If you've been riding the self - publishing wagon for some time, you may be familiar
with the eBook distribution service Pronoun.
mobi files along
with eBook distribution to the largest retail network in the world.
Again, as
with the ebook distribution decision, you don't have to be exclusive with either.
Agents write the next chapter of the ebook revolution — Agents, serving the economic best interests of the best - selling authors, will bring new credibility to self publishing by encouraging authors to proactively bypass publishers and work directly
with ebook distribution platforms.
Part of the push in sales has to do in large part with the publishing house signing key deals
with ebook distribution platforms, including the German Amazon store.
This partnership can mean putting indie authors» books in front of a much larger audience than
with ebook distribution alone.
Oyster has already inked deals with a number of major publishers and
with ebook distribution and self - publishing platform Smashwords, which has helped ensure a growing catalog of content for subscribers to choose from.
The costs associated
with ebook distribution are relatively low, only requiring a server space to set up an ebook store and start selling.
And when you tie POD in directly with distribution, as Ingram has done with IngramSpark ®, customers get POD service bundled
with eBook distribution to 39,000 retail outlets and libraries.
Good e-Reader first caught up
with ebook distribution platform Red Shelf at the BookExpo America publishing event in New York, and sat down today with co-founder and CEO Greg Fenton to discuss what changes and updates the company has undergone in the last six months.
Not exact matches
Digital literature firm
eBooks Corporation has signed a major five - year
distribution deal
with Nokia Finland.
Other major publishers may be content to reap record profits off the growth of
ebook sales while paying authors practically nothing for digital books
with far lower production and
distribution costs, but we wouldn't feel right doing that.
With both print and
eBook distribution, you have the option of selling on Lulu only or... Continue Reading →
Managing these rights is going to create some challenges as they move into the
ebook world
with its potentially borderless
distribution and, no doubt, a few disputes caused by rights overlaps brought to the fore by this medium.
If I write a book I can easily convert it to
eBook format, costing me nothing, and I can use CreateSpace or Smashwords and create a print book
with worldwide channel
distribution... again, for nothing.
Stay tuned — we're actively exploring many more features, including providing easy access to retail
distribution channels
with the goal of enabling Lulu authors to sell
eBooks in every online marketplace.
Vook's latest pricing compares favourably
with automated self - publishing services like BookBaby (US149 - $ 249 per title plus $ 19 per title for
distribution), and
with outsourced
ebook conversion services, though the latter is a better option if you need to work from hard copies or print - ready PDFs, neither of which is supported by Vook.
With Smashwords, their
distribution offers the widest possible network of
ebook retailers for me.
At least that's the case where the European Union is concerned, and a year - long investigation into Amazon's
ebook distribution contracts
with publishers.
Boopsie works
with some of the biggest names in
ebook distribution to libraries, including ProQuest, EBSCO, Baker and Taylor, Recorded Books, Overdrive, and 3M Cloud Library.
At least that's the case where the European Union is concerned, and a year - long investigation into Amazon's
ebook distribution contracts
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The new partnership
with INscribe Digital — a digital publishing services provider of global
eBook distribution, content conversion and marketing services to the publishing community — will help the 3M Cloud Library system dramatically expand its offerings
with emerging publishers.
Privately held Smashwords operates the world's leading
eBook publishing and
distribution platform serving over 40,000 authors, publishers and literary agents who distribute over 125,000
eBooks with Smashwords.
They have just a signed a new global retail
distribution partnership
with Ingram Content Group, and free output to reflowable
ebooks for all Amazon Kindle devices and Kindle readers.
Most libraries in North American tend to do business
with Overdrive to facilitate their content
distribution system for
ebooks, audiobooks, and video.
Amazon has revolutionized publishing
with ebooks, Kindle, KDP, and the access to worldwide
distribution it offers indie authors.
I've hit the part where it says, «An NCX
with multiple chapters is required to distribute your
eBook to our retail
distribution partners.»
When you self - publish
with IngramSpark, you have access to one of the publishing industry's largest global print and
ebook distribution networks which makes opportunities to sell your books that much greater.
Ebook distribution is also possible, with ebooks made available to over 70 online retail partners in ebook distribution channels including Amazon, Apple iBooks, and
Ebook distribution is also possible,
with ebooks made available to over 70 online retail partners in
ebook distribution channels including Amazon, Apple iBooks, and
ebook distribution channels including Amazon, Apple iBooks, and Kobo.
Next to zero participation in developing
ebook format and
ebook - related standards, mostly letting tech - oriented companies run rampant
with no consideration to production or
distribution costs.
Sheridan's Electronic Content Services (ECS) takes the hassle out of converting your titles to leading
eBook formats and provides you
with a direct to consumer
distribution sales solution.
With distribution, your
ebook is listed for sale through Amazon.com, iBookstore, and 120 + online retailers including Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Copia, and eBooks.com.
The main purpose of our new report, «
Ebook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those mo
Ebook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide
distribution of more than 100,000
ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world
with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new
ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those mo
ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those models.
What I mean is that publishers may be agitated over
ebook distribution — mainly about price control — but they don't have an issue
with the platform.
If you purchase
ebook distribution with us, you'll receive library
distribution, too.
In other words, Apple already owns a rather commanding
distribution engine to sell «
eBooks» called the iTunes Store — a platform that is already syncing
with software sitting on the desktops of millions and millions of Macs and PCs worldwide.
Here's what we tell our clients: your best look at your
eBook sales is by reviewing your
eBook distribution accounts
with KDP, Nook Press and iBookstore.
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Both the comiXology and the Nook deals are partnerships
with Trajectory, Inc., which bills itself as a «global
eBook production and
distribution platform.»
It changed how books were sold in India
with an amazing online platform, and now its new
ebooks initiative
with Flyte will take book
distribution to a new level.
As more and more writers turn to self - publishing, they're going
with a platform that can provide a wide variety of
distribution channels and the opportunity for low - cost
ebook gifting and promotion.
Self - Publishers often have to deal
with complicated
distribution methods and clunky software when creating their
ebook.
I don't think individual library services should be concerning themselves
with «ownership of titles» because there is no need to own
ebooks in order to make them available for
distribution.
Matt Cavner of Vook, developers of a cloud - based
ebook distribution platform, spoke
with GoodEReader about what sets their product apart from the multitude of options for authors to create, format, and distribute their digital content.
BookShout, the
ebook distribution platform that has seen a great deal of recent success in partnering
with publishers to produce sales dashboards and seamless, device - agnostic file integration for
ebook consumers, announced at today's DBW event that several industry veterans from across major publishers have joined BookShout's team for its new print
distribution initiative.
Amazon Kindle 3G — $ 189 Amazons flagship e-reader is leading the pack
with the top content
distribution online
ebook store.
It also helped
with the widespread
distribution of a new
ebook format, called EPUB 3, which allowed the rendering of complex Japanese characters.
«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.
The point the
distribution platforms are making is that reader consumers are going to get tired of sifting through the 99cent spam «
ebooks» and get fed up
with being duped by piracy masquerading as genuine titles, leading to a drop in
ebook sales in favor of «good old fashioned» (re: reliable) print books.