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Three unique book-design challenges and how we solved them • Five things common to all our book design engagements • Includes illustrations
Designing an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award-Winning Book Read More »
Audiobook sales continue to be on fire, far outpacing eBook sales, the next fastest growing format according to the American Association of Publishers as reported by The Digital Reader. But the complexity! Uploading a Word doc to KDP is like child’s play compared to producing a quality audiobook. That’s where advanced planning can help and
Audiobooks Case Study: How-to Indie Publishing Tips from Annette Leach Read More »
In just two years Amazon’s print-on-demand unit CreateSpace has increased its market share of self-published print books to 62% in 2013 from 37% in 2011. These percentages are based on the number of ISBNs issued by Bowker and outlined in the October 2014 press release, Self-Publishing Continues to Grow in the U.S., Says Bowker. (Full
For the last four years I have presented an annual address on eBooks to the Publishers and Writers of San Diego, a 300+ member organization focused on the business of publishing and an affiliate of IBPA. This year I choose to highlight events, trends and techniques in digital video, music and online marketing and how
According to Google Trends, searches for the term free ebooks doubled between December 2009 and December 2010 but has since dropped by nearly 75%. Searches for the term “free ebooks” during the last five holiday seasons What got me interested in looking at the trend of searching for free eBooks was the Pew Research Internet
Searches for Free eBooks Down 28% from December 2010 Peak Read More »
This weekend I was using my new Kindle Fire HD to do some web surfing and I made a surprising (and welcome) discovery: my print book is for sale on Barnes & Noble. I guess with all the rivalry talk about Amazon and B&N, and the fact that I use CreateSpace, not to mention the
Bing Finds Barnes & Noble Book Listings Better Than Google Read More »
Buried under the headlines about its Prime membership growth (one million new subscribers in one week) I dug out some facts about book selling and related activities. (No, this is not a photo of a Baby Bezos!) Prime members. This is an important number for self-publishers because Prime members that own a Kindle device can
Book Related Results from Amazon’s 2013 Holiday Highlights Read More »
Last week Sony Pictures Entertainment announced they were shifting emphasis from motion pictures to television. The studio released 24 films in 2013 and two of them did not live up to expectations (the two “flops” grossed more than $200 million each!). It seems that putting all your eggs into just a few projects is not
Learning from Sony Pictures’ Shift from Movies to TV: Are Shorter Books the Future? Read More »
Despite what major publishers and some critics would claim, maintaining a diversity of book sellers is not the foundation of literacy and culture. The notion of thousands of bookstores is a relatively new (20th Century) development with publishing and bookselling prior to the last century controlled by a relatively select few. In fact I argue
Some of the most difficult eBook research statistics to verify are the market share numbers for the various online retailers, in particular Amazon, Apple and Barnes & Noble. Late last year there were reports that eBook market share for the three was 55%, 15% and 14% respectively. Then this spring Apple self-reported a 20% market
Self-Publishers Claim Amazon Represents 85% of their eBook Sales Read More »
