DeFiore says it well in his write - up and calls the correct question when he looks at what's washed up onto the beach on HarperCollins» rising tide
of ebook profit strategy:
We even have a slide from Harper Collins to investors showing a breakdown
of these ebook profits compared to hardback profits:
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This means that, unless a buyer clicks into Pottermore.com through a vendor's site, the vendor does not receive
profit from the sale
of the
ebook.
David lives at the intersection
of technology and publishing by helping companies, associations and publishers navigate and
profit from the
eBook revolution and content marketing.
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.
Your curve demonstrates optimal
profit points for
ebook pricing, but the goal
of a publishing house is to maximize TOTAL
profits.
If someone did make an
ebook out
of all
of this, I don't think anyone would call the person who compiled the information a «writer» or an «author» because those words already have established meanings which are very well known to people who craft the English language for pleasure or
profit.
Such an endeavor is getting further impetus with the efforts
of Worldreader, a non
profit organization that has been distributing e-readers among school children in the continent with the aim to dram them to read
ebooks.
Major publishers and publishing associations seem to fear that libraries could circulate
ebooks to thousands
of readers, decimating their
profits.
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.
100 %
of the
profits from sales
of ebooks on the store will go to three organizations: one for the Caribbean, one for Houston, and one for -LSB-...]
100 %
of the
profits from sales
of ebooks on the store will go to three organizations: one for the Caribbean, one for Houston, and one for Florida.
The
profit from both can be used to build an improved e-reader, which can be sold more cheaply, which then means more people will buy it and consequently buy more
ebooks, the
profits of which can then go back into building even better, even cheaper Kindles.
I challenge my friends at Lulu to contribute their share
of the
profits from my
ebook over the same period.
While publishers in general are cautiously navigating the choppy waters
of the digital shift, most are riding the strong wave
of ebook sales that's putting as much
profit in their coffers as Amazon's, while balancing a constricting (but by no means expiring) market for print books, along with a rats nest
of pre-digital contracts, rights, and royalty scenarios.
Publishers are seeing squeezed
profit margins and they are clearly on notice about how third parties such as Amazon are controlling the perception
of what pricing should be for
eBooks (with their $ 9.99 price point or lower).
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I can not help but wonder if those prices are not an attempt to have one's cake and eat it too: to try to drive
ebooks out
of the market or else reap a bonus
profit in the process.
Instead
of viewing each
ebook sale as a source
of profit, authors should view each
ebook sale as a way
of driving qualified traffic traffic to their website, as the first step in building long - term profitable relationships with their
ebook readers.
Digital formats or
eBooks currently have high
profit margins and are not hindered by the archaic system
of print which has economic problems based on cost
of production, distribution and warehousing.
Most like, you've probably heard them go on at one point or another about the importance, power and
profit margin
of the
eBook.
It's a great question that relates to the importance
of ebook authors creating a
profit strategy based on using links in Kindle
ebooks to drive qualified traffic to their websites.
One could argue (and so I will), that by moving into «traditional» publishing, Amazon is simply acknowledging that content is and always will be King, and while the self - publishing angle has worked out quite well for them, only a few handfuls
of authors are truly making any notable
profit on $ 2.99
ebooks.
Ironically, one
of the icons
of the
ebook world, Amazon.com's Kindle store, has made it easy and lucrative for these thieves to publish and
profit from their activities by the very fact that the Kindle store is so simple to use and so welcoming
of self - published authors.
Penguins
profit is up to about 60 million dollars for this year so far and poises itself to be one
of the leading
ebook developers on the market.
Essentially, BookBaby, has found that charging legitimate authors an upfront fee to process and distribute their
ebooks may cause some to ultimately opt for one
of the sites that makes its
profit out
of royalties rather than pay an initial investment; however, this same business model means that spam and piracy can be kept to a minimum as get - rich - quick scammers are loathe to shell out the upfront cost.
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Ebooks is a volunteer driven, not - for - profit project that produces new editions of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, and
Ebooks is a volunteer driven, not - for -
profit project that produces new editions
of public domain
ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, and
ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open source, and free.
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?
King, along with nearly 900 other authors, signed a letter in support
of publisher Hachette, who is in a revenue - negotiation struggle with the online retail giant about
ebook profits.
If you'd prefer to lessen your administration burden and are willing to give up some control and access to various promotional tools
of each
ebook retailer (not to mention some
of your
profits), then you'll want to consider using one
of the following
ebook distributors.
However, the more services your distributor provides, the less
profit you can expect to receive, and one
of the key attractions
of ebook distribution and retail is its excellent potential for author
profits — to cut out the middleman entirely and have the same visibility and retail potential as any other book.
However, the more services your distributor provides, the less
profit you can expect to receive, and one
of the key attractions
of ebook distribution and retail is the excellent potential for author
profits — to cut out the middleman entirely and have the same visibility and retail potential as any other book.
It will analyze data from other
ebooks in the market, similar to yours, to determine how to maximize your
profits; take its suggestions with a grain
of salt.
But the publishing industry continues to wrestle with the issue
of how to price
ebooks competitively, while still providing a reasonable
profit for authors and publishers.
I agree with what Andreys saying, and I do feel the big publishers who are pushing for this are working togather to try and wring more
profits out
of ebook sales and / or push people back to buying more dead tree copies.
Other companies will take a percentage
of any
profits made from the
eBook files they provide, which makes them the publisher.
The purchaser can then save the
eBook format (either mobi or ePub) directly to their device.You keep 100 %
of the
profit!
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You fail to note that the
ebook copy has a far higher
profit ratio, no publishing cost, no shipping cost (most
ebooks are so small it would take thousands
of downloads for the cost to be worth even talking about)
Those numbers showed a 5.2 % drop in net
profit but an increase in the number
of titles sold in
ebook format, as
ebooks made up for 21 %
of Hachette's total number
of books sold in the third quarter
of 2011.
In the case
of Hydra, a science fiction
ebook - only imprint owned by Random House, the theory is that authors will not receive royalties, but will instead receive payment on what is closer to a
profit - sharing system
of the net
profits.
The sentiment slowly melted into cautious optimism as
ebook sales began to account for more and more
of publishers»
profit margins and as self - published authors began to make headlines for their success.
«With this program, a portion
of the
profits from an
eBook sale will be donated to the library,» said Matt Tempelis, Global Business Manager for 3M Library Systems.
Ebooks made headlines around the world when they finally began accounting for sizeable chunks
of publishers»
profits, and entire publishing houses were launched that focused on
ebook - only or digital - first releases.
I have been leery
of ebooks for a while as It appeared that publishers expected their gross
profits to be maintained while they delivered content in more restrictive ways.
This is complicated: Are
ebooks cheaper from the consumer's perspective, or do they offer larger
profit margins than printed books, which are distributed in some fashion among the distributor, author, and publisher (some
of whom may win, and some
of whom may lose)?