I think indie authors days are numbered
selling digital content online because of big new trends in the publishing industry that they are unable to capitalize on.
«Effective from March 15, 2016, Nook will no longer
sell digital content in the United Kingdom,» reads a company statement.
Simple Goods is another one of the few services for
selling digital content such as eBooks, music and design work that accept credit card payments directly, with low fees.
Within a few short years they were in the red, as competition from Amazon, Apple, Kobo, Google and other players eroded their market - share
for selling digital content.
Leaders from top library companies weighed in on this issue during an hour - long discussion held before a gathering of publishers, booksellers, and librarians, aiming to debunk lingering misunderstandings about ways in which libraries affect retail sales of ebooks and digital content, and to inform publishers of new tools that have been developed to market, manage, and
even sell digital content through libraries.
The new revenue stream K12 is pioneering is in what it is now calling «non-managed schools» in which
K12 sells the digital content and platform for a school for some other company or entity to run (and be responsible for the results).
Apple's primary business is selling devices for a healthy profit, and they back that up with a side business
of selling digital content for those devices.
Odilo is a pioneer in creating the first open
platform selling digital content licenses in Spanish (OdiloPlace) and the first library management system in the world that integrates management of physical and digital book lending (OdiloTT).
A lot of Amazon's plans of transitioning from selling CDs, DVDs, paper books to
selling Digital Content depend on it controlling the channel to customers.
It is already often problematic to obtain rights to
sell digital content globally even without this sort of oversight, but Amazon clearly has plans.
«You may see Microsoft and Apple tie some big - name authors into an exclusive deal to
sell their digital content just like certain games are available only through Sony's PlayStation 3 or Microsoft's XBox,» says Mike Essex, online manager for Koozai, a London - based digital marketing agency.
The one competitive advantage that Apple has is being able to
sell digital content directly through their app, all other retailers do not want to pay Apple royalties for each in - app transaction.
Digital Goods Store is quite a comprehensive solution if you're looking to
sell digital content such as movies, music, eBooks and themes.
The bookstore operator has announced it will
stop selling digital content, including fiction and non-fiction books, magazines and videos, from March 15, referring existing customers to Sainsbury's on Demand service instead.
They are considered the largest company of its kind that
sells digital content to libraries, such as audiobooks, e-books, magazines, newspapers and streaming video.
When it comes to
selling digital content, Harpercollins is no stranger.
The main problem with the largest bookstore chain in the United States is they utterly refuse to enter into new markets and
sell digital content.
In the next few months all of the retailers that
sell digital content will be removing taxes on purchases, making them more affordable.
Konraths proposition is
selling the digital content to library at the same price they are being sold on Amazon, Barnes and Noble or Kobo.
The Chinese market has been very appealing towards companies heavily involved in
selling digital content, such as e-books.
SendOwl will appeal to anyone looking to
sell digital content, but it has a couple of features that will make it particulalry appealing to those who want to sell software, eBooks and PDF files.
The intention behind most of these moves is to
sell digital content to travelers and earn commissions on the sales.