Comments on: Do e-books actually make money? Can they be better than being published professionally?

By: tototiti k

tototiti k — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:49:41 +0000

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By: sensualgruv

sensualgruv — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:59:51 +0000

E-books are professionally published. The differences are basic. They aren’t printed ahead of time in hard back but with some companies are offered for a limited time print run. Next with legitimate e-publishers you sign a contract for a percentage of the book sale price just like you would a print publisher only you would get a substantially higher percentage because there is no advance.

— Legitimate e-publishers market and sell your book for you, any promotions you do are strictly for you to make more money and increase sales which any author will do. They will send your book to reviewers and as the author should follow up and see about scheduling interviews and the like.

— Most e-book authors I know have varied experiences some love their e-publisher others have had some crappy stories. The same is true of traditional print publishers so doing your homework is just as important.

— Do e-books actually make money? Anything that can be sold and has a market can make money.

— With print authors now crossing over into e-publishing for short stories and out of genre work the market is picking up. Considering all the venues for e-books a lot of readers are trying to incorporate both into their libraries.

— I know with e-authors they generally get checks more frequently than I do (I’m print published) but the checks are smaller than mine (I had an advance and once I made that back I get a small percentage of the cover sale).

By: mguardian_north

mguardian_north — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:04:06 +0000

Just as with any published book, it’s best to find a means of distribution. If you’re just selling them on your own web site, you probably won’t even break even. However, if you can get your book on the front of the Kindle page you’ll make money. Another advantage of Kindle books is that they are encrypted so a person who buys it cannot distribute it on P2P file-sharing networks. (People could download the file but can’t read it.)

By: A . T . C . cla ro

A . T . C . cla ro — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:51:58 +0000

e-books don’t make a lot of money generally speaking.

unless you write sci-fi, which seems to do very well in ebook fomat.

however, with sony readers and kindles and even books for ds, i can see that they will take off big style. after all, you can have maybe 1000 books on one little device