The Ebook Revolution - San Francisco Writers Conference 2010 with Dan Poynter and Mark Coker

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San Francisco Writers Conference Dan Poynter of Para Publishing Mark Coker of Smashwords The Ebook Revolution February 13, 2010
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The eBook Revolution How eReaders are Transforming Publishing © 2010
S: Someone printed out the whole thing?
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9 editions of the same Work
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N: Mark Coker
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Data:  AAP http://www.publishers.org/documents/S12008Final.pdf plus recent sales data.  2009 is an estimate based on YTD percentage growth rate Jan-Nov 2009, multiplied by 2008 sales
Data:  AAP http://www.publishers.org/
 
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printer Print Publisher  Shipper/w/d customer bookseller customer ebookseller customer ebookseller E-distributor customer E-publisher E-publisher E-publisher remainder pass along Used bookstores PRINT BOOKS   eBOOKS
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Source:  Smashwords survey of 13,500 recent purchases,  analyzing relative total net sales at each price point per title Preliminary data.  Revenue data for price points  $11.00 and higher may lack statistical significance  due to lower underlying sample size.
Source: Smashwords random survey of  353 “name-your-own-price” sales Average, paid sales: $3.20 Median, paid sales: $3.00 Average, paid & free: $.49
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[object Object],Where to find Mark Coker: Web:  www.smashwords.com Blog:  blog .smashwords.com HuffPo:  huffingtonpost .com/mark- coker Twitter:  @ markcoker Email:  first initial second initial @smashwords.com Where to find Dan Poynter: Web:  www.parapub.com Sign up for the FREE  Publishing Poynters  ezine Twitter:  @ danpoynter Email:  FirstnameLastname  @ parapublishing .com SizzleReel:  http://www. youtube .com/watch?v=mWl0fnBu7bs
THE END Electronic books are not  going anywhere—they  are already here
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The Ebook Revolution - San Francisco Writers Conference 2010 with Dan Poynter and Mark Coker

  • 1. San Francisco Writers Conference Dan Poynter of Para Publishing Mark Coker of Smashwords The Ebook Revolution February 13, 2010
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  • 5. The eBook Revolution How eReaders are Transforming Publishing © 2010
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  • 23. Data: AAP http://www.publishers.org/documents/S12008Final.pdf plus recent sales data. 2009 is an estimate based on YTD percentage growth rate Jan-Nov 2009, multiplied by 2008 sales
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  • 41. printer Print Publisher Shipper/w/d customer bookseller customer ebookseller customer ebookseller E-distributor customer E-publisher E-publisher E-publisher remainder pass along Used bookstores PRINT BOOKS eBOOKS
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  • 44. Source: Smashwords survey of 13,500 recent purchases, analyzing relative total net sales at each price point per title Preliminary data. Revenue data for price points $11.00 and higher may lack statistical significance due to lower underlying sample size.
  • 45. Source: Smashwords random survey of 353 “name-your-own-price” sales Average, paid sales: $3.20 Median, paid sales: $3.00 Average, paid & free: $.49
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  • 50. THE END Electronic books are not going anywhere—they are already here

Editor's Notes

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  3. Fripp: Pause. Eye contact with 6 people in front for 3 seconds each. opening line to one person. Thank you for that generous introduction. (3)
  4. The book is written, maybe printed. Now how else can it be sold?
  5. S: BTW, I mentioned your site while speaking Cape Town. Guy came up to me at the cocktail party about 3 hours later. Said he registered on your site, uploaded 3 titles, and dressed for dinner--already
  6. Still must edit and proof Concentrate on editorial S: I finished SPM-2 and uploaded it to Smashword. It was converted and for sale within hours. Then it took 3 weeks to have the book printed.
  7. See new chart at http://www.openebook.org/doc_library/industrystats.htm
  8. S: Australian
  9. Davenport
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