On the ebook distribution side, EpubDirect are the only (and admittedly impressive) crew actually making a go of that business and even they don't make up for the fact that the majority
of ebooks sold in Ireland will have been distributed through other channels.
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott have reached agreements with Hachette and HarperCollins to provide consumer restitution using a formula based on the number of states participating and the number
of eBooks sold in each state.
But still, indicative that the number
of ebooks sold in the UK is at least one - third - again larger than traditional, ISBN - based statistics are measuring.
(I calculated that thatwas over half a million dollars worth
of ebooks sold in a single day!)
If stats are to be believed, the number
of ebooks sold in 2011 is 970 million as compared to 114 million in 2010.
In 2015 they were responsible for over 70 %
of ebooks sold in the US so you can see why authors are pretty keen to get their books on the Kindle Store.
60 %
of ebooks sold in Germany are through outlets other than Amazon.
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.
Although, according to Author Earnings, Amazon is responsible for 83 per cent
of ebooks sold in the US and 87 per cent in the UK, its share is only 60 per cent in Australia and 57 per cent in Canada.
Because B&N + Amazon represent roughly 90 %
of ebooks sold in the US, pairing those two is a pretty good basis for a bestseller list (with the weight on Amazon, because they own roughly 70 - 75 % of 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.
Not exact matches
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.
There are many junky web sites around that
sell «weight loss secrets»
in the form
of an
eBook or manual or premium membership or even
in actual book form.
Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle is one
of the best
selling diet and fitness
ebooks in the history
of the Internet.
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 on the internet (as ranked by clickbank.com) with over 439,000 users
in over 163 countries.
He is the author
of the bestselling
ebook, The Truth about Six Pack Abs — which has
sold over 1 million copies
in several languages, as well as the best - sellers The Fat Burning Kitchen, Do This, Burn Fat: 101 Sneaky Fat Loss Tricks, and The Top 101 Foods that FIGHT Aging.
Instead, produce useful, helpful content
in the form
of blogs, articles, videos, live streams, online courses, short challenges, image cards, webinars, podcasts, books, and
eBooks, and allow your education to
sell you instead.
In selling the Harry Potter
ebooks independently, they've taken back a significant crumb
of the
ebook industry (but a crumb nonetheless).
I agree completely with Jackie Barbosa above
in that the real takeaway from this snippet
of data is the unconscionably huge portion
of earnings that the trad pubs get from each
ebook they
sell.
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.
In October, the online news site The Kernel published an incendiary story called «An Epidemic
of Filth,» claiming that online bookstores like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, WHSmith, and others were
selling self - published
ebooks that featured «rape fantasies, incest porn and graphic descriptions
of bestiality and child abuse.»
She made international headlines by
selling over a million copies
of her self - published books, primarily
in eBook format.
To effectively reach the masses and connect with a large and diverse group
of readers,
eBook authors should explore all options and
sell their books
in as many places as possible.
In the weeks prior to the free sale I was
selling an average
of 2 - 3
eBooks per week and 7 print books for the entire month
of December.
In 2014, the United Kingdom
sold # 4.3 billion worth
of books, with
ebooks making up 11 percent
of that total.
In the latest sign of this disruption, author John Locke — who earlier this year became the first self - published author to sell a million ebooks — has signed an innovative deal with publisher Simon & Schuster that shows at least some players in the industry are thinking about how to adapt to the shifting balance of powe
In the latest sign
of this disruption, author John Locke — who earlier this year became the first self - published author to
sell a million
ebooks — has signed an innovative deal with publisher Simon & Schuster that shows at least some players
in the industry are thinking about how to adapt to the shifting balance of powe
in the industry are thinking about how to adapt to the shifting balance
of power.
Last week, for the first time ever, a major author — or,
in many minds (as though it's a matter
of opinion), THE world - premiere author
of the # 1 best -
selling series
in publishing history, J.K. Rowling — has decided (with her publisher) to release the
ebooks directly.
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.
In Section 2, it does say that they will stop
selling your
ebook within 10 days
of termination
of the contract.
Instead
of selling ebooks for a one - time cost and allowing libraries to lend these
ebooks in perpetuity,... Read more >
eBook sales don't account for any more than 30 %
of all books
sold, which means the majority
of the market is
in printed books.
Stay tuned — we're actively exploring many more features, including providing easy access to retail distribution channels with the goal
of enabling Lulu authors to
sell eBooks in every online marketplace.
Ebooks command approximately 30 %
of books
sold in the U.S., holding steady since mid-2013.
And never fear if you've become a die - hard digital fan since the day your first Kindle arrived... many indie bookstores have affiliate agreements to
sell ebooks and e-readers, as well as ways you can take advantage
of other
in - store offers.
One
of the principle owners
of the Tolino Alliance is Deutsche Telekom and they have just filed paperwork with the Bundeskartellamt, the German Federal Cartel Office, to
sell its stake
in the Tolino
ebook platform to Rakuten Kobo.
Sony and Kobo are
in big trouble with their current business model
of selling hardware and
ebooks.
This,
of course, presumes that publishers * want * to
sell more
ebooks; a presumption clearly refuted by their actions
in raising prices.
«This is an industry wide issue impacting retailers that
sell self - published
ebooks due to the explosion
of self - publishing, which
in the main is good as it gives new authors the opportunity to get their content published.»
She took a moment out
of her busy schedule to discuss the evolutionary growth
of ebooks in the library, how the discovery
of content is a top priority, what it took to talk Simon & Schuster and Penguin into joining the library lending model, and how libraries are
selling ebooks.
«We are delighted to work with Scribd and Oyster to offer this exciting new model for readers to find and read
eBooks, and to do so
in a manner that respects the value
of our authors» creative endeavors and supports our mutual goals
of selling the most possible copies
of their books.»
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.
127 million / 528 million = 24 %
of all adult fiction books
of any format
sold in the US
in 2014 were indie adult fiction
EBOOKS
Raleigh, North Carolina --(November 3, 2011)- Lulu.com, the leader
in self - publishing, announced today a new free pricing feature for
eBooks that enables authors to
sell their digital content to their readers with a price tag
of $ 0.00.
There is a clear trend towards fiction: 85 %
of ebooks sold are
in this genre.
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.
Amazon has started
selling its Kindle range
of ebook readers and tablets
in India today.
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.
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.).
Resources like Lulu, the leader
in self - publishing, make it easier than ever for authors to take advantage
of the great opportunities
eBooks bring to
sell more books and reach more readers — absolutely free.