In the U.S., ebooks as
a percentage of book sales increased from about 1 % in 2008 to 3 % in 2009 to 8 % in 2010 to 20 % in 2011.
But I've experimented lately with Draft2Digital, a similar distributor (these distributors are paid
a percentage of our book sales for our convenience).
Most popular ebook distributors (e.g. Amazon, B&N, Smashwords, etc.) charge no upfront costs to publish, but keep
a percentage of book sales.
Because Amazon represents such a high
percentage of book sales in the United States, your Amazon product page may be the first and only thing a reader looks at when deciding whether to purchase your book.
Although poetry makes up only a small
percentage of book sales, they are still a highly active part of the publishing industry.
In exchange for their services, authors pay agents
a percentage of their book sales revenues and royalties and / or pay a retainer and fees for services rendered.
It is standard for traditional book publishers to take
a percentage of book sales, this is called a royalty and also how publishers make their money back on the book deal they give authors.
The author also gets
a percentage of the book sale as well.
Traditionally published authors receive relatively low
percentages of their book sales than indie authors.
Income could also originate from
a percentage of book sales resulting from links on library sites to commercial e-bookstores.
Ebooks account for a significant
percentage of book sales.
Once your book get converted we will distribute into all major online retail stores and give you the royalty
percentage of your book sale.
Book publishing royalties are paid after a book's release and are
a percentage of each book sale that goes to the author.
After sales of the book have earned back the author's advance, the author begins to receive
a percentage of book sales going forward.
Of course, that kind of explosive growth can't last forever, but what
percentage of all book sales will e-books constitute in 2011?
For the month of February, ToH adopter Marla Stahl will donate
a percentage of her book sales to us!
A percentage of book sale profits is donated to animal rescue organizations.
Not exact matches
From a forecasting standpoint, the company's numbers speak for themselves: On a quarterly basis, its
sales team consistently delivers on
bookings within a few
percentage points
of predictions.
Disclosure for this coloring
books for adults posting: This posting contains affiliate links (which means I earn a
percentage of the
sale) but all opinions are strictly my own.
Publisher / line Year (or projected year)
of release Which
book it is
of yours / for that publisher (1st, 5th, etc.) Advance per
book (if any) Standard royalty
percentage (for regular print
sales AND for ebook
sales) Total earnout to date (INCLUDING advance) Title acronym with month / year
of release (if known)
The standard publishing contact stipulates that these rates begin at a certain
percentage and then go up as
sales of the
book increase.
Basically, consignment means you bring your own
books to the event, and the event (generally) takes a
percentage of sales.
While magazines can't be a large
percentage of Indigo's print
sales, that trend suggests that
book sales may have decreased by even less than 4.6 %.
S&S CEO Carolyn Reidy said that while
sales of e-
books rose by one
percentage point in the quarter,
sales of digital audio had a huge quarter driven by
sales of both new and backlist
books.
Since 2013 the
sales of electronic
books have been more or less flat, rising or falling by a
percentage point or two.
Authors typically are paid a
percentage (which can be up to 40 %)
of the
sale from their ebook or agree to a flat fee from the publisher which will remain fixed regardless
of the number
of books sold.
With this change, the Times is choosing to ignore a significant
percentage of US
book sales.
Based on earlier
sales months, I know that a high
percentage of the people who buy
Book 2 go on to purchase the following
books.
The best
book publishers, and especially the best self publishers know that a net
sales profit method is in the best interest
of the author, and won't manipulate royalty
percentages or profits.
They don't charge for translation but take a
percentage of your translated
book's
sales revenue.
Is the amount
of marketing effort the company puts into each
book likely to generate enough
sales above what I'd sell solo to make up for the profit
percentage I'm handing off?
Learn how to calculate your ebook royalties, plus how the online retailers»
percentage and list price affect your cut
of book sales.
A «trade discount» is the
percentage of a
book's retail price that a retailer (e.g., a bookstore or Amazon) or wholesaler (e.g., Ingram) earns from the
sale of an author's
book.
You can have your Kindle and paper too.Only about 30 %
of book sales are e-books, and that percentage seems to be leveling off as an October report from the Book Industry Study Group repor
book sales are e-books, and that
percentage seems to be leveling off as an October report from the
Book Industry Study Group repor
Book Industry Study Group reported.
We make a
percentage of each
of your
books»
sales, so we don't get paid unless you get paid.
While your
book may not necessarily have the same
sales percentages as this blogging product, the overwhelming power
of using email marketing is the key takeaway!
The new analysis
of indie
book sales from Hugh Howey's AuthorEarnings.com shows that their
percentage of all
sales is considerably more than previously reported, and those
sales are growing.
Is direct
sales one
of the baskets you think authors should consider, or do you believe the costs
of not having those
sales count toward rankings and having your
books show up in the marketplaces where most readers browse outweigh the increased
percentage of return on the
sale?
Furthermore, in these days, where eBooks still account for a small
percentage of overall
book sales («only 1 % to 2 %
of total
book sales, as measured by dollars» according to the WSJ article), publishers maintain essentially the same overhead because the bulk
of thir
sales are through tradtional bricks - and - mortar channels.
When that's not available, what is the likelihood
of that debut author or midlister walking away from a traditional
book deal over eRoyalties when the current
percentage of sales done electronically is not even 1 %
of the total
book sales overall?
3) Is there a real turning point coming for many companies in 2012 when electronic
sales reach a certain level, a certain
percentage of total
book sales?
More than 50 %
of all traditionally published
book sales of any format in the US now happen on Amazon.com, not to mention an even higher
percentage of eBooks.
Furthermore,
sales through HarperCollins» website are likely to make up only a very small
percentage of an author's total
book sales, meaning the royalty increase wouldn't necessarily account to much.
It should be the same thing with
book sales; you just know what
percentage of your readers will buy that kind
of book because you know your audience.
The higher
percentage they take
of book sales, the more invested they will be in marketing it.
The main problem was control, she did not want an established publishing company to take a
percentage of each
sale and wanted to market the
books herself.
They made such a big deal about saying «This tag proves the reviewer read the
book» but then only use it for a small
percentage of «
sales.»
If I drop ship my
books to Houston (meaning I place the order with my printer, who then directly ships them to Houston), I pay for all
of it, and will only recoup the net from the
sale of the
book, minus the
percentage taken by the bookstore (usually between 30 % to 60 %).
Amazon is 42 percent
of the US
book market now, and my
percentage of sales through Amazon is likely 80 percent.
Given how much
of a lower
percentage the author tends to get from a publisher per
sale and the uncertainty
of being able to convert a casual reader into a regular, the author needs to be certain that the publisher can at least quadruple the
book's reader - base before it makes sense to go with them.