Sentences with phrase «than print books do»

You can't beat these prices without buying second hand, and a common objection to e-books is the notion that they pay the author less than print books do.

(In fact, DRM on ebooks still gives you more options than a printed book does.

Not exact matches

Finding # 3 in the Scholastic poll says, «Kids want books in print — as opposed to in electronic format — even more than they did two years ago.

The labels don't matter, Christian, Muslim, Buddist... at least they have beliefs and stick with them rather than using God to pump up book sales (or maybe she just likes to see her name in print) Here's a thought.

He's the standard analogue man in an increasingly digital world; his books long out - of - print, Leonard doesn't take freelance gigs writing advertising copy because he deems it an objectionable compromise; he instead pecks away at a novel he's been working on for more than a decade, and enjoys simple get - togethers with his adult daughter Ariel (Lili Taylor, fantastic).

Some students learn more from print than they do from reading content digitally, according to author Naomi S. Baron in research published in her 2015 book — The Fate of Reading in a Digital World.

In South Africa print books are hideously expensive, and Kindle books cost $ 2 more for every single book than they do for US readers.

Doing the print version through the KDP dashboard allowed me to set the price for the book lower than I would have been able to if I went through Createspace or some of the other POD platforms.

eBook sales don't account for any more than 30 % of all books sold, which means the majority of the market is in printed books.

His ten titles have more than two million copies in print, and his latest book, Don't Bend Over in the Garden, Granny, You Know them Taters Got Eyes, has been on the New York Times best - seller list for weeks.

Most book manuscripts end up unwanted and unread on publishers» and agents» slush piles, and the majority of those that do make it into print sell fewer than 1,000 copies... It's not even as if writing is that glamorous.

When it's looked at like that, a digital book doesn't sound much different than a print book.

But when Barnes and Noble's Nook Press division announced last year that it was expanding what it can do for its authors by offering new services such as editing, artwork, and print - on - demand, more than a few industry watchers had immediate concerns: Barnes and Noble is the largest bookselling chain left in the US, so where did they find the talent pool to shift into book creation?

Are you telling me it's easier to go through a book store, who, by the way, carry only a small percentage of print books in print, for obvious reasons, than do a search on Amazon?

An e-reader study found that 40 % of e-reader users read more than they did with print books.

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.)

Whether you're a first - time writer struggling to break into print or a published author whose last book did anything but make your publisher a fortune, the reality is the same: a manuscript that needs editing is more likely to be rejected than published.

I sell one print book for every 100 e-books, and earn a whole lot less money per print copy than I do on an e-book.

I've got a thousand or more copies of that book in my warehouse that I have to sell through before I can do another print run — and I need to decide if sales are strong enough to warrant another thousand or more books, or if I need to go to a small digital print run, in which case, I might need to raise the price (because small print runs cost more per unit than large ones, and I have to offer my distributor a 65 % discount as per our contract).

On top of this Amazon apparently demands a higher discount from retail prices on eBooks than it does on printed books.

According to the Public Library Association 2016 survey of more than 5,800 librarians, more than 90 percent said they do buy print - on - demand — POD — and self - published books.

Buying a Kindle, he suggested, led to increased book purchasing across both ebook and print formats, with a typical Kindle owner buying on average more than three times as many books as she did before.

«I sell about two - thirds [more] books in digital formats than I do in print.»

«If you eliminate Red Hood, then according to Bookscan, the new book sold more print copies in its first week than any of my previous books... What does this all mean?

I had to buy an e-reader (NOOK) last year when I had to do book reviews and I found it was much cheaper to buy an e-book than it was to buy the print.

Publishers don't believe that digital books should be cheaper than the print versions.

Owners of ebook readers read more than they did as print book readers.

FISHERAnd, Lee Rainie, you — the survey has found that not only do e-readers read print books as well, but also e-readers tend to read more books as a whole than pure print readers.

I like printing a few hardcover versions through Lulu (because it's easier and cheaper to set up than Lightning Source) and taking some media kit shots of me in a bookstore (doesn't have to be an official «book signing» — you can even put a few on the bestseller shelf and take pictures of them there).

Which you should be doing of course, and if you have some brilliant strategies for turning your book into a STORY by connecting it with some current events or burning media issue, and if you have some events planned around the launch, then you should probably have both the ebook and print version ready (getting the files right takes a LOT longer than you think, always give yourself a few months of extra space before you launch).

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Why do MOBI e-Books have 10 times more locations than a print book has pages?

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What is really telling, though, is that publishers in the US continue to far outsell in print and make more of their revenue off of physical editions, but that in 2013 they sold far more titles through online book retailers than they did through physical stores.

Under this strategy, Amazon decides that it will demand no more discount than offered to any other vendor, for any purpose *; it will do everything in its power to meet author and indendent publisher demands; and it will send a bouquet and basket of puppies to midlist authors who place their out - of - print books on Kindle, in addition to the royalties due (and a holiday bonus).

IIRC, to add to the entertainment Kris Rusch mentioned late last year that not only did tradpubbers raise the price of their ebooks, but Amazon discounted the print versions of the same books to LESS than the cost of the newly - raised tradpub ebook prices.

The thing is, I read e-books differently than I do print books.

If you talk to a librarian, you'll soon learn how they have to carefully budget their monies for e-books against that for print books because a number of publishers charge much more for e-books than they do for «real» books.

This is only tangentially related to the Amazon - Macmillan kerfuffle, but might of interest to those who wonder why ebooks don't have a much cheaper cost basis than printed books.

Yes, POD does normally carry with it a slightly higher cost per book to print, but because authors are printing only the books they need and profiting from their books directly without sharing a huge cut with publishers, that cost is more than offset (see what I did there?).

Print book covers are different than ebook covers, so if you have an ebook cover, you're not done yet.

Most websites of traditionally published authors do carry longer bio material on their «about the author» page - more at least than usually appears in a print book.

My publisher didn't submit my book before publication, and now I'm unable to find any information on how to get a LCCN now that it has been in print for a year other than one website (selling their LCCN procurement services) that said you can't.

With more than 20 million copies in print in over 40 countries, her novels have been awarded the prestigious: Oklahoma Book Award, YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, Romantic Times Reviewers» Choice Award, the Prism, Holt Medallion, Daphne du Maurier, Booksellers» Best, and the Laurel Wreath.

At least one friend of mine (the author of Surviving the Stillness) has informed me that she makes more money on the e-book than she does on the print book.

For purposes of this Final Judgment, the term E-book does not include (1) an audio book, even if delivered and stored digitally; (2) a standalone specialized software application or «app» sold through an «app store» rather than through an e-book store (e.g., through Apple's «App Store» rather than through its «iBookstore» or «iTunes») and not designed to be executed or read by or through a dedicated E-book reading device; or (3) a media file containing an electronically formatted book for which most of the value to consumers is derived from audio or video content contained in the file that is not included in the print version of the book.

Ebooks are much easier to format than print books, and don't have the production costs associated with printing on paper with ink.

Another factor that Amazon doesn't mention is that it makes less money per e-book than it does on print books, and in some cases is losing money on e-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).

With many users and politicians remaining unaware of the many ways a library contributes to the public other than just dusty, molded print books, it's easy to understand why some people don't feel the call to support libraries.