Ebook Best-Seller Price Up, Thanks to the Big Six

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Ebook Best-Seller Price Up, Thanks to the Big Six This week's average ebook best-seller price is nearly $9.00 thanks to a preponderance of successful digital titles from traditional houses. In fact-Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin, HarperCollins, Random House and Simon & Schuster-all six of the big six, have titles on DBW's ebook best-seller list this week. By contrast, only one self-published title ranks in the top 25 on this week's ebook best-seller list. And, independently published ebooks remain in the minority until we reach the under $3.00 list. Ebook best-sellers from the week ending 6/9: -- Top-25 Best-Selling Ebooks -- Top Selling Ebooks: $10 and above -- Top Selling Ebooks: $8.00 - $9.99 -- Top Selling Ebooks: $3.00 - $7.99 -- Top Selling Ebooks: $0.00 - $2.99 Pew: Third of Americans Now Own Tablets (DBW) Last year only 18% of Americans owned a tablet computer. Now that number is up to 34%, according to the latest data from Pew's Internet & American Life Project. Tablets are second only to phones as the most common mobile e-reading device. Kindle's Impact on the Central and Eastern Europe Ebook Market (TeleRead) The digital book market has evolved in deference to Amazon's global dominance. Ebook stores choose watermark technology over DRM. Independent distributors offer mobi editions and deliver titles to consumers' Kindles. LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP: The Digital Revolution Higher Education: Attitudes in E-Textbooks Join Carl Kulo of Bowker, TODAY at 12:00 PM ET for a live webcast where you’ll get a look at the latest data on the changing college textbook marketplace. This webcast will cover what both students and professors have to say about how they use and want course materials and how these preferences have been trending over time. Sign Up Now! More Ebooks but Fewer People Reading in Russia (Pub Perspectives) As early as 2020 ebooks are project to comprise 30% of the total domestic book market in Russia. In the meantime, the publishing industry is in decline. So the Russian government is investing over $100 million to save it. NARR8 Launches Editing Tool (DBW) The StoryBuilder tool aids content creators in building ebooks, digital comics, storyboards, interactive ebooks and more. iBooks App Available on the OS X Desktop (DBW) Consumers can now buy iBooks, including textbooks, from their desktop. The app, according to Tech Crunch, is customized for students and accommodates note taking and cross-platform reading. Learn more about the latest trends in e-textbooks and higher education in today's webcast, The Digital Revolution in Higher Education: Attitudes on E-Textbooks and More. Register here. NEW COURSE: An Introduction to Metadata for Books This online course introduces key metadata concepts, standards, and organizations, and outlines how metadata is distributed in today’s publishing landscape. Topics include the evolution of metadata in the context of the history of the book and publishing; the development of standards for communicating information about books; a review of major industry players; and an overview of the flow of information in the creation and distribution of metadata. Sign Up Today! Indie Publisher Caffeine Nights Acquires Huton's Digital Rights (The BookSeller) Horror novelist, Shaun Hutson, has sold the ebook rights to his complete backlist in a deal brokered by his agent, Brie Burkeman. It's a "major coup for an independent publisher of our size," said Caffeine Nights managing director Darren Laws. No Tweeting, No Typing at the Apple Trial (PaidContent) Media in the courtroom during this week's case between Apple and the Justice Department will not be reporting in real time. The press will be making hand-written notes since electronics are banned from the proceedings. What should the role of technology be in the modern U.S. courtroom? Bicycling Librarians Help Patrons Access Ebooks (Library Journal) In Seattle, librarians are biking around the city teaching folks to use digital services and checking out print books too. The pilot program, which runs through October, will be live Tweeted @splbuzz. HTML5 for Ebook Publishers HTML5 offers nearly limitless potential when it comes to creating ebook content. In a new HTML5 ebook from DBW and Aerbook, you'll see some of the wonderful and amazing things publishers are doing with the programming language, including explanations of what it takes to do those things yourself. Get your copy! Understanding Hybrid Authors: What The Most Successful Authors Want From Publishers In the last iteration of this series, a report based on a survey of nearly 5,000 authors of all kinds, What Authors Want: Understanding Authors in the Era of Self-Publishing, it was found that hybrid authors are the authors that publishers and self-publishing platforms covet. This much more focused report dives into the minds of hybrid authors and helps publishers discover what to do to lure back those who have gone over to self-publishing, how hybrid authors intend to publish their next book and much more! Pre-order your copy today! The Metadata Handbook Good metadata is key to getting books found online! The Metadata Handbook has over 130 pages that take you from metadata fundamentals through to the latest information on the use of ONIX 2.1 and 3.0. It includes a comprehensive glossary that simplifies numerous technical terms while a full listing of vendors and relevant industry organizations provides an annotated directory of resources available to publishers, including self-publishers. Download Your Copy Today!

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