book if I
sold 5000 copies
of my
ebook with an indie pub or 2500 copies
of my self - pubbed book.
I had a reflowable mobi file for Amazon, a zip - archive
of HTML / CSS / Javascript which I
sold direct via Gumroad and
through the DBW
ebook store, a fixed - format KF8
sold through Amazon, as well as many fixed - format web - books
sold direct
through Aerbook.
BookBaby — They makes it easy to format and
sell your
eBook in 170 countries
through many
of the world's biggest retailers, including Amazon, iBooks, Barnes & Noble, and more.
eBook retailers in 2012 made nearly half
of all book purchases, beating out print retailers, at least in the US where almost 44 %
of all books
sold through November
of that year were purchased via an online retailer.
There is still a distribution cost associated with an
ebook if a publisher is
selling through a retailer like Amazon and it is often more than the cost
of distribution
of a physical book.
And at only a 15 % royalty rate for
ebooks sold through Smashwords, the platform offers the authors a greater percentage
of their sales price in royalty than platforms like Amazon or Barnes & Noble, who take 30 %.
Despite the fact that Random House
sells these same culinary titles as
ebooks on other distribution platforms, consumers who opt to buy the cookbooks
through the site are only able to view their purchased titles
through the app or website, something that directly contradicts the great portability and access - anywhere features
of digital reading.
He said that indie authors who
sell lots
of ebooks are fast tracked
through Singles or invited to publish on their platform.
http://ebookbargainsuk.wordpress.com/author/ebookbargainsuk/ Here's a quote from the blog: «35 %
of ebooks sold in the USA and Australia are
through outlets other than Amazon.
60 %
of ebooks sold in Germany are
through outlets other than Amazon.
So... if the publisher
sells the
ebook through Amazon at $ 14.99, and Amazon pays the publisher a royalty
of 35 %, then the publisher will receive $ 5.25.
Among the many reasons Stallman gives for boycotting Amazon are that the company
sells ebooks and digital music that deprives customers
of their rights
through restrictive licensing, that the Amazon Kindle - or Swindle, as he calls it - uses proprietary software and contains backdoors
through which Amazon can delete books and update software, that the company reportedly abuses its employees by making them work in sweatshops, and that it hurts independent bookstores, small publishers, and authors
through its near - monopoly power.
Random House has countered this claim saying, «Our publishing house, which is the only one
of the Big Six to make its
ebooks available without restriction for library lending, is setting the library
ebook price with «far less definitive, encompassing circulation data» than the
sell -
through information used to determine retail pricing.»
Applebaum said that the publishing house, which is the only one
of the Big Six to make its
ebooks available without restriction for library lending, is setting the library
ebook price with «far less definitive, encompassing circulation data» than the
sell -
through information used to determine retail pricing.
Liz, In no way do we put «all our eggs» in the Amazon basket; we just use their unequaled platform to
sell eBooks (and have been doing so since the advent
of the Kindle, and
selling pBooks
through Amazon since 1996).