Authors, beware of the reading light. Site Author Earnings released this week a , which analyzes the distribution of gains in sales of over 120,000 ebooks available on Amazon, between different types of authors, independent to those passing through publishing houses, reports the ThoughtCatalog site. And the result is not necessarily to the advantage of those who autopublient.
The site is focused on the best-selling Kindle eligible for Unlimited offers. This offer, including the launch date (“near”) in France is not yet fixed, allows, with $ 10 per month to access thousands of e-books via the Kindle unlimited reading light. As library books are downloaded by the reader and accessible at all times, until the subscription expires.
Earnings Author believes that this offer is for the moment 25.6% of the books on Amazon. The authors involved are subject to an exclusivity from Kindle Unlimited clause. Those publishing as the “traditional” system receive the same amount for a download on Kindle Unlimited (KU) and a sale via Amazon. For autopubliés independent it is different:
“The amount paid by” borrowing ‘[buying mode on KU, Ed] is independent of the price depends on the funds in the Amazon site and shared pool. The rate debt is on average $ 1.62 over the three months since the launch of KU. “
According to the report, when the share of loans via Kindle Unlimited in total sales increases compared to that of ebook sales via the classic Amazon service, which comes from gains independent authors decreases slightly. However, if we place ourselves in a situation where loans and sales equally share the market, the share of earnings affected by self seems to increase over those of the authors who rely on a publisher.
Hugh Howey, one of the architects of the report, warned on his blog against the illusion that can generate these data:
“The increase in sales does not seem to compensate for the loss of market share to other outlets. If exclusivity is not necessary to participate in KU (or freelance writers were paid in the same way as ebooks published the traditional way), it would not. “
Author Earnings also looked at how to sell ebooks published before the advent of Kindle Unlimited, considered in its previous report. On average, lower gains granted to independent authors is somewhat less important if they participate in the offer they have declined.
According to Thought Catalog, Hugh Howey, himself a freelance writer, is among those who position generally in favor of Amazon. Yet he denounced an offer that benefits authors and installed those starting, but abandoned those who do not fit into these categories:
“What I ‘ love is Amazon abandoned its goal of exclusivity. They already have (by far) the best market to discover and buy ebooks. They have the best range of equipment [...] They have one of the best dashboards for download and statistics. So why not allow all authors to access KU? Why not fix the salary per page rather than rewarding shorter works? “
Hugh Howey concludes that there not a board over another to give authors of Independent ebooks: the service is new, the best is perhaps “the experiment”
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