New research in Britain by Mintel shows some interesting results regarding ebooks vs. books. Here are a few highlights: Around one in five (18%) consumers now claim to read e-books. 48% of consumers expect to pay less for ebooks than printed books and just 19% expect to pay the same. Of those book readers...
Since December one ebook author has been reaping the rewards of his particularly strong position in the Kindle bestseller list. He is Stephen Leather. He sold 44,334 Kindle books in December, 45,303 in January, and as of early March three of his ebooks are still in Amazon UK’s Top 10 Kindle Store Bestsellers. I...
The ebook publishing industry is moving very, very fast, however it is not too late to become involved. In case you haven’t been catching news from the world of ebooks, here are a couple of the latest announcements. Last month the New York Times recognized the growth of the ebook industry by announcing that...
An International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is a number that uniquely identifies books and ebooks published internationally. It serves to identify a specific title or edition of a title from one publisher and is unique to that edition. This assists with efficient marketing and distribution by booksellers, wholesalers and distributors. An ISBN is 13...
Many of our readers have already published their first ebook. Others may still be writing a manuscript. Whatever your current situation as you look ahead to publishing and marketing your next book you should take a look at the services offered by CreateSpace. What is CreateSpace? CreateSpace is owned by Amazon. The company’s background...
Have you written an ebook? Now you need to decide how much to charge for it. Finding the right price is essential to the success of your ebook. If you set a very low price then some people may think it is of less value, and they might be reluctant to purchase it. If...
The Association of American Publishers has just reported a jump of 176.6% in ebook sales in 2009! It's certainly a great time right now to get into writing and publishing ebooks!
It's been a good Christmas season for ebooks. Not only are there new ebook reading devices popping up everywhere, but people are buying more and more ebooks.
Just how much revenue do you think a best-selling ebook can generate in a year? Twenty thousand dollars? A hundred thousand? Three hundred thousand? How about twenty-one million dollars?
Daniel Moro has written a great post on his blog providing 8 reasons to write and sell your own ebooks. Daniel has been building and managing online businesses for quite a number of years and he sees ebooks as an important part of many online businesses. Check it out here: 8 Reasons to Write...
