(I calculated that thatwas over half a million dollars
worth of ebooks sold in a single day!)
Not exact matches
In 2014, the United Kingdom
sold # 4.3 billion
worth of books, with
ebooks making up 11 percent
of that total.
For what it's
worth, I know several professional writers, one
of whom is with a HUGE press and receives enviable publicity and support; a couple
of whom are with small presses
of varying quality; and many
of whom are self - published, hustling hard to
sell a couple
of books a month (or giving their
ebooks away for free).
But what if it turned out that you could make more money each month by
selling the
ebook at 99 cents instead
of the $ 6.99 or whatever you thought it was
worth?
I
sell my
ebooks for $ 4.95, so the obvious price point for an eARC would have been something similar, but I didn't think it'd be
worth my time to set everything up, email people (I mistakenly, didn't think
of automation this first time around — more on that farther down), and deal with the inevitable «customer service» emails I'd get for $ 5.
If Publisher does not:
eBook price: $ 10.00 $ 7.00 received by publisher (after 30 % sales commission to retailer) 25 %
of net royalty Royalty to author: $ 1.75 per title
sold Yep, definitely
worth the time to find out exactly how this term is going to be defined in the contract when it comes to electronic books.
He's not an established author, but he used our platform to release this beautiful
ebook which has
sold over $ 20,000
worth in the first five days
of our launch.
The future with an enforced «everybody
selling at our selected price» future means Amazon and B&N
sell less Kindles and Nooks because the book lovers are going to see the discounted HC at $ 18 and compare that to an
eBook at $ 15 (plus cost
of device) and deem it not
worth buying a Kindle or Nook edition with its limitations.
Baen Free Library is a great place to download original, newer
ebooks, and they also
sell webscriptions that are
worth checking out too if you are a fan
of science fiction and fantasy.
It's a good thing she did; as the rights» owner to the digital versions, she
sold over $ 500 million
worth of the
ebooks through her own Pottermore marketplace in the first month
of sales alone.
So, if you're a really good author, let's say you're
selling, I don't know, $ 300,000
worth of ebooks a year or something, you're in a good spot.
Pottermore, the site dedicated to all things Harry Potter, apparently has
sold almost $ 5 million
worth of the
eBook editions
of the seven - book series in its first month
of sales.
Borders Opens
eBook Store and is Giving Away 5 Top - Selling eBooks — Borders is giving people reason to download one of their new apps for the new Borders ebook store by giving away $ 40 worth of eb
eBook Store and is Giving Away 5 Top -
Selling eBooks — Borders is giving people reason to download one of their new apps for the new Borders ebook store by giving away $ 40 worth of e
eBooks — Borders is giving people reason to download one
of their new apps for the new Borders
ebook store by giving away $ 40 worth of eb
ebook store by giving away $ 40
worth of ebooksebooks.
For example, in just April, May, and June, Amazon
sold $ 12.83 billion
worth of books,
ebooks, and other products.
On the one hand it reinforces the idea
of ebooks being «
worth» less than physical books and on the other, the price
of physical books is too high, why else would retailers be
selling them at such large discounts.
John Locke
sold $ 2M
worth of eBooks before landing a deal with Simon & Schuster.
This was already addressed above, but it's
worth repeating here because it's one
of the major differences between
selling eBooks on Amazon vs.
selling them on your own site.
As for the publishers... the Big Six might have their noggins up their sphincters, but there are some small publishers who have gone the DRM - free
eBook route, Black Library and Angry Robot being two
worth noting (though Angry Robot
sells Kindle editions
of their books through Amazon as well).
An analysis by the Author Earnings website (an aggregator and analyser
of eBook sales data) identified that, outside the world
of traditional publishing, authors who were self - published, independently published or published directly by Amazon imprints, had
sold more than 260 million
eBooks worth more than US$ 850 million in the US in 2016.
It's also
worth noting that the vast majority
of authors fall short on best practices (witness the low adoption
of ebook preorders, even though preorders are proven to
sell more books, or witness the large number
of self published authors who design amateur - looking cover images despite the dearth
of low - cost professionals who for $ 200 or less can make their cover look amazing).
Considering Amazon has been in the business
of selling ebooks, and that the tablet interface comes from its Kindle Android app, its
worth as an
eBook reader should also be evaluated.