Sentences with phrase «price of the ebooks you sold»

What I don't think people are really catching here is that due to the publishers» «agency model», Amazon gets 30 % of the sales price of an ebook they sell.

According to the paper's multiple unnamed sources, the DOJ alleges that Apple colluded with publishers to raise the prices of eBooks sold through Apple's iBooks store.

Reports surfaced more than a month ago suggesting that the Department of Justice had launched an investigation into whether or not Apple had colluded with publishers to raise the prices of eBooks sold through Apple's iBookstore.

And if you were getting 37 % of the cover price of the ebooks you sold, it might be a more significant part of your statements.

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.

Not exact matches

I wish that Logos would become competitive here and sell their digital books for significantly less than the paperback books, and maybe even do some sort of price matching with Amazon Kindle eBooks.

«When I see an ebook that sells for twice the price of the paperback version, either someone has lost their mind, is asleep at the wheel, or is deliberately steering the ship towards an iceberg,» she said.

Before the agency model, Amazon was buying new ebook releases at the wholesale price of the hardcovers, then turning around and selling them for retail at dollars less.

And if you sell a bunch of ebooks — something you can do more easily if you self publish and control pricing — it's very easy to get a publishing deal quickly.

The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that Apple, as it prepared to launch its own ebook store, persuaded publishers to price ebooks at $ 13 and $ 15, or about $ 3 more than the same books being sold through Amazon and other outlets.

Assuming an average eBook price of about $ 4.99, and an average royalty rate of 60 %, let's say, you'd have to sell about 1,400 copies every month consistently to make a decent living, and I'm here to tell you that anything having to do with the sale of a non-essential product will never, ever be consistent.

As Apple sells its three millionth iPad, a round of double - digit price cuts has hit most major ebook readers this week.

Winner Number One: Amazon, which said earlier this week it drop prices once again on ebooks, many of which it had been selling for $ 9.99 before the so - called «collusion.»

eBay.com: eBay is more than a bidding store — you can sell unlimited numbers of eBooks at a set price on eBay.com or set up your own store.

Sony also is adjusting prices to some of the e-books it sells through its online eBook Store.

This, of course, presumes that publishers * want * to sell more ebooks; a presumption clearly refuted by their actions in raising prices.

Similarly, the hardcover version of the book, The Chronicles of Downton Abbey which is sold along with the TV series also enjoys about # 3 price benefit for the hardcover version which is sold at # 12.99 as an ebook.

It gives you far higher per - book earnings than traditionally published authors are receiving (even those whose ebooks are selling for $ 10 +), it gives the readers a deal when compared to most traditionally published ebooks, and it's often considered a fair price by those who feel that digital books should cost less than the dead - tree variety since paper, ink, and shipping aren't a part of the equation.

Raleigh, North Carolina --(November 3, 2011)- Lulu.com, the leader in self - publishing, announced today a new free pricing feature for eBooks that enables authors to sell their digital content to their readers with a price tag of $ 0.00.

As XinXii is an European based company, we have to warrant two aspects: - we have to pay the German VAT to the tax office for each eBook sold (19 %)- the VAT must be always included in the final price of all products listed on XinXii So after a sale, we have to transfer the VAT to the tax office, and the author will get his percentage of the net price as provision / royalty.

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

These prices will be in effect through the end of March, and apply to the major ebook vendors where I sell as well as to my Square marketplace.

I sell my ebooks for $ 4.95, so the obvious price point for an eARC would have been something similar, but I didn't think it'd be worth my time to set everything up, email people (I mistakenly, didn't think of automation this first time around — more on that farther down), and deal with the inevitable «customer service» emails I'd get for $ 5.

Nearly 5,500 copies of my ebook were downloaded over a three - day period, and I continued to more sell books once my book returned to its regular price — something I was not expecting.

My first ebook is free right now, so no loss there, but I sell EE2 and EE3 for $ 4.95 each (although, last I checked, Amazon had price - matched one of those down to $ 3.99 based on some slow - to - update store out there).

You can use an affiliate program, set custom price, take advantage of social media integration and sell ebooks on popular markets such as eBay.

Amazon is talking about ebook sales going to authors while print book sales would go to Hatchette and if Hatchette had agreed to this - showing they cared about their authors - Amazon would go back to large restocking / reorders on print books, discounting print books instead of selling them at the absurd high prices set by Hatchette which they've been complaining about, and re-enabling pre-order buttons.

You will lose at least one reader by ceasing to sell on Amazon.com, but I suppose you will gain the satisfaction of maintaining the ebook pricing structure you would like.

eBook authors can now distribute and sell their eBooks in the iBookstore with a price tag of $ 0.00.

I can tell from first experience, even after selling 1600 copies in a month the earning doesn't constitute a «living», especially because readers hardly buy an ebook priced over $ 3.99 unless you are one of the big names.

This is partly out of experimental interest to see if this improves my numbers any, and partly just because I've been hand - selling the ebook editions for five bucks each — and bringing the base price down to $ 4.99 USD is more in line with that.

My sales numbers for August were pretty thin on the ground, so as of last night I lowered the ebook price for Faerie Blood on the various sites where it's being sold.

After all, they were using ebooks to sell high priced devices and even if they make more money per ebook sold it won't compensate them for selling fewer units of the Kindle.

BookLogix will consult with author to determine the selling and list price for the print and eBook editions, assisting the author in determining the price of the book based on genre and page count.

There are so many schools of thought on this topic, and essentially with little overhead, pricing an eBook at 99 cents and selling exponentially more than at $ 2.99 does have its benefits.

Ebooks sold through Gardners will earn authors 60 percent of the list price after VAT — the same rate Smashwords authors earn on books sold at iBooks and other major retailers.

If Publisher does not: eBook price: $ 10.00 $ 7.00 received by publisher (after 30 % sales commission to retailer) 25 % of net royalty Royalty to author: $ 1.75 per title sold Yep, definitely worth the time to find out exactly how this term is going to be defined in the contract when it comes to electronic books.

As I have been saying here over and over and over, most electronic books sold through most major ebook retail outlets are sold by traditional publishers in the price range of $ 7.99 to $ 15.99.

In an interview with J - Source's Eric Mark Do, executives from paper said that they have typically only sold between 100 to 300 copies of each ebook they've published, priced at $ 4.99 apiece.

Oftentimes, Amazon will give special placement to a book that's selling well and even drop the price of the eBook to encourage further sales.

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While Amazon originally worked under the wholesale model, which afforded the retailer the opportunity to sell ebooks at less than their cost in order to push sales of their Kindle e-readers, the alleged collusion between Apple and five of the Big Six publishers actually refers to their switch to an agency pricing model, which allowed publishers to set the price of the ebooks for the retailers.

If you look at the recent decline in eBook sales, this is partly attributed to the abolishment of the Agency price model of selling books.

If you upload your print and / or ebook to the various retail channels through their distribution process, they will take a portion of each sale: «Dependent upon wholesale discount, IngramSpark publishers receive 45 — 70 % of their list price on print titles sold through the distribution channel, minus manufacturing costs (some markets may vary).

First, ebooks sold better in 2013 by numbers of total sales, but actually resulted in less overall revenue than they have in the past; this may stem from the understanding of where ebook pricing should fall, and the fact that Amazon was able to discount ebooks again after the stripping away of agency pricing following the DOJ lawsuit against the Big Five publishers.

I don't know why anyone in their right mind would rather sell an ebook for $ 19.99 instead of $ 9.99, because Amazon offers twice the royalty amount for ebooks priced between 2.99 and 9.99, and lowers that royalty for ebooks priced beneath and above that range.

«As a result, the average price of a best - selling ebook this week is $ 5.27, a new all - time low.

Hardcover sales in adult trade fiction and non-fiction combined increased to a total of $ 1.5 billion in 2013; ebooks in fiction - only sold almost as much as hardcover for both fiction and non-fiction for adults — despite the typically lower price point of ebooks compared to hardcover and paperback — a fact that speaks to the need to revamp the strategy by which publishers perceive digital - first and ebook - only.

You also have to set a minimum price of $.99 in the eBook wizard if you want to sell your eBook (this is the base cost / delivery fee).

It should come as very little surprise to you that after jacking up the prices of their ebooks at the start of 2015, the Big 5 sold fewer ebooks.