Comments on: Will Publishers Ever Make Money Off eBooks?

By: Missy Reed

Missy Reed — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:12:19 +0000

I say no they won't make any money as ebooks are created so easily nowadays who needs publishers? The authors can write, create and sell their own ebooks without the need of a publisher. The real market on who is going to make money on ebooks is the authors and the marketers who get that ebook noticed and sold. Unless publishers will be doing more of that then the actualy printing etc. that they so now then no, they will not be making any money in the ebook world. Although, it could be an exciting addition into the publishers world to add internet marketers on staff as a different way to "publish" the book. Their full time will not be in actual publishing but promoting. Maybe this is how they will have to adjust to stay in this type of world. I for one think it would be great for a publisher to query me for a change and ask if they can promote my book for a precentage. You never know!

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By: José Couto Nogueira

José Couto Nogueira — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:00:24 +0000

I realy dont get it. Why publishers dont make money on ebooks? In a printed book the publisher has the fabrication expenses (layout and printing), stock expenses, distribution expenses, and doesn’t get the money right away; the books stay in the stores and the stores can send them back after a while. All this expenses disapear in the ebook, except for layout. There no stocks, no printer to pay and no payements delayed – almosto no risk, one could say. So, even if the ebooks are sold at half the price (of paper) there is stil a profit, maybee an bigger one.

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By: mjw149

mjw149 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:54:49 +0000

I really think the potential is there in an O’reilly subscription style offering of technical manuals for corporate customers. They just need to get ebooks into the enterprise. And that means interfacing with pdfs, google apps and ms sharepoint so that the ebooks replace physical printed copies of books and reports. Once that toehold is established, then the publishers will rake in dough. I think casual fiction type deals are a declining category for profits. Too many other options for entertainment. As a programmer, I’d consider an ebook for work use, since it’s so nice to have a second screen for quick convenient reference. But oh!, the prices. It makes sense for my company to do it, since they have to pay for all the printing we do. But, from my perspective, I get unlimited free printing, and that kills the value proposition for me to buy an ebook. Of course if I traveled more away from the printer, I would do it.

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By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:26:13 +0000

The book industry is acting just like Detroit did in the 1970s as Japanese cars began to sell. Instead of seeing what they could do to compete, they chose to bury their heads. Google is to publishing what Japan was to Detroit. Print publishing better wake up to this:
http://ebooktest.blogspot.com/2009/07/dumb-ebooks-must-die-smart-ebooks-must.html

By: Dan Holloway

Dan Holloway — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:05:13 +0000

There are two issues here. First, B&N’s decision to enter the e-reader market at this stage is, in the classic euphemism, “brave”.

Second, will publishers make money from e-books? No, and that’s the wonderful thing about e-books. They will help hasten the relandscaping of the literary terrain. Distributors will make money, hardware manufacturers may or may not make money (they are much more likely to make their actual money by locking people in via subscription so that people’s Kindle coems free or discounted with a bundled book subscription); and authors will make money. And one day sooner rather than later, all three will wake up and say “hang on, just what do publishers do?” And then the induistry might be able to drag itself in to the modern wolrd

Dan
http://danholloway.wordpress.com

By: Randolph Lalonde

Randolph Lalonde — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:10 +0000

I’m a full time independent writer, most of my income comes from eBooks actually. Hundreds of my readers have only ever seen my work on their cellphones (mostly through Amazon owned Mobipocket.com, who already do very well on smart phones). I think there’s a great future in eBooks and I don’t think we’ve seen the end of the big players yet. Over the years I’m fairly certain someone who specializes in eBooks will join the players we’re seeing now. I don’t think we’ve met them yet, since eBooks are still in their infancy. I’m looking forward to it though.