Tag: ebook

The difference between effective eBook pricing in the UK and the US

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Some interesting numbers that show the different pricing needed for eBooks in the US market and the UK market by (Techcrunch). First of all, in the US: See how the $9-10 range shows a spike of revenue? I suggest this validates the industry viewpoint that there is a good market for books priced around $10… The most revenue was earned between in the $9-10 price range. And in the UK? Well we’re looking for much better value. By far, the largest number of units sold is £1 or less (mostly 99p). And then it tails off as the price rises. There

So what is this Apple eBook conspiracy anyway?

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Ars Technica have the best description of it I’ve seen. A bit of read, but it lays out thinking of the Judge in the case. what surprised me is that the law allows a ‘balance of probabilities’ view to be taken account, so there’s less of a requirement for a smoking gun to make a case. The agency model (along with publisher-set but capped prices of $12.99 to $14.99) made it profitable enough for Apple to open its own e-book store—so long as Amazon’s prices went up, too. Apple thus devised a Most Favored Nation (MFN) clause in its contracts

“Eurovision, Beyond The Sequins” now in iBooks

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A quick heads up that my Guardian Short book, “Eurovision, Beyond the Sequins” is now available in iBooks for your iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches. First review is up on Amazon as well: If you want to jumpstart your ESC week with something more than just the usual Abba revival shows, buy this. The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the very few true European experiences and tools like twitter and facebook have put it on a whole new level. In my childhood I learned to count in english and french through it, today a week ahead of the big

‘Eurovision: Beyond the Sequins’, my new eBook with The Guardian

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As you know the majority of my Eurovision work is no longer on this blog, but based at ESC Insight (www.escinsight.com) and SBS Eurovision Radio in Australia, but this is one that I’m really proud of. The Guardian have published my latest book through their Guardian Shorts brand. If you head over to Amazon, you’ll be able to pick up your Kindle copy (Amazon US also carries the book, and iBooks will have it up shortly as well). Eurovision: Beyond the Sequins. Ewan Spence looks beyond the sequins, pyrotechnics and key changes to explore what Eurovision really means, from the

Why would you publish a book yourself?

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Cory Doctorow: But, as with any arts venture and any entrepreneurial effort, the realistic odds are that you’ll be one of the people whose efforts fail to shake the world. The realistic odds are that you’ll earn more working a regular job in an office than you will trying to invent fictional worlds and then invent new ways of selling them. There’s only one good reason to do that kind of thing: because it makes you sane and whole and happy.

Harry Potter and the race for the eBook profits

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Ah, that explains the rationale behind Pottermore, the new website from JK Rowling. There’s lots of talk of social networks, a "safe and unique online reading experience" Dig a little bit further, and you spot the more capitalistic reasoning. Pottermore will be the central (only?) site for buying your ebook copies of the Harry Potter novels – with the interesting news that Rowling retained the electronic rights to the books. Rather than go traditional and sell these to her publisher, she’s decide they’ll go online at the new site, in a single universal format (good luck with that) and with