They could also coordinate the whole process as a service for their clientele, establishing a concrete list of tangible services to promote the book, report and analyze sales, use their influence in the marketplace to get a better deal for the author in the future with a traditional house or a better deal
through ebook publishers — while also managing subrights and the author's career.
Loaded with resources linking you from the history of the first e-book ever launched to the latest e-book reading gadgets you could get your hands on, it hooks you up with the latest titles in the web in various genres
through its ebooks publisher like us and others — Smashwords, etc..
Not exact matches
The
ebooks for kids are on the pricier side in my opinion, especially considering how fast kids go
through them, but we found that these are set by the
publishers itself.
The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that Apple, as it prepared to launch its own
ebook store, persuaded
publishers to price
ebooks at $ 13 and $ 15, or about $ 3 more than the same books being sold
through Amazon and other outlets.
As we celebrate the 55th annual National Library Week, it is a particularly fortuitous time for the
publisher to join its Big Six colleagues by providing access to
ebooks through our nation's libraries.
By demonstrating how
ebook lending can work
through this site, he hopes that
publishers and libraries can put to rest some of the concerns that both sides have on the issue.
Through our partnership with Bookmate, local readers can now enjoy unlimited access to Bookmate's vast collection of ebooks through its comprehensive association with leading publishers.
Through our partnership with Bookmate, local readers can now enjoy unlimited access to Bookmate's vast collection of
ebooks through its comprehensive association with leading publishers.
through its comprehensive association with leading
publishers.»
Publisher Dai Nippon Printing Co. has set up an
ebook store of its own, promoting
ebooks by making tablet PCs available on each table in its Tokyo cafe where visitors can browse
through ebooks.
From the very beginning of digital lending
through libraries and personal consumer shares,
publishers have been wary of the implications of
ebook lending.
Publishers don't want to see revenue disappear because people can simply get
ebooks free
through libraries, without ever leaving home.
Whether you choose to self publish
through a vanity
publisher, or search for an agent to submit your book to reputable companies, or go the route of
ebook publishing, the marketing work doesn't fall directly into the lap of the company.
Authors, writers,
publishers of
eBooks, audiobooks and short texts can... A) sell their
eBook through their author page on XinXii - without author contract - in real - time, without technical skills - with an own authorpage and online shop - enter all information such as description, tags, cover, price... - upload an
eBook in one or multiple formats: PDF, ePub, mobi, doc, xls... - high royalties per download - consolidated real - time sales reports - keeping full editorial and copyright control or B) sell their
eBook through their author page on XinXii and additionally on major
eBook retailers - we convert
eBooks to the ePub and mobi format for free - we distribute to the leading
eBook - shops all over the world for free - we provide consolidated sales reports Readers have... - the opportunity to discover new titles in all categories and genres - an easy access to a huge variety of content - can instantly download after purchase - have the opportunity to rate and comment on
eBooks
Indie
publisher; including book cover design, manuscript layout, ISBN procurement, with trade paperback and
ebook formats supported
through Amazon.
The print edition is available
through Amazon and other outlets; the
publisher also sells an
ebook edition in various formats at a reduced price.
Specific, in - depth nuts - and - bolts guides include The Unofficial Scrivener Workbook by M.J. Carlson, Excel for Writers by M. L. Humphrey (walks
through how to create spreadsheets that track time spent writing, page production, year - to - year metrics, and keep track of your works), Excel for Self -
Publishers by M. L. Humphrey (amazingly useful for indie authors, how to track ads and effectiveness, revenue by sales channel, keywords, amazon reports, and more), and The Author's Guide to Vellum by Chuck Heintzelman (an incredible new app for producing print and
eBooks; I'm a total convert myself).
With their smaller slice of the
ebook market, there's little reason for
publishers and authors to release their books
through them.
According to the recent report in American Libraries, when ALA President Molly Raphael met with the Big 6
publishers in New York recently, many of the executives from those
publishers were laboring under the mistaken belief libraries loaned
ebooks to anyone who happened to click
through their websites.
Driven by curiosity (as always), I've just spend a large part of my lunch break browsing
through various forums [1], trying to get a handle on what problems self -
publishers are facing when they are creating their
ebooks.
He goes
through the patents filed by Amazon and Apple and doesn't quite find a solution, but believes that
publishers and writers will find a common - ground that allows for used
eBooks to help writers make a living, while also making their work more available and affordable.
In traditional publishing, you have to wait until the book is printed on paper before you sell the
ebook, and you can not sell
eBooks any way except
through your
publisher's resellers.
Furthermore, in these days, where
eBooks still account for a small percentage of overall book sales («only 1 % to 2 % of total book sales, as measured by dollars» according to the WSJ article),
publishers maintain essentially the same overhead because the bulk of thir sales are
through tradtional bricks - and - mortar channels.
Riffle Select is a new service for authors and
publishers who are looking to reach new readers
through limited - time
ebook deals.
Author: Margaret Cook
Publisher: All She Writ.net Price: $ 7.97 Page Count / Binding: Kindle
eBook Available
through: Amazon
It will take a decade or longer, but I'm sure movie studios and, if they actually become popular,
eBook publishers, will go
through a period of attempting to «protect» media files (translation: keep you from reading what you buy for a Kindle on any other
eBook reader).
Seeking new ways to fund longform journalism, newspaper and magazine
publishers have lately released a range of short, inexpensive
ebooks, featuring repackaged feature articles (see The Atlantic's The Obama Presidency, Explained) and archival material (Vanity Fair's The Best of Vanity Fair: Elizabeth Taylor),
through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other
ebook sellers.
Author: Margaret Cook
Publisher: All She Writ.net ISBN: 10: 061557775X 13: 978 - 0615577753 Price: $ 7.97 Page Count / Binding: 40 page paperback — also Kindle
eBook Available
through: Amazon
And knowing how crap the
ebook in general will be, it'd probably still look a lot nicer than if you enabled all styles and let the
publisher's incompetence shine
through.
Since I have an offer from a
publisher in the country of my origin (my intended material will be addressed to the youth there) to get the book published
through them, I guess I don't have to go for the comparison with
eBook.
The commercial
eBooks are from Digital Pulp Publishing, presenting a wide and eclectic array bringing independent access to the broad open market
through the efforts of many
publishers; and also great numbers of additional books, perhaps totalling ~ 100,000 by July 4, from
eBooks About Everything.
Author: Timothy Yohe
Publisher: Amazon CreateSpace ISBN: 978 -1-5173269-8-2 Price: $ 8.99 Page Count / Binding: 106 page Paperback; also in Kindle
Ebook Available
through: Amazon
Two years after «standing up» to Amazon by handing Apple instant market share in the
ebook space, and jumping
through hoops to supply every other harebrained
ebook startup with shoddily formatted content, with nary a thought given to device interoperability nor optimal user experiences, and in the wake of the # 2 domestic book retailer finally going bankrupt, libraries have seemingly become the one kid on the playground
publishers think they can bully into submission.
As I have been saying here over and over and over, most electronic books sold
through most major
ebook retail outlets are sold by traditional
publishers in the price range of $ 7.99 to $ 15.99.
As a
publisher that sells over 25,000
ebook titles
through Sony Stores worldwide, I can categorically say that the statement above is not true.
Before Amazon emerged, there were six major publishing houses, each with several imprints; Amazon indirectly had a significant impact on their finances
through the
ebook price fixing investigation that resulted in settlements in the hundreds of millions of dollars from the
publishers alone.
«There has been extremely low take up of the opportunity to buy the borrowed
eBook through use of the «click to purchase» facility,» the
Publishers Association said.
«
Publishers are still trying to come to grips with the
ebook tornado that has swept
through them in the past three years — they are seeing falling sales of some kinds of print books and experience difficulty achieving profitable distribution of
ebooks.
Unlike typical library lending
through companies like OverDrive which sells a copy of the
ebook to the partner library, thus compensating the author and
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In order for
publishers to release more
ebooks, however, they have to be able to take a calculated risk, something they can not do — despite the vastly lesser cost of producing an
ebook over a print edition — unless they believe that readers will come
through and buy
ebooks.
It would only take one of the big six
publishers selling the
ebooks through their own website to change the landscape of the industry.
Fortunately, studies have shown that this benefits
publishers, as
ebook borrowing (and the ability to borrow
ebooks, even without having finished or read them) has led to an increase in click
throughs and purchases of other books.
I have a joint venture going on right now with what I think is going to turn out to be a super disruptive partner who's building a very large
ebook reading and purchasing environment that's going to be global, going out
through the wireless providers and doesn't require anything from the
publishers.
The authors,
publishers, and distributors who are fighting this diligently are trying to prevent the current positive tide of
ebook enjoyment from turning when consumer readers are finally fed up with wading
through the spam.
Although Apple with its iBookstore seems to have not locked up a ton of major
publishers for international
eBook distribution
through its iBookstore, which is evident to it only having Classic Titles available.
All of the Big Six
publishers who had previously allowed their titles to be borrowed
through OverDrive's catalog to public libraries pulled their digital editions in 2011 amid concerns about
ebook piracy and the interests of the authors.
If you upload your print and / or
ebook to the various retail channels
through their distribution process, they will take a portion of each sale: «Dependent upon wholesale discount, IngramSpark
publishers receive 45 — 70 % of their list price on print titles sold
through the distribution channel, minus manufacturing costs (some markets may vary).
With the incredible tools available
through digital publishing, the cost to purchase and give away the
ebook for the individuals who fund raised could have been negligible compared to the cost of a print edition (note: unfortunately, the
publisher has set the
ebook edition price of this title at $ 9.99, higher than the $ 8.52 per print copy that the protest organizers spent
through Rediscovered Books).
Companies like Le French Book and Spanish
Publishers have made it possible for translations of contemporary bestsellers to be published in foreign languages and sold
through major
ebook retailers.
I've read
ebooks (by legitimate
ebook publishers) that have gone
through the editing process and come out the published end with plenty of errors.
While the publishing climate is certainly changing, I think as long as sales are tracked
through traditional outlets and
publishers continue to put the most emphasis using Bookscan as a primary sales reference point — versus an author's statement that the book has sold 3,000 copies in back - of - the - room sales or as
ebooks — big
publishers are going to be wary of publishing authors that are showing, say, 100 copies sold.