February 2012 Blog Posts
Boolarong Press is going to Melabourne to do a "How to Publish your Book" seminar.
Come and learn how to publish your book. We will be covering:
The Australian book market.
The Publishing market.
Update on ebook and update on ereaders.
How to sell and market your book.
Some tips on Microsoft Word.
Location: Ross House 247 Flinders lane Melbourne.
Date: 1st April 2012
Time: 9am - 11am
Cost: General admission $55 and Victorian Writers Group members $50.
Bookings essential. Bookings will close on the 28/03/12. Payment needs to be made prior to the seminar, so if you would like a seat, call...
ebooks in Australia for the large publishers have reached 10% but it is not across the board. It seems the printed version stilumates the sales of the best sellers. Those printed books that sell smaller quanties don't achieve the 10% for ebooks.
So the same principle applies. The author has to be well known or received significant publicity to achieve the sales.
Amazon is by far the largest share of approximately 70-75% with Kobo next.
Boolarong is now keeping Marie Mahood's books in stock. "Icing on the Damper" is back in stock now and the others will follow. This book is one of the best I've read on outback life.
Well now we have Dymocks taking feeds from google along with Booktopia. Kobo will feed Collins book stores rather than just linking to Kobo. It is going to take some time in Australia for the ebook to take hold like in the US. I rarely see people with ebook readers and every time I get a seminar or group together maybe one has an ebook reader.
Amazon continues to dominate in this market and their new Kindle Fire which I have in my hot little hands is very good. It's the power of the brand again and first in the market that...