Verkoop je boek, magazine, pdf of ebookonline via blurb, in elk formaat. Perhaps its easy for me to say, being out of the ebook pricing wars now i. Sell your ebook in the blurb bookstore go to your dashboard and click the sell my book button beside the ebook you want to sell. Browse the topics below to learn more about entering pricing information for ebooks and paperbacks. However, it is worth seeing if this is true for your own ebook. Click to enjoy the latest deals and coupons of blurb and save up to 41% when making purchase at checkout. To continually improve the quality of our ebooks is an ongoing challenge. If you want a way to independently publish something youve created without going through a tedious, confusing process, being harassed by corporate employees who only want your money and dont care about your project, or losing authority over your work, blurb is the answer. Blurb is a basic service useable for basic book printing. The most important words youll write for authors the. Aug 11, 2014 amazon ebook pricing battle intensifies after authors united ad this article is more than 5 years old compares hachette dispute to past paperback fears, but partially quoting george orwell is a. Aug 19, 2014 authors can publish in print and ebook formats from a single file, output to amazon kindle, sell on, and via the new ingram partnership, have a presence in over 39,000 locations worldwide at retail and online stores.
The credits stem from a court approved legal settlement. Apr 29, 2020 once again, take all of these things into consideration when pricing your ebook. Jun 11, 2018 how i experimented with price changes. Whether youre a selfpublished author with titles on amazon or selling a nonfiction book on your website, product pricing is a major component of your marketing plan and income projections. Blurb offers bookmaking tools catering to diverse digital skills. Discover how to make an ebook with blurbs ebook creator software. Information for the 2014 ebooks antitrust settlement.
Jun 28, 2017 universities are increasingly starting to offer courses on pricing strategy, but it is still a rare phenomenon. Some amazon ebook customers received automatic credits to their accounts on thursday as a result of an antitrust legal settlement from 20. In this book he explains how in everyday life we all make decisions on price, its such a powerful and economic force whether doing the weekly shop in the local supermarket or involved in the highlevel negotiations of oil futures. Oct 10, 2016 finally, end your blurb with some sort of a benefit statement or implied benefit statement aimed at your customers. The book, furuly shelter in the pines is about the three famil. Im pleased with the way blurb and lena have handled this.
Over the past year, ive moved my book prices as a series and as individual books up and down, sustaining each price point for three to eight weeks each to make sure the run rates were not affected by holidays, elections, smurfs, ad campaigns, etc. Factors that affect pricing an ebook include royalty percentages, your ebooks length and perceived quality, and the prices of other books in your genre. May 22, 2011 the big 6 had been pushing for higher ebook prices on new releases. Affordable paperbacks and hardcoverspriced to sell. After you enter your book details and upload your manuscript and cover, youll set your list price. For chewys blurb, the benefit is implied and short. This credit was available for activation from june 21, 2016 through june 24th, 2017 as well as october 18, 2017 through april 20, 2018. So youve written two books that are similar in length and genre. Well write it, tweak it, and work on it until youre satisfied. You may have received a credit as a result of the recent ebook settlement. Lena, at blurb, followed up with a personalised email three working days later to say that they were reprinting the job no cost other than import duty i guess this was because this time they were shipped from the usa. For your reference, we printed the shoephabet with blurb as a 60page, 6. Blurbs own book creation tool, bookwright, is obviously capable, and its free to use, and relatively easy to learn.
Get 55 blurb coupon codes and promo codes at couponbirds. The price is always too high for a book that is not needed. Having an effective blurb or book description can make the difference between someone buying your book or passing it by. Zorg dat je boek zichtbaar is voor anderen voor meer lezerspubliek, of bepaal je prijs zo dat je per verkocht boek wordt betaald. Their technical staff is obtuse and they use a biased color profile. In the case of dragon haven, and many of the titles i listed, the ebook price fell no further than the paperback. They want firstrate products for the animals they love, but like you they are busy. Complete your project using one of our bookmaking tools and upload it when youre ready to order 2. How to price an ebook and which factors affect price. There are a number of benefits to pricing your ebook at a discount or for.
However, these days i prefer to use payhip to sell my ebooks, mainly because their fees are extremely low, and they take care of the eu vat for me. The definitive guide to pricing your book the wise ink blog. The books arrived today, 8 days after my initial request. On the order screen, select the pdf option under digital book formats. Verkoop je zelf gepubliceerde boek, ebook of magazine blurb. Amazon refunds users for ebook antitrust settlement. How to sell to your ebook on blurb or the apple ibookstore help. Usually, pricing is merely a subsection of the marketing course after all, its one of the 4 ps, and is consistently outshined by promotion and branding oddly enough, considering the paramount role pricing plays in business.
Easily design and share an ebook for amazon kindle fire, apple ipad, android, and. We take a look at the process of publishing on blurb. Founded in 2006, blurb is privately held and headquartered in san francisco, ca with offices in london. Judge approves ebook pricing settlement between government. If you choose this royalty option for your digital book, it will apply to sales of your digital book to customers in any territory. For information about the 2016 apple ebook settlement, click here. The story of our first printed travel book os wayfarer. Market your book globally or directly to friends and fans. Blurb reserves the right, at any time, to change its prices and billing methods for.
The company was founded in 2005 by eileen gittins and funded by canaan partners and anthem venture partners. Find furuly by solvei lewann sotnak at blurb books. Blurb charges a base price per book to cover printing, and amazon charges a fee based on list. Blurb handles printing pod or offset and shipping of any orders. Under the royalty and pricing section, choose a royalty plan. The ebook pricing wars american libraries magazine. How to write your companys blurb practical ecommerce. Apr 22, 2014 blurb, an online selfpublishing platform for photo books, is announcing a new program that will allow books created with its online tools to be sold on amazon.
Ive been a creative person all my life, and blurb is a dream come true. Prices vary based on book type, cover, number of pages, quality of paper, and more. You might be surprised at the result of this pricing method. Once a book is created through blurb, authors may choose to create an isbn, name a price and list the book for sale with the online retailer. Amazon ebook pricing battle intensifies after authors united. Updated in a decision that could start an ebook price war in the publishing industry, a federal judge on thursday approved a settlement between the justice department and three major publishers in a civil antitrust case that accused the companies of collusion in the pricing of digital books. Once your costs, distribution fees and expected profits are determined, its time to apply intuition to your pricing recipe. Amazon ebook pricing battle intensifies after authors united ad this article is more than 5 years old compares hachette dispute to past paperback fears, but. Self published author ten tips for pricing your book profitably. Jan 28, 2014 pricing your book is an art, not a science. Over time, then, and especially once the paperback came out, the ebook price fell.
Professionalquality photo books for creative expressions of all kinds. Blurb is an american selfpublishing platform that enables their users to create, selfpublish, promote, share, and sell their own print and ebooks. Hermann simon is perhaps the worlds foremost pricing expert. A high price will return more profit, but a low price will deliver more readers, or at least that is the common logic. Book royalties are a percentage of the ebooks retail price, and that percentage changes. But i did abandon bookwright for a much more expensive option. Qualifying ebooks must have been purchased between april 1, 2010. We begin with norways diverse and contrasting cities like stavanger, trondheim and tromsoe. Youve just finished your beautiful book and are ready to print. Amazon ebook pricing battle intensifies after authors. I have been a long time user but they are unable to print photo books true to the original images. This pricing page changed on the date listed above. New selfpublishing options from blurb and book design templates. Bestand met vaste layout, pdf, of flexibele layout geschikt voor iphone, ipad en.
Blurb collaborates with amazon to distribute selfpublished. Five questions to ask yourself before pricing up your ebook. Ive used ejunkie in the past as they dont take a commission on sales, just a monthly membership fee. As evidenced by the price of dragon haven, they got it. Sell your selfpublished book, ebook or magazine blurb. Jul 23, 2015 some amazon ebook customers received automatic credits to their accounts on thursday as a result of an antitrust legal settlement from 20. Once the ebook is written, the marketing plan in place, and the work ready to release to the public, selfpublished authors find themselves with an unexpected challenge. Distribution options for selfpublished books and ebooks. Ingramspark ive shared a little about our publishing choices in previous posts, but today, i wanted to get more specific about the printing choices weve made. In october of 2007, the company introduced features that let users collaboratively create books and share photos via its online bookmaking tool bookify.
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