Comments on: A Few Quick Tips for Kindle Authors and Publishers http://www.teleread.com/kindle/a-few-quick-tips-for-kindle-authors-and-publishers/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: richard nusser http://www.teleread.com/kindle/a-few-quick-tips-for-kindle-authors-and-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-1129700 richard nusser Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:51:24 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21437#comment-1129700 I want a book of mine to be available on Kindle but its DTP processing site is an impenetreble horror. I'm the registered (Authors Guild) owner of copyright and agreed to have it digitized by Google Books. Why can't Amazon simply download my book via Google if they want it for Kindle. I want a book of mine to be available on Kindle but its DTP processing site is an impenetreble horror.

I’m the registered (Authors Guild) owner of copyright and agreed to have it digitized by Google Books.

Why can’t Amazon simply download my book via Google if they want it for Kindle.

]]> By: Windwalker http://www.teleread.com/kindle/a-few-quick-tips-for-kindle-authors-and-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-1051788 Windwalker Wed, 06 May 2009 02:20:30 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21437#comment-1051788 Ah, I stand corrected. Good catch, Alan. Ah, I stand corrected. Good catch, Alan.

]]> By: Alan Wallcraft http://www.teleread.com/kindle/a-few-quick-tips-for-kindle-authors-and-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-1051785 Alan Wallcraft Wed, 06 May 2009 02:15:02 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21437#comment-1051785 Amazon's Terms & Conditions at http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/entry.jspa?externalID=2 include: The Suggested Retail Price you provide to Amazon must be consistent with the SRP you have provided to other retailers and wholesalers. If you are selling from your own web site then this probably does not apply. Amazon’s Terms & Conditions at http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/entry.jspa?externalID=2 include:

The Suggested Retail Price you provide to Amazon must be consistent with the SRP you have provided to other retailers and wholesalers.

If you are selling from your own web site then this probably does not apply.

]]> By: Windwalker http://www.teleread.com/kindle/a-few-quick-tips-for-kindle-authors-and-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-1051757 Windwalker Wed, 06 May 2009 01:14:31 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21437#comment-1051757 Neff, I know of no such requirement by Amazon, and I am pretty sure that there is no such requirement. If you price a DTP-based Kindle edition at $5, it will be discounted to $4, you will make $1.75 and Amazon's take will be $2.25. If you price it at $6.24, it will be discounted to $4.99 (more price neutral with your other selling venues), you will make $2.18, and Amazon will presumably be happier with their $2.81 cut. Worst case, I think, would involve Amazon asking you to conform your prices to those charged on another venue, but I have heard of no instance where such an intervention has occurred, and I suspect I would hear of it. Good luck. Neff, I know of no such requirement by Amazon, and I am pretty sure that there is no such requirement. If you price a DTP-based Kindle edition at $5, it will be discounted to $4, you will make $1.75 and Amazon’s take will be $2.25. If you price it at $6.24, it will be discounted to $4.99 (more price neutral with your other selling venues), you will make $2.18, and Amazon will presumably be happier with their $2.81 cut.

Worst case, I think, would involve Amazon asking you to conform your prices to those charged on another venue, but I have heard of no instance where such an intervention has occurred, and I suspect I would hear of it. Good luck.

]]> By: Neff Rotter http://www.teleread.com/kindle/a-few-quick-tips-for-kindle-authors-and-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-1051677 Neff Rotter Tue, 05 May 2009 22:59:44 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21437#comment-1051677 Is there any requirement by Amazon that DTP publishers price their ebooks for them at no more than they sell them for elsewhere? In other words, most of our ebooks are $5. Would Amazon not object to our saying we wish to charge $6.25 for them? Is there any requirement by Amazon that DTP publishers price their ebooks for them at no more than they sell them for elsewhere? In other words, most of our ebooks are $5. Would Amazon not object to our saying we wish to charge $6.25 for them?

]]> By: Windwalker http://www.teleread.com/kindle/a-few-quick-tips-for-kindle-authors-and-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-1051610 Windwalker Tue, 05 May 2009 21:55:49 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21437#comment-1051610 Alan, as you probably suspected, most NYT bestsellers are not uploaded via DTP. Amazon has been a little less than systematic about delivering on that claim that you quote, and I can't comment with any authority on the side deals that Amazon may or may not be making with non-DTP publishers. But I can say with some certainty that, if a DTP-based title's price rises above $9.99, it's because the rightsholder raises the retail list price above $24.99. Alan, as you probably suspected, most NYT bestsellers are not uploaded via DTP.

Amazon has been a little less than systematic about delivering on that claim that you quote, and I can’t comment with any authority on the side deals that Amazon may or may not be making with non-DTP publishers.

But I can say with some certainty that, if a DTP-based title’s price rises above $9.99, it’s because the rightsholder raises the retail list price above $24.99.

]]> By: Alan Wallcraft http://www.teleread.com/kindle/a-few-quick-tips-for-kindle-authors-and-publishers/comment-page-1/#comment-1051479 Alan Wallcraft Tue, 05 May 2009 18:42:30 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/?p=21437#comment-1051479 Amazon advertises that: "New York Times Best Sellers and most new releases are $9.99". Does the $9.99 selling price for $24.99 ebooks stay in effect when the ebook is no longer "new"? I have seen ebooks start out at $9.99 and later jump to a higher price. However, these might not have been submitted via DTP. Amazon advertises that: “New York Times Best Sellers and most new releases are $9.99″. Does the $9.99 selling price for $24.99 ebooks stay in effect when the ebook is no longer “new”?

I have seen ebooks start out at $9.99 and later jump to a higher price. However, these might not have been submitted via DTP.

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