However, if you want to supercharge your exposure, and in - turn,
sell more books at every trade show or conference you attend, it helps to have a tool that can act as a focal point for all your trade show and conference book sales and promotions.
With a 70 % royalty, an Ebook with a cover price of $ 4.99 nets me about the same as a paperback does with a cover price of $ 14.99, but the opportunity to
sell more books at the lower price makes ebooks the way to go.
Why do
I sell more books at Amazon than Smashwords?
It is true that some particular author might
sell more books at the higher price, but they will be in a minority.
No, I'm assuming that the 1.74 is an average, which if we assume a bell - curve distribution means that most authors will
sell more books at this lower price point.
Authors are rightly seeing an opportunity to
sell more books at Amazon.
You may sell more books, depending on the title, but it's not automatic money, and even if you do
sell more books at the lower price, there's no reason you won't sell them if you drop to $ 9.99 after selling at $ 14.99.
Authors who put their books in KDP Select will
sell more books at Amazon.
One of the best ways you can enhance your self - published book's visibility and
sell more books at Amazon.com is to take advantage of Amazon's «Search Inside This Book» feature.
I sell more books at $ 3.99 than I ever did at $ 2.99.
We talked about how to increase visibility and
sell more books at Kobo, and also about trends for science fiction and fantasy, both in the main Canadian store and in the numerous international stores that Kobo works with.
Yes, indies
sell more books at a lower price.
Previously, we chatted about international sales trends and tips for
selling more books at Kobo.
Not exact matches
«The overbooking process makes it possible to use seats on airplanes much
more effectively,» he said, arguing it helps the customer by allowing them to
book on a
sold - out flight that's unlikely to remain that way and the airline by helping ensure that all flights are
at capacity.
Though somewhat tattered, the
book, which has
sold for
more than $ 2 million in mint condition, was still worth about $ 200,000 -
at least until he showed it to his aunt and the pair tore the back cover in a scuffle, reducing the value to a mere $ 137,000.
In a world where so many leaders will stop
at nothing to get elected to another term, rope in another client,
book another gig,
sell more products, or grow the bottom line, it still takes honesty and integrity to breed trust and credibility — the cornerstone of strong, long - term business relationships.
He is author of two
books: Marketing Lessons From the Grateful Dead and Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs, which is in its seventh printing, has
sold more than 50,000 copies, has been translated into nine languages, and peaked
at # 17 overall on the Amazon bestseller list.
They've been
selling properties
at deep discounts to already written - down
book values, but
at prices high enough to
more than justify today's depressed share price.
Follow Jeff
at @jeffersonbethke, learn
more about his resources
at http://jeffandalyssa.com and check out his new
book «Love That Lasts: How We Discovered God's Better Way for Love, Dating, Marriage, and Sex» wherever
books are
sold.
Here
at Cokesbury we are
selling more religious
books of every kind than
at any time in our history — and we have been booksellers to America since 1789.»
The contention within Christian hip - hop (under the hashtag abbreviation CHH on Twitter) community of how to present Christianity within music can be traced back
at least 25 years, to when fans and fellow artists tended to align with either Cross Movement, a group who claimed to «rap the Gospel,» almost exclusively
at shows held in churches and on CDs
sold in Christian
book stores, or Tunnel Rats, an LA crew whose music took plotted a
more mainstream course.
I was talking to a person if he went to church and he stated all they want is your money.You got to give your money to read
books about GOD, I mean like thirty dollars and
more and the same for a dvd or like if you could give 1,000 or
more to keep on the air.He and I both think we are better off stay
at home and read the Bible and study it.I think if you are born with the new sperit of GOD you will understand the Bible without the loss of great somes of money.After they
sell so many dvds it becomes 100 % profit and they never lower the price so can obtain one.For this is wrong, it states in the Bible that this would happen preachers for money to learn about everyones GOD.They forgot one thing JESUS never forced money from you to hear the wordof salvation Im a follower of JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD He is the way.Im not a so called Christian just.
He has also opened Bouchon, Bar Bouchon, Bouchon Bakery, and Ad Hoc + Addendum, and has
sold more than one million copies of his
books «Ad Hoc
at Home», «Bouchon Bakery», «The French Laundry», «Bouchon», and «Under Pressure».
My memories of that surreal afternoon resurfaced like old flotsam
at a recent screening of Seabiscuit, directed by Gary Ross and based on the best -
selling book by Laura Hillenbrand, and not just for the eerily similar themes that the Seabiscuit - War Admiral match race engendered but also for the even
more haunting similarities in the two great matches.
Some of them have found being a mother pretty funny, like Vicki Iovine, the only new author in the field to
sell strongly
at Barnes & Noble (though her
books are aimed
more at mother - care than baby - care).
«The Family of Man,» which included two of Grossman's photographs, debuted
at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in January 1955, circulated internationally for eight years, and then
sold more than 4 million copies in
book form.
This week on the podcast: We'll hear a little
more from Alan Weisman, author of the best -
selling book, «The World without Us, which is
at its core — gigantic thought experiment, what would happen if human beings suddenly disappeared and we'll talk to Scientific American editor in chief, John Rennie, about some big doings
at the magazine.
«Grocers can benefit from encouraging healthy shopping practices because they can
sell more perishable items like fruits and vegetables rather than tossing them in the dumpster after a few days,» says lead researcher Brian Wansink, PhD, director of the Food and Brand Lab
at Cornell University and author of the new
book, Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life, «The benefit to shoppers is obvious; healthier groceries result in healthier eating!»
Since blogging a photo of her inventive and adorable cupcake pops in 2008, Angie Dudley (
more popularly known as Bakerella) has jetted around the country promoting her New York Times best -
selling book, teamed up with international corporations like Target and Disney, taught Martha Stewart something new in the kitchen, and most recently decorated cake pops
at the home of Blake Lively after receiving an invitation from the celebrity herself.
Silent Hill has
sold more than seven million video game copies worldwide, earning
more than $ 100 million
at the box office with the first film, Silent Hill, and spawning a hit comic
book series and graphic novels.
Plus, discussions on Martin Scorsese's «The Irishman»
selling at Cannes, the latest spot for «Tarzan,» Andy Serkis» comments on his «Jungle
Book» movie and
more.
The year Bohannon and Pina were involved,
more than 500
books,
sold at cost to students by Charlesbridge Publishing,
I have no name recognition and I still
sell a
book or two
at the non-English Amazon stores each month so I can only imagine the demand for
more popular authors.
For a writer who kept control of their property and was indie published, if a
book is
selling at the level of about 3 per month, the writer would push it some, or write
more in the series, or write some short stories to boost it, or do a Bookbub, or who knows what....
You make
more selling 100 copies of a $ 0.99
book than you would
selling 10
at $ 3.99.
If you want a slightly
more manageable reading list, go with Joanna Penn's How to Market a
Book or David Gaughran's Let's Get Visible for a clear and comprehensive big - picture look
at strategies, plus Martin Crossbie's tactics - heavy How I
Sold 30,000 eBooks on Amazon's Kindle.
I'm sure if I lowered the price to.99 it would
sell a lot
more books, but given that I would need to
sell 8 times
more books at.99 to see the same revenue as
at $ 3.49, I question whether it's a smart idea.
Michelle Brower: I'm a very editorial agent, but I don't really look
at it as a separate service: it's just what I do in order to make a
book better so that it will
sell for
more money.
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.
Kendra Bonnett, featured speaker
at the East of Eden Writers Conference, tells audience about the current state of the
book business and how they can use their skills as writers to
sell more books through blogging and social networking.
While he's also co-authored several other popular
books, his first solo novel, The Magpies topped the Amazon UK chart
at # 1 and has
sold more than 250,000 copies alone.
> Map out your writing empire, including all the things you love to do > Start setting up and implementing the systems and structures you need to support your empire (including an author website, if you don't already have one) > Overhaul your writing life so you're aligned with and set up for the success you want to create > Get your nonfiction eBook written and published (
at least one, but possibly
more than one, if you're up for it) > Grow your following >
Sell more books
4) J. A. Konrath reports that he
sells 60 times
more of his
books at the Kindle Store than he does
at Apple's iBooks store.
Additionally, once your
book starts
selling, it will be paired with other similar titles
at top retailers, which will give it
more exposure.
Certainly I haven't asked people to specify a «heat level» when reporting their stats to me, so I have no way of knowing if there's a point
at which «too graphic»
sells fewer
books (or
more books!)
According to the publishers, Riverhead,
more than 300,000 copies are in print, and the
book is being
sold at unconventional retail outlets, including Urban Outfitters.
Even if you don't deem us «professional authors» (although I've
sold 50,000 copies of just one of my
books, so...)
at least we use professional standards in our writing, which is apparently
more than can be said for your writing.
The
books, aimed
at kids in Grades 3 through 7, have already
sold more than 6 million copies combined since their release in November.
This image shows one of the
more fascinating observations that could help you
sell more books: Shoppers spent more time looking at «Books In This Series» than «Customers Also Bought...&r
books: Shoppers spent
more time looking
at «
Books In This Series» than «Customers Also Bought...&r
Books In This Series» than «Customers Also Bought...»
Today, her self - published Gansett Island Series, roundly rejected by traditional publishers, has
sold more than 2.5 million ebooks and is still going strong
at book 16.