Marking five years since it opened its Kindle store in the UK, Amazon.co.uk this morning revealed its top -
selling ebook writers.
Not exact matches
When a big - name
writer such as Rowling — who, let's face it, is the biggest there is — goes solo and decides to
sell her own
ebooks independent of any publisher, that contributes to two things.
On the site,
writers of fiction and nonfiction are welcome to write, publish, and
sell ebooks without constraint.
For what it's worth, I know several professional
writers, one of whom is with a HUGE press and receives enviable publicity and support; a couple of whom are with small presses of varying quality; and many of whom are self - published, hustling hard to
sell a couple of books a month (or giving their
ebooks away for free).
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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
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I think it would have worked the same if $ 0.99 never existed and $ 2 would have been the great thing for Indie
writers to be discovered because established authors from publishing houses still
sell their
ebooks at over 5 times that price in most cases.
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Sell Ebook Preorders • Michael Larsen — Special Event: Pitch the Agent!
It would seem that Amazon is not content with controlling more than 50 % of the
ebook market they also want to control the reviews and thereby control which
writers sell and which don't.
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Since more
ebooks are being
sold all the time, it's a good idea for
writers to also embrace that and read
ebooks to get a feel for the format and how they can better present their own
ebooks, for both look and features.
As Barnes & Noble was the major sponsor of the event, they had the exclusive right to
sell books and
ebooks at the event, meaning that Autography and other
writers or publishers were unable to
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But over the past seven years, self - published books — predominantly
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Book retailers like Amazon and Smashwords have programs that allow
writers to upload a manuscript and start
selling it as an
eBook right away.
But some
ebook retailers, notably Amazon, have been cracking down on cryptozoological smut, making it harder for
writers to
sell their books to readers who are...
Paranormal romance
writer Amanda Hocking, who has now signed a deal reported to be worth more than $ 2m with St Martin's,
sold her
ebooks herself for between $ 0.99 and $ 2.99.
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This new London based company is attempting to get indie authors to sign up with its service and
writers will retain 100 % of the royalties on the
ebooks they
sell.
Amazon has announced the newest author to join the ranks of
writers who have
sold more than one million
ebooks through the Kindle store.
«The Kindle Store is simply the best, most effective store in the world for
selling independent
eBooks, and there is no greater champion for independent
writers than Amazon.»
For many
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Now a British thriller
writer who
sells his novels as
ebooks for as little as 70p is proving the naysayers wrong.
Not only does Stephen Leather, Britain's leading «independent»
writer, estimate he has occupied the number one spot on Amazon.co.uk's Kindle
ebook bestseller lists for «90 % of the last three months», he is also
selling «somewhere in the region» of 2,000
ebooks a day — and making big profits in the process.
I used its unusual episodic format as an example to encourage storytellers of all stripes — traditionally - published
writers, self - published
writers, publishers and more — to thoughtfully examine the
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A publishing community, founded by readers to support
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I used its unusual episodic format as an example to encourage storytellers of all stripes — traditionally - published
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ebook marketplace and spot opportunities to tell and
sell stories in new ways.
The best -
selling Kindle
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selling fiction
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writers with a safe, reliable, and easy way to
sell their work to be read on devices like the iPad, iPhone, Kindle, Android, Nook, and Sony Reader, now also gives independent authors the tools they need to stand out in the growing
eBook marketplace.
And
writers who
sold their book to a traditional publisher for a percentage and no advance only to see the book come out in an
ebook - only edition will be lucky to be displayed on the front page of the publisher's
ebook website for a week.
The Society of Authors includes self - published
writers among its members if they have
sold 300 copies of a single title in print form, or 500 copies in
ebook form, within a 12 - month period.
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writers can now publish and
sell their
eBooks and printed books in the world's biggest bookstores.
While there are a number of ways you can market your
eBook, it sometimes seems as though indie authors (who are often
writers, not publishers or marketers) have a harder time
selling eBooks than writing them.
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writers helping
writers but not for all of us shouting «buy my book.»
Certainly, there are topics that require special considerations (a how - to book on photography, for example, that includes several pictures and captions), but for most fiction
writers, it's text that
sells, so focus on designing your
eBook to be readable.
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So, if Amazon wanted to
sell my «
Writers Gone Wild» (from Penguin) as a «loss leader» price of $ 5.99, they would not be allowed to unless the publisher agreed to lower the price, and that price would be carried by all the other
eBook outlets.
«We also plan to take
writers who have not yet had their works translated into English, translate them and launch them as
ebooks, as a kind of test, to see how they
sell.
Konrath, who is a well - known thriller
writer and a champion of self - publishing, can be pretty abrasive when he rails at traditional publishers, but this post offers straightforward, common - sense advice for
writers on marketing and
selling your
ebooks.