Sentences with phrase «talking about ebook pricing»

We have been talking about eBook pricing and the challenges it presents to indie authors.

I want to talk about ebook pricing.

Not exact matches

Not only does he discuss of ebook sales statistics, he also talks about how to price an ebook.

-LSB-...] time, we talked about our reading habits and whether the price of an ebook affects its ranking in our to - be-read pile.

Here's a video I did last year talking about how to get your ebook listed for free at Barnes & Noble and Amazon (where the lowest price you can list a book for is technically 99 cents).

Amazon is talking about ebook sales going to authors while print book sales would go to Hatchette and if Hatchette had agreed to this - showing they cared about their authors - Amazon would go back to large restocking / reorders on print books, discounting print books instead of selling them at the absurd high prices set by Hatchette which they've been complaining about, and re-enabling pre-order buttons.

Here's the funny thing: although ebook prices tend to be highly elastic (remember what I was talking about in # 2 above?)

In all of these scenarios, the marginal cost of production is not going to be even $ 1 for a trade paperback and will rarely be over $ 1.50 for a trade hardcover (obviously the last big brick Harry Potter novels cost a teeny bit more due to sheer volume of paper needed to print a 750 page novel, but not * that * much more), meaning that if we're talking marginal cost of production as the difference in price between a paperback and an ebook, we're not talking about a huge difference in price.

Amazon talks a real good talk about how lower ebook prices mean more sales, but when they're going out of their way to make it hard for customers to buy Hachette ebooks, it's the authors who're losing the sales.

1) Produce lots of titles to increase name recognition and sales overall; 2) Lower your price point and the readers will follow; 3) Don't worry about pricing, just focus on great writing; 4) Be a guest blogger, have your own blog, tweet, join forums, talk to readers, get reviews; 5) Use your ebook as a promotional piece to sell classes, services, and other products; 6) There is no magic bullet, just keep doing everything and eventually you'll break through.

[Amazon isn't actually talking to their customers, given that this letter was buried on the Kindle discussion boards, and presented to a very Amazon friendly audience that is passionate about ebook pricing, especially the $ 9.99 movement people.

Normally I hate talking about pricing of ebooks by indie publishers because there are no right answers and I always end up making people mad.

And I'm not talking about a price drop for an eBook promo, I'm talking about playing with your pricing.

However, there was a lot of talk about how pricing ebooks too low can actually have a detrimental effect on book sales.

Nor is forcing indie authors and publishers to publish for nought doing anything about the ebook prices you talk about.

The promised improvements you talk about may excite you, but most indies are jumping ship to Draft2Digital, which is already ahead of the game with price controls, is far easier to use for ebook conversion, offers monthly payments for authors, and is rapidly expanding its distribution options too.

Several media outlets however caution that the «talks» are simply about eBook pricing in light of the recent DOJ settlement.

Rather than paying exorbitant prices for advertising (which may not be effective in the new media world anyway), you enlist a team of happy readers who love your eBook and offer to help spread the word by talking to friends, tweeting about the book and actively sharing their love for your eBook and you as an author.

Director of Marketing Sarah Katherine James and Executive Editor Catia Shattuck come together to talk about the pros and cons of our two most popular ebook promotion pricing options: free and 99 cents.

You talk about how it justifies the $ 10 ebook price and increases sales because users feel they get more value by being able to lend their books once.

I kind of understand what you are talking about, but I don't think it's fair to let Amazon dictate what should be the price for ebook.