Sentences with phrase «on ebook publishers»

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In both situations, Apple had convinced major book publishers to go with an «agency model,» which would let them set their own prices on ebooks (as in raise prices on ebooks).

The terms, which are undisclosed, are contingent on the outcome of Apple's appeal of an antitrust ruling that it conspired with five major publishers to make eBooks more expensive.

And a bit of good news: My publisher just put everything on sale so you can grab my first book «Jesus Feminist «for just $ 3.99 ebook edition or $ 9.41 in the paperback.

The ebooks for kids are on the pricier side in my opinion, especially considering how fast kids go through them, but we found that these are set by the publishers itself.

Lonely Planet has gone on to become the world's most successful travel publisher, printing over 120 million books in eleven different languages, along with guidebooks and eBooks to almost every destination on the planet.

Does your publisher dictate your ebook pricing on Amazon / BN, etc.?

Because books physically degrade at different rates, and ebooks don't, publishers are sensitive to the ebook distribution terms, lest they leave money on the table in the long run.

Also: a quick look at $ 69 Kindle, an eBook price war launched by Amazon, Mike Shatzkin's praise of Amazon and thoughts on eBook pricing, and a big boost for WorldReader from major publishers.

@JanArrah Here's a good article on ebook pricing from a publisher perspective.

This has resulted in all publishers except the biggest being forced to put two prices on their ebooks: a» digital consumer retail» price (intended to be a selling price, for Apple, and lower) as well as a «list» price (intended for the retailer to discount, for Amazon, and higher).

Publishers rely on «reader apps» to trigger multimedia, interactivity and other special properties built into enhanced ebooks.

Apple instead let publishers set their own prices for ebooks on the iPad — as long as those prices were the lowest offered on any platform — and then took a 30 % cut of revenue.

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.

And publishers will become even more dependent on their ebook sales to generate revenue.

The post Traditional publishers» ebook sales drop as indie authors and Amazon take off appeared first on The Passive Voice.

Each one of them, with its own features and strengths, offers publishers a great way to move to a more hands - on and customised phase in their ebook strategies.

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Apple's electronic book effort, iBooks, excludes everything from Random House, the biggest publisher in the world, works only on Apple platforms and helped usher in a massive ebook price increase last year.

If you look at the offerings for free on Amazon or Barnes and Noble, you see «sneak peeks» offered by traditional publishers for ebooks that they have for sale in those venues.

Hopefully, they'll also work on publishers to offer a short term rental option, giving them a further point of difference and, at the same time, turning what for many early users is a negative — that you can't download the ebooks you «own» — into a positive: that you don't need to own or download them because you've just rented them.

$ 3 is still not a huge stretch compared to the $ 10 or more most traditional publishers are charging for ebooks, but as an Indie author, I want to make sure to keep a handle on what my readers are expecting and willing to pay.

When each manufacturer or publisher decides on modifications to the standards, it guts the standards and defeats the purpose of attempting to describe a standard ebook.

We chose to sit in on the panel «The Tipping Point: How eBooks Impact Libraries, Publishers and Readers» with Barbara Fister, Eli Neiburger and Steve Potash.

I started blogging back in 2011 on Iola's Christian Reads, after I discovered I could get free ebooks from my favourite publishers if I had a book blog and promised to post a book review.

However, after five major publishers made an agreement with Apple on ebook pricing that specified other platforms couldn't undersell Apple, Amazon was forced to raise prices, and many books began selling for $ 14.99.

This will allow Adobe to clip the ticket on a big chunk of the ebooks sold if it gets the kind of support it's hoping for among ereader hardware manufacturers (Sony has already announced Digital Editions support for a future Sony Reader), e-bookstores, publishers etc..

What I want to focus on is another illusory belief among some authors — and most of these are self publishers — that eBooks is the exclusive way to forge ahead in publishing.

Other publishers listing eBooks on Lulu may or may not allow a set number of pages to be printed / copied, this is up to the individual publisher.

• No publisher has forced higher ebook prices on Amazon itself.

For example, if a publisher sets the list price for My eBook to $ 5.99, and Barnes & Noble puts My eBook on sale for $ 2.99, Amazon may adjust its price to $ 2.99.

As mentioned previously, in the section on subscription based ebook pricing models, pay per use models usually pay publishers a pre-set rate.

Library Directwill allow libraries to bundle books in Smashwords» catalog and select the books based on sales ranking; partnered with the new Pricing Manager which allows authors and publishers to set the prices that libraries will pay, even opting to make their titles free to libraries, the amount of ebook titles that libraries can offer to patrons will increase.

Looking at the statistics presented at the workshop, it is clear that library patrons find the restrictions put on ebooks by most of the major publishers to be totally unacceptable.

I'm an active TPL digital borrower, and was not aware that the library deals directly with publishers on ebook purchases — the website list of digital services shows only intermediary services like OverDrive, Hoopla, etc..

When 24Symbols launched in 2010 as a Netflix - style model for ebook consumption, publishers weren't quick to jump on board, at least not in... [Read more...]

With news this week that Amazon has added whole new international markets to its list of places where authors and publishers can earn a 70 % royalty on ebooks, the rumors and misinformed half - truths have begun swirling again as authors set out to decipher the terms.

By demonstrating how ebook lending can work through this site, he hopes that publishers and libraries can put to rest some of the concerns that both sides have on the issue.

Due to the importance of the topic at hand, namely, reforming the way publishers and libraries work together on ebook... [Read more...]

Publisher Dai Nippon Printing Co. has set up an ebook store of its own, promoting ebooks by making tablet PCs available on each table in its Tokyo cafe where visitors can browse through ebooks.

«OverDrive Read's support of EPUB3 fixed layout, HTML5, and synchronized audio enables publishers to produce a single eBook title supported on any digital reading device with a modern browser.»

Of course, the fact that a few smaller publishers have come on board and the nomination for a publishing industry innovation award lends a lot of credibility to the concept behind Rook, the free ebook reading app that lets... [Read more...]

It seems to me whenever I look at the top name authors on Amazon I find their ebooks «price was set by the publisher.»

Library lending of ebooks and other digital content is finally gaining a foothold in the industry as publishers and lending institutions come to some measure of agreement on how to make it work.

The essence of the pilot is to carry out real - time, real - world research into the impact of eBook lending in public libraries on authors, publishers and on the library service so that a suitable and sustainable model.

But unfortunately for the publishers, it also increases the likelihood that someone buys a self - published ebook instead which now make up almost 40 % of the ebooks sold on Amazon: http://authorearnings.com/report/may-2015-author-earnings-report/

I don't have the numbers but my impression is that the percentage of Big Five publisher ebooks listed on the Kindle ebook Top 100 has gone down as their prices went up.

For a surface - level look at how different ebook markets are faring — based on the only information available to those who can glean it — read Porter Anderson's full coverage of Vienna - based industry consultant Rüdiger Wischenbart's report to the recent Publishers» Forum conference in Berlin.

Publishers do not report on ebook sales anymore during their financial report.

Just when it seems that libraries and publishers are finally coming to terms on how to make ebook lending feasible, another blow is struck to the libraries and patrons.