Sentences with phrase «only ebook imprint»

With last week's launch of Odyssey Editions, his Kindle - only ebook imprint, a range of his authors are now available digitally for the first time.

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(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow auEbooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow auebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

Artificially inflating ebook rankings is not only done by indie authors, but can be abused by ebook imprints too.

For example, I just started Kozmonautix Inc, a small ebook only imprint.

Some major publishing houses are experimenting with no - advance ebook - only imprints, and several noted literary... [Read more...]

Amazon has developed three separate and distinct publishing options under its logo: Kindle Direct Publishing is the ebook - only indie publishing division, CreateSpace produces self - published print editions of books and makes them available for purchase through Amazon.com, and Amazon Publishing is the more traditional agent submission - only imprint.

GoodEReader.com has covered a number of publishing houses that have constructed ebook - only imprints which offer an amazing amount of output in titles, as well as unheard of royalties to their author clients.

If it succeeds, InterMix will be in good company, as GigaOM's Michael Wolf launched an ebook - only mystery genre imprint today, Bstsller, and Open Road Integrated Media unveiled its ebook platform, Iconic eBooks.

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.

When digital - first or ebook - only imprints were first conceived of, they were criticized for changing the long - held dynamic of a traditional publishing deal.

While many ebook - first and ebook - only publishers like Ellora's or Carina — the digital imprint of romance genre mainstay Harlequin — accept unagented authors» submissions, they are also pushing a higher volume of titles; in the case of Ellora's, they are releasing eight to twelve titles each week and signing authors like Laurann Dohner to 75 - book deals.

Over a year ago, traditional publishers like Harlequin made headlines and raised eyebrows by announcing the formation of imprints within their publishing houses that were dedicated to ebook - only works; the benefit to these imprints was twofold.

There is a broad variety of ebook - only publishers and imprints opening to meet the needs of writers and voracious readers alike, many of whom are born out of reputable and knowledgeable members of the publishing industry.

A number of blogs and news sites posted uncharacteristically wary responses to this week's announcements coming out in the world of self - publishing and ebook - only imprints.

It's an accepted fact that romance fans dominate the digital market, as shown by the high numbers of ebooks sales, the romance publishers who've established ebook - only and digital - first imprints, and the success stories of bestselling self - published romance authors.

While it is equally important to see how Big Five published authors are continually releasing their bestselling titles and earn a laudable status, several graphs signify the increasing popularity of eBooks not only published by indie authors, but for the ones done by small or medium publishers, and Amazon imprints.

Keeping Press is Castle Gate Press's imprint for ebooks only.

Digital only publishers and imprints have made great advances over the past few years — especially in the Romance genre where eBooks make up such a high percentage of overall sales.

Since the economical crises has made an imprint on most of the book markets in Europe, most countries have only started a transition towards ebooks in the last couple of years.

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The morning after Black Wednesday, a publishing blogger and e-book aficionado named Mike Cane stirred up his readers with a bite - size manifesto on Twitter: «If the FIRED NY pubstaff are such hot fucking shit, let them coalesce and form an EBOOK - ONLY IMPRINT to crush their fmr employers.»

It's with that last imprint group that he started his Fiona Griffiths series of books in the States, only to find that while ebook sales were robust, the hardback and paperback numbers weren't materializing.

The figures show almost half (49 %) of the KU titles on the Amazon Best Seller lists are indie - published titles, while Amazon Publishing imprints make up 2 % of KU Best Sellers (but only 1 % of all Amazon Best Sellers) and the Big Five Publishers have 0 % as they have no ebooks in KU.

Ebook distributors don't reveal their sales data, which means self - published ebooks are not counted in that 25 % and neither are small presses, ebook - only publishers or Amazon's publishing imprEbook distributors don't reveal their sales data, which means self - published ebooks are not counted in that 25 % and neither are small presses, ebook - only publishers or Amazon's publishing imprebook - only publishers or Amazon's publishing imprints.

The overall best - selling list for 2017 saw 15 of the Top 20 Kindle ebooks being published by Amazon imprints and that trend is continuing as the Top 20 best - sellers for 2018 so far comprise 17 books from Amazon Publishing, with the only two non-Amazon titles in the 11 - 20 places being Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and Rupi Kaur's smash hit poetry collection Milk and Honey.