Sentences with phrase «publisher ebook production»

The more I discover about existing publisher ebook production processes, the more I talk to people «on the inside», the clearer it becomes that a substantial portion of existing ebook inventory is quite simply rubbish.

Not exact matches

Other major publishers may be content to reap record profits off the growth of ebook sales while paying authors practically nothing for digital books with far lower production and distribution costs, but we wouldn't feel right doing that.

Askmen, the online magazine for men, uses the PressBooks Publisher Platform as the production and management tool for their ebook publishing program.

Marissa Wold is senior project manager at Augsburg Fortress Publishers, managing the production process for a large line of print and ebook titles annually.

Publishers in the know (and I shake my head at those traditional publishers who have not embraced eBook production and sensible pricing) publish in every wayPublishers in the know (and I shake my head at those traditional publishers who have not embraced eBook production and sensible pricing) publish in every waypublishers who have not embraced eBook production and sensible pricing) publish in every way they can.

So for a publisher, a little investment of time getting a PDF - ebook workflow added to the production process (and the admin of setting up and monitoring an agreement with a distributor), can provide a very low - cost way to distribute ebooks.

Specific, in - depth nuts - and - bolts guides include The Unofficial Scrivener Workbook by M.J. Carlson, Excel for Writers by M. L. Humphrey (walks through how to create spreadsheets that track time spent writing, page production, year - to - year metrics, and keep track of your works), Excel for Self - Publishers by M. L. Humphrey (amazingly useful for indie authors, how to track ads and effectiveness, revenue by sales channel, keywords, amazon reports, and more), and The Author's Guide to Vellum by Chuck Heintzelman (an incredible new app for producing print and eBooks; I'm a total convert myself).

Publishers are increasingly annoyed because while there are some cost savings involved in eBook production versus print production, they still have the same overhead, including acquisitions, editorial, marketing, sales and production (if not printing).

One of the biggest issue publishers face with ebook production is the somewhat adversarial attitude ereader and app vendors have taken towards publisher stylesheets.

More and more, publishers are using eBooks to test the market before putting significant investment into hard copy production.

Prior to joining the IDPF Mr. Smith was employed by Toronto based romance publisher Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. where he managed eBook and book production servicing North America, UK and Australian markets.

Today, OPDS Catalogs power many existing, in - production software systems and distribution between ebook reading systems, publishers, and distributors.

-- some publishers are developing their own tools because they concluded InDesign is a bad tool for ebook production (EPUB and DPS for magazines / apps), a tool creating more problems that it is solving.

Is this an accurate reflection of the ebook production problems self - publishers are facing?

My «day» job is publisher - I deal with contracts and rights, vendors, sub rights deals (translation, audio, etc), plan ebook sales and promotions, plan our print books, supervise the cover art department and our ebook production department, provide guidance to the editorial department...

Book publishers ready to integrate ebook production into their printed book production workflows.

In addition to ebook conversion, our Publisher Services program offers assistance enabling publishers towards ISBN assignment and book production.

Approximately 41 % of the responding publishers primarily outsource their eBook production to skilled services providers.

Every year more ebooks are receiving the audio treatment and many of the worlds largest publishers have double downed on production.

Eighty - four respondents, representing small, mid-sized, and large publishers and distributors, reported on various aspects of their digital publishing programs, including staffing, ebook production & conversion, digital originals, enhanced ebooks & apps, ebook bundling, and ebook sales & distribution.

But for publishers, it could add challenges as the new features these formats offer mean ebook production requirements and costs will scale up.

With both Amazon and Apple choosing to release eBook production tools for formats different from ePUB 3.o, the support of ePUB 3.o by just about everyone else in the eBook market gives the new specification the foundation it needs to ensure that publishers will devote resources to its creation.

eBooks» market opportunity is vast, particularly for the majority of publishers that are still eluded by production efficiencies and meaningful revenues.

For most publishers, this early - stage market reality results in production growing pains and business model challenges, often overshadowed by the allure of eBook sales figures.

Mark Batty Publisher's designer and production director Christopher Salyers explained the benefits of fixed - format eBooks, saying, «Apple's decision to include fixed - width viewing in Epub format on the iPad / iPhone opened up an opportunity for illustrated book publishers to get into the eBook game.

What I'd like to see designers (or, more likely, publishers or production editors who are making these decisions) avoid is just dumping the print book cover, whatever it looks like, into the tiny space of the ebook cover.

Big publishers should be investing in a stable production pipeline that allows them to turn out eBooks rapidly and in high quality.

«Identify the problems self - publishers have with ebook production and ebook backlist maintenance specifically»

Publishers used to be experts in typography and production — but ebooks are full of typos and layout issues.

Given that big publishers keep the prices of eBooks artificially high (they'd sell millions of $ 2 eBooks, but I suspect their $ 20 printed complements wouldn't look very appealing to consumers), small publishers have exploited the low production and distribution costs to flood the market with $ 1 — $ 3 eBooks.

The proposal was to get together a «starter» list of, say, 800-1000 quality commercial New Zealand titles, to create them in a simple and inexpensive way through bulk - buying of ebook production services (particularly for indie publishers, the major publishers already have a lot of ebook inventory), and to market them as a package to early market makers such as e-reader device manufacturers, ebook retailers, libraries, and others.

While the production of static ebooks has become relatively standardized (using EPUB2), publishers are still struggling with how to produce more digital - native products without tremendous expense and constant re-tooling.

While the Big - Five published works make money, the author gets a small share of what the publisher makes regardless of how production costs are lower to produce eBooks to sell on Amazon.

Why can not both the publisher and author put the same amount in their pockets for an ebook as they do for a hardcover and simply pass the production savings (all of it) on to the reader?

This is the ebook version of our full - day workshop for publishers, editors and production managers in educational publishing.

There are no manufacturing, returns, or freight costs associated with ebooks; some publishers may apply conversion / formatting fees or overhead associated with ebook production.

Since the production cost on an ebook is next to nothing, it's not like the publishers lose money when they are priced lower, they just make less of it per unit.

However, for what its worth, I would argue that ebook prices from big publishers are too high not from the perspective of production costs, but from the perspective of value.

There are production costs, and editorial costs, and eBooks would attract a larger audience if we didn't think the publishers thought we were idiots.

When ebooks make a publisher's dream of never having books go out of print become a reality, what editorial, production, and technical obstacles arise?

«This year's survey data reveals that while publishers continue to ramp - up production to meet the eBook market demand, they are finally starting to make money in the process.»

eBook RETAIL PRICE = The Production costs of the Publisher (editing, processing, e-processing) + the Marketing costs of the Publisher + Writer's Royalty + the Publishers Margin + the eRetailer's Margin.

From a production point of view, once publishers with large lists include accessibility in their workflows for some books, there's little doubt that the same attention will be paid to every ebook published.

In my role at Macmillan Publishers, I've spent the last couple of years balancing traditional publishing technology (e.g., InDesign, XML, XSLT) with modern web markup and conversion methods to build the first version of an automated ebook production toolchain that converts Microsoft Word manuscripts to EPUB files ready for distribution.

At the recent IDPF Digital Book 2013 conference in New York earlier this summer, a panel of publishers offered to share their experiences and strategies during a session that focused on factors relating to in - sourcing and outsourcing of ebook production.

The glut of high - quality low - cost ebooks will get worse - In the old days of print publishing, the number of books in circulation was artificially constrained by the production output of traditional publishers, and by the shelf space available at brick and mortar retailers.

The production costs for an ebook are miniscule, and even if you add a traditional publicity budget, the big publishers must still be making over $ 15 + per copy — and that's plain greedy!

This unique set of in - person workshops gives publishers, authors, and eBook developers in - depth information on modern eBook production and quality assurance techniques.

In this session leading publishers will share their experiences with in - sourcing vs. outsourcing their eBook production, focusing on practical considerations: internal resources, technology solutions, production workflow, capacity, quality, cost, fixed - layout vs. reflow.