In part, one of the reasons for this is the fact that managing links to
hundreds of ebook retailers can be cumbersome and overwhelming.
Toronto - based Kobo and Seattle's Amazon are neck - and - neck in Canadian publishers»
use of ebook retailers, BookNet Canada finds, in a new 2016 survey.
«We are excited to add Xiaomi to our authorized list
of eBook retailers in China,» said Trajectory CEO Jim Bryant in a press release.
Amid the uproar and media firestorm surrounding the recent discovery of inappropriate subject matter available in the children's digital
sections of some ebook retailers» websites, Kobo and several other self - publishing platforms took a bold stance and blocked self - published titles from sale until a thorough review... [Read more...]
If Apple made ebook development tools that targeted EPUB and not a proprietary format, the non-Amazon
side of ebook retail would have more diversity of titles and would be more competitive.
The main gist is that under the mandate of the courts, HarperCollins will provide a list price, but it will be under the
discretion of ebook retailers to discount it.
We've seen mergers between major publishing houses, intense growth at the world's largest ebook retailer, daily rumors threatening the
demise of another ebook retailer, and finally, a great coup among authors who are tired of the cloak - and - dagger mentality to the business side of books.
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.
The caution here is that you need to know what you hope to accomplish by publishing a PDF ebook without the
help of an ebook retail or self - publishing platform and you need to understand the risks involved.
You may be aware that last year
many of the ebook retailers, including Amazon, took a big stick to erotica because some writers were pushing the envelope way too far.
The blogger pointed out that you can't count on retail ebook sellers or their cloud storage to keep your books accessible, and gave several
examples of ebook retailers who changed their policies or went under.
Amid the uproar and media firestorm surrounding the recent discovery of inappropriate subject matter available in the children's digital
sections of some ebook retailers» websites, Kobo and several other self - publishing platforms took a bold stance and blocked self - published titles from sale until a thorough review could be conducted.
My direct sales have gone up and down, between 18 % and 30 % (again, September was a good month due to a non-fiction launch
outside of the ebook retailers).
If I could hook
all of their ebook retail services to Readmill so that all of my purchases are automatically added to my library, then I, as a consumer, can begin to treat them as a single market.
Furthermore, most
of the eBook retailers that have folded did so because Amazon was first to market and did it better than they did.
The app, Vellum, is supposed to make the entire formatting and distributing process even easier and more professional - looking, with real time live previews, then allow authors to distribute that same file (re: the same work they did once) to
all of the ebook retailers.
When using
any of the ebook retailers or distributors, you'll need to use a file formatted according to their specific guidelines.
When using
any of the ebook retailers or distributors, you'll have to upload a file that they accept or that is formatted according to their specific guidelines.
You can buy it at
any of these ebook retailers: Direct (DRM Free), Amazon (Global Link), Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple, Google To help you out with keeping track of the players in Sector One, -LSB-...]