FGS 2014 - Electronic Publishing Fundamentals for Society Leaders

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Electronic Publishing 
Fundamentals for Society 
Leaders 
Jordan Jones 
FGS 2014 – San Antonio, TX 
W-120 
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What is Electronic 
Publishing? 
• Creation, production, distribution, and 
consumption of textual material via electronic 
means. 
• Usually, the distribution is over the Internet, 
not on physical media. 
• The consumption is highly variable, and may 
be on anything from desktop computers with 
wide-screen monitors to smart phones. 
2
Benefits 
• Speedy distribution 
• Lack of inventory 
• Saves on production 
• Saves on storage / shipping 
• Protection via DRM 
• Often provides a portable copy of a paper 
book a reader purchased 
3
Risks 
• No “cuddle factor” 
• Lack of permanence 
• Reliant on technology 
• Content typically “licensed,” not sold; may turn 
off readers 
• DRM imperfect 
• Can lock readers out of content they paid for 
• Can be hacked 
4
E-Book Sources (BISG) 
5
Market Share 
• 67% — Amazon 
• 11.8% — Barnes & Noble Nook 
• 8.2% — Apple iBooks 
• 12.8% — All Others 
(Google Play, Kobo, Sony, direct from 
publishers) 
6
E-Books by Genre (BISG) 
7
E-Books by Genre 
• Genre fiction tops out the list with 50% or more 
preferring e-books and only about 10% paper 
• 50% of readers of History / Politics / Social 
Science prefer e-books; 25% prefer paper 
• 25% of readers of How-To prefer e-books; 
42% prefer paper 
8
Some E-Book Sales 
Statistics 
• 29% of US book revenues 
• ~60% in short genre fiction (thriller; romance) 
• ~20% in non-fiction 
• ~10% in children’s books and comic books 
9
Formats 
What Can 
You Choose From? 
Source: Flickr Commons 
10
Fixed Layout 
Definition: The page design (layout) is always the 
same, no matter what device or software is used. 
• PDF (1993, Adobe; 2008, ISO-32000) is still the 
dominant format for fixed layouts. Open standard of 
ISO. 
• Kindle Format 8 (2011, Amazon) — with KF8, 
Amazon supports fixed layouts 
• ePub (2012, IDPF) — Open standard of the 
International Digital Publishing Forum 
• iBooks (2012, Apple) — Proprietary standard for 
interactivity 11
PDF (Adobe, 1993) 
This format which became an open standard (ISO- 
32000) in 2008 remains the dominant format for fixed 
layouts. 
• +: Widely used for print; easy to go from the files 
used for print to files used for electronic distribution. 
Works well on desktop machines. 
• -: Usually not well adapted to mobile. 
• Recommendation: PDF can be an important part 
part of an electronic publishing strategy, especially 
for reprints of historical titles. 12
Kindle Format 8 (Amazon, 
2011) 
Starting with KF8, Amazon Kindle Fire supports fixed layouts. 
• Previous Kindle formats (and those of Mobipocket, the 
Kindle precursor) were designed for flowing text. 
• +: Has the widest customer base using dedicated 
hardware. Based on HTML 5 and CSS 3, it can easily be 
converted to other formats. 
• -: New and somewhat limited to what can be simply done 
with HTML 5 and CSS 3. Only works on Kindle Fire and 
later Amazon devices or software. 
• Recommendation: KF8 fixed-width is great for comic 
books, but it’s not quite ready for genealogy titles. 13
ePub 3.0 (IDPF, 2012) 
• With v3, this open standard of the International 
Digital Publishing Forum supports fixed layout 
books. 
• This is the base format for Apple’s iBooks Reader on 
Mac OS and iOS, as well as for the Barnes & Noble 
Nook. 
• +: It’s the most widely-used non-Kindle format. 
• -: Still figuring out fixed layouts 
• Recommendation: ePub itself is critical to the 
industry. PDF is still better for fixed layout genealogy 
titles, however. 14
iBooks Author .Books 
(Apple 2012) 
iBooks Author software creates proprietary .books 
format e-books. 
• +: Easy content creation platform for Macintosh users 
in iBooks. Amazing multi-touch and video interactivity. 
• -: Apple only allows .books files to be sold through the 
Apple iBookstore eco-system. Exports only to PDF 
and text. No ePub export. Requires an ISBN 
purchased elsewhere (bowker.com). Books only 
readable on iPad and Macintosh computers. 
• Recommendation: Don’t bother! 
15
Fixed Width or Not? 
• If you are doing a reproduction, or selling a 
book that is otherwise format-intensive, 
consider using PDF as your method. 
• PDFs, however, cannot be sold on the 
Amazon or Apple bookstores. 
16
Fixed Layout Quality 
Considerations 
Allows for Interactivity Looks “just like the book” 
PDF Limited Y 
KF8 Limited N 
ePub 3.0 Limited N 
.iBooks 
Incredible, but viewable 
only on iPad and Mac OS 
N 
17
Fixed Layout Distribution 
Options 
Amazon 
Kindle 
Apple 
iBookstore 
Google 
Play Books 
Your Own 
Website 
PDF N N Y Y 
KF8 Y N N Y 
ePub 3.0 N Y Y Y 
.iBooks N Y N N 
18
Embedded Publications 
• Several apps and websites will embed PDFs 
in a web page, allowing authorized readers to 
read the book in their browser or in the app 
• NextMedia 
• Scribd 
• Most of the benefits of presentation for PDFs 
are available in these platforms. 
19
Flowing Text 
• The sweet spot for e-books is flowing text. 
• To best deal with the variety of devices, 
software, and eyes people might use to read a 
book, most formats focus on ensuring that text 
can flow and be re-sized as needed. 
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ePub vs. MOBI 
Open 
Standar 
d 
Editable at 
the Code 
Level in 
Sigil 
Easily 
Converts 
to the 
Other in 
Calibre 
Designed 
for Apple, 
B&N, and 
Google 
Designed 
for 
Amazon 
ePub Y Y Y Y N 
MOBI N N Y N Y 
Both formats are essentially Zip-compressed 
files of HTML, with some special files for 
metadata and book objects (cover, table of 
contents). 21
Creating ePub 
and MOBI Files 
• Adobe InDesign (MOBI requires a free plug-in) 
• Scrivener (MOBI requires a free plug-in) 
• iBooks Only: Apple iBook Author 
• By contract, you can only sell these at Apple 
• They are not industry-standard ePub, but 
iBooks 
• ePub Only: Sigil (highly technical; code level) 
22
Print-on-Demand 
Those who still want a paper book, or who want 
both a paper book and an e-book, should 
consider Print-on-Demand or POD. 
23
True PoD 
• In true PoD, no book is printed until one is 
ordered. 
• The publisher (your society) carries no 
inventory. 
• Can be challenging when going to 
conferences. 
24
Short-Run Printing 
• A modified form of PoD is available: short-run 
printing, where 1-200 copies are printed, but 
inventory is kept as low as possible. 
• Allows for exhibiting at conferences, but limits 
up-front investment and shipping and storage 
costs. 
25
You Can Combine Printing 
with E-books 
• Using authoring tools designed to create 
printed copy, you can start from one source 
file and export PDFs for printed books 
(whether PoD, short-run, or regular printing) 
and for e-books 
• Adobe InDesign is the best tool for this, but … 
the e-books tend not to be clean, especially if 
there is complex formatting 
26
What’s the 
Deal with 
DRM? 
How can it protect your 
content? What are the 
pitfalls? 
Source: “Padlock,” userid: Zebble, Flickr Commons 
27
Digital Rights Management 
• Designed to prevent unauthorized access of 
content. 
• There is not a DRM scheme that cannot be 
cracked. 
28
E-Books are Licensed, Not 
Owned 
• Apple, Google, and Amazon do not sell e-books 
• They sell limited-use licenses that do not allow 
you to rent, sell, or give away the books 
• The limitations scare away some readers 
• Some publishers are now selling books 
without DRM and with a lifetime-ownership 
model 
29
DRM Protects the Copyright 
Owner 
• Putting DRM on your publications protects you 
as a publisher, and the copyright owner, 
whether it is you or someone else who has 
licensed you to publish. 
• While DRM is not foolproof, having content 
under DRM along with a “no unauthorized 
copies” request in writing in the book, can 
protect you from violations of copyright. 
30
Any DRM Scheme 
Can Be Hacked 
• DRM is designed to slow down, but cannot 
definitively stop those who want to remove the 
DRM 
• Simple plugins exist to do this with Kindle, with 
the stated goal of personal flexibility with 
licensed content. This is a gray area because 
the content is licensed, not sold. 
31
Electronic 
Rights 
Do you have the right to 
publish that file? 
Source: D. Keith Robinson, Flickr Commons 
32
The Conundrum of 
Electronic Rights 
• The shift from paper to electronic publishing 
left a major gap in contract law. 
• Many publishers assumed they had electronic 
rights, but they did not. 
• If it’s not in writing at this point, you probably 
do not have electronic distribution rights. 
33
How to Get 
Started 
34
The Carpenter’s Motto 
Measure twice; cut once 
• Decide on goals 
• Print + Electronic? 
• Electronic only? 
• Evaluate Costs & Price the Book 
• Create E-Book 
• Distribute E-Book 35
Goals 
Know what you want to do 
before you start 
36
Why Publish This Title? 
• Make an out-of-print county history available 
• Publish the history of a prominent local family 
• Distribute back issues of your journal 
37
Costs 
How to calculate what this 
will run you 
38
Cost Estimation 
The potential revenue needs to be set against 
the costs, which will be highly variable, but may 
include: 
• Author’s royalties (if any) 
• Design and layout (up-front costs) 
• Cost of physical books (printing, shipping, 
storage) 
• Review copies 
39
Pricing 
Estimate Costs, but also 
the Return 
40
Price / Revenue Estimation 
List Wholesale Member E-Book 
Cover Price $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $9.95 
Wholesale 
Discount (40%) 
-$12.00 
Member 
Discount (25%) 
-$7.50 
E-Book 
Discount & 
Fees (30%+) 
-$3.05 
Net Revenue 
Per Unit 
$30.00 $18.00 $22.50 $6.90 
41
Creation 
42
Sample E-Book Workflows 
• Paper > Scan > PDF > Cleanup > Distribution 
• Paper > Scan > ePub > Cleanup > Distribution 
• Born Digital > MOBI > Cleanup > Distribution 
• Born Digital > PDF > Distribution 
43
E-books are Not Turnkey 
E-book output needs to be tuned. For example: 
• footnotes 
• tables 
• indexes 
• tables of contents 
• images 
44
Software 
Some of the Software You 
Can Use to Create, Edit, 
and Convert E-books 
45
Adobe InDesign 
46
Scrivener 
47
iBooks Author 
48
Kindle 
Previewer 
49
Calibre 
50
Sigil 
51
Distribution 
52
Distribution Options 
• DIY Distribution — Create and manage 
accounts with Apple iBooks, Google Play, 
Barnes & Noble, and Amazon 
• Professional E-Book Distribution — Hire 
someone else to do it 
53
Smashwords 
Note: No Amazon or Goo5g4 le
Smashwords Pricing 
Free — Smashwords converts your files from 
Word; pays 60% of List; 80% on 
smashwords.com 
55
BookBaby Features 
• Features 
• Sells to Amazon, Apple iBooks, Barnes & 
Noble Nook, Scribd, Oyster, and others 
• E-book conversion as well as distribution 
56
BookBaby Pricing 
• Free — You supply e-book files; pays 85% of 
Net 
• Standard $99 — BookBaby converts your files 
from Word, InDesign, etc.; pays 85% of Net 
• Premium $249 — BookBaby converts your files 
from Word, InDesign, etc.; pays 100% of Net 
57
Lulu Features 
• Sells to Amazon, Apple iBooks, Barnes & 
Noble Nook, Scribd, Oyster, and others 
• E-book conversion as well as distribution 
58
Lulu Pricing 
• Do-it-Yourself (Free) — You supply e-book 
files; pays 90% of Net 
• The Assistant ($99) — Lulu converts your files 
from Word; pays 90% of Net 
• The Insider ($139) — Lulu converts your files 
from Word; pays 90% of Net; provides marketing 
guidance 
• eBook Amplifier ($) — Lulu converts your files 
from Word to e-book and prints in paperback; 
pays 90% of Net; provides marketing guidance 59
Amazon Kindle Direct 
Features 
• You work directly with Amazon, with over 100 
million customers. 
• Limited e-book conversion as well as 
distribution (Word, PDF, ePub source) 
• Amazon sales reporting 
60
Amazon Kindle Direct 
Pricing 
70% Option 35% Option 
61 
You Receive 
70% (less costs, of usually 
less than $0.50 per sale, 
i.e., $0.15 / MB) 
35% 
Price Restrictions 
Kindle Price Must be at 
least 20% less than any 
sakes channel for the 
printed book 
N / A 
Content 
Restrictions 
Cannot consist primarily of 
public domain content 
N / A
Promotion 
Let people know 
your e-book is available! 
62
Promotion 
• To cover this would take another presentation. 
• Suffice to say: 
• Plan promotion from day one 
• Figure promotion into your cost estimates 
• Ensure your authors are committed to help 
promote the book 
63
One E-book 
Promotion Idea 
Use your distribution platform 
• Most e-book distribution platforms will allow 
for pre-sales 
• Pre-sales book on the official launch date of 
the book, boosting its ratings on the site 
• Most e-book distribution platforms allow for 
sales; use them to build buzz 
64
In closing … 
Keep the following in mind … 
65
E-books Are 
• A key way to broaden your demographic reach 
• Often an addition to the paper book for 
readers 
• Harder to create than you may think, 
especially if there are complex tables, images, 
and other formatting elements 
66
Thank You! 
These Slides will Be Posted 
by Labor Day to 
http://www.genealogymedia.com 
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FGS 2014 - Electronic Publishing Fundamentals for Society Leaders

  • 1. Electronic Publishing Fundamentals for Society Leaders Jordan Jones FGS 2014 – San Antonio, TX W-120 1
  • 2. What is Electronic Publishing? • Creation, production, distribution, and consumption of textual material via electronic means. • Usually, the distribution is over the Internet, not on physical media. • The consumption is highly variable, and may be on anything from desktop computers with wide-screen monitors to smart phones. 2
  • 3. Benefits • Speedy distribution • Lack of inventory • Saves on production • Saves on storage / shipping • Protection via DRM • Often provides a portable copy of a paper book a reader purchased 3
  • 4. Risks • No “cuddle factor” • Lack of permanence • Reliant on technology • Content typically “licensed,” not sold; may turn off readers • DRM imperfect • Can lock readers out of content they paid for • Can be hacked 4
  • 6. Market Share • 67% — Amazon • 11.8% — Barnes & Noble Nook • 8.2% — Apple iBooks • 12.8% — All Others (Google Play, Kobo, Sony, direct from publishers) 6
  • 7. E-Books by Genre (BISG) 7
  • 8. E-Books by Genre • Genre fiction tops out the list with 50% or more preferring e-books and only about 10% paper • 50% of readers of History / Politics / Social Science prefer e-books; 25% prefer paper • 25% of readers of How-To prefer e-books; 42% prefer paper 8
  • 9. Some E-Book Sales Statistics • 29% of US book revenues • ~60% in short genre fiction (thriller; romance) • ~20% in non-fiction • ~10% in children’s books and comic books 9
  • 10. Formats What Can You Choose From? Source: Flickr Commons 10
  • 11. Fixed Layout Definition: The page design (layout) is always the same, no matter what device or software is used. • PDF (1993, Adobe; 2008, ISO-32000) is still the dominant format for fixed layouts. Open standard of ISO. • Kindle Format 8 (2011, Amazon) — with KF8, Amazon supports fixed layouts • ePub (2012, IDPF) — Open standard of the International Digital Publishing Forum • iBooks (2012, Apple) — Proprietary standard for interactivity 11
  • 12. PDF (Adobe, 1993) This format which became an open standard (ISO- 32000) in 2008 remains the dominant format for fixed layouts. • +: Widely used for print; easy to go from the files used for print to files used for electronic distribution. Works well on desktop machines. • -: Usually not well adapted to mobile. • Recommendation: PDF can be an important part part of an electronic publishing strategy, especially for reprints of historical titles. 12
  • 13. Kindle Format 8 (Amazon, 2011) Starting with KF8, Amazon Kindle Fire supports fixed layouts. • Previous Kindle formats (and those of Mobipocket, the Kindle precursor) were designed for flowing text. • +: Has the widest customer base using dedicated hardware. Based on HTML 5 and CSS 3, it can easily be converted to other formats. • -: New and somewhat limited to what can be simply done with HTML 5 and CSS 3. Only works on Kindle Fire and later Amazon devices or software. • Recommendation: KF8 fixed-width is great for comic books, but it’s not quite ready for genealogy titles. 13
  • 14. ePub 3.0 (IDPF, 2012) • With v3, this open standard of the International Digital Publishing Forum supports fixed layout books. • This is the base format for Apple’s iBooks Reader on Mac OS and iOS, as well as for the Barnes & Noble Nook. • +: It’s the most widely-used non-Kindle format. • -: Still figuring out fixed layouts • Recommendation: ePub itself is critical to the industry. PDF is still better for fixed layout genealogy titles, however. 14
  • 15. iBooks Author .Books (Apple 2012) iBooks Author software creates proprietary .books format e-books. • +: Easy content creation platform for Macintosh users in iBooks. Amazing multi-touch and video interactivity. • -: Apple only allows .books files to be sold through the Apple iBookstore eco-system. Exports only to PDF and text. No ePub export. Requires an ISBN purchased elsewhere (bowker.com). Books only readable on iPad and Macintosh computers. • Recommendation: Don’t bother! 15
  • 16. Fixed Width or Not? • If you are doing a reproduction, or selling a book that is otherwise format-intensive, consider using PDF as your method. • PDFs, however, cannot be sold on the Amazon or Apple bookstores. 16
  • 17. Fixed Layout Quality Considerations Allows for Interactivity Looks “just like the book” PDF Limited Y KF8 Limited N ePub 3.0 Limited N .iBooks Incredible, but viewable only on iPad and Mac OS N 17
  • 18. Fixed Layout Distribution Options Amazon Kindle Apple iBookstore Google Play Books Your Own Website PDF N N Y Y KF8 Y N N Y ePub 3.0 N Y Y Y .iBooks N Y N N 18
  • 19. Embedded Publications • Several apps and websites will embed PDFs in a web page, allowing authorized readers to read the book in their browser or in the app • NextMedia • Scribd • Most of the benefits of presentation for PDFs are available in these platforms. 19
  • 20. Flowing Text • The sweet spot for e-books is flowing text. • To best deal with the variety of devices, software, and eyes people might use to read a book, most formats focus on ensuring that text can flow and be re-sized as needed. 20
  • 21. ePub vs. MOBI Open Standar d Editable at the Code Level in Sigil Easily Converts to the Other in Calibre Designed for Apple, B&N, and Google Designed for Amazon ePub Y Y Y Y N MOBI N N Y N Y Both formats are essentially Zip-compressed files of HTML, with some special files for metadata and book objects (cover, table of contents). 21
  • 22. Creating ePub and MOBI Files • Adobe InDesign (MOBI requires a free plug-in) • Scrivener (MOBI requires a free plug-in) • iBooks Only: Apple iBook Author • By contract, you can only sell these at Apple • They are not industry-standard ePub, but iBooks • ePub Only: Sigil (highly technical; code level) 22
  • 23. Print-on-Demand Those who still want a paper book, or who want both a paper book and an e-book, should consider Print-on-Demand or POD. 23
  • 24. True PoD • In true PoD, no book is printed until one is ordered. • The publisher (your society) carries no inventory. • Can be challenging when going to conferences. 24
  • 25. Short-Run Printing • A modified form of PoD is available: short-run printing, where 1-200 copies are printed, but inventory is kept as low as possible. • Allows for exhibiting at conferences, but limits up-front investment and shipping and storage costs. 25
  • 26. You Can Combine Printing with E-books • Using authoring tools designed to create printed copy, you can start from one source file and export PDFs for printed books (whether PoD, short-run, or regular printing) and for e-books • Adobe InDesign is the best tool for this, but … the e-books tend not to be clean, especially if there is complex formatting 26
  • 27. What’s the Deal with DRM? How can it protect your content? What are the pitfalls? Source: “Padlock,” userid: Zebble, Flickr Commons 27
  • 28. Digital Rights Management • Designed to prevent unauthorized access of content. • There is not a DRM scheme that cannot be cracked. 28
  • 29. E-Books are Licensed, Not Owned • Apple, Google, and Amazon do not sell e-books • They sell limited-use licenses that do not allow you to rent, sell, or give away the books • The limitations scare away some readers • Some publishers are now selling books without DRM and with a lifetime-ownership model 29
  • 30. DRM Protects the Copyright Owner • Putting DRM on your publications protects you as a publisher, and the copyright owner, whether it is you or someone else who has licensed you to publish. • While DRM is not foolproof, having content under DRM along with a “no unauthorized copies” request in writing in the book, can protect you from violations of copyright. 30
  • 31. Any DRM Scheme Can Be Hacked • DRM is designed to slow down, but cannot definitively stop those who want to remove the DRM • Simple plugins exist to do this with Kindle, with the stated goal of personal flexibility with licensed content. This is a gray area because the content is licensed, not sold. 31
  • 32. Electronic Rights Do you have the right to publish that file? Source: D. Keith Robinson, Flickr Commons 32
  • 33. The Conundrum of Electronic Rights • The shift from paper to electronic publishing left a major gap in contract law. • Many publishers assumed they had electronic rights, but they did not. • If it’s not in writing at this point, you probably do not have electronic distribution rights. 33
  • 34. How to Get Started 34
  • 35. The Carpenter’s Motto Measure twice; cut once • Decide on goals • Print + Electronic? • Electronic only? • Evaluate Costs & Price the Book • Create E-Book • Distribute E-Book 35
  • 36. Goals Know what you want to do before you start 36
  • 37. Why Publish This Title? • Make an out-of-print county history available • Publish the history of a prominent local family • Distribute back issues of your journal 37
  • 38. Costs How to calculate what this will run you 38
  • 39. Cost Estimation The potential revenue needs to be set against the costs, which will be highly variable, but may include: • Author’s royalties (if any) • Design and layout (up-front costs) • Cost of physical books (printing, shipping, storage) • Review copies 39
  • 40. Pricing Estimate Costs, but also the Return 40
  • 41. Price / Revenue Estimation List Wholesale Member E-Book Cover Price $30.00 $30.00 $30.00 $9.95 Wholesale Discount (40%) -$12.00 Member Discount (25%) -$7.50 E-Book Discount & Fees (30%+) -$3.05 Net Revenue Per Unit $30.00 $18.00 $22.50 $6.90 41
  • 43. Sample E-Book Workflows • Paper > Scan > PDF > Cleanup > Distribution • Paper > Scan > ePub > Cleanup > Distribution • Born Digital > MOBI > Cleanup > Distribution • Born Digital > PDF > Distribution 43
  • 44. E-books are Not Turnkey E-book output needs to be tuned. For example: • footnotes • tables • indexes • tables of contents • images 44
  • 45. Software Some of the Software You Can Use to Create, Edit, and Convert E-books 45
  • 53. Distribution Options • DIY Distribution — Create and manage accounts with Apple iBooks, Google Play, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon • Professional E-Book Distribution — Hire someone else to do it 53
  • 54. Smashwords Note: No Amazon or Goo5g4 le
  • 55. Smashwords Pricing Free — Smashwords converts your files from Word; pays 60% of List; 80% on smashwords.com 55
  • 56. BookBaby Features • Features • Sells to Amazon, Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble Nook, Scribd, Oyster, and others • E-book conversion as well as distribution 56
  • 57. BookBaby Pricing • Free — You supply e-book files; pays 85% of Net • Standard $99 — BookBaby converts your files from Word, InDesign, etc.; pays 85% of Net • Premium $249 — BookBaby converts your files from Word, InDesign, etc.; pays 100% of Net 57
  • 58. Lulu Features • Sells to Amazon, Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble Nook, Scribd, Oyster, and others • E-book conversion as well as distribution 58
  • 59. Lulu Pricing • Do-it-Yourself (Free) — You supply e-book files; pays 90% of Net • The Assistant ($99) — Lulu converts your files from Word; pays 90% of Net • The Insider ($139) — Lulu converts your files from Word; pays 90% of Net; provides marketing guidance • eBook Amplifier ($) — Lulu converts your files from Word to e-book and prints in paperback; pays 90% of Net; provides marketing guidance 59
  • 60. Amazon Kindle Direct Features • You work directly with Amazon, with over 100 million customers. • Limited e-book conversion as well as distribution (Word, PDF, ePub source) • Amazon sales reporting 60
  • 61. Amazon Kindle Direct Pricing 70% Option 35% Option 61 You Receive 70% (less costs, of usually less than $0.50 per sale, i.e., $0.15 / MB) 35% Price Restrictions Kindle Price Must be at least 20% less than any sakes channel for the printed book N / A Content Restrictions Cannot consist primarily of public domain content N / A
  • 62. Promotion Let people know your e-book is available! 62
  • 63. Promotion • To cover this would take another presentation. • Suffice to say: • Plan promotion from day one • Figure promotion into your cost estimates • Ensure your authors are committed to help promote the book 63
  • 64. One E-book Promotion Idea Use your distribution platform • Most e-book distribution platforms will allow for pre-sales • Pre-sales book on the official launch date of the book, boosting its ratings on the site • Most e-book distribution platforms allow for sales; use them to build buzz 64
  • 65. In closing … Keep the following in mind … 65
  • 66. E-books Are • A key way to broaden your demographic reach • Often an addition to the paper book for readers • Harder to create than you may think, especially if there are complex tables, images, and other formatting elements 66
  • 67. Thank You! These Slides will Be Posted by Labor Day to http://www.genealogymedia.com 67

Editor's Notes

  1. On cuddle factor,
  2. “BISG Report – A Few More Ebook Stats,” Digital Book World (http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/bisg-report-a-few-more-ebook-stats/)
  3. Note that both Apple and Barnes & Noble have claimed “about 20%” of the market “BISG Report – A Few More Ebook Stats,” Digital Book World (http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/bisg-report-a-few-more-ebook-stats/)
  4. “BISG Report – A Few More Ebook Stats,” Digital Book World (http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2013/bisg-report-a-few-more-ebook-stats/)
  5. 29%: “Publisher Revenues Up 6.5% in Q1 2014: AAP,” Mediabistro (http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/publisher-revenues-up-6-5-in-q1-2014-aap_b88130). 15% and 20%: (in Q1, 2014), up from 15% in 2011 and 20% in 2012 “E-Book Sales a Boon to Publishers in 2012” New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/business/media/e-book-sales-a-boon-to-publishers-in-2012.html?_r=0).
  6. “Man with Book Sitting in Chair,” George Eastman House Collection, c. 1915, Flickr Commons, 2008.
  7. “Padlock,” Mike, userid: zebble, Flickr Commons, 2005: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/zebble/6080622/ License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
  8. “Old Laws,” D. Keith Robinson, Flickr Commons, 2002: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/dkrobinson/2740276/
  9. “My Moleskine Kindle case,” (c) 2011 by Terry Madeley, Flickr Commons: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/terry/5388630668. Used in accordance with Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
  10. It’s all about planning
  11. “Goal Setting,” Angie Torres, Flickr Commons, 2010: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/angietorres/4564135455
  12. https://secure.flickr.com/photos/kiki99/1062744637
  13. “Kmart Price Tag, 1970’s,” (c) 2008 by Roadsidepictures, Flickr Commons: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/roadsidepictures/2160566850. Used in accordance with Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/.
  14. “Billy the Kid Letterpress,” (c) 2010 by Luke Dorny, Flickr Commons: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/luxuryluke/4927431924. Used in accordance with Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/.
  15. “5.25 inch floppy disks,” (c) 2011 by Alpha (user id avlxyz), Flickr Commons: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/avlxyz/5767427108. Used in accordance with Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
  16. “Distribution Religion,” (c) 1973 by Dan Sadin and Phil Morton, photograph (c) 2007 by the Art Gallery of Knoxville, Flickr Commons: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/16038409@N02/3897997969. Used in accordance with Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/.