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Jk Rowling succumbs to the e-book revolution!
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tchaibov
 04 Apr 2011, 15:44 #114804 Reply To Post
The flood gates are about to open, with the announcement that JK Rowling is negotiating for all her Harry Potter books to be released as e-books.

Not only will this trigger a huge rise on e-reader sales, on top of the expansion already happening, but more importantly this will be the day e-books come of age.

At the moment most paper-based publishers treat the e-book market as a useful sideline to their main business of selling paper books.

With Rowling expected to net one hundred million pounds from the deal - and that just a small percentage of what her publishers will make - we can expect the other big names to follow suit in a big way.

No timetable has been given, but safe to presume Christmas 2011 will see e-reader sales hit the stratosphere as a Kndle / Nook/ Sony / whatever becomes a must-have accessory, and Harry Potter will hold the top seven places in the e-book charts.

For anyone still on the fence about e-publishing, now is most definitely the time to take the plunge.

For more in this story see: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/2011/04/03/harry-potter-author-jk-rowling-set-to-give-green-light-to-ebooks-and-rake-in-100m-86908-23035230/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter





Don't get left behind by the e-publishing revolution.

There's never been a more exciting time to be a writer!



http://www.markwilliamsinternational.com
Cinnamon
 04 Apr 2011, 16:55 #114809 Reply To Post
Quote: tchaibov, Monday, 4 Apr 2011 15:44
The flood gates are about to open, with the announcement that JK Rowling is negotiating for all her Harry Potter books to be released as e-books.

Not only will this trigger a huge rise on e-reader sales, on top of the expansion already happening, but more importantly this will be the day e-books come of age.

At the moment most paper-based publishers treat the e-book market as a useful sideline to their main business of selling paper books.

With Rowling expected to net one hundred million pounds from the deal - and that just a small percentage of what her publishers will make - we can expect the other big names to follow suit in a big way.

No timetable has been given, but safe to presume Christmas 2011 will see e-reader sales hit the stratosphere as a Kndle / Nook/ Sony / whatever becomes a must-have accessory, and Harry Potter will hold the top seven places in the e-book charts.

For anyone still on the fence about e-publishing, now is most definitely the time to take the plunge.

For more in this story see: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/2011/04/03/harry-potter-author-jk-rowling-set-to-give-green-light-to-ebooks-and-rake-in-100m-86908-23035230/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter







Could this have a downside though? As more and more Big Name authors e-publish, this will begin to push the self-publishers out of the upper echelons of Kindle charts, making it harder for them to raise their profiles.

Be careful what you wish for!
E-asy Peasy?
tchaibov
 04 Apr 2011, 18:55 #114818 Reply To Post

Could this have a downside though? As more and more Big Name authors e-publish, this will begin to push the self-publishers out of the upper echelons of Kindle charts, making it harder for them to raise their profiles.

Be careful what you wish for!



Absolutely right!

At the moment very few publishers seem to be taking e-books too seriously. Just as Borders didn't...

There will be a huge shake-up as e-publishing hits their margins and those that emerge stronger from the battle will almost certainly become the gate-keepers for the new e-book publishing world, able to introduce loss-leaders (as we saw at Christmas on Kindle) and able to invest huge sums in promoting the select few just as they do now.

We've beaten the likes of James Patterson and Steig Larsson in the Kindle charts and are currently locked against Wilbur Smith for third place. Obviously we can compete with mega-sellers like these only because most of their buyers will still be opting for the paper version.

We've sold over 20,000 ebooks on Kindle so far (no, you won't see that on Novelrank but we have sent Mario our figures) and are on target this month to double that, with sales currently approaching 1000 a day.

That's nothing compared to Wilbur Smith, of course, but it's 20,000 more than we would have sold if we'd sat back waiting for a paper publisher...

The fact is, 15,000 of those ebooks have been sold since we last sent our manuscript to an agent, and we are still waiting for a response...

Much as we'd love to straddle both paper and digital markets, it has to be said we're doing pretty well on our own.

So far we are ONLY selling to Kindle owners. Next to target B&N's Nook and all the other e-reading options.

At the moment the door is wide open for new writers to get a foofthold, and those with a combination of energy, good marketing, a reasonable product and a degree of luck have a golden opportunity to jump the queue, get a head start and establish a brand.

An opportunity that almost certainly won't exist this time next year.

Christmas 2011 is pretty much guaranteed to see Harry Potter sweeping the board, and where JK leads, the rest will surely follow.

This time next year a new and unknown "indie" publisher will be lucky to get into the top hundred.

We are now going full out now to get as many titles out there as quickly as possible to establish a brand and develop a wide readership that will hopefully carries us through the turbulent waters ahead.

We thought we had a period of grace of maybe two years, as the B&N CEO suggested, but JK Rowling has just upped the ante.

Carpe diem!

Don't get left behind by the e-publishing revolution.

There's never been a more exciting time to be a writer!



http://www.markwilliamsinternational.com
BenjaminHiggott
 04 Apr 2011, 22:40 #114827 Reply To Post
Funny that, I actually looked yesterday to see if I could buy Harry Potter for my Kindle.

Do you think in future when all books are available Ebook style, that they will be held back till after Hardback and Paperback publications, or available straight away?
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