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Charts: Top Ten Ebooks In Ireland March 16th 2012

March 16, 2012 – 9:17 am

 

 

We’ve gone with a visual line up from Apple iBooks* this week, to vary it.  I find the difference between the two stores fascinating. I expect that Easons is outselling iBooks and hence the rather eclectic mix in iBooks, but even so the fact that is only 30% cross-over seems odd. It indicates totally difference audiences.

One rather interesting snippet, aside from the fact that Y Books has scored a number one in iBooks with their edition of Dermot O’Connor’s Healing code, is that Neil Jordan’s Mistaken seems to be performing well in ebook format for Easons.

 

As with last week, these top ten lists carry huge caveats. First that they represent a shifting top ten recorded by IPN at a given time and do not reflect ebook sales over a longer period. Second that they do not indicate volume or value of sales. Thirdly and finally that although the do indicate the top ten at the time of recording, they are subject to change due to sales at any given time.

And, as was pointed out in the comments:

Not one of these ebook sales can be read on a Kindle. Plus, if between 80-90% of ebook sales are through Amazon for the Kindle, does this really tell us anything beyond the limited sales two marginal ebook retailers?

You’ll find no disagreement here with that, but we have to start somewhere!

 

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*Correct as at 10pm 15/03/2012

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Charts: Top Ten Irish Ebooks March 9th 2012

March 9, 2012 – 12:49 pm

 

 

These top ten lists carry huge caveats. First that they represent a shifting top ten recorded by IPN at a given time and do not reflect ebook sales over a longer period. Second that they do not indicate volume or value of sales. Thirdly and finally that although the do indicate the top ten at the time of recording, they are subject to change due to sales at any given time.

 

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Briefly Noted | Justice Department may sue Apple, publishers on e-book pricing: WSJ | Reuters

March 8, 2012 – 8:42 am

The Justice Department has warned Apple and five of the biggest U.S. publishers that it plans to sue them, accusing them of colluding to raise the prices of electronic books, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Several parties have held talks to settle the potential anti-trust case, the paper cited the people as saying. It added that a successful settlement could lead to cheaper e-books for consumers.

via Justice Department may sue Apple, publishers on e-book pricing: WSJ | Reuters.

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Gill & Macmillan Start Releasing Ebooks

March 2, 2012 – 5:25 pm

One of Ireland top trade publishers has started releasing ebooks. Gill & Macmillan has begun releasing its immediate front list and popular backlist titles on Amazon’s Kindle platform.

Beginning with a  batch of eight released in December 2011, the publisher has now released 19 titles in total including Dying To Survive the memoir of former heroin addict Rachel Keogh, Paul Bew’s new biography of Charles Stewart Parnell, Enigma and Pádraig Yeates, A City in Wartime.

Gill & Macmillan has priced all titles at $9.99 or less so far.

The move comes as Mercier Press confirms by tweet and further commentary that the publisher’s ebooks success over the Christmas period continued in January sales.

‘We are seeing significant increases in sales for ebooks that have been available for over 6 months now, and achieving growth through our efforts at adding to the number of titles available. We are not yet at the percentage of turnover that some publishing companies are reporting, but it is a real growth segment in a market where traditional sales are struggling,’ said Patrick Crowley Sales & Marketing Manager at Mercier.

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Briefly Noted | The short story gets big – The Irish Times – Sat, Feb 25, 2012

February 25, 2012 – 2:18 pm

Rather nice piece on short stories in the Irish Times this weekend. Well worth a read:

So what’s the story? Is it all just a coincidence or is something new in the literary air?

Our passion for electronic media provides part of the answer. Bloomsbury spells it out in an online introduction to its spring story series: “In the last few years there’s been a perceptible growth in enthusiasm for short stories, as opinion and debate are distilled into 140 characters, the internet stealthily erodes our attention span, and advertisers train our minds to receive and buy into new ideas in 30 seconds. As life speeds up, so does our appreciation of ‘short’ and the appeal of a story is perfectly crafted to the length of a commute, a lunch break, the last minutes of the day before switching off the light.”

via The short story gets big – The Irish Times – Sat, Feb 25, 2012.

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Irish Digital Only Fiction Publisher Laucnhes

February 24, 2012 – 9:43 am

A new digital publisher has launched in Kildare. Tirgearr Publishing is (by our estimate) Ireland’s first digital-only publisher focused on fiction.

The company, founded by author Kemberlee Shortland, is primarily a publisher of adult genre fiction (from the look of the launch list primarily romance titles).

According to the company its business model, ‘dispenses with literary agents, gives authors a say when it comes to having their books produced, and pays fair market royalties.’

The launch list is already live with three titles and three more to be published by the end of June. Books will be published in all formats.

Despite being based in Ireland, the publisher hopes to work with authors from across the globe and says that its ‘editors work with authors on a one-on-one basis to ensure each book presented is of the highest quality … the publisher works side-by-side with authors to develop effective marketing plans and promotional programs, advising on career choices and forward career planning, and assist in setting up the author’s overall image.’

Tirgearr offers an intriguing insight into its pricing policy on their submissions page with a chart featuring suggested retail prices for given text lengths ranging from $1.99 for 9,000 words or less up to $4.99+ for novel length books in excess of 95,000 words.

Social media marketing is  a large part of the company’s marketing plan and it already sports a Facebook page, a Twitter account, a Blogger site, a Tumblr blog,  a YouTube Channel, and LinkedIn and StumbleUpon profiles.

Tirgearr’s Launch Titles:

Tutti-Frutti Blues, Dude Looks Like A Lady, and the 2-in-1 volume The Carmel Charmers Series, by award-winning romance author, Kemberlee Shortland

The Trouble With French Kisses, book one in The Trouble Series, by award-winning romance author, Kristi Ahlers

Man City by award-winning erotica author, C. Margery Kempe

Forthcoming titles:

The Secret of Narava, sequel to The Promise of Kierna’Rhoan, by award-winning author, Isabo Kelly

 Rhythm of My Heart, book two in the Irish Pride series by Kemberlee Shortland

Beguiler, book two in the ABCs of S-E-X: Love by the Letter series, by award-winning author, Scarlett Valentine

 

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Irish Ebook Sales: Radio Interview Shifts Kindle Edition

February 23, 2012 – 10:36 pm

In an interesting shift, an Irish radio interview has led to an ebook edition of a book spiking on Amazon’s bestseller lists.

Constable author, Tim Newark, whose book, The Fighting Irish was the subject of a Pat Kenny interview Wednesday 22nd February. By the end of the day the book had climbed to the top of  the Kindle Irish History bestseller charts and had spiked in the paperback Irish History Bestseller charts.

It remains at #5 on the Kindle chart and #88 on the print bestseller charts a day later. It’s an example of how the immediacy of availability can move units and drive sales for publishers.

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The IT Tackles Ebook Pricing >> Why should the price of ebooks . . . be on the floor?

February 21, 2012 – 9:17 am

Actually a nice piece on ebook pricing in The Irish Times. Interestingly there’s a fairly broad set of views on pricing from the Irish industry including a somewhat reluctant sounding Stuart Neville:

John Mooney is in broad agreement. “The traditional publishing model is long dead,” he says. “Maverick House does offer some ebooks at low prices if we feel the author needs support, but this does not guarantee sales. We have digitised our backlist, and the books that sell in large quantities on Kindle and in other digital formats are those offered at full price. People will not purchase books which they do not wish to read just because they are cheap.

“People who use ereaders tend to be avid readers, they are people who are selective about what they read.”

“Readers still want quality,” says Arlene Hunt, “both in terms of story and product. Books for 99 cent might be a novelty now, but there’s an element of you-get-what-you-pay-for there.

via Why should the price of ebooks . . . be on the floor? – The Irish Times – Tue, Feb 21, 2012.

 

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Kindle Touch Now Available In Ireland Through Amazon

February 4, 2012 – 4:11 pm

Amazon has expanded the territories it will ship its Kindle Touch product to. The new line up of countries includes Ireland.

Irish shoppers can order the wi-fi version of the device through Amazon.com for $139.00 plus shipping charges bringing the cost to just under $200.

The 3G version of the Touch is still not available for Irish customers however nor is the tablet, the Kindle Fire.

 

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Briefly Noted | Quercus looks to life after Larsson – FT.com

January 31, 2012 – 9:20 am

Lots to read in this article but two particlar notes:

1) Digital revenue now 11% or total revenue
2) ‘non-Larsson’ titles revenue rose 83%

In a sign diversification is working, Quercus on Monday reported that turnover from “non-Larsson” titles rose by 83 per cent year-on-year and now comprise an estimated 80 per cent of total revenues. Full results will not be released until later in the year.

Ebook sales rose from 3 per cent to 11 per cent of total revenues in 2011, and Quercus plans to further boost digital sales to more than one-third of total turnover within the next three years

via Quercus looks to life after Larsson – FT.com.

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