Sentences with phrase «on ebook contract»

As outlined in the DCWG report «Ebook Business Models for Public Libraries» (PDF file), libraries benefit from business models that include access to all ebook titles, enduring rights and metadata integration capabilities (see also the recently released DCWG «Business Model Scorecard» report in PDF format on ebook contract variables for libraries).

Not exact matches

After years of seeming on the verge of critical mass, ebook sales are contracting.

We don't have to worry about them taking that brand elsewhere because we're paying 50 % net on ebook sales and offering limited terms of contract.

ebrary won a government contract a month ago that put it in the unique position of being the only ebook business on the government buyers list.

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

A little about me: I have two ebooks indie published (one available in print), a contract with a small press for a digital serial style series with the option of print on demand copies later, and more ideas and drafts then I know what to do with other then publish them one at a time myself.

If Dymocks posts an ebook for sale on its website, it will have done enough under the contract to earn its exclusive right to the work worldwide for the author's lifetime plus 70 years — and not just in book form: all subsidiary rights such as film, and other electronic forms are included.

I also don't know what other terms are in other publisher's contracts but as I've said now many times, rights would revert if we were out of stock on the book or not meeting the agreed upon threshold of ebook sales.

On February 9, Penguin Books announced that it has pulled out of its contract with OverDrive to supply ebooks and downloadable audiobooks to libraries.

With a title like «The Fine Print of Self - Publishing: A Primer on Contracts, Printing Costs, Royalties, Distribution, Ebooks, and Marketing», Mark Levine's book isn't the most sexy - sounding book you'll ever read, but it might be one of the most influential.

One result of everything going on was that I suffered a unilateral modification in contract terms by my publisher — changing the agreed - upon format of my upcoming release from mass - market paperback to ebook - only — a change that forced me to reconsider signing in the first place.

With the the quest for a traditional publishing contract getting harder, and the process of self - publication becoming easier all the time — both as ebooks and print - on - demand — many writers will consider the option of cutting out the middle - man and going indie.

I fought like hell in my last contract round to get my books ON to Kindle because I believe in ebooks so strongly.

But like the much heralded success of authors Amanda Hocking and John Locke, both of whom have each sold more than one million copies of their self - published ebooks before going on to sign contracts with major publishing houses, Wilkinson is open to the idea of traditional publishing and has already heard from some print publishers, although he admits he didn't set out to be an author.

This bold step comes not long after the Independent Publishing Group (IPG) decided not to meet Amazon's new contract standards and therefore found 4,000 of its ebook titles had their BUY buttons deactivated on Amazon.com.

Barnes and Noble in the short term may not see much of a loss on their digital content like ebooks, but they may feel the pain when new contracts are negotiated and how other stores discount their prices of books.

The eBook royalty class action looks back approximately six years, the statute of limitations on contract actions in New York State.

Kobo thought they had another in when Google pulled out of supplying indie bookstores with digital content and Kobo picked up the contract, but bookstores weren't particularly keen on cannibalizing their own book sales to earn a few dollars for each unit sold, and a feeble commission structure for each ebook sold.

When the Kansas Digital Library Consortium's contract with digital - content distributor OverDrive was up for renewal last year, two issues made Kansas State Librarian Joanne Budler decide it was time to move on and transfer the ebook titles to another vendor who could offer a better deal.

Barnes & Noble uses this DRM on their eBooks and made a contract with Adobe to add it to the Adobe RMSDK which is used to protect B&N books sold in the ePub format and eReader format as of December 2009.

The report presents 145 pages of data and commentary on a broad range of eBook issues, including: spending on eBooks in 2010 and anticipated spending for 2011; use levels of various kinds of eBooks; market penetration by various specific eBook publishers; extent of use of aggregators vs offering by specific publishers; purchasing of individual titles; use of various channels of distribution such as traditional book jobbers and leading retail / internet based booksellers; use of eBooks in course reserves and interlibrary loan; impact of eBooks on print book spending; use of eBooks in integrated search; price increases for eBooks; contract renewal rates for eBooks; use of special eBook platforms for smartphones and tablet computers; spending plans and current use of eBook reader such as Nook, Reader and Kindle; the role played by library consortia in eBooks; Continue reading Primary Research Group releases Library Use of eBooks 2011 Edition →

As if the cryptic countdown clock on her new website wasn't enough to spark viral speculation, along with a video announcement that later appeared on the site promising ebooks, interactive content, virtual worlds, and more, today author J. K. Rowling severed her contract with her agent of sixteen years, Christopher... [Read more...]

As if the cryptic countdown clock on her new website wasn't enough to spark viral speculation, along with a video announcement that later appeared on the site promising ebooks, interactive content, virtual worlds, and more, today author J. K. Rowling severed her contract with her agent of sixteen years, Christopher Little.

Obviously, a number of publishers are upset about this and feel it's just another example of Amazon using its considerable status to make demands on the publishers; another contract term that has raised ire is the requirement that the publisher inform Amazon before offering its titles to another retailer at a lower price, despite the fact that this requirement is actually in accordance with a German law that requires all booksellers to sell each specific title at the same price throughout the country, including ebooks.

Today B&N and Amazon are reducing prices on ebooks as new contract... [Read more...]

And going trad may not require spending money up front, but you will be paying on the back end, and paying a lot: agent's fees, return reserves, and eternal rights giveaways (ebooks mean that your book will forever be «in print» so good luck getting it back even if it's selling a couple copies a year, unless the language in the contract stipulates otherwise).

The filing says that big - six publishers, through their contracts with Amazon that allow for Amazon's proprietary DRM on their ebooks, «unreasonably restrain trade and commerce in the market for ebooks» in violation of the Sherman Act,» and claims «consumers have been injured because they have been deprived of choice and also denied the benefits of innovation and competition resulting from the foreclosure of independent brick - and - mortar bookstores.»

I was told in the contract that I would receive 60 % of royalties for paperback and 50 % on all ebooks sold.

So they can have their star authors sign the boilerplate contract, permitting the publisher to say — almost truthfully — that they don't pay more than 15 % of cover price royalty on print or more than 25 % of net royalty on ebooks (among other things).

If this trend continues where agents become publishers, I see much harder issues ahead on contract terms, sub-rights negotiations, fiduciary obligations, and better conflict of interest policies where ebooks are concerned — and AAR must weigh in with specifics since it's obviously not clear.

What readers will observe is that most other ebook retailers are now offering at least selective discounts on HBG ebooks — which they have been allowed to do under the MFN relief granted more or less immediately by the DOJ settlement and provisions under pre-existing contracts (or relief granted while new agreements are being negotiated).

With a «standard» contract (as if there is such a thing), you «earn out» that advance at a rate of 10 % of the price of a print book, and 25 % of the publisher's net on an ebook.

If the contract clauses don't show Amazon's intentional strategy at sabotaging competitors and are only a well - thought safeguard, then the same train of thought used by the judge in the US case above can not be called on, mainly because Amazon has a much smaller piece of the eBook market share in Europe than it has in the US.

And bear in mind that an ideal endstate for many might be a mixture of a contract with a traditional publisher for one set of books, a one - off deal with Amazon for an exclusive eBook, a Kickstarter funded selfpublished collection of essays and a stream of short stories you release and distribute on your own for free or near as damn it.

If you pushed me for a recommendation based on what I see in these data, I would say, after reminding you of the insurmountable shortcomings contained within it: If you plan on selling ebooks solely or primarily at Amazon and the opportunity cost of your time is greater than zero, you might want to sign up with submit to (and hope you are offered a contract by) an Amazon imprint.

In May, as it negotiated a new contract with Hachette Book Group (a settling defendant in the ebooks price - fixing case), Amazon pulled the preorder buttons on most Hachette titles, stopped recommending its authors» works, and burdened Hachette's books with artificial delivery delays.

Also, considering the learning curve just to procure services, would it be less complicated to simply contract out the various formatting services for the respective e-readers and sell a selection of ebook versions on a no - frills website of one's own?

Back in 2012, E Ink Corporation filed a lawsuit against Trekstor, an ebook reader distributor based in Germany, for selling various ereaders that used epaper panels from a Chinese contract company, OED Technologies, that supposedly infringed on E Ink's patents for electronic ink.

There are a few exceptions: The settlement allows publishers the option to negotiate retailer contracts that include «a commitment from an e-book retailer that a retailer's aggregate expenditure on discounts and promotions of the Settling Defendant's ebooks will not exceed the retailer's aggregate commission» — though that doesn't prevent deep discounts on specific titles.

IN NO EVENT SHALL EBOOK ARCHITECTS, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM ANY (I) ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES OF CONTENT OR SOFTWARE, (II) PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE, OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OUR WEB SITE OR SOFTWARE, (III) ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF OUR SECURE SERVERS OR SOFTWARE AND / OR ANY AND ALL PERSONAL INFORMATION AND / OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION STORED THEREIN, (IV) ANY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION OF TRANSMISSION TO OR FROM OUR WEBSITE OR SOFTWARE, (IV) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, TROJAN HORSES, OR THE LIKE, WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH OUR WEB SITE OR SOFTWARE BY ANY THIRD PARTY, AND / OR (V) ANY ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN ANY CONTENT OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF YOUR USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, EMAILED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE VIA THIS WEB SITE OR SOFTWARE, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

They will also want the ebooks rights but Amazon is saying up front in their contracts when you sign up to have the carry your ebook that they HAVE those rights as part of you signing on for the English / American rights.

For those who are unaware, the retailer and the publisher have been locked in a dispute over contract terms; Amazon wants to remain under the wholesale model in which it gets to determine the price of the ebooks it sells, even if that means taking a loss in order to pass the savings on to the customer, and Hachette wants to go to the briefly - instituted agency model in which the publisher determines the price.

If he wasn't making out better on his ebook sales than he was on his hardcover sales, then he had a shitty contract deal with his publishers, because Amazon offers much better royalty rates for ebooks than you'll get from a traditional publisher for hardcovers.

His explanation for the rise in US trade print sales in 2015 and 2016 is that in 2015 the large trade publishers» agency contracts eliminated retailer discounting of ebooks prompting Amazon, in mid-2015, to increase its discounts on their print books, instead.

An author whose work is picked up will receive a contract with Kindle Press and will be paid a $ 1,500 advance and 50 per cent royalties on ebook sales.

In this recent post I grandly announced that the ebook version of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting was available on iTunes, but it later transpired that pretty much everything I had to say on the subject was wrong.

[Updated July 19, 2013] In this recent post I grandly announced that the ebook version of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting was available on iTunes, but it later transpired that pretty much everything I had to say on the subject was wrong.

Authors can also use the self - publishing and social platform to create a secure eBook on IPFS & Ethereum smart contracts, register a copyright, or place an in - app advertisement.