Sentences with phrase «of ebook production»

When I started Stillpoint Digital Press, my intention was to focus on the growing field of ebook production and distribution.

Liisa McCloy - Kelley is VP, Director of eBook Production Strategy & Operations at Random House, Inc. where she has been an eyewitness to an evolution in the way that books are produced, marketed and sold for more than 20 years.

At the recent IDPF Digital Book 2013 conference in New York earlier this summer, a panel of publishers offered to share their experiences and strategies during a session that focused on factors relating to in - sourcing and outsourcing of ebook production.

Aptara, one of the leading content solutions providers, recently revealed a healthy 30 % increase of eBook production and listed Amazon as one of the most profitable channel to for your distribution (no surprises there).

The proposal was to get together a «starter» list of, say, 800-1000 quality commercial New Zealand titles, to create them in a simple and inexpensive way through bulk - buying of ebook production services (particularly for indie publishers, the major publishers already have a lot of ebook inventory), and to market them as a package to early market makers such as e-reader device manufacturers, ebook retailers, libraries, and others.

It is very important to understand the current landscape of eBook production to evaluate what process works best for your company.

Actually, I've written extensively on the cost of ebook production.

Is this an accurate reflection of the ebook production problems self - publishers are facing?

The yellow brick road to becoming a wizard of ebook production starts with this chapter and proceeds through the next several chapters, creating progressively more interesting, more marketable ebooks and other EPUB - based publications.

But what worries me is big publishing seems to be relaxing their quality standards (or they never had them, as in the case of ebook production).

It could particularly be attractive to the publishing industry, which is dominated by small and medium sized companies, who are at a nascent stage of ebook production and are looking for flexibility in the long run.

The ease of buying and reading eBooks is seductive for a modern reader, plus the affordability of eBook production and print - on - demand self - publishing options are changing the game when it comes to book distribution.

A couple of fellow masochists from the world of ebook production rightly point out on Twitter that you can indeed test the AZK file on your Kindle / iOS, here is how:

Not exact matches

A 2013 book on photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) PEC hydrogen production working group was one of the top 25 % most downloaded eBooks in the SpringerLink eBook Collection in 2016.

It's immediately clear that cantaloupe melon is a good source of vitamin A (in the plant - based carotenoid form) and vitamin C. We've raved about those two nutrients in this article and in my eBook, so in brief, vitamin C clears acne by lowering stress hormone levels and accelerating your production of collagen.

If you want to learn more about the methodology and the production cost of online training videos, download the free eBook Training In An Online World!

Here is how the free eBook How To Accelerate The Production Of High Quality Digital Learning can help you do just that.

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 iOf 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 iof room to customise — there's an important caveat: Just because you can customise it doesn't mean you should customise it.

And, of course, the developer will push the production editor to secure post-print image rights so that the ebook doesn't wind up accidentally missing half of its content.

epub file format)-- a new open standard for production and distribution of ebooks, in particular re-flowable ebooks that can automatically reformat to produce readable output on different screen sizes.

Other major publishers may be content to reap record profits off the growth of ebook sales while paying authors practically nothing for digital books with far lower production and distribution costs, but we wouldn't feel right doing that.

Amazon's recent launch of its own eReader hardware, the Kindle, has led to some questioning about the long term plans for its Mobipocket initiative but in spite of that, the format is well developed, based on some widely used standards, and has a slick (free) ebook production tool.

You are right that production and distribution costs per unit are less for ebooks than for paperbacks, but authors have the same 2 % to 12.5 % earnings of the list price of the book.

Additionally, we assure high - quality production of both printed copies and technically sound eBook files of your work.

Marissa Wold is senior project manager at Augsburg Fortress Publishers, managing the production process for a large line of print and ebook titles annually.

Aptara's wide - ranging subject matter experts deploy smart content technologies across every aspect of production — and produce the entire spectrum of digital end products, including ebooks, apps, websites, and eMagazines.»

I am writing today as an advocate for greater attention to accessibility in the production of ebooks.

This is the final article in a series looking at a new category of online ebook production tools.

This week, the publishing industry came together at Digital Book World 2014 — described as a reflection of the current state of the publishing industry and the changes it has experienced — to tackle discussions such as «change management, technology and start - ups, data - driven decision making, cutting - edge tools for ebook production, and much more.»

So for a publisher, a little investment of time getting a PDF - ebook workflow added to the production process (and the admin of setting up and monitoring an agreement with a distributor), can provide a very low - cost way to distribute ebooks.

However, it does not have the potential reach of a product by Apple or Microsoft in terms of getting ebook production into the hands of the general public.

It is an opportunity to rub shoulders with Adobe - certified trainers, master uses, the Lynda.com group of presenters, Adobe engineers and product managers, and other eBook production folks just like you (wherever you may be in experience).

Specific, in - depth nuts - and - bolts guides include The Unofficial Scrivener Workbook by M.J. Carlson, Excel for Writers by M. L. Humphrey (walks through how to create spreadsheets that track time spent writing, page production, year - to - year metrics, and keep track of your works), Excel for Self - Publishers by M. L. Humphrey (amazingly useful for indie authors, how to track ads and effectiveness, revenue by sales channel, keywords, amazon reports, and more), and The Author's Guide to Vellum by Chuck Heintzelman (an incredible new app for producing print and eBooks; I'm a total convert myself).

√ Next even page — Copyright page — for the copyright, a list of ISBNs for the various formats (hardback, paperback, ebook), LCCN, CIP block, credits for design, production, and artwork.

One of the great things about sitting on 30,000 + ePub books (as uploaded to Bookworm) is the ability to look at what's happening in real - world ebook production.

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.

Since eBooks have a lower cost of production, I'd expect some of that savings to be passed to the consumer.

InDesign might be the application of choice for a large segment of print production and ebook development, but QuarkXpress is used worldwide to do the same tasks.

$ 189.00 — Title preparation, including ISBNs for softcover & Ebook, and author questionnaire $ 949.00 — Front cover design $ 499.00 — Cover wrap of softcover $ 789.00 — Interior text layout $ 1159.00 — Copyediting $ 489.00 — Print and Ebook production, including 1 printed proof $ 4074.00 — TOTAL

Anything over a fiver is unjustified as there is not paper or ink or manufacturing costs for copies after the initial production of an ebook.

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.

File production for the print and ebooks varies depending on the type of book.

In short, the argument that ebook versions of a novel should cost way less than paperback novels due to a lower marginal cost of production simply doesn't match the actual numbers.

The marginal cost of production is not the primary thing driving book costs, whether ebook or otherwise.

Clearly the expectation that ebooks should cost a lot less than paper copies of the books because of lower marginal costs of production doesn't match the reality that marginal cost of production really IS marginal even for paper books.

Peer review is a cornerstone of the arts and a way for us all to work together towards the production of quality ebooks for the digital market.

I'd have to figure out all of the details about how everything works in ebook publishing and production.

Ebook production would be dramatically cheaper and simpler, largely consisting of making sure that the structure of the ebook is preserved throughout the editorial proEbook production would be dramatically cheaper and simpler, largely consisting of making sure that the structure of the ebook is preserved throughout the editorial proebook is preserved throughout the editorial process.

Founders Mark and Renee D'Antoni have more than five decades of combined experience in print and digital publishing production including manuscript editing, book and magazine design, typesetting, layout, and ebook coding and development.

If you decide to publish an eBook at tredition, the production of your eBook format is included in our services at no extra charge.