Ebook MarketView: Amazon’s Sunshine Deals Lifts Low-Priced Ebooks

June 15, 2011 | Dan Lubart | 9

Dan Lubart | The surprising finding in the recent June promotion is that premium-priced titles don’t suffer from the discounted competition.

Ebook MarketView: Examining Agency-Model Publishers’ Share of Bestseller Lists

May 20, 2011 | Dan Lubart | 17

Dan Lubart | Agency titles on general bestseller lists are finding their equilibrium, but premium-priced romance titles lose ground.

DBW Weekly Roundup, 4/28/11

April 28, 2011 | Yvette M. Chin | 0

This week: value propositions and ebooks, lessons from marketing, and more!

2010: Highs and Lows (Roundtable: 12/2/10)

December 2, 2010 | DBW | 5

Topic: 2010: Highs and Lows | Roundtable: 12/2/10

2010: Highs and Lows

Cyber Monday: Book Subscription Models

December 1, 2010 | Emily Williams | 4

By Emily Williams | “Subscriptions + online shopping are a fabulous way for indies to scale their personal touch; build close ties with loyal readers.”

Indies to Agency Five: Where’s the Love?

November 23, 2010 | Emily Williams | 2

By Emily Williams | “Publishers are not seeing those lost sales because the lift in eBook sales in general masks the disaffection.”

Dark Horse Circumvents iTunes, Plans to Sell Direct

October 18, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 4

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | “No licensing fees to Apple means we can pay our creators more while offering readers lower prices.”

DBW Weekly Roundup: 10/15/10

October 15, 2010 | DBW | 3

The most interesting news, commentary and tweets related to publishing that you may have missed, from all over the digital book world.

Does Ebook Growth Mask Market Share Declines?

October 14, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 13

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | “And if it does, how would you know?”

Comics Publishers Recognize Digital Opportunity

October 8, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 6

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | “My job is to find audiences for this content any way I can.”

eReaders: The New Mass Market? (Roundtable: 9/2/10)

September 1, 2010 | DBW | 6

Topic: eReaders: The New Mass Market? | Roundtable: 9/2/10

eReaders: The New Mass Market? [ 0:01 ]

eBook Anecdotes, Bold Predictions (Roundtable: 8/19/10)

August 18, 2010 | DBW | 0

Topic: eBook Anecdotes, Bold Predictions | Roundtable: 8/19/10

eBook Anecdotes, Bold Predictions [ 0:01 ]

Can Digital Expand the Audience for Comic Books?

August 9, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 11

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | “The price pressure on digital copies is likely to increase in a downward direction.”

It’s Not About eBooks; It’s About Amazon

July 28, 2010 | DBW | 13

By Brian O’Leary | “Amazon is busy making the entire book business a ‘direct-to-consumer’ model.”

Google Editions: What We Know (and Don’t Know)

July 19, 2010 | Eric Freese | 27

By Eric Freese | “Partners, formats, prices… and the gPad?”

The $149 Nook: Are eBook Prices the Next Battle?

June 21, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 17

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “A WiFi-only Nook for $149 could be seen as both the end of one battle, and the acceleration of another.”

Taming (or Not) the Textbook Market

June 21, 2010 | DBW | 11

By Mark Long | “The simple truth is that neither publishers nor bookstores can survive on the margins from selling POD books.”

Digital Strategies: Learning from RPG Publishers

June 17, 2010 | DBW | 19

WEBcast: Innovative approaches to eBooks and POD, and the pros and cons of having a highly engaged readership.

The eBook Sales Dip (Roundtable: 6/17/10)

June 16, 2010 | DBW | 13

Roundtable: 6/17/10 || Topic: The eBook Sales Dip

The eBook Sales Dip [ 31:04 ]

New Benchmark for eBook Sales, and New Questions

May 24, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 6

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “The effects of Apple’s iBooks and agency model pricing will finally move beyond speculation.”

Publishers’ One Million iPad Conundrum

May 5, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 16

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “1.5 million eBooks on one million iPads averages 1.5 eBooks/iPad. Too early to call?”

The Agency Model (Roundtable: 4/1/10)

March 31, 2010 | DBW | 7

Roundtable: 4/1/10 || Topic: The Agency Model

The Agency Model [ 33:35 ]

Smashwords’ iPad Deal Details eBook Pricing Structure

March 28, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 20

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “Wonder how many Random House authors are double-checking their contracts right this minute…?”

Amazon vs. Apple (Roundtable: 3/25/10)

March 24, 2010 | DBW | 9

Roundtable: 3/25/10 || Topic: Amazon vs. Apple

Amazon vs. Apple [ 34:23 ]

What’s the Difference Between an eBook and an App?

March 11, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 26

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “Are publishers jumping from the frying pan into the fryer by favoring Apps over eBooks?”

Publishing Math Games (Roundtable: 3/4/10)

March 3, 2010 | DBW | 3

Roundtable: 3/4/10 || Topic: Publishing Math Games

Publishing Math Games [ 33:05 ]

Dear Author: Digital Books from the Consumer’s POV

March 2, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 14

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez || “My main takeaway is that readers are hungry to have a conversation with publishers.”

Amazon: Most Trusted, Recommended Brand in U.S.

February 22, 2010 | DBW | 4

“You’re losing control of your own destiny.” Shiv Singh

Have Publishers Helped Devalue “Content”?

February 22, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 20

Have publishers been complicit in the devaluation of ‘content’? Is a book’s value solely based on its container?

On “Fewer, Better Books”

February 19, 2010 | David Nussbaum | 39

By David Nussbaum || “How do we do it? Eliminate the mid-list. No longer can publishers afford to publish mediocrity.”

Macmillan Authors Rally Fans in Battle with Amazon

February 5, 2010 | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez | 9

“If niche is truly the key to publishing survival, then there appears to be at least one division of Macmillan that’s well-positioned.”

Getting Past “Good Enough” eBooks: Liza Daly

February 2, 2010 | DBW | 41

“If you expect readers to pay $12.99 or more for an ebook, you must give them the same high-quality product they expect in the printed world.”