Amazon started life as a book retailer, and as a book retailer they made books cheaper. Then they were pioneers in the e-book industry where they made books cheaper. Their recently announced plan to give readers free e-book copies of books they buy in physical form doesn't make books cheaper per se, but it does give readers greater value for their book-buying dollar. This is all great stuff.
But not everyone agrees. Emily Gould complains that "When ebooks and pbooks are bundled, the ebooks are sold at a loss. That's authors', publishers' and, associatively, non-AMZN retailers' loss" and "frustrating we have to keep explaining that ebook production is not free. digital objects are not made by elves."
The need of eBook Production Services for managing and advertising your business. eBooks have changed the way of reading and the way of living. People have transformed themselves with the digital world and hence it is important that you should hire an eBook Development Service.
The above article briefly talks about eBooks and the need for eBook conversion. Then it goes on to discuss some essential tips for authors and publishers before outsourcing eBook conversion requirements to a service provider.
Barnes & Noble said it would drop the price of the Nook to $199. Responding rapidly, Amazon.com cut the price of its popular Kindle e-reader below the Nook, to $189.
Yes, I believe so. The evidence would suggest that we read more, when we read e-books. Therefore, the e-book readers will progressively represent growth in the book industry. Combine that with the trend that Amazon has already reported, and it seems inevitable.
What this means is that you need to future proof your publishing career and make sure your software skills are ahead of the game.
aining skills in mark-up languages such as HTML/XHTML and XML and being able to design and manipulate CSS (cascading style sheets, which are used to style text for web and digital pages) will increase your manoeuvrability in the job market.
there is no substitute for formal training courses