The thing is: the amount of ebooks available with such audio feature is
smaller than ebooks offered.
The royalties I'm getting on my paperback sales are much
smaller than my ebook royalties, too.
Not exact matches
If you would like to help out a
small family, rather
than large business, I am happy to announce that you can now get my books as a high quality
ebook that works on any platform.
But when I tried an another method just for a
small change sorry to say it proved be real effective
than this.When I browsed through the internet for more weight loss in a safe and effective manner I came across Master Cleanse Secrets
eBook but I didn't believe it at first but I thought of giving it a try because of the success stories of peoples who used it.
They are the world's largest
ebook distributor for self - published
ebook authors and have published more
than 420,000 titles by over 120,000 authors and
small independent presses.
Those learning materials are documents of a
smaller size
than a regular
eBook, and they can be downloaded, and used for free.
I'd love to have an agent if they were able to address the changes in the industry as they occur, rather
than turning only to older models of publishing, e.g. arranging
eBook contracts in which the
eBooks are overpriced and the author receives a
small royalty — ugh, who would want that?
It is true that there are many more
eBook stores
than the four majors but generally speaking they represent a
small fraction of all sales for most authors, and especially new authors.
One of the problems is that
ebooks have become so large a market, more
than $ 1 billion in the US alone in 2013, and have grown so quickly, that even large increases now appear quite
small in percentage terms, and modest increases seem tiny.
Ebooks cause no storage costs and very
small delivery costs, can be sold with fewer intermediaries... they should be significantly cheaper
than paperbacks, all the time.
I'm starting to build up a
small library of
ebooks from sources other
than Kindle and Kobo in anticipation of this device.
I'd guess that
ebook piracy is a much
smaller issue
than people make it out to be right now.
(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 au
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 au
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 $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.
According to Tracy, most of the paperback sales are in trade paperback, rather
than the
smaller mass - market or pocket edition — those have mostly been replaced by the
ebook.
The number of
ebooks sold was
smaller than they expected so the payment was increased.
In less
than two years, in fact, the market share of paid unit sales between indie (mainly self - publishing, but includes
small presses) and Big 5
eBooks has more
than inverted.
Considering the relatively
small percentage of people who read more
than 12 books / year,
ebooks» primary selling points — portability and space - saving — aren't all that compelling outside of the conference circuit.
Most of that fluff and blather is coming from new intermediaries who take a
smaller cut
than traditional publishers, while putting your
eBook on a virtual shelf where no one who doesn't already know it exists will ever find it.
An
ebook reader is
small and light, and less fragile
than a paperback.
With
eBooks prices foreseeable coming down, as
smaller publishing houses can sell books cheaper
than any other store, authors, and
smaller publishing companies can get wider exposure which is a boon to everyone from the reader, to the author.
Despite its position as one of the
smaller ebook aggregators, XinXii already hosts a catalog of over 25,000
ebook titles from more
than 15,000 authors, with new content being added to the collection daily.
It is also important to note that more
than 85 % of
small publisher
eBook sales come via Amazon.
With dedicated e-ink readers such as the Kindle ($ 69) or the Kindle Paperwhite ($ 119) being much cheaper
than that, the choice could boil down to a cheaper but a bigger full - fledged
ebook reader or a
smaller and hence more portable smartphone add - on that costs a bit more.
I'd guess midlist author paper sales on bookstore shelves are much
smaller, percentage wise,
than their
ebook sales (legacy or self - pub).
Repeating Paragraph Returns — Never use more
than four consecutive paragraph returns (that is, hard returns, created by pressing the ENTER key) to arrange text on the page (this creates blank
ebook pages on
small - screened e-reading devices).
While publishers are the ones who set the price of digital editions of children's books, it's disconcerting that a fixed - page children's
ebook costs so prohibitively more
than some of the app books that
smaller publishers are developing for children that include such features as human - narration, highlighted read along text, touch - screen word pronunciation and foreground spelling, interactive word games, and more.
Fewer
than 700 Big Five authors and fewer
than 500
small - or - medium publisher authors who debuted in the last 10 years are now earning $ 25,000 a year or more on Amazon — from all of their hardcover, paperback, audio and
ebook editions combined.
Christian Kindle News — If you have an
eBook on Kindle that is more
than 50 % off the original digital list price or its paperback price then they will list it here for a
small fee: http://christiankindlenews.com/submit-kindle-deals/
The cost - effectiveness will be further aided if Bridgestone can boost its volumes by targeting industrial applications rather
than relying on the still -
small ebook reader market.
At least that makes more sense
than having outdated sections for large and
small ebook readers that mostly only exist used anymore...
WiFi has a much shorter range
than 3G (typically just enough to reach around the home) but several advantages: It's free (included in the broadband internet cost you're already paying), and it's faster
than 3G but this is less important for
ebooks which are currently quite
small files.
Print,
ebooks, traditional publishers (large and
small) and self - published authors will all coexist, as part of a future that is more messy and fragmented
than the industry we know today.
There's plenty of introductory freebies on offer as well as host of public domain novels to download and the big clear screen makes it a pleasure to use as a mini
ebook reader and certainly significantly better
than a
smaller smartphone size even if you do still end up turning pages a little too often.
I don't actually know this but my guess is that the audience for audiobooks is far
smaller than for
ebooks and production costs are higher.
However, I would be happy to pay a
smaller sum
than the retail price to rent the
ebook for my personal use for a short term.
500 is a good price first iPhone had a way lower processor and way
smaller screen
than ipad and sold for 600 to get a device with a 9 inch screen and can run all iPhone apps be a
ebook reader movie and tv show watcher for 500 is good and the first iPhone had no app store for that 600 dollars either to me this is a great value for the money
I use the kindle for reading
ebooks and
smaller PDF files and it works very well for this, an area where the iPad is capable but the kindle is lighter and easier
than the iPad.
At a certain level of success as an author, it makes a lot of sense to go for the much broader print market in large volume
than the
smaller ebook market with higher average royalties.
Since this page is primarily for the lawyers, feel free to set in a
smaller font
than the body copy of your
eBook / print book.
The only trouble is, the
eBook conversion is proceeding a lot slower in the specialty markets
than the bestseller markets and since our markets are far
smaller to begin with, it may be a long time before
eBooks reach critical mass for us.
Though fixed - layout formats have the slight disadvantage of not working across all
eBook devices and applications and of not being accepted by some
smaller distribution channels, they offer significantly more styling and layout options
than reflowable
eBooks, including colour backgrounds, multi-column content, and specific fonts.
But the impact on
smaller markets is large Take for example Ireland (I could as easily choose the English language markets in Spain, Slovenia or San Marino), where
ebook sales are lower
than 1 % right now.
Joan is the author of five
eBooks on publicity and is quoted in more
than 60 books on marketing, public relations and
small business.
The offer Amazon makes would be a decent one if Amazon still controlled 80 - 90 % of the
ebook market but when you know that Amazon controls less
than 60 % in some markets and even in the US, its dominance is not what it used to be, allowing the company exclusivity sounds like a recipe for
smaller sales and reduced exposure.
Since advances from publishers for other -
than - the - biggest titles are also declining, those next - tier authors will find self - publishing or publishing with
smaller houses that pay lower advances but higher
ebook royalties an increasingly tempting alternative.
Early on in the
ebook revolution, Amazon enacted a policy charging authors a
small fee for every
ebook sold and downloaded that had a file size larger
than 1 MB — mainly targeting graphic - heavy
ebooks such as graphic novels and children's books.
This
eBook Collection contains more
than 3,460 titles that are freely accessible and a
small number of purchased titles.
I do think that right now it may be somewhat easier to succeed with self - epublishing
than with self - publishing in general — and specifically, with Kindle publishing — mainly because the
ebook market is currently so
small.
If the contract clauses don't show Amazon's intentional strategy at sabotaging competitors and are only a well - thought safeguard, then the same train of thought used by the judge in the US case above can not be called on, mainly because Amazon has a much
smaller piece of the
eBook market share in Europe
than it has in the US.
A relatively inexpensive reader, capable of reading multiple file formats,
ebooks that are significantly cheaper
than their print counterparts — with those elements in place, more people would use
ebooks more often, and the publishers still would do print runs (
smaller ones, probably) to accomodate that change (and save trees, as well as their own money).