Sentences with phrase «publisher ebook revenue»

I compared the Author Earning's blog's May 2015 report to its May 2014 report (to best match the data in the New York Times story, which is for the first five months of the year) and found that publisher ebook revenue is only up 1 %, while Amazon's revenue is down 1 % (which, it should be noted, contradicts the company's public statements).

Not exact matches

Apple instead let publishers set their own prices for ebooks on the iPad — as long as those prices were the lowest offered on any platform — and then took a 30 % cut of revenue.

And publishers will become even more dependent on their ebook sales to generate revenue.

They offer a 52 % revenue share for publishers, and are usually trying to sell ebooks cheaper than any other channel.

The latest US book industry sales figures from the Association of American Publishers show ebooks are now tracking at 9 % of domestic trade book revenue for the 8 - month period January to August 2010.

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Book publishers are behaving similarly, and largely approaching ebooks in a protectionist manner to try and add revenue to existing print sales, then seamlessly transition to digital as that segment grows.

Major publishers are seeing 24 % of their global revenue stemming from eBooks and print still reigns supreme.

Publishers don't want to see revenue disappear because people can simply get ebooks free through libraries, without ever leaving home.

I hope that before long we'll see more businesses enabling the quick, easy sale of licences that increase access to book content, and earn publishers revenue beyond the narrow confines of the mainstream ebook marketplace.

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).

(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.

While ebooks sales are still dwarfed by paperback and hardback sales, publishers are now seeing even less revenue from their recently repriced bits.

In any event, today Shatzkin criticized publishers who, having seized control of the pricing of ebooks, are not doing a very good job of using those prices to maximize sales revenue.

crunched the numbers on ebook pricing in June of 2009 in this article and determined that ebooks could, as a stand - alone business, be priced far below Amazon's current $ 9.99 pricing (they mentioned the amount $ 4) and still provide the same revenue per / book to author and publisher and retailer as they have on paper books.

Revenue has also increased steadily, due in part to ever - growing ebook sales from small presses and self - publishers, effectively discrediting Authors United's claim that there isn't enough money to go around to support midlist authors.

The per - unit option takes into consideration the early market nature of eBooks where publishers may not achieve significant revenues until this market ramps up.

«As digital eBooks and enhanced eBooks become the primary and not the secondary source of income for authors, we believe that authors and not publishers should receive the majority of revenues.»

Some Japanese publishers have tried and most initiatives have failed as they have done poor market research (mainly not understanding international purchasing habits, poor marketing, or even worse have blindly believed previous eBook booms to include similar sales for manga or comics in general); while others have simply had their stances thaw out hoping to gain revenue streams or to prevent piracy.

While print sales are an important revenue source for publishers and traditional authors, indie authors and debut traditional authors are showing an even bigger lag behind their ebook sales in terms of income.

As authors and publishers clamor to help their titles be found in an ever growing ebook market, one source of promotion and increased revenue has come in the form of ebook bundling.

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.

Print books saw growth, and for the second consecutive year publisher revenues from eBook sales declined and downloaded audio grew.

Solomon was slightly more forgiving as she applauded Howey's efforts to arm authors with solid data and knowledge, but even she went on to state that publishers earn a significant portion of their revenue from print sales, and Author Earnings only takes into account ebook sales.

Undoubtedly, publishers will have to give authors a bigger cut of ebook revenue, and if they can prove their worth in terms of distribution and marketing (a test they are failing right now), it will be a good deal and a relief to many authors.

Jason Boog at GalleyCat writes that the sales report from the March Association of American Publishers indicates that net sales revenue from adult eBooks were $ 282.3 million; hardcover sales, $ 229.6 million.

Anecdotes suggest ebooks have not become a «new» revenue stream for publishers, merely siphoning some hardcover readers away from hardcovers instead.

Price elasticity: publishers are finding that their overall ebook revenue is higher at current price points that it had been at lower price points: this is clearly a possibility, although common sense seems to suggest «nay».

When the Association of American Publishers revealed recently that publishers now bring in more revenue from ebooks than from hardcover books... well, that is an earthquakePublishers revealed recently that publishers now bring in more revenue from ebooks than from hardcover books... well, that is an earthquakepublishers now bring in more revenue from ebooks than from hardcover books... well, that is an earthquake of sorts.

King, along with nearly 900 other authors, signed a letter in support of publisher Hachette, who is in a revenue - negotiation struggle with the online retail giant about ebook profits.

She said that while she did not believe ebooks would ever hold the complete market, they were proving much more popular in some genres than others and would continue to generate revenue, meaning publishers had to embrace them.

If readers become accustomed to paying such low prices for ebooks, will that also devalue the print book, which still accounts for about 80 % of most North American publishers» revenues?

If the publisher's responsibility is to maximize the revenues to the author and to his or her company, it makes little sense to raise eBook pricing.

Especially for self - publishers, eBooks are a very important source of revenue.

Digital Book World contributing author Jeremy Greenfield also predicts that «trade publishers will sell and acquire assets to «verticalize» their businesses» and that publishers will seek out new revenue streams, in addition to ebooks.

Currently, major publishers like Penguin are seeing 35 % of their entire US bookselling revenue stemming from ebooks.

The publisher failed to disclose how much of their revenue was digital, which leads me to believe that ebook sales are continuing to fall, but the overall digital decline is not as pronounced because of audiobooks.

Major publishers all see 24 % of their global revenue stem from eBooks, and this number should increase during the next few years.

Still, it helps publishers and authors get a sense on the types of revenue is available on a Netflix subscription model for ebooks.

As the study showed, digital book sales for about one - third of the ebooks publishers now make up double digit revenue, and the sales of ebooks in many categories are continuing to grow.

Washington, DC; Sept. 28, 2017 — eBook revenues for trade book publishers were up 2.4 % in May 2017.

Just over half of UK publishers have seen growth in revenue from digital sales in the last year and ebooks now account for 33 % of total sales.

The Association of American Publishers has proclaimed that eBook sales were down 24.9 % in January and the format generated $ 99.9 million in revenue.

Given the strength of its brand, its existing customers, and relations with publishers, if BKS would bring a disruptive solution to the ebook market, it should be able to triple its market share, to at least 10 % -15 %, which would increase its annual revenues by $ 200 - $ 300 million.

According to the latest numbers from the Association of American Publishers, adult trade ebooks brought in $ 1.3 billion in revenue in 2013, up 3.8 % from $ 1.25 billion in 2012.

Ebook sales are greater than 10 % of annual revenue for one in three publishers.

Three big publishers that signed new pacts with Amazon — Lagardere SCA's Hachette Book Group, News Corp's HarperCollins Publishers and CBS Corp.'s Simon & Schuster — reported declining ebook revenue in their latest reportinpublishers that signed new pacts with Amazon — Lagardere SCA's Hachette Book Group, News Corp's HarperCollins Publishers and CBS Corp.'s Simon & Schuster — reported declining ebook revenue in their latest reportinPublishers and CBS Corp.'s Simon & Schuster — reported declining ebook revenue in their latest reporting periods.

AAP: Publisher eBook Sales Fell almost 5 % in 2017 9 May 2018 (The Digital Reader) Trade revenues were essentially flat (a 1.3 % increase), while ebook revenues fell 4eBook Sales Fell almost 5 % in 2017 9 May 2018 (The Digital Reader) Trade revenues were essentially flat (a 1.3 % increase), while ebook revenues fell 4ebook revenues fell 4.7 %.

«In nearly all media coverage of the AAP's declining ebook revenue, their sales — the sales of just 1,200 traditional publishers — are being conflated with the overall sales of the entire US ebook market.

Even if every publisher, every author, and every editor out there studiously avoided sending traffic to Amazon in any way, that wouldn't even cause a measurable dent in Amazon's book or ebook revenue.