The special editions, which will include author interviews and other material, such as reading guides, will carry a list price slightly higher
than the hardcover edition.
He read Swimming and loved it, and agreed to reissue it in formats that are much less expensive to produce and sell
than a hardcover edition.
This Kindle edition actually costs 48 cents more
than its hardcover edition, which is still well below the standard price for new hardcovers.
That means that Penguin Publishing is selling Ms. Krentz's ebook for only $ 2.27 less
than the hardcover edition.
They are talking about a tiny percentage of Hachette international booklist — the newest or most successful and fairly recent of their bestselling authors — the ones where the price is highest (although still much less
than the hardcover edition,) for the premium of getting the e-book right away.
New York Times bestsellers and most new releases are $ 9.99, much less
than the hardcover editions that run about $ 25.
Not exact matches
Ries provides a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups in a age when companies need to innovate more
than ever.From the
Hardcover edition.
The first
edition of Tonal Journal — it has a linen
hardcover and is more akin to a coffee table book
than a magazine — launches April 6 and contains 288 pages of essays and editorials from over 60 contributors, many of whom have collaborated with Surti on other projects.
Amazon is selling the
hardcover edition of Jonathan Franzen's new novel «Purity» for $ 15.10 — 11 cents more
than the $ 14.99 e-book price set by Macmillan Publishers, a unit of closely heldVerlagsgruppe Georg von HoltzbrinckGmbH, which declined to comment.
(It is entirely possible to get a newly - published
hardcover at a lower price
than the e-book
edition.)
The Invention of Wings By Sue Monk Kidd Penguin • $ 17 • ISBN 9780143121701 With more
than a million copies sold since its
hardcover publication in January 2014, Kidd's captivating historical novel is already a runaway hit with readers, and this new paperback
edition should move it to the top of the list for reading groups everywhere.
But as of this writing, Amazon is offering the book for pre-order — something that many mom - and - pop independent bookstores aren't even set up to do — for less
than $ 13 for the
hardcover; the Kindle
edition is priced just over $ 11, while Barnes and Noble and Kobo are offering the ebook
edition for pre-order for more
than $ 16.
In some cases discounts on
hardcover editions are 40 % off, giving customers the ability to buy them cheaper
than Amazon.
So why exactly do so many e-book readers think that they are entitled to an e-book
edition in their preferred format at the same time as the
hardcover for less
than half the price?
But publishers want more money
than they are getting from the new world of declining
hardcover sales and they are pushing the Agency plan rather
than being creative, making special
editions and charging more for those, in a win - win situation.
Both Amazon and B&N are already selling more digital
editions of textbooks
than the
hardcover counterparts.
But routinely, I find that audiobooks through audible are cheaper
than the kindle or
hardcover editions when I am purchasing them.
This creates an environment where most new
hardcovers cost less
than the e-book on the day it comes out and when the paperback
edition is eventually released the price is normally halved, while the e-book price will never change.
The article notes that sometimes the
hardcover books are even cheaper
than their Kindle
editions, and one bookstore owner complained this was «an open declaration of war against the industry.»
Fewer
than 700 Big Five authors and fewer
than 500 small - or - medium publisher authors who debuted in the last 10 years are now earning $ 25,000 a year or more on Amazon — from all of their
hardcover, paperback, audio and ebook
editions combined.
LF: I feel irked when the Kindle
edition of a book costs more
than the
hardcover version.
So the
hardcover version has a different ISBN
than the paperback version; the eBook version carries a different number
than the large - print
edition, and so on.
This would be much cheaper
than purchasing the Kindle hardware, and would enable me to enjoy the economy of purchasing the Kindle version of a book instead of its
hardcover or even the trade press soft cover
edition!
Fewer
than 700 Big Five authors authors who debuted in the last 10 years are now earning $ 25,000 a year or more on Amazon — from all of their
hardcover, paperback, audio and ebook
editions combined.
The publisher may wish to use your manuscript in ways other
than producing
hardcover or paperback print book
editions.
Another, perhaps more telling advantage is that electronic
editions tend to cost noticeably less
than their physical counterparts, particularly when it comes to recent
hardcover releases.
I'm sure they still exist although I'm not sure if Amazon makes them any interesting now, it was how I got into Lord of the Rings, as I ended up paying some $ 1.25 for it rather
than the price of $ 30 for the same (
hardcover)
edition.
I think you will find many, many cases where the publishers are discounting the ebook
editions more
than this, particularly on
hardcovers.
While e-book sales have been leveling off as they absorbed the replacement audience for mass market paperbacks — because e-book prices are cheap in mass market territory — the sector of e-books that have been selling the best are the first - run new bestsellers — the ones with the highest e-book prices initially (although those prices come down over time, just like a paperback
edition and the e-book prices are lower
than hardcover and trade paper usually.)
In general, textbooks in eBook format is cheaper
than its
hardcover or paperback
editions, so you may save some money if you get them in digital format.
Fewer
than 700 Big Five authors and fewer
than 500 small - or - medium publisher authors who debuted in the last 10 years are now earning $ 25,000 a year or more on Amazon — from all of their
hardcover, paperback, audio and eBook
editions combined.
You will quite often USE more
than that because you will need a separate ISBN for your eBook, another for your paperback, a third for
hardcover, and any other formats or
editions (like an audiobook) you may come up with in the future.