My understanding about the kindle pricing is that amazon actually takes a hit to mark certain kindle books (that are otherwise
still in hardcover) down to 9.99 as marketing for the kindle.
Not exact matches
I recently had the privilege of interviewing Adams, who is preparing for the softcover release of his book How to Fail at Almost Everything and
Still Win Big, which is currently available
in hardcover.
He shares his journey from office worker and serial failure to success
in his latest book, How to Fail at Almost Everything and
Still Win Big, currently available
in hardcover.
Also, some capsule recipes were added to the US edition with the release of the paperback edition
in 2013, the British version is
still identical to the US 2012
hardcover edition.
by Gwen Ifill Doubleday Books
Hardcover, $ 24.95 288 pages, illustrated ISBN: 978 -0-385-52501-5 Book Review by Kam Williams «If there is anyone out there who
still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who
still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive
in our time; who
still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.»
S&S is publishing Wool
in hardcover and trade paper edition simultaneously — meanwhile, Howey is
still selling the book and its sequels
in installments on his site.
Her sci - fi novel The Host wasn't a big jump from the teen fantasy she is known for, yet it
still sold just 2 million copies
in hardcover (yes, an impressive figure, but the fourth Twilight novel, by comparison, sold 1.3 million copies on its first day of sale!).
While traditional publishers (actually, the top end publishers) are fighting over business and legal issues, like any big business, you adapt and work with what works — eBooks
still represent a minority
in sales, but it is rapidly catching up to print, and by all accounts, has already passed
hardcover (which has been
in decline
in a slow death since the advent of paperbacks and trade paperbacks
in the 40s and 50s).
Hardcover books
still seem maintain a certain «value» beyond the story itself, and I think people who buy them are seeking something they can keep and display
in addition the words they contain, something that can not be had with an ebook and, to a lesser extent, a paperback book.
(
Still waiting for B&N and BAM to get the
hardcover listed...) Cover art will be coming soon, and I'll probably get a sample chapter posted
in another month or -LRB-...)
Since book sales for
hardcovers and paperbacks
still outsell eBooks, it's important not to put all of your eggs
in one basket.
For those looking for more specifics, the following might be helpful: Young - adult and upper - level middle - grade novels
in all subgenres; Big crossover novels with one foot squarely
in genre (Wool, The Night Circus, Gone Girl); Literary commercial novels (Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, The Art of Racing
in the Rain); Upmarket women's fiction (Keepsake, My Sister's Keeper,
Still Alice); Single - title romance (historicals especially)(Ravishing The Heiress, The Ugly Duchess, The Heir); Lead title or
hardcover science fiction and fantasy (Soulless, Game of Thrones, Old Man's War).
While most readers
still opt for paperbacks and
hardcovers, digital reading devices have become a common companion for tech - savvy literary types, and they are growing
in popularity every day.
People
still bought books
in droves and the sales of
hardcover / paperback sales rose by 3.3 %
in 2016.
Though the
hardcover edition of Get What's Yours is currently sold out on Amazon, it's
still in stock at some other vendors; eBook and audio versions are also available.
I agree with you that traditional publishing is
still the best choice for literary writers and / or women's fiction being published
in trade or
hardcover.
When I reread Decades, an international bestseller for me
in hardcover (Simon & Schuster) and paperback (NAL), I
still liked the structure and the story — a traditional marriage torn apart by an adulterous affair and the women who must confront the cultural convulsions of the mid-Twentieth Century.
It's common to find the newest bestsellers showing up on bookstore shelves
in hardcover, and some months later
in paperback, and later
still in the even more economical trade paperback.
To give a clear indication to its customers that Amazon is
still in the game, it is providing select
hardcovers at a discount price despite the fact that it is not able to sell the digital editions of Penguin books.
However, compared with over 20 million titles
in paperback or
hardcover currently listed on Amazon.com, this story
still is at the beginning.
You can publish a paperback with an ISBN for distribution, a non-ISBN paperback version to sell specifically on Lulu and your author site, an ebook for sale on all platforms, a dust jacket
hardcover you can sell either through distribution with an ISBN or solely on Lulu depending on demand for
hardcover, and on top of all of this, you can always create a unique version to sell by hand at an event, perhaps featuring a special foreword, bonus chapter, or teaser for another book
still in the works.
Believe it or not, some people
still read traditional paper and
hardcover books and what better way to hold your place
in your favorite book than by using a bookmark?
When a book is doing well
in hardcover, however, publishers
still hold off.
When you make an eBook, it is treated like an entirely new piece of content — like if you went to a store to buy a
hardcover and paperback copy of the same title, you'd
still have two separate items
in your hands.
Hardcover readers
still want great stories, true, but they want them wrapped
in a book that reads like a «novel», or what they perceive that to be.
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In the overall US market, paperback book sales are
still much larger than either
hardcover or e-book; the American Publishing Association estimated e-books represented 8.5 % of sales as of mid-2010, up from 3 % a year before.
- While publishers have begun creating discussion guides for books when they appear
in hardcover, many
still wait for a book to be released
in paperback (typically a year after publication
in hardcover) before they will have a guide available.
While the introduction of competing platforms, and an uprising among publishers has led to more variable, and slightly higher pricing of e-books,
in general they are
still cheaper than the printed equivalent — whether
hardcover or paperback.
I like having a physical book
in my hands and I prefer paperbacks but if the book I want is only available
in hardcover then I will
still get the
hardcover.
There were
still a substantial number of
hardcover - priced paperback e-books on Fictionwise even as late as the imposition of agency pricing
in 2010.
I finally got
in (I have one
hardcover book out recently being very well reviewed — I write the kinds of books that
still do well
in hardcover but don't sell much
in ebook).
In comparison to print, e-books were the # 3 trade book format this month (they topped all formats back in February), behind adult hardcover and trade paperback, but still well over double adult mass - market paperbac
In comparison to print, e-books were the # 3 trade book format this month (they topped all formats back
in February), behind adult hardcover and trade paperback, but still well over double adult mass - market paperbac
in February), behind adult
hardcover and trade paperback, but
still well over double adult mass - market paperback.
This is a pretty good guide as well however, I wish Prima guides would
still publish
hardcover guides for ALL of the LEGO games so that us OLD folks who need trifocals to read, die numerous times, AND have to reread instructions several times could simply do it by going back a few pages and going one paragraph at a time AND have both regular AND free play modes
in front of us, side by side..