Sentences with phrase «price of print books»

Basically, in older contracts, authors were paid 50 % of the cover price of a print book for an e-book, even if an e-book cost substantially less.

In terms of royalties, authors selling books in the First For Romance e-store will receive 60 % of the sale price of an e-book over $ 1.99 / # 1.99 / $ 1.99, and 40 % of the sale price of an e-book under $ 1.99 / # 1.99 / $ 1.99; 50 % of the sale price of a print book; and 40 % of the sale price of an audio book.

Improvements in book production and distribution services may delay things, but there will come a point where ever - smaller print runs will push the unit price of printed books upwards, beyond tolerance.

Paper and ink have never contributed much (percentage-wise) to the cover price of print books.

You can provide the loser with an ebook in any format you wish, from free to paid, but remembering that simply using his email address to «gift» him the ebook from Amazon will cost you less than the price of your print book and will increase your ebook ranking.

The notion that the pricing of print books should be tied, or even compared to, the price of an ebook is ridiculous.

Since I started publishing ebooks I have always priced them at half to 1/3 the price of the printed book.

So you're thinking that the «global decline in e-book sales» is the fault of indie authors and not a reflection of large publishers setting e-book prices such that they are MORE than the price of print books?

For example, as of this writing, through Amazon's Createspace platform, royalties are calculated by deducting multiple fees from the retail price of a print book:

The price of your print book is determined by several factors including: your book's production cost, based on the cover cost and page count; distribution costs, such as order fulfillment and customer support; and your royalty percentage.

The survey really drives home the point that there is a big disconnect between the prices of print books vs eBooks.

That said, in NZ the price of print books is huge in comparison, where as I have seen that in the US Kindle prices are sometimes higher than print, so that probably weighs on my thinking.

The figure is down on last year partly because book sales tend to tail off after the first year; but also because a certain e-retailer increased the price of the print book (and it's profit margin) by # 4 from # 6.49 to # 10.49, which noticeably depressed sales.

To counter that, some retailers — Amazon — discounted the price of print books more.

Those readers who, like me, still enjoy the experience of reading in print will still buy in print even as the price of print books rises.

At this point, it's tough to convince people that any ebook on any subject is worth 10 or 20 times the price of print book.

Regular pricing is based on your ebook price, not the price of your print book.

When we look at the price of a printed book, about two thirds of its cost pays to get it from the publisher, via the bookseller, into the hands of the consumer.

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.

There will always be print books, but their market share will continue to fall over the upcoming years as more and more people turn to digital formats and as the price of print books continues to increase.

Or, maybe they just effectively * raised * the price of print books by $ 2.99.

Royalties generally run from 6 to 15 % of the cover price of a printed book, depending on the publisher, the author, the form.

It was also about the wider market and the price of print books compared to ebooks and I think they want control over the transition to digital.