eBook Ecstasy Newsletter
June 2001 Issue
Volume 1 No. 20
ISSN 1530-5287
E-Book Ecstasy
In upcoming issues, we plan to include information on worthy ebook news. So, epublishers can feel free to send us their press releases about innovations, authors should send notification of book signings, awards or other achievements and readers should provide feedback as to the features you would like to see added to E-Book Ecstasy. This is *your* newsletter.
Susan Bodendorfer, Publisher of Wordbeams will soon reveal her
true alter ego. Wordbeams recently held a "Secret Identity" contest. The
winners, and Susan's pseudonym, will be revealed in the July issue of Beamings
and posted to the website. Snippets of some of the very interesting
comments will also be included.
http://www.wordbeams.com
RosettaBooks is having a 25% off sale during their Grand Opening.
These are the folks who took on Random House over electronic rights. This
is a very important case for everyone who has a stake in epublishing. I
strongly recommend that epublishers and eauthors show their support by
buying their ebooks and/or donating to their legal fund.
http://www.RosettaBooks.com/
If you would like to make a donation, please make a check payable to RosettaBooks LLC with a re line "legal fund" and mail it to them at the address below. They will use it to help defray their significant legal bills.
Leo Dwyer
COO RosettaBooks, LLC
845 Third Avenue, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Content
Special Announcement
eBook News
Sponsors
Featured E-Authors
E-Book Corner
New Releases
Classifieds
Features
Featured E-Author: Charlotte Boyett-Compo
Featured E-Author: Lida E. Quillen
Featured E-Publisher: Roy Hoy, co-owner of Booklocker.com
Featured Reviewer: Jan Crow
Featured Reviewer: Rita Hestand
Featured Reviewer: Sheila Jordan
***Special Announcement***
E-authors and E-publishers - If you would like to contribute an article to E-Book Ecstasy, please contact me so we can
highlight you and your web sites. E-book reviewers, I am especially interested in four star reviews of upcoming releases. Now paying $5.00
for articles and/or reviews. Word count from 800 to 1500 words.
Lida E. Quillen 
eBook News
The National Book Award, one of the industry's most prestigious
literary prizes, will extend its eligibility to ebooks. Ebooks will not
be considered as a separate category, but will be judged within the four
existing award categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry and Young People's
Literature. All eligible ebooks must have been published only in electronic
form December 1, 2000 to November 30, 2001.
http://www.nationalbook.org.
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David vs. Goliath
RosettaBooks contractually acquired and paid for the electronic-publishing
rights to nearly 100 titles, including several works by William Styron,
Kurt Vonnegut and Robert Parker. Random House has sought injunctive relief
including an order which would prevent Rosetta from approaching the authors
of the nearly 21,000 Random House backlist titles. Random House claims
to own the electronic rights to its entire backlist whether there is a
specific electronic rights grant in the contract or not.
Because of the gravity of Random House's suit over authors' rights,
an amicus brief was filed by The Authors Guild (7,800 author members) and
joined by the Association of Authors Representatives (representing over
350 literary agencies). This is the first time that these two organizations
have joined in an amicus brief.
http://www.rosettabooks.com/pages/legal.html
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In related news, a former Random House exec warns - "Like any other
successful bully, Random House must choose its victims carefully. It harasses
a relatively powerless start-up because it doesn't dare go up against
the powerful agents who dominate trade publishing."
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20010608/tc/the_budding_e-book_controversy_1.html
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Cedar Mill Library is one of the first libraries in the Portland
Oregon area to have e-book readers available for checkout by patrons. Mary
Taffs, Awe-Struck E-Books, presented a Rocket eBook to the library. Susan
Bodendorfer, founder and CEO of Wordbeams, a Portland based epublisher,
spoke optimistically of the future of ebooks. Participants included ten
eauthors from such epublishers as Awe-Struck E-Books, Hard Shell Word Factory,
New Concepts Publishing, Novelbooks, Inc. and Wordbeams. Read about the
all-ebook reading and author signing that took place May 29th.
http://www.hevanet.com/gladhaus/eBookeVent.html
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Cindy Vallar is the new Resource Editor at GWN Literary Magazine.
Her first column premieres in July and each month she will write about
doing research on the Internet.
http://hometown.aol.com/gwnlitmag
Ms. Vallar was also the Featured Author for the month of June at MR Books (Tonya Ramagos aka. Calley Moore’s web site) http://www.geocities.com/tomrbooks/
Visit her website: http://www.cindyvallar.com
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eBookWeb.org
In April 2001, Gemstar-TV Guide International unexpectedly shut down
eBookNet. Glenn Sanders and Wade Roush, creators and founders of eBookNet.com,
have created eBookWeb which "aims to be the eBook movement's community
hub." Official Launch date July 4th. [ Ed. - Independence Day. Hmm.
Coincidence?]
http://www.ebookweb.org/
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If you are interested in hearing more about Glenn and Wade's new venture,
eBookRadio has posted an audio interview with the two of them. You can
listen to it in Real Audio, Windows Media Player or MP3 formats.
http://www.eBookAd.com
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Gemini Books closed operations on June 1, 2001. Founder and
owner Lisa Schmitt made the decision due to continuing personal and health
concerns. The infrastructure, website, equipment, ISBN numbers and contract
with R.R. Bowker along with inventory, supplies, etc., are still in place
and she is looking for someone who is interested in purchasing a portion
or all of the business assets.
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Gotta Write Network
GWN is currently seeking Genre Webpage Editors to submit a column on
a monthly basis. Responsibilities include writing a how-to column and providing
markets open to submissions. Editors may apply for this position by emailing:
Netera@aol.com. Payment will be free advertising and a writer's directory
listing. Contributors may currently submit articles in order to begin the
networking process. Authors have already begun to email me updates on their
current writing projects.
http://hometown.aol.com/gwnlitmag/index.html
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Hard Shell Word Factory has upgraded to a newer and faster site.
Ebooks now available in more formats from the new E-Book store. Authors
and publishers should check out the new Digital Posting feature.
http://www.hardshell.com/
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New epublisher Lost Papyrus Publications will be offering science
fiction, fantasy, and horror on CD. Initial titles include works by Steve
Perry, David Bischoff, Nancy Kilpatrick, and Rick Hautala. Website still
under construction.
http://www.lostpapyrus.com
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Phoenix-Library
An international group of writers/readers are attempting to rebuild
the Rocket Library by contacting the writers who had given permission for
their work to be included. Subscription info:
http://www.phoenix-library.org
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Sandy Cummins, Editor/Webmaster Writers Exchange and Writers
Exchange E-Publishing was the featured epublisher for June on Rita Hestand's
web site.
http://ritahestand.romance-central.com/Publishers2.htm
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Wordbeams recently announced the debut of Wordbeamettes, the
publisher's bold and exciting new line of fiction and nonfiction shorts
which became available June 1st.
http://www.wordbeams.com/wordbeamettes.html
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Athina Publishing is creating an anthology in celebration of
women. Seeking women-based short stories (1000-3000 words)
written by women only.
http://www.athinapublishing.com/
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Rumor Mill
Dreams Unlimited is no longer an ebook publisher. Co-owners Bonnee
Pierson and Silke Juppenlatz have decided to close Dreams Unlimited and
Daylight Dreams. LTDBooks has offered contracts to all the DU authors and
thus far nineteen authors with thirty books have signed up. Watch the LTDBooks
web site for new developments.
http://www.ltdbooks.com/
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"We have a bit of something for everyone. Like murder, suspense, thrills, and a bit of romance? Check out our monthly
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Karen Wiesner is thrilled to announce that her new book, Forever
Man, is now available. This completes the Angelfire Trilogy. To celebrate,
Karen and her publisher Hard Shell Word Factory are having a Celebration
Sale. For a limited time only - June 4th - June 30th - purchase Books 1
and 2 of the Angelfire Trilogy and receive the newly released Book 3 free!
http://www.hardshell.com/AngelfireSale.asp
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NovelBooks, Inc., (NBI) will open its doors for sales on October 1, 2001, producing top quality books,
available in both electronic and print-on-demand (POD) simultaneously. NBI will offer its customers as many formats of its
books as possible, including downloadable HTML, PDF, Microsoft Reader, Adobe Reader, Palm, and more. NBI's POD
books will be available in trade paperback size. NBI will launch with 8 books in October, thereafter releasing 4 books per month.
Their release schedule is full through May 2002. They publish in all genres with the exception of Young Adult, Erotica , and Horror.
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advantage of our extraordinary low fees by ordering before July 1st.
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(1) FEATURED E-AUTHOR
What You Won't Be Getting….
Charlotte Boyett-Compo, award-winning author
Electronic publishing is a godsend for writers who might never have been published had they held out for a traditional publisher to come knocking at their door. With the advent of e-books and small press e-publishers, the voices of those talented writers who could not get their foot into the traditional publisher's door now have a pathway into the mysterious, wonderful world of publication. Unfortunately with their entry into publishing, these fledgling writers brought with them a plethora of misconceptions about the industry. The shooting down of these misconceptions—most garnered from novels, television shows and movies about published authors—is the hardest lesson newbie authors will have to learn about this business.
I've never liked to burst anyone's bubble, but sometimes telling it like it is will prevent a new author from forming unrealistic expectations of what being published means. Knowing the realities of publishing might help an author to understand this is a business and not a journey into self-gratification. It is a serious business that should be conducted in a professional manner. Understanding a few essential elements of the publishing process might prevent misunderstandings between a new author and his/her publisher.
Book Promotion: This is an area where new authors have the most skewed perception of what will and will not be done in the advancement of their book. Even after reading and signing their contracts, these writers do not fully understand the ins and outs of promotion. They fully expect their publisher to do all the work and all they need to do is sit back and rake in the royalties.
Sorry to tell you this, but that is not the way it works.
With very few exceptions, most e-publishers will leave the promotion of your book almost entirely up to you. They will expect you to send out the press releases. They will expect you to contact radio and television media in your immediate area. They will expect you to book your own book signings. They will expect you to find your own reviewers. They will expect you to get your website (and you would be foolish not to have one) linked to as many genre-specific and promotional websites and webzines as possible. They will expect you to continuously promote yourself on listservs. In other words: the process of promoting your book to the fullest extent will be your responsibility, not theirs.
Why? Well, let's consider the fact that your publisher has very limited resources. With small e-publishers, the entire staff is almost entirely voluntary. There is no mega-budget with a limitless purse from which that publisher can draw to promote each and every one of their authors. Given the fact that authors are from all points of the globe and the local radio and television stations in their areas are so numerous, it is silly to think the publisher can make arrangements to have each of them interviewed. If the author makes the initial contact, perhaps the publisher will follow up with a letter on the corporate stationary to help sell him/her as an author, but that will be the extent of what most will have the time or money to do.
In most cases there is neither the staff numbers nor the time to parcel out promotional opportunities for each author. There might be a list of willing review websites who will accept ARCs of new novels being released, but that isn't a guarantee that the website will actually review the book or, if it is reviewed, the review will ever see the light of electronic pasting. Having someone on staff follow up to see if the ARC ever arrived, the review was done and/or posted, takes time away from other needs more pressing in getting books out to the reading public. Multiply that need to look into the progress of the review times however many authors are contracted with the publisher and you can see it is a logistical nightmare at best.
And just who pays for sending out print ARCs? It won't be the publisher. You will be expected to print out, copy, and mail the ARCs to places that will not accept email attachment ARCs. With the cost of paper, ink cartridges, binding, wrapping, and mailing out print ARCs, the expense can be prohibitive to new authors who don't have a lot of money with which to play. There again: multiply this times all the publisher's authors under contract and you'll see why the publisher will not be sending out your print ARCs.
Book ads are another avenue down which new authors often travel all alone or in groups of three to 15. Some genre-specific magazines like Romantic Times will not accept your book for review unless you do an ad with them. To some that is blackmail, but it is the cost of doing business if you want a review from RT. The price is high but if several authors go in together, they can get a pretty decent one page black and white ad. (Don't even ask what a color ad would be!). Although you will be sharing space with an author who is in direct competition with you, at least you will have your name before a large segment of readers. You have to weigh the exposure against the cost. Most authors don't mind doing a joint ad and many have parlayed it into decent sales. But you will be the one paying for the ad, not the publisher, although some publishers have been known to ante up a small, token amount to help defray the cost. Will they or do they commit such largesse to every author under contract? Not often. Expect to pay for ads yourself.
As for that spectacular thing called THE BOOKSIGNING TOUR: this is a myth I would like to see expelled from every author's repertoire of Things My Publisher Will Do For Me. Unless you are a big star at one of the traditional publishing houses (and then you'd better have a name that is a household word), the chances of your publisher setting you up on a 15-city tour has as much chance of happening as you winning the Iowa Lottery. It just ain't gonna happen. Here is what will happen:
You will be the one to contact the bookstores. You will be the one to nudge the store manager into granting you permission to have the signing. If you're lucky and get an enthusiastic store manager, you might have that manager suggest you do other signings in some of their other stores. That will entail you speaking with the corporate office's Event's Coordinator who might help you set up a multi-store/city signing. Even with the signing scheduled, you will still have to deal with each store manager on your own. You will have to call them, introduce yourself, and hope they aren't having a bad hair day. You will be the one to make sure the bookstore contacts the local media to hype you. You will be the one to follow up to make sure your books are at the bookstore so you won't look like an idiot if you get there and there's nothing for you to sign. (Even the best publisher can not guarantee the books will reach their destination on time, folks. Given the mail system we have today, your books might wind up in Katmandu, so you'd be wise to check before heading to the store.)
That brings us to promotional items to give away.
No, your publisher will not provide you with free books to hand out at seminars and conventions. They will not make and give you free copies of sampler diskettes or CDs. They will not give you a box of PODs or mass market paperbacks for you to have as contest items on your webpage. It is highly doubtful publishers will provide you with bookmarks, coffee mugs, mouse pads, pens/pencils, magnets or any of the other sundry promotional giveaways big name authors fling into the crowd like riders on a Mardi Gras float. There is no budget for such things and again: multiply that with the amount of authors under contract and you'll see why most publisher shudder even at the thought of providing promotional items. You will be expected to shell out the money for these items to launch yourself at conventions. You will be expected to learn how to make pamphlets, bookplates and bookmarks with your book cover on them to give out at seminars and to drop off at libraries. (Don't know how to do this? Ask a fellow author. We've learned and we'll be happy to share!)
Convention, seminar and book fair fees: Nope. This is another of your responsibilities, not the publisher's. If you want to attend, set up a booth, have the books to sell, you will be the one to do the work. You will be the one to shell out the money. Consider all the ramifications of attending conferences and seminars when you do your budgeting for promotion. These things can be quite expensive and you have to weigh the possible returns against the cost. The exposure can be great, but unless you sell enough books to warrant attending, think twice before committing to forking over money you might not recoup.
Going into publishing knowing the pitfalls, the drawbacks, and the realities will help new authors become the professionals they need to be.
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Author info
Charlotte Boyett-Compo is the author of twenty-one books, the first nine of which are the WindLegend Saga.
Visit one of her publishing houses at Twilight Times Books (http://www.twilighttimesbooks.com ), Hard Shell Word Factory (http://www.hardshell.com ) and Amber Quill Press (http://amberquill.com) to learn more about her available books and what's coming up next.
She has a new sword & sorcery romance book (The Windhealer: Book Four of the WindLegends Saga series) coming out in July and DarkWind, the long-awaited sequel to BloodWind, will be out in November. Drop by her website at http://www.windlegends.com to get know a little about her. Please be sure to sign the guest book so she'll know you came by.
Check out Charlee's interview at Sharp Writers
http://www.sharpwriterreviews.8m.com/int_charlotteboyotte.html
Copyright © 2001 Charlotte Boyett-Compo
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(2) FEATURED E-AUTHOR
Ezine Submissions
Lida E. Quillen
This article is primarily for speculative fiction writers who have a few completed stories or a finished novel under their belts
(or under their beds). If you are a beginning writer, there are literally hundreds of resources on the web to help you at each stage
of the writing process. Published authors should consider submitting short pieces to online magazines in conjunction with the
release of their books as a promo vehicle.
By now, you are subscribing to a writer’s monthly magazine, you have read several books on writing and you are a member
of a critique group. You have made the changes your writing partner recommended and you are ready to send your masterpiece
out into the world. Go over the story again. Look for typos, failures in logic, misspellings, the usual. Make certain the story is
your very best effort. It may appear on the web for a very long time.
For info on standard manuscript format, check out the excellent articles
at SFWA or tips for writers at Inkspot. Both sites have dozens of links of interest to writers.
Read submission guidelines carefully and submit according to the specifications.
Some ezines prefer you send the story in the body of an email message. Other ezines will accept file attachments
in specified formats. If you’ve been sending and receiving email messages, you can send your story to an editor as a file attachment.
Send a test message to yourself or to a friend to ensure you are doing this correctly before you submit.
If you feel you need more help, check out this email program tutorial.
Be careful what rights you are giving away. One-time electronic rights and the right to archive for a year or two seem
standard. As a courtesy, you should not submit elsewhere until the story has been online for ninety days. You should always
mention if the work has been previously published. Word does get around.
Start researching the paying online magazines first. If you are still getting rejections after a dozen submissions, look for web
sites that list new ezines. Low Bandwith and Newbie Writers Resource Page come to mind. You will have a better
chance of a careful reading from a new magazine.
Low Bandwith
Aspiring Authors -- info on writing, submitting and finding fiction markets.
Again, read the submission guidelines carefully. If your story is in a genre different from the ones listed, move on. Avoid
inappropriate submissions. Do mention if artwork is available to accompany the story. At times, this may tilt the odds in your
favor.
Do try sending your story several places before you simply upload it to your personal web site. Very few ezines and even
fewer print magazines will accept previously published material. Getting accepted by ezines will get your work into the hands of
readers, build your confidence and your publication credits. And be patient. Response times may be a few weeks longer than
stated.
When your story appears online, be sure to list the web page info with places such as BitBooks.com and search engines in
order to receive more exposure and more hits.
Where do you find other magazines that might be interested in your stories?
Join writers’ email lists to find contests and new markets mentioned by list members. Look up the magazines and check
out their submission guidelines. One good place to start is the Zine Guild. Below you’ll find a few ezines and a couple of web
sites listing various zines in an ezine database format, etc.
For Writers.com -- email list of 900 writers.
The Writer's Corner - a support group. Good place for beginners
Zine Guild
Zinos.com
Netiquette tip: Don’t send out multiple submissions. When an editor receives an email message addressed to twenty
magazines, I can assure you that message goes directly to the recycle bin.
Web Sites
For the Pros:
** Dark Muse -- pays 3 cents a word for horror stories up to 1000 words
*** DNA Publications website -- SF/F/DF/H. Pays 3 to 5 cents per word
*** Gothic.net -- H/DF. Pays 5 cents per word for stories 2000 to 5000
words.
** Mind's Eye Fiction (closed)
*** Neverworlds -- speculative fiction. Pays $15. for short fiction.
*** Pulp Eternity -- SF/F (closed to subs except for upcoming anthologies).
Web site under construction.
** Speculon -- Dark SF. Pays 3 to 5 cents per word for up to 5000 words.
Webs of Wonder Contest jointly sponsored by Analog Magazine and David
Brin. Winner gets their award presented at Worldcon! Cut off date 7-15-01.
See the web site for more details, information on judging, the nomination
form, etc.
The following web sites are recommended for semi-pro writers:
** Clam City -- speculative fiction. Pays $5.00 for fiction, poetry
or artwork.
**** Eguild -- an electronic labor union, dedicated to protecting the rights of online authors and artists, promoting their
work specifically and e-publishing in general. Tell 'em Lida sent you.
** Fiction Fix -- Non-fiction market. Pays $20 per article for First
Electronic Publication rights 800-1000 words preferred: informational material
or personal experiences with writing
*** Folks Online -- pays $50 - $100 for personal articles. True Story
articles should contain 900-1200 words.
*** Muse It -- prefers speculative prose or stories with a strange twist.
**** Net Author pays offers an honorarium (currently $10.00 upon acceptance)
for each piece. Articles, essays, and interviews related to the art and
craft of writing. All submissions must be queried first.
*** Nuketown -- SF/F/H ezine. Pays $20. for stories to 4000 words. Reprints
$10.
*** Rogue Worlds -- a new online science fiction, fantasy, and
horror magazine. Payment is $5 for stories between 1k/wds and 5k/wds, and
$10 for stories between 5.1k/wds and 10k/wds. Paid on publication.
**** SFF Net -- a gathering place for authors, editors, readers, and publishers to get together to discuss books, stories, the
art and craft of popular fiction, and all aspects of the literary life.
*** The Worlds of Fantasy – resources for speculative fiction writers.
Tell the editor Lida sent you.
** The Writer's Place -- huge database of guidelines
**** Twilight Times -- an award winning digital journal of speculative
fiction, fantasy artwork and poetry. Beginning with the Summer 2001 issue,
Twilight Times will pay $5.00 for fiction, artwork, articles or poetry.
Check submission guidelines.
***Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contest -- open to new and
amateur writers of new short stories or novelettes of science fiction or
fantasy. No entry fee. Entrants retain all publication rights. Prizes every
three months: $1000, $750, $500.
*** Writer Online is a paying market and is seeking non-fiction, fiction
and poetry. Fiction: clever, innovative, humorous, and/or meaningful short
stories pays $40. Poetry: $10-20. Short humor, Tips, Quotes. $5-10.
Here’s a few worth checking out as they are very open to amateur writers:
**** Artistic Intent -- tell the editors Lida sent you.
*** Demensions seeks mainstream science-fiction and fantasy stories,
novellas and chapter excerpts.
**** Quantum Muse is an ezine seeking submissions of science fiction, fantasy and alternative stories to 8,000 words. Very
open to unpublished writers. Accepts electronic submissions. Pays flat rate of $10. per story.
*** The Fifth Di-- accepting SF/F submissions of short stories, poems, essays, and illustrations. Upcoming print anthologies.
The editors are very open to excellent work by beginners. Tell 'em Lida sent you.
*** The Martian Wave -- accepting SF/F submissions of short stories,
poems, essays, and illustrations.
**** The Writer's Hood gives a friendly welcome to readers, veteran and beginning writers. Accepts electronic submissions.
Free critiques. Current response time four to six weeks. General fiction, genre fiction, poetry and stage plays. No payment
indicated on the submissions page. Tell the editor Lida sent you.
*** Twisted 9's Publications -- very open to new writers. Their stated goal is to "provide fledgling authors a place to voice
their stories, and to provide well told sci-fi tales to the world at large." Tell the editor Lida sent you.
**** Writers Exchange Ezine -- good place to obtain publishing credits.
Listed in the top 101 websites at Writers Digest. Tell the editor Lida
sent you.
For readers:
BitBooks -- new category for ongoing serials
Freebies page at Twilight Times Books -- a listing of free ebooks currently
available from various e-publishers
*** iBookTime.com -- where print books meet ebooks. Features include
an Electronic Book Directory and an Author Directory Locator. iBookTime.com
is seeking reviews and author interviews.
Note: "Ezine Submissions" is an excerpt from Practical Tips for Online
Authors published by Twilight Times Books. Copyright © 2000 Lida
E. Quillen. Re-printed by permission of the author.
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Lida E. Quillen is an author, editor, literary agent, publicist and
web master. She is the founder and owner of cyber book shoppe and publishing
house Twilight Times Books as well as the Twilight Times Agency and Twilight
Times ezine.
She shares the knowledge and experience gleaned from her internet endeavors
in her non-fiction book, Practical Tips for Online Authors, revised
for 2001.
This year she finally decided all these internet endeavors were simply
clever ways to procrastinate about writing. Lida is now determined to take
up her partial novels and finish them one by one. Stay tuned...
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(3) FEATURED E-PUBLISHER
The Right Book Price: pricing ebooks and print
on demand books for maximum profit and sales
Richard Hoy, publisher and co-owner of Booklocker.com
This week we're going to tackle the issue of setting a book's price.
If you read last week's column, you already have a basic understanding
of what costs go into producing a book. So whatever you set your book price
at, you know that is has to at least be enough to cover those costs. Otherwise,
you go broke.
On the flip side, there is already an expectation in the customer's
mind as to the most he or she will pay for a particular type of book. For
example, a 250-page, soft cover, trade-paperback novel (5"x8" cut size)
goes for, at the most, $14.95. So as much as you would like to sell it
for $100 a copy, it ain't going to happen in this lifetime.
So we see that there is a range of prices a customer might pay for a
book.
WHAT TO CHARGE
The first thing in figuring out how to price your book, then, is to
define its possible range of prices. The bottom of that range is the minimum
you have to charge to make back your costs. And the maximum of that range
is the most a customer will pay for that type of book.
Figuring out the minimum is easy. But how do you define the maximum
someone might pay? Well, that is different for every book, But here are
some general rules to guide you:
1.) The harder it is to find the information contained in the book,
the more it is worth. This is why romance novels sell for $6.95 and research
reports sell for hundreds of dollars.
2.) If you have a "captured market" buying the book - a group of people
that have to buy it to fulfill a requirement of some sort - you can charge
more. This is how textbook companies get away with charging college students
$50.00 for a book on American history.
3.) People won't pay more than the going market price for a particular
type of book. The going market price is defined by what everyone else is
charging for their books on the same subject.
If you go to Amazon.com and look at the price of books that are similar
to the one you are trying to sell, you'll get a feel for the most you can
charge.
Another great place for book price data is ISBN.nu ( http://www.ISBN.nu
). This is a book price comparison engine run by Glenn Fleishman. If you
enter either a title, a subject, an author's name or a book ISBN, it will
return the prices of the books fitting those search parameters on every
major online bookstore. Also, use the site anytime you're shopping for
a particular book to get the absolute lowest price online.
Once you know the range of prices you can charge, you should start testing
to find out at which price you sell more books.
PRICING EBOOKS VERSUS PRINT BOOKS
Okay, no book pricing discussion would be complete without talking about
the subject of how to price ebooks versus their print counterparts. We
get asked this question all the time.
Let me start by going into a little rant.
I think people like Seth Godin, best selling author of the book "Permission
Marketing," did a great disservice to the industry by giving way the ebook
version of his print book, "IdeaVirus" (the follow-up to "Permission Marketing").
In case you aren't familiar with the story, the logic goes like this.
Seth claims that by giving way, for free, "IdeaVirus" as an ebook, it
actually stimulated sales for the print version. Now as to the exact reason
why "IdeaVirus" sold so well, we can't be certain. His study was hardly
scientific. The reason could have been that it was his follow up book to
the best selling book "Permission Marketing." Or the fact that viral marketing
was a particularly hot topic in the online marketing industry when the
book came out. Maybe he made more public appearances or got more press
for this book. Maybe the book would have sold even more copies if he just
gave a few chapters as an ebook. Who knows for certain?
What is certain, though, is Seth Godin has reenforced the expectation
in the consumer's mind that ebook = free.
I noticed his latest book, "The Big Red Fez" is for sale on Amazon.com.
It's an ebook...and it's not free.
Here is what Booklocker.com has learned about pricing ebooks after selling
these things for a couple of years now.
1.) If it is information people want immediately, they will pay prices
for an ebook comparable to that of a print book. The format of the information
isn't as important as getting the information fast. And the last time I
checked, downloading a file is still faster than FedEx.
2.) This argument that all ebooks should be $3.00 or less because distribution
costs are so cheap is B.S. Yes, delivering the book to the customer is
cheaper. But ebooks require far more customer support that print books
because they are essentially software. And anyone in the software business
knows that all consumers do not have equivalent technical knowledge. No
one ever walks into a Barnes and Noble and says, "I can't figure out how
to open this book and read it." Yet we get that statement at least once
a day regarding ebooks. So you are really just trading one cost for another
when you distribute electronically.
3.) When you are selling the ebook and print versions of a book side-by-side,
the ebook needs to be less than the print book. But, depending on the subject
of the book, the ebook doesn't need to be priced significantly lower than
the print book. It depends entirely on how long the customer is willing
to wait for the information. (Remember, they are paying for faster-than-FedEx"
delivery when they buy an ebook.)
4.) For fiction, ebooks are not the optimal container for the information.
So the only way you can incentivize a customer to buy fiction in this form
is by offering a low price. At Booklocker.com, we decided long ago that
ebook fiction is not a market we want to focus on (though we do offer ebook
counterparts alongside our POD fiction books). There are people who have
made that business model work. Specifically, a company called Fictionwise
( http://www.fictionwise.com ).
But you'll notice, if you visit their site, that everything is priced around
$6.00 or less.
Wow! Looking back I realize I gave you a lot of info to digest. Munch
on what I wrote.
Type at you next week!
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Title: Shipping Sharon
Rating: 5 stars
"Daisy Dexter Dobbs brings us a zany romp of two star crossed lovers.
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