Ebook Distribution Quotes

Together, Amazon and I are giving readers what they want - inexpensive, professional ebooks.

Digital Distribution and the Whip Hand: Don't Get iTunesed with your eBooks

I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response.

You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher.

I have no problem selling ebooks for authors directly as an agent, but partnering with them is another matter.

We authors certainly don't know what is going to happen to our books. Are they going to disappear into the ether, following music downloads, or are ebooks going to open up a whole new world of readers? And how much are we being paid per copy? We haven't a clue.

There are more than 21 eBook channels already. Authors can’t possibly get to these and do what they do best.

Ebooks have many advantages - publishers don't have to make guesses about how many books to print, books need never go "out of print", and hard-to-find books can be easily available. So far, the only limitation seems to be finding a way for the writer to be paid.

I learned how difficult it is to self-publish a book. It's complex, it's confusing, it's idiosyncratic.