But they're also designed to be a lot larger
than ebook covers ever appear on screen.
Print book covers are different
than ebook covers, so if you have an ebook cover, you're not done yet.
Not exact matches
And, the new
ebook is more
than twice as long as its ancestor, because it
covers more topics in much more detail.
Many Indie Authors now have beautiful
ebook covers designed by talented artists, which are much more appealing
than a multi-color background with a white text title, or a hatchet in a wall on a traditionally published
cover.
Like the publishing process itself, our service
covers much more
than just book layout or
ebook conversion (though we do that too — you'll get Kindle and EPUB
ebook editions and, if you want, a printed edition made available worldwide.)
So assuming those are pro rates for getting your book edited,
covered, formatted, and distributed as
ebook and print on demand, the questions you should ask yourself is IF a publisher is asking for $ 800 up front from you are: — is the percentage they take of your work going to equal more
than that other $ 800?
However, a book
cover for an
eBook will be far less a drain on your budget
than an editor.
We recommend that you publish an
ebook in addition to print version (s), so as not to limit your readership, and you'll save money if you have the same book
cover designed for both formats at once rather
than starting over if you decide to add an
ebook version later.
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Leading online book sellers already sell considerably more
eBooks than hard
covers.
Many new bestsellers that are hard
covered cost anywhere between $ 20 to $ 50, whereas the
ebook versions are often less
than $ 12.00.
Not only is it easier and less expensive to buy
ebooks, but I far prefer reading on my Kindle Paperwhite
than reading paperbacks and hard
covers.
GoodEReader.com has published several updates on the state of spam and pirated
ebooks that have been flooding the online retail bookseller sites, many of which are nothing more
than PLR or outright stolen content, pasted into a converter, sometimes without even bothering to change the title or
cover design.
These
covers (which are dated 1904, 1903, 1904, 1886, 1915) are much more minimalistic and often better suited for
ebooks than many of the modern style
covers.
Speaking of which... print book
cover files are different
than ebook files.
For them we want to create a paper book, and it's a different creature to create a print
cover than to set up an
ebook cover.
Clearly there is a lot more discussion about
ebook covers than ebook metadata.
Book
covers are automatically inserted in Amazon's Look Inside feature, however, the Look Inside for print is handled differently
than for
ebooks.
I will gladly pay more
than $ 10.00 for an
ebook, if the price is 20 - 25 % of the discounted hard
cover price.
With more
than a week remaining, hundreds of backers have already contributed three times the project goal, and there's still time to join the Kickstarter project for Out of Print's
ebook covers.
With the average sales tax percentage that a U.S. customer pays reaching 9.64 % in 2010 according to a finding published by Vertex, Inc., and considering that residents in some areas of the country pay an astounding 13.73 %, the savings over the holiday on a device that ranges in price from $ 134 for an e-reader to over $ 500 for a tablet can more
than cover a few
ebooks.
The bottom line is that Amazon's
eBook market is not yet big enough to
cover the losses the top selling indie / self - pubbed authors lose out on by not being widely distributed in physical book stores in the U.S. Of course, this disadvantage is mitigated over time because once the trade publishers stop pushing their new releases, these books» sales typically decline, but indie / self - pubbed authors can keep their market pushes going indefinitely, and they can publish new books more frequently
than once a year.
Also, PubIt's terms also state: «Please be aware that the following content is unacceptable and submitting or posting said content in your
eBook file,
cover image, or product data will result in immediate termination of your account: Advertisements: Material contained within your
eBook that primarily seeks to sell a product other
than the
eBook itself...» and «Hyperlinks of any kind, including email addresses... Advertisements or promotional material» (even for the author's other books!)
The up side, I'm only doing
eBooks, but I've made more in a month
than I did with him in 6 — of course he got the lion's share, but still... Since I've only had my books out for a little more
than a month, I'm not sure how well I'll do in the long run, but I'm happy about being under control and not wondering when I'll see a
cover or edits (what edits?)
It is the only way, though i have to say it will not have
ebooks for less
than 5.99, or books less
than 12.00 allowed to be listed, the Amazon $ 2 junk shop
covers that well enough, and to sell
ebooks you must have paper books listed and in stock.
Creating the
eBook and getting a professional
cover made took less
than two week from start to end.
His
cover and book designs have earned his clients more than 100 national and international awards, such as Best Cover Design by USA Book News, the Indie Excellence Book Award, Foreword Reviews Book of the Year, Next Generation Finalist Awards, Global eBook Awards, CIPA's EVVY Awards, The San Francisco Book Festival Awards, and many
cover and book designs have earned his clients more
than 100 national and international awards, such as Best
Cover Design by USA Book News, the Indie Excellence Book Award, Foreword Reviews Book of the Year, Next Generation Finalist Awards, Global eBook Awards, CIPA's EVVY Awards, The San Francisco Book Festival Awards, and many
Cover Design by USA Book News, the Indie Excellence Book Award, Foreword Reviews Book of the Year, Next Generation Finalist Awards, Global
eBook Awards, CIPA's EVVY Awards, The San Francisco Book Festival Awards, and many more.
EBooks by Design have teamed up with selected specialist book
cover designers, rather
than having an inhouse designer, because we have found that this is better and cheaper for our customers.
About BookBaby: Distributing
eBooks in over 170 countries through more
than a dozen online retail stores, including Amazon, iBooks, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and more, BookBaby offers a full array of services including
eBook conversion,
eBook formatting,
cover design and distribution, as well as short run book printing.
Updating an
ebook cover to a print
cover (adding a spine and back
cover) is usually around $ 75, so if we did our own formatting, the
cover would be the main expense (other
than ordering and shipping of a proof copy to double check — definitely use the online proofing tools at CreateSpace to eliminate issues before the physical proof expense).
Publishing to the
ebook format, again from the designer's point of view rather
than the author's point of view, not only requires one to redo all the layout and design of the book, but simplifying the design anew is like doing your whole layout in Word or producing a
cover graphic in MS Paint.
Remember that some e-reading devices list the
ebooks on the device in text form rather
than showing the book
covers.
I'm going to
cover eBook publishing options today, because I happen to think
eBooks are quicker and easier
than print.
So they can have their star authors sign the boilerplate contract, permitting the publisher to say — almost truthfully — that they don't pay more
than 15 % of
cover price royalty on print or more
than 25 % of net royalty on
ebooks (among other things).
BUT none of them are more appalling
than some traditional publishing
covers, particularly when you consider that these are for
ebooks.
And do I need a different file for the
ebook cover than the print
cover?
It's not impossible for an audiobook to take off even if the
ebook didn't (Torrent actually sells fairly well for me, given that it's never been a big
ebook seller and I haven't published a new installment in the series for several years), especially if it has a great
cover, but chances are, you're not going to earn back your investment on books that sell less
than 100
ebooks a month.
When a designer charges significantly more
than the average, it is usually because of factors like the need for mechanical
covers: a good chunk of indie authors only require an
ebook cover, which doesn't need a spine or back
cover to be designed.
Considering the fact that more
than 90 % of book sales are in the
eBook format, we make sure that the
cover looks best on screen.
Most booklights will work with most
ebook readers, as far as I'm aware, although some are better
than others for sticking in
ebook reader
covers.
I've openly recommended CreateSpace as a strategy for many clients as a test, stepping stone, even a way to enter the publishing world with the giant Amazon in play — but, and always a but in the mix — there has to be editing, get a professional
cover done and yes, lay it out — don't do the template Amazon version...
than have the layout designer do the uploading — for less
than $ 3,000 (most likely), you have quality
cover design, interior, editing and you are rocking and rolling with the big boys — you get max percentage on
eBook payout, you have print books available on demand and you can start marketing your work and words like crazy.
Android
ebook readers are more versatile and open
than Kindle, Kobo and Nook ereaders because they can install various Android apps that
cover a lot more ground in terms of ereading, but Android also has the drawback of not running as smoothly or being as optimized as dedicated ereaders.
For a published book that looks completely professional and is available in both an
eBook and a printed version, look no further
than our Print and
eBook Cover and Formatting package.
-
ebook pricing by epubs and NY presses - self - published romance
ebooks -
cover art on
ebook and difference requirements
than for print - author farming / high output and the effects on quality - niche e-markets, spanking Femdom etc?
Publishers earn a MUCH higher percentage of the
cover price on
ebooks than they do on print — they are significantly more profitable, as Penguin (for example) pointed out in their stockholder report about a year ago.
Most of the aggregators offer various services other
than ebook distribution and aggregation such as
ebook conversion,
cover design, editing and some even have print - on - demand services.
Ebook covers have different challenges
than their print counterparts.
Today, Fodor's is one of the world's largest and most trusted brands in travel,
covering more
than 600 destinations worldwide in guidebooks, on Fodors.com, in
ebooks and iPhone apps.
So, if you would like our advice on how to make one effective index that will
cover both the print and
eBook edition, we kindly suggest referencing sections rather
than page numbers.
The result of their work is a fully - functional platform that will soon enable hundreds of library systems to manage directly — rather
than license via an aggregator — a portion of their
ebook collections (the issue of intellectual property ownership, which would
cover ebooks, remains a topic of much debate, but one that does not seem to legally favor libraries despite some use of the word own rather
than license).