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Are Digital Books Less Profitable for Authors?

There are a lot of people who like to read books.RomanceNovels are a genre of books that have been popular for several centuries and stillremain so today.While the types of literature have essenti...

There are a lot of people who like to read books.RomanceNovels are a genre of books that have been popular for several centuries and stillremain so today.While the types of literature have essentially remained thesame for the past few decades, the way we get our books has changed.Now, eBooksare becoming more popular than ever.Some might think that this will lead toless money for authors, as these books often cost much less than their papercounterparts. However, this simply isnt true, for a few reasons:Authors dontmake that much money on the price of each paper book While a paper book mightcost $19.95, the author of the book often gets only a small amount, rangingfrom $1 to $3 per book sold.Most of it goes to the publisher, but themselveshave to spend millions a year on distribution costs, as well as marketing andadvertising campaigns to increase the popularity of books.While there are somecosts associated with selling eBooks (hosting, transaction fees, etc.) theseare very low, as there is no physical merchandise being handled.There are moreopportunities in the online world With eBooks, anyone can be an author.All youneed to do is to write a good book that people will love.There is a largedemand online for many kinds of eBooks, such as science fiction stories, EroticeBooks, collections of poetry, etc.There are a lot less hurdles to jump whenyou sell your book online.An author can either join a marketplace such asClickBank or the Amazon Kindle Book Store, or sell the books directly on theirown website.The amount of people who buy eBooks online is increasing While thesales of paper books might be going down, sales of eBooks definitely arent.Everymonth, there are thousands of people who buy Romance Books Online and even morewho buy non-fiction books, such as guides on gardening, business, pet care, etc.Also,with the internet, authors get access to a global marketplace.Distributing apaper book in different countries requires complex networks of distributors,shippers, logistics companies, wholesalers, etc.This adds a lot of cost, asphysical merchandise is being handled.However, anyone anywhere in the world canuse the internet and buy an eBook.Electronic books make great impulse buys Thisespecially applies to books that are priced very low, for example at $1.99 or$2.99.People are much more likely to be curious about the book and due to itslow price, they will be more inclined to buying it without thinking too much.Also,as the book will be available for instant download, they can begin reading itright away on their computer, without having to get up and go to a book storeand get itFeature Articles, or having to wait for it to be shipped to them.

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