The company generates 20 % of its revenue from e-textbooks, which is a growing segment as students seek to
spend less money on their books.
Not exact matches
There are many ways to save
money, that are quite effective for teaching (like using lots of library books, using free resources on the Internet, etc. - see our «HS Money Saving Tips» page for more on this), but you will still have to spend some money directly on home schooling, and unless you were already planning to have one of you be a stay - at - home parent, it will mean doing with less m
money, that are quite effective for teaching (like using lots of library
books, using free resources
on the Internet, etc. - see our «HS
Money Saving Tips» page for more on this), but you will still have to spend some money directly on home schooling, and unless you were already planning to have one of you be a stay - at - home parent, it will mean doing with less m
Money Saving Tips» page for more
on this), but you will still have to
spend some
money directly on home schooling, and unless you were already planning to have one of you be a stay - at - home parent, it will mean doing with less m
money directly
on home schooling, and unless you were already planning to have one of you be a stay - at - home parent, it will mean doing with
less moneymoney.
3) The public thinks
less money should be
spent on class - size reduction relative to the amount
spent on teacher salaries or new
books and technologies, if they are told the relative price of each intervention.
(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 authors.
With ebooks, your wallet may gain a few pounds as well, as you will be
spending a lot
less money on books.
First, your
book gets in front of actual readers, and you actually make some
money on it, even if
less than you
spent in preparing it.
Could it be that the middle class is shrinking, and people seem to be working more which leaves them
less time to read and
less money to
spend on books?
If
money is a challenge — at least get your
book edited; have a professional cover designer create your cover; get the interior layed - out by someone who does interiors — you will
spend a few thousand dollars if you do it RIGHT and it will be
money well
spent... then you can go the cheap route: have your interior designer load up to Create Space — at least you've get the visuals of a solid
book on your side and the content solid — you've got mammoth Amazon there ready to do the POD print and you can buy the
book for most likely
less than $ 3 a copy (
less than the pay - to - publish model — trust me here).
Book Creator is not a free app ($ 4.99 as an individual and
less with volume purchasing) but I think that it is well worth the
money that I
spent on it.
If you're dead set
on never
spending a cent
on book marketing, you'll get
less value from this than someone who embraces the concept that you have to
spend money to make
money.
Once a customer invests $ 9.99 for monthly reading, the customer may feel
less inclined to
spend additional
money on books that aren't in the program.
(Which raises another good point: if there are people out there willing to buy printed
books and laboriously scan them, why wouldn't they
spend less money on a legal digital file and just screencap it?
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