The many niggles of a less than satisfactory experience with
the worlds biggest eBook publisher have triggered many authors to review their marketing strategy going forward.
Not exact matches
(For more background, see my
ebook The Battle for the Books: Inside Google's Gambit to Create the
World's
Biggest Library.)
Wherever you live in this great
big world, if you've managed to pre-order the book in any format — print or
ebook — and you provide the details, I'll immediately send you:
Apple's electronic book effort, iBooks, excludes everything from Random House, the
biggest publisher in the
world, works only on Apple platforms and helped usher in a massive
ebook price increase last year.
I'm setting Amazon aside in its own category because it's by far the
biggest player in the
ebook world — at least it is currently.
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The US is by far the
biggest ebook market, but the rest of the
world is slowly catching up.
Even in the library
world, in spite of all the recent discussion about how the
Big 6 are deciding whether and how to lend
ebooks to libraries, most people can't.
Digital royalties have been one of the major sticking points in the debate over traditional vs. self - publishing, with many people (even from the traditional publishing
world) arguing that
big publishers should raise digital royalties on
ebooks to at least 50 percent.
«After only a month KDP Select has dramatically changed things — finally indie publishers are playing as equals with the
big publishing houses in the
world's
biggest eBook marketplace,» said Serhiy Grabarchuk, Co-Founder of the Grabarchuk Puzzles company.
To me it's a
big turn - off, because it's just one more thing to tie you into the Amazon ecosystem, but if you're fine with having to upload everything to their server and don't mind that their readers still don't support the
world's most popular
ebook format, then go for it.
Back then the prognostications were
big and bold (
ebooks would take over the
world and wreck all our lives!)
Unlike the rest of the
world, its
ebook industry wasn't completely dominated by the
big firm from its next door neighbour.
From commentator Mike Shatzkin in The Publishing
World Is Changing, But There Is One
Big Done That Has Not Yet Barked (Mike likes those long headlines) to Thad McIlroy in Why Are
Ebook Sales Falling?
In an interview about the future of digital publishing granted to independent website Scroll.in in April, Arnaud Nourry, Hachette Group CEO — one of the
world's
Big Five English language publishers, said that he was convinced there was something his company could invent using their content and digital properties beyond
eBooks.
The rest of the
world is the next
big growth industry for
ebooks.
The
big news in the
ebook world today was the launch announcement of Apple iBooks Author and an update to the Apple iBooks ereader app.
Yvonne is steadfast in her commitment to self - published authors who dare to dream
big and feels that by introducing undiscovered literature to the
world marketplace as bound books and eBooks, Quality Press can change the lives of millions of people in the United States and throughout the W
world marketplace as bound books and
eBooks, Quality Press can change the lives of millions of people in the United States and throughout the
WorldWorld.
BookBaby — They makes it easy to format and sell your
eBook in 170 countries through many of the
world's
biggest retailers, including Amazon, iBooks, Barnes & Noble, and more.
It would be most interesting to see this same thing duplicated for other
big series in the literary
world, like Tolkien's work, Clive Cussler's books, the Wheel of Time, A Song of Ice and Fire,... Such a site would be useful to be able to buy the
eBooks in a single place and have them added to an
eBook company of your own choosing — if you even want that in the first place.
Almost all
ebook app developers
world wide are working hard on EPUB3 support including most of the
big ones: Apple, Kobo, Google, Sony, etc..
When the
Big 5 price many
ebooks like this «Illidan,
World of Warcraft
eBook price $ 13.99 & hardback price $ 7.34 why are they surprised that
eBook sales are down.
There's a
big wide
ebook world out there beyond the USA and that's where stores like Kobo and Google Play are focussed.
Random House, the
world's largest publisher, was the last of the
big six publishing houses to move to the agency model for
ebooks.
The company is setting its sights on being the
world's
biggest digital magazine store catering to the booming tablet market, but has also dropped hints about getting into the
ebook business at a later stage.
Moving away from specialized
ebook - only solutions was a
big part of EPUB 3, so I am quite interested to see what these new EPUB Navigation Documents look like in the real
world.
That's not to say that the usual business of the show, the distribution of galleys for upcoming books, particularly lit fic, did not occur, but the
biggest buzz seems to have been around the topics of
ebooks and
ebook selling, and how to replicate the experience of bookstore handselling in an increasingly ereader - and online - driven
world.
While
ebooks right now make up no more than just 2 percent of their total collection in some of the
biggest libraries in the
world, they have already shown their eagerness to adopt to the new emerging technology, something that they believe is akin to their basic survival itself.
Yes, they might make the latest
Big Name Author book 99 cents as a loss leader — but those books are already selling well, even in an indie - dominated
ebook world like we have right now.
Amazon's Kindle Store is the
biggest ebook retailer in the
world and by quite a long way.
Today OverDrive announced that their
Big Library Read is coming back next month, which is a global
ebook club of sorts that gives people around the
world an opportunity to read the same
ebook, or listen to the audiobook, for free through the 30,000 + public libraries and schools that use OverDrive's
ebook lending program.
Publishing experts from the United States and Britain attending the
world's
biggest book fair here say
ebook theft is unlikely to go away, but is a manageable problem with vigilance and action already underway.
BookBaby authors can now publish and sell their printed books and
eBooks in the
world's
biggest bookstores.
Unlike the Western
world where they have data provided by
big vendors, the Eastern countries embrace digital publishing as a whole when they discuss the matter regarding
eBook.
PORTLAND, OR — The
world's largest
eBook distribution network for independent authors just got
bigger.
BookBaby writers can now publish and sell their
eBooks and printed books in the
world's
biggest bookstores.
BookBaby will digitally distribute your work to the
biggest eBook retailers in the
world, making your
eBook available to be read on all of current — and future — devices:
«Finally indie publishers are playing as equals with the
big publishing houses in the
world's
biggest eBook marketplace,» co-founder Serhiy Grabarchuk said enthusiastically in today's press release from Amazon.
Your book's visibility on Amazon (the
Big Daddy of the
ebook world) is basically dependent on the keywords and categories you choose when you publish.
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Since I was a first time author who needed exposure, not just book sales, it made sense to distribute my free
ebooks with the
world's
biggest online book retailer.
How fast things will change in the
big houses is an open question (and the answer is different for every house), but it is undeniable that the decision - making structures that worked for print books readily accepted time lags that are a real handicap in the evolving
ebook world.
Smashwords.com says «The first few days after Christmas mark the
biggest ebook selling days of the year as millions of readers around the
world unwrap their new e-reading devices and smart phones start loading them with new
ebooks to read.
Amazon is the
biggest seller of
ebooks in the
world.
For one week only, gain access to thousands of free and deep - discounted
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Julia Proctor of University of Wyoming Libraries raised the issue of time management in New Library
World's «Avoiding
Ebook Big Deals:» The staff time that it takes to go through those packages is an indirect cost to the library and a considerable one because often these packages contain thousands of titles and take a great deal of time to evaluate.»
The company makes it easy to sell your
eBook in 170 countries through many of the
world's
biggest retailers, including Amazon, iBooks, Barnes & Noble, and more.
I've openly recommended CreateSpace as a strategy for many clients as a test, stepping stone, even a way to enter the publishing
world with the giant Amazon in play — but, and always a but in the mix — there has to be editing, get a professional cover done and yes, lay it out — don't do the template Amazon version... than have the layout designer do the uploading — for less than $ 3,000 (most likely), you have quality cover design, interior, editing and you are rocking and rolling with the
big boys — you get max percentage on
eBook payout, you have print books available on demand and you can start marketing your work and words like crazy.
There has been some
big news in the
ebook world recently, and authors should know about these changes in order to take advantage of them.
«Publishers are struggling with two things, first, the rapid emergence of the
eBook and, second, the related impact on books prices in a distribution
world where Amazon owns the
biggest chunk of the pie and is willing to drop
eBook prices below the cost of publishing to entice more of their customers to buy refrigerators and other products, which is where they make their profits.