There are no manufacturing, returns, or freight costs associated with ebooks; some publishers may apply conversion / formatting fees or overhead associated
with ebook production.
«Identify the problems self - publishers have
with ebook production and ebook backlist maintenance specifically»
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One of the biggest issue publishers face
with ebook production is the somewhat adversarial attitude ereader and app vendors have taken towards publisher stylesheets.
Of course,
with any ebook production system — especially one that gives you plenty of room to customise — there's an important caveat: Just because you can customise it doesn't mean you should customise it.
Not exact matches
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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.
And to answer, I went to Twitter and posted the question
with the #eprdctn hashtag (the hashtag you should use and follow to and participate in discussions among
ebook production people):
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ebook promotion consultancy owned by Deborah Carney, book - industry professional
with extensive promotion and
production experience.
* happy to help
with writing, editing,
eBook production -LRB-.
So for a publisher, a little investment of time getting a PDF -
ebook workflow added to the
production process (and the admin of setting up and monitoring an agreement
with a distributor), can provide a very low - cost way to distribute
ebooks.
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.
It is an opportunity to rub shoulders
with Adobe - certified trainers, master uses, the Lynda.com group of presenters, Adobe engineers and product managers, and other
eBook production folks just like you (wherever you may be in experience).
Karen works
with numerous authors, speakers, and coaches designing and producing
ebooks while helping authors sell more books and back - end products and services through a variety of print and online design and
production.
Also, technology changes every six months or so, which means that each time I come back to produce files, I have to reevaluate previous
production methods to see if they are still the best, are compatible
with the current
ebook and print standards, and are the most cost - effective.
For a very long time it's going to be very difficult for anybody to roll out an
ebook with ambitious design and interactivity while still retaining the
ebook's biggest advantages (cheap
production, wide reach).
Both the comiXology and the Nook deals are partnerships
with Trajectory, Inc., which bills itself as a «global
eBook production and distribution platform.»
Amazon's CreateSpace holds the top position for print
production of self - published titles,
with 39 % of the industry in 2011, while Smashwords produced more self - published
ebooks than any other platform
with 47 % of the market.
The
production model of the Adam we have did not come
with any
eBook readers or any programs that are meant to read popular ebook for
eBook readers or any programs that are meant to read popular
ebook for
ebook formats.
These changes, both in the virtual world such as an
eBook library, and now in the physical world
with a wider and wider assortment of home CAD and CAM
with more and more flexibility in terms of materials and the size of the objects manufactured, signal a huge change that the world is barely able to conceive in its mind but which is happening in an ever widening set of circles as exemplified by MIT's FABLABs, and other more commercial examples of similar products, and product
production arrays.
The yellow brick road to becoming a wizard of
ebook production starts
with this chapter and proceeds through the next several chapters, creating progressively more interesting, more marketable
ebooks and other EPUB - based publications.
Production: Best practices suggest you should use vendor - specific hotlinks in your
eBook's back matter to encourage a reader, once finished
with your story, to one - click buy your next book.
My «day» job is publisher - I deal
with contracts and rights, vendors, sub rights deals (translation, audio, etc), plan
ebook sales and promotions, plan our print books, supervise the cover art department and our
ebook production department, provide guidance to the editorial department...
Once you've fixed the inconsistencies, you can confidently send your manuscript into
production — either by working
with a typesetter, or using a free tool such as the Reedsy Book Editor to export your
ebook.
This is just for the
production of an 50,000 word
eBook,
with the quality that will sit confidently beside any trade published book and be able to gain traction in the marketplace.
Ebooks are much easier to format than print books, and don't have the
production costs associated
with printing on paper
with ink.
Generally speaking,
eBook production budgets can be lower than a typical print budget, but you'll need to plan for a budget upfront as you would
with print or any other product for that matter.
However,
with 45 % of respondents reporting that that their business had moved from one that fully outsourced
eBook production, a major trend in digital
production strategies appears to be the move towards greater internal
production of
eBooks.
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Now in its third year, the two - day conference for the
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With both Amazon and Apple choosing to release
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eBook market gives the new specification the foundation it needs to ensure that publishers will devote resources to its creation.
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Given that big publishers keep the prices of
eBooks artificially high (they'd sell millions of $ 2
eBooks, but I suspect their $ 20 printed complements wouldn't look very appealing to consumers), small publishers have exploited the low
production and distribution costs to flood the market
with $ 1 — $ 3
eBooks.
This process has actually been ongoing for quite some time and began
with the emergence of tools that digitized the back - end of the business; word processors, computers, design software, email and much more (which changed writing, editing, typesetting, design etc) and has over time moved from there towards more front facing aspects of the industry (
production, distribution, selling) before starting to make a large impact on the consumer side of the industry, consumption in the form of
ebooks and web - reading (not to mention making many other forms of content from music to games available to those consumers).
I can't speak for Joe, but on the
production end of things we find that most of the authors
with whom we work still expect their
ebooks to include it, so it remains in our work flow and we'll skip it at an author's request.
My shop began
with ebooks - only
production and later added print, but the cost and time required to flip our work flow to print - to -
ebook was too steep.
While the
production of static
ebooks has become relatively standardized (using EPUB2), publishers are still struggling
with how to produce more digital - native products without tremendous expense and constant re-tooling.
But if you also need to create
eBook files that can be disseminated through distribution channels and read offline, and / or your apps
with that same content then using EPUB for all three distribution channels may be be a compelling way to modularize your
production and delivery work streams and reduce your overall costs, even if your articles and other content nuggets are originally stored in a CMS system or Wiki.
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I know in these discussions people always talk about the reduced cost of
production of
eBooks is less than for hardback books and as you say its not really relevant but what is (in my view) is the rights associated
with the purchase.
With regards to the relative
production price of an
ebook vs a physical book it is not just the physical manufacture and shipping that plays in, it is also the relative cost of the retail vs e-retail system.
Physical
production and distribution costs are non-existent
with ebooks.
From a
production point of view, once publishers
with large lists include accessibility in their workflows for some books, there's little doubt that the same attention will be paid to every
ebook published.
I'll focus on how editors can add value to
ebook editions, and how they can rethink processes and collaborate
with design and
production colleagues.
The low
production cost on
ebooks and print on demand, coupled
with world wide distribution online, makes some tiny niche genres profitable for some people.
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